Movies with Hell: Essential Films

This historically significant 1911 Italian film adapts Dante's classic journey through hell from the Divine Comedy, featuring remarkable sets and special effects that were groundbreaking for early cinema. It stands as Italy's first feature film and the oldest fully-surviving feature in the world.

A carnival worker builds a gambling empire, but his ruthless pursuit of success comes at the cost of his family's happiness and wellbeing.

A dark tale following interconnected sinners whose lives of murder, revenge, and deceit ultimately lead them to face judgment at the Gates of Hell.

A fashion model moves into a mysterious Brooklyn Heights apartment building where she encounters eccentric neighbors and uncovers dark secrets that may be connected to her troubled past.

A research scientist uses sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic drugs to explore altered states of consciousness, discovering that reality itself may be far more malleable than he ever imagined.

A woman inherits a Louisiana hotel built over one of the entrances to Hell, where supernatural forces begin to terrorize anyone who enters.

A young woman confined to a mental hospital insists her father is trapped in Hell, and with the help of a twisted doctor and fellow patient, she ventures into the demonic realm to rescue him.

A Vietnam War veteran struggles with disturbing hallucinations and psychological deterioration as he tries to readjust to civilian life. As reality becomes increasingly distorted, he must confront the traumatic experiences that are tearing his mind apart.

Amiable slackers Bill and Ted face their most bogus adventure yet when evil robot duplicates from the future kill them, forcing the duo to challenge Death himself to games in order to return to life.

When a young couple elopes to Las Vegas, their romantic getaway takes a supernatural turn as they encounter forces from hell bent on separating them forever.

In 2047, a rescue crew is sent to investigate the starship Event Horizon, which mysteriously disappeared seven years earlier on its maiden voyage. They soon discover that the ship has returned from somewhere far more terrifying than they could have imagined.

After being murdered by corrupt colleagues, government agent Al Simmons makes a deal with the devil to return to Earth and see his wife again. However, the supernatural resurrection comes with a terrible price that threatens humanity itself.

After dying in an accident, Chris Nielsen discovers a breathtaking afterlife but learns his grief-stricken wife has taken her own life and ended up in a darker realm. He embarks on a perilous journey through the afterlife to find and save her soul.

When Satan's two most powerful sons escape to Earth and threaten to take over, he must send his weakest but most beloved son, Little Nicky, to bring them back to Hell before the underworld collapses.

A cynical occult detective who has literally been to Hell teams up with a police officer to investigate her twin sister's mysterious suicide, uncovering a supernatural conspiracy involving demons and angels in modern Los Angeles.

A loan officer's life spirals into supernatural terror after she denies an elderly woman a mortgage extension, leading to what she believes is a deadly curse that threatens her very soul.

A man obsessed with avenging his father's murder teams up with a priest and a street hustler to hunt down the notorious Father's Day Killer in this violent revenge quest.

A team of explorers ventures into the mysterious catacombs beneath Paris, where they encounter supernatural horrors in the underground maze of bones.

This anthology horror film weaves together five interconnected stories of travelers who encounter supernatural terrors and dark secrets along a desolate desert highway.

In 1843 Basque Country, a police constable investigates a mysterious blacksmith living alone in the woods, uncovering dark secrets that blend folklore with supernatural horror.

A failed architect turned serial killer recounts his most elaborate murders over a twelve-year period, treating each crime as a twisted work of art.

A teenager's home video triggers a series of horrifying discoveries in this anthology horror film set in the final days of the VHS era as the world transitions into the new millennium.