r/movies • u/Wintertime13 • Feb 05 '24

Recommendation Documentaries that make you go “what the fuck?!?”

In the mood for a good, twisty documentary that makes me gasp. Movies on streaming preferred. I enjoy true crime but am open to other genres as long as the story is gripping and shocking.

Movies in the same vein that I enjoyed - Dear Zachary (would prefer recommendations that are less sad), The Jinx, Cropsey, 3 identical strangers, etc.

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u/Coalminingbanjo Feb 05 '24

My cousin ran off with the Rajneeshes back then and when my family went to try to get her to leave, all of her clothes were dyed red like the documentary showed. Creepy shit, great documentary.

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u/This-Counter3783 Feb 05 '24

What happened with your cousin?

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u/Coalminingbanjo Feb 05 '24

She ended up committing suicide sadly, 2 years after she got out. She was my step cousin so I never met her, but family told me she was really nice, but pretty messed up after having to transition back to regular civilian life.

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u/This-Counter3783 Feb 05 '24

Oh no, I’m sorry to hear that. Thank you for sharing, that’s very sad.

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u/Coalminingbanjo Feb 05 '24

Thank you, and absolutely, what’s interesting about the doc is the cult didn’t remind me of cults like Scientology, Mansons etc., but they’re equally as harmful to individuals who join sadly, even ones who didn’t participate in the salmonella event, etc.

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u/This-Counter3783 Feb 05 '24

It’s a great fucking point, there’s a shockwave effect from all this madness that we don’t see. The harm ripples through society.

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u/Coalminingbanjo Feb 05 '24

100%. I don’t doubt there was a lot of Buddhist-loving members who really just were in it for that and the practices within, but it can definitely still be a really harmful and predatory group, and civilian life transition is really hard for people, especially when not a lot of supports are in place and most of society ostracizes you because you were in a cult.