Movies like The Devil Made Me Do It (2025)
The best movies like The Devil Made Me Do It (2025) are The Overnight (2015), I Married a Strange Person! (1998) and School Safari (2005). If The Devil Made Me Do It hooked you with its comedy and fantasy, these 21 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Overnight (2015)5.9/10 from 379 votes
- NewestEverything Fun You Could Possibly Do in Aledo, Illinois (2025)Released 2025
The Overnight (2015)
Alex, Emily, and their son, RJ, are new to Los Angeles. A chance meeting at the park introduces them to the mysterious Kurt, Charlotte, and Max. A family “playdate” becomes increasingly interesting as the night goes on.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisI Married a Strange Person! (1998)
On their wedding night, Grant begins experiencing strange, supernatural powers and his bride Keri can't cope. Whenever Grant thinks of something, it becomes reality, yet he doesn't know where this magic came from. Things become more complicated when a megalomaniac CEO sends the military to capture Grant in order to weaponize his abilities.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSchool Safari (2005)
In this film, we meet Jack who is inspired by his Uncle Bob - who he believes to be an explorer in Africa. Jack starts to see the world around him and all those in it, just as if he were out on safari in the Serengeti!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Lizzie Lazarus (2024)
Summer Solstice, 1990, two strangers carry a corpse through the woods looking for a mythical zone they believe will bring the dead body back to life. But what secrets will come back with it?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery
Everything Fun You Could Possibly Do in Aledo, Illinois (2025)
After three decades apart, two childhood friends from Aledo, Illinois, reunite for their high school reunion. Rediscovering their forgotten bucket list from senior year, they embark on a riotous adventure to fulfill the wild dreams of their youth – skinny dipping in the community pool, making out with boys, and even a daring shoplifting spree. But there's one small problem: the lubberly sheriff is hot on their trail, determined to catch them in the act. As they hilariously elude his every move or underestimate his tenacity, their friendship is tested by their mischievous escapades and the looming threat of getting caught. A heartfelt comedy where two lifelong friends face off against the hapless sheriff, creating mischief, mayhem and memories that will last a lifetime.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Lieutenant Kachura's Plot. The Illusion of Hunting (2010)
A girl accused of murder must prove her innocence. A detective about the mysteries of the Belarusian countryside.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery
Up&Down (2012)
A struggling actor pushing 30 works a day job at a luxury hotel, shepherding guests and party goers, while yearning for the girl of his dreams.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
John Loves Mary (1949)
After four long years apart, there are so many things returning World War II soldier John Lawrence wants to tell his sweetheart, Mary McKinley. That he loves her. That he's missed her. And that he's married.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Ladka Ladki (1966)
A dutiful son vows that he will get married only after his sister is settled in life. The sister is a woman who was a victim of child marriage. Her brother is a talented musician who performs in musical shows around town and in one of them, where the theme involved making fun of modern women, he falls foul of another gifted artiste, who vows to teach him a lesson. Enmity turns to love but he still has to get his sister suitably married...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
A Night On The Tiles (2005)
The film follows the shenanigans of the goings on in the male and female toilets of a local nightclub. We meet the two young toilet attendants who have more interest in each other than the events of the evening.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
10 Things About Sally (2024)
Sally feels disconnected from life until she is convinced by her psychiatrist and her friends that dating is the answer.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Stewart Lee, Basic Lee: Live at The Lowry (2024)
The unorthodox comedian’s latest act, an introspective look into people, culture and the essence of stand-up itself - all with the iconic Stewart Lee style. Oh, and jazz.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Anne Bakland: Bullshit (2024)
Shut up, there are a lot of things tumbling around in the head of someone from Northern Jutland, who grew up in a small town where the nineties were a thing a few years after they had kind of let go of the rest of Denmark. 38 full and half educations and careers attempted to get started have drawn Anne Bakland from Østervrå across the country and to Copenhagen, where she landed with her feet firmly planted on the stand-up stage with a microphone in hand and a bag full of both questions and answers about all the bullshit of life.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Break a Leg, Aleksandra! (2024)
Robot vacuum takes minor part in mending a tense mother-son relationship.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Heather and Puggly's Christmas Special (2010)
Heather and Puggly come back for a final fifth installment. This piece of lost media would have had one of Santa's Elves molest Puggly, and it's up to Heather and Puggly to stop the horny elf.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
No Vacancies (1923)
Arrow comedy shot in 1921 but released 2 years later, with an ensemble cast including Jay Belasco, Blanche Payson, Billy Armstrong and Jack Duffy. The plot centers around Jack and his wife who are looking for a place to rent. But what to do when the housing situation is not exactly easy?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
The Wages of Tin (1925)
aka Billy, the Ford Buster
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
'Morning, Judge (1926)
After Uplift Society-champion Crabbine Hicks has the musical revue shut down, her son Buster hides the out-of-work chorus girls in their home, while Crabbine is out of town. While cooking sausage, Buster starts a fire...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Tough Man (TBA)
A recently laid off construction worker begins to question his self-worth after a video of him committing an impulsive robbery goes viral.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
The BM (TBA)
Centers on a young woman’s desperate search for a bathroom that gets her inadvertently caught up in a bizarre heist in Los Angeles with her best friend.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Devil Made Me Do It?
The closest matches to The Devil Made Me Do It are The Overnight (2015), I Married a Strange Person! (1998) and School Safari (2005). Below are 18 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Devil Made Me Do It?
Start with The Overnight (2015), the closest match to The Devil Made Me Do It.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Devil Made Me Do It?
The Overnight (2015), rated 5.9/10 by 379 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Devil Made Me Do It?
Everything Fun You Could Possibly Do in Aledo, Illinois (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
How are movies similar to The Devil Made Me Do It chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Devil Made Me Do It, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.