::DEALS WITH THE DEVIL::
THE GIST OF THE LIST: Movies which feature a Faustian bargain - that is to say, a character who sells his soul to reap some sort of benefit or reward... but at a costly price!
Not to be confused with films that merely feature the devil as a character, this is a list which is very specific in its requirements - a character needs to make a deal with some sort of demonic figure, realize that such a deal was a terrible mistake, and finally attempt to escape the repercussions of the bargain.
Honorable mention to the films based upon Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Grey - it uses a similar plot device but it unfortunately has no specific demonic figure to make it eligible for this list.
[LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER]
OTHER LISTS:
CAMMANDO (MEN-ON-A-MISSION) THRILLERS
CON THRILLERS
COURTROOM THRILLERS
CULT EUROPEAN SUPERHERO MOVIES
DARK COMEDIES WITH PESKY CORPSES, BOTCHED KIDNAPPINGS, MURDEROUS BLUNDERS & ACCIDENTAL DEATHS
DEALS WITH THE DEVIL
DINNER PARTIES FROM HELL
DON'T PERFORM THE AUTOPSY! I'M NOT DEAD!
GOTHIC HORROR
HEIST THRILLERS
HEROIC BLOODSHED + BULLET BALLET + GUN-FU
HOLLYWOOD GIALLO (+ ITS OTHERS)
INNOCENT FUGITIVE ON-THE-RUN THRILLERS
ITALIAN GIALLO (+ ITS OTHERS)
LOCKED ROOM MYSTERIES + IMPOSSIBLE CRIMES
LO-FI SCI-FI
ONE ROOM THRILLERS
PARALLEL UNIVERSES, ALTERNATE REALITIES, FEVERISH DREAMS
POLICE PROCEDURALS
PRISON ESCAPE THRILLERS
RURAL-COUNTRY THRILLERS
THEOLOGICAL FILMS
THRILLING SHORT FILMS
THRILLING TV EPISODES
THRILLING TV MOVIES
UNKNOWN + UNAVAILABLE THRILLERS
VANISHED PERSON THRILLERS
Not to be confused with films that merely feature the devil as a character, this is a list which is very specific in its requirements - a character needs to make a deal with some sort of demonic figure, realize that such a deal was a terrible mistake, and finally attempt to escape the repercussions of the bargain.
Honorable mention to the films based upon Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Grey - it uses a similar plot device but it unfortunately has no specific demonic figure to make it eligible for this list.
[LISTED IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER]
OTHER LISTS:
CAMMANDO (MEN-ON-A-MISSION) THRILLERS
CON THRILLERS
COURTROOM THRILLERS
CULT EUROPEAN SUPERHERO MOVIES
DARK COMEDIES WITH PESKY CORPSES, BOTCHED KIDNAPPINGS, MURDEROUS BLUNDERS & ACCIDENTAL DEATHS
DEALS WITH THE DEVIL
DINNER PARTIES FROM HELL
DON'T PERFORM THE AUTOPSY! I'M NOT DEAD!
GOTHIC HORROR
HEIST THRILLERS
HEROIC BLOODSHED + BULLET BALLET + GUN-FU
HOLLYWOOD GIALLO (+ ITS OTHERS)
INNOCENT FUGITIVE ON-THE-RUN THRILLERS
ITALIAN GIALLO (+ ITS OTHERS)
LOCKED ROOM MYSTERIES + IMPOSSIBLE CRIMES
LO-FI SCI-FI
ONE ROOM THRILLERS
PARALLEL UNIVERSES, ALTERNATE REALITIES, FEVERISH DREAMS
POLICE PROCEDURALS
PRISON ESCAPE THRILLERS
RURAL-COUNTRY THRILLERS
THEOLOGICAL FILMS
THRILLING SHORT FILMS
THRILLING TV EPISODES
THRILLING TV MOVIES
UNKNOWN + UNAVAILABLE THRILLERS
VANISHED PERSON THRILLERS
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- DirectorHanns Heinz EwersStellan RyeStarsPaul WegenerGrete BergerLyda SalmonovaBalduin, a student of Prague, leaves his roystering companions in the beer garden, when he finds he has reached the end of his resources. He is scarcely seated in a quiet corner when a hideous, shriveled-up old man taps him upon the shoulder and whispers vaguely of a big inheritance for Prague's finest swordsman and wildest student if he will enter into a certain agreement. Balduin rebuffs him, satirically asking his weird companion to procure him "the luckiest ticket in a lottery or a doweried wife." The old man goes off chuckling and thence onward persistently shadows Balduin, exerting a sinister influence over him, while Balduin is still disconsolate under the frowns of fortune. The Countess Margit Schwarzenberg, hunting with her cousin, to whom her father has betrothed her, meets with an accident. She is thrown over her horse's head into a river, but Balduin, who has been directed to the spot by his evil genius, plunges in and rescues her. Subsequently Balduin calls to inquire as to her condition at the castle of her father, the count, but be makes a hurried departure when Baron Waldis arrives, the contrast in their appearance discrediting him. His desire to win the countess and to humiliate the baron becomes so pronounced that he readily accedes to the compact suggested by Scapinelli, the old man, who has so pertinaciously dogged his footsteps, particularly when he learns that untold wealth and power will be his when he assigns to the other the right to take from his room whatever he chooses for his own use as he desires. The agreement is signed. Balduin receives a shower of gold and notes as his portion; Scapinelli takes Balduin's soul exposed in concrete form by his shadow. Balduin prosecutes his love affair assiduously and with apparent success, till the baron is informed of it by a jealous gypsy girl. He challenges Balduin to a duel, and the latter, assured of his superiority as a fencer, readily agrees. Count Schwarzenberg learns of the impending duel and appeals to Balduin not to kill "my sister's child, my