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51. Short Night of Glass Dolls (1971)
Not Rated | 97 min | Horror, Mystery
An American journalist temporarily stationed in Central Europe searches for his new girlfriend, who has suddenly disappeared.
Director: Aldo Lado | Stars: Ingrid Thulin, Jean Sorel, Mario Adorf, Barbara Bach
Votes: 3,692
52. The Elizabeth Smart Story (2003 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 89 min | Crime, Drama
Based on the true story of the June 2002 kidnapping of teenager Elizabeth Smart by two people in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Director: Bobby Roth | Stars: Dylan Baker, Lindsay Frost, Amber Marshall, Tom Everett
Votes: 948
53. Children of the Corn (2009 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
While traveling, an unhappy married couple encounter a cult of murderous children who worship an entity called He Who Walks Behind the Rows.
Director: Donald P. Borchers | Stars: Robert Gerdisch, Jordan Schmidt, David Anders, Kandyse McClure
Votes: 6,463
54. Tarot (2009)
105 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Fortune telling...ghosts... doomsday cult...evil curses...and romance. A young woman uses her grandmother's tarot cards to find her missing boyfriend. Filipino tagalog horror movie from the Philippines.
Director: Jun Lana | Stars: Marian Rivera, Dennis Trillo, Roxanne Guinoo, Gloria Romero
Votes: 76
55. The Day Shall Come (2019)
Unrated | 87 min | Comedy, Crime
An impoverished preacher who brings hope to the Miami projects is offered cash to save his family from eviction. He has no idea his sponsor works for the FBI who plan to turn him into a criminal by fueling his madcap revolutionary dreams.
Director: Christopher Morris | Stars: Andrel McPherson, Miles Robbins, Marchánt Davis, Anna Kendrick
Votes: 4,190
56. Ticket to Heaven (1981)
PG | 108 min | Drama
David is a young man seduced by a religious cult that uses starvation, exhaustion, and brainwashing to mold recruits into money hustling disciples of a messiah-like leader. Chronicles ... See full summary »
Director: Ralph L. Thomas | Stars: Nick Mancuso, Saul Rubinek, Meg Foster, Kim Cattrall
Votes: 873
57. The Devil's Hand (2014)
PG-13 | 86 min | Horror, Thriller
When young girls start to go missing within a religious cult, older followers fear a long-told prophecy while the younger members suspect abusive elders are killing them off.
Director: Christian E. Christiansen | Stars: Rufus Sewell, Alycia Debnam-Carey, Adelaide Kane, Leah Pipes
Votes: 4,193 | Gross: $0.00M
58. Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948)
Approved | 68 min | Action, Adventure
To escape from an arranged marriage to Aquatania's pagan god, a desperate maiden ends up in Tarzan's fishing net. But soon, he, too, finds himself before a well-planned conspiracy. Can Tarzan save the mermaid from the barbaric idol's will?
Director: Robert Florey | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Brenda Joyce, George Zucco, Andrea Palma
Votes: 2,178
59. 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: 13,545 | Gross: $0.02M
60. End of the Line (II) (2007)
95 min | Horror, Thriller
Karen boards a late-night train and fights with several other passengers to survive a murderous night after becoming trapped in a tunnel.
Director: Maurice Devereaux | Stars: Ilona Elkin, Nicolas Wright, Neil Napier, Emily Shelton
Votes: 5,154
61. Going Berserk (1983)
R | 85 min | Comedy
A clumsy chauffeur is hypnotized by a cult to kill the father of his fiancée, a congressman who's suing the cult for fraud, and encounters several weird characters during the days leading up to his wedding.
Director: David Steinberg | Stars: John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Alley Mills
Votes: 2,035 | Gross: $0.23M
62. Cult Killer (2006 TV Movie)
48 min | Documentary
On January 7th 2005, 29 year old Rick Rodriguez murdered his former nanny and then killed himself on a lonely desert highway. Hours earlier he had videoed his suicide note and this final ... See full summary »
Director: Nick Godwin | Stars: Ricky Rodriguez, David Berg, Don Irwin, Judy Irwin
Votes: 68
63. The Deceivers (1988)
PG-13 | 102 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Fact-based account of a secret society of murderers, and of the man who exposed them in British India 1825.
Director: Nicholas Meyer | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Saeed Jaffrey, Shashi Kapoor, Helena Michell
Votes: 1,279 | Gross: $0.35M
64. What Still Remains (2018)
TV-14 | 92 min | Drama, Thriller
After the loss of her family, a young woman struggles to survive in a world long destroyed by disease.
