
Movies that feel likeThe Devil's Advocate (1997)
If you loved The Devil's Advocate, the closest films we have are [REC] (2007), Possession (1981) and Eyes Wide Shut (1999). All three share The Devil's Advocate's dread and obsessive feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Next of Kin (1982).
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If The Devil's Advocate hit the spot, these will too
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Dread that escalates until the trap closes and there's no way out
The difference: Found-footage outbreak panic, not a slow seduction into corruption

A marriage curdling into something monstrous and impossible to explain
The difference: European arthouse extremity, not a slick corporate-thriller sheen

A marriage tested by temptation and a secret society hiding in plain sight
The difference: Icy, dreamlike restraint, not overt supernatural menace

The same preoccupation in both: hallucination
The difference: Trades the obsession of The Devil's Advocate for an angle of its own

Reality unravels the deeper an investigator gets pulled into the story
The difference: Meta horror about fiction itself, not personal ambition gone wrong

Dread-soaked where it counts, unsettling underneath
The difference: Reviewed even better

An ambitious professional drawn into an occult conspiracy beyond control
The difference: A globe-trotting book-hunt mystery, not a corrupting big-firm bargain

Ambition and beauty as a trap that consumes everyone who wants more
The difference: Fashion-world cannibalism metaphor, not a literal deal with the devil

A newcomer drawn into a house's buried, occult-tinged history
The difference: A hoodoo-mystery slow burn, not a story about ambition's true cost

Both land stillness and twists at once
The difference: Takes it somewhere less dreamlike than The Devil's Advocate does

Horror built on dream logic, twice over

Old sins resurfacing to punish a new generation for the past
The difference: Slasher whodunit mechanics, not a slow corruption-of-the-soul arc
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