The appearances of Freemasonry in movies range from the unremarked and irrelevent use of symbols such as the square and compasses on scenery and properties, to the actual enactment of masonic ritual by principal characters. The following list of masonic references is not definitive, nor are all entries confirmed. The list contains 110 films from a non-random survey of over twenty-eight hundred films. The internet has produced many unconfirmed sightings. Further reports, and confirmation in the form of screen captures and time marks, are always welcome. Please forward additional references, with details, to our editor. Theatre or television viewings, without the opportunity to replay, will sometimes lead to mistaken reports. There is another catagory of film that is not included in this list. Both anti-masons and over-enthusiastic freemasons will find masonic references where none were intended. That the principals in The Lord of the Rings are travelling eastward and at one point pass between two pillars does not make theirs a masonic journey. Because entry to a private club in Eyes Wide Shut (1999) requires a password does not make it a masonic society. The all-seeing eye is not necessarily a masonic symbol. Some of these films, while not actually masonic, are included as masonic obscurities. A list of references in films to the masonic club, the Shriners is also posted on this website