| The Wave (2008) | 7.6 | |
| Hanna (2019) | 7.6 | |
| Salvador (2026) | 6.1 | |
| Blood Diamond (2006) | 8.0 | |
| The Disintegration (2011) | 6.2 |
Indoctrination movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant indoctrination movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, realistic, disturbing, emotional and psychological films and TV shows about / with indoctrination, brainwashing, family relations, society, cult, murder, isolation, desperation, photograph and danger plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, France, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as indoctrination: The Disintegration (2011), Heaven Will Wait (2016), The Inheritors (1983), The Witness At Your Door (1989), The Affair (2010), Blinded by the Light (1980), A Certain Kind of Silence (2019), Disaster (2003), Detention Letter (2017), Westwall (2021).
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Three young men meet Djamel (Yassine Azzouz), a charismatic manipulator, who turns the three friends against society.
Style:
contemplative, rough, serious, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
terrorism, religion, nato, indoctrination, religious education, car bomb, cleaning lady, interracial couple, basic training, job seeking, martyrdom, terrorist attack ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe, france, brussels, brussels belgium
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Mélanie, 16 years old, lives with her mother. She likes going to school, her friends, playing the cello, and she wants to change the world. But when she meets a boy on the Internet and falls in love with him, her world changes as she is gradually ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, thought provoking
Plot:
islam, jihad, religion, teenager, teenage girl, conspiracy theory, propaganda, indoctrination, airport, brainwashing, terrorist, little sister ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A neo-Nazi organization is recruiting in the 1980s, and two youths of high-school age join for similar reasons, despite class differences. Thomas is the son of a self-made industrialist father and a scolding social-climbing mother. He attends ...
Style:
political
Plot:
fascism, terrorism, indoctrination, nationalism, loss of virginity, neo nazi, schoolboy, boys' school, world war, nazi officer, recruit, army ...
Time:
80s
Place:
germany
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
Story:
A dramatic presentation of how innocent people become ensnared by the Watchtower Society. An inside look at how the Jehovah's Witnesses recruit, brainwash, and train new members.The Witness at Your Door is a compelling, fast-moving drama which ...
Style:
religious drama, thought provoking, intense, fast paced, christian film
Plot:
brainwashing, indoctrination, jehovah's witness, evangelical christianity, mind control, christian, religion, spiritual awakening, faith, small town, bible, theology ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
An ex-seminarian slash communist runs a hotel in Baguio. He then meets a handsome upcoming lawyer. A once-a-year trip to Baguio by the lawyer and conversations with the hotel owner develop into an affair which encompasses decades of socio-political ...
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, political
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay sex, communism, indoctrination, communist, party, lawyer, politics, car accident, professor, male nudity ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 80s
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
David Bowers is a teenager who runs away from home to join a quasi-religious cult. His sister Janet is determined to find him, but almost winds up getting brainwashed by the cult herself.
Style:
intense, psychological thriller, emotional, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
brainwashing, indoctrination, manipulation, family drama, sibling relationship, religion, cult leader, rescue attempt, rescue mission, identity crisis, religious fanaticism, obsession ...
Time:
80s, 70s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic, Netherlands, Latvia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
While working abroad, young au pair Mia unwittingly surrenders her reason, her heart and her dreams to a radical family community.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
female protagonist, bullying, emotional manipulation, indoctrination, emotional abuse, control, manipulation, brainwashing, life is a bitch, religious sect, coercion, household ...
Place:
czech republic, latvia, netherlands
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When the girlfriend of a cult leader tries to leave the flock, she finds escape to be more difficult than she imagined.
Style:
tense, intense, suspenseful, dark
Plot:
escape, fight, cult leader, manipulation, escape attempt, brainwashing, indoctrination, religious fanaticism, control, abuse of power, psychological abuse, paranoia ...
Place:
las vegas
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
(Khaled Degwy) who are enrolled in one of the terrorist groups that the killings, believing they are fighting for the sake of God, and when his brother (Ahmad) tries to join this group (Khaled) refuses, he is trying to stop him, but he joins, and ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
terrorism, extremism, revenge, retribution, gang, gang member, terrorist group, terrorist, bandit, terrorist plot, criminal gang, criminal ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany
TV show
Story:
Follows a young police officer who falls in love with a secretive young man and ends up entangled in a right-wing extremist conspiracy.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, political thriller, tense ...
