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1. The Path (2016– )
60 min | Drama
A man who converts to a controversial following suffers from a crisis of faith.
Creator: Jessica Goldberg | Stars: Aaron Paul, Michelle Monaghan, Emma Greenwell, Rockmond Dunbar
Votes: 972
2. Colonia (2015)
110 min | Drama, History, Romance
A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend that draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody ever escaped from.
Writers: Torsten Wenzel, Florian Gallenberger | Director: Florian Gallenberger | Stars: Emma Watson, Daniel Brühl, Michael Nyqvist, Richenda Carey
Votes: 1,260
3. Contact (1997)
PG | 150 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Dr. Ellie Arroway, after years of searching, finds conclusive radio proof of intelligent aliens, who send plans for a mysterious machine.
Writers: James V. Hart, Michael Goldenberg, Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan | Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt
Votes: 195,573
4. The Master (2012)
R | 144 min | Drama
A Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future - until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader.
Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson | Director: Paul Thomas Anderson | Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Jesse Plemons
Votes: 101,805
5. Ip Man 2 (2010)
R | 108 min | Action, Biography, Drama
Centering on Ip Man's migration to Hong Kong in 1949 as he attempts to propagate his discipline of Wing Chun martial arts.
Writers: Tai-Li Chan, Hiu-Yan Choi, Edmond Wong | Director: Wilson Yip | Stars: Donnie Yen, Xiaoming Huang, Sammo Kam-Bo Hung, Lynn Hung
Votes: 66,373
6. Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
R | 102 min | Drama, Thriller
Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.
Writer: Sean Durkin | Director: Sean Durkin | Stars: Elizabeth Olsen, Sarah Paulson, John Hawkes, Christopher Abbott
Votes: 39,610
7. Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)
Not Rated | 119 min | Documentary
An in-depth look at the inner-workings of the Church of Scientology.
Writers: Alex Gibney, Lawrence Wright | Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Paul Haggis, Jason Beghe, Spanky Taylor, David Miscavige
Votes: 21,832
8. Vanishing Point (1971)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
During the 1970s, car delivery driver Kowalski delivers hot rods in record time but always runs into trouble with the highway cops.
Writers: Guillermo Cabrera Infante, Malcolm Hart | Director: Richard C. Sarafian | Stars: Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger, Victoria Medlin
Votes: 21,243
9. Sound of My Voice (2011)
R | 85 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Two documentary filmmakers attempt to penetrate a cult who worships a woman who claims to be from the future.
Writers: Zal Batmanglij, Brit Marling | Director: Zal Batmanglij | Stars: Christopher Denham, Nicole Vicius, Brit Marling, Davenia McFadden
Votes: 15,064
10. Labyrinth (2012 TV Mini-Series)
180 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
The series follows two women-medieval Alaïs Pelletier du Mas (Jessica Brown Findlay), who lives through the Crusades and Cathar massacres in medieval France, and modern-day Alice Tanner (... See full summary »
Stars: John Hurt, Tom Felton, Jessica Brown Findlay, Tony Curran
Votes: 2,390
11. Prince of Darkness (1987)
R | 102 min | Horror
A research team finds a mysterious cylinder in a deserted church. If opened, it could mean the end of the world.
Writer: John Carpenter | Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Donald Pleasence, Lisa Blount, Jameson Parker, Victor Wong
Votes: 24,364
12. Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015)
R | 128 min | Documentary
A look at the personal and private life of the late Apple CEO, Steve Jobs.
Writer: Alex Gibney | Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Bob Belleville, Chrisann Brennan, Nolan Bushnell, Jason Chen
Votes: 3,481
13. Faults (2014)
89 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
A man who debunks mind control techniques as a profession must help a couple whose daughter has recently joined a cult.
Writer: Riley Stearns | Director: Riley Stearns | Stars: Leland Orser, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Chris Ellis, Jon Gries
Votes: 4,314
14. Kaboom (2010)
Unrated | 86 min | Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A sci-fi story centered on the sexual awakening of a group of college students.
Writer: Gregg Araki | Director: Gregg Araki | Stars: Thomas Dekker, Haley Bennett, Chris Zylka, Roxane Mesquida
Votes: 10,336
15. Holy Smoke (1999)
R | 115 min | Drama, Comedy
While on a journey of discovery in exotic India, beautiful young Ruth Barron falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru. Her desperate parents then hire PJ Waters, a macho ... See full summary »
Writers: Anna Campion, Jane Campion | Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Kate Winslet, Harvey Keitel, Julie Hamilton, Sophie Lee
Votes: 11,973
16. The Robe (1953)
Unrated | 135 min | Drama, History
In the Roman province of Judea during the 1st century, Roman tribune Marcellus Gallio is ordered to crucify Jesus of Nazareth but is tormented by his guilty conscience afterwards.
