Movies like Death Becomes Her
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Death Becomes Her (1992)
149K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once arch-rival Helen's fiance. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and steal back Ernest. Unfortunately for everyone, the introduction of a magic potion causes things to be a great deal more complicated than a mere murder plot.
Style:
dark comedy, satirical, gothic, clever, black comedy, rom com, horror comedy, funny, cult classic, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids
Plot:
dark humor, immortality, love triangle, obsession, magic, death, fountain of youth, afterlife, satire, rejuvenation, zombie, potion, rivalry, eternal life, egocentric woman, immortal, betrayal, adultery, funeral, manipulative woman, magical potion, friends who hate each other, adulterer, murder disguised as accident, body horror ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s, 70s, year 1985, year 1978, year 1992 ...
Place:
california, persia, beverly hills, usa, new york, los angeles
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Most similar movies to Death Becomes Her
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dark comedy, humorous, weird and horror comedy films with plots about mentor, supernatural, storytelling, dialogue, death, adaptation and transformation mostly in Comedy, Fantasy and Horror genres. Some movies like Death Becomes Her: Beetlejuice (1988), Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988), The Witches of Eastwick (1987), Addams Family Values (1993), Life After Beth (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
415K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Thanks to an untimely demise via drowning, a young couple end up as poltergeists in their New England farmhouse, where they fail to meet the challenge of scaring away the insufferable new owners, who want to make drastic changes. In desperation, the ...
Style:
gothic, black comedy, surreal, witty, dark comedy ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
haunted house, afterlife, ghost, supernatural, surrealism, dark humor, goth, dysfunctional family, teenage girl, seance, able to see the dead, haunted ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
america, usa, new england, connecticut
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When her great aunt dies famed horror hostess Elvira heads for the uptight new England town to Falwell to claim her inheritance of a haunted house a witches cookbook and a punk rock poodle. But once the stuffy locals get an eyeful of the scream ...
Style:
gothic, parody, humorous, black comedy, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
witch, inheritance, witchcraft, goth, magic, demon, hostess, female protagonist, halloween, small town, good versus evil, big breasts ...
Time:
80s
Place:
las vegas, new england, usa, massachusetts
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted - at a cost - when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.
Style:
sexy, dark comedy, gothic, horror comedy, black comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
witch, small town, magic, witchcraft, black magic, devil, supernatural, dark humor, supernatural ability, twists and turns, fantasy world, deal with the devil ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new england, rhode island, england
Similarity:
92%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to ...
Style:
gothic, humorous, dark comedy, black comedy, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, date night, family friendly, horror for children ...
Plot:
goth, eccentric family, halloween, nanny, farce, satire, dark humor, summer camp, dysfunctional family, childhood, thanksgiving, parenthood ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
hawaii
Similarity:
91%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Zach is devastated by the unexpected death of his girlfriend, Beth. When she mysteriously returns, he gets a second chance at love. Soon his whole world turns upside down...
Style:
horror comedy, scary, black comedy, dark comedy, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
zombie, dark humor, couples, young lovers, death, life & death, dying repeatedly, couple relations, supernatural romance, transformation, living dead, female zombie ...
Time:
year 2014, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, britain, usa, california, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Uncle Fester has been missing for 25 years. An evil doctor finds out and introduces a fake Fester in an attempt to get the Addams Family's money. The youngest daughter has some doubts about the new uncle Fester, but the fake uncle adapts very ...
Style:
gothic, black comedy, dark comedy, cult classic, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, horror for children, teen drama ...
Plot:
goth, halloween, dark humor, childhood, eccentric family, supernatural ability, fantasy world, husband wife relationship, family relations, uncle, supernatural, witch ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.
Style:
absurd, gothic, humorous, parody, mockumentary ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
vampire, dark humor, werewolf, friendship, supernatural, goth, immortality, blood, social misfits, roommate, urban, found footage ...
Time:
year 2014, year 1912, year 1997, year 1978, 2010s ...
Place:
new zealand, indiana, oceania
Similarity:
100%
293K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Australia, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, humorous, black comedy, gothic horror ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, family friendly
Plot:
vampire, witch, eccentric family, immortality, dark humor, witchcraft, curse, vengeance, lost love, old mansion, supernatural, werewolf ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2000, 20th century, 70s, 19th century ...
