Day of the dead movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant day of the dead movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, serious, suspense, captivating, rough and tense films and TV shows about / with day of the dead, death, murder, supernatural, ghost, danger, rivalry, violence, escapades and blood plots mostly in Horror, Drama and Thriller genres shot in USA, Mexico, Australia and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as day of the dead: The Big Wish (2019), Coco (2017), The Book of Life (2014), Barbarous Mexico (2014), Never Die (2012), The Halloween Tree (1993), Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015), 3 from Hell (2019), Spectre (2015), The Dead One (2007).

List of day of the dead movies

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 4.8
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The Big Wish (2019)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In the Mexican town of Santa Clara, Salma, a 16 year-old orphan who never got to meet her biological parents, has spent most of her life searching for clues of their identities and whereabouts, that is until she discovers a special book that is ...
Style: atmospheric, light, non-linear, humorous, colorful ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: death, ghost, spell, holiday, twists and turns, revenge, orphan, day of the dead, book, teenage protagonist, skeleton, foster home ...
Place: mexico
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 8.4
 583K
Coco (2017)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Mystery
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead ...
Style: touching, feel good, sincere, sweet, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: day of the dead, afterlife, life after death, musician, music, life & death, death, childhood, memory, good versus evil, boy, dog ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017
Place: mexico, tibet
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The Book of Life (2014)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart. Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an incredible adventure that spans three fantastical worlds where he must ...
Style: exciting, touching, romantic, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids, family outing, family friendly, preschool
Plot: true love, life & death, day of the dead, hopes, friendship, afterlife, imaginary, love and romance, destiny, bullfighting, fall in love, escapades ...
Time: 20th century, year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
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Barbarous Mexico (2014)
Genre: Horror
Country: Mexico
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Eight tales based on the most brutally terrifying Mexican traditions and legends, an anthology of haunting stories woven into the fabric of the Mexican culture, some told through the centuries and some new, but all equally frightening. Bogeymen, ...
Style: anthology, suspenseful, suspense, bleak, dark ...
Plot: urban legend, folklore, legend, rape, day of the dead, creature, murder, ritual, brother sister relationship, sister sister relationship, blood, sex scene ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico
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 6.6
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Never Die (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Chayo returns to her hometown to care for her elderly mother and cope with her death. Surrounded by love and sublime beauty, Chayo has to give up something that as a woman and mother is inalienable. That will be the price of her freedom.
Style: touching, realistic, serious, sincere, atmospheric ...
Plot: family relations, family problems, parents and children, tradition, elderly, unfulfillment, death in the family, homecoming, female protagonist, day of the dead, mother daughter relationship, grandmother ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
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Legend Quest: The Legend of La Nahuala (2007)
Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Leo San Juan, an insecure child of nine years old, lives eternally frightened by horror stories that Nando tells his older brother. Within these stories it is 'The Legend of Nahuala', according to which, an old abandoned Casona is ...
Style: touching, sweet, sincere, captivating, colorful
Plot: child, talking animal, legend, dark hero, child protagonist, kidnapping, out of body experience, boy, fantasy world, twists and turns, good versus evil, kids and family ...
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The Halloween Tree (1993)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Taiwan, Philippines, Australia
Duration: 69 min.
Story: Four children learn the origins of Halloween customs while trying to save the life of their friend.
Style: exciting, feel good, touching, sentimental, humorous
Audience: family outing, family friendly, kids, pre-teens
Plot: halloween, friends, supernatural, youth, disorder, time travel, old dark house, day of the dead, haunted, literary, holiday, pagan ...
Place: mexico
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Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, Mexico, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In 1931, following the success of the film Battleship Potemkin, Soviet filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein travels to the city of Guanajuato, Mexico, to shoot a new film. Freshly rejected by Hollywood, Eisenstein soon falls under Mexico’s spell. ...
Style: atmospheric, stylized, realistic, serious, visual ...
Plot: gay, erection, male nudity, filmmaking, gay sex, movie business, love and romance, fall in love, artists and showbiz, homosexuality, thunderstorm, rain ...
Time: 2010s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1931, year 1948 ...
Place: mexico, soviet union, latin america, moscow russia, ussr
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 5.4
 18K
3 from Hell (2019)
Genre: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: After barely surviving a furious shootout with the police, Baby Firefly, Otis Driftwood and Captain Spaulding are behind bars. But pure evil cannot be contained. Teaming up with Otis’ half-brother Wilson, the demented Firefly clan escape to ...