Writers: Philip Dunne, Gina Kaus, Lloyd C. Douglas, Albert Maltz | Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Richard Burton, Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Michael Rennie
Votes: 6,151
17. Ai no mukidashi (2008)
Unrated | 237 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
A bizarre love triangle forms between a young Catholic upskirt photographer, a misandric girl and a manipulative cultist.
Writer: Sion Sono | Director: Sion Sono | Stars: Takahiro Nishijima, Hikari Mitsushima, Sakura Andô, Yutaka Shimizu
Votes: 6,973
18. Lung hing foo dai (1986)
R | 88 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Jackie Chan and his bumbling sidekick are sent on a quest through Europe to find a mysterious treasure held by a shadowy organization of monks.
Writers: Barry Wong, Edward Tang, Cheuk-Hon Szeto, Ken Lowe, John Sheppard, Rod Dean | Directors: Jackie Chan, Eric Tsang | Stars: Jackie Chan, Alan Tam, Rosamund Kwan, Lola Forner
Votes: 12,244
19. Eaten Alive! (1980)
Unrated | 92 min | Adventure, Horror
A young woman teams up with an adventurer to find her missing sister in the jungles of New Guinea and they stumble upon a religious cult led by a deranged preacher whom has located his commune in an area inhabited by cannibals.
Writer: Umberto Lenzi | Director: Umberto Lenzi | Stars: Robert Kerman, Janet Agren, Ivan Rassimov, Paola Senatore
Votes: 2,444
20. The Believers (1987)
R | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A New York psychiatrist finds that a satanic cult, which believes in child sacrifice, has a keen interest in his own son.
Writers: Mark Frost, Nicholas Conde | Director: John Schlesinger | Stars: Martin Sheen, Helen Shaver, Harley Cross, Robert Loggia
Votes: 4,366
21. Dans la cour (2014)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
Antoine is too depressed to go on playing in his rock band. After wandering in the streets, he decides to seek an occupation. Unskilled as he is, he is lucky to be hired as the caretaker of... See full summary »
Writers: Pierre Salvadori, David Léotard, Benoît Graffin | Director: Pierre Salvadori | Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Gustave Kervern, Féodor Atkine, Pio Marmaï
Votes: 702
22. Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006)
86 min | Documentary, History
Featuring never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he orchestrated a mass suicide via tainted punch.
Writers: Marcia Smith, Noland Walker | Director: Stanley Nelson | Stars: Rebecca Moore, Janet Shular, Tim Carter, Stanley Clayton
Votes: 3,680
23. The Order (2001)
R | 89 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Van Damme plays Rudy whose father, Oscar is an archaeologist. His father goes to Israel. When his father disappears, he goes to Israel to find him. The chief of police claims that his ... See full summary »
Writers: Les Weldon, Jean-Claude Van Damme | Director: Sheldon Lettich | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Sofia Milos, Charlton Heston, Brian Thompson
Votes: 6,355
24. Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980 TV Movie)
192 min | Biography, Drama
The story of the Peoples Temple cult led by Rev. Jim Jones and the events involving its move to Guyana and its eventual mass suicide.
Writers: Ernest Tidyman, Charles A. Krause | Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Powers Boothe, Ned Beatty, Irene Cara, Veronica Cartwright
Votes: 950
25. Horror (2003)
R | Horror
This visually arresting chiller concerns a group of runaway teens that escape from a drug rehab and encounter demonic forces in a rural farmhouse.
Writer: Dante Tomaselli | Director: Dante Tomaselli | Stars: Kreskin, Lizzy Mahon, Danny Lopes, Vincent Lamberti
Votes: 887
26. Night of the Demon (1980)
R | 92 min | Adventure, Horror
Professor Nugent and his students embark on a journey to locate Bigfoot believed to be responsible for countless deaths. They disturb a Black Magic ritual and eventually uncover the truth ... See full summary »
Writers: Jim L. Ball, Mike Williams | Director: James C. Wasson | Stars: Michael Cutt, Joy Allen, Bob Collins, Jody Lazarus
Votes: 1,042
27. Tore tanzt (2013)
110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The young Tore seeks in Hamburg a new life among the religious group called The Jesus Freaks. When he by accident meets a family and helps them to repair their car, he believes that a ... See full summary »
Writer: Katrin Gebbe | Director: Katrin Gebbe | Stars: Julius Feldmeier, Sascha Alexander Gersak, Annika Kuhl, Swantje Kohlhof
Votes: 838
28. Small Town Murder Songs (2010)
R | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A modern, gothic tale of crime and redemption about an aging police officer from a small Ontario Mennonite town who hides a violent past until a local murder upsets the calm of his newly reformed life.
