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Possessed (2000)
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Genre: Horror, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An 11 year old boy starts throwing temper tantrums, vomiting on and attacking people, and swearing uncontrollably. Furniture begins to move on its own when he is around, and he doesn't remember any of it. After giving up on the protestants, the boy's parents turn to the catholic church for help. Father Bowden is a WWII veteran who is experiencing nightmares, flashbacks and other personal problems, including alcoholism. He is recruited by the archbishop to perform a series of exorcisms. This is the apparent true account of the last exorcism known to have been done by the catholic church.
Style:
demonic, scary, suspenseful, bleak, suspense, religious horror, tense, serious, psychotronic, christian horror
Plot:
exorcism, demon, supernatural, demonic possession, parents and children, clergy, losing-it hero, church, curses spells and rituals, priest, boy, uncover truth, society, danger, rivalry, possession, possessed human, ghost, evil child, religion, catholic priest, ouija, 007, religious, creepy child ...
Place:
missouri, st. louis missouri
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Most similar movies to Possessed
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, scary and serious films with plots about supernatural, demon, curses spells and rituals, demonic possession, danger, exorcism and priest mostly in Horror, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Possessed: The Exorcist (1973), Exorcismus (2010), Mother Joan of the Angels (1961), Exorcist: The Beginning (2004), The Haunted (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
495K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
12-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid to save her daughter, and ultimately turns to ...
Style:
scary, suspense, demonic, classic horror, psychological horror ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
religion, demon, exorcism, priest, supernatural, devil, demonic possession, possession, occult, supernatural horror, exorcist, crisis of faith ...
Time:
70s, year 1973, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., persia, iraq, usa, new york ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Fifteen-year-old Emma Evans is like any other teenage girl; she thinks that her parents don´t understand her. She longs for independence and a life free of family ties and responsibilities and she is prepared to do anything to achieve it. But one ...
Style:
demonic, suspenseful, scary, suspense, rough ...
Plot:
possession, demon, imaginary, exorcism, supernatural horror, ouija, female villain, supernatural, demonic possession, supernatural ability, danger, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Poland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A priest is sent to a small parish in the Polish countryside which is believed to be under demonic possession and there he finds his own temptations awaiting.
Style:
sexual, black and white, suspense, gothic, gothic horror ...
Plot:
nun, religion, medieval, renaissance, folk horror, forbidden love, curses spells and rituals, terror, abbess, sexual repression, literary, witchcraft ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times, year 1961, near future
Place:
poland, eastern europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Italy, Pakistan, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Having lived through traumatizing events during WWII, Father Lankester Merrin takes a sabbatical from the Church to conduct archaeological excavations in British-administered East Africa. Merrin unearths an ancient Byzantine church believed have ...
Style:
demonic, scary, suspenseful, creepy, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
exorcism, demonic possession, good versus evil, devil, demon, exorcist, priest, church, massacre, black magic, gory, archeological dig ...
Time:
1940s, year 1949, 20th century, year 2004
Place:
kenya, africa, cairo egypt, east africa, iraq ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When the Smurl family moves into a duplex, they find out it's haunted.
Style:
creepy, disturbing, suspense, spooky, scary ...
Plot:
haunted house, paranormal activity, ghost, haunted, possessed human, priest, new house, husband wife relationship, demon, demonic possession, supernatural power, psychic ...
Similarity:
100%
313
Genre: Horror
Country: Croatia
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The main focus of the story is a young girl, Maša Artuković, allegedly possessed by Satan, whose deteriorating state results in the arrival of Viktor Supilo, a priest who is to conduct the rite of exorcism upon her. The ritual is to be performed ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, scary, demonic, dark ...
Plot:
exorcism, priest, supernatural, paranormal activity, evil spirit, possession, obsession, macabre, curses spells and rituals, danger, evil force, journalist ...
Place:
croatia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In a highly secured vault deep within the walls of Vatican City, the Catholic Church holds thousands of old films and video footage documenting exorcisms/supposed exorcisms and other unexplained religious phenomena they feel the world is not ready ...
Style:
demonic, suspenseful, serious, religious horror, suspense ...
