Documentaries on Religion, Spirituality and Cults
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1. 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama (2006)
Unrated | 85 min | Documentary
How do you reconcile a commitment to non-violence when faced with violence? Why do the poor often seem happier than the rich? Must a society lose its traditions in order to move into the ... See full summary »
Director: Rick Ray | Stars: The Dalai Lama, Tenzin Bagdro, Bob Dole, Richard Gere
Votes: 766 | Gross: $0.22M
2. The Unbelievers (2013)
Not Rated | 77 min | Documentary
Renowned scientists Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss cross the globe as they speak publicly about the importance of science and reason in the modern world.
Director: Gus Holwerda | Stars: Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Woody Allen, Richard Dawkins, Daniel C. Dennett
Votes: 6,778
3. Ayahuasca: Vine of the Soul (2010)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, Adventure
On a quest for spiritual awakening and healing, a naturopathic doctor and an accountant join others in the Amazon to drink a hallucinogenic brew called ayahuasca or 'Vine of the Soul'. ... See full summary »
Director: Richard Meech | Stars: Guillermo Arévalo, Gabor Maté, Dennis J. McKenna, Kenneth Tupper
Votes: 404
4. Hell House (2001)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
Each Halloween, youth members of Trinity Church, Texas construct a 'Hell House'; a modern-day fire-and-brimstone sermon, presented in the form of a haunted house, seen by over 10,000 visitors each year.
Director: George Ratliff | Stars: Aria Adloo, Ashley Adloo, Amy Allred, Gabriel Allred
Votes: 1,725
5. DMT: The Spirit Molecule (2010)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary
An investigation into the long-obscured mystery of dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a molecule found in nearly every living organism and considered the most potent psychedelic on Earth.
Director: Mitch Schultz | Stars: Joe Rogan, Ralph Abraham, Joel Bakst, Steven Barker
Votes: 4,854
6. 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: 1,245
7. Hellbound? (2012)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary
If God is our pure, all-loving creator, can he really turn his back on sinners and allow them to suffer for eternity in hell? Where did this vision of hell come from? Is it possible we've ... See full summary »
Director: Kevin Miller | Stars: Kevin Miller, Jonathan Phelps, Margie Phelps, Robert McKee
Votes: 307 | Gross: $0.02M
8. Neurons to Nirvana (2013)
85 min | Documentary, History, News
A stylish, in depth look at the renaissance in psychedelic drug research in light of current scientific, medical and cultural knowledge.
Director: Oliver Hockenhull | Stars: Lesley Ewen, Dennis J. McKenna, David Healy, David E. Nichols
Votes: 1,310
9. Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World (2011)
PG | 90 min | Documentary, History
In our post-9/11 world, a greater understanding across cultures is more important than ever before, yet the purpose of this program is not simply to provide political or historical context.... See full summary »
Director: Robert H. Gardner | Stars: Mohammad Al-Asad, Sheila S. Blair, Jonathan M. Bloom, Afshan Bokhari
Votes: 154
10. Islam: The Untold Story (2012 TV Movie)
74 min | Documentary
Tom Holland is searching for the birth place of Islam. Needless to say it's not where we usually believe it is.
Director: Kevin Sim | Stars: Tom Holland, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Patricia Crone, Guy Stroumsa
Votes: 237
11. Muhammad: Legacy of a Prophet (2002)
PG | 116 min | Documentary
Tells the story of the seventh century prophet who changed world history in 23 years, and continues to shapes the lives of more than 1.2 billion people. The film takes viewers not only to ... See full summary »
Directors: Omar Al-Qattan, Michael Schwarz
Votes: 793
12. Islam: Empire of Faith (2000)
160 min | Documentary, History
Islam: Empire of Faith is a documentary series, made in 2000, that details the history of Islam, from the birth of the Islamic Prophet, Muhammad to the Ottoman Empire.
The first episode ... See full synopsis »
Director: Robert H. Gardner | Stars: Esin Atil, Ben Kingsley, Michael Sells
Votes: 765
13. A Jihad for Love (2007)
Unrated | 81 min | Documentary
A documentary on gay, lesbian, and transgender Muslims across the Muslim and Western worlds.