Director: Josh Mendoza | Stars: Lulu Antariksa, Colin O'Donoghue, Mimi Rogers, Dohn Norwood
Votes: 2,080
65. Alison's Birthday (1981)
99 min | Horror, Mystery
A young girl is subjected to a reign of terror so that her soul can be transferred to the body of an old crone.
Director: Ian Coughlan | Stars: Joanne Samuel, Lou Brown, Bunney Brooke, John Bluthal
Votes: 1,264
66. Bloodbath (1975)
94 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Hopeless American expatriates inhabit a small Spanish village where residents are mysteriously dying after the arrival of a religious cult.
Director: Silvio Narizzano | Stars: Carroll Baker, Dennis Hopper, Win Wells, Richard Todd
Votes: 302
67. 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: 5,649
68. The Iron Heart (2022–2023)
TV-14 | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An undercover agent goes on a dangerous mission to bring down a crime ring. Fueled by a bitter and painful past, Apollo and his allies face the grueling task that will challenge his resolve and strength.
Stars: Richard Gutierrez, Sue Ramirez, Albert Martinez, Anthony Jennings
Votes: 65
69. The Stranglers of Bombay (1959)
Approved | 80 min | Action, Adventure, History
In the 1830s, a captain in the East India Company lobbies to investigate the criminal Thugee Cult of Kali, an organized crime group of stranglers and thieves.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Guy Rolfe, Allan Cuthbertson, Andrew Cruickshank, George Pastell
Votes: 1,278
70. Beware My Brethren (1972)
R | 92 min | Horror
A religious sect called the Brethren has taken control of widow Birdy, sending her unstable son, Kenny, into a spiraling descent into madness. No woman is safe when Kenny's religious mania overpowers him and leads to murder and chaos.
Director: Robert Hartford-Davis | Stars: Ann Todd, Patrick Magee, Tony Beckley, Madeleine Hinde
Votes: 668
71. Mind, Body & Soul (1992)
R | 93 min | Horror, Thriller
Brenda is brought to a satanic ritual by her evil cultist boyfriend. She refuses to join the cult, so they deem her traitor and take brutal revenge. She's framed, jailed, beaten and raped. Her defense lawyer, John, is her only ally.
Director: Rick Sloane | Stars: Ginger Lynn, Wings Hauser, John Henry Richardson, Tamara Clatterbuck
Votes: 310
72. The Dead Next Door (1989)
Unrated | 78 min | Horror
An elite anti-Zombie team is assembled by the Government to cope with an ever-growing undead infection and the religious cult zealots who fanatically protect the festering foes.
Director: J.R. Bookwalter | Stars: Pete Ferry, Bogdan Pecic, Michael Grossi, Jolie Jackunas
Votes: 3,419
73. Intruder (2020)
102 min | Mystery, Thriller
Seo-Jin is a popular architect. He suffers from a trauma when his younger sister Yoo-Jin went missing. 25 years after her disappearance, Yoo-Jin comes back to her family. Seo-Jin feels something is not right with Yoo-Jin.
Director: Sohn Won-Pyung | Stars: So Hee-jung, Lee Je-Yeon, Song Ji-hyo, Yang Mal-bok
Votes: 2,204
74. Bloody Sect (1982)
89 min | Horror
A young woman pregnant with the Anti-Christ is terrorized by a cult of satanists.
Director: Ignacio F. Iquino | Stars: Emma Quer, Carlos Martos, Concha Valero, Juan Zanni
Votes: 283
75. Enter the Devil (1972)
PG | 75 min | Horror, Thriller, Western
Somewhere in south west Texas, where a christian cult is said to have resided in the past, a deputy sheriff investigates a number of suspicious deaths.
Director: Frank Q. Dobbs | Stars: Joshua Bryant, Irene Kelly, David S. Cass Sr., John Martin
Votes: 523
76. Low Blow (1986)
R | 90 min | Action
Leo Fong plays a private investigator who is in search of a young girl kidnapped by a religious cult. Destined to save her, he teams up with a Vietnam vet, a pro-boxing champ and a former cop to save her...
