The Top Four Pro-Life Movies To Watch

Hollywood has recently released several TV shows promoting abortion, including Shrill, on Hulu. However, over the years there have been several pro-baby, pro-life movies made. Some of them are surprises – including a Marvel superhero movie, and a Dr Seuss adaptation.

Here is a list of the four best pro-life movies:

Unplanned

Synopsis: All Abby Johnson ever wanted to do was help women. As one of the youngest Planned Parenthood clinic directors in the nation, she believed in a woman’s right to choose. Until the day she saw something that changed everything. 

Review: Unplanned tells a gripping drama of a young woman who is part of the abortion establishment. She signs off on thousands of abortions. But one day, she sees, on the ultrasound, a baby recoil at the pain of the abortion. 

The film lets her story unfold gradually, and it depicts Abby as a naive and misled woman. I love how the pro-life group, volunteering outside the fence of her abortion clinic, are so gracious and kind to the women walking into the clinic, to kill their babies. And later they are warm and welcoming to Abby and support her in the aftermath of her career in abortion. 

It is a movie of high production values. Most of the actors are very good actors. The special effects are very convincing, including the scene of Abby’s own traumatic abortion. This movie was rated R in America, which caused some controversy. However the filmmakers came out affirming the R rating, making the case that the strong rating suits the violence of abortion.

It is odd that Mandisa’s song Overcomer – normally about God’s blessings – is used as a song to depict the team processing lots of abortions before a storm will close their office. However this would be because many of the large record labels banned the movie from using mainstream music, so the directors had to utilise Christian music, which was still available to them (and permission was granted to use it). Unplanned is a good movie to watch with teenagers, to help them understand how abortions work, and why they are bad. With an uplifting ending.

Fantastic Four: First Steps

Synopsis: Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, the Fantastic Four must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus and his enigmatic herald, the Silver Surfer. 

Review: From the opening scene, this action movie is pro-family. The Fantastic Four team clearly love each genuinely, and this love flows to their child.

There is an amazing scene where Mrs Fantastic – who can make herself invisible – shows Mr Fantastic the child in her womb, by making her skin invisible. It is a beautiful moment, and shows so clearly that a baby in the womb is a special human being.

The rest of the story has a very pro-baby theme. The baby is delivered in an action scene in outer space, which is the most stressful birth I’ve seen in a movie. It is exciting and has great tension.

While it was surprising to see such a pro-life movie from Disney’s Marvel Studios, it is very welcome, and I’m glad that millions of people got to witness the movie. It made USD $521 million at the worldwide box office.

October Baby

Synopsis: A college freshman’s world is rocked when she learns she is the adopted survivor of a failed abortion. 

Review: The funny thing is, when I was 18 years old I started writing a screenplay. The premise of my story was the same as October Baby. (There is a twist that the trailer does not provide – and I’m not going to give it to you either. The twist was key to the premise.) Well, I never finished my script, so I’m glad the movie got made anyway! 

Jokes aside, this is a touching drama about a young woman’s road trip to find out about where she comes from, and dealing with the grief and other feelings. It has a hopeful outlook about forgiveness and family.

October Baby is the first movie from the creators of Jesus Revolution, I Can Only Imagine, I Still Believe and House of David.

Horton Hears a Who!

Synopsis: Horton the Elephant struggles to protect a microscopic community from his neighbors who refuse to believe it exists. 

This fun Dr Seuss story is not about the topic of abortion, but there is a line of dialogue that is very pro-life: “A person’s a person no matter how small.” This line is repeated many times in the movie, and is a very nice message, which aligns with the pro-life view. I have seen a poster with Horton with these words at a pro-life rally that I marched in. 

The movie is sweet and funny, and I highly recommend it for a family movie night. It also might be a good conversation starter.

Conclusion

I have been challenged to write pro-life, pro-baby blogs because I have been suggesting it to other creatives. Let us change culture together! Check out local pro-life groups and rallies in your area. For those in Australia, you can follow Dr Joanna Howe, Tradies for Babies and Bird Flip. They are doing excellent work in this space.