History AuthorTract / Film

* ''In ''Film/PowerOfThePress'', Creator/SamuelFuller--who was a former journalist, and a serving soldier in the U.S. Army[[note]]When the film was released, Fuller had already participated in the North Africa landings, and who would go on to serve in the Sicily and Normandy landings[[/note]]--outlines the importance of an independent and impartial press, and his opposition to American isolationism.

* Creator/AkiraKurosawa had a very low opinion of the scandal-mongering tabloids that became very prominent in post-war Japan. The result was ''[[Film/{{Scandal1950}} Scandal]]'' a story about scummy tabloid journalists who incorrectly accuse an artist and a singer of having an affair.

* ''Film/GoldThroughTheFire'': There is every indication Peter's a Protestant (likely Evangelical, based on his stated beliefs), while most Russian Christians are [[UsefulNotes/OrthodoxChristianity Orthodox]]-Protestants make up a very small minority. He also voices many views that are common to American Evangelicals, such as opposing separation of church and state, or evolution. Eastern Orthodox are more often supportive of it-Theodosius Dobzhansky is among the modern evolutionary synthesis's founders). Perhaps unsurprisingly, the film's creators were American Evangelicals. It's quite clearly a vehicle for these views, rather than just decrying Soviet persecution of Christians.

* Tom Laughlin's ''Film/BillyJack'' was slowly overshadowed/overwhelmed by Laughlin's political views. Many a [[TheWarOnStraw war is waged on Straw]], especially if it's anyone on the opposite end of Laughlin's political views. The sequels gradually swapped out much of their predecessor's face-kicking action for even ''more'' heavy-handed pontificatingr.

* Richard Linklater's film version of the non-fiction book ''Literature/FastFoodNation'' went from an exposé of the practices of the fast food restaurant industry to a two-hour rant about why people shouldn't eat meat. Despite becoming an InNameOnly adaptation of the book, author Eric Schlosser (who is not a vegetarian) still endorsed the final product (which may not be that surprising when one considers that the original book is below and its ideas are not that different).

* Uwe Boll's ''Film/{{Rampage|2009}}'' films are a particularly weird breed of an Author Tract. Its EvilGenius VillainProtagonist Bill Williamson is a deranged psychopath and domestic terrorist who, while GoingPostal, murders innocent people by the dozens for nothing but his own self-serving reasons. However, at least once per film, he'll go on a minutes-long rant explaining that his violent actions are supposed to wake up humanity, giving a very thought-out analysis about political and economic corruption.

* ''Film/GoldThroughTheFire'': There is every indication Peter's a Protestant (likely Evangelical, based on his stated beliefs), while most Russian Christians are [[UsefulNotes/OrthodoxChristianity Orthodox]]-Protestants make up a very small minority. He also voices many views that are common to American Evangelicals, such as opposing separation of church and state, or evolution. Eastern Orthodox are more often supportive of it-Theodosius Dobzhansky is among the modern evolutionary synthesis's founders). Perhaps unsurprisingly, the film's creators were American Evangelicals. It's quite clearly a vehicle for these views, rather than merely decrying Soviet persecution of Christians.

* Most people assume ''Film/{{The Birth of a Nation|1915}}'', which portrays TheKlan as heroic saviors, was a tract by director D. W. Griffith. In fact, it's an adaptation of the then-popular novel ''The Clansman'' by Thomas F. Dixon, Jr, which was itself a racist author tract. Being the son of a Confederate Army colonel, Griffith may have bought into the novel's revisionist history, but he denied having any ulterior motive for making the movie.
* In response to criticism against ''Birth of a Nation'', Griffith's next movie ''Film/{{Intolerance}}'' definitely ''was'' an author tract against class-based prejudice, religious discrimination, and sexism.

* ''Film/IfFootmenTireYouWhatWillHorsesDo'' is a film in which a preacher lectures a young woman about how America will be taken over by CommieNazis unless the people re-affirm their belief in God.

* ''Film/SeedOfChucky'' is this for the creator Don Mancini, an openly gay man, who used the film to describe is coming out experiences and what it felt like. The movie sets aside horror for horror-comedy and family drama. In a killer doll movie of all things.

* Tom Laughlin's ''Film/BillyJack'' was slowly overshadowed/overwhelmed by Laughlin's political views. Many a [[TheWarOnStraw war is waged on Straw]], especially if it's anyone on the opposite end of Laughlin's political views. The sequels gradually swapped out much of their predecessor's face-kicking action for even ''more'' heavy-handed pontificating, leading to critical panning for ''The Trial of Billy Jack'', while the third movie ended up being both a BoxOfficeBomb and CreatorKiller.

* Creator/OliverStone's films tend to be [[{{Anvilicious}} less than subtle]], but the cake goes to the adaptation of ''Literature/BornOnTheFourthOfJuly'', which is probably his most preachy film.

* ''Film/SeedOfChucky'' is this for the creator Don Mancini, an openly gay man, who used the film to describe is coming out experiences and what it felt like. This movie is probably the most divisive in the fandom because it sets aside horror for horror-comedy and family drama. In a killer doll movie of all things.

* Tom Laughlin's ''Billy Jack'' was slowly overshadowed/overwhelmed by Laughlin's political views. Many a [[TheWarOnStraw war is waged on Straw]], especially if it's anyone on the opposite end of Laughlin's political views. The sequels gradually swapped out much of their predecessor's face-kicking action for even ''more'' heavy-handed pontificating, leading to critical panning for ''The Trial of Billy Jack'', while the third movie ended up being both a BoxOfficeBomb and CreatorKiller.