{"id":293300,"date":"2021-07-07T23:00:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T20:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/11-documentaries-profiling-cults-controversial-religions-to-stream\/"},"modified":"2021-07-07T23:00:14","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T20:00:14","slug":"11-documentaries-profiling-cults-controversial-religions-to-stream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/11-documentaries-profiling-cults-controversial-religions-to-stream\/","title":{"rendered":"#11 Documentaries Profiling Cults &#038; Controversial Religions to Stream"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a242e7bd022b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a242e7bd022b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/11-documentaries-profiling-cults-controversial-religions-to-stream\/#Children_of_God\" >Children of God<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/11-documentaries-profiling-cults-controversial-religions-to-stream\/#Cults_and_Extreme_Belief\" >Cults and Extreme Belief<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/11-documentaries-profiling-cults-controversial-religions-to-stream\/#Holy_Hell\" >Holy Hell<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/11-documentaries-profiling-cults-controversial-religions-to-stream\/#Jonestown_Paradise_Lost\" >Jonestown: Paradise Lost<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/11-documentaries-profiling-cults-controversial-religions-to-stream\/#Seduced_Inside_the_NXIVM_Cult\" >Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/11-documentaries-profiling-cults-controversial-religions-to-stream\/#Waco_The_Inside_Story\" >Waco: The Inside Story<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/11-documentaries-profiling-cults-controversial-religions-to-stream\/#Wild_Wild_Country\" >Wild Wild Country<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#11 Documentaries Profiling Cults &amp; Controversial Religions to Stream<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/the-vow-participants-in-nxivm-programs.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div> We\u2019ve seen countless <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>ed shows about cults, including <em>The Path<\/em>, <em>The Following<\/em> and the aptly-named <em>Cult<\/em>. But truth is stranger than fiction\u2014and often, judging from the accounts of former members, far more disturbing.<\/p>\n<p>The star-studded NXIVM saga, for example, inspired back-to-back docu<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> last year, one of which is returning for a second season soon.<\/p>\n<p>Read on for more about those shows and other streaming docuseries and documentary films that center on deadly and scandal-ridden groups.<\/p>\n<p>(Content warning: Many of these documentaries, their trailers and their synopses describe instances of suicide and abuse.)<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Children_of_God\"><\/span><em>Children of God<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>This documentary\u2014which aired on Britain\u2019s Channel Four in 1994\u2014chronicles the one family within the titular organization, \u201ca cult whose disturbing practices include the sexual abuse of children,\u201d according to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/80106144\">Netflix, where it\u2019s streaming<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cults_and_Extreme_Belief\"><\/span><em>Cults and Extreme Belief<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cults and Extreme Belief: Sneak Peek | Premieres May 28 | A&amp;E\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eGXRhpwyPXM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>With firsthand accounts from former members of cults and other organizations, <em>20\/20<\/em> alum Elizabeth Vargas \u201cgoes on a search to uncover how these sects use their influence to prey upon people\u2019s desperation to create powerful and often destructive belief systems,\u201d per the synopsis of this <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hulu.com\/series\/cults-and-extreme-belief-732b89b1-7af0-4bed-9a28-6ca51d2b1e69\">2018 A&amp;E docuseries streaming on Hulu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (HBO Documentary Films)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zllYkNu1sl4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For this 2015 HBO documentary, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/play.hbomax.com\/page\/urn:hbo:page:GVU2megjxOY7DwvwIAUwm:type:feature\">now on HBO Max<\/a>, Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney profiled eight former Church of Scientology devotees\u2014including, notably, <em>Crash<\/em> director Paul Haggis\u2014as they \u201cdescribe the systematic history of abuse and betrayal by Church officials,\u201d says the network.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Heaven\u2019s Gate: The Cult of Cults | Official Trailer | Max\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yp_5pDOa-o0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>How did a cult that started with the disappearance of 20 people in 1975 end with the deaths of dozens of members two decades later? Find out in this four-part documentary, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/play.hbomax.com\/series\/urn:hbo:series:GX72QuwdZ0yGqwgEAAAY4\">which hit HBO Max<\/a> in 2020.