# 8 Movies To Watch if You Love Ken Russell’s ‘The Devils’

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/8-movies-to-watch-if-you-love-ken-russells-the-devils/
- Published: 2026-11-11T02:12:12+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T07:25:42+00:00
- Original publisher: Collider
- Original article: https://collider.com/movies-like-the-devils-ken-russell/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film

## Key points

- *The Devils* has a new 4K restoration.
- The article recommends eight thematically related films.
- Religion, hysteria and repression connect the selections.

## Summary

The article recommends eight films for viewers drawn to Ken Russell’s 1971 film *The Devils*, a controversial, heavily censored work about religious hysteria and political persecution. Its renewed relevance comes from the release of a 4K restoration of the 114-minute director’s cut.

The article links the films through themes including religious dogma, blasphemy, witchcraft, sexual repression and institutional power. It highlights Luis Buñuel’s *Viridiana*, a critique of religious idealism, the silent Swedish film *Häxan*, which explores witchcraft and persecution, and Robin Hardy’s *The Wicker Man*, where a Christian policeman encounters a pagan community on a Scottish island.

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