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Movies that feel likeThe Devil's Advocate (1997)

Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.

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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[REC]
2007 · dir. Jaume Balagueró
🍅 90%★ 7.4horror · mystery

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 television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.

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Possession
1981 · dir. Andrzej Żuławski
🍅 87%★ 7.2horrorRent or buy

A marriage curdling into something monstrous and impossible to explain

The difference: European arthouse extremity, not a slick corporate-thriller sheen

A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.

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Eyes Wide Shut
1999 · dir. Stanley Kubrick
🍅 77%★ 7.5drama · thriller · mysteryMax

A marriage tested by temptation and a secret society hiding in plain sight

The difference: Icy, dreamlike restraint, not overt supernatural menace

After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.

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Jacob's Ladder
1990 · dir. Adrian Lyne
🍅 71%★ 7.4drama · mystery · horrorParamount+

The same preoccupation in both: hallucination

The difference: Trades the obsession of The Devil's Advocate for an angle of its own

After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images. His girlfriend, Jezzie, and ex-wife, Sarah, try to help, but to little avail. Even Singer's chiropractor friend, Louis, fails to reach him as he descends into madness.

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In the Mouth of Madness
1995 · dir. John Carpenter
🍅 61%★ 7.1horror · mystery · drama

Reality unravels the deeper an investigator gets pulled into the story

The difference: Meta horror about fiction itself, not personal ambition gone wrong

An insurance investigator visits a small town while looking into the strange disappearance of a popular horror novelist. He soon finds that the impact of the author’s books is far more than inspirational.

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Good Manners
2018 · dir. Juliana Rojas
🍅 96%★ 6.7fantasy · horror · mystery

Dread-soaked where it counts, unsettling underneath

The difference: Reviewed even better

Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of São Paulo, is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana as the nanny for her unborn child. The two women develop a strong bond, but soon Clara discovers a terrifying secret about the child.

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The Ninth Gate
1999 · dir. Roman Polanski
🍅 44%★ 6.7mystery · thriller · horror

An ambitious professional drawn into an occult conspiracy beyond control

The difference: A globe-trotting book-hunt mystery, not a corrupting big-firm bargain

A rare book dealer finds himself at the heart of a string of paranormal events when he is hired to find the last two copies of a text, The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows, capable of summoning the Devil.

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The Neon Demon
2016 · dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
🍅 59%★ 6.1horror · thrillerPrime Video

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

When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.

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The Skeleton Key
2005 · dir. Iain Softley
🍅 38%★ 6.5drama · horror · mysteryPrime VideoPeacock

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

A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.

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Session 9
2001 · dir. Brad Anderson
🍅 68%★ 6.3horror · mystery · drama

Both land stillness and twists at once

The difference: Takes it somewhere less dreamlike than The Devil's Advocate does

Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.

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Next of Kin
1982 · dir. Tony Williams
🍅 100%★ 6.2horror · mystery

Horror built on dream logic, twice over

After Linda inherits a retirement home, she witnesses a series of strange events which seem connected to a dark and unspeakable evil.

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Scream
2022 · dir. Tyler Gillett
🍅 76%★ 6.3horror · mysteryNetflixParamount+

Old sins resurfacing to punish a new generation for the past

The difference: Slasher whodunit mechanics, not a slow corruption-of-the-soul arc

Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.

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