daughter's future husband, and my heir." Balduin gives his promise, but when he goes to the venue of the duel he meets, his own counterpart stalking away derisively wiping his gory sword on his cloak. Balduin turns and in the far distance sees the dying victim of the deed he swore he would not do. He rushes from the spot horror-stricken. When he regains sufficient composure he makes his way to the castle of the count, but is refused admission. Determined to explain that he had no complicity in the death of the baron, Balduin climbs into a room in which the countess is seated. She receives him coldly, but soon succumbs to his ardent wooing. Just as he seeks to leave her she notices he has no shadow and that the mirror gives no reflection of him; and she drops back affrighted, the ghastly apparition of himself which takes shape in the corner of the room sends Balduin scuttling away from the castle in a paroxysm of terror. He makes a frenzied flight through a woodland estate and the streets of Prague, but wherever he stops to recover his breath he is haunted by the counterpart of himself. He reaches his rooms and draws a murderous looking fire-arm from its case. As the phantasmagorical figure strides towards him with a sinister grin, he fires, and in a few minutes the blood gushes from his own side from a fatal wound.NOTES: Also known as A Bargain with Satan.
- DirectorHenrik GaleenStarsConrad VeidtElizza La PortaFritz AlbertiFor Balduin, going out to beer parties with his fellow students and fighting out disputes at the tip of the sword have lost their charms. He wants to find love; but how would he, a penniless student, ever dare looking up to any woman worth of loving? Absorbed in his dreary thoughts and indifferent to the advances of Lyduschka, Balduin is unexpectedly offered a fortune by the mysterious money-lender Scapinelli - but on a strange condition...NOTES: Remake of A Bargain with Satan (aka The Student of Prague), this time with the great Conrad Veidt in the lead role.
- DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsGösta EkmanEmil JanningsCamilla HornThe demon Mephisto wagers with God that he can corrupt a mortal man's soul.NOTES: F.W. Muranu's take on the Faust tale. Quite possibly the best example of this particular sub-genre. Beautiful to behold. A work of art. Highly recommended.
- DirectorArthur RobisonStarsAnton WalbrookTheodor LoosDorothea WieckPrague in the 1860s: Balduin is a popular, handsome student, the best fencer in town, in amicable rivalry with his friend Dahl for the affections of Lydia, the innkeeper's niece. While the students are celebrating Lydia's birthday, the opera singer Julia Stella arrives at the inn - and Balduin's life begins to unravel. He is immediately infatuated with the glamorous singer - but she is already kept by an admirer, the wealthy and foppish Baron Waldis. How can a poor student hope to compete? The mysterious Dr. Carpis, who also has ties to Julia and is jealous of the Baron, intervenes. But the price will be higher than Balduin can ever imagine. He risks his sanity and his life - perhaps his very soul - haunted by his own reflection.NOTES: Third remake of A Bargain with Satan (aka The Student of Prague).
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsEdward ArnoldWalter HustonJane DarwellA nineteenth-century New Hampshire farmer makes a pact with Satan for economic success, then enlists famed orator Daniel Webster to extract him from his contract.NOTES: An wonderful film adaptation of the titular story. Expressionistic visuals and a wonderful performance from Walter Huston as Mr. Scratch (aka The Devil). Highly recommended.
- DirectorMarcel CarnéStarsArlettyMarie DéaFernand LedouxIn medieval France, the Devil intervenes when one of his two envoys, sent to seduce and deceive mortals, falls instead for a victim.NOTES: Terrific fantasy about the devil trying to claim souls and the souls in question trying to outsmart him...
- DirectorMaurice TourneurStarsPierre FresnayJosseline GaëlNoël RoquevertRoland Brissot bought for a nickel a talisman that gives him love, fame, and wealth. The talisman is a cut left hand, and it works perfectly. Of course, there is nothing free in this world, and after one year, the devil comes and asks for his due.NOTES: A man takes a talisman which grants him everything he desires... but soon the devil comes to collect his due!
- DirectorVincente MinnelliBusby BerkeleyStarsEthel WatersEddie 'Rochester' AndersonLena HorneA compulsive gambler dies during a shooting, but he'll receive a second chance to reform himself and to make up with his worried wife.NOTES: A man killed over some gambling debts gets six months to prove his worth for heaven or it's off to hell for some good ol' eternal damnation!
- DirectorErnst LubitschStarsGene TierneyDon AmecheCharles CoburnAn old roué arrives in Hades to review his life with Satan, who will rule on his eligibility to enter the Underworld.NOTES: A man descends to the entrance of hell and begins to argue with the devil that he deserves eternal damnation despite the fact that he's not on the list and "his excellency" doesn't think his life warrants such a condemnation!
