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1. Alien 3 (1992)
R | 114 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Returning from LV-426, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on the maximum-security prison Fiorina 161, where she discovers that she has unwittingly brought along an unwelcome visitor.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Paul McGann
Votes: 319,766 | Gross: $55.47M
2. 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: 35,158
3. Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
PG-13 | 91 min | Horror
The Freeling family have a new house, but their troubles with supernatural forces don't seem to be over.
Director: Brian Gibson | Stars: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke, Oliver Robins
Votes: 29,920 | Gross: $41.00M
4. Fire (1996)
Unrated | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Two women who are abandoned by their husbands find love and solace in each other.
Director: Deepa Mehta | Stars: Shabana Azmi, Nandita Das, Karishma Jhalani, Ramanjeet Kaur
Votes: 6,366 | Gross: $0.40M
5. Lamb (1985)
110 min | Drama
An Irish reform school priest questions his calling as a young, epileptic runaway arrives. Each recognizes the other as kindred spirits and escape together. As police close in and money dwindles, the desperate priest makes bad decisions.
Director: Colin Gregg | Stars: Liam Neeson, Harry Towb, Hugh O'Conor, Frances Tomelty
Votes: 677
6. 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: 5,197 | Gross: $0.13M
7. Hare Krishna! The Mantra, the Movement and the Swami Who Started It (2017)
90 min | Documentary
"Hare Krishna!" is a documentary on the life of Srila Prabhupada, the 70-year-old Indian Swami who arrives in America without support or money and ignites a worldwide spiritual phenomenon, now known as the Hare Krishna Movement.
Directors: John Griesser, Nitin G., Jean Griesser, Lauren Ross | Stars: A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati, George Harrison, Ravi Shankar
Votes: 1,563 | Gross: $0.15M
8. Blinded by the Light (1980 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
A young guy joins a cult and his parents send his sister and the help of a specialist to bring him home, but she also gets swept up in it.
Director: John A. Alonzo | Stars: Kristy McNichol, Jimmy McNichol, Anne Jackson, Michael McGuire
Votes: 128
9. Mere Sai - Shraddha Aur Saburi (2017–2023)
Biography, Drama
After witnessing the injustice due to religious and caste discrimination, Sai Baba faces several trials and tribulations on his journey to bring peace and love to the society.
Stars: Vaibhav Mangale, Tushar Dalvi, Abeer Soofi, Toral Rasputra
Votes: 298
10. The Mystic Warrior (1984 TV Movie)
300 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Saga about a proud band of Sioux Indians, and the efforts of one brave to save his people from destruction through the use of mysterious powers handed down by ancestors.
Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Robert Beltran, Devon Ericson, Rion Hunter, Victoria Racimo
Votes: 128
11. Action in Arabia (1944)
Passed | 75 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
Reporter Michael Gordon uncovers intrigue in Damascus, where the Allies and Nazis struggle for control of Arab sympathies.
Director: Léonide Moguy | Stars: George Sanders, Virginia Bruce, Lenore Aubert, Gene Lockhart
Votes: 608
12. The Silent Revolution of Truth (2007)
Unrated | 94 min | Documentary, Biography
The documented true life story on the only proved UFO contactee showing much of his amazing photographic, film, video, sound and metal evidence, as well as his amazing prophecies and testimony from other witnesses and experts.
Director: Jack Gerlach | Stars: Michael Arndt, Jacobus Bertschinger, Bernadette Brand, Madeleine Brügger
Votes: 125
13. Santiago (1956)
Not Rated | 93 min | Adventure, Romance
A gun runner, dishonorably discharged from the military, is swept deeper into a revolution in Cuba after he crosses paths with an enemy from the past and a beautiful revolutionary and her son.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Alan Ladd, Rossana Podestà, Lloyd Nolan, Chill Wills
Votes: 323
14. A Man Called God (2014)
107 min | Documentary, Biography, News
A Man Called God is a remarkable movie that has its roots in the 1970's in the careers of two men: Blaxploitation actor Christopher St. John, whose best-known credit is probably as the ... See full synopsis »
Directors: Christopher St. John, Kristoff St. John | Stars: Maria Lennard, Christopher St. John, Kristoff St. John
Votes: 12
15. Glass (2007)
Not Rated | 119 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Academy Award®-nominated director Scott Hicks ("Shine") documents an eventful year in the career and personal life of distinguished Western classical composer Philip Glass as he interacts ... See full summary »
Director: Scott Hicks | Stars: Philip Glass, Holly Critchlow, Chuck Close, JoAnne Akalaitis
Votes: 777 | Gross: $0.02M
16. Luku Ngarra: The Law of the Land (2022)
75 min | Documentary, History
Luku Ngarra is an unflinching, indigenous Australian Aboriginal funded documentary on the history and culture of Arnhem Land leading up to the present day, seen through the eyes of one of ... See full summary »
Director: Sinem Saban | Stars: Djiniyini Gondarra, Baykali Ganambarr, Lowurrpa Yunupingu, Biritjalawuy Gondarra
Votes: 8
17. Ce qu'il reste de nous (2004)
77 min | Documentary
A Tibetan-Canadian returns to her homeland to smuggle a secret message from the Dalai Lama and to document the occupation and cultural genocide of Tibet by China.