Plot:
conspiracy, neo nazi, relationships, in love, police detective, male female relationship, relationship problems, intrigue, police investigation, forensics, police station, love affair ...
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Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Fourteen-year-old Jeanne has lived in a farm commune since she was two years old. Her mother and father live in city communes and rarely visit. This is one of the commandments given by Otto, who rules the commune: children are to grow up without ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, period piece, melancholic ...
Plot:
utopia, society, commune, coming of age, female protagonist, adolescence, totalitarianism, forbidden love, rebel, social issues, totalitarian regime, love interest ...
Time:
70s
Is relevant?
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: New Zealand
TV show
Story:
The Cult is a New Zealand serial drama television series in which a group of people try to rescue their loved ones from a mysterious cult called Two Gardens.
The Cult held the 8:30-9:30 spot on TV2 in New Zealand. The series debuted in New Zealand ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
rescue, investigation, conspiracy, secret movement, danger, family relations, confined, isolation, brainwashing, mind control, uncover truth, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new zealand
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
She, leader of a religious sect, leads a group of people. All live together in a claustrophobic place. The arrival of a mysterious character changes everything.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, tension, intense ...
Plot:
religious sect, cult leader, sect, secret society, religious cult, society, religious fanaticism, religious fanatic, religion and supernatural, supernatural horror, religions or cults, fanaticism ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
On a small island somewhere near Japan, three cult members have devoted themselves to the "Deserted Island Program". Calling each other by rank, these people-two men and one women-have been chosen by their superiors to throw off the ...
Style:
psychological, dramatic, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
isolation, woman, male female relationship, social problems, human nature, japanese woman, life is a bitch, lifestyle, social issues, corruption, japanese man, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Alice and Jack are lucky to be living in the idealized community of Victory, the experimental company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their families. But when cracks in their idyllic life begin to appear, ...
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, psychedelic, surreal, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
housewife, women, undercover, social satire, feminism, passionate sex, orgasm, male female relationship, family life, oral sex, egg, captive ...
Time:
1950s, 2020s, 50s
Place:
palm springs california, california
Is relevant?
251
Country: Spain
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story:
A desperate father infiltrates a neo-Nazi group to save his daughter. As he delves deeper, he struggles to understand her transformation and the forces that led her astray, all while confronting values that clash with his own beliefs.
Style:
tense, suspense, dark
Plot:
neo nazi, father daughter relationship, infiltration, family tragedy, identity crisis, undercover, domestic drama, social commentary, urban, confrontation, loyalty, empathy ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A Belgian teenager hatches a plot to kill his teacher after embracing an extremist interpretation of the Quran.
Style:
captivating, sincere, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
muslim, religion, terrorist, indoctrination, friendship, disorder, youth, society, culture clash, 13 year old, religious, coming of age ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 192 min.
Story:
The story of the Peoples Temple cult led by Jim Jones and the events leading up to one of the largest mass suicides in history.
Style:
realistic, disturbing, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
mass suicide, commune, manipulation, suicide, escapism, psychic, mass death, cult leader, jungle, american abroad, leadership, no survivors ...
Time:
70s, year 1980, 60s, year 1965, year 1978 ...
Place:
south america, indianapolis indiana, guyana, africa, san francisco ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A man living in rural Wisconsin takes care of his bed-ridden mother, who is very domineering and teaches him that all women are evil. After she dies he misses her, so a year later he digs her up and takes her home. He learns about taxidermy and ...
Style:
slasher, disturbing, scary, psychotronic, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, brother sister sex, psychopath, serial killer as protagonist, exploitation, true crime, murder, killer, redneck, necrophilia, obsession, gory ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 70s, 1950s
Place:
wisconsin, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The real-life story of Gisella Perl, a Jewish Hungarian doctor imprisoned in the notorious Auschwitz death camp of World War II.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, contemplative, emotional ...
