Best films on cults?

sxt

Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) deals great with the psychology of it

MfMan

Powers Boothe won an Emmy for playing Jim Jones in Guyana Tragedy.

I see sheep

The Master

MrsBean

I really enjoyed Wild Wild Country on Netflix. It's a documentary series about the Rajneesh Movement in Oregon. Bought a ranch there in the 80's to build a utopia. Built their own airport and everything.

donfers

the wicker man (old version)
midsommar
apostle (decent, not as good as the above two though)
the invitation (excellent hidden little gem on netflix)
faults (sublime, just sublime)

Rodney Bathgate

The Wicker Man (original)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

arcticmonkeys

Holy hell dont know if its still on netflix but It's crazy stuff .

El Gato De Negocios

The Manson Family by Jim Van Bebber.

branie2

In the Line of Duty: Ambush at Waco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2EQ0FlVks4

James Earl Jones knew how to run a cult!

dzsfah2xoynme9

The Magdalene Sisters

ZeroThreat

Does Battlefield Earth count?






Ok, I'll get my coat....

o1s1n

If you want an absolutely amazing insight into the real world of growing up as a Jehovah's Witness, check out Apostasy.

Some of it might seem a bit hard to believe but it is most definitely highly accurate.

jh79

The Sacrament by Ti West.

Journalist for Vice visits a cult in South America that his sister is part of for an article. Really good.

KilOit

Not a movie but Waco is very good mini series at only 6 episodes and stars Michael Shannon who is always amazing
It's based on David Koresh's cult and the siege that happened in 1993 if you remember the famous tv clips of the fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlocXTpy-gs

Hangdogroad

Split Image (1982) The cult leader in it seemed to be loosely inspired by that Osho Rjaneesh guy though it was made before the cult became known to the wider public

silverharp

there is an old one on Jim Jones , cant remember if its a TV movie or mini series

Hangdogroad

silverharp wrote: »

there is an old one on Jim Jones , cant remember if its a TV movie or mini series

There was a kind of schlocky exploitation movie called Guyana, Crime Of The Century. There's also a made for TV movie which is more factally based. Both came out fairly soon after the mass suicides.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Tempted to say Life of Brian

Unorthodox on Netflix was an interesting one about trying to get out of one.

timthumbni

One upon a time in Hollywood. Rosemary’s Baby too.

For a real series then Wild, Wild Country as someone earlier suggested. Very entertaining and shows that the US is a very weird huge place, full of very strange people. That woman Sheela is some piece of work. Tough titties.....

JP Liz V1

Midsommar

Mr Crispy

Hot Fuzz :pac:

Hangdogroad

Hideous Kinky, a good one if op is looking for realistic depiction of cults and how people get involved.

Ironman76

KilOit wrote: »

Not a movie but Waco is very good mini series at only 6 episodes and stars Michael Shannon who is always amazing
It's based on David Koresh's cult and the siege that happened in 1993 if you remember the famous tv clips of the fire

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlocXTpy-gs

Watching this now. Very good so far. Thanks for recommending.

Midsommar was really good I thought.

Tony EH

If it hasn't been mentioned before, 'Faults' is great.

branie2

The Satanic Rites of Dracula

Tipsy McSwagger

The Iron Lady

buried

Apocalypse Now

p to the e

It's been years since I've seen it but I remember liking "Red State" by Kevin Smith. Not your typical Smith film. Michael Parks is fantastic as a Fred Phelps type character. All fire and brimstone.

El Tarangu

'White poles, black holes'

- oh I see you've written cults with an 'L' - apologies; the ones that Louis Theroux did on the Westboro baptist church were quite good.

vriesmays

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZkO8OB66yc