A feature film, not a documentary (although there are some really good ones)
Here's one I just saw and liked, "Love Exposure"
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1128075/
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080832/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_65
KEVIN SMITH'S RED STATE.
THE WICKER MAN? NOEMOJI
Holy Smoke (1999)
shareinteresting, and thank you... I've seen 2-3 movies by this director, and especially liked, "Sweetie", as well as "An Angel At My Table"
You might like Gillian Armstrong, "My Brilliant Career" if you don't already
I think the only other movie I've seen by this director is The Piano, but those other ones look interesting too.
shareMasada. It's an old great TV mini series about the Zealot cult holding out in Masada against Romans.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081900/
"Midsommar".
"The Wicker Man" (1973). The 2000s remake is NOT good. Well, entertaining, but not good.
ah ok... I tried seeing the original (1973?) a couple of years ago, but couldn't get into it. I'll give it another shot soon. Thanks!
shareMidsommar is a classic.
shareNever heard of the genre, "Folk horror"
I read a sentence about this.. I've always tried to avoid learning a thing about religion. Is it a big factor in this movie?
Oh yes. They create a narrative, in rich color & texture & dance, of a pastoral insular cult, full of ritual & adaptive survival/sustaining mechanisms. Its a bit of a riff on the Nazi cult of the peasantry.
share"Midsommar" is a damn good movie, and I'd call it more "psychological horror" than "folk horror", as what matters the most is what's going on in the protagonist's head.
As for religion, well, the thread is about movies involving cults.
I'll try to check it out, thanks.
I'm trying to think of cult movies, but the only thing comes to mind are all the documentaries, usually centered around sexual power.