Plot:
holocaust, concentration camp, holocaust survivor, wartime life, world war two, auschwitz, anti semitism, genocide, human spirit, life is a bitch, starting over, nazi ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
hungary, europe, usa, poland
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Spain, Panama
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This horrific dramatization of the Guyana tragedy traces the steps of Reverend Jim Jones, a highly charismatic, but profoundly paranoid clergyman, who after years of evangelism and good deeds, begins his own church in the mid-western United States. ...
Style:
controversial, thought provoking, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
religious sect, religious fanaticism, religion, brainwashing, submission, female nudity, killer, murder, historical figure, psychopath, religions or cults, social relations ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, year 1978
Place:
caribbean, latin america, south america, guyana
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 95 min.
TV show
Story:
Anne Frank: The Whole Story is a film based on the life of Anne Frank, a Jewish girl growing up in Nazi occupied Holland. When war breaks out Anne & her family, Otto her father, Edith her mother & Margot her sister move from Germany ...
Style:
uplifting, sincere, emotional, bleak, sad ...
Plot:
holocaust, genocide, against humanity, world war two, starvation, ss, hopes, concentration camp, survival, oppression, childhood, typhus ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1930s
Place:
amsterdam, europe, holland, netherlands, poland
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
School student and her European-born grandmother share sad stories of their lives.
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, sincere, crying ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, holocaust, storytelling, school, love, young lovers, forbidden love, identity, friendship, camp, world war two, angel of death ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, poland, europe, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, War
Country: France, Germany, Romania
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The film "Amen." examines the links between the Vatican and Nazi Germany. The central character is Kurt Gerstein, a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS who is horrified by what he sees in the death camps. Moreover, he is ...
Style:
sincere, political, disturbing, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
holocaust, genocide, world war two, concentration camp, politics, pope, christian, ss, conscience, nazi, nazism, priest ...
Time:
1940s, year 2002, 1930s, 20th century, post world war two
Place:
germany, poland, rome italy, italy, austria ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Edward J. Olmos made his directorial bow with the powerhouse crime saga American Me. Olmos stars as street-gang leader Santana, who during his 18 years in Folsom Prison rules over all the drug-and-murder activities behind bars. Upon his release, ...
Style:
sexy, disturbing, talky, emotional, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, gang, prison gang, violence, sexual abuse, gay rape, homosexual rape, racism, prison life, visceral, jail, mafia ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 70s, 50s, 1950s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, south america, usa, san francisco
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A survivor of the Jonestown massacre returns to the site 10 years later and discovers the cult's former home has become a breeding ground for the supernatural.
Style:
mysterious, disturbing, suspense, enigmatic, mystical ...
Plot:
defector, mass suicide, satanic cult, murder, mysticism, mass murder, religious cult, death, sacrifice, conspiracy, ritual, self sacrifice ...
Time:
70s, year 1978
Place:
south america, guyana, caribbean
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Maria finds herself caught between two worlds. At school this 14-year-old girl has all the typical teenage interests, but when she’s at home with her family she follows the teachings of the Society of St. Pius XII and their traditionalist ...
Style:
serious, art house, melancholic, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
religion, priest, self sacrifice, church, domineering mother, catholic, death, hospital, confession, sacrifice, doctor, religious fundamentalist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, britain, seattle
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to ...
Style:
gothic, humorous, dark comedy, black comedy, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, date night, family friendly, horror for children ...
Plot:
goth, eccentric family, halloween, nanny, farce, satire, dark humor, summer camp, dysfunctional family, childhood, thanksgiving, parenthood ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
hawaii
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Thomas is the son of a prison warden. He falls for and seduces Martin, who is older and one of the prison inmates. After Martin is released, They try to build a relationship and a life together but, no one will leave them alone.
Style:
tense, thought provoking, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
prison, reformatory, gay, homosexual, age difference, father son conflict, gay interest, lgbt, bullying, lgbtq, homosexuality, gay bar ...
Time:
70s
Place:
germany, munich germany
Is relevant?
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK, South Africa, India
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son ...
Style:
serious, captivating, thought provoking, intense, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
civil war, treasure hunt, gem, mercenary, smuggling, greed, revolution, mining, rebel, journalism, life changing, rescue ...
Time:
year 2006, 90s, year 2003, 20th century, year 1999 ...
Place:
africa, sierra leone, zimbabwe, south africa, angola ...
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