Movies and TV shows like The Exorcist 2016

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The Exorcist (2016)
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The Exorcist (2016)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Follow the lives of two very different priests tackling one family’s case of terrifying demonic possession.
Style: suspenseful, disturbing, scary, psychological thriller, exciting, sexy, dark, controversial, demonic, creepy ...
Plot: demonic possession, supernatural, priest, exorcist, possessed woman, exorcism, possession, catholic priest, macabre, danger, apocalypse, ghost, religion, halloween, paranormal, terror, religious, apparition, lesbian, lgbt, bisexual, evil spirit, male protagonist, possessed girl, burned alive ...
Time: 2010s
Place: chicago

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Most similar movies to The Exorcist

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, scary, suspense and demonic films and TV series with plots about supernatural, demon, demonic possession, exorcism, possession, danger and supernatural horror mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Exorcist: The Rite (2011), The Conjuring 2 (2016), Constantine (2014), Marianne (2019), The Crucifixion (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Rite (2011)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary, Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O'Donoghue) reluctantly attends exorcism school at the Vatican. While he’s in Rome, Michael meets an unorthodox priest, Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins), who introduces him to the darker side of his faith, ...
Style: scary, suspense, disturbing, atmospheric, demonic ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: supernatural, exorcism, church, supernatural horror, clergy, demonic possession, good versus evil, vatican, curses spells and rituals, supernatural ability, teachers and students, catholic ...
Time: year 2011, year 2000, 21st century
Place: italy, europe, rome italy, xian
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The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
Style: scary, dark, suspenseful, atmospheric, creepy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, ghost, demonic possession, paranormal investigation, demon, single mother, supernatural horror, psychic, fear, child in peril, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 70s, year 2016, 2010s, year 1976, year 1977 ...
Place: england, peru, london
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Constantine (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: A man struggling with his faith is haunted by the sins of his past but is suddenly thrust into the role of defending humanity from the gathering forces of darkness.
Style: serious, suspenseful, stylized, scary, supernatural thriller ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: supernatural, angel, supernatural power, possession, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, demon, save the world, rescue, danger, good versus evil, demonic possession ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Marianne (2019)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Emma, a famous and successful French horror writer, is forced to return to her hometown after the women who haunted her dreams fifteen years ago begin to re-appear. The work she writes is apparently a work of fiction, but how much is fact?
Style: disturbing, mystical, suspenseful, atmospheric, dark ...
Plot: supernatural, writers, evil spirit, curse, evil witch, fantasy becomes reality, ocean, witch, childhood trauma, macabre, danger, female writer ...
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Crucifixion (2017)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Romania, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When a priest is jailed for the murder of a nun on whom he was performing an exorcism, an investigative journalist strives to determine whether he in fact murdered a mentally ill person, or if he lost the battle with a demonic presence.
Style: satanic, captivating, suspenseful, demonic, horrifying ...
Plot: demonic possession, exorcism, nun, demon, priest, investigation, journalist, prison, exorcist, possession, supernatural power, death ...
Place: romania
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Evil (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Skeptical female clinical psychologist Kristen Benoist joins a priest-in-training and a blue-collar contractor as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possessions, and other extraordinary occurrences to see if there’s a scientific ...
Style: exciting, psychological, enigmatic, christian film, captivating ...
Plot: paranormal investigation, spirituality, miraculous event, investigation, twists and turns, demonic possession, murder mystery, catholic priest, demon, riddles and clues, psychologist, supernatural power ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In 1965 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home. When the youngest daughter is overtaken by the merciless spirit, this small ...
Style: scary, suspense, psychological, dark, demonic ...
Plot: macabre, supernatural, possession, occult, ghost, demon, supernatural horror, ouija board, spiritualism, teenager, witchcraft, survival ...
Time: year 2016, 60s, year 1967
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
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, demonic, satanic, suspense, dark ...
Audience: teens, date night, family friendly, adult
Plot: supernatural, devil, demon, religion, courtroom, priest, supernatural horror, investigation, demonic possession, exorcism, legal, courtroom drama ...
