The Best Cults Documentaries

True Crime - 28 free documentaries about cults.

Start with Inside the Deadly Waco Siege Negotiations (19 min, VICE), then Cult or Commune: Inside 'The Garden' (30 min, VICE). All 28 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on cults is Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer.

• Inside the Deadly Waco Siege Negotiations | I Was There (19 min, VICE)
• Cult or Commune: Inside 'The Garden' | My Life Online (30 min, VICE)
• Finding Salvation with an Online Cult (19 min, VICE)
• The Dark Side of the Scientology Cult (51 min, ENDEVR)
• From Alien Reptilian Cult Member to Murderer | The Devil You Know (47 min, VICE)
• The Trading ‘Cult’ Separating Children From Their Families | Cowboy Kings of Crypto (23 min, VICE)
• Cults & Crimes: Teenager Imprisoned by Satanists | Nightmare In Suburbia (93 min, Real Crime)
• Jonestown - The Terrible Fate of the People's Temple (100 min, Free Documentary - History)
• Jim Jones: The Man Who Caused A Mass Death (45 min, Real Crime)
• The Ultra-Strict Sect Where Leaving Means Losing Your Family | Brethren Church (43 min, ENDEVR)
• Scientology: Murders and Cover-Ups (41 min, Real Crime)
• America's Most Dangerous Cult: Will QAnon Shape The Next US Election? (49 min, Real Stories)
• The Moonie Cult Exposed By Former Member (45 min, Real Crime)
• Christian Death Cult | Kenya: What Really Happened in Shakahola? (23 min, Free Documentary)
• How We Escaped Warren Jeff's Cult (46 min, Real Stories)
• Cult Witness (56 min, Real Stories)
• VICE Meets the Former Senior Executive of the Church of Scientology (22 min, VICE)
• Growing Up In A Doomsday Cult: David Berg & The Children of God (45 min, Real Stories)
• This Blood-Drinking Cult Slaughtered an All-American Family (152 min, Real Crime)
• The Original False Prophet: Inside The Warren Jeffs Cult (46 min, Real Stories)
• Messiah Or Manipulator?: Escaping the Grip of Sun Myung Moon's Unification Church (45 min, Real Stories)
• Deadly Doomsday Cult: How a False Messiah Changed Japan Forever (46 min, ENDEVR)
• She Was Married at 16 Inside a Secret Cult (46 min, Real Crime)
• Fear Psychosis and the Cult of Safety - Why are People so Afraid? (13 min, Academy of Ideas)
• David Koresh: Inside the Final Moments of a Cult Leader (46 min, Real Stories)
• FBI's 51-Day Waco Siege: David Koresh’s Last Stand (46 min, Real Stories)
• Cult Witness: The Harrowing Tales of People Who Escaped (56 min, ENDEVR)
• Inside The Shocking Legacy of the Aum Cult (80 min, Real Stories)

Top-Rated Books About Cults

1. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
2. Going Clear by Lawrence Wright (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
3. Cultish by Amanda Montell (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
4. The Road to Jonestown by Jeff Guinn - View on Amazon
5. Cults in Our Midst by Margaret Thaler Singer (4.8/5) - View on Amazon
6. Cult of the Dead Cow by Joseph Menn (4/5) - View on Amazon
7. Comprehending Cults by Lorne L. Dawson (4/5) - View on Amazon
8. The ultimate evil by Maury Terry - View on Amazon
9. The sacred mushroom and the cross by John Marco Allegro - View on Amazon