Style: slasher, suspense, rough, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot: psychopath, evil, panic, massacre, clown, serial murder, serial killer, lethal injection, sociopath, murder, sadist, female nudity ...
Time: year 2019, 80s, year 1988
Place: mexico, texas
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 6.8
 464K
Spectre (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story: A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.
Style: suspense, entertaining, exciting, sexy, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: james bond, spy, espionage, secret agent, secret service, 007, chase, one man army, british secret service, kidnapping, rogue agent, terrorist ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, year 2016, 21st century
Place: london, rome italy, italy, north africa, big ben london ...
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All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos (2005)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: During a Day of the Dead celebration, the dead come to life to prey upon the living. In the remote Mexican village of Santa Bonita, a nightmare lay buried for over a century. But when a group of hard-partying students from the OC are stranded in ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, serious, dark, suspense ...
Plot: human sacrifice, zombie, survival, danger, supernatural, gory, massacre, day of the dead, living dead, undead, ghost, nudity ...
Place: mexico, latin america
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 3.5
 702
The Dead One (2007)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Trapped between the living and the dead, Diego de la Muerte fights to rescue his soul from the evil god of death that controls him. But a bigger battle awaits him when the Aztec god demands the soul of Maria, the girlfriend Diego left behind.
Style: suspense, tense, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Plot: curses spells and rituals, good versus evil, ghost, moral dilemma, danger, rescue, introspection, supernatural, destiny, rivalry, superhero, sacrifice ...
Place: los angeles, usa
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Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Hitman "El Mariachi" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general.
Style: stylized, grindhouse, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, manly
Plot: drug lord, gangster, violent, revenge, assassination attempt, hitman, dark hero, vengeance, murder, assassin, gunfighter, spy ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
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 6.3
 88K
Assassins (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Assassin Robert Rath arrives at a funeral to kill a prominent mobster, only to witness a rival hired gun complete the job for him -- with grisly results. Horrified by the murder of innocent bystanders, Rath decides to take one last job and then ...
Style: suspense, exciting, tense, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hitman, assassin, assassination, sniper, professional, spy, gangster, rescue, danger, criminal heroes, uninhibited rivalry, foe turned friend ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, seattle, detroit, puerto rico, caribbean ...
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Cinco De Mayo (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story: After being unjustly fired, harassed by his students and labeled a potential menace to society, El Maestro sets out to teach everyone one final lesson.
Style: slasher, psychological, disturbing, tense, psychotronic ...
Plot: masked killer, revenge, violence, disguise, murder, brutality, danger, high school student, teenage life, maniac, teenager, characters killed one by one ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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At Midnight I'll Take Your Soul (1964)
Genre: Horror
Country: Brazil
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Coffin Joe terrorizes a small peasant community in his search for the perfect woman to bear him a child.
Style: scary, black and white, psychotronic, splatter, grindhouse ...
Plot: monster, exploitation, swamp, day of the dead, violent, sexism, supernatural power, virus, good guys win, murder, mortician, witch ...
Time: 60s
Place: brazil, latin america
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City of the Living Dead (1980)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young woman has visions that suggest the eruption of the living dead into the world through a portal, spurred on by the suicide of a priest.
Style: scary, grindhouse, disturbing, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot: zombie, gory, suicide, macabre, zombie apocalypse, buried alive, violence, living dead, small town, apocalypse, monster, violent ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 80s, year 1980
Place: new england, usa, georgia, new york, manhattan new york city
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The Laughing Dead (1989)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Zombies, demons, and a mad doctor await a bus-load of folks looking for a tour of Aztec ruins. Father O'Sullivan is a Catholic priest who has lost his faith in God and who cannot forget the nun with whom he once had an affair (and a son). ...
Style: independent film
Plot: priest in love, zombie, undead, day of the dead, creature feature, monster, possessed human, possession, demon, catholic priest, nightmare, mad doctor ...
Place: mexico
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Candyman: Day of the Dead (1999)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The Candyman returns to try to convince his female descendent, an artist, to join him as a legendary figure. To this end, he frames her for a series of hideous murders of her friends and associates so that she has nowhere else to turn to.
Style: slasher, scary, classic horror, horrifying, slasher horror ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, ghost, supernatural, candyman, insect, killings, black, pandemic, urban legend, maniac, eye ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
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The Night Crew (2015)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A group of hard up bounty hunters must survive the night in a desert motel against a horde of savage cartel killers. They soon realize that their fugitive, a mysterious Chinese woman, is much more than she lets on.
Style: captivating, serious, exciting, tense, suspense ...