Director: Parvez Sharma | Stars: Muhsin Hendricks, A.K. Hoosen, Mazen, Abdellah Taïa
Votes: 713 | Gross: $0.11M
14. The Dhamma Brothers (2008)
76 min | Documentary
East meets West in the Deep South. An overcrowded maximum-security prison-the end of the line in Alabama's correctional system-is dramatically changed by the influence of an ancient ... See full summary »
Directors: Andrew Kukura, Jenny Phillips, Anne Marie Stein | Stars: Grady Bankhead, Ron Cavanaugh, Jonathan Crowley, Edward Johnson
Votes: 478 | Gross: $0.03M
15. Honor Diaries (2013)
Not Rated | 61 min | Documentary, Crime, News
Several Muslim women activists discuss their stories and the state of women's rights in Muslim-majority nations.
Director: Micah Smith | Stars: Raheel Raza, Raquel Evita Saraswati, Juliana Taimoorazy
Votes: 240
16. Sons of Perdition (2010)
R | 85 min | Documentary
An inside look at former FLDS teens who have become religious refugees in mainstream America.
Directors: Tyler Measom, Jennilyn Merten | Stars: Bruce Barlow, Deloy Bateman, Michelle Benward, Kevin Black
Votes: 741
17. Afghan Alphabet (2002)
45 min | Documentary
Documentary showing the life of children of the Afghan villages bordering Iran, and how their life and culture were affected by Taliban regime.
Director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf | Stars: Ghafour Barahouyi, Maryam Ozbak, Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Votes: 302
18. Dawkins: Sex, Death and the Meaning of Life (2012– )
Not Rated | 47 min | Documentary
Ideas about the soul and the afterlife, of sin and God's purpose have shaped human thinking for thousands of years. Religious rituals remain embedded in the major events of our lives. In ... See full summary »
Stars: Richard Dawkins, Ricky Gervais
Votes: 612
19. To Kill a Sparrow (2014)
26 min | Documentary, Short, Drama
Today, there are over 800 young Afghan women imprisoned for so-called 'moral crimes.' These crimes include running away from unlawful forced marriages and domestic violence, or simply ... See full summary »
Director: Zohreh Soleimani
Votes: 20
20. Zeitgeist (2007 Video)
Not Rated | 118 min | Documentary, History
Mythology and belief in society today, presenting uncommon perspectives of common cultural issues.
Director: Peter Joseph | Stars: Chogyam Trungpa, Jordan Maxwell, George Carlin, Bill Hicks
Votes: 50,374
21. The Secret (2006 Video)
PG | 90 min | Documentary
Interviews with self-proclaimed authors, philosophers and scientists, with an in-depth discussion of visualizing your goals. The audience is shown how they can learn and use 'The Secret' in their everyday lives.
Director: Drew Heriot | Stars: Bob Proctor, Joe Vitale, John Assaraf, Loral Langemeier
Votes: 14,059
22. I Am (III) (2010)
Not Rated | 78 min | Documentary
Director Tom Shadyac speaks with intellectual and spiritual leaders about what's wrong with our world and how we can improve both it and the way we live in it.
Director: Tom Shadyac | Stars: Tom Shadyac, Desmond Tutu, Noam Chomsky, Ray Anderson
Votes: 3,900 | Gross: $1.57M
23. The Bible Unearthed: The Making of a Religion (2005– )
208 min | Documentary
A documentary based on the groundbreaking 2001 book with the same name by Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman.
Votes: 37
24.
Nova (1974– )
Episode:
The Bible's Buried Secrets
(2008)
TV-PG | 112 min | Documentary
A powerful partnership between science and scholarship breaks exciting new ground in investigating the origins of the ancient Israelites, their faith in a single, omnipotent God and the creation of the Bible.
Director: Gary Glassman | Stars: Liev Schreiber, Stockard Channing, Gabriel Barkay, Amnon Ben Tor
Votes: 111
25.
Frontline (1983– )
Episode:
Secrets of the Vatican
(2014)
TV-PG | 84 min | Documentary, News
From PBS and Frontline: Pope Benedict made history when he announced his resignation, becoming the first Pope to step down voluntarily in six hundred years. In his wake he left a bitterly ... See full summary »
Director: Antony Thomas | Stars: Will Lyman, Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, Pope Francis, Pope Benedict XVI
Votes: 151
26. Noah's Ark: The Real Story (2003)
50 min | Documentary
A documentary that reexamines the biblical story of Noah in light of new archaeological evidence.
