Movies like Hell House (2001)
The best movies like Hell House (2001) are Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis (2011), Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America (2007) and Little Hope Was Arson (2013). If Hell House hooked you with its documentary, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedHail Satan? (2019)7.0/10 from 202 votes
- NewestLouis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family (2019)Released 2019
Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis (2011)
Following up on his 2007 documentary, The Most Hated Family in America, Louis Theroux returns to Topeka, Kansas, for a week-long visit with the Westboro Baptist Church. He again joins the Phelps family on their controversial pickets where they try to antagonise communities with offensive slogans and anti-gay placards. But four years on from Louis's last visit, there are signs of disarray in the Phelps clan. A series of defections of family members has shaken up the church.
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Worth the HypeMovies like thisLouis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America (2007)
Louis meets the Phelps family — the people at the heart of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church. The Phelps have rabid anti-homosexual beliefs, and often campaign at the funerals of American soldiers. They believe that every tragedy in the world is God's punishment for homosexuality.
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Worth the HypeMovies like thisLittle Hope Was Arson (2013)
January 2010: In the buckle of the Bible Belt, 10 churches burn to the ground in just over a month igniting the largest criminal investigation in East Texas history. No stone is left unturned and even Satan himself is considered a suspect in this gripping investigation of a community terrorized from the inside-out. Families are torn apart and communities of faith struggle with forgiveness and justice in this incredible true story.
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Holy Hell (2016)
An inside look at a West Hollywood cult formed by a charismatic teacher in the 1980s that eventually imploded.
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Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Source Family (2013)
A feature documentary film set in Hollywood, examining a radical experiment in '70s utopian living. The Source Family were the darlings of the Sunset Strip until their communal living, outsider ideals and spiritual leader Father Yod's 13 wives became an issue with local authorities. They fled to Hawaii, leading to their dramatic demise.
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Children of God (1994)
A former member examines the lingering effects of being raised in the Family, a cult whose disturbing practices include the sexual abuse of children.
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American Teen (2008)
A documentary on seniors at a high school in a small Indiana town and their various cliques.
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Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Think We're Alone Now (2008)
Every celebrity deals with his or her share of obsessed fans. "I Think We're Alone Now" is a documentary that focuses on two individuals, Jeff and Kelly, who claim to be in love with the 80's pop singer Tiffany. Jeff Turner, a 50-year-old man from Santa Cruz, California has attended Tiffany concerts since 1988. Diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, he never had a girlfriend. Jeff spends his days hanging out on the streets of Santa Cruz, striking up conversations with anyone who has a moment to spare. Kelly McCormick is a 38-year-old intersex woman from Denver, Colorado, who claims to have been friends with Tiffany as a teenager. She credits Tiffany as the shining star who has motivated her to do everything in her life. Both Jeff and Kelly have been labeled stalkers by the media and other Tiffany fans. This film takes you inside the lonely lives these two characters, revealing the source of their clinging obsessions...
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Twist of Faith (2004)
A man confronts the trauma of past sexual abuse as a boy by a Catholic priest only to find his decision shatters his relationships with his family, community and faith.
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Louis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family (2019)
Louis returns to visit the Westboro Baptist Church in the wake of the death of its leader.
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Small Town Ecstasy (2002)
Scott's a 40-year-old preacher's son and a raver, enamored by marijuana and the synthetic drug Ecstasy, who puts his children's future at risk through his lassez faire approach to child-rearing.
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Raw Deal: A Question Of Consent (2001)
A documentary about the circumstances during a party at a University of Florida fraternity that led up to what may or may not have been a rape. Interspersed with actual footage shot by the fraternity brothers on the night of the incident, including the sexual acts. This video led to the police not pressing charges and the involvement of NOW, and eventually led to the fraternity getting kicked off campus.
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Louis Theroux: A Place for Paedophiles (2009)
Louis has gained access to Coalinga Mental Hospital in California, which houses more than 500 of the most disturbed criminals in America, convicted paedophiles. Most have already served lengthy prison sentences, but have been deemed unsafe for release. Instead, they have been sent here for an indefinite time. Spending time with those undergoing treatment, Louis wrestles with whether he can ever allow himself to believe men whose whole history is defined by deception and deceit.
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Worth the HypeMovies like thisMea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012)
Alex Gibney explores the charged issue of pedophilia in the Catholic Church, following a trail from the first known protest against clerical sexual abuse in the United States and all way to the Vatican.