Plot: motel, survival, crew, savage, desert, gang, siege, rivalry, danger, death, violence, armed forces ...
Place: usa
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Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 122 min.
Story: FBI agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the U.S. border.
Style: neo noir, suspense, bleak, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience: adult
Plot: cartel, black ops, terrorist, drug cartel, cia, u.s. mexico border, cia agent, organized crime, mission, kidnapping, military, brutality ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: somalia, sonora, kansas city, mexico, texas ...
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Victor and Valentino (2019)
Genre: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story: Two half-brothers spend a summer with their grandma in Monte Macabre, a small and mysterious town, where the myths and legends of Latin American folklore come to life.
Style: entertaining, captivating, humorous, sincere, hispanic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: folklore, brother brother relationship, ghost, child protagonist, undead, summer vacation, supernatural, grandmother, day of the dead, legend, chupacabra, town ...
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Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu - Day of the Departed (2016)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Denmark, China, USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: When Cole returns to Yang's haunted temple to seek revenge on a former Airjitzu Master, he accidentally uses a powerful Dark Magic blade that unleashes the spectral forms of Ninjago's greatest villains and traps himself in the temple. The ...
Style: captivating
Audience: kids
Plot: ninja, lego, fight, ancestor, ninja warrior, good versus evil, supernatural power, supernatural, ninja master, evil spirit, dark past, ninjitsu ...
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 66K
Basic (2003)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A DEA agent investigates the disappearance of a legendary Army ranger drill sergeant and several of his cadets during a training exercise gone severely awry.
Style: twist ending, surprise ending, twisted, suspense, confusing ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: twists and turns, military, army investigation, life philosophy, corruption, secrets, murder mystery, investigation, conspiracy, missing person, plot twist, police investigation ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: atlantic city, panama
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The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: When the young Texas Ranger, John Reid, is the sole survivor of an ambush arranged by the militaristic outlaw leader, Butch Cavendich, he is rescued by an old childhood Comanche friend, Tonto. When he recovers from his wounds, he dedicates his life ...
Style: realistic, serious, exciting, captivating
Plot: texas ranger, horse, lone ranger, heroes, superhero, cowboy, violence, murder, justice, jungle, usa president, commander ...
Time: 19th century, year 1981, 1860s, 1870s
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
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Boys in the Trees (2016)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 112 min.
Story: On Halloween 1997, two estranged teen skaters embark on a surreal journey through their memories, dreams and fears.
Style: surreal, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: halloween, friendship, ghost story, fear, gay interest, gay subtext, memory, death, coming of age, ghost, memories, imagination ...
Time: 90s, year 1997
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Hollywood Mouth 3 (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: After her father dies, film buff Berlyn Ferlinghetti tracks down information that may help to explain some things about her family background. Alternating with the main story are subplots: about crimes occurring at the movie museum where Berlyn ...
Style: art deco, independent film, neo noir
Plot: anton chekhov, voice over narration, marines, shakespeare's othello, green beret, vodka, photograph, sister, aunt, zombie, mother, daughter ...
Time: 60s, 70s, 1950s, 1940s, 1930s
Place: venice california, beverly hills, los angeles, malibu california, santa monica california ...
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Don Juan, My Dear Ghost (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Seville, November 1, 1990. Tenorio goes out of his grave, as every year. Similarly, Juan Marquina, a great actor, makes the general rehearsal of a musical version of the play. Since that moment, two worlds come together in a circle of adventures, ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, witty, sexual ...
Plot: theater, mistaken identity, sexual content, hopes, dishonesty, love and romance, womanizer, artists and showbiz, supernatural, imaginary, redemption, disorder ...
Place: spain
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A Night in Old Mexico (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Forced to give up his land and home, Texas rancher Red Bovie isn't about to retire quietly in a dismal trailer park. Instead he hops in his Cadillac and hits the road with his estranged grandson for one last wild adventure filled with guns, ...
Style: realistic, touching, road movie, tense, captivating ...
Plot: aging, wild ride, life is a bitch, escapades, family gatherings, nothing to lose, on the run, elderly, one last chance, modern western, modern west, cowboy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, texas
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Murder in Texas (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
Story: Based on a true story, this film tells of a plastic surgeon who was suspected of causing the death of his first wife, the daughter of a wealthy member of Houston society. The doctor then marries his mistress, whom he had been keeping during his ...
Plot: plastic surgeon, autopsy, oil well, plastic surgery, sociopath, media circus, man in underwear, heiress, poisoning, doctor, horse riding, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 1900s
Place: houston texas, texas
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