Films about cults

1984 film by Steven Spielberg

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood is a 2019 period action comedy film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Bona Film Group, Heyday Films, and Visiona Romantica, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is a co-production between the United States, United Kingdom, and China. It features an ensemble cast led by Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, and Margot Robbie. Set in 1969 Los Angeles, the film follows a fading actor and his adrenaline junkie stunt double as they navigate the rapidly changing film industry with the threat of the Tate murders looming.

There Will Be Blood is a 2007 American epic period drama film co-produced, written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, loosely based on the 1927 novel Oil! by Upton Sinclair. It stars Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor, Ciarán Hinds, and Dillon Freasier. The film follows silver miner-turned-oilman Daniel Plainview (Day-Lewis) as he embarks on a ruthless quest for wealth during the Californian oil boom in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

2017 film directed by Jordan Peele

Dune: Part Two is a 2024 American epic space opera film co-produced and directed by Denis Villeneuve, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jon Spaihts. The sequel to Dune (2021), it is the second of a two-part adaptation of the 1965 novel Dune by Frank Herbert and the second installment in Legendary Pictures' Dune film series. It follows Paul Atreides as he unites with the Fremen people of the desert planet Arrakis to wage war against House Harkonnen. Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, Charlotte Rampling, and Javier Bardem reprise their roles from the first film, with Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Christopher Walken, and Léa Seydoux joining the cast.

1968 film directed by Roman Polanski

1982 film directed by John Milius

2004 film by M. Night Shyamalan

2006 film directed by Christophe Gans

Midsommar is a 2019 folk horror film written and directed by Ari Aster. It stars Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor as an American couple who are drawn into a violent cult in rural Sweden. Supporting actors include William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Ellora Torchia, Archie Madekwe, and Will Poulter.

Ballerina is a 2025 American action thriller film directed by Len Wiseman and written by Shay Hatten. It is a spin-off installment within the John Wick film series, taking place between the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) and Chapter 4 (2023). It stars Ana de Armas as ballerina and assassin Eve MaCarro, who takes on an army of killers as she avenges the death of her father. The supporting cast includes Anjelica Huston, Gabriel Byrne, Lance Reddick, Norman Reedus, Ian McShane, and Keanu Reeves.

1999 film directed by Peter Hyams

2019 film directed by Jordan Peele

Hereditary is a 2018 American supernatural psychological horror film written and directed by Ari Aster. Starring Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd, and Gabriel Byrne, the film follows Annie Graham, a grieving miniature artist who uncovers disturbing secrets about her recently deceased mother. She, along with her husband Steve and their children, Peter and Charlie, are subsequently tormented by sinister occurrences.

1973 film directed by Robin Hardy

2012 film by Paul Thomas Anderson

2011 film by Patrick Lussier

Suspiria is a 1977 Italian supernatural horror film directed by Dario Argento, who co-wrote the screenplay with Daria Nicolodi, partially based on Thomas De Quincey's 1845 essay Suspiria de Profundis. The film stars Jessica Harper as an American ballet student who transfers to a prestigious European dance academy but realizes, after a series of murders, that the academy is a front for a coven of witches. It also features Stefania Casini, Flavio Bucci, Miguel Bosé, Alida Valli, Udo Kier, and Joan Bennett, in her final film role.

2019 film directed by Mike Flanagan

1986 film by Jackie Chan, Eric Tsang

2012 film directed by M. J. Bassett

1995 film directed by Joe Chappelle

1994 film by Kim Henkel

1965 musical comedy-adventure film starring the Beatles

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is a 2026 post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Nia DaCosta and written by Alex Garland. It is the direct sequel to 28 Years Later (2025) and the fourth instalment in the 28 Days Later film series. It stars Ralph Fiennes, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, and Chi Lewis-Parry. The film follows Spike as he is adopted into "Sir Lord" Jimmy Crystal's satanic cult while Dr. Ian Kelson makes an unexpected connection with Samson, an Alpha Infected.

2017 film directed by McG

2015 film directed by Florian Gallenberger

2006 film by Neil LaBute

1984 film directed by Fritz Kiersch

Ready or Not is a 2019 American comedy horror film directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, and written by Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy. It stars Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien, Elyse Levesque, Nicky Guadagni, Henry Czerny and Andie MacDowell. It follows a young bride who is hunted by her spouse's wealthy family as part of a wedding night ritual to worship the Devil.

2018 film by Drew Goddard

2020 film directed by McG

2017 film directed by Don Mancini

2018 film directed by David Robert Mitchell

2015 film by Alejandro Amenábar

2018 film by Panos Cosmatos

2020 film directed by David Prior

1985 film by Barry Levinson

1934 film by Edgar George Ulmer

2024 film directed by Arkasha Stevenson

1939 film by George Stevens

2017 film by David Bruckner

1987 comedy film directed by Tom Mankiewicz

2018 film directed by Gareth Evans

2014 film directed by Valeri Milev

1973 film directed by Alan Gibson

2021 film directed by Mike P. Nelson

2015 film directed by Karyn Kusama

1964 horror film directed by Roger Corman

2019 film directed by Sophia Takal

1966 film by Harold P. Warren

2007 film by Dario Argento

2019 film directed by John R. Leonetti

1981 film by Wes Craven

1992 film directed by David Price

2011 film by Sean Durkin

2001 film by Stuart Gordon

2019 film by Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz

1995 film by James Hickox

2021 film directed by Kevin Lewis