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Holy_Hell\"><\/span><em>Holy Hell<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Holy Hell Official Trailer 1 (2016) - Documentary HD\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2f2BG43JW0o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>With footage captured from more than 20 years inside the religious movement Buddafield, this 2016 documentary has director Will Allen \u201cshowing how his idealism began to unravel as more is revealed about the true nature of this cult,\u201d according to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/HOLY-HELL-Will-Allen\/dp\/B01KP1QRGE\">IMDb TV, where it\u2019s currently streaming<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Jonestown_Paradise_Lost\"><\/span><em>Jonestown: Paradise Lost<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VWqACvTknls\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VWqACvTknls<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Airing on History in 2007 and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VWqACvTknls\">now streamable on YouTube<\/a>, this documentary blended interviews with reenactments to show the final days of Jim Jones\u2019 settlement in Guyana, before more than 900 men, women and children died of cyanide poisoning in 1978.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Leah Remini: Scientology &amp; the Aftermath - Old Habits Die Hard (Bonus) | A&amp;E\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-JOq136CUX0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Former <em>King of Queens<\/em> star Leah Remini went from one of Scientology\u2019s most famous members to one of its biggest enemies. In this Emmy-winning <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/play.aetv.com\/shows\/leah-remini-scientology-and-the-aftermath?cmpid=googlePlayguide\">A&amp;E series<\/a>\u2014which concluded in 2019\u2014she recounts her own experience, with frightening detail, and interviews other ex-members. It\u2019s now streaming on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/watch\/81229101?source=35\">Netflix<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hulu.com\/series\/0b556be2-8ce1-488c-bb18-c29919292a98\">Hulu<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.discoveryplus.com\/show\/leah-remini-scientology-and-the-aftermath\">Discovery+<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Seduced_Inside_the_NXIVM_Cult\"><\/span><em>Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult | Official Trailer | STARZ\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ch_4jn_m6-g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>India Oxenberg, daughter of <em>Dynasty<\/em> alum Catherine Oxenberg, starred in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.starz.com\/us\/en\/series\/seduced-inside-the-nxivm-cult\/59967\">this 2020 Starz docuseries<\/a> as she detailed her escape from NXIVM, the \u201cself-help\u201d organization that led to a 120-year prison sentence for leader Keith Raniere and a three-year sentence for <em>Smallville<\/em> alum Allison Mack.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Vow NXIVM Documentary | Part 1 Trailer | HBO\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eXKJyh_rl0I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ending its first season on the same day that <em>Seduced<\/em> premiered, this HBO documentary, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/play.hbomax.com\/page\/urn:hbo:page:GXzPzfwbR3IiCwgEAAAAS:type:series\">now on HBO Max<\/a>, also covered NXIVM but featured commentary from former members Sarah Edmondson, Mark Vicente and Bonnie Piesse. Season 2 premieres later this year.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Waco_The_Inside_Story\"><\/span><em>Waco: The Inside Story<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Waco: The Inside Story | Documentary | FRONTLINE\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iFGNvLuRADg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dozens of members of the Branch Davidian religious sect died in 1993 when the ATF raided its compound outside Waco, Texas. This 1995 <em>Frontline<\/em> installment \u201cprobes the untold story of the fierce political infighting inside the FBI\u2019s Waco command center and in the corridors of power at the Justice Department in Washington,\u201d says <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/frontline\/film\/waco\/\">PBS, where it streams<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wild_Wild_Country\"><\/span><em>Wild Wild Country<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wild Wild Country | Official Trailer [HD] | Netflix\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hBLS_OM6Puk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>With Mark and Jay Duplass on board as executive producers, this <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/search?q=Wild%20Wild%20Country&amp;jbv=80145240\">2018 Netflix docuseries<\/a> shows how Bhagwan Shri Rajneesh moved his thousands of faithful followers from Pune, India, to Wasco County, Oregon, and clashed\u2014sometimes violently\u2014with local Oregonians.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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