The 25 Best Documentaries About Religion

25 documentaries

Faith, cults and the people who lead, follow and leave them.

Faith, cults and the people who lead, follow and leave them. Going Clear and Jesus Camp are the two to start with. Mea Maxima Culpa and Deliver Us from Evil are hard to watch and important.

Going Clear poster

1

Going Clear

2015 · 2h

8.095%

Jesus Camp poster

2

Jesus Camp

2006 · 1h 24m

7.489%

Deliver Us from Evil poster

3

Deliver Us from Evil

2006 · 1h 41m

7.9100%

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God poster

4

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

2012 · 1h 46m

8.098%

Wild Wild Country poster

5

Wild Wild Country

2018 · 6 eps

8.0

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple poster

6

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

2006 · 1h 26m

7.894%

Marjoe poster

7

Marjoe

1972 · 1h 28m

7.4100%

Hail Satan? poster

8

Hail Satan?

2019 · 1h 31m

7.396%

Waco: The Rules of Engagement poster

9

Waco: The Rules of Engagement

1997 · 2h 16m

7.888%

One of Us poster

10

One of Us

2017 · 1h 35m

7.096%

Prophet's Prey poster

11

Prophet's Prey

2015 · 1h 41m

7.292%

The Most Hated Family in America poster

12

The Most Hated Family in America

2007 · 1h

7.9

Hell House poster

13

Hell House

2001 · 1h 25m

6.894%

My Scientology Movie poster

14

My Scientology Movie

2015 · 1h 39m

6.689%

America's Most Hated Family in Crisis poster

15

America's Most Hated Family in Crisis

2011 · 1h

7.5

Shiny Happy People poster

16

Shiny Happy People

2023 · 7 eps

7.4

Religulous poster

17

Religulous

2008 · 1h 41m

7.669%

Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey poster

18

Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey

2022 · 4 eps

7.3

Waco: American Apocalypse poster

19

Waco: American Apocalypse

2023 · 3 eps

7.0

Murder Among the Mormons poster

20

Murder Among the Mormons

2021 · 3 eps

7.0

The Way Down poster

21

The Way Down

2021 · 5 eps

7.0

Holy Hell poster

22

Holy Hell

2016 · 1h 40m

7.0

Kumaré poster

23

Kumaré

2011 · 1h 26m

7.560%

Children of God: Lost and Found poster

24

Children of God: Lost and Found

2007 · 1h 6m

6.8

The Family poster

25

The Family

2019 · 5 eps

6.4

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