History LightIsNotGood / Film

* In ''Film/ForAFewDollarsMore'', El Indio in some scenes he wears with white clothes, but this does not mean that he is a good person. In fact, he is an AxCrazy, cold-blooded maniac.

* While not present in the actual film (unless you count the ice and snow), the most common poster for ''Film/TheThing1982'' depict a man with white radiance emanating from and obscuring his face, implying he was assimilated.

** The President of the United States in ''Film/EscapeFromLA''.

* In ''Film/TheGodfather Part III'', the Vatican is revealed to be in cahoots with the Corleone crime family.

* In ''Film/{{Dragonheart}}'', King Einon always dresses in white.

* [[StarWars The Storm]][[{{Mooks}} troopers]] are dressed in Pure White Armor.
** Somehow related, on Kamino [[CrystalSpiresAndTogas everything and everyone is]] [[ShiningCity shiny]] [[PartlyCloudyWithAChanceOfDeath except outside]].

* Storm Shadow from ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra''. Subverted in that he is also shown to be one of the few on the side of Cobra with a moral code (he doesn't kill women or children and is angry when Zartan does so0, and in ''Film/GIJoeRetaliation'' [[Spoiler he pulls a HeelFaceTurn]].

* The movie adaptation of the first book of ''HisDarkMaterials'', ''TheGoldenCompass'', seems to love this trope, to the point that Mrs Coulter (who was black haired in the books) became blonde (to which the author said: "I was clearly wrong. You sometimes are wrong about your characters. She's blonde. She has to be."), and [[NightmareFuel intercision]] is not done with a blade as in the books, but with lasers.

* While not present in the actual film (unless you count the ice and snow), the most common posters for both films of {{The Thing}} depict a man with white radiance emanating from and obscuring his face, implying he was assimilated.

* The premise of "Film/TheDarkestHour"

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory 3''. Sunnyside Daycare may sound like a nice place, but it's not. Even in its brightest daytime glory it is not. Also, there's the famous quote, referring to [[spoiler: almost literal {{Hellfire}}]]:

* Doctor Cocteau in ''DemolitionMan'' wore conservative white robes, was a moral pillar... and responsible for releasing a psychopathic murderer in order to maintain his perfect pearl of a society.
** The President of the United States in ''EscapeFromLA''.
* The main villain in ''The Legend of {{Zorro}}'' kills people because he believes he is doing God's work, and often quotes the Bible.

* In the Film/MastersOfTheUniverse film when Skeletor absorbs the power of the Great Eye he transforms into a golden-armored warrior god with golden powers.
* The movie Film/{{Immortals}} has as the villain Hyperion, the titan of light from GreekMythology

* In ''NightWatch'' and ''Day Watch'', the good guys are called Night Watchers, while the bad guys are called Day Watchers.

* WesternAnimation/FindingNemo

* WesternAnimation/ToyStory 3. Sunnyside Daycare may sound like a nice place, but it's not. Even in its brightest daytime glory it is not. Also, there's the famous quote, referring to [[spoiler: almost literal {{Hellfire}}]]:

* A glowing, beautiful, angelic version of BigBad Sauron would've appeared in the climactic battle in TheMovie of ''TheLordOfTheRings The Return of the King'' had the design team not decided that making the [[DidNotDoTheResearch omnipotent]] Eye corporeal [[WhatCouldHaveBeen would've been silly.]] Still, the idea of Kate Winslet as a TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} character would've been something.

* [[CompleteMonster Frollo]] from ''Disney/TheHunchbackofNotreDame'', who is an evil religious fanatic bent on "purifying" all of medieval Paris.

* In ''{{Dragonheart}}'', King Einon always dresses in white.

* ToyStory 3. Sunnyside Daycare may sound like a nice place, but it's not. Even in its brightest daytime glory it is not. Also, there's the famous quote, referring to [[spoiler: almost literal {{Hellfire}}]]:

* A glowing, beautiful, angelic version of BigBad Sauron would've appeared in the climactic battle in TheMovie of ''TheLordOfTheRings The Return of the King'' had the design team not decided that making the [[DidNotDoTheResearch omnipotent]] Eye corporeal [[WhatCouldHaveBeen would've been silly.]] Still, the idea of Kate Winslet as a {{Warhammer}} character would've been something.

* [[Film/{{Transformers}} Soundwave]]'s robot mode vaguely resembles an angel. His satellite mode (well, at least the [[MerchandiseDriven toy version]]) also continues this theme somewhat.

* Hilary Faye in ''{{Saved}}!'' is a pure, virginal, devout Christian... and also a HolierThanThou AlphaBitch who makes the main characters' lives a living [[IncrediblyLamePun hell]]. In [[ExecutiveMeddling the original ending]], she even pulls a UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}} on the [[HighSchoolDance senior prom]].