Director: Frank Harris | Stars: Leo Fong, Cameron Mitchell, Troy Donahue, Diane Stevenett
Votes: 664 | Gross: $0.06M
77. Hallowed Ground (2007 Video)
83 min | Horror, Thriller
When her car breaks down in a small town, Liz Chambers (Jaimie Alexander) meets journalist Sarah Austin (Hudson Leick), who tells her about the town's bloodthirsty past. A hundred years ago... See full summary »
Director: David Benullo | Stars: Jaimie Alexander, Brian McNamara, Ethan Phillips, Chloë Grace Moretz
Votes: 1,604
78. Cult of the Cobra (1955)
Approved | 82 min | Fantasy, Horror
American G.I.s who trespass on a Hindu ceremony are hunted down by a beautiful woman who has the power to transform herself into a cobra.
Director: Francis D. Lyon | Stars: Faith Domergue, Richard Long, Marshall Thompson, Kathleen Hughes
Votes: 1,493
79. Devil's Prey (2001)
R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of young adults attend an all-night rave only to discover that it's a trap for a satanic cult that requires flesh for bloody sacrifices.After a night of being chased by masked members, the would-be victims find sanctuary
Director: Bradford May | Stars: Ashley Jones, Charlie O'Connell, Bryan Kirkwood, Jennifer Lyons
Votes: 1,061
80. Distance (2001)
Unrated | 132 min | Drama
Members of a cult, modeled on Aum Shinrikyo, sabotage a city's water supply, then commit mass suicide near the shores of a lake. Family members of those affected by it meet at the lake to observe the anniversary of their loved ones' deaths.
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu | Stars: Arata Iura, Yûsuke Iseya, Susumu Terajima, Yui Natsukawa
Votes: 1,812
81. Blood Cult (1985 Video)
Not Rated | 89 min | Comedy, Horror
Female students on a college campus are being killed and their body parts used for blood sacrifices.
Director: Christopher Lewis | Stars: Juli Andelman, Charles Ellis, James Vance, Bennie Lee McGowan
Votes: 561
82. Death of a Ghost Hunter (2007)
Not Rated | 107 min | Horror, Thriller
Renowned "ghost hunter", Carter Simms is paid to conduct a paranormal investigation of a supposedly haunted house. Along with a cameraman, a reporter, and a spiritual advocate, she embarks on a three night journey into terror.
Director: Sean Tretta | Stars: Patti Tindall, Mike Marsh, Davina Joy, Lindsay Page
Votes: 2,203 | Gross: $0.00M
83. Madeinusa (2006)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama
14-year-old Madeinusa comes of age during the Easter festivities of her tiny, isolated village.
Director: Claudia Llosa | Stars: Magaly Solier, Carlos J. de la Torre, Yiliana Chong, Juan Ubaldo Huamán
Votes: 1,780
84. Lupin III: Farewell to Nostradamus (1995)
TV-PG | 100 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Lupin must rescue a young girl from a doomsday cult seeking a book of prophecies hidden by the girl's father, a wealthy US Presidential candidate.
Directors: Takeshi Shirato, Nobuo Tomizawa, Shun'ya Itô | Stars: Kan'ichi Kurita, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Makio Inoue, Eiko Masuyama
Votes: 939
85. Follow the Prophet (2009)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Thriller
A young girl escaping from a Polygamist cult is aided by an Army Colonel and a renegade female sheriff who join forces to expose the truth that lies hidden in a town in Utah.
Director: Drew Ann Rosenberg | Stars: Robert Chimento, Diane Venora, Annie B. Compton, John Diehl
Votes: 795
86. Sins of the Father (II) (2022)
101 min | Horror
After the death of his father, Aden and his mother, Sarah, return to sell of his family home. As they clear out the house, they uncover sinister secrets from The Family's past.
Director: Vanessa M.H. Powers | Stars: David Michaeli, Nora Targonski O'Brien, Anissa Eisenberg, Anthony Tallarico
Votes: 81
87. Under a Killing Moon (1994 Video Game)
Adventure, Comedy, Crime
In the year 2042, a clumsy noir gumshoe named Tex Murphy must stop a cult of religious fanatics who plan to destroy the human race.