Plot:
exorcism, demonic possession, vatican, antichrist, supernatural horror, found footage, clergy, curses spells and rituals, priest, loss of control, supernatural, possession ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Set in 19th Century Canada, Brigette and her sister Ginger take refuge in a Traders' Fort which later becomes under siege by some savage werewolves. And an enigmatic Indian hunter decides to help the girls, but one of the girls has been bitten ...
Style:
gothic, dark, scary, horrifying, period piece ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
werewolf, supernatural, female werewolf, transformation, mythical creature, wilderness, shapeshifter, sister sister relationship, dark heroine, eaten alive, sister, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
1810s, 19th century, regency period, georgian era, 1800s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Haunted by terrible acts the Nazis forced him to participate in, the disenchanted Father Lankester Merrin focuses his energies on helping with an archaeological dig in the northern part of Kenya. There, the crew uncovers a church that predates ...
Style:
demonic, atmospheric, scary, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
church, demonic possession, good versus evil, supernatural, mind game, nazi, redemption, archeological dig, exorcism, transformation, war crime, missionary ...
Time:
1940s, year 2005, 20th century, year 1947, year 1944
Place:
africa, kenya
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
An Italian nobleman seeks help after his paralyzed daughter becomes possessed by the spirit of a malevolent ancestress.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, psychological, gothic horror ...
Plot:
supernatural, reincarnation, possession, faith, danger, paralysis, ghost, supernatural ability, disability, haunted by the past, clergy, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
70s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
27%
2K
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Rumors of demonic possession at a religious convent prompts a church investigation into the strange goings-on among its nuns. A disaffected priest and his neophyte are confronted with temptation, bloodshed and a crisis of faith.
Style:
suspense, scary, tense, bleak, psychotronic
Plot:
nun, religion, mission, supernatural, priest, church, rumor, faith, investigation, supernatural power, demon, fear ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, oklahoma city
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Imagine an insatiable demon that feeds on blood, thrives on pain, and reaches from beyond the grave to torment the living...and the dead. For believers and skeptics alike, there is nothing in this world or the next to rival the relentless evil of a ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
possession, supernatural, rivalry, danger, shaolin, curse, demon, exorcism, demonic possession, showdown, voodoo, salvation ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Damien Thorn is dead, but his prophecy is reborn in a girl named Delia, who is adopted by two attorneys, Gene & Karen York. When Karen realises her baby was born under suspicious circumstances, she hires a private investigator to find ...
Style:
satanic, demonic, religious horror, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
antichrist, evil child, supernatural, good versus evil, omen, religion, demon, babies and infants, twins, devil, xmas, killer child ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
23%
208
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Thailand
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Sun is a 19-year-old boy who is forced to ordain without his consent. His father believes being in monkhood will fix his reckless behaviours. However, Sun's lack of faith doesn't help. As a novice monk, he continues to live his life the ...
Style:
disturbing, scary, psychological, bleak, captivating ...
Plot:
guilt, supernatural ability, twists and turns, problem, life & death, power relations, curses spells and rituals, religions or cults, secrets, haunting, seminary, supernatural ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Alice, a young hearing-impaired girl who, after a supposed visitation from the Virgin Mary, is inexplicably able to hear, speak and heal the sick. As word spreads and people from near and far flock to witness her miracles, a disgraced journalist ...
Style:
suspense, scary, mysterious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
church, virgin mary, witch, macabre, religion, supernatural, healing, mysticism, terror, investigation, press conference, miraculous event ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
boston
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Disturbed Isabelle is locked in a fierce battle with a vicious demon that's hell-bent on owning her soul
Style:
demonic, suspense, suspenseful, scary, disturbing ...
Plot:
demon, possessed girl, black magic, possession, reincarnation, ghost, battles, supernatural, supernatural ability, danger, mentally unstable, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
22%
859
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: India
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
A young woman encounters a supernatural presence in her grandmother's home.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, scary, bleak, psychotronic
Plot:
house, ghost, demon, fear, violence, paranormal, family relations, heroes, chase, rescue, supernatural, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
William Friedkin attends an exorcism with Father Gabriele Amorth, as he treats an Italian woman named Cristina for the ninth time. Prior to filming, Cristina had purportedly been experiencing behavioural changes and “fits” that could not be ...
