
Movies that feel likeThe Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
If you loved The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, the closest films we have are Exhuma (2024), The Empty Man (2020) and Knock at the Cabin (2023). All three share The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Resolution (2013).
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If The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Conjuring (2013) · The Conjuring 2 (2016)

Experts drawn deeper into a case that gets more dangerous the more they learn
The difference: A grave-desecration mystery about ancestral curses, not demonic possession

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

Faith gets tested against a threat that defies rational explanation
The difference: A home-invasion apocalypse thriller, no possession or paranormal investigators

Both land twists and tension at once
The difference: Reviewed even better

Dread-soaked horror, and it commits to that

Both lean on unease more than on mystery

Thriller with a pulse of twists, in both cases

Ordinary people caught in circumstances that spiral beyond their control
The difference: A puzzle-box survival thriller, no supernatural or demonic element

A confined mystery where evil is hiding in plain sight among ordinary people
The difference: A trapped-elevator thriller, claustrophobic instead of a real-case investigation

A family's hidden secrets resurface as something genuinely sinister
The difference: A Thai family-secrets horror, quieter and without any investigators

Tense horror in both cases

The same cinematic universe's demonic evil confronted by the faithful
The difference: A convent-set sequel about one nun's investigation, not a murder-trial case
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