The only film on the list where the guy actually *wants* to get the short-end of the bargain and even the devil himself isn't too keen on the unfairness of it! - DirectorMiguel M. DelgadoStarsCantinflasMiguel ArenasSusana CoraA newspaper boy mistakenly goes to the army; after dying during a mission, he goes to visit the afterlife.NOTES: A man goes off to war and dies in battle... but the devil is willing to make a deal in his afterlife.
- DirectorArchie MayoStarsPaul MuniAnne BaxterClaude RainsThe Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life.NOTES: The reverse of Here Comes Mr. Jordan - a man goes to hell and makes a bargain with the devil to return to earth... at a cost, of course.
- DirectorJohn FarrowStarsRay MillandAudrey TotterThomas MitchellA district attorney rises to political success and the governorship but loses his sense of morality once he starts associating with the shadowy and perhaps diabolical Nick Beal.NOTES: Film Noir with a Faustian theme...
- DirectorThorold DickinsonStarsAnton WalbrookEdith EvansYvonne MitchellAn army officer becomes obsessed with learning the secret to a card game for which an elderly countess sold her soul years earlier.NOTES: A woman sells her soul to the devil to always win at cards...
- DirectorRené ClairStarsMichel SimonGérard PhilipeNicole BesnardThe Faust story retold, with an aged alchemist accepting the gift of renewed youth from the devilish Mephistopheles.NOTES: René Clair's take on the Faust legend.
- DirectorGeorge AbbottStanley DonenStarsTab HunterGwen VerdonRay WalstonA frustrated fan of the hopeless Washington Senators makes a pact with the Devil to help the baseball team win the league pennant.NOTES: Amusing comedy-musical about a Washington Senators fan who makes a pact with the devil to help his baseball team win the league pennant!
- DirectorRafael BaledónStarsEnrique RambalAbel SalazarMartha RothA failed pianist sells his soul to the devil in return for his becoming the greatest musician in the world. The catch: every time he plays he turns into a horrible monster.NOTES: A failed pianist sells his soul to the devil in return for becoming the greatest musician in the world. The catch: every time he plays he turns into a horrible monster.
- DirectorMitchell LeisenStarsRod SerlingDavid WayneThomas GomezA hypochondriac man sells his soul to the devil, exchanging it for several thousand years of immortality.NOTES: An episode of The Twilight Zone where a hypochondriac man sells his soul to the devil, exchanging it for one million years of immortality... of course, it doesn't pan out quite as he expects it to.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsJarl KulleBibi AnderssonStig JärrelDon Juan is sent from Hell to Earth with a mission - to seduce a virgin in order to spoil her pure wedding. The mission becomes crazy when Don Juan falls in love for the first time in centuries.NOTES: Ingmar Bergman take on the Faustian bargain!
- DirectorPeter GorskiGustaf GründgensStarsWill QuadfliegGustaf GründgensElla BüchiThe aging scientist Faust is desperately in search of knowledge and insight, but without success. To escape from this ignorance, he dares the extreme: He joins forces with The Devil. Mephisto offers him eternal youth and the opportunity to seduce the virgin Gretchen.NOTES: Essentially a stage play version of Faust.
- DirectorJules BrickenStarsBoris KarloffMacdonald CareyPatricia MedinaAn artist "pawns" his soul to the devil and must retrieve it by painting a portrait of another person whose soul will be exchanged for his.NOTES: A person "pawns" his soul to the devil...
- DirectorAleksandr RouStarsAleksandr KhvylyaLyudmila MyznikovaYuri TavrovSurreal Soviet-era Christmas fantasy movie.NOTES: The devil tempts a farmer in the Russian country side...
- DirectorRalph SenenskyStarsRobert SterlingPat CrowleyBurgess MeredithA man sells his soul to the Devil to save his failing newspaper and gets more than he bargained for.NOTES: Another episode of The Twilight Zone where a man sells his soul to the devil to save his failing newspaper and gets more than he bargained for.
- 1959–196451mTV-147.2 (1.8K)TV EpisodeDirectorDavid Lowell RichStarsAlbert SalmiJohn AndersonWright KingAging tycoon William Feathersmith is bored with life and makes arrangements through a devilish travel agency to return to the Cliffordville of his youth and start all over again.NOTES: Yet Another episode of The Twilight Zone where aging tycoon William Feathersmith is bored with life and makes arrangements through a devilish travel agency to return to the Cliffordville of his youth and start all over again.
- DirectorGrigori KromanovJüri MüürStarsElmar SalulahtAnts EskolaAstrid LepaThe way Saint Peter explains it to the Devil who's knocking on Heaven's door to collect his share of souls: there will be no more souls, as God has come to doubt if humans are really meant to achieve salvation. If they aren't then how can they be punished posthumous and sent to Hell? There's only one way to make sure if sinning is the human nature, or is it that they simply don't want to better themselves - Devil himself must go down to Earth, in human form, and if he can achieve salvation then so can a human being... Based on A. H. Tammsaare's classic novel of the same name.NOTES: God won't give the devil any more souls as he's given up on the idea of sending people to hell as he believes no one truly can receive salvation so no punishment required.
