Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "cult", "deprogramming"

1. Holy Smoke (1999)

R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama

Ruth's been brainwashed by a guru in Delhi, India. Her parents in Sydney hire a specialist in reversing this. Ruth is tricked to return to Australia and is isolated in an outback cabin with the specialist. It gets messy.

Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Kate Winslet, Harvey Keitel, Julie Hamilton, Sophie Lee

Votes: 15,669 | Gross: $1.76M

2. Faults (2014)

Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A cult deprogrammer is hired to help a couple whose daughter is under the influence of a mysterious cult.

Director: Riley Stearns | Stars: Leland Orser, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Chris Ellis, Jon Gries

Votes: 10,846

3. Split Image (1982)

R | 110 min | Drama, Romance

An uprooted young man is lured into an unnamed religious sect by a beautiful girl. Every moment with the group brings him more and more under the control of the cult's leader.

Director: Ted Kotcheff | Stars: Michael O'Keefe, Karen Allen, Peter Fonda, James Woods

Votes: 1,137 | Gross: $0.26M

4. Jackals (I) (2017)

Not Rated | 85 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Set in the 1980s, an estranged family hires a cult deprogrammer to take back their teenage son from a murderous cult, but find themselves under siege when the cultists surround their cabin, demanding the boy back.

Director: Kevin Greutert | Stars: Deborah Kara Unger, Ben Sullivan, Chelsea Ricketts, Nick Roux

Votes: 4,906

5. Enjeru dasuto (1994)

116 min | Drama, Horror, Romance

Every Monday at 6 pm a young woman is murdered in the subway. The psychiatrist Setsuko Suma is called in to assist the police. The trail leads to another psychiatrist - Dr Rei Aku - who ... See full summary »

Director: Gakuryû Ishii | Stars: Kaho Minami, Takeshi Wakamatsu, Etsushi Toyokawa, Ryôko Takizawa

Votes: 1,321

6. 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

7. Signs and Wonders (1995)

60 min | Drama

Claire Palmore (Jodhi May) is caught in the web of a dangerous religious cult. Her mother (Prunella Scales) hires a cult de-programmer (James Earl Jones) who must rescue her before it's too late.

Stars: James Earl Jones, Prunella Scales, David Warner, Jodhi May

Votes: 105

8. Can Ellen Be Saved? (1974 TV Movie)

73 min | Drama

A young girl in search of spiritual enlightenment joins a religious cult, and becomes the focus of a struggle between her family and the group.

Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Katherine Cannon, Michael Parks, John Saxon

Votes: 79

9. Join Us (2007)

Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary

Award winning filmmaker, Ondi Timoner, follows four families as they leave an abusive church in South Carolina and realize they have been in a cult. The film documents them as they enter ... See full summary »

Director: Ondi Timoner | Stars: Raymund Melz, Deborah Melz, Joaquin Sullivan, Liz Shaw

Votes: 148

10. Moonchild (1982 TV Movie)

60 min | Documentary, Drama

Former members of the Unification Church of the United States, pejoratively referred to as the Moonie cult, reenact their experiences with the church. How they joined, became disillusioned and left or got "rescued and deprogrammed".

Director: Anne Makepeace | Stars: Chris Carlson, Gail Dartez, Michael Daly, Judy Powell

Votes: 7

11. Over the Moon: My Adventures Dealing with Cults

Documentary | Post-production

Cults continue to ruin lives and rip families apart. This documentary highlights the sacrifices the subject made in the late 70s-early 80s, often at risk of death and incarceration, to kidnap and deprogram brain-washed young adults.

Directors: Ted E. Haynes, Michael A. Smith | Stars: Keith Musser, Timothy Breslin, Harrison Salvi, Katie Salvi

12. The Children (I) (2020)

Short, Drama

Newlyweds Andre and Cecilia seek to start a life together. But the Family that Andre left behind has their own plans for him.

Director: Atdhe Trepca | Stars: Eric Edwards Abud, Kate Carlbom, Kenneth Cordero, Theresa Croft

13. Drunk History (2013–2019)
Episode: Good Samaritans (2019)

TV-MA | 21 min | Comedy, History

Forest service ranger Ed Pulaski saves 40 men from a forest fire, and Ted Patrick rescues teenagers from the psychological grip of the Children of God cult.

Director: Derek Waters | Stars: Derek Waters, Amber Ruffin, John Lutz, Anais Fairweather

Votes: 65

14. The Mandalorian (2019– )
Episode: Chapter 19: The Convert (2023)

TV-PG | 56 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

On Coruscant, former Imperials find amnesty in the New Republic.

Director: Lee Isaac Chung | Stars: Pedro Pascal, Katee Sackhoff, Omid Abtahi, Katy O'Brian

Votes: 19,073