Place:
new england, usa, liverpool, england, maine ...
Similarity:
88%
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21K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A cunning and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.
Style:
black comedy, funny, dark comedy, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
revenge, infidelity, novelist, mistress, dysfunctional marriage, adultery, embezzlement, mansion, extramarital affair, dark humor, divorce, breakup ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? Ask the Stepford husbands, who've created this high-tech, terrifying little town.
Style:
satirical, semi serious, black comedy, satanic, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
housewife, gender, women, battle of the sexes, robot, twists and turns, suburban life, transformation, couple relations, cyborgs, androids, dark humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
connecticut, usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: France, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When a lawyer shows up at the vampire's doorstep, he falls prey to his charms and joins him in his search for fresh blood. Enter Dr. van Helsing, who may be the only one able to vanquish the count.
Style:
parody, funny, spoof, horror comedy, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vampire, dracula, farce, satire, vampire bite, stupidity, sexy female vampire, insane asylum, goofy hero, hypnosis, save the day, heroic mission ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1890s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
transylvania, europe, england, romania, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Missy McCloud is the most beautiful girl in school and Johnny Dingle has been in love with her for years. One night, Johnny is killed trying to win her over, and soon he comes back from the dead, and wins Missy's heart.
Style:
dark comedy, cult classic, humorous, black comedy, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night
Plot:
afterlife, true love, satire, dark humor, supernatural, high school, living dead, gory, zombie, impossible love, heaven, body horror ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and potions, and then picks up men and seduces them. However her spells work too well, and she ends up with a string of ...
Style:
sexy, retro, black comedy, period piece, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
witchcraft, witch, spell, manipulative woman, magic, love potion, love, sex scene, burlesque, looking for love, painting, feminist ...
Time:
victorian era, 2010s, 70s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A newly possessed cheerleader turns into a killer who specializes in offing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?
Style:
sexy, horror comedy, dark comedy, demonic, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen fantasy, girls' night, adult
Plot:
high school, teenager, supernatural, bad girl, succubus, cheerleading, satanic ritual, demon, lgbtq, teenage girl, seductress, dark humor ...
Time:
year 2009, y2k, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
minnesota, indiana
Similarity:
100%
118K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Elliot Richardson, suicidal techno geek, is given seven wishes to turn his life around when he meets up with a very seductive Satan. The catch: his soul. Some of his wishes include a 7 foot basketball star, a rock star, and a hamburger. But, as ...
Style:
funny, light, sexy, feel good, surprise ending ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
devil, pact with the devil, wish come true, deal with the devil, femme fatale, fish out of water, nothing goes right, destiny, wish fulfillment, unrequited love, time machine, heaven and hell ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 2000s
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
EC Comics-inspired weirdness returns with three tales. In the first, a wooden statue of a Native American comes to life...to exact vengeance on the murderer of his elderly owners. In the second, four teens are stranded on a raft on a lake with a ...
Style:
anthology, cult classic, black comedy, scary, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
stephen king, hitchhiker, lake, hit and run, bullying, raft, man eating plant, marijuana, monster, murder, supernatural, scalping ...
Time:
80s
Place:
maine, arizona, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
People who dial 976-EVIL receive supernatural powers and turn into satanic killers. When Spike dialed 976-EVIL, he knew it was an expensive toll call, but he didn't know that he'd have to pay for it with his soul.
Style:
slasher, homoerotic, scary, satanic, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, dark humor, vengeance, high school, misfit, bullying, occult, obsession, revenge, social misfits, danger, teenage life ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1986, year 1988
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more ...
Style:
scary, black comedy, dark comedy, horror comedy, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, horror for children, adult
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, serial killer, haunted house, dark humor, funeral, psychic, supernatural ability, violence, architect, car accident, death of wife ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1800s, 1950s, 70s
Place:
oklahoma city, oceania, usa, california
Similarity:
80%
Movie in collections
172K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After 300 years of slumber, three sister witches are accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night, and it us up to three kids and their newfound feline friend to put an end to the witches' reign of terror once and for all.