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Worth the HypeMovies like thisJ.R. “Bob” Dobbs and The Church of the SubGenius (2019)
What started out as an inside joke amongst two self proclaimed weirdos in Ft. Worth, Texas soon becomes much more than they bargained for. Frustrated by the rising consumer-driven culture, out-of-work pals Douglass St. Clair Smith and Steve Wilcox decide to turn their conservative southern ideology on its head and invent a new religion all their own. Spurred on by the overreach of religion and zealous televangelists of the day, the pair concoct religious monikers (Reverend Ivan Stang and Dr. Philo Drummond), a newly minted prophet (J.R. "Bob" Dobbs), and devise a crusade to expose the conspiracy of normalcy by using humor as the ultimate weapon.
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Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars (2012)
In 1997, Louis Theroux made a documentary about the world of male porn performers in Los Angeles. 15 years later, he returns to find a business struggling with the deluge of free porn on the internet. Louis revisits some of the original programme's contributors as well as meeting the latest crop of porn performers dreaming of porn stardom.
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Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAmerican Scary (2006)
A fond remembrance of and tribute to the uniquely American institution of the horror movie host.
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The Trials of Ted Haggard (2009)
A documentary by Alexandra Pelosi takes a behind-the-scenes look at a recent life and hard times of ex-minister, Pastor Ted. Ted Haggard had it all: prosperity, a doting wife, five kids- and a ministry that reached out to approx 30 million followers who counted on his every word, whether on TV or in person at one of his arena sermons. In 2006, it all fell apart when Pastor Ted admitted to having sex with a male prostitute and to buying methamphetamines. He was exiled from his church and home in Colorado and became a pariah who now makes ends meet as a traveling insurance salesman.
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Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006)
Featuring never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he orchestrated a mass suicide via tainted punch.
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Worth the HypeMovies like thisHail Satan? (2019)
The story of The Satanic Temple, a controversial movement that combines religion and activism with the apparent purpose of questioning the basic foundations of US society.
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Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe American Scream (2012)
An original documentary which follows three families in a small seaside town in Massachusetts as they prepare for their annual home made haunted houses. This story highlights their long journey from planning to opening day and cleanup until next year and the obstacles which face them during the process.
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Louis Theroux: A Different Brain (2016)
Following on from his recent look at alcoholism, the UK’s premier documentarian returns with another sensitive film, this time on living with a brain injury. Earl’s personality and interests have radically altered since he was involved in a car crash, while Dan – who sustained his injury in the late 90s – is desperate to live independently again. Elsewhere, Amanda is struggling to readjust to family life, and Natalie’s carers share her especially affecting story.
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Jesus Camp (2006)
A documentary on kids who attend a summer camp hoping to become the next Billy Graham.
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Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Hunting Ground (2015)
A startling expose of rape crimes on US campuses, their institutional cover-ups, and the devastating toll they take on students and their families. The film follows the lives of several undergraduate assault survivors as they attempt to pursue—despite incredible push back, harassment and traumatic aftermath—both their education and justice.
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Worth the HypeMovies like thisSons of Perdition (2010)
An inside look at polygamist teens who have become religious refugees in mainstream America.
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Shinjuku Boys (1995)
This documentary is set in the New Marilyn night club in Tokyo, Japan - where the hosts are transgender men. They can only make their living as hosts in a nightclub with other wannabes like them. The young women who come there often have relationships with them but the underlying fear is whether such a relationship can withstand the pressures on a girl to get married and have children. All three boys deal with this in different ways. These three hosts, the Shinjuku Boys, take us into their lives.
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Tarnation (2003)
Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette's documentary on growing up with his schizophrenic mother -- a mixture of snapshots, Super-8, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, and more -- culled from 19 years of his life.
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Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTeenage Paparazzo (2010)
A documentary that examines the relationship between celebrity and society.
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Elstree 1976 (2015)
A documentary about ten very different lives connected by having appeared onscreen wearing masks or helmets in Star Wars.
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Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHalloween: 25 Years of Terror (2006)
Follow the evolution of the 'Halloween' movies over the past twenty-five years. It examines why the films are so popular and revisits many of the original locations used in the films - seeing the effects on the local community. For the first time, cast, crew, critics and fans join together in the ultimate 'Halloween' retrospective.
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Hell House?
The closest matches to Hell House are Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis (2011), Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America (2007) and Little Hope Was Arson (2013). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Hell House?
People who watched Hell House most often go on to Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis (2011), Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America (2007) and Little Hope Was Arson (2013).
What is the highest-rated movie like Hell House?
Hail Satan? (2019), rated 7.0/10 by 202 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Hell House?
Louis Theroux: Surviving America’s Most Hated Family (2019) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Hell House?
Yes: Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis (2011), Louis Theroux: The Most Hated Family in America (2007) and Little Hope Was Arson (2013).
How are movies similar to Hell House chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Hell House, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.