Writer: Ed Gass-Donnelly | Director: Ed Gass-Donnelly | Stars: Jill Hennessy, Amy Rutherford, Peter Stormare, Vladimir Bondarenko
Votes: 2,472
29. The Brotherhood (2001 Video)
85 min | Horror
The fraternity "Doma (House of) Tau Omega" has found a key to eternal youth without having to become blood-drinking vampires. Will they be able to recruit Chris, an innocent and perfect newcomer?
Writers: Barry L. Levy, Matthew Jason Walsh | Director: David DeCoteau | Stars: Sam Page, Josh Hammond, Bradley Stryker, Elizabeth Bruderman
Votes: 996
30. Touch (1997)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
When Juvenal, a presumed miracle worker, appears on the scene Bill Hill attempts to exploit him but his plans go astray with the untimely intervention of August Murray and the developing ... See full summary »
Writers: Elmore Leonard, Paul Schrader | Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Bridget Fonda, Christopher Walken, Skeet Ulrich, LL Cool J
Votes: 1,957
31. Love Camp (1981)
88 min | Crime
The young daughter of a US Senator is drawn into a hippie "free love" cult called "The Children of Light" by the blond boyfriend of the cult's leader, a mysterious and beautiful Asian woman... See full summary »
Writer: Christian Anders | Director: Christian Anders | Stars: Laura Gemser, Christian Anders, Gabriele Tinti, Maximilian Wolters
Votes: 321
32. Waco: The Rules of Engagement (1997)
165 min | Documentary, History
This controversial documentary about the stand-off between an unorthodox Christian group - the Branch Davidians, under the leadership of the young, charismatic David Koresh - and the FBI ... See full summary »
Writers: William Gazecki, Dan Gifford, Michael McNulty | Director: William Gazecki | Stars: Dan Gifford, Clive Doyle, Jack Harwell, Dick J. Reavis
Votes: 2,576
33. Ticket to Heaven (1981)
PG | 108 min | Drama
David is a young man seduced by a religious cult that uses starvation, exhaustion, and brainwashing to mold recruits into money hustling disciples of a messiah-like leader. Chronicles ... See full summary »
Writers: Anne Cameron, Josh Freed, Ralph L. Thomas | Director: Ralph L. Thomas | Stars: Nick Mancuso, Saul Rubinek, Meg Foster, Kim Cattrall
Votes: 548
34. Savage Messiah (2002)
R | 94 min | Drama, Thriller
Based on real-life events in Canada in the late 1980's, social worker Paula Jackson investigated a commune run by a messiah-like figure who referred to himself as Moses. Jackson's findings ... See full summary »
Writer: Sharon Riis | Director: Mario Azzopardi | Stars: Polly Walker, Luc Picard, Isabelle Blais, Louis Ferreira
Votes: 836
35. Destiny (1997)
135 min | Comedy, Drama, History
The story is set in the 12th century in Arab-ruled Spanish province Andalusia, where famed philosopher Averroes is appointed grand judge by the caliph and his liberal court judgements are ... See full summary »
Writers: Youssef Chahine, Khaled Youssef | Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Nour El-Sherif, Hani Salama, Laila Eloui, Mahmoud Hemida
Votes: 1,812
36. Split Image (1982)
R | 110 min | Drama, Romance
Young man is sucked into an unnamed religious cult by beautiful girl and gets increasingly under the mind control of the cult leader. After his parents fail in their efforts to talk him out... See full summary »
Writers: Robert Mark Kamen, Robert Kaufman, Scott Spencer | Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Michael O'Keefe, Karen Allen, Peter Fonda, James Woods
Votes: 403
37. Wu Qingyuan (2006)
104 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A Chinese man becomes an expert player of the traditional game of Go.
Writer: Cheng Ah | Director: Zhuangzhuang Tian | Stars: Chen Chang, Sylvia Chang, Akira Emoto, Aki Fujî
Votes: 423
38. Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell (1978 TV Movie)
Unrated | 95 min | Thriller, Horror
A dog that is a minion of Satan terrorizes a suburban family.
Writers: Steven Karpf, Elinor Karpf | Director: Curtis Harrington | Stars: Richard Crenna, Yvette Mimieux, Kim Richards, Ike Eisenmann
Votes: 756
39. Brigham Young (1940)
Approved | 114 min | Adventure, Biography, History
In 1844, after the assassination of Mormon leader Joseph Smith by an angry mob in Illinois, the Mormons choose Brigham Young as their new leader and follow him to a new promised land in Utah.
