Movies like Night of the Living Dead
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Night of the Living Dead (1968)
150K
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" horror film, and it greatly influenced the modern pop-culture zombie archetype.
Style:
suspense, classic horror, grindhouse, scary, independent film, atmospheric, creepy, suspenseful, spooky, terrifying ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, cemetery, infection, zombie apocalypse, survival, cannibalism, zombie attack, basement, gory, monster, supernatural, post apocalypse, virus, halloween, disaster, social commentary, living dead, isolation, infected, power struggle, rescue, zombie outbreak, great ending, chaos, danger ...
Time:
20th century, year 1968, year 1967, 60s, 1960s
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, usa, washington d.c.
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Most similar movies to Night of the Living Dead
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, rough, splatter and suspense films with plots about gore, violence, blood, zombie, gory, supernatural and danger mostly in Horror, Thriller and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Night of the Living Dead: Evil Dead (2013), The Evil Dead (1981), Quarantine (2008), 28 Days Later (2002), The Mist (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
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:
grindhouse, classic horror, creepy, dark, splatter ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, infection, zombie apocalypse, apocalypse, chaos, epidemic, virus, living dead, siege, shopping mall, gory, isolation ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, bolivia, philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
creepy, scary, splatter, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, living dead, cemetery, zombie attack, survival horror, gory, survival, vigilante, virus, reanimated corpse, female warrior, zombie apocalypse ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1990, 80s
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa, america
Similarity:
100%
211K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, New Zealand, Australia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Evil Dead, the fourth installment of the Evil Dead franchise, serving as both a reboot and as a loose continuation of the series, features Mia, a young woman struggling with sobriety, heads to a remote cabin with a group of friends where the ...
Style:
bloody, scary, demonic, creepy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
gory, demon, demonic possession, supernatural, zombie, woods, violence, blood, extreme violence, black magic, characters killed one by one, cabin in the woods ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
249K
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:
bloody, splatter, demonic, scary, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, manly, date night, adult
Plot:
gory, zombie, evil dead, demonic possession, supernatural horror, nightmare, demon, monster, extreme violence, violence, sexualized violence, evil ...
Time:
80s, year 1981, 20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, michigan, tennessee, north america
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, creepy, cult classic, sexy, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, apocalypse, living dead, post apocalypse, virus, zombie apocalypse, survival, infected, zombie outbreak, blood, zombie attack, terror ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, future, year 2000, year 2003 ...
Place:
usa, midwest, wisconsin
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Canada, USA
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:
suspense, cult classic, scary, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, violence, zombie attack, apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, post apocalypse, gory, virus, zombie outbreak, survival horror, cannibalism, infected ...
Time:
future, year 2005, 90s, year 1995, 2000s
Place:
pittsburgh
Similarity:
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:
intense, creepy, atmospheric, tense, mockumentary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, quarantine, virus, infection, found footage, graphic violence, plague, haunted house, trapped, gory, rabies, cannibalism ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
538K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
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, frightening, atmospheric, dark, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, post apocalypse, virus, survival, apocalypse, epidemic, infected, fear, zombie apocalypse, plague, end of the world, experiment gone awry ...
Time:
distant future, year 2003, near future, year 2000, year 2002 ...
Place:
london, england, bolivia, britain, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
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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, cult classic, tense, splatter, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, zombie apocalypse, apocalypse, living dead, virus, survival, violence, post apocalypse, mad scientist, gory, zombie attack, survival horror ...
Time:
80s
Place:
florida, pittsburgh, usa
Similarity:
100%
371K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten ...
Style:
twist ending, psychological, bad ending, atmospheric, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, monster, apocalypse, stephen king, creature, fear, trapped, twists and turns, survival horror, cosmic horror, chaos and mayhem, death ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, distant future, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
usa, maine
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A re-edited version of Night of the Living Dead (1968) by a few members of its creative team, excluding director George Romero. It cuts 15 minutes from the original and replaces it with 15 minutes of newly-shot footage.
Plot:
zombie, living dead, night of the living dead, zombie attack, cemetery, gas station, cop, friends who live together, helicopter, farm, african american man, news reporter ...
Time:
90s, 60s
Similarity:
100%
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, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, apocalypse, supernatural, virus, gory, living dead, infected, eaten alive, danger, violence spree, group of strangers, chaos ...
Time:
year 2009, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
delaware, usa, philadelphia, ireland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Five friends visiting their grandfather's house in the country are hunted and terrorized by a chain-saw wielding killer and his family of grave-robbing cannibals.
Style:
slasher, grindhouse, scary, suspenseful, controversial ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, massacre, cannibalism, chainsaw, masked killer, murder, homicidal maniac, psychopath, danger, macabre, killer, maniac ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1974, year 1973
Place:
texas, midwest, austin texas, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
123K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Dr. Louis Creed's family moves into the country house of their dreams and discover a pet cemetery at the back of their property. The cursed burial ground deep in the woods brings the dead back to life -- with "minor" problems. At ...
