Movies like Dawn of the Dead 1978
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Dawn of the Dead (1978)
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, splatter, psychotronic, bloody, dark, disturbing, rough, serious, brutal ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, chaos, infection, survival, shopping mall, violence, epidemic, monster, siege, living dead, isolation, cult, end of the world, virus, motorcycle, undead, zombie attack, biker, rescue, martial law, loss of loved one, disaster, violent ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, usa, philadelphia
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Most similar movies to Dawn of the Dead
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out cult film, scary, suspenseful and splatter films with plots about zombie, blood, apocalypse, suspense, gore, death and violence mostly in Horror, Thriller and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Dawn of the Dead: 28 Days Later (2002), 28 Weeks Later (2007), Planet Terror (2007), The Evil Dead (1981), Zombie (1979). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A group of people try to survive an attack of bloodthirsty zombies while trapped in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse. Although not the first zombie film, Night of the Living Dead is the progenitor of the contemporary "zombie apocalypse" ...
Style:
scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, disturbing, splatter ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, cemetery, apocalypse, suspense, cult, basement, zombie apocalypse, survival, monster, supernatural, cannibalism, zombie attack ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1968, year 1967
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, washington d.c.
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The final chapter of George A. Romero's "Dead Trilogy". In an underground government installation they are searching for a cure to overcome this strange transformation into zombies. Unfortunately, the zombies from above ground have ...
Style:
bloody, disturbing, scary, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, apocalypse, living dead, virus, violence, zombie apocalypse, insanity, mad scientist, macabre, end of the world, survival, monster ...
Time:
80s
Place:
florida, usa
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the ...
Style:
scary, tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, post apocalypse, apocalypse, virus, survival, epidemic, fear, end of the world, rage, infected, zombie apocalypse, laboratory ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, europe, manchester, britain ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In this chilling sequel to 28 Days Later, the inhabitants of the British Isles appear to have lost their battle against the onslaught of disease, as the deadly rage virus has killed every citizen there. Six months later, a group of Americans dare to ...
Style:
scary, tense, rough, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, survival, virus, end of the world, post apocalypse, infected, deadly virus, zombie apocalypse, chaos, suspense, chaos and mayhem, infection ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
london, england, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Horror
Country: USA, Canada, Japan, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A group of surviving people take refuge in a shopping center after the world has been over taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies. A remake of the 1978 zombie film of the same name.
Style:
scary, splatter, atmospheric, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, apocalypse, post apocalypse, virus, survival, zombie apocalypse, living dead, zombie attack, walking dead, zombie outbreak, plague, shopping mall ...
Time:
future, 2000s, year 2003, 21st century
Place:
usa, midwest, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Movies like The Walking Dead
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In this remake of the original classic film, a group of people are trapped inside a farmhouse as legions of the walking dead try to get inside and use them for food.
Style:
scary, splatter, rough, suspenseful, bloody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, living dead, apocalypse, zombie attack, macabre, monster, end of the world, death, cemetery, chaos, cannibalism, farmhouse ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1990, 80s
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, pittsburgh, america
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100%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A group of young film students run into real-life zombies while filming a horror movie of their own.
Style:
scary, tense, apocalyptic, satirical, bad ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, found footage, apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, death, chase, filmmaker, chaos, transformation, supernatural, violence, virus ...
Time:
2000s
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100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Two doctors find their graveyard shift inundated with townspeople ravaged by sores. Among the wounded is Cherry, a dancer whose leg was ripped from her body. As the invalids quickly become enraged aggressors, Cherry and her ex-boyfriend Wray lead a ...
Style:
bloody, splatter, exciting, scary, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, violent, dark humor, apocalypse, virus, zombie apocalypse, military, survival, hospital, cannibalism, survival horror, save the world ...
Time:
2000s, 70s
Place:
texas, austin texas, mexico, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a group of college students finds a mysterious book and recording in the old wilderness cabin they've rented for the weekend, they unwittingly unleash a demonic force from the surrounding forest.
