The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping
On Netflix
A harrowing investigative documentary that traces the long-term psychological damage of institutional abuse through one woman's reckoning with her past.
Years after being sent to a disciplinary school, a woman still haunted by her experiences exposes the corruption and abuse of the troubled teen industry.
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Questions people ask
Is The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping sad? Yes, very. More sad than 96% of series.
Is The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 88% of series.
Is The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 73% of series.
Is The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Does The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping leave you hopeful? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
Cinnamon Score
How much this series gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Familiar shape, done well.
How unlike any other series this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
