Religious Cult Movies

While the aliens in this film may seem to be quite human, one must realize that we're dealing with close encounters of the fourth kind. An inner...

An inside look at a West Hollywood cult formed by a charismatic teacher in the 1980s that eventually imploded.

David is a young man seduced by a religious cult that uses starvation, exhaustion, and brainwashing to mold recruits into money hustling disciples of...

Chicken, a desperate hippie junkie living in a small Spanish village, is finding it difficult to separate fantasy and reality. This isn't helped by...

The people of the planet Aeon, blessed with three suns, have never experienced night. When an archeological excavation uncovers evidence of an...

An artist reflects on her career and the dark events of her past that haunt her

In the wake of the tragic events at Waco, Texas where an armed conflict with armed militiamen broke out, agents of the federal government's Alcohol,...

As a small-town social worker investigates a commune headed by a spiritual leader calling himself Moses, she discovers a dead child, sadistic...

Trapped in an empty room with only a single door, a girl wakes up alone and steps through it. From traveling through time to encountering mysterious...

Loosely inspired by the religious epic of Judith, The Salvages is a boundary-pushing tale of lust, love, and wrath at the end of the world. It is a...

A young girl in search of spiritual enlightenment joins a religious cult, and becomes the focus of a struggle between her family and the group.

Led by a sinister minister, a controlling religious sect called the Brethren has taken control of widow Birdy Wemys, sending her unstable son, Kenny,...

All Bela's mother has to offer is her faith and warning of the wickedness of the outside world, but what will happen when Bela starts to question her...

Snarky grandma accepts her mahjong partner’s invitation to a "women’s self help group"… soon realizes it AIN’T what she...

Rakel is a strict Christian believer living in the far north of 1930s Sweden. When her husband forms a sectarian movement, with directions straight...

Based on the novel by Dean R. Koontz, this action packed thriller features Bruce Greenwood as a private detective hired to protect a little boy from...

An unprejudiced portrait of Spanish folklore and a crude analysis in black and white of its intimate relationship with atavism and superstition, with...

Inspired by actual events. When Melissa Cooper's body is found hanging from a swing set, the 27-year-old's death is initially ruled a suicide. But...

The fuzzy boundaries between sanity and insanity in an isolated Christian group come to light when one of its members dies in strange circumstances....