Director: Chris Jones | Stars: James Earl Jones, Brian Keith, Russell Means, Margot Kidder
Votes: 345
88. Shepherd (1998)
R | 86 min | Action, Sci-Fi
In a post-apocalyptic underground society ruled by rival religious cults, Dakota is working as an assassin, or "Shepherd" for The Church of Miles. He has been given an assignment to take ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Hayman | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Roddy Piper, David Carradine, Heidi von Palleske
Votes: 540
89. Tears of Kali (2004)
Unrated | 106 min | Fantasy, Horror
A creepy three-part anthology which is actually constructed from a trio of German-produced independent short films that form a narrative around a mysterious cult in 1983 India as a ... See full summary »
Director: Andreas Marschall | Stars: Peter Martell, Anja Gebel, Magdalena Ritter, Nicole Ludwig
Votes: 879
90. Never Say Die (1994)
R | 99 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
The peaceful existence of boat repairman Blake (Frank Zagarino) is destroyed when the Reverend James (Billy Drago) shows up with his disciples. Back in the days when Blake had been a member... See full summary »
Director: Yossi Wein | Stars: Frank Zagarino, Billy Drago, Jenny McShane, Todd Jensen
Votes: 238
91. The God Makers (1982)
56 min | Documentary
Two former Mormons seek to file a class-action lawsuit against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, detailing for skeptical attorneys the history, doctrines and secret rituals of the Mormon religion.
Stars: J. Edward Decker, Richard Baer, Harold Goodman, Brian Grant
Votes: 82
92. The Jut-Nuts I (1988)
90 min | Comedy
Jacob, a self-styled private investigator working out of his younger brother's auto salvage yard, sees a chance to make a quick kroner when he meets Finn, a simple chap on the dole. He ... See full summary »
Director: Finn Henriksen | Stars: Finn Nørbygaard, Jacob Haugaard, Paul Hüttel, Michelle Bjørn-Andersen
Votes: 382
93. Unsilenced (2021)
R | 108 min | Drama
When the Chinese Communist Party launches a brutal crackdown against 100 million citizens, a jaded American reporter and a team of innocent students risk everything to expose the deadly propaganda and fight for freedom.
Director: Leon Lee | Stars: Sam Trammell, Anastasia Lin, James Yi, Tzu-Chiang Wang
Votes: 535 | Gross: $0.53M
94. Black Noon (1971 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 74 min | Horror, Western
A traveling minister and his wife are quietly menaced by a devil cult in the Old West. By the time the Good Reverend figures out what's going on it may be too late to stop the evil.
Director: Bernard L. Kowalski | Stars: Roy Thinnes, Yvette Mimieux, Ray Milland, Gloria Grahame
Votes: 406
95. The Golden Mistress (1954)
83 min | Adventure, Horror
In Haiti, two expatriates use a stolen voodoo idol to find a legendary golden treasure.
Director: Abner Biberman | Stars: John Agar, Rosemarie Stack, Abner Biberman, André Narcisse
Votes: 132
96. The Cliff (2016)
Not Rated | 99 min | Romance, Thriller
A mass suicide involving members of a cult takes place in the Canary Islands. Gabriel's younger sister, Cordelia, who he hasn't seen for years, was one of the cult followers. Gabriel decides to travel there and find out what happened.
Director: Helena Taberna | Stars: Daniel Grao, Juana Acosta, Goya Toledo, Ingrid García Jonsson
Votes: 517
97. Metal Messiah (1978)
76 min | Musical, Sci-Fi
A dystopian rock opera about an enigmatic metallic-skinned stranger, who is trying to stop society's self-destructive obsession with rock and roll hedonism, and a rock promoter who plans to corrupt him too and keep the society decadent.
Director: Tibor Takács | Stars: John Paul Young, Richard Ward Allen, David Jensen, Liane Hogan
Votes: 57
98. Santa Fe (1997)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
Paul Thomas is an ex-cop who happened to be the sole survivor of a mass cult suicide in Wyoming. He returns to his home town of Santa Fe in order to put his life back together. However, ... See full summary »
Director: Andrew Shea | Stars: Tina Majorino, Gary Cole, Sheila Kelley, Jere Burns
Votes: 240
99. Rock Slyde (2009)
PG-13 | 89 min | Comedy
A film noir comedy about Rock Slyde, a down-and-out private detective that engages in a turf war with an upstart quasi-religious cult, The House of Bartology.
Director: Chris Dowling | Stars: Patrick Warburton, Andy Dick, Rena Sofer, Elaine Hendrix
Votes: 663
100. Psycho Diver: Soul Siren (1997 Video)
Not Rated | 48 min | Animation, Action, Horror
People get their mental problems corrected by the Psycho Divers. One of them is hired to help a young female pop star whose mind is being controlled by a sinister cult.
Director: Mamoru Kanbe | Stars: Junko Iwao, Atsuko Tanaka, Jôji Nakata, Toshiko Fujita
Votes: 199