- DirectorStanley DonenStarsPeter CookDudley MooreEleanor BronA hapless loser sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for seven wishes, but has trouble winning over the girl of his dreams.NOTES: Dudley Moore makes a deal with devil Peter Cook to get seven wishes... but none of the wishes come out they way he expects!
- DirectorRichard BurtonNevill CoghillStarsElizabeth TaylorRichard BurtonAndreas TeuberA man sells his soul to the devil in order to have the woman he loves.NOTES: Richard Burton does his take on Faust legend.
- DirectorIsmael RodríguezStarsBasil RathboneJohn CarradineAmadee ChabotSatan offers a weary ghost a chance for redemption through true love.
- DirectorJames FrawleyStarsDavy JonesMicky DolenzMichael NesmithPeter browses through a pawnshop owned by a mysterious man known as S. Zero. He meets Zero and the two chat about the varied instruments he sells, Zero talking cryptically about the instruments' previous owners. Peter notices a harp and falls in love with it although he has never played one before. When he says he would give anything for the harp, Zero makes a deal: Peter will sign a contract to own the harp and pay for it later. Peter happily signs, carries the harp home, and does not see when Zero makes a phone call to inform his home office that he--in reality, The Prince Of Darkness--has purchased Peter's soul. Zero later appears at The Monkees' beach house and tells Peter he can play the harp; when the initially-disbelieving Peter begins playing and finds he has great dexterity in doing so, Zero disappears and Micky, Mike, and Davy are left surprised at Peter's ability. The Monkees integrate the harp into their touring act and are an enormous success--until Zero returns and it is revealed that he is The Devil, who now wants Peter's soul by midnight, although Mike vows to take Zero to court over his contract, leading to a trial in Hades itself at which Peter must prove to a waiting gaggle of criminals that he can play the harp on his own, without Zero's help.NOTES: Peter sells his soul to play the harp!
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsMia FarrowJohn CassavetesRuth GordonA young couple trying for a baby moves into an aging, ornate apartment building on Central Park West, where they find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors.NOTES: A husband trades his wife to the devil in exchange for fame!
- DirectorFrancis SearleStarsTim BarrettSuzan FarmerHugh LatimerStephen Wallace falls in love with the glamorous Wendy, and plans to invite her to a very special party.NOTES: Short film about dealing with the devil...
- DirectorPaul WendkosStarsAlan AldaJacqueline BissetBarbara ParkinsAn old, dying satanist arranges to transfer his soul into the body of a young concert pianist.NOTES: Alan Alda makes a pact with the devil to play music better...
- DirectorEiichi YamamotoStarsAiko NagayamaChinatsu NakayamaMasaya TakahashiAfter being raped by an evil feudal lord and subsequently getting banished from her village, a peasant girl makes a pact with the Devil to gain magical powers and take her revenge.NOTES: Japanese Anime takes on the Faustian bargain!
- DirectorRobert ScheererStarsSammy Davis Jr.Christopher LeeJack KlugmanA young down on his luck resident of Hell (Sammy Davis, Jr.) is given a chance to redeem himself by signing up a down on his luck retail accountant to sell his soul to Lucifer.NOTES: A TV movie comedy about a bumbling minor devil (Sammy Davis Jr.) trying to get the soul of bumbling human (Jack Klugman) on orders of Lucifer (Christopher Lee).
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsPaul WilliamsWilliam FinleyJessica HarperA disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.NOTES: Brian DePalma's strange rock opera hodgepodge of The Phantom of the Opera and Faust.
- DirectorLeonardo FavioStarsJuan José CameroMarina MagaliAlfredo AlcónNazareno Cruz is the seventh son of a couple living in a high mountain village. According to a myth, a seventh son will become a wolf on nights of the full moon. Everyone in the village is relieved when this doesn't happen. The boy grows up and falls in love with a beautiful girl, Griselda. When he's 20 years old, he is visited by the Devil, who offers him the wealth of the world if he will turn his back on his love for Griselda, and if he fails to do this, he will become a wolf.NOTES: The devil visits a man tells him to give up the love of his life so that he can retrieve wealth and fame... if he doesn't, he'll turn into a wolf! Some deal!
- DirectorClive A. SmithStarsChris WigginsAnnabel KershawMartin LavutWhen a young female mouse makes a deal with the devil to become a rock star and learns the price, her boyfriend has to help her avoid damnation.NOTES: An animated short film that takes his inspiration The Devil and Daniel Webster and throws in mice and rock 'n roll into the mix.
The director later made Rock & Rule - another animated film with animals, rock 'n roll, and the devil! - DirectorSteven Hilliard SternStarsElliott GouldBill CosbySusan AnspachMax, a dead corrupt businessman, makes a Faustian pact with Satan's henchman to drive three people to Hell in exchange for longer life. Soon Max realizes that there still may be good in him.NOTES: When Max dies in an accident, he goes straight to hell. But the devil Barney makes him an offer: if he manages to get three innocent youths to sell him their souls in the next two months, he may stay on earth.