Time: year 2005, year 2000, 21st century
Place: illinois, usa
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100%
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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A chilling story of terror, murder and unknown evil that shocked even experienced real-life paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. One of the most sensational cases from their files, it starts with a fight for the soul of a young boy, then ...
Style: scary, demonic, dark, suspense, spooky ...
Audience: teens
Plot: exorcism, paranormal investigation, supernatural, demon, psychic, paranormal phenomena, supernatural horror, paranormal activity, demonic possession, murder, ghost, terror ...
Time: 2020s, 80s, year 1981, 20th century
Place: usa, connecticut, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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30 Coins (2020)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Father Vergara—an exorcist, boxer and ex-convict—lives in a remote village in Spain. Hoping to be lost and forgotten, Vergara’s demons catch up to him.
Style: dark, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, scary ...
Plot: exorcism, vatican, clergy, curses spells and rituals, catholicism, religion and supernatural, female nudity, god or devil, religion, priest, supernatural, supernatural power ...
Place: spain
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100%
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Incarnate (2016)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An exorcist comes up against an evil from his past when he uses his skills to enter the mind of a nine year old boy.
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, satanic, rough ...
Plot: demonic possession, possession, supernatural, exorcism, demon, exorcist, danger, possessed, scientist, imaginary, haunted by the past, supernatural ability ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France, Italy, Pakistan
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, suspense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: exorcism, devil, demonic possession, supernatural, gory, good versus evil, priest, demon, religion, exorcist, possession, blood ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 2004, year 1949
Place: africa, kenya, cairo egypt, iraq
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100%
The House on Pine Street (2015)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A psychological horror about a young woman coping with an unwanted pregnancy after moving into a seemingly haunted house.
Style: psychological, tense, suspenseful, suspense, scary ...
Plot: supernatural, ghost, relocation, pregnant woman, exorcism, paranormal activity, danger, demonic possession, evil, fear, neighbor, pregnancy ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A twisted new tale of terror begins for a teenage girl and her family, predating the haunting of the Lambert family in the earlier movies and revealing more mysteries of the otherworldly realm The Further.
Style: scary, suspense, atmospheric, demonic, intense ...
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, supernatural horror, ghost, demon, psychic, curses spells and rituals, family in danger, family problems, haunted, supernatural power, evil spirit ...
Time: year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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100%
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The Unborn (2009)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A young woman fights the spirit that is slowly taking possession of her.
Style: scary, suspense, demonic, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot: supernatural, afterlife, ghost, supernatural horror, demonic possession, uncover truth, possession, twins, death, insect, woman in danger, brutality ...
Time: year 2000, year 2009
Place: middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Paranormal Activity (2007)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: After a young, middle class couple moves into a suburban 'starter' tract house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be somehow demonic but is certainly most active in the middle of the night. Especially ...
Style: scary, suspense, suspenseful, dark, demonic ...
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, paranormal activity, fear, ghost, macabre, panic, videotaping, demon, found footage, demonic possession, evil force ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place: america, san diego california, usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Just as Dan and Kristi welcome a newborn baby into their home, a demonic presence begins terrorizing them, tearing apart their perfect world and turning it into an inescapable nightmare. Security cameras capture the torment, making every minute ...
Style: suspense, demonic, suspenseful, mockumentary, creepy ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: found footage, ghost, supernatural, paranormal activity, supernatural horror, demon, haunted house, macabre, demonic possession, video surveillance, haunting, evil force ...
Time: year 2010, year 2000, 2010s, year 2006, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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100%
The Haunting of Hill House (2018)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 572 min.
TV show
Story: The Crains, a fractured family, confront haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.
Style: scary, enigmatic, disturbing, surreal, demonic ...
Plot: ghost, haunted house, supernatural, mysterious past, supernatural horror, addiction, sibling relationship, old dark house, lesbian, past coming back to haunt, spirit, life is a bitch ...
Time: 90s, 2010s, 20th century, 21st century
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100%
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The Vatican Tapes (2015)
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: scary, suspenseful, demonic, serious, suspense ...