Style:
rough, captivating, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
priest, catholic church, exorcism, catholicism, christianity, catholic priest, mental disorder, religious, supernatural, teenager, danger, supernatural ability ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Documentary covering the famous 'demonic possession' case of Anneliese Michel. The film features authentic footage of 'exorcisms' and other shocking events, considered to be the inspiration of the film The Exorcism of Emily Rose.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, bleak, disturbing, religious horror ...
Plot:
found footage, exorcism, demonic possession, possession, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, danger, mentally unstable, demon, witch, german history, supernatural horror ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
13-year-old Jimmy Morgan is possessed by an evil too powerful to be exorcised by any religion. After escaping from a mental institution, Jimmy is back with a vengeance - and an army of children who follow his every murderous desire.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, slasher, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
evil, reincarnation, supernatural, family in danger, danger, mentally unstable, religions or cults, clergy, ghost, hell, possession, evil child ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and knowledge of a Vatican investigator and a hypnotic research specialist free her from its grasp?
Style:
demonic, scary, cult horror, religious horror, surreal ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
possession, exorcism, demon, good versus evil, demonic possession, priest, supernatural, surrealism, psychic, teenage girl, fire, hypnosis ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., africa, usa, latin america, new york state ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing ...
Style:
scary, dark, spooky, demonic, satanic ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
demon, devil, supernatural, religion, courtroom, exorcism, supernatural horror, demonic possession, priest, courtroom drama, life & death, evil force ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
illinois, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A priest battles a demon that kills sinners in the act of sinning.
Style:
satanic, splatter, slasher, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
deal with the devil, church, female demon, temptation, priest, devil, clergy, occult, satan, seduction, desire, dog ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, new orleans, louisiana
Similarity:
21%
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628
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Michael and Rachel are devastated when their six-year-old son dies in a tragic accident. When a stranger offers to bring the boy back to life, they take the offer. However, the child who returns is not the child they once knew.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
resurrection, boy, curse, demon, evil spirit, nightmare, stranger, curses spells and rituals, danger, parents and children, human host, supernatural ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A Catholic priest is sent to investigate reports of two virgin conceptions. One is about to give birth to the child of God and the other is the child of the Devil and he must decide which one is good and which one is evil before Satan's ...
Style:
gothic, suspenseful, scary, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
pregnancy, good versus evil, apocalypse, religions or cults, danger, rivalry, curses spells and rituals, priest, nun, evil child, heaven, babies and infants ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Eloy de Palma is an exorcist pastor roaming the darkest corners of the country with his granddaughter Alba. Their mission is to help those possessed by The Evil One, an infection of the soul that is spreading fast. Each exorcism is tougher than the ...
Style:
tense, rough, suspenseful, scary, spooky ...
Plot:
supernatural, exorcism, rescue, exorcist, rivalry, danger, mental illness, curses spells and rituals, demon, grandfather, granddaughter, obsession ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, barcelona
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In Italy, a woman becomes involved in a series of unauthorized exorcisms during her mission to discover what happened to her mother, who allegedly murdered three people during her own exorcism.
Style:
demonic, suspenseful, suspense, rough, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, demonic possession, exorcism, supernatural horror, supernatural, exorcist, possessed girl, death, possession, police detective, mental institution, investigation ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2012, 80s, year 1989, year 2009 ...
Place:
italy, america, europe, rome italy
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Taking place years after The Haunting of Molly Hartley, who now, as an adult, has fallen under the possession of an evil spirit and must be exorcised by a fallen priest before the devil completely takes her.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, scary, demonic, tense ...
Plot:
evil spirit, exorcism, satan, supernatural, clergy, religion, paranormal activity, possession, young girl, priest, save the lady, macabre ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An English family of six takes in a pregnant woman who disappears shortly after giving birth. They raise the baby girl as their own, but over the years the strange deaths of their children make them consider whether the little girl is more than she ...
Style:
bleak, scary, serious, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Plot:
babies and infants, demon, pregnancy, supernatural, danger, mentally unstable, family problems, family life, teenager, murder, evil child, demonic possession ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s
Place:
london
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
After every priest trained in exorcisms die in a terrorist attack, Joan Campbell must battle a demon from her past that, this time, possesses her sister.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, religious horror, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
exorcism, demon, evil, supernatural, priest, possession, demonic possession, salvation, paranormal activity, sister sister relationship, obsession, exorcist ...
Similarity:
20%
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