- DirectorFranz SeitzStarsJon FinchAndré HellerHanns ZischlerA musician beds down a prostitute he knows is diseased in order to gain inspiration, an act he later believes to have been a tacit pact with Satan.NOTES: A composer sells his soul to the devil for unparalleled success. Though another version of Faust, the story is more about the rise of Nazism and the parallelism that exists between the said rising of that political regime and that old legend of "dealing with the devil".
- DirectorPaul BogartStarsGeorge BurnsTed WassRon SilverGeorge Burns returns as God, and as Satan. They battle over the soul of a young rock star who is willing to sell his soul to the devil.NOTES: George Burns as the devil? Hell, yes!
- DirectorHynek BocanStarsVladimír DlouhýOndrej VetchýJana DítetováPetr's greedy stepmother steals everything from her stepson. Meanwhile, Petr meets two daughters of a local duke. He falls in love with one of them, but she is very proud and Petr means nothing to her. The second daughter Adelka is kind and humble and falls in love with Petr. Petr meets a devil and together they decide to punish the evil ones.NOTES: Czech fable about the devil doing deals...
- 1984–19891hNot Rated7.7 (170)TV EpisodeDirectorMichael LandonStarsMichael LandonVictor FrenchMichael BerrymanJonathan recruits a con artist's help after Jabez Stone tricks Mark into selling his soul in order to save a little boy's life, but The Devil has another agenda - acquiring the soul of an angel.
- 1985–198948mTV-PG7.6 (463)TV EpisodeDirectorWes CravenKenneth GilbertStarsKristoffer TaboriAnne TwomeyGary ColeIn "Her Pilgrim Soul," two scientists must discover why the spirit of a woman is reliving a previous life within their holographic computer. "I of Newton" showcases a mathematician in a battle of wits with the Devil for his soul.NOTES: 80s version of The Twilight Zone which showcases a mathematician in a battle of wits with the Devil for his soul.
- DirectorWalter HillStarsRalph MacchioJoe SenecaJami GertzA wannabe blues-guitar virtuoso finds an old blues player and hopes he can teach him a long-lost song by legendary musician Robert Johnson.NOTES: Sell your soul to become an excellent musician! Battle the devil with you musical skills to get out of your contract! You win!
- 1985–19891hTV-PG6.6 (283)TV EpisodeDirectorCurtis HarringtonShelley LevinsonStarsGene BarryGrant HeslovKristi LynesOffered any wish by the Devil, musician Bluestone travels back in time as he regretted not doing before. Professor Donald Knowles returns to Earth with other expedition members and is affected by the Earthlings of centuries earlier.NOTES: Another episode of the 80s version of The Twilight Zone where a man dies but an emissary from the devil gives him the chance to live again for a price...
- DirectorAlan ParkerStarsMickey RourkeRobert De NiroLisa BonetA private investigator is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.NOTES: Private detective Mickey Rourke is hired by Louis Cypher (get it?) to find a certain person who seems to owe this "devilish" person something very important... yet has somehow managed to disappear altogether!
- DirectorLawrence BassoffStarsJohn Allen NelsonSteve LevittDeborah SheltonA computer nerd makes a deal with the Devil and gets a new beefcake body.NOTES: 80s comedy about a nerd sells his soul to become a hunk!
- DirectorGeorge MillerStarsJack NicholsonCherSusan SarandonThree single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted, at a cost, when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.NOTES: Witches conjure the devil for there own ends... naturally, it backfires.
- DirectorMichael HerzLloyd KaufmanStarsRon FazioPhoebe LegereJohn AltamuraToxie finds he has nothing to do as a superhero, as he has ridden his city of evil. He decides to go to work for a major corporation, which he discovers may be the evilest of all his adversaries.NOTES: Toxic Avenger makes a deal with the devil to get his girlfriend an operation! What a nice chap!
- DirectorSrdjan DragojevicStarsNikola KojoMilena PavlovicBranka KaticAngel and the devil fight for the soul of a Belgrade playboy who made a young girl pregnant.NOTES: Popular Serbian film followed by a sequel.
- DirectorDavid SilvermanStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightHomer sells his soul to the Devil for a donut, Bart contends with a gremlin on the side of the school bus which only he can see, and the family discovers that Mr. Burns is a vampire.NOTES: An episode of the Simpsons where Homer announces that he would sell his soul for a doughnut. Naturally the Devil, disguised as Ned Flanders, shows up to take him up on the offer.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerStarsPetr CepekJan KrausVladimír KudlaAn ordinary man is lured into a strange puppet theatre by a map and finds himself embroiled in a production of the Faustian legend.NOTES: Surreal take on the Faust legend.
- DirectorÁlex de la IglesiaStarsÁlex AnguloArmando De RazzaSantiago SeguraBent on committing as many sins as possible to avert the birth of the beast, a Catholic priest teams up with a Black Metal aficionado and an Italian connoisseur of the occult. Now, he must become an unrelenting sinner. Is there still hope?NOTES: A priest and a talk show host during Christmas try to summon the devil in order to get the devil to tell them where the antichrist is to be born... This is a gem of a film! Check it out!
- DirectorWesley ArcherStarsDan CastellanetaJulie KavnerNancy CartwrightBart casually sells his soul to Milhouse for $5 but soon regrets it; Moe converts his dank bar into a family restaurant.NOTES: Bart sells his soul to Millhouse!
