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* Mr. Carpenter in ''The Day the Earth Stood Still''.

* E.T. in ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|ET the Extraterrestrial]]'', right down to the resurrection and the Michaelangelo touching of fingers between man and the Divine. So blatant was the parable it was spoofed on ''[[The Simpsons]]'':

* The titular character in ''[[Schindler's List]]''

* Chance the Gardener in the film ''Being There'' subverts this by appearing noble, wise, compassionate, and brave - to everyone except his former co-worker (and the audience), who can see that he is actually [[The Fool]] - until the [[Twist Ending]], which implies a more literal form of the trope.

* The 1995 film ''Powder'' (not to be confused with the [[Powder|video game]]), which either replicates the story of Jesus Christ, or replicates the story of ET. Either way, someone deserves some royalties for the story of a boy whose mother was [[Lightning Can Do Anything|struck by lightning]] when she was pregnant, leading to an outcast son with incredible intellect and human empathy, who can raise the dead by his touch, only to be raised to the heavens when he is struck by a bolt of lightning when refusing to bow to the laws fo society... or something like that.

* Even though some elements of this are present in the comic book, the ''[[Superman (film)|Superman]]'' movies take it much further:

* Anakin Skywalker in ''[[Star Wars]]'' is [[The Chosen One]] conceived by the Force itself. His character is a good example of why you generally want [[The Messiah]] to be paired with this trope.

** To a certain extent, Luke is as well. He is [[The Chosen One]] - the one whom Obi-Wan and Yoda train to become a Jedi. He gains a group of devoted followers (the Rebel Alliance, though mostly Han, Leia, Chewie, C3P0 and R2), and gallivants about spreading good and performing miracles like blowing up two Death Stars. At the end of the sixth movie, he refuses to fight or resist his fate, then is zapped by the Emporer's lightning (his "death" scene). He manages to redeem evil while he's at it.

* Aslan in ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'', aka [[Crystal Dragon Jesus|Talking Lion Jesus]], and/or [[Kung Fu Jesus|Combat Jesus]].

** As [[That Guy With The Glasses]] put it in his 5-second version:

'''Aslan:''' ''Because I'm Jesus!'' }}

* John Galt in ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'', complete with {{spoiler|a [[Crucified Hero Shot]] as he's enduring [[Electric Torture]] at the hands of the villains}}. Subverted, since he's not acting out of altruism.