The best movies about cults
The top 3 according to 53 votes from people: The Master (2012) · Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) · Elmer Gantry (1960). (Updated May 11, 2022.)
Charismatic leaders, isolated communes and followers who can't get out: from Elmer Gantry and The Wicker Man to The Master, Martha Marcy May Marlene and Midsommar, according to Cinespacio24's two-part selection.
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Top 14
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1
The Master (2012)
Paul Thomas Anderson. A traumatised ex-sailor falls into the orbit of a leader inspired by Scientology.
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Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
Sean Durkin. Elizabeth Olsen as a young woman who escapes a cult but can't leave it behind.
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3
Elmer Gantry (1960)
Richard Brooks. Burt Lancaster as an opportunist preacher. Best Actor Oscar.
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4
Love Exposure (2008)
Sion Sono. Four hours of love, Catholic guilt and a cult in Japan.
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5
Faults (2014)
Riley Stearns. Parents hire a deprogrammer to get their daughter back.
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The Wicker Man (1973)
Robin Hardy. A policeman searches for a girl on a pagan Scottish island. With Christopher Lee.
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Mandy (2018)
Panos Cosmatos. Nicolas Cage takes revenge on the cult that killed his partner.
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Charlie Says (2018)
Mary Harron. The three young women who killed for Charles Manson, in prison.
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9
Savage Messiah (2002)
Mario Azzopardi. The true case of Roch Thériault, leader of a commune in Canada.
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10
The Devil Rides Out (1968)
Terence Fisher. Christopher Lee against a satanic cult, from Dennis Wheatley's novel.
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Holy Smoke (1999)
Jane Campion. Kate Winslet and Harvey Keitel: an expert hired to deprogram a cult member.
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12
Midsommar (2019)
Ari Aster. Students at a Swedish commune's midsummer festival.
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13
The Seventh Victim (1943)
Mark Robson. A young woman searches New York for her sister, caught up with Satanists.
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14
Sound of My Voice (2011)
Zal Batmanglij. Two documentary makers infiltrate the cult of a woman who says she's from the future.
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Comments (1)
Martha Marcy May Marlene me dejó mal cuerpo durante días. Elizabeth Olsen está brutal, mucho mejor que en Marvel.