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Shows that feel likeThe Exorcist (2016–2017)

Follow the lives of two very different priests tackling one family’s case of terrifying demonic possession.

If you loved The Exorcist, the closest series we have are Evil (2019), Preacher (2016) and Archive 81 (2022). All three share The Exorcist's twisty and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is A Discovery of Witches (2018).

★ 7.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗2 seasons · FOXcreated by Jeremy Slatertwistycontemplativedread
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If The Exorcist hit the spot, these will too

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Evil
2019–2024 · 4 seasons · CBS
★ 7.7crime · drama · mysteryParamount+

Both are built on the same subject: priest

The difference: Leans harder into crime than The Exorcist does

Skeptical forensic psychologist Kristen Bouchard joins priest-in-training David Acosta and technology expert Ben Shakir as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possessions, and other extraordinary occurrences to assess for a scientific explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work.

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Preacher
2016–2019 · 4 seasons · AMC
★ 7.9sci-fi & fantasy · mystery · dramaPrime Video

Both keep coming back to the same thing: supernatural

The difference: Sits closer to sci-fi & fantasy than The Exorcist does

A preacher sets out on a mission to make the almighty himself confess his sin of abandoning the world. With his best friend Cassidy, an alcoholic Irish vampire, his love Tulip, a red blooded gun towing Texan, and the power of genesis, an unholy child born from an angel and a devil, Jesse gives up everything to set the world straight with its creator.

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Archive 81
2022 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 7.3drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

The same preoccupation in both: supernatural

An archivist takes a job restoring damaged videotapes and gets pulled into the vortex of a mystery involving the missing director and a demonic cult.

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Constantine
2014–2015 · 1 season · NBC
★ 7.5action & adventure · drama · sci-fi & fantasy

Both are working the same pair: exorcism, exorcist

The difference: Easier on the twists than The Exorcist

A man struggling with his faith is haunted by the sins of his past but is suddenly thrust into the role of defending humanity from the gathering forces of darkness.

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★ 7drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

The same mix in both: twists, then stillness

Bizarre nightmares unfold in eight tales of terror in this visually stunning, spine-tingling horror collection curated by Guillermo del Toro.

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American Horror Story
2011– · 13 seasons · FX
★ 7.9drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasyPrime VideoHulu

Mystery built on dread, twice over

An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.

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Hellbound
2021–2024 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 6.6drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

Twisty drama, and it commits to that

Unearthly beings deliver bloody condemnations, sending individuals to hell and giving rise to a religious group founded on the idea of divine justice.

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Supernatural
2005–2020 · 15 seasons · The WB
★ 8.4drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasyPrime VideoPeacock

One thread runs through both: exorcism

When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.

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A Discovery of Witches
2018–2022 · 3 seasons · Sky One
★ 7.7sci-fi & fantasy · dramaNetflix

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

The difference: Trades the twists of The Exorcist for an angle of its own

Closet witch Diana Bishop and centuries-old vampire Matthew Clairmont are drawn into a deadly mystery and forbidden romance when a magical book shows up in an Oxford library.

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Shadowhunters
2016–2019 · 3 seasons · Freeform
★ 6.5action & adventure · drama · sci-fi & fantasyHulu

Both lean on dread more than on mystery

When Clary Fray's mother has disappeared, Clary joins a band of Shadowhunters; demon killing hunters, and gets caught up in a plan to save the world.

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Twin Peaks
1990–2017 · 3 seasons · ABC
★ 8.7drama · mysteryParamount+

Twisty mystery in both cases

The difference: 26 years apart, and the 1990s show

The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.

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The Shannara Chronicles
2016–2017 · 2 seasons · MTV
★ 7.1action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy

Drama with a pulse of dread, in both cases

A young Healer armed with an unpredictable magic guides a runaway Elf in her perilous quest to save the peoples of the Four Lands from an age-old Demon scourge.

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