Style:
scary, splatter, psychotronic, controversial, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
zombie, monster, evil, demon, extreme violence, demonic possession, dark humor, supernatural horror, evil dead, macabre, supernatural, violence ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, michigan, tennessee
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100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The world is full of zombies and the survivors have barricaded themselves inside a walled city to keep out the living dead. As the wealthy hide out in skyscrapers and chaos rules the streets, the rest of the survivors must find a way to stop the ...
Style:
scary, exciting, suspenseful, rough, splatter ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, post apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, zombie attack, apocalypse, suspense, virus, violence, future dystopia, cannibalism, zombie outbreak, survival ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 90s, year 1995
Place:
pittsburgh
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies similar to I Am Legend
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On an island off the coast of North America, local residents simultaneously fight a zombie epidemic while hoping for a cure to return their un-dead relatives back to their human state.
Style:
scary, exciting, rough, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, apocalypse, supernatural, survival, monster, virus, chaos, violence spree, group of strangers, siege, suspense, living dead ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
delaware, usa, philadelphia, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A zombie is found aboard a boat off the New York coast which belongs to a famous scientist. A journalist travels to the Antilles with the daughter of the scientist. They discover a terrifying disease which is turning the islanders into horrifying ...
Style:
disturbing, bloody, scary, splatter, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, virus, island, apocalypse, shark, zombie attack, zombie apocalypse, violence, zombie outbreak, monster, suspense, living dead ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979, 80s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, Mexico
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An airplane exposed to radiation lands, and blood drinking zombies emerge armed with knives, guns and teeth! They go on a rampage slicing, dicing, and biting their way across the Italian countryside.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, scary, slasher ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, airplane, apocalypse, zombie attack, countryside, rescue, survival, race against time, violence spree, chaos, soldier, zombie apocalypse ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979
Place:
southern italy, rome italy, europe, italy
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100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, scary, intense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
quarantine, zombie, virus, found footage, survival, infection, graphic violence, suspense, supernatural, monster, macabre, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a bumbling pair of employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to re-animate as they go on a rampage seeking their favorite food: brains!
Style:
scary, splatter, rough, suspenseful, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, cemetery, monster, undead, punk, cannibalism, female nudity, crematorium, supernatural, paramedic, zombie attack, transformation ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
usa, san diego california, kentucky
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like Final Destination
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into a thoughtless, flesh-eating monster. When a scientist and a teacher find a girl who seems to be immune to the fungus, they all begin a journey to save humanity.
Style:
dark, scary, suspenseful, bleak, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids
Plot:
zombie, post apocalypse, apocalypse, pandemic, suspense, distopia, infection, experiment, zombie apocalypse, military, zombie child, monster ...
Time:
future
Place:
london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Martial law is declared when a mysterious viral outbreak pushes Korea into a state of emergency. Those on an express train to Busan, a city that has successfully fended off the viral outbreak, must fight for their own survival…
Style:
apocalyptic, emotional, intense, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, survival, virus, suspense, apocalypse, pandemic, epidemic, train, zombie attack, undead, quarantine, zombie apocalypse ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, india, busan, east asia ...
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50%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville ...
Style:
intense, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, survival, apocalypse, loneliness, post apocalypse, virus, distopia, supernatural, isolation, infected, end of the world, dog ...
Time:
future, jurassic, 2000s, year 2012, near future ...
Place:
new york, usa, vermont, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city
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73%
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Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 191 min.
Story:
Two full-length feature horror movies written by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez put together as a two-film feature. Including fake movie trailers in between both movies.
Style:
rough, tense, exciting, splatter, bloody ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, killer, serial killer, revenge, cannibalism, suspense, violence, sadism, friendship, exploitation, zombie, dark humor ...
