Wise BloodComedyDrama6.31h 46mENReleasedOctober 24, 1979USShareKeywordsbased on novel or booksouthern usachristianityredemptionpreacherblindnessTagLineAn American Masterpiece!OverviewStatsCast & CrewExtrasSynopsisA Southerner--young, poor, ambitious but uneducated--determines to become something in the world. He decides that the best way to do that is to become a preacher and start up his own church.RecommendationsSimilarRecommended Movies7.3Mystery Train19895.5Popeye19806.8Brick20066.4Walker19877.2Yellow Earth19846.5Whistle and I'll Come to You19686.2The Roots of Heaven19587.3The Wicker Man19737.0Sunshine20076.2This Is the End20137.4Pierrot le Fou19656.7The Year of Living Dangerously19827.5Black Narcissus19477.9Titanic19976.8Talcum Powder19826.7Society19897.4Boys Don't Cry19997.1Buffalo '6619987.3The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover19898.0Autumn Sonata1978