This Sex Cult Documentary Is the Craziest Show on Netflix

Wild Wild Country is a six-part Netflix documentary about an Indian guru, Bhagwan, later known as Osho, and his followers, the Rajneeshees, who move from India and buy a 64,000 acre ranch near Oregon, USA. There they start building their own town from scratch, Rajneeshpuram, with everything from a pizza parlor and airport to a police force and local administration. At the center of the documentary is the guru’s personal secretary, Sheela, a fascinating power-hungry figure, responsible for turning Osho's wishes into reality. The movie has so many unbelievable twists and turns that I had the impulse to check whether it really is a documentary.

“The story of the Rajneeshpuram—which begins with the construction of a utopian commune and ends with vote rigging, a cross-country airplane chase, and the largest bioterrorism attack in the history of the United States—is the most fascinating, twist-filled, and compelling documentary on Netflix in a while.”

Bhagwan preached a philosophy of the “new man” (a state to be achieved through meditation of the crazy-dancing kind), he embraced capitalism (he owned a fleet of Rolls Royces), and promoted sexual liberation. But regardless of his philosophy, what happened with the Rajneeshees shows the lengths people will go to in order to achieve a sense of belonging to a community and of meaning in their lives.

If the documentary has one downside, it’s the horrible font that was used: It makes you squint every time a new character is introduced.