- DirectorLarry LekerPaul SabellaStarsCharlie SheenSheena EastonDom DeLuiseCharlie and Itchy return to Earth to find Gabriel's Horn, but along the way meet up with a young boy named David, who ran away from home.NOTES: The film's secondary antagonist Carface sells his soul in exchange for Gabriel's Horn. In the film the devil is depicted as a Hellcat named Red.
- DirectorMike JohnsonStarsLes ClaypoolMark HaggardBrian KehoeCharlie Daniels Band's "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" covered and put to animation.
- DirectorTaylor HackfordStarsKeanu ReevesAl PacinoCharlize TheronAn exceptionally-adept Florida lawyer is offered a job at a high-end New York City law firm with a high-end boss--the biggest opportunity of his career to date.NOTES: Al Pacino is gleefully over-the-top as the devil who vies for the soul of a lawyer - the always monotone Keanu Reeves.
- DirectorMark A.Z. DippéStarsMichael Jai WhiteJohn LeguizamoMartin SheenAn elite mercenary is killed, but comes back from Hell as a reluctant soldier of the Devil.NOTES: Sadly this movie qualifies for the list...
- DirectorNatalia CastroStarsAlejandro FedericciMáximo KimA man walks at night by the street and meet a strange character, who invite him to a party. In this party he will have to confront the devil in a card game to save his life and his soul.NOTES: Short film about devil dealing...
- DirectorGregg VanzoRich MooreStarsBilly WestKatey SagalJohn DiMaggioBender joins a robot church after fighting an addiction to electricity, but reverts to his pre-addictive behavior of cigars, booze and robot hookers, leading to a musical confrontation with the Robot Devil.NOTES: An episode of Futurama where Bender is sent to eternal damnation in hell (for robots). Fry and Leela are given a chance to rescue Bender by the Robot Devil if they can beat him in a fiddle contest... otherwise, he gets Fry's life too!
- 1997–20231h 36mTV-G6.2 (1.1K)TV EpisodeDirectorRandall MillerStarsWill FriedleMatthew LawrenceGabrielle UnionGriffelkin, a young devil-in-training is sent to the surface of Earth to steal the soul of Dave, a hot shot pro-hockey player aspiring to be the youngest man to win the Stanley Cup.NOTES: Family-friendly TV movie about selling one's soul to the devil! Family values affirmed!
- DirectorHarold RamisStarsBrendan FraserElizabeth HurleyFrances O'ConnorHopeless dweeb Elliot Richards is granted seven wishes by the Devil to snare Allison, the girl of his dreams, in exchange for his soul.NOTES: Remake of the 1967 original...
- DirectorBrian YuznaStarsMark FrostIsabel BrookJennifer RopeA man sells his soul to the devil to gain superpowers and avenge his girlfriend's brutal murder. When he realizes that the price is the soul of his new love interest, he turns on the devil.NOTES: Faustian legend with gore!
- DirectorAgustín Díaz YanesStarsPenélope CruzVictoria AbrilJero GarcíaTwo angels, one from the heaven and one from the hell, come to earth to save the soul of a boxer.NOTES: An angel and a demon fight for the soul of a boxer!
- DirectorÀlex OlléIsidro OrtizCarlus PadrissaStarsMiguel Ángel SoláEduard FernándezNajwa NimriOn his way to a medical convention, Dr Fausto runs into a man who claims the Doctor removed his stomach eight years ago in a surgical operation. Against all odds, he is still alive. The man turns up repeatedly and promises Fausto to make all his wishes come true. Reality starts dissolving and Fausto begins to loose control.NOTES: Disturbing take on the Faust tale...
- DirectorSemyon GorovStarsOleg SkripkaAni LorakPhilipp KirkorovOn Christmas Eve in rural Ukraine, handsome but poor Vakula the blacksmith pursues the beautiful Oxana with the help of the Devil.NOTES: Remake of the classic Russian film...
- DirectorTony ScottStarsClive OwenGary OldmanJames BrownDecades ago, the legendary James Brown sold his soul to the devil for fame and fortune. Now he wishes to renegotiate. Hired to take Mr. Brown to a rendezvous with the devil, the driver soon finds himself entangled in fiendish plans.NOTES: Tony Scott directs this BMW promo featuring James Brown selling his soul to the devil (Gary Oldman) to receive musical talents, but when it comes time to pay his dues Brown decides to challenge the devil to a car chase, pitting his driver (Clive Owen) against the devil's driver (Danny Trejo). Marilyn Manson guest stars.
All this under ten minutes... - DirectorBret HaalandStarsBilly WestKatey SagalJohn DiMaggioFry makes a deal with the Robot Devil so he can get robot hands to play the holophoner and impress Leela. In a twist of fate, Fry trades hands with the Robot Devil and writes a masterpiece opera about Leela. However, the Robot Devil has evil plans of his own.NOTES: Another episode of Futurama where Fry makes a deal with the Robot Devil so he can get robot hands to play the "holophoner" and impress Leela.
- DirectorAlec BaldwinStarsAnthony HopkinsJennifer Love HewittAlec BaldwinA down-and-out writer sells his soul to the Devil in exchange for fame and fortune.NOTES: Remake of The Devil and Daniel Webster...
