Highest-Rated Movies about 'Witch Doctor', Sort by Popularity

Xala (1975), The Princess and the Frog (2009), The Devil's Own (1966), The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988), Something of Value (1957), White Zombie (1932), The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961), How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Witch Doctor movies.

#2. The Princess and the Frog (2009)

Storyline: A modern day retelling of the classic story The Frog Prince. The Princess and the Frog finds the lives of arrogant, carefree Prince Naveen and hardworking waitress Tiana crossing paths. Prince Naveen is transformed into a frog by a conniving voodoo magician and Tiana, following suit, upon kissing the amphibian royalty. With the help of a trumpet-playing alligator, a Cajun firefly, and an old blind lady who lives in a boat in a tree, Naveen and Tiana must race to break the spell and fulfill their dreams.

Plot Keywords: waitress, prince, witch doctor, old woman, mother, creative, dreamy ...

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#3. The Devil's Own (1966)

Storyline: Gwen Mayfield (Joan Fontaine) suffers a mental collapse after a showdown with a witch doctor while performing missionary work in Africa. Once she recuperates, she starts teaching at a private school in England and gets to know Linda (Ingrid Brett), one of her students. Linda's boyfriend claims that there is a cult that is going to sacrifice her, and Gwen begins to investigate the wild rumors. This leads her to a confrontation with powerful cult leader Stephanie Bax (Kay Walsh).

Plot Keywords: headmistress, journalist, cult leader, brother, witch doctor, teen girl, creepy ...

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#4. The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)

Storyline: In 1985, after a successful research in Amazonas, Dr. Dennis Alan from Harvard is invited by the president of a Boston pharmaceutics industry, Andrew Cassedy, to travel to Haiti to investigate the case of a man named Christophe that died in 1978 and has apparently returned to life. Andrew wants samples of the voodoo drug that was used in Christophe to be tested with the intention of producing a powerful anesthetic. Dr. Alan travels to meet Dr. Marielle Duchamp that is treating Christophe and arrives in Haiti in a period of revolution. Soon Alan is threatened by the chief of the feared Tonton Macuse Dargent Peytraud, who is a torturer and powerful witch. Alan learns that death is not the end in the beginning of his journey to hell.

Plot Keywords: anthropologist, witch doctor, doctor, native, chilling, fascinating, thrilling ...

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#5. Something of Value (1957)

Storyline: Although Peter and Kimani grew up together, Kimani soon finds that different races are treated differently. After Kimani's father is jailed for following tribal customs, Kimani joins a band of rebels that wants all non-Kenyans out of their country. While Kimani believes in the cause, he does not agree with the indiscriminate killing of women, children, and those who will not join or agree with them. Even after the Mau Mau murder his little sister and brother, Peter still believes that there is a chance for peaceful co-existence and that he can stop most of the killing if he can reason with Kimani.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>

Plot Keywords: settler, wife, witch doctor, tribal leader, revolutionary, powerful, suspenseful ...

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#6. White Zombie (1932)

Storyline: Young couple Madeleine and Neil are coaxed by acquaintance Monsieur Beaumont to get married on his Haitian plantation. Beaumont's motives are purely selfish as he makes every attempt to convince the beautiful young girl to run away with him. For help Beaumont turns to the devious Legendre, a man who runs his mill by mind controlling people he has turned into zombies. After Beaumont uses Legendre's zombie potion on Madeleine, he is dissatisfied with her emotionless being and wants her to be changed back. Legendre has no intention of doing this and he drugs Beaumont as well to add to his zombie collection. Meanwhile, grieving 'widower' Neil is convinced by a local priest that Madeleine may still be alive and he seeks her out.—Gary Jackson <garyjack5@cogeco.ca>

Plot Keywords: zombie, newlywed, wealthy man, witch doctor, eerie, creepy, tense ...

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#7. The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961)

Storyline: In 1939, earnest missionary nurse Rachel Cade travels to the Belgian Congo but she no sooner arrives than Dr. Bikel, who runs the local hospital where she is to work, dies of heart failure. She also soon learns that the hospital has been a failure and has yet to treat a single patient. Slowly, Rachel gains the trust of the villagers, not only providing medical care, but preaching the gospel. The local government official, middle-aged Colonel Henri Derode, doesn't quite hit it off with Rachel at first, but soon begins to develop deep affections for her. The sexually repressed Rachel however has fallen madly in love with the dashing Captain Paul Winton, a American serving in the R.A.F., who is shot down and is also a medical doctor. Her moralizing comes back to haunt her when she learns after his departure that she is pregnant.—garykmcd

Plot Keywords: nurse, pilot, hospital administrator, native, witch doctor, chief, brooding ...

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#8. How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965)

Storyline: Frankie, on naval-reserve duty in Tahiti, doesn't trust Dee Dee to stay faithful, so he hires Bwana, a witch doctor, to help. Bwana conjures up a floating bikini, "stuffs" it with Cassandra, and sends her to distract advertising executive Ricky from Dee Dee.—alfiehitchie

Plot Keywords: naval officer, boyfriend, girlfriend, witch doctor, beautiful woman, biker, campy ...

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#9. From a Whisper to a Scream (1987)

Storyline: Beneath the small-town exterior of Oldfield, Tenn., lies a history of shocking violence and terrifying phenomena, as recounted by local historian Julian White (Vincent Price). In the '80s, an office worker (Clu Gulager) nurses a deadly crush. In the '50s, a witch doctor (Harry Caesar) holds the secret to unending life. In the '30s, fighting breaks out in a traveling carnival. Finally, in the 1860s, Union soldiers discover a group of orphaned children.

Plot Keywords: historian, reporter, co-worker, witch doctor, carnival worker, union soldier, disturbing ...

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#10. King Solomon's Mines (1937)

Storyline: Kathy's (Anna Lee) father is intrigued by the stories Umbopa (Paul Robeson), a man they meet on their way to the South African coast, tells them about Solomon's diamond mines. So, he steals away in the night, leaving Kathy with a group of relative strangers. To find her father, Kathy enlists the help of hunter Allan Quatermain (Cedric Hardwicke) for a journey to the mines, where they are met with some less than hospitable natives -- who do not plan on making their task any easier.

Plot Keywords: miner, daughter, witch doctor, native, guide, hunter, suspenseful ...

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#11. Jungle Jim (1948)

Storyline: Brave African explorer Jungle Jim (Johnny Weissmuller) uncovers evidence of a legendary lost burial ground where the ancient rulers were interred amid their treasures. Anthropologist Hilary Parker (Virginia Grey) hires Jungle Jim to guide her to the site, despite his warnings that it may be under the control of deadly local witch doctors. Unscrupulous photographer Bruce Edwards (George Reeves) bullies his way into the expedition, creating havoc when the witch doctors reveal themselves.

Plot Keywords: explorer, anthropologist, photographer, witch doctor, native, guide, thrilling ...

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