Ritual Movies
- 2020
Shadows of Light
Shadows of Light102020HD
Shadows of Light combines the loud and soft tones of life. The centerpiece is an Austrian mountain pasture where the summer solstice is celebrated...
- 1974
New Guinea: Island of Cannibals
New Guinea: Island of Cannibals4.81974HD
Mondo-style documentary in which a movie crew travels to newly independent Papua New Guinea to capture the customs and culture of the cannibal...
- 2001
Sanzhyra
Sanzhyra02001HD
Lyrical tragicomedy. The eyes of the young hero, who will go through the rite of circumcision, shows the life of a Kyrgyz village on a holiday day.
- 2015
Desires of the Heart
Desires of the Heart7.52015HD
A psychiatrist from India practicing in Savannah, Georgia when he meets Madeline, a local artist with a mysterious past. While their relationship...
- 2021
The Evil Within
The Evil Within102021HD
An exorcism goes terribly wrong as the entity searches for a stronger host.
- 2009
The Indian
The Indian6.32009HD
An adopted eight-year-old Peruvian boy wants to look like his typically Dutch father; however, an encounter with a band of Peruvian-Indian street...
- 1953
Mammy Water
Mammy Water5.81953HD
"Mammy Water" is mother sea, source of food. Jean Rouch filmed this short documentary in the Gulf of Guinea, in Ghana, where is held a colorful...
- 2022
Les Femmes
Les Femmes02022HD
A young woman guides a man through a mysterious forest. In his eyes, everything seems normal, until he comes across two women waiting for him in a...
- 2020
Tokyo Home Stay Massacre
Tokyo Home Stay Massacre2.52020HD
Three American late teens travel to Japan to escape a sad past and have some fun but end up trapped in a house with a demented Japanese host family...
- 2016
Sacred
Sacred6.52016HD
Sacred explores cultural and religious ritual as it relates to life’s cycles: birth, adolescence, marriage, aging and other key passages of...
- 2022
Metal Myths: Ghost Pt. 2
Metal Myths: Ghost Pt. 282022HD
A mockumentary detailing the history of the Swedish rock band Ghost.
- 2009
The Pharmacratic Inquisition
The Pharmacratic Inquisition02009HD
The Pharmacratic Inquisition is a provocative film from Gnostic Media that makes the argument that virtually all of the mythology, symbolism, and...
- 2015
Madre de Dios
Madre de Dios7.52015HD
A woman wakes up bound to an altar, helpless as she is transformed into a flesh and blood statue of Santa Muerte by two elderly Brujos whose sole...
- 1971
Drums from the Past
Drums from the Past5.81971HD
"Tourou et Bitti", an eight minute documentary concerning a ritual in Niger, is yet another example of Rouch's excellence in creating documentaries...
- 2020
Necromantic
Necromantic62020HD
A novice teenage witch attempts to woo the love of her life with a love potion, but when things spiral out of control, more twisted measures are...
- 2016
Givertaker
Givertaker5.82016HD
An ambitious teen conducts an ancient ritual to enact petty revenge on those who she believes have wronged her.
- 2018
Carving Thy Faith
Carving Thy Faith102018HD
A five-year visual ethnography of traditional yet practical orchestration of Semana Santa in a small town where religious woodcarving is the...
- 2017
The Beaning
The Beaning7.22017HD
An experimental documentary exploring a sinister theory surrounding the death of Cleveland baseball player Ray Chapman in 1920 and the subsequent...
- 2022
Midnight Talk
Midnight Talk02022HD
After her mother’s death, Sarah lives isolated with her aunt. One night, she confesses experiencing the feeling of a presence, something...
- 2020
The Last Supper
The Last Supper02020HD
Two children, a nun, and the horror of religious beliefs.