Director: Jean-Claude Bragard | Stars: George Couyas, Souad Faress, Nabil Massad, Peter Polycarpou
Votes: 13
27. Waiting for Armageddon (2009)
Not Rated | 74 min | Documentary
America's 50-million strong Evangelical community is convinced that the world's future is foretold in Biblical prophecy - from the Rapture to the Battle of Armageddon. This astonishing ... See full summary »
Directors: Kate Davis, David Heilbroner, Franco Sacchi | Stars: Gary Bauer, Chip Berlet, George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter
Votes: 390 | Gross: $0.01M
28. God Loves Uganda (2013)
TV-14 | 83 min | Documentary
An account of the American Evangelicals' attempts to indoctrinate their Christian Right beliefs in Uganda.
Director: Roger Ross Williams
Votes: 1,255 | Gross: $0.05M
29. Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012)
TV-14 | 106 min | Documentary
Alex Gibney explores the charged issue of pedophilia in the Catholic Church, following a trail from the first known protest against clerical sexual abuse in the United States and all the way to the Vatican.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Alex Gibney, Terry Kohut, Gary Smith, Pat Kuehn
Votes: 4,086
30. Meet the Mormons (2014)
PG | 78 min | Documentary
Meet the Mormons examines the very diverse lives of six devout members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Filmed on location and across the globe, Meet the Mormons takes ... See full summary »
Director: Blair Treu | Stars: Jermaine Sullivan, Ken Niumatalolo, Carolina Muñoz Marin, Bishnu Adhikari
Votes: 2,046 | Gross: $5.88M
31. The Bible (2013)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Drama, War
A religious dramatic miniseries about God's creation and physical landmark events leading up to the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Stars: Keith David, Robert Powell, Jake Canuso, Diogo Morgado
Votes: 12,353
32. An Honest Liar (2014)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
The life and career of the renowned stage magician turned scientific skeptic of the paranormal, James Randi.
Directors: Tyler Measom, Justin Weinstein | Stars: James Randi, Penn Jillette, Teller, Ray Hyman
Votes: 10,499 | Gross: $0.12M
33. Patterns of Evidence: Exodus (2014)
Unrated | 115 min | Documentary, History
An investigation into the validity of the Exodus.
Director: Timothy P. Mahoney | Stars: Kevin Sorbo, Benjamin Netanyahu, David Rohl, Shimon Peres
Votes: 1,199
34. A Sinner in Mecca (2015)
79 min | Documentary
For a gay filmmaker, filming in Saudi Arabia presents two serious challenges: filming is forbidden in the country and homosexuality is punishable by death. For filmmaker Parvez Sharma, ... See full summary »
Director: Parvez Sharma | Stars: Hamad Almutaani, Maram Alzghoul, Shady Eldanf, Ismail Sarsor
Votes: 363
35. Awake: The Life of Yogananda (2014)
PG | 87 min | Documentary
Unique biopic about Yogananda, telling the story of his life and influence on yoga, religion and science, combining re-enactment, interviews, and verité.
Directors: Paola di Florio, Lisa Leeman | Stars: Marc Benioff, Brother Chidananda, Deepak Chopra, Francis X. Clooney
Votes: 1,391 | Gross: $1.02M
36. Kumaré (2011)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary
A documentary about a man who impersonates a wise Indian Guru and builds a following in Arizona. At the height of his popularity, the Guru Kumaré must reveal his true identity to his disciples and unveil his greatest teaching of all.
Director: Vikram Gandhi | Stars: Vikram Gandhi, Toby, Greg, Molly
Votes: 5,198 | Gross: $0.13M
37. Jesus Camp (2006)
PG-13 | 87 min | Documentary
A documentary on kids who attend a summer camp hoping to become the next Billy Graham.
