Films with theme "Demons in film", sorted by rating

, 1h32
Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film, Comedy horror films
Actors Billy Zane, William Sadler, Jada Pinkett Smith, Thomas Haden Church, CCH Pounder, Dick Miller

On a film set, The Crypt Keeper directs an installment of the television show despite his disapproval of the lead actor's talent. Upon becoming aware of the viewer, he proffers his latest project, which he hopes will get him into Hollywood: Demon Knight.

, 1h42
Directed by John Carpenter
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Demons in film, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Donald Pleasence, Jameson Parker, Victor Wong, Lisa Blount, Dennis Dun, Alice Cooper

A priest invites Professor Howard Birack and his students to join him in the basement of an abandoned Los Angeles church. He requires their assistance in investigating a mysterious cylinder containing a swirling green liquid. Among those present is Brian Marsh, a student in theoretical physics.

, 2h13
Directed by Roman Polanski
Origin Espagne
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film
Actors Johnny Depp, Lena Olin, Frank Langella, Emmanuelle Seigner, James Russo, Barbara Jefford

Dean Corso (Johnny Depp), a New York City rare book dealer, makes his living conning people into selling him valuable antique books for a low price, and then selling them for profit. He meets with wealthy book collector Boris Balkan (Frank Langella), who has recently acquired a copy of The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows by 17th-century author Aristide Torchia, one of only three copies known to exist. According to legend, the book is Torchia's adaptation of an older book written by the Devil himself and purportedly contains the means to ritualistically summon the Devil and, through him, acquire invincibility and immortality. Balkan believes two of the copies are forgeries. He hires Corso to authenticate all three copies, and acquire the legitimate copy by any means necessary.

, 2minutes
Directed by Georges Méliès, George Albert Smith
Origin France
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about religion, Demons in film, Vampires in film
Actors Georges Méliès, Jehanne d'Alcy

The film opens with a large bat flying into a medieval castle. The bat circles the room, before suddenly changing into Mephistopheles, an incarnation of the Devil. Mephistopheles produces a cauldron and an assistant, who helps him conjure a woman from the cauldron.

, 1h48
Directed by Maurice Pialat
Origin France
Genres Drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film
Actors Gérard Depardieu, Sandrine Bonnaire, Maurice Pialat, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Sandrine Holt, Frédéric Auburtin

Dossignan (Gérard Depardieu) is a very zealous rural priest. The dean Menou-Segrais (Maurice Pialat) tries to keep him reasonable. But Dossignan will be tempted by Satan, then will try to save the soul of Mouchette, a young girl who killed one of her lovers.

, 2h7
Directed by Julien Duvivier
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Films about religion, Demons in film
Actors Michel Simon, Louis de Funès, Micheline Presle, Françoise Arnoul, Lucien Baroux, Charles Aznavour

The film consists of seven roughly 15 minute episodes, each showing what will happen if one or more of the Ten Commandments will be broken. The episodes are either mini-dramas. The version available in Germany and Japan has eight episodes.

Directed by Yakov Protazanov
Origin Russie
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film
Actors Ivan Mosjoukine, Nathalie Lissenko, Vera Orlova

Esther et son mari, peintre laid, partagent leur vie avec le pasteur Talnox, frère du peintre, qui vient de perdre sa femme. Un jour, ils reçoivent la visite d'un inconnu.

, 1h28
Directed by Lamberto Bava, Michele Soavi
Origin Italie
Genres Horror
Themes Films about films, Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Demons in film, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Urbano Barberini, Natasha Hovey, Fiore Argento, Michele Soavi, Stelio Candelli, Nicoletta Elmi

On the Berlin subway, university student Cheryl gets off at her stop in the deserted subway station and is pursued by a mysterious, masked man. Rather than attacking her, the man offers her tickets to a free screening at the Metropol, an isolated and recently renovated local cinema. Cheryl talks her friend Kathy into going with her and they skip class to go see the film. At the crowded theater, they meet two preppy college boys, George and Ken, who take an immediate liking to the girls and help them get a can of cola out of the vending machine. The four sit together in the theater.

, 1h39
Directed by Sam Raimi
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Demons in film, Ghost films, Witches in film, Comedy horror films
Actors Alison Lohman, Justin Long, Lorna Raver, Dileep Rao, David Paymer, Adriana Barraza

In 1969 in Pasadena, California, a couple seeks the aid of the medium Shaun San Dena (Flor de Maria Chahua) saying their son (Shiloh Selassie) has been hearing evil spirits' voices after stealing a silver necklace from gypsies. San Dena aids the family by carrying out a seance, but they are attacked by an unseen force that pulls the boy into Hell. The medium says she will encounter the force again one day.

, 1h47
Directed by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg
Origin USA
Genres Disaster, Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Action
Themes La fin du monde, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Films about television, Erotic films, Films set in the future, Demons in film, Political films, Comedy horror films, Dystopian films, Buddy films, Disaster films
Actors James Franco, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel, Seth Rogen, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson

Jay Baruchel arrives in Los Angeles to visit with old friend and fellow actor Seth Rogen, who invites him to attend a housewarming party hosted by James Franco. Jay is uncomfortable being around so many people he hardly knows, so Seth accompanies him to a convenience store for cigarettes.

, 2h47
Directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film, Histoire de France, French Revolution films
Actors Halvard Hoff, Johannes Meyer, Viggo Wiehe, Elith Pio, Clara Pontoppidan, Carlo Wieth

Satan has been cast out from hell and banished to Earth under decree of heaven. He can return, only through a series of temptations. However, for every soul who gives in to his tempting, one hundred years are added to his sentence. For every soul who resists, one thousand years are removed from his sentence. The film follows Satan throughout much of recorded history.

, 1minutes
Directed by Georges Méliès
Origin France
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film
Actors Georges Méliès

In a Renaissance chamber decorated with devilish faces and a warped coat of arms, a gleeful Satan throws three human victims into a cauldron, which spews out flames. The victims rise from the cauldron as nebulous ghosts, and then turn into fireballs. The fireballs multiply and pursue Satan around the chamber. Finally Satan himself leaps into the infernal cauldron, which gives off a final burst of flame.

, 1h10
Directed by Benjamin Christensen
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Circus films, Films about religion, Demons in film
Actors Norma Shearer, Charles Emmett Mack, Carmel Myers, John Miljan, Claire McDowell, Charles Murray

Mary and Carlstop are a trapeze artist and a pickpocket who get themselves almost fatally involved with Lieberkind, a lion-tamer, and his jealous wife Yonna.

, 1h50
Directed by David F. Sandberg
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about children, Jeu, Films about religion, Demons in film, Ghost films, Films about toys
Actors Miranda Otto, Stephanie Sigman, Anthony LaPaglia, Lulu Wilson, Philippa Coulthard, Talitha Bateman

En 1946, le fabricant de poupées Samuel Mullins et sa femme Esther pleurent la perte de leur fille de sept ans, Annabelle, qui a été tuée dans un accident de voiture.

, 1h25
Directed by Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza
Origin Espagne
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Demons in film, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Manuela Velasco, Jonathan D. Mellor, Javier Botet, Pablo Rosso, Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza

Dr. Owen (Jonathan Mellor), an official from the Ministry of Health, and a GEO team equipped with video cameras are sent into a quarantined apartment building to control the situation. After Martos, a GEO officer, is killed and infected encountering some of the infected, Owen uses religious mantra and rosary to hold him off in a room. It turns out that Owen is actually a priest sent by the Vatican to get a blood sample from a possessed girl named Tristana Medeiros.