* The movie {{Film/Immortals}} has as the villain Hyperion, the titan of light from GreekMythology

* The escape from Crematoria scene in ''Film/{{The Chronicles of Riddick}}''.

* FindingNemo

* ''{{Film/Sunshine}}'' (2007). As the Icarus II gets closer to the Sun the latter begins to take on the impression of an all-powerful god, and not a friendly one either. Several people, notably psychiatrist Searle and the NietzscheWannabe villain, are [[SpaceMadness affected]].
* A glowing, beautiful, angelic version of BigBad Sauron would've appeared in the climactic battle in TheMovie of ''{{The Lord of the Rings}} The Return of the King'' had the design team not decided that making the [[DidNotDoTheResearch omnipotent]] Eye corporeal [[WhatCouldHaveBeen would've been silly.]] Still, the idea of Kate Winslet as a {{Warhammer}} character would've been something.

* [[Film/{{Transformers}} Soundwave's]] robot mode vaguely resembles an angel. His satellite mode (well, at least the [[MerchandiseDriven toy version]]) also continues this theme somewhat.

* ''{{Film/Poltergeist}}'' - '"Don't go into the light', Carol Ann!"

* In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda 2'', Lord Shen is a white peacock who is a ruthless conqueror who is perfectly willing to commit genocide on the Giant Pandas to thwart a prophecy and then kill anyone in the way of his ambitions. Chillingly fitting considering that in Chinese culture, white is the color of ''death''.

* The escape from Crematoria scene in ''{{The Chronicles of Riddick}}''.

* Commodus, the villainous emperor in ''The Gladiator'', wears a pure white gown while battling the hero Maximus [[DarkIsNotEvil in dark armor]] in the final battle.

* The premise of "The Darkest Hour"

* In ''KungFuPanda 2'', Lord Shen is a white peacock who is a ruthless conqueror who is perfectly willing to commit genocide on the Giant Pandas to thwart a prophecy and then kill anyone in the way of his ambitions. Chillingly fitting considering that in Chinese culture, white is the color of ''death''.

* In the film ''Film/TheProphecy'', the allegedly good angels like Gabriel and Uriel, who express affection abundantly, love kids and can't stand to see people cry, are the villains on an anti-human crusade to destroy and rebuild heaven as it was before the creation of man. The devil has to offer his aid to the humans who end up getting involved in the war (which, of course, he does for his own ulterior reasons).

* The escape from Crematoria scene in ''{{The Chronicles of Riddick}}'' illustrates this trope rather literally.

** On that note, the President of the United States in ''EscapeFromLA''.

** This is because the Night Watch are the side of the Light Others, whereas the Day Watch are the side of the Dark Others. The names are literal; Night Watch keeps a watch on the dark, and Day Watch keeps a watch on the light. Of course, the books and movies make it clear that when you get down to it, both sides are just people with jobs, and the Night Watch have quite their share of dicks.

* A literal example- [[FindingNemo "Good feeling's gone."]]
** Not to mention the pretty, sparkly, glowing jellyfish.
* Another literal example in another {{Pixar}} film. [[ToyStory Sunnyside Daycare]] may sound like a nice place, but it's not. Even in its brightest daytime glory it is not. Also, there's the famous quote, referring to [[spoiler: almost literal {{Hellfire}}]]:

* A glowing, beautiful, angelic version of BigBad Sauron would've appeared in the climactic battle in TheMovie of ''{{The Lord of the Rings}} The Return of the King'' had the design team not decided that making the [[DidNotDoTheResearch omnipotent]] Eye corporeal [[WhatCouldHaveBeen would've been silly.]] Still, the idea of Kate Winslet as, basically, a {{Warhammer}} character would've been something.

* The movie adaptation of the first book of ''HisDarkMaterials'', ''TheGoldenCompass'', seems to love this trope, to the point that Mrs Coulter (who was black haired in the books) became blonde (to which the author said: "I was clearly wrong. You sometimes are wrong about your characters. She's blonde. She has to be."), not to mention how [[NightmareFuel intercision]] is not done with a blade as in the books, but with lasers.

* How about the entire premise of "The Darkest Hour?"

* In ''TheGodfather Part III'', the Vatican is revealed to be in cahoots with the Corleone crime family.

* Hilary Faye in ''{{Saved}}!'' is a pure, virginal, devout Christian... and also a HolierThanThou AlphaBitch who makes the main characters' lives a living [[IncrediblyLamePun hell]]. In [[ExecutiveMeddling the original ending]], she even pulls a {{Columbine}} on the [[HighSchoolDance senior prom]].

* The fundamentalist minister in ''{{Footloose}}''.