Directors: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady | Stars: Mike Papantonio, Lou Engle, Becky Fischer, Ted Haggard
Votes: 28,779 | Gross: $0.90M
38.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
The Amish: Shunned
(2014)
TV-PG | 113 min | Documentary, Biography, History
From pbs.org What is it like to be cut off from your faith and your family? The Amish: Shunned follows seven people who have chosen to leave their closed and tightly-knit communities for ... See full summary »
Director: Callie T. Wiser | Stars: Saloma Furlong, Anna, Naomi Kramer, Levi Shetler
Votes: 185
39. Sufi Soul: The Mystic Music of Islam (2005 TV Movie)
49 min | Documentary, Music
Sufi Soul: The Mystic Music of Islam, documents the many musical subcultures of Sufism as it was incorporated by different cultures in different regions. With many comparisons to ... See full summary »
Director: Simon Broughton | Stars: William Dalrymple, Salman Ahmed, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Votes: 137
40. My Son the Jihadi (2015 TV Movie)
47 min | Documentary
Channel 4 documentary about British mother, Sally Evans, whose son, Thomas, had been recruited - and joined - Islamist terrorist organisation, Al Shabaab, in Somalia.
Director: Peter Beard | Stars: Michael Evans, Sally Evans, Thomas Evans
Votes: 192
41. 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: 6,069 | Gross: $0.02M
42. Isis: The British Women Supporters Unveiled (2015 TV Movie)
Documentary
Channel 4 documentary Isis: the British Women Supporters Unveiled follows a 12-month undercover investigation, which penetrates the secret world of the women in the UK who support Isis, and... See full summary »
Director: Joanna Potts | Star: Poppy Begum
Votes: 86
43.
Inside (2007– )
Episode:
Inside a Cult: Messiah on Trial
(2009)
50 min | Documentary
Current and former cult members struggle to come to terms with the 2008 trial of self-proclaimed Messiah Michael Travesser, accused of molesting young girls.
Star: Michael Travesser
Votes: 78
44. Children of God (1994 TV Movie)
63 min | Documentary
A family describes their time within a religious cult, one that perpetuated pedophilia, sexual abuse, and prostitution.
Director: John Smithson | Stars: Helen Mirren, Sylvia Padilla, Debbie Padilla, Miriam Padilla
Votes: 658
45. The Family: Inside the Manson Cult (2009 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 90 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Follows Charles Manson's 'Family' member Linda Kasabian, and her story to what when on at Spahn's Movie Ranch and the final days leading up to the grisly 1969 Tate/La Bianca murders.
Director: Neil Rawles | Stars: Ryan Blakely, Meredith Cheesbrough, Sascha Cole, Roger Doche
Votes: 457
46. For the Love of a Man (2015)
85 min | Documentary
Actor, Leader, Hero, God. Men from various generations alter their lives, sell their belongings, and place fandom above their families in devotion to an iconic South Indian superstars.
Director: Rinku Kalsy | Stars: Raghuventh Manivannan, Kamal Anand, Babu, K. Hariharan
Votes: 78
47. Deprogrammed (2015)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary
Deprogrammed chronicles Ted 'Black Lightning' Patrick's rise as the notorious 'Father of Deprogramming'.
Director: Mia Donovan | Stars: Balavanta Das, Hridayananda Das Goswami, Ted Patrick
Votes: 535
48. Naga the Eternal Yogi (2016)
Not Rated | 73 min | Documentary
A journey that will bring a young ascetic, belonging to the oldest Indian monastic order, to the most important religious festival for Hindu: The Kumbh Mela.
Directors: Krishna Agazzi, Filippo Gastaldi
Votes: 90
49.
Inside (2007– )
Episode:
Pint-Sized Preachers
(2011)
45 min | Documentary
Director: Tom Dumican | Stars: Rhonda Bennett, Terry Durham, Dora Holiday, Earnest Johnson
Votes: 13
50. Among the Believers (2015)
84 min | Documentary, Biography, News
An unsettling and eye opening exploration into the spread of the radical Islamic school Red Mosque in Pakistan, which trains legions of children to devote their lives to jihad, or holy war, from a very young age.
Directors: Mohammed Ali Naqvi, Hemal Trivedi | Stars: Abdul Aziz Ghazi, Pervez Hoodbhoy
Votes: 663 | Gross: $0.00M
51. Michael Lost and Found (2017)
19 min | Documentary, Short
When a feature film is made about them seven years after their break-up, Benjie Nycum visits his ex-boyfriend Michael Glatze and finally tries to get answers about his bewildering shift from gay activist to ex-gay evangelical.