Style:
scary, tense, frightening, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
zombie, macabre, stephen king, indian burial ground, supernatural horror, grave robbing, killer child, cemetery, back from the dead, death, creepy child, ghost ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
maine, usa, chicago, new england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Starting a new life in a quiet Pennsylvania town, Matthew Michaels only thought is to turn an old farm property into a profitable car dealership. He soon discovers that beneath the gentle surface, this small town is anything but calm and peaceful. ...
Style:
dark, serious, suspenseful, rough, tense ...
Plot:
living dead, zombie, small town, danger, teenage life, gory, social relations, infection, night of the living dead, violence, zombie attack, monster ...
Place:
pennsylvania
Similarity:
100%
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:
grindhouse, suspense, scary, rough, slasher ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, gory, zombie apocalypse, female nudity, virus, zombie child, bare breasts, infection, pandemic, zombie violence, zombification, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s, year 1979
Place:
papua new guinea, barcelona, europe, italy, spain
Similarity:
100%
109K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
Style:
scary, slasher, bloody, frightening, creepy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, adult
Plot:
urban legend, serial killer, revenge, urban decay, belief, folklore, supernatural, macabre, investigation, ghost, legend, accused of murder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
chicago, illinois, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A plane is taken over by a mysterious virus. When the plane lands it is placed under quarantine. Now a group of survivors must band together to survive the quarantine.
Style:
scary, slasher, splatter, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
infected, zombie, quarantine, plague, virus, infection, zombification, confinement indoors, stewardess, airport, chaos and mayhem, chaos ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, las vegas, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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259K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.
Style:
tense, scary, suspenseful, brutal, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
home invasion, survival, survival horror, self defense, danger, violence spree, security system, dystopia, family in danger, society, killing spree, distopia ...
Time:
future, year 2013, near future, 2010s, year 2000 ...
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
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, suspense, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, found footage, apocalypse, chase, gory, virus, zombie apocalypse, danger, filmmaker, death, violence, chaos ...
Time:
year 2007, year 2000, 2000s
Place:
bolivia
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:
suspense, apocalyptic, dark, emotional, spooky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, pandemic, survival, virus, apocalypse, train, epidemic, zombie attack, survival horror, zombie apocalypse, living dead, undead ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, y2k, 21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, busan, china, indiana ...
Similarity:
100%
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, suspenseful, creepy, dark, harsh ...
Plot:
cannibalism, desert, cannibal, blood, family in danger, violence, brutality, rape, serial killer, serial rape, rape and revenge, violent ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1977
Place:
california, usa, southern california
Similarity:
100%
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:
cult classic, grindhouse, disturbing, gothic, scary ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, island, virus, zombie outbreak, gory, survival horror, zombie attack, living dead, zombie apocalypse, boat, doctor, shark ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979, 80s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, caribbean, italy, fictional island ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, Mexico
Duration: 88 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, scary, rough, serious, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, airplane, zombie attack, danger, countryside, desire, soldier, slaughter, hell on earth, rescue, eating human flesh, survival ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979
Place:
southern italy, italy, europe, rome italy
Similarity:
100%
232K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, 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, grindhouse, horror comedy, cult classic, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, violent, dark humor, blood, hospital, zombie apocalypse, survival horror, apocalypse, infection, cannibalism, infected, military ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, year 2000, 70s
Place:
texas, mexico, austin texas, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
After a catastrophic war, an eccentric general guides a filmmaker through a ravaged bunker.
Style:
suspense, black and white, postmodern, art film, independent film ...
Plot:
body horror, parasite, military, surrealism, absurdism, acid trip, good versus evil, survival horror, satire, fight, murder, violence ...
Time:
2020s, future, near future, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted ...
Style:
scary, bloody, gothic, atmospheric, horrifying ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
vampire, winter, small town, survival, snow, gory, blood, monster, supernatural, bloodsucker, blizzard, zombie ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
alaska, oceania, usa
Similarity:
26%
145K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
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, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cannibalism, gory, survival, forest, massacre, danger, youth, manhunt, blood, chase, disfigurement, brutality ...
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
west virginia, virginia, usa, texas
Similarity:
26%
84K
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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, bloody, suspense, creepy, demonic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, virus, gory, found footage, trapped, quarantine, demon, supernatural horror, demonic possession, supernatural, infection, evil wins ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
europe, spain
Similarity:
25%
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:
grindhouse, intense, medical horror, scary, creepy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
epidemic, infected, virus, plague, infection, quarantine, zombie, disaster, isolation, disease, military, survival ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
pennsylvania, vietnam, usa, asia, washington d.c.
Similarity:
25%
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