- CreatorJon CookseyAli Marie MathesonStarsChris KramerAidan DrummondSonya SalomaaMorgan Pym made a deal with Satan: his soul, in exchange for 10 years with his one true love. After she died, Morgan-- to avoid eternity in hell--agreed to become a Collector, charged with collecting souls.NOTES: TV series about soul collecting...
- DirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsKeanu ReevesRachel WeiszDjimon HounsouSupernatural exorcist and demonologist John Constantine helps a policewoman prove her sister's death was not a suicide, but something more.NOTES: Constantine tries to trade information about an impending coup in hell for the soul of a woman named Isabel.
- DirectorSrdjan DragojevicStarsNikola KojoMirka VasiljevicUros DjuricIn this sequel of "We Are Not Angels", a highly successful Yugoslavian comedy, a former playboy must cope with his daughter's adolescence, as well as numerous boys that keep knocking at her doors. A worried father thinks she may get in type of troubles he used to cause when he was just the age of her wooers.NOTES: Sequel to the popular Serbian film...
- DirectorSacha BennettStarsJohn SimmKate MagowanDylan BrownIn a lawless outpost in 17th Century England, the people have ceased to be God-fearing but learn to fear the Devil instead.
- DirectorLiam LynchStarsJack BlackKyle GassJR ReedTo become the greatest band of all time, two slacker, wannabe-rockers set out on a quest to steal a legendary guitar pick that gives its holders incredible guitar skills, from a maximum security Rock and Roll museum.NOTES: Tenacious D challenges Satan to a "rock off" which the evil one is forced to accept according to the "Demon Code." If Tenacious D wins, Satan must return to hell and pay their rent. If Satan wins, he gets to take Kyle back with him (he doesn't want to be stuck with Jack for all eternity in hell - it's a bad enough place as it is).
- DirectorPetar PasicStarsNikola PejakovicSrdjan 'Zika' TodorovicUros DjuricAngel and the Devil fight for the soul of a Belgrade rocker, that he can't survive in the body of an old punker.NOTES: The third film in the series...
- CreatorTara ButtersMichele FazekasStarsBret HarrisonTyler LabineRick GonzalezOn his 21st birthday, Sam discovers his parents sold his soul to the devil before birth and he must now be a bounty hunter for the devil until he dies.NOTES: On his 21st birthday, Sam discovers his parents sold his soul to the devil before birth and he must now be a bounty hunter for the devil until he dies.
- DirectorMark Steven JohnsonStarsNicolas CageEva MendesSam ElliottWhen motorcycle rider Johnny Blaze sells his soul to the Devil to save his father's life, he is transformed into the Ghost Rider, the Devil's own bounty hunter, and is sent to hunt down sinners.NOTES: A young stunt rider sells his soul to the devil to save his father from cancer only to have his dad promptly die from an unrelated cause the very next day...
- DirectorTerry GilliamStarsChristopher PlummerLily ColeHeath LedgerHaving made a deal with the Devil himself for immortality many millennia ago, the now decrepit mystic Doctor Parnassus fights for the freedom of his only daughter's soul.NOTES: Christopher Plummer has been battling the devil (Tom Waits) for many centuries over the souls of mankind... How, you ask? Through telling stories, which somehow through some supernatural way keeps souls out from ol' Nick's hands...
- DirectorPhilip RidleyStarsJim SturgessLuke TreadawayClémence PoésyJamie Morgan, a young man with a large heart-shaped birthmark on his face, discovers that there are demons on the streets of East London.NOTES: A guy sells his soul to the devil to have his birthmarks removed...
- DirectorM.J. BassettStarsJames PurefoyMax von SydowRachel Hurd-WoodA ruthless mercenary renounces violence after learning his soul is bound for hell. When a young girl is kidnapped and her family slain by a sorcerer's murderous cult, he is forced to fight and seek his redemption slaying evil.NOTES: A mercenary who owes his soul to the devil redeems himself by fighting evil.
- DirectorDom FeraStarsSeth KingAspen LynchNiaja StringfieldA young teen sells his soul to the Devil.
- DirectorRyan CombsStarsVing RhamesSimon RexEsai MoralesA young drug dealer sells his soul to the devil in order to become the #1 seller on the block.NOTES: British crime with devil dealing...
- DirectorRay ClaffeyPeter AvanzinoStarsBilly WestKatey SagalJohn DiMaggioFry believes that a human life is more important than a robot life, so Bender decides to kill himself again, only this time he really follows through. But instead of dying he turns into a ghost that haunts Fry.NOTES: Yet another Futurama episode where Bender is killed which causes his electrical consciousness to exist in a wireless cloud (in other words, he's a ghost). The Robot Devil draws up a contract which states that he'll give Bender a new body if he agrees to scare Fry to death... otherwise, he'll get eternal damnation in hell!
- DirectorJason PrugarStarsZoe CargasMark L. PennellJon Patrick SmithTom Walker makes a deal that is too good to be true. Based on Washington Irving's tale "The Devil and Tom Walker".