Director: Daniel J. Wilner | Stars: Mike Glatze, Rebekah Glatze, Benjie Nycum
Votes: 389
52. Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief (2015)
Not Rated | 119 min | Documentary
A documentary looking at the inner-workings of the Church of Scientology.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Paul Haggis, Jason Beghe, Spanky Taylor, David Miscavige
Votes: 40,914
53. My Scientology Movie (2015)
Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary
Louis Theroux documents his investigation into what goes on behind the scenes of the infamous Church of Scientology.
Director: John Dower | Stars: Louis Theroux, Tom Cruise, Marty Rathbun, Paz de la Huerta
Votes: 13,526 | Gross: $0.02M
54. Dying to Know: Ram Dass & Timothy Leary (2014)
95 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Dying to Know is an intimate portrait celebrating two very complex controversial characters in an epic friendship that shaped a generation. In the early 1960s Harvard psychology professors ... See full summary »
Director: Gay Dillingham | Stars: John Perry Barlow, Dean Chamberlain, Ram Dass, Peggy Mellon Hitchcock
Votes: 490
55. Humano (2013)
Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, Mystery
A young man travels to the Andean mountains to understand the origin of man and the reason of his existence.
Director: Alan Stivelman
Votes: 251
56. Religulous (2008)
R | 101 min | Documentary, Comedy, War
Bill Maher's take on the current state of world religion.
Director: Larry Charles | Stars: Bill Maher, Tal Bachman, Jonathan Boulden, Steven Burg
Votes: 60,252 | Gross: $13.00M
57. One of Us (IV) (2017)
95 min | Documentary
Penetrating the insular world of New York's Hasidic community, focusing on three individuals driven to break away despite threats of retaliation.
Directors: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady | Stars: Etty, Chani Getter, Ari Hershkowitz, Luzer Twersky
Votes: 7,129
58. Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses (2015)
89 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
The true story of how love, fear, culture and belief lead a loving family to tragically kill one of their own during a four day exorcism ceremony.
Director: David Stubbs | Stars: Tangaroa Te Ariki, Viv Babbington, Vivien Bell, Nick Blake
Votes: 713
59. The Last Shaman (2016)
77 min | Documentary, Adventure, Drama
James gives himself 12 months before he has 'a license to kill himself', he sets off to the amazon rainforest with hopes of finding a shaman who can save his life.
Director: Raz Degan | Stars: Guillermo Arevalo, James Freeman
Votes: 2,022 | Gross: $0.02M
60. Wild Wild Country (2018)
TV-MA | 67 min | Documentary, Crime
When Osho, the world's most controversial guru, builds an Utopian city deep in the Oregon country, conflict with the locals escalates into a national scandal.
Stars: Ma Anand Sheela, Philip Toelkes, Jane Stork, George Meredith
Votes: 35,111
61. Waco: The Rules of Engagement (1997)
Not Rated | 165 min | Documentary, History
A reassessment of the tragedy at Waco that left 76 members of the Branch Davidian religious sect dead.
Director: William Gazecki | Stars: Dan Gifford, Jim Cavanaugh, Dick DeGuerin, Clive Doyle
Votes: 3,734
62. Ram Dass, Going Home (2017)
31 min | Documentary, Short
A profound and poetic encounter with cultural and spiritual icon Ram Dass, at his home on Maui toward the end of his life.
Director: Derek Peck
Votes: 1,255
63. The Sacred City (2016 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 85 min | Documentary, History
This British film was made about Canadian historian Dan Gibson, who has uncovered startling new archaeological evidence that Mecca was not the original Holy City of Islam.
Director: David Taylor | Stars: Dan Gibson, Matt Jamie, Ranj Nagra, Adel Shemari
Votes: 210
64. On Yoga: The Architecture of Peace (2017)
87 min | Documentary
ON YOGA: The Architecture of Peace is director Heitor Dhalia's new film and his first documentary, it follows photographer Michael O'Neill as he talks to the great Yoga masters in India, Tibet and New York.
Director: Heitor Dhalia
Votes: 673
65. The Jihadis Next Door (2016 TV Movie)
60 min | Documentary
Over the course of two years film-maker Jamie Roberts meets those spreading extremist Islamic fundamentalism in Britain, including a bouncy castle salesman who is now one of the world's most wanted men.
Director: Jamie Roberts | Stars: Khuram Butt, Mohammed Emwazi, Abu Haleema, Jamie Roberts
Votes: 224
66. Jihad: A Story of the Others (2015)
50 min | Documentary
An unflinching but sensitive and personal examination of jihadism and radicalisation, its causes and its possible solutions.