Writers: Louis Bromfield, Lamar Trotti | Director: Henry Hathaway | Stars: Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Dean Jagger, Brian Donlevy
Votes: 697
40. Silent Light (2007)
136 min | Drama, Romance
In a Mennonite community in Mexico, a father's faith is tested when he falls in love with a new woman.
Writer: Carlos Reygadas | Director: Carlos Reygadas | Stars: Cornelio Wall, Miriam Toews, Maria Pankratz, Peter Wall
Votes: 4,311
41. Lavirint (2002)
115 min | Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
An aging gambler and womanizer Pop returns home after 20 years, haunted by the suicide of his friend Zoran Radosavljevic. A series of events make him question whether his suicide was ... See full summary »
Writers: Igor Bojovic, Miroslav Lekic | Director: Miroslav Lekic | Stars: Dragan Nikolic, Maja Sabljic, Branislav Lecic, Katarina Radivojevic
Votes: 1,310
42. God Is Great and I'm Not (2001)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Romance
Michèle, 20 years old, feels terrible after having broken up with her boy-friend. She meets Francois, who's a veterinarian and jewish. Michèle decides to convert into Judaism because she ... See full summary »
Writers: Alain Tasma, Pascale Bailly | Director: Pascale Bailly | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Edouard Baer, Julie Depardieu, Catherine Jacob
Votes: 2,150
43. Flavia (1974)
R | 96 min | Drama, Horror
After a cult besieges her convent, a young nun goes with an army of Muslims to destroy the convent and kill who wronged her.
Writers: Bruno Di Geronimo, Gianfranco Mingozzi, Fabrizio Onofri, Sergio Tau, Francesco Vietri, Raniero di Giovanbattista | Director: Gianfranco Mingozzi | Stars: Florinda Bolkan, María Casares, Claudio Cassinelli, Anthony Higgins
Votes: 705
44. Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4 (1990 Video)
R | 90 min | Horror
A reporter investigating the bizarre death of a woman who leaped from a building in flames finds herself mixed up in a cult of witches who are making her part of their sacrificial ceremony during the Christmas season.
Writers: Richard N. Gladstein, Arthur Gorson, Woody Keith, S.J. Smith, Brian Yuzna | Director: Brian Yuzna | Stars: Clint Howard, Neith Hunter, Tommy Hinkley, Hugh Fink
Votes: 920
45. Bad Blood (I) (2006)
Horror, Mystery, Romance
9 college students on road trip get waylaid and wind up in deep trouble.
Writer: Maria Grimm | Director: Conrad Janis | Stars: Piper Laurie, Conrad Janis, Bret Anthony, Cori Bright
Votes: 31
46. Devil's Playground (2002)
77 min | Documentary
Amish teenagers experience and embrace the modern world as a rite-of-passage before deciding which life they will choose.
Director: Lucy Walker | Stars: Velda Bontrager, Mark Bontrager, Dewayne Chupp, Dylan Cole
Votes: 2,269
47. Guyana: Cult of the Damned (1979)
R | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
Reverend Jim Jones, the priest of an independent church in the South American country Guyana, orders his followers to commit suicide. But not all of them follow him blindly and begin to think on their own.
Writers: René Cardona Jr., Carlos Valdemar | Director: René Cardona Jr. | Stars: Stuart Whitman, Gene Barry, John Ireland, Joseph Cotten
Votes: 319
48. Tears of Kali (2004)
Unrated | 106 min | Fantasy, Horror
A creepy three-part anthology which is actually constructed from a trio of German-produced independent short films that form a narrative around a mysterious cult in 1983 India as a ... See full summary »
Writer: Andreas Marschall | Director: Andreas Marschall | Stars: Pietro Martellanza, Anja Gebel, Magdalena Ritter, Nicole Ludwig
Votes: 698
49. Child Bride of Short Creek (1981 TV Movie)
120 min | Drama
Partially based on the true events surrounding a rural religious cult in the American Midwest, and how the members' children suffered for their parents' fanaticism.
Writers: Joyce Eliason, Michael Fessier Jr. | Director: Robert Michael Lewis | Stars: Diane Lane, Christopher Atkins, Conrad Bain, Kiel Martin
Votes: 166
50. A (1998)
136 min | Documentary
Aum Shinrikyo, the Buddhist sect led by Shoko Asahara and responsible for the 1995 Sarin gas attack on a Tokyo subway, becomes the subject of this documentary.
Director: Tatsuya Mori | Star: Hiroshi Araki
Votes: 182