Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "people's-temple"

1. Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 192 min | Biography, Drama

The real-life story of the Peoples Temple cult led by Reverend Jim Jones and the events involving its move to Guyana and its eventual mass suicide.

Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Powers Boothe, Ned Beatty, Irene Cara, Veronica Cartwright

Votes: 1,654

2. Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle (2018)

168 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Docuseries looking back on the Jonestown Massacre on the 40th anniversary.

Stars: Vernon Gosney, Leslie Wagner-Wilson, Tim Carter, Jim Jones Jr.

Votes: 1,588

3. Jonestown: Paradise Lost (2007 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 100 min | Documentary, Drama, History

Cult leader Jim Jones leads his followers to a mass-suicide.

Director: Tim Wolochatiuk | Stars: Ted Biggs, Stephan Jones, Vernon Gosney, Tim Reiterman

Votes: 1,243

4. 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.

Director: Stanley Nelson | Stars: Rebecca Moore, Janet Shular, Tim Carter, Stanley Clayton

Votes: 5,639

5. Guyana: Cult of the Damned (1979)

R | 90 min | Adventure, 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.

Director: René Cardona Jr. | Stars: Stuart Whitman, Gene Barry, John Ireland, Joseph Cotten

Votes: 584

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, Andromeda Godfrey, Harriet Rees

Votes: 481

7. Jonestown Massacre: As We Watched (2018 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary

In 1978, cult leader Jim Jones lures his followers to Jonestown, Guyana where they commit mass suicide of 918 adults and children.

Stars: Jim Jones, Frank Reynolds, John Moscatelli, Grace Stoen

Votes: 30

8. Jonestown (2013)

23 min | Short, Drama, History

A thriller that dramatizes the last 24 hours in the lives of Jim Jones and The Peoples Temple Church through the eyes of a reporter.

Director: David B. Berget | Stars: Kym Jackson, Leandro Cano, William Russ, Noel Arthur

Votes: 97

9. Truth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise Lost (2018 TV Movie)

80 min | Documentary

A documentary on the 40th anniversary of the largest murder-suicide in American history, when over 900 members of the Peoples Temple consumed a deadly cyanide-laced drink on the orders of leader Jim Jones.

Stars: Edith Bogue, Thom Bogue, Bob Brown, Loreatha Buckley

Votes: 154

10. Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode: Jim Jones: Unholy Massacre Part 1 (2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History

More than 900 Americans died in an isolated jungle in northern Guyana in November 1978. The man responsible, Jim Jones, has gone down in history as a madman who drove his followers to ... See full summary »

Director: Renee Cullen | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Stephan Jones, John R. Hall, John Cobb

Votes: 41

11. Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode: Jim Jones: Unholy Massacre Part 2 (2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History

More than 900 Americans died in an isolated jungle in northern Guyana in November 1978. The man responsible, Jim Jones, has gone down in history as a madman who drove his followers to ... See full summary »

Director: Renee Cullen | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Jeff Guinn, Laura Johnston Kohl, Stephan Jones

Votes: 36

12. American Justice (1992– )
Episode: Jonestown Massacre (1992)

TV-PG | Documentary, Crime, History

The 1978 mass suicide of followers of Rev. Jim Jones, a cult leader who founded Jonestown in Guyana for the work of his People's Temple. Also: the murder of Rep. Leo J. Ryan, who was investigating allegations made by temple members.

Stars: Jim Jones, Leo J. Ryan

13. The Seventies (2015)
Episode: Crimes & Cults (2015)

Documentary, History

Cult killings like the Manson Family murders and serial killers such as The Zodiac, The Hillside Strangler, John Wayne Gacy and the Son of Sam have the nation gripped in fear as crime and murder dramatically rise throughout the decade.

Stars: Douglas Brinkley, Vincent Bugliosi, Jeff Guinn, James Alan Fox

Votes: 142