Editing Golem (section)

=== Film and television ===
Golems are frequently depicted in movies and television shows. Programs with them in the title include:

* ''[[The Golem (1915 film)|The Golem]]'' ({{langx|de|Der Golem}}, shown in the United States as ''The Monster of Fate''), a 1915 German [[Silent film|silent]] [[horror film]], written and directed by [[Paul Wegener]] and [[Henrik Galeen]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0004026/|title = Der Golem (1915)| website = [[IMDb]]|date = 8 April 1915|access-date = 10 August 2021|archive-date = 11 August 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210811023309/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0004026/|url-status = live}}{{unreliable source |date=October 2024}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=October 2024}}
* ''[[The Golem and the Dancing Girl]]'' ({{langx|de|Der Golem und die Tänzerin}}), a 1917 German silent [[Comedy horror|comedy-horror]] film, directed by Paul Wegener and [[Rochus Gliese]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0176776/|title = Der Golem und die Tänzerin (1917) |website = [[IMDb]]|date = 9 April 1917|access-date = 10 August 2021|archive-date = 11 August 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210811023312/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0176776/|url-status = live}}{{unreliable source |date=October 2024}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=October 2024}}
* ''[[The Golem: How He Came into the World]]'' ({{langx|de|Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam}}, also referred to as ''Der Golem''), a 1920 German silent horror film, directed by Paul Wegener and [[Carl Boese]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011237/|title = Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam (1920)|website = [[IMDb]]|date = 19 June 1921|access-date = 10 August 2021|archive-date = 25 January 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220125023843/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011237/|url-status = live}}{{unreliable source |date=October 2024}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=October 2024}}
* ''[[Le Golem]]'' ({{langx|cs|Golem}}), a 1936 Czechoslovak [[monster movie]] directed by [[Julien Duvivier]] in French.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027688/|title = Le Golem (1936) |website = [[IMDb]]|date = 21 March 1937|access-date = 10 August 2021|archive-date = 11 August 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210811093139/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027688/|url-status = live}}{{unreliable source |date=October 2024}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=October 2024}}
*''[[The Limehouse Golem]]'', a 2016 film about a fictional series of [[Jack the Ripper]]-esque murders in Victorian London.
Other references to golems in popular culture include:
* ''[[The Golem (Meyrink novel)|The Golem]]'' ({{langx|de|Der Golem}}), the first novel by [[Gustav Meyrink]] and adapted for television in 1967, for film in 1980, and for the stage in 2013.
* ''[[Daimajin]]'', a 1966 Japanese [[Kaiju|''kaiju'' film]] directed by [[Kimiyoshi Yasuda]].<ref>Ishii et al., 1997, 日本特撮・幻想映画全集, p.170, Keibunsha, {{ISBN|4766927060}}</ref>
* ''[[It! (1967 film)|It!]]'', a 1967 British horror film directed by [[Herbert J. Leder]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=It! (1967): The Golem Movie That Time Forgot – Ryan Harvey|date=10 October 2020 |url=https://ryanharveyauthor.com/2020/10/10/it-1967-golem-movie/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105211514/https://ryanharveyauthor.com/2020/10/10/it-1967-golem-movie/|archive-date=5 January 2022|access-date=5 January 2022}}</ref>
* "[[Kaddish (The X-Files)|Kaddish]]", a 1997 episode of ''[[The X-Files]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0751149/|title = Kaddish (The X-Files) |website = [[IMDb]]|date = 16 February 1997|access-date = 13 April 2022|archive-date = 13 April 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220413132810/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0751149/|url-status = live}}{{unreliable source |date=October 2024}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=October 2024}}
* The 1995 ''[[Gargoyles (TV series)|Gargoyles]]'' episode "Golem" featured a golem made in the image of a stone statue that was created by Rabbi Loew (voiced by [[Victor Brandt]]) to defend the Jewish inhabitants of Prague from raiders and had been passed down to his descendant Max Loew (voiced by Scott Weil).
* The 1997 ''[[Extreme Ghostbusters]]'' series depicts a Rabbi's son bringing a golem to life to protect a local New York synagogue from antisemitic vandalism in the episode "The True Face of a Monster".
* "[[Treehouse of Horror XVII#You Gotta Know When to Golem|You Gotta Know When to Golem]]" is a short story during "[[Treehouse of Horror XVII]]", part of the long-running series of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' Halloween specials. The Golem, voiced by [[Richard Lewis (comedian)|Richard Lewis]], is controlled via paper notes by [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] and used to wreak havoc on the citizens of [[Springfield (The Simpsons)|Springfield]]. 
* ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'', a 2009 film written and directed by [[Quentin Tarantino]], includes a fictional version of [[Adolf Hitler]] repeating fearful speculation that "The Bear Jew," who kills German soldiers with a bat, is a golem.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Duz90_F6TPw | title=Inglourious Basterds (2009) - the Bear Jew | website=[[YouTube]] | date=26 November 2019 }}</ref><ref>Chrystall, Andrew. "Inglourious Basterds: Satirizing the spectator and revealing the 'Nazi' within." ''New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film'' 13.2 (2015): 153-168.</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor-last=von Dassanowsky |editor-first=Robert |date=2012 |title=Quentin Tarantino's ''Inglourious Basterds'': A Manipulation of Metacinema |publisher=[[Bloomsbury (publisher)|Bloomsbury]] |pages=7, 160 |isbn=978-1-4411-3821-7}}</ref>
* In the fourth episode of season 4 of ''[[Grimm (TV series)|Grimm]]'' ("[[Dyin' on a Prayer]]"), a golem plays an important role.  
* The 2013 ''[[Supernatural (American TV series)|Supernatural]]'' episode "Everybody Hates Hitler" features a golem (portrayed by [[John DeSantis]]) who had been used to fight the Nazis in Belarus during [[World War II]]. In the present, the golem has been passed down from Rabbi Bass (portrayed by [[Hal Linden]]) to his grandson Aaron Bass (portrayed by Adam Rose). While Aaron had a hard time controlling the golem at first, they did help Sam Winchester and Dean Winchester fight against a group of Nazi necromancers led by Commandant Eckhart (portrayed by Bernhard Forcher).
* In the SyFy series ''[[The Magicians (American TV series)|The Magicians]]'', there is a golem made of a main character. It appears in the episodes "Homecoming" and "Be The Penny".
* The 2019 Netflix series ''[[The Order (TV series)|The Order]]'' features a recurring character (portrayed by [[Dylan Playfair]]) who is revealed to be a golem in season 1. 
* The majority of the CW series ''[[Legacies (TV series)|Legacies]]'' (a spin-off of ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'') centers around defeating a golem. 
* ''[[The Golem (2018 film)|The Golem]]'', a 2018 Israeli horror film features a golem in the form of a dead child.
 

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File:Golem 1920 Poster.jpg|Movie poster for ''[[The Golem: How He Came into the World|Der Golem]]'' (1920)
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