Jan 25, 2015
120 min
Full-HD

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015)

GOING CLEAR intimately profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientology, shining a light on how they attract true believers and the things they do in the name of religion.

Category

Documentary

Country

United States of America

Companies

Sky Atlantic Jigsaw Productions HBO Documentary Films

Paul Haggis

Self - Interviewee

Jason Beghe

Self - Interviewee

Alex Gibney

Narrator (voice)

Lawrence Wright

Self - Interviewee

Sherry Stringfield

Sara Northrup (voice)

Katie Holmes

Self (archive footage)

Nancy Cartwright

Self (archive footage)

Kirstie Alley

Self (archive footage)

Recommended For You

Documentary
2013
Movie

The Unknown Known

The Unknown Known

6.9
2013

Former United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, discusses his career in Washington D.C. from his days as a congressman in the early 1960s to planning the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

Genre : Documentary

Comedy
2007
Movie

Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion

Zach Galifianakis: Live at the Purple Onion

7
2007

From an inauspicious beginning performing comedy routines in the back of a burger joint in New York, unorthodox stand-up star Zach Galifianakis has made a splash on the scene with his inimitable brand of humor. In this live show filmed at San Francisco's Purple Onion nightclub, the versatile funnyman serves up a healthy dose of his signature wit.

Comedy
2003
Movie

The Yes Men

The Yes Men

7
2003

A comic, biting and revelatory documentary following a small group of prankster activists as they gain worldwide notoriety for impersonating the World Trade Organization (WTO) on television and at business conferences around the world.

Documentary
2014
Movie

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's “Island of Dr. Moreau”

Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's “Island of Dr. Moreau”

6.7
2014

The story of the insane scandals related to the remake of “Island of Dr. Moreau” —originally a novel by H. G. Wells—, which was brought to the big screen in 1996. How director Richard Stanley spent four years developing the project just to find an abrupt end to his work while leading actor Marlon Brando pulled the strings in the shadows. Now for the first time, the living key players recount what really happened and why it all went so spectacularly wrong.

Genre : Documentary

Documentary
1985
Movie

Chronos

Chronos

7.5
1985

Carefully picked scenes of nature and civilization are viewed at high speed using time-lapse cinematography in an effort to demonstrate the history of various regions.

Genre : Documentary

Documentary
2012
Movie

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

7.4
2012

Academy Award®–winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side) 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.

Genre : Documentary

War
2014
Movie

The Hornet's Nest

The Hornet's Nest

6.4
2014

Armed only with their cameras, Peabody and Emmy Award-winning conflict Journalist Mike Boettcher, and his son, Carlos, provide unprecedented access into the longest war in U.S. history.

Comedy
2016
Movie

Michael Che Matters

Michael Che Matters

6.8
2016

"SNL" star Michael Che takes on hot-button topics like inequality, homophobia and gentrification in this stand-up set filmed live in Brooklyn.

Documentary
2017
Movie

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

6.8
2017

The incredible saga of the Chinese immigrant Sung family, owners of Abacus Federal Savings of Chinatown, New York. Accused of mortgage fraud by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., Abacus becomes the only U.S. bank to face criminal charges in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. The indictment and subsequent trial forces the Sung family to defend themselves – and their bank’s legacy in the Chinatown community – over the course of a five-year legal battle.

Genre : Documentary

Drama
2010
Movie

Gorbaciof

Gorbaciof

6.1
2010

Marino Pacileo has a soft spot for gambling. When he discovers that Lila's father, the young Chinese girl that he is in love with cannot pay a debt, the gambler steals money from the jail he is in to help the love of his life.

Drama
2010
Movie

Frankie & Alice

Frankie & Alice

5.9
2010

A drama centered on a go-go dancer with multiple personality disorder who struggles to remain her true self and begins working with a psychotherapist to uncover the mystery of the inner ghosts that haunt her.

Thriller
2013
Movie

The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes

6.3
2013

Young socialite Iris Carr befriends an older woman while traveling solo by train. When Iris wakes from a nap, the woman is gone and other passengers claim she never existed.

Genre : Thriller

Documentary
2011
Movie

Page One: Inside the New York Times

Page One: Inside the New York Times

6.9
2011

Unprecedented access to the New York Times newsroom yields a complex view of the transformation of a media landscape fraught with both peril and opportunity.

Genre : Documentary

Documentary
2008
Movie

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

6.9
2008

Fueled by a raging libido, Wild Turkey, and superhuman doses of drugs, Thompson was a true "free lance, " goring sacred cows with impunity, hilarity, and a steel-eyed conviction for writing wrongs. Focusing on the good doctor's heyday, 1965 to 1975, the film includes clips of never-before-seen (nor heard) home movies, audiotapes, and passages from unpublished manuscripts.

Genre : Documentary

Documentary
2008
Movie

Fractals: Hunting the Hidden Dimension

Fractals: Hunting the Hidden Dimension

6.7
2008

Determined to understand the repeating patterns he was finding in nature, French mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot used an early form of computer imagery to produce his own versions, coining the recurring shapes fractals. This installment of the PBS series "Nova" examines the rules of these self-similar patterns and explores the ways these fascinating geometric configurations can be applied in the fields of science, medicine and the arts.

Genre : Documentary

Documentary
2014
Movie

Love Me

Love Me

6.4
2014

Love Me follows Western men and Ukrainian women as they embark on an unpredictable and riveting journey in search of love through the modern "mail-order bride" industry.

Genre : Documentary

Music
2007
Movie

Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival - The Other Side of the Mirror

Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival - The Other Side of the Mirror

8.2
2007

An unvarnished chronicle of Bob Dylan's metamorphosis from folk to rock musician via appearances at the Newport Folk Festival between 1963 and 1965.

Documentary
2015
Movie

Under the Sun

Under the Sun

7.3
2015

Over the course of one year, this film follows the life of an ordinary Pyongyang family whose daughter was chosen to take part in Day of the Shining Star (Kim Jong-il's birthday) celebration. While North Korean government wanted a propaganda film, the director kept on filming between the scripted scenes. The ritualized explosions of color and joy contrast sharply with pale everyday reality, which is not particularly terrible, but rather quite surreal.

Genre : Documentary