Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "ex-cult-member"

1. Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey (2022)

TV-MA | 49 min | Documentary, Crime

Examines the rise of Warren Jeffs in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and his shocking criminal case.

Stars: Mike Watkiss, Elissa Wall, Rebecca Musser, Ruby Jessop

Votes: 16,097

2. Escaping Utopia (2024)

Documentary

New Zealand's most extreme religious cult, Gloriavale, and the true stories of people attempting to break free, including current and former members that have never gone on record before.

Votes: 49

3. Holy Hell (2016)

Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary, Drama

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

Director: Will Allen | Stars: Will Allen, Dimitrius Pulido, Phillipe Coquet, David Christopher

Votes: 6,066 | Gross: $0.02M

4. The Veil (I) (2016)

R | 93 min | Horror

Twenty-five years after members of a religious cult committed mass suicide, the lone survivor returns to the scene of the tragedy with a documentary crew in tow.

Director: Phil Joanou | Stars: Jessica Alba, Thomas Jane, Lily Rabe, Aleksa Palladino

Votes: 8,177

5. Heaven's Gate (2020)

TV-MA | 52 min | Documentary, Crime

A comprehensive analysis of the UFO cult. The disappearance of 20 people, and the largest suicide on U.S. soil. Forever changing the face of modern era religion.

Stars: Janja Lalich, Benjamin Zeller, Robert Balch, Kelly Cooke

Votes: 3,031

6. The Jonestown Haunting (2020)

85 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

A survivor of the Jonestown massacre returns to the site 10 years later and discovers the cult's former home has become a breeding ground for the supernatural.

Director: Andrew Jones | Stars: Derek Nelson, William Meredith, Brendan Purcell, Andromeda Godfrey

Votes: 483

7. Cult Killer (2006 TV Movie)

48 min | Documentary

On January 7th 2005, 29 year old Rick Rodriguez murdered his former nanny and then killed himself on a lonely desert highway. Hours earlier he had videoed his suicide note and this final ... See full summary »

Director: Nick Godwin | Stars: Ricky Rodriguez, David Berg, Don Irwin, Judy Irwin

Votes: 68

8. The Cult That Stole Children: Inside the Family (V) (2016)

TV-MA | 98 min | Documentary

An incendiary, heartbreaking investigation into one of Australia's most notorious cults, and the scars its survivors still bear today.

Director: Rosie Jones | Stars: Sung Yun Cho, Lex de Man, Jordan Fraser-Trumble, Anne Hamilton-Byrne

Votes: 366

9. Louis Theroux: Surviving America's Most Hated Family (2019)

59 min | Documentary

Louis Theroux returns to visit the Westboro Baptist Church in the wake of the death of its leader.

Director: Geoffrey O'Connor | Stars: Louis Theroux, Fred Phelps, Bethany Hockenbarger, Chris Jakes

Votes: 955

10. Moonchild (1982 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, Drama

Former members of the Unification Church of the United States, pejoratively referred to as the Moonie cult, reenact their experiences with the church. How they joined, became disillusioned and left or got "rescued and deprogrammed".

Director: Anne Makepeace | Stars: Chris Carlson, Gail Dartez, Andrea Bahman, Michael Daly

Votes: 7

11. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Via Negativa (2000)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While Scully tends to her secret, Doggett and Skinner team up to find and somehow stop a cult leader who can kill people in their dreams.

Director: Tony Wharmby | Stars: Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, Mitch Pileggi, Keith Szarabajka

Votes: 2,885