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Movies that feel like The Pope's Exorcist (2023)

If you loved The Pope's Exorcist, the closest films we have are The Invitation (2016), Death Whisperer (2023) and Barbarian (2022). All three share The Pope's Exorcist's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 11 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.

Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican, investigates a young boy's terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.

🍅 50% Rotten Tomatoes6.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Julius Averydreadunsettlingtenseparanoid
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If The Pope's Exorcist hit the spot, these will too

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The Invitation
2016 · dir. Karyn Kusama
🍅 90%6.6thriller · horror

One thread runs through both: conspiracy

The difference: Reviewed even better

Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.

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Death Whisperer
2023 · dir. Taweewat Wantha
5.8horror · thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: exorcism

The difference: Missing the paranoia of The Pope's Exorcist

When a remote village is plagued by a deadly curse, one brother must fight to save his family from a terrifying supernatural threat.

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Barbarian
2022 · dir. Zach Cregger
🍅 92%7horror · mystery · thriller

Both land dread and unease at once

The difference: Sits closer to mystery than The Pope's Exorcist does

In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay the night anyway.

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When Evil Lurks
2023 · dir. Demián Rugna
🍅 96%6.9horror · thriller

Both are built on the same subject: possession

When brothers Pedro and Jimi discover that a demonic infection has been festering in a nearby farmhouse, they attempt to evict the victim from their land. Failing to adhere to the proper rites of exorcism, their reckless actions inadvertently trigger an epidemic of possessions across their rural community.

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[REC]⁴ Apocalypse
2014 · dir. Jaume Balagueró
🍅 65%5.3thriller · horror

The same preoccupation in both: demonic possession

Ángela Vidal, the young television reporter who entered the building with the firemen, manages to make it out alive. But what the soldiers don't know is that she carries the seed of the strange infection. She is to be taken to a provisional quarantine facility, a high-security installation where she will have to stay in isolation for several days. An old oil tanker, miles off shore and surrounded by water on all sides, has been especially equipped for the quarantine.

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Rosemary's Baby
1968 · dir. Roman Polanski
🍅 97%8drama · horror · thriller

Common ground: conspiracy

The difference: Leans harder into drama than The Pope's Exorcist does

A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.

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Conclave
2024 · dir. Edward Berger
🍅 93%7.4drama · thriller

The same two preoccupations: vatican (holy see), and pope

After the unexpected death of the Pope, Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with managing the covert and ancient ritual of electing a new one. Sequestered in the Vatican with the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders until the process is complete, Lawrence finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could lead to its downfall.

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Hostel
2006 · dir. Eli Roth
🍅 60%5.9horror

Both lean on paranoia more than on horror

Three backpackers head to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them.

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The Nun
2018 · dir. Corin Hardy
🍅 24%5.4horror

Both rooted in Rome

A priest with a dark past and a novice nearing her final vows are sent by the Vatican to Romania to investigate a nun's death and face a demonic force.

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Don't Breathe 2
2021 · dir. Rodo Sayagues
6thriller · horror

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

The Blind Man has been hiding out for several years in an isolated cabin and has taken in and raised a young girl orphaned from a devastating house fire. Their quiet life together is shattered when a group of criminals kidnap the girl, forcing the Blind Man to leave his safe haven to save her.

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The Sadness
2021 · dir. Rob Jabbaz
🍅 88%6.5horror · thriller

Dread-soaked horror, and it commits to that

A young couple is pushed to the limits of sanity as they attempt to be reunited amid the chaos of a pandemic outbreak. The streets erupt into violence and depravity, as those infected are driven to enact the most cruel and ghastly things imaginable.

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Insidious: Chapter 2
2013 · dir. James Wan
🍅 38%6.6horror · thriller

One thread runs through both: possession

The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.

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