The 20 best cult documentaries and docuseries, ranked
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Many of us turn to documentaries examining notorious cults with the hope of better understanding the pathology of both the leaders and those who fall prey to them. There’s never any shortage of cult activity — especially in Southern California — but each presents a unique case study. Some are seemingly about control (NXIVM), others about power (Teal Swan), and some just want to watch the world burn.
Though they’ve become particularly popular in the streaming era, cult documentaries have been around for decades. The genre arguably came into its own with the release of 1973’s Manson, an almost queasily up-to-the-minute doc examining the notorious “family” and their brutal murders. Cult documentaries have since proliferated in recent years, resulting in some of the topic’s finest installments — Sons of Perdition (2010), Going Clear (2015), and Wild Wild Country (2018), to name a few.
Read on for Entertainment Weekly’s list of the 20 best cult documentaries and docuseries.
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