Movies like The Exorcist
24 films close to The Exorcist (1973) on how it feels, not just what shelf it sits on — with what each one shares with it underneath.
religious horror, based on novel or book, exorcism · Horror · with Kitty Winn and Max von Sydow · Warner Bros. Pictures
religious horror, possession, demon · Horror
religious horror, based on novel or book, exorcism · Horror · with Jason Miller
crisis of faith, religious horror, exorcism · Horror
crisis of faith, religious horror, exorcism · Horror
macabre, priest, paranormal phenomena · Horror
exorcism, priest, demonic possession · Horror
exorcism, demonic possession, roman catholic church · Horror
exorcism, possession, priest · Horror
exorcism, possession, demonic possession · Horror
exorcism, possession, priest · Horror
exorcism, possession, demonic possession · Horror
macabre, possession, demon · Horror
religious horror, based on novel or book, suspenseful · Horror
priest, based on novel or book, demon · Horror
religious horror, priest, suspenseful · Horror
priest, based on novel or book, supernatural horror · Horror
possession, demonic possession, demon · Horror
exorcism, priest, roman catholic church · Horror
exorcism, priest, demonic possession · Horror
possession, demon, suspenseful · Horror
priest, demonic possession, demon · Horror
possession, demonic possession, demon · Horror
possession, demonic possession, satan · Horror
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Matches are drawn from Cinnamon DB’s emotional fingerprint — a reading of how a film actually plays rather than how it is catalogued — then weighted by shared subject, cast, studio and era. That is why a documentary can sit beside a space epic, and why the same director appears at most twice.