Movies
1965 – Help! Directed by Richard Lester. A fictional version of the Indian criminal cult Thugees
1981 – Ticket to Heaven (a cult based loosely on the Unification Church)
1984 – Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom features a cult group inspired by Thuggees.
1985 – Witness, set among the amish sect of pennysylvania
1992 – Malcolm X. Shows his connection to the Nation of Islam
1999 – Holy Smoke! Shows a woman under the influence of a “Guru”
2003 – Latter Days – based on a gay relationship involving a closed Mormon missionary
2011 – Martha Marcy May Marlene. A woman adjusts to life outside a cult
Television
Simpsons “Joy of the Sect”
Family Guy – Chitty Chitty Death Bang
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
AHS Cult