Plot: exorcism, demonic possession, vatican, supernatural horror, antichrist, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, found footage, possession, priest, religions or cults, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, rome italy
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100%
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Damien (2016)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: After discovering his origins, Damien Thorn must cope with life as the Anti-Christ.
Style: serious, suspense, suspenseful, controversial, horrifying ...
Plot: religion, antichrist, catholicism, devil, supernatural, evil, destiny, mysticism, secret, bible prophecy, satanism, religious ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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100%
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The Guest (2018)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story: The story of a psychic, a priest, and a detective who fight unusual crimes committed by strange powers.
Style: detective, suspenseful, serious, enigmatic, suspense ...
Plot: priest, religion and supernatural, psychic, supernatural, evil spirit, danger, forensics, forensic, death, murder, supernatural horror, spirit ...
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Possessed (2000)
Genre: Horror, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
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, ...
Style: demonic, scary, suspenseful, suspense, bleak ...
Plot: exorcism, demon, supernatural, demonic possession, family relations, parents and children, clergy, priest, church, curses spells and rituals, uncover truth, boy ...
Place: missouri, st. louis missouri
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100%
Prey for the Devil (2022)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Sister Ann is a restless 25-year-old who devoutly believes that performing exorcisms is her calling. But she is at odds with the institution's traditions: nuns are not allowed to perform exorcisms, only priests. With the support of a mentor, a ...
Style: disturbing, scary, tense, suspense, surprise ending ...
Plot: exorcism, good versus evil, demonic possession, exorcist, nun, curse, evil, female protagonist, supernatural, possession, catholic school, danger ...
Time: 2020s
Place: usa, boston
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30%
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Grace (2014)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A unique horror film told from the first-person perspective of Grace - a naive, virginal college freshman trying to deal with campus culture and her outgoing roommate as an evil entity takes over her body and unleashes chaos.
Style: demonic, psychological, stylized, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience: teens
Plot: exorcism, demonic possession, possession, demon, teenage girl, supernatural, college, found footage, grandmother granddaughter relationship, danger, youth, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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29%
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The Unholy (2021)
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, suspenseful, mysterious, captivating ...
Plot: mysticism, church, virgin mary, supernatural, religion, witch, macabre, journalist, investigation, miraculous event, press conference, terror ...
Time: 2020s
Place: boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Along Came the Devil (2018)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: After a troubled childhood, Ashley searches for a connection, and unknowingly invites in a demonic force, which leaves her loved ones fighting for her soul.
Style: scary, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
Audience: adult
Plot: exorcism, supernatural, obsession, possession, danger, life is a bitch, death of sister, getting home, mythical creature, satan, priest, new in town ...
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29%
Exorcist House of Evil (2016)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Based on a true story, shot in THE REAL EXORCIST HOUSE, a young woman returns to her old family home, the site of an infamous exorcism and discovers the devil never left. This film was shot in THE REAL EXORCIST HOUSE and during filming captured both ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, disturbing, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: exorcism, supernatural, old dark house, family secret, possession, demonic possession, house, dark secret, devil, dark past, spirit, obsession ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Annabelle: Creation (2017)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the dollmaker's possessed creation, Annabelle.
Style: scary, spooky, psychological, suspense, psychotronic ...
Plot: ghost, evil doll, supernatural horror, supernatural, doll, nun, demonic possession, orphan, demon, haunted house, spirit, evil spirit ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, year 1955, 1950s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Insidious (2010)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.
Style: scary, suspenseful, twist ending, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, macabre, nightmare, fear, ghost, afterlife, demon, evil spirit, nightmare comes true, paranormal activity, psychic ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, year 2011, year 2000, 2000s ...
Place: america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Ju-On: Origins (2020)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A paranormal researcher searches obsessively for a cursed home where something terrible happened to a mother and her child long ago.
Style: scary, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, paranormal, paranormal phenomena, demon, death, fear, chase, violence, murder, supernatural power, exorcism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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