Directors: Hugo Latulippe, François Prévost | Stars: The Dalai Lama, Kalsang Dolma
Votes: 210
18. Keep the Fire Lit- lost Tribes of Texas (2019)
TV-14 | 75 min | Documentary
Through the medium of story and ceremony, KEEP THE FIRE LIT provides a unique insight into the hearts and minds, and the lives of Indigenous Texans. The film dives deep into this remarkable... See full summary »
Director: Fox RedSky
19. Shadow of the Holy Book (2007)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
A look at how multinational corporations curried favor with Saparmurat Niyazov (1940-2006), the despot of oil- and gas-rich Turkmenistan, primarily through translating "Ruhnama," his ... See full summary »
Director: Arto Halonen | Star: Nastaran Nasirzadeh
Votes: 232
20. The Lord of the Universe (1974 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary
This doc by video pioneers TVTV examines Guru Maharaj Ji, 16-year-old leader of a cult-like new age group, known to his followers as Lord of the Universe. The 1974 gathering at Houston's Astrodome features Rennie Davis and Abbie Hoffman.
Director: David R. Loxton | Stars: Prem Rawat, Rennie Davis, Pat Halley, Abbie Hoffman
Votes: 27
21. I Am That I Am: Experience the Teachings of Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj (2005 Video)
157 min | Documentary
The spiritual teacher Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj is the subject of this documentary, which also includes "experiential meditations" to lead the viewer into the I Am.
Director: Maurizio Benazzo | Stars: Nisargadatta Maharaji, Stephen Wolinsky
Votes: 17
22. Cícero (2020– )
Documentary
Based on the life and work of Father Cicero, the series presents important passages of the trajectory of the religious and mixes the ludicity of animation and the reality of documentary with fiction
Star: Antônio Fábio
23. Srimanta Sankardev (2010)
Biography
Srimanta Sankardev was a 15th16th century Assamese polymath: a saint-scholar, poet, playwright, social-religious reformer and a figure of importance in the cultural and religious history of Assam, India.
Director: Surjya Kanta Hazarika | Stars: Moloya Goswami, Dilip Kumar Baruah, Aditya Sankar Hazarika, Arindam Bora
24. Chalice Well: Lifestyle Space (2015– )
5 min | Reality-TV
"You are the colors you choose." (Vicky Wall)
Star: Adriana Gianin
26. Sa'ah (2005)
20 min | Documentary, Short
Change is imminent within all cultures and nothing shows this more clearly than with the growing youth of indigenous peoples. And to meet the ongoing ebb and flow of life, the Diné must ... See full summary »
Director: Sarah Del Seronde | Stars: James Peshlakai, Sarah Del Seronde, Benson Worker
27. Prabhupada: A Lifetime in Preparation (1996)
55 min
A biography of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder of the Hare Krishna movement.
Director: Gaurav Seth
Votes: 17
28. Ask God Here: Occupy (2013 TV Movie)
Documentary
Centered around Occupy Wall Street, the question is asked, "If you had one question for god, what would it be?" Diverse progressive NYC faith leaders individually answer- If we are all supposed to be united, why are we so divided?
Directors: Paul Hertel, Julie Lira | Stars: Paul Hertel, Jesse Jackson, Julie Lira
30. Chernigovsky Skete (2012)
47 min | Documentary
The story of Chernigovsky Skete in Sergiyev posad.
Director: Sergey Andryushkin | Star: Denis Sysoev
31. Elder. Archimandrite Cyril (Pavlov) (2016)
65 min | Documentary, Biography
Archimandrite Kirill (Pavlov) was the fraternal confessor of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. The responsibility of being the confessor of three Russian patriarchs fell on the shoulders of Father Kirill.
Director: Larisa Shapran | Stars: Aristarkh Livanov, Cyril Pavlov
32. Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar (1985 Video Game)
Adventure, Fantasy
Can you become an Avatar?
Votes: 88
33.
The Beverly Hillbillies (1962–1971)
Episode:
The Guru
(1969)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family
Jethro meets Mrs. Drysdale's guru and decides he wants to be one also. Granny thinks it's all nonsense but when she tries to put a stop to it the followers find her common sense inspiring and make her the head guru.
Director: Joseph Depew | Stars: Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, Max Baer Jr.
Votes: 74
34.
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001–2005)
Episode:
Chosen Realm
(2004)
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Enterprise is taken over by religious zealots who want to use the ship in a war against heretics.
Director: Roxann Dawson | Stars: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating
Votes: 1,645
35.
Never Have I Ever (2020–2023)
Episode:
...felt super Indian
(2020)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Drama
At Ganesh Puja celebrations, Devi questions how much she identifies with Indian culture, Nalini dodges acerbic aunties and Kamala frets over her future.
Director: Linda Mendoza | Stars: Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Richa Moorjani, Darren Barnet, John McEnroe
Votes: 1,163
36.
Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024– )
Episode:
The North
(2024)
TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
As an attack on the Northern Water Tribe looms, Katara challenges a master Waterbender, Sokka meets a princess and Aang takes Kuruk's words to heart.
Director: Jet Wilkinson | Stars: Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley, Dallas Liu
Votes: 3,751
37.
Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024– )
Episode:
Legends
(2024)
TV-PG | 58 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
Zhao leads the Fire Nation into the North with a bold plan to weaken the Water Tribe. When the battle takes a dark turn, Aang enters a powerful state.
Director: Jet Wilkinson | Stars: Gordon Cormier, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley, Dallas Liu
Votes: 4,202
38.
Docventures (2013– )
Episode:
Uskonto
(2013)
Documentary, Talk-Show
Directors: Inari Köngäs, Tuomas Milonoff | Stars: Tuomas Milonoff, Riku Rantala, Teemu Laajasalo, Vikram Gandhi
Votes: 10
39.
The Old Fox (1977– )
Episode:
Kein Entrinnen
(2017)
Crime, Drama
The corpse of a woman has been found by a passerby.She has been strangulated.Ricard,Annabell and Tom go to farm where a spiritual community lives.Sylvia was part of this community lead by ... See full summary »
Director: Johannes Grieser | Stars: Jan-Gregor Kremp, Stephanie Stumph, Ludwig Blochberger, Dominic Raacke
Votes: 14