🏷 Discover The Best Religious Cult Movies & TV Shows To Watch Today

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Unveiling the Fascinating World of Religious Cults on Screen

Delve into the captivating realm of movies and TV shows that explore the intriguing and often disturbing world of religious cults. From the eerie and suspenseful to the thought-provoking and emotionally charged, these productions offer a glimpse into the complexities and consequences of blind devotion. Discover the best films and series that delve into the dark underbelly of cult mentality.

Save Me
8.0 70 votes
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea, United States of America
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 32
Audience: TV-PG
Story:  Four young men come to the rescue of a former classmate whose family has been sucked into the clutches of a religious cult and its charismatic leader.
Plot:  deception, religion, bromance, church, religious cult, based on webcomic or webtoon, school bullying
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Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey
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Warren Jeffs
7.5 133 votes
Genre: Crime, Documentary
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 4
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  In interviews and rare home video footage, ex-FLDS members share the truth about their isolated community — and the events that pushed them to leave.
Plot:  pedophilia, investigation, cult, polygamy, miniseries, statutory rape, pedophile, religious fundamentalism, ...
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El Topo
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Alejandro Jodorowsky Alejandro Jodorowsky
Brontis Jodorowsky Brontis Jodorowsky
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Mara Lorenzio
David Silva David Silva
7.1 664 votes
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Mexico
Duration: 125 min.
Audience: NR
Story:  El Topo decides to confront warrior Masters on a trans-formative desert journey he begins with his 6 year old son, who must bury his childhood totems to become a man.
Style:  surreal
Plot:  mass murder, symbolism, mystic, symbol, god, confrontation, desert, religious cult, ...
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The Master
7.1 3.3K votes
Genre: Drama
Country: United States of America
Duration: 137 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World War II.
Plot:  post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), sexual obsession, religion, drifter, alcoholic, handjob, post war, cult leader, ...
Time:  1940s
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Incantation
Cast
Ina Tsai Ina Tsai
Ven Kao Ven Kao
Huang Sin-ting Huang Sin-ting
Sean Lin Sean Lin
6.8 844 votes
Genre: Horror
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 111 min.
Audience: 15
Story:  Inspired by the true story of a family who believed they were possessed by spirits. This film follows a woman who must protect her child from a curse.
Plot:  curse, occult, religious cult, found footage, pov (point of view), supernatural horror, pseudo-documentary, horrified, ...
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The Crimson Rivers
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Olivier Marchal Olivier Marchal
Erika Sainte Erika Sainte
6.6 76 votes
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: Belgium, France
Seasons: 4
Episodes: 32
Audience: NR
Story:  Old-school police detective Pierre Niemans and his former student Camille Delaunay tackle complex, brutal murder cases.
Plot:  neo-nazism, based on novel or book, attempted murder, secret society, cult, hunting accident, serial killer, police detective, ...
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Mandy
Cast
Nicolas Cage Nicolas Cage
Andrea Riseborough Andrea Riseborough
Linus Roache Linus Roache
Ned Dennehy Ned Dennehy
6.2 2.2K votes
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Duration: 122 min.
Audience: NR
Story:  The Shadow Mountains, 1983. Red and Mandy lead a loving and peaceful existence; but when their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance and laced with fire.
Style:  intense
Plot:  rescue, nightmare, kidnapping, narcissism, dark comedy, lsd, surrealism, hallucinogen, ...
Time:  1980s
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Sweetwater
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January Jones January Jones
Jason Isaacs Jason Isaacs Ed Harris Ed Harris
Eduardo Noriega Eduardo Noriega
6.1 213 votes
Genre: Thriller, Western
Country: United States of America
Duration: 96 min.
Audience: R
Story:  In the late 1800s, a fanatical religious leader, a renegade Sheriff, and a former prostitute collide in a blood triangle on the rugged plains of the New Mexico Territory.
Plot:  husband wife relationship, new mexico, religious fundamentalism, lawman , religious cult, remote farm, remote town
Time:  19th century
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The Silence
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Stanley Tucci Stanley Tucci
Kiernan Shipka Kiernan Shipka
Miranda Otto Miranda Otto
Kate Trotter Kate Trotter
6.0 1.7K votes
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  With the world under attack by deadly creatures who hunt by sound, a teen and her family seek refuge outside the city and encounter a mysterious cult.
Plot:  based on novel or book, deaf, post-apocalyptic future, survival, creature, religious cult, sign languages, deadly creature, ...
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Babylon A.D.
5.7 2.3K votes
Genre: Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
Country: France, United Kingdom
Duration: 101 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  A veteran-turned-mercenary is hired to take a young woman with a secret from post-apocalyptic Eastern Europe to New York City.
Plot:  baby, smuggling (contraband), submarine, pregnancy, dystopia, prosecution, mercenary, protection, ...
Time:  future
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The Fiend
Cast
Ann Todd Ann Todd
Patrick Magee Patrick Magee
Tony Beckley Tony Beckley
Percy Herbert Percy Herbert
5.0 20 votes
Genre: Horror
Country: United Kingdom
Duration: 92 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Led by a sinister minister, a controlling religious sect called the Brethren has taken control of widow Birdy Wemys, sending her unstable son, Kenny, into a spiraling descent into madness and murder. No woman is safe when Kenny's religious mania overpowers him and leads to a rampage of carnage and chaos!
Plot:  drowning, religion and supernatural, cult, murder, serial killer, slasher, maniac, strangulation, ...
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Highlander: The Source
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Adrian Paul Adrian Paul
Thekla Reuten Thekla Reuten
Cristian Solimeno Cristian Solimeno
Peter Wingfield Peter Wingfield
4.0 238 votes
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Lithuania, United Kingdom
Duration: 86 min.
Audience: R
Story:  The world is falling into chaos. As he roams a crumbling city, Duncan MacLeod, the Highlander, remembers happier times before the love of his life left... Hopeless and alone, MacLeod finds his way to a band of immortal companions, including his mysterious friend Methos, and a mortal, Watcher Joe Dawson. Together this small group sets out on a quest to find the origin of the first Immortal.
Plot:  beheading, revenge, murder, killer, religious cult, physical immortality, superhuman abilities, attempted kidnapping, ...
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Troll 2
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Michael Stephenson
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George Hardy
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Margo Prey
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Connie Young
3.9 473 votes
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Italy, United States of America
Duration: 95 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  When young Joshua learns that he will be going on vacation with his family to a small town called Nilbog, he protests adamantly. He is warned by the spirit of his deceased grandfather that goblins populate the town. His parents, Michael and Diana, dismiss his apprehensions, but soon learn to appreciate their son's warnings. Guided by his grandfather's ghost, will Joshua and his family stand a chance in fighting off these evil beings?
Plot:  witch, small town, monster, dance performance, poison, seduction, hallucination, cult, ...
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