Style:
fairy tale, sweet, scary, mystical, saga ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
witch, halloween, magic, supernatural, teenage life, childhood, witchcraft, halloween party, children, sisters, vengeance, resurrection ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century, 18th century, 17th century
Place:
massachusetts, usa, salem massachusetts, new england
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A horrific Leprechaun goes on a rampage after his precious bag of gold coins is stolen. He uses all of his magical destructive powers to trick, terrorize and kill anyone who is unlucky enough to hinder his relentless search. In a frantic attempt to ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, horror comedy, scary, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, horror for children
Plot:
legends and myths, supernatural, monster, deadly creature, holiday horror, murder, leprechaun, dark humor, violence, vengeance, black magic, chase ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
north dakota, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In the phantasmagorical town of Raven's End, a misguided young girl takes refuge in a decrepit old mortuary. The eccentric undertaker chronicles the strange history of the town through a series of twisted tales, each more terrifying than the ...
Style:
surprise ending, dark, enigmatic, anthology, slasher ...
Plot:
mortician, mysterious death, funeral home, dark humor, supernatural, babysitting, halloween, morgue, blood, multiple deaths, memories, dark secret ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 80s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
astoria oregon
Similarity:
100%
78K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an upcoming television remake of the classic show "Bewitched".
Style:
romantic, feel good, witty, humorous, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
witch, magic, wizards and magicians, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, spell, couple relations, supernatural romance, disorder, witchcraft, hidden identity, misfit ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Anton is a cheerful but exceedingly non-ambitious 17-year-old stoner who lives to stay buzzed, watch TV, and moon over Molly, the beautiful girl who lives next door. However, it turns out that the old cliché about idle hands being the devil's ...
Style:
humorous, slasher, scary, suspense, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
halloween, supernatural, stoner, high school, dark humor, macabre, ghost, youth, murder, phone sex, drug use, strangulation ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
utah
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
25K
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A Beverly Hills teen (Billy Warlock) discovers his parents are part of a gruesome orgy cult for the social elite.
Style:
horror comedy, creepy, dark comedy, surreal, homoerotic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
body horror, conspiracy, surrealism, secret society, dark humor, cannibalism, cheerleader, paranoia, transformation, satire, black magic, making love ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With ...
Style:
sweet, feel good, sincere, sexy, offbeat ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, family outing, teens ...
Plot:
witch, curses spells and rituals, magic, supernatural, sisters, supernatural ability, witchcraft, curse, love, halloween, aunt niece relationship, small town ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1998
Place:
seattle, usa, arizona, massachusetts
Similarity:
100%
33K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Roger Cobb is a author who has just separated from his wife. He moves into a new house and tries to work on a novel based on his experiences in the Vietnam War. Strange things start happening around him; little things at first, but as they become ...
Style:
horror comedy, creepy, scary, black comedy, slasher ...
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, haunted, vietnam war, zombie, husband murders wife, monster, supernatural, novelist, happy ending, missing person, corpse ...
Time:
80s
Place:
vietnam, asia
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Dead Like Me follows a group of undead grim reapers tasked with shepherding the recently departed into the afterlife.
Style:
witty, sentimental, black comedy, cynical, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, afterlife, dealing with death, dark humor, supernatural ability, employer employee relationship, young man, unfulfillment, loser, death, tragic event, workplace ...
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
75%
15K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help in this film loosely based on the Edgar Allen Poe poem.
Style:
gothic, humorous, gothic horror, cult classic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
castle, magic, magician, curses spells and rituals, good versus evil, monster, duel, transformation, revenge, dark humor, edgar allan poe, sorcerer ...
Time:
year 1963, 16th century
Similarity:
100%
272K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When Billy Peltzer is given a strange but adorable pet named Gizmo for Christmas, he inadvertently breaks the three important rules of caring for a Mogwai, and unleashes a horde of mischievous gremlins on a small town.
Style:
black comedy, frightening, funny, horror comedy, dark comedy ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
christmas, monster, small town, supernatural, transformation, creature, holiday, gremlin, father son relationship, winter, swimming pool, bank ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, 90s, future
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The first segment features an animated mummy stalking selected student victims; the second tale tells the story of a "cat from hell" who cannot be killed and leaves a trail of victims behind it; the third story is about a man who witnesses ...
Style:
anthology, scary, suspenseful, black comedy, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
witch, transformation, stephen king, hitman, mummy, gargoyle, macabre, child in peril, revenge, murder, witchery, supernatural ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
75%
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