Movies and TvShows featuring "faustian-pact" theme.

Angel Heart follows a private detective, Harry Angel, who is hired by a mysterious client to find a missing person. As he delves deeper into the case, he uncovers a dark world of voodoo, devil-worship, and supernatural forces. With every step, Angel's own identity and sanity are at stake, leading him to a shocking revelation.

In this rock opera film, a composer named Winslow Leach has his music stolen by record producer Swan. When Leach protests, Swan has him framed for drug dealing and sent to prison. In prison, Leach is tortured and disfigured. He escapes and seeks revenge on Swan by infiltrating his music venue, The Paradise. Along the way, Leach falls in love with a young singer named Phoenix. The film is a satire on the music industry and explores themes of greed, corruption, and the Faustian pact.

A successful architect who is nearing the end of his career receives a visit from a young woman who claims to be his long-lost adopted daughter and seeks forgiveness before his death. As he engages in dialogue with her, he begins to question his own accomplishments and confronts his own mortality.

A district attorney, tempted by the promise of success, strikes a deal with the devil to advance his political career. However, he soon finds himself entangled in a web of murder and deceit as he becomes a murder suspect. As he digs deeper, he discovers the true nature of his Faustian bargain and must find a way to outsmart the devil before it's too late.

In Satan's Rhapsody, a woman desperate to retain her youth makes a deal with the devil. As she embraces her newfound eternal youth, she soon realizes the terrible consequences of her pact and must find a way to break free from the clutches of evil.

Jack, a young actor facing a tough luck in his acting career decides to sell his soul to the devil in exchange for fame and success.

Cartagena, Colombia – 1666. An enslaved woman accused of witchcraft comes face to face with evil incarnate and a Faustian bargain for her freedom while imprisoned in the bowels of the Palace of the Inquisition.

A shmo makes a deal with the devil so he can become a great Pop star just to impress his dream girl. After he makes the deal, a catholic priest hangs around him to try and convince him that he screwed up and he needs to get his soul back or he'll be damned for eternity. Well, everything goes bad for the shmo and he wants his soul back. But, the devil's lacky doesn't want to give it back. So the priest and the devil's lackey go at it mano y mano.

An oppressive droning score makes this rendering of the Faust legend quite disturbing to watch. The film itself consists of a number of impressive ‘appearing out of thin air’ effects, some lavish costumes, sets and backdrops. A climactic sword fight between a man and the Devil is a standout scene.

The town-crier summons the inhabitants of the town and they read a manifesto which is posted on a wall announcing the fact that at 4 o'clock on that day the Lord Mayor will receive bids for the building of a town clock.

A man agrees to sell his youth to a strange character.

Kamay ni Satanas tells of Ka Berto, an aged “albularyo” or folk healer, who has a great love for Senyang, a young pretty lass, the daughter of his good friend. Fearing that he has no chance at all, he sells his right hand to the devil in exchange for youth, good looks, and wealth.

A struggling musician finds a haunted amp with a ghost who promises fame.

A lost film. Georges Méliès also directed a film entitled Faust aux enfers in 1903 that is frequently confused with this one, but it has little to do with the story of Faust.

Satur, a man in the Philippines, makes a deal with the devil in exchange for magical powers. As he navigates his newfound abilities, he discovers the consequences of his faustian pact.

Jim, an ex-alcoholic, has just lost his job. He walks into his local and makes the fateful decision to order a whiskey. But before he can drink it, another bar patron gets his attention and tells him a dark tale that might just change his mind...

Faust, an aged philosopher and magician who has grown weary of life and has sought in vain for the secret of eternal youth, decides, after a night's long vigil, to call forth from the realms of darkness the evil one to aid him. Mephistopheles appears and offers him his services in return for Faust's soul. The aged philosopher refuses to accept until the devil shows him a vision of Marguerite in all her maiden simplicity and beauty. Faust agrees to accept the compact providing Mephistopheles will give him youth, wealth and love.