- DirectorAlex GrybauskasStarsMadison ComerzonGary Lee MahmoudDaniel MontesanoOn the floor of a bar restroom, a man on his deathbed is met by Danny Pickler: an elementary school classmate of his ... who died twenty-six years ago. On the brink of damnation, he is offered a deal that could save his life but in the process may destroy his humanity. What transpires shed's new light on the question: do you believe in the devil?NOTES: Entertaining short film about a man who makes a deal with a devilish figure (actually, the spirit of a childhood friend who now collects souls for an after-living) - his life in exchange for murdering a few people.
- DirectorTom HollandStarsDanielle HarrisWilliam ForsytheEddie HargitayAngered by her philandering boyfriend, Susan turns to a mysterious stranger to exact revenge.NOTES: Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned as a jilted lover makes a deal with a stranger to get revenge on her ex-boyfriend... William Forsythe plays the devil as if he's some sleazy thug from New Jersey!
- DirectorChristopher Soren KellyStarsJoshua BittonChristopher Soren KellySometime in the first half of the twentieth century, somewhere on the back roads of the Louisiana Bayou, the half-mad Louis Chasseur, hunts the Devil. Setting an ambush at the crossroads, he kills the musician Jedediah Graham before the man can sell his soul. Chasseur then lies in wait for the Devil. Instead, the blood-soaked Chasseur encounters the Devil's lawyer, weaselly Mycroft Coney. What follows is a biblical battle of wills between the brutal, conscienceless Chasseur and the fast-talking Mycroft. Mycroft fights for his life as Chasseur pumps him for information on the Devil. Eventually, Chasseur gets what he wants... and more.NOTES: A Cajun devil hunter captures the devil's lawyer whose job is to write up those pesky Faustian bargains.
- DirectorRoel ReinéStarsDanny TrejoMickey RourkeAnthony Michael HallA leader killed by his own gang, gets offered a chance by Satan himself to escape damnation.NOTES: Straight-to-video nonsense that happens to have bargain with the devil as its premise...
- DirectorStephen SandovalStarsBilly WestKatey SagalJohn DiMaggioFry and Bender resurrect Calculon to make "All My Circuits" interesting again. But things don't go exactly as planned.NOTES: Robot Devil is back again making deals!
- CreatorCasper KellyDave WillisStarsMatt ServittoHenry ZebrowskiCraig RowinA live-action workplace comedy about Gary, an associate demon, as he attempts to capture souls on earth in order to climb the corporate ladder of the underworldNOTES: "The Office" with demons...
- DirectorKentarô OhtaniKei'ichi SatoStarsHiro MizushimaAyame GôrikiYûkaAfter her supposed death, a young woman returns as the son of her noble family to precede the family's prestigious company, with a demon at her side to avenge her parent's murder.NOTES: A girl who sells her soul to the devil to make use of a demon to solve crimes in an alternate-historical world...
- DirectorRubén ArnaizStarsCrimsaizDiana LópezJosé Antonio López AlcántaraSpain, 1918. During the Spanish flu, a landowner loses his beloved wife - and will do whatever it takes to get back to see her alive, even if it means a pact with the devil - literally.
- DirectorJean-Philippe DuvalStarsFrancis DucharmeCaroline DhavernasFrançois PapineauIn 1863 travelers make a pact with the devil for a flying canoe. To save wife and daughter, a man sacrifices himself. 25 years later the devil tries to ruin daughter's engagement to a logger.
- DirectorSébastien LaudenbachStarsAnaïs DemoustierJérémie ElkaïmPhilippe LaudenbachIn hard times, a miller sells his daughter to the Devil. Protected by her purity, she escapes but is deprived of her hands. Walking away from her family, she encounters the goddess of water, a gentle gardener, and the prince in his castle.
- DirectorPaul Urkijo AlijoStarsKandido UrangaUma BracagliaEneko SagardoyA quiet village is thrown into turmoil upon disturbing a reclusive and feared blacksmith rumored to be in league with the devil.
- DirectorTom DonovanStarsEdgar BergenRoyal BealHoward FreemanNew Englander Jabez Stone is about to lose the farm, in a fit he tells his wife that he'd sell his soul to the devil for just about two cents! And of course the devil takes him up on it. Contract in hand, he offers Jabez the customary irresistible terms, seven years of good fortune.
- 2004–200722mTV-MA6.8 (42)TV EpisodeDirectorBernie DenkStarsStephen RootMaurice LaMarcheGina GershonChode takes the Devil to court.
- DirectorYoussef WahbiStarsYoussef WahbiFouad ShafikLayla FawziThe devil appears in the guise of a rich man in front of a poor family and offers them a huge fortune.To tempt them to do taboo. But soon, the life of excess ruins the family, which causes the devil to reappear and this time he has something else in mind.
- DirectorJosef MachStarsJosef BekEva KlepácováAlena VránováBrave soldier goes to Hell to save the souls of a beautiful princess and her maid.
- DirectorWalter GraumanStarsJane BadlerKevin ConroyCharles FrankA powerful family that controls the world's banks has made a deal with Satan to help the forces of evil take over the world. An underground group named The Judges bands together to try to stop them.
- DirectorEttore ScolaStarsVittorio GassmanClaudine AugerMickey RooneyA leading devil comes to earth to prevent the marriage of a papal aristocrat and a daughter of Lorenzo the Magnificent.