The Best Movies About Cults
No. These aren't cult films, they're the best films about cults. Scientology, the Illuminati and the Masons, some people might add Mormons – there's nothing like a good cult story. Plenty of films have stories about a cult: Fight Club, Eyes Wide Shut, Rosemary’s Baby, The Master, and Race with the Devil. As you can see a lot of them are horror or thriller movies about cults, there are even some that are based on Jim Jones.
Many of the movies featured on this list are based on true events and take an honest look at what makes a cult, how mind control is a factor within cults, the historical events that have surrounded various cult tragedies, and controversial religious organizations and their secrets. If you've ever wondered how you fit into this, consider what fictional cult you are based on your zodiac. Some of these cults are purely fictional, while others are very realistic.
This list is made up of the best cult movies so vote up your favorites and vote down the ones you hate L. Ron Hubbard say you must do so, or face excommunication. Then be sure to check back for new movies about cults as they are released.
- Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper
- Released: 2019
- Directed by: Ari Aster
A young American couple, their relationship foundering, travel to a fabled Swedish midsummer festival where a seemingly pastoral paradise transforms into a sinister, dread-soaked nightmare as the ...more - Rebecca Moore, Janet Shular, Tim Carter
- Released: 2006
- Directed by: Stanley Nelson
Filmmaker Stanley Nelson charts the rise and fall of Peoples Temple founder Jim Jones, whose followers drank poisoned punch at their South American commune in 1978. Using archival film footage and ...more - Edward Woodward, Christopher Lee, Britt Ekland
- Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon
- Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff
- Logan Marshall-Green, Tammy Blanchard, Michiel Huisman
- Released: 2015
- Directed by: Karyn Kusama
While attending a dinner party at his former house, a man (Logan Marshall-Green) starts to believe that his ex-wife (Tammy Blanchard) and her new husband (Michiel Huisman) have sinister plans for the ...more