The Secret
A polished motivational documentary presents positive thought and visualization as a universal formula for prosperity, health, love, and fulfillment.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Mild
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- None
- upbeat
- motivational
- aspirational
- motivational viewing
- wellness discussion
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded the film as slick and emotionally persuasive self-help media whose central claims lack scientific grounding and can encourage materialistic or cult-like thinking.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film promises benefits involving joy, health, money, relationships, love, and youth.
Interviewees invoke scientists and scientific concepts while promoting the law of attraction, which critics identified as lacking scientific basis.
The film became the center of a publishing, seminar, retreat, and motivational-media phenomenon.
Philosophers, metaphysicians, entrepreneurs, financial strategists, and authors explain the alleged secret through successive appearances.
Films like The Secret, and why
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
shares a self-help and motivational framework centered on personal transformation and prosperity
The Billion Dollar Secret
uses interview-driven popular nonfiction to promote unconventional claims about reality and human potential
Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru
combines inspirational testimony, prosperity messaging, and persuasive nonfiction presentation
Movie Details
- Director
- Drew Heriot
- Release Date
- 2006-03-26
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (398)
Cast
- Bob Proctor
- Joe Vitale
- John Assaraf
- Loral Langemeier
- Marie Diamond
- Neale Donald Walsch
- Jack Canfield
- James Arthur Ray
- Bob Boyle
- Mike Dooley
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Secret about?
- A polished motivational documentary presents positive thought and visualization as a universal formula for prosperity, health, love, and fulfillment.
- What is The Secret like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Secret as brisk, its intensity as mild and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Secret violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in The Secret.
- What did critics think of The Secret?
- Critics broadly regarded the film as slick and emotionally persuasive self-help media whose central claims lack scientific grounding and can encourage materialistic or cult-like thinking.
- Which films are like The Secret?
- Films with a similar feel include What the Bleep Do We Know!?, The Billion Dollar Secret, and Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru.
- How long is The Secret?
- The Secret runs 90 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Secret?
- In United States, The Secret streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
