10 Movies Where God Intervenes

If the '90s proved anything, it's that Stephen King doesn't just do horror. Indeed, he was the original creative source behind a number of decidedly non-spooky hits across the decade. Foremost of these is The Shawshank Redemption, but snapping closely at its heels is Frank Darabont-directed, Tom Hanks-starring The Green Mile.

A tale of redemption on death row in 1930s USA, the film sees Hanks inhabit the role of corrections officer Paul Edgecomb, a humble and moral man of the law, playing opposite Michael Clarke Duncan's John Coffey, a black inmate who has been sentenced to death for a crime he didn't commit.

Once Coffey's gentle nature is established, the miracles come thick and fast as the big, imposing hulk of a man works his delicate touch to save the lives and souls of those around him.

Far from an average do-gooder, Coffey is established as a conduit for God himself. A modern(-ish)-day Jesus Christ, he is misunderstood, persecuted and eventually dies for someone else's sins. No Native American burial grounds, killer cars or alien clowns - just good, old-fashioned Christian mythology.