Director: Deeyah Khan | Stars: Deeyah Khan, Abu Muntasir, Alyas Karmani, Usama Hasan
Votes: 447
67. A Return to Grace: Luther's Life and Legacy (2017 Video)
TV-PG | 113 min | Documentary, Biography, Drama
Martin Luther chronicles the real life story of the seismic upheaval that rocked the western world in the early 1500s. Narrated by Hugh Bonneville (Downtown Abbey), the film brings to life the great adventure story of Luther's struggle.
Director: David Batty | Stars: Pádraic Delaney, Gerhard Bode Jr., Hugh Bonneville, John A. Braun
Votes: 261
68. Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (2018)
PG | 96 min | Documentary, Biography
Pope Francis travels the world speaking to those in need and delivering a message of hope.
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Pope Francis, Ignazio Oliva, María Eufemia Goycoechea, Joe Biden
Votes: 2,378 | Gross: $1.82M
69. The Family (2019)
TV-14 | 50 min | Documentary, Mystery
An enigmatic Christian group known as The Family wields enormous influence in Washington, DC, in pursuit of its global ambitions.
Stars: Jeff Sharlet, James Cromwell, Doug Hampton, Lisa Getter
Votes: 4,066
70. Hail Satan? (2019)
R | 95 min | Documentary
A look at the quick rise and influence of the controversial religious group known as The Satanic Temple.
Director: Penny Lane | Stars: Jex Blackmore, Chalice Blythe, Nicholas Crowe, Sal De Ciccio
Votes: 7,816 | Gross: $0.42M
71. Murder Among the Mormons (2021)
TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, Crime, History
High-stakes exploits turn deadly - and shake a global church to its core - in the extraordinary true crime story.
Stars: Dorie Hofmann Olds, Shannon Flynn, Brent Metcalfe, Richard Turley
Votes: 7,316
72. Colonia Dignidad: A Sinister Sect (2021)
Documentary, Crime
The rise of a poor German lay preacher to one of the mightiest men in Latin America told through the eyes of those who lived in the sect, who endured it, who fought it. All brought to life by unearthed, never before seen archive material.
Stars: Salo Luna, Willi Malessa, Edeltraud Bohnau, Jack Luceno
Votes: 995
73. How to Change Your Mind (2022)
TV-MA | 53 min | Documentary
It showcases what psychedelics teaches people about consciousness, dying, addiction, depression and transcendence.
Stars: Michael Pollan, Erika Gagnon, Kathleen Kral, Paul Daley
Votes: 3,296
74. 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: 16,104
75. John of God: The Crimes of a Spiritual Healer (2021)
Documentary, Crime
Idolized medium João Teixeira de Faria rises to international fame before horrifying abuse is revealed by survivors, prosecutors and the press.
Stars: Andrea Mannelli, Rejane Araújo, Jardel Wagner, Norberto Kist
Votes: 1,039
76. Headspace Guide to Meditation (2021)
TV-G | 173 min | Documentary, Animation
Over the course of eight animated episodes, Andy Puddicombe—former Buddhist monk and co-founder of the globally beloved Headspace meditation app—takes viewers through the benefits and science behind meditation.
Star: Andy Puddicombe
Votes: 1,870
77. How to Become a Cult Leader (2023– )
TV-MA | 30 min | Documentary, Crime
Look inside the cult leader's playbook for achieving unconditional love, endless devotion and the power to control people's minds, bodies and souls.
Stars: Peter Dinklage, Lola Blanc, Diane Benscoter, Janja Lalich
Votes: 2,260
78. Waco: American Apocalypse (2023)
TV-MA | 47 min | Documentary, Crime
It showcases what happened in 1993 in Waco, Texas when cult leader David Koresh faced off against the federal government in a 51-day siege.
Stars: David Thibodeau, Chris Whitcomb, Lee Hancock, Bob Ricks
Votes: 7,795
79. Testament: The Story of Moses (2024)
TV-14 | 85 min | Documentary
Explore the life of Moses, his journey from outcast and murderer to prophet and liberator of the Hebrews from Egyptian oppression.
Stars: Charles Dance, Clarke Peters, Avi Azulay, Dominique Tipper
Votes: 2,974
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