Movies and TvShows featuring "ritual-cleansing" theme.

Martha is a young woman who escapes from a dangerous cult led by a charismatic leader. She struggles with paranoia and memories of her time in the cult as she tries to rebuild her life and find a sense of normalcy.

After a family vacation to the Grand Canyon, a demonic presence is unleashed and haunts their lives. They must confront their fears and find a way to rid themselves of the darkness.

In conservative Jerusalem, a married, closeted Orthodox man takes a job at a butcher shop, where he falls in love with a young apprentice. As their relationship develops, they navigate the challenges of their conflicting religious beliefs and the social stigma surrounding homosexuality.

In feudal Japan, a group of bandits rape and murder a mother and daughter-in-law, only for them to return as vengeful ghosts and seek revenge on their killers.

Plot: Ordinary people navigate societal constraints in a series of vignettes. Each vignette showcases different aspects of corruption, bureaucracy, sexism, oppression, and abuse-of-power in a society governed by the Iranian regime. The characters live in a world where they have to constantly navigate through these obstacles while facing the challenges imposed by the religious and bureaucratic systems. This thought-provoking movie sheds light on the struggles faced by individuals trying to maintain their integrity and principles in a complex society.

A young woman's sexual awakening and her lesbian relationship within a religious society.

This film is about tribes in Africa and South America who turn toward magic as a means of survival and way of life.

A rich mining baron threatens the peace of a small town in the Cordilleras by opening a mine on sacred ancestral land of the Maranggani tribe. Local police chief Ricardo and his team of native cops stand up to the baron and his goons to reclaim their homeland.

In this 80-minute documentary, three 10-year-old children leave their native countries to participate in one of the Islamic world’s most famous competitions, a test of memory and recitation known as The International Holy Koran Competition. Up against much older students, these youngsters have committed the 600 pages of the Koran to memory, and will put their skills to the test before the elite of the world’s Muslim community in Cairo, Egypt. In the midst of this intense international competition, the three young competitors –two boys from Senegal and Tajikistan, and one girl from the Maldives – face uncertain futures at home, as they are caught between fundamentalist and moderate visions of Islam. The children discuss their recitation techniques – with accompanying, completely improvised melodies – and talk about their nerves and excitement as they finally compete before a panel of judges.

In a Jewish Orthodox village in Israel, Tamar, a twelve-year-old girl, prepares for her Bat-Mitzvah (confirmation), which will take place on Passover. Becoming convinced that she is impure, and growing increasingly scared and depressed, she forces herself into an endless ritual of cleaning, while attempting to silence the whispering inner obsessional thoughts that are detailing every inch of her relentless guilt, over and over again. To make matters worse, Tamar's only friend, Rachel, lures her into sinful mischief: peeping into the Mikveh (bath house), turning a light on during the Sabbath. The girls even dare to secretly bathe at the Mikveh when Tamar gets her first period. Will Tamar succumb to her fears? A dark and unflinching portrayal of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and the inner turmoil of an adolescent girl.