Time:
70s, year 2007
Place:
tennessee, usa, texas, austin texas, mexico
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100%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Citizens of a small town are infected by a biological weapon that causes its victims to become violently insane. As uninfected citizens struggle to survive, the military readies its own response.
Style:
scary, intense, suspenseful, rough, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
epidemic, virus, quarantine, plague, zombie, infection, isolation, infected, disaster, military, survival, scientist ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, vietnam, asia, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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The Hills Have Eyes similar movies
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![[Rec] 2 (2009)](/img/movie/thumb/bc/7583.jpg)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The action continues from [REC], with the medical officer and a SWAT team outfitted with video cameras are sent into the sealed off apartment to control the situation.
Style:
scary, rough, suspenseful, intense, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, virus, supernatural, found footage, quarantine, trapped, twists and turns, suspense, infection, demon, isolation, demonic possession ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, europe
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27%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are grossly disfigured by generations of inbreeding.
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, cannibalism, suspense, massacre, youth, survival horror, chase, disfigurement, forest, manhunt, monster, cannibal ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
west virginia, usa, virginia, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Adventure, Horror
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Four friends find themselves trapped in their small hometown after they discover their friends and neighbors going quickly and horrifically insane.
Style:
scary, tense, suspenseful, splatter, rough ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
infected, epidemic, insanity, survival, deadly virus, chaos and mayhem, quarantine, plague, virus, suspense, small town, bio weapon ...
Place:
usa, iowa, kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Day of the Dead is a horror film which is nominally a quasi-remake of George A. Romero's classic zombie film of the same name, which was the third in Romero's Dead series. The film is directed by Steve Miner (who also directed Friday the ...
Style:
scary, stylized, rough, intense, scenic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, apocalypse, virus, suspense, small town, survival, quarantine, survival horror, epidemic, transformation, brutality, soldier ...
Place:
colorado, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A tough female reporter and her cameraman boyfriend team up with a four-man commando unit in the New Guinea jungle whom are fighting flesh-eating zombies. NB: Not to be confused with the 1981 American-made film with the same title.
Style:
scary, rough, serious, slasher, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, zombie apocalypse, apocalypse, suspense, zombie violence, race against time, survival, zombie child, female nudity, infection, disorder, heroes ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1979
Place:
papua new guinea, barcelona, italy, europe, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Films like The Mist
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A group of five college graduates rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a horrifying flesh-eating virus, which attracts the unwanted attention of the homicidal locals.
Style:
scary, disturbing, rough, splatter, campy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
virus, suspense, forest, infected, death, disease, plague, fear, survival, paranoia, illness, apocalypse ...
Time:
2000s, 80s, 21st century
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25%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Morocco
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon ...
Style:
slasher, scary, brutal, suspenseful, splatter ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
desert, torture, cannibalism, survival, rape, fear, human monster, stranded, victim, kidnapping, trapped, massacre ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, usa
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25%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack.
Style:
scary, slasher, tense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
cannibalism, desert, rape, serial killer, stranded, murder, dog, violence, torture, vengeance, cannibal, brutality ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, southern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
![[REC] 4: Apocalypse (2014)](/img/movie/thumb/71/27568.jpg)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ángela Vidal the young television reporter who entered the building with the fireman, manages to make it out alive. But what the soldiers don?t know is that she carries the seed of the strange infection. She is to be taken to a provisional ...
Style:
scary, bloody, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, zombie outbreak, quarantine, demonic possession, isolation, found footage, violence spree, chaos, confined, suspense, virus, supernatural ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, barcelona
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
![[REC] 3: Genesis (2012)](/img/movie/thumb/7d/26257.jpg)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The action now takes place miles away from the original location and partly in broad daylight, giving the film an entirely fresh yet disturbing new reality. The infection has left the building. In a clever twist that draws together the plots of the ...
Style:
scary, intense, harsh, serious, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
wedding, virus, quarantine, infection, zombie, monster, found footage, supernatural, plague, suspense, religion and supernatural, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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