Movies like The Elixir
If The Elixir's mix of village, dysfunctional family and family relationships stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what The Elixir's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Impetigore
2019 · Directed by Joko Anwar · 106 min6.6
Why you'll like itWith Kiki Narendra · Shares: village · Also a Indonesian horror film
A woman inherits a house in her ancestral village, but she's unaware that members of the community have been trying to locate and kill her to remove the curse that has plagued them for years.
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28 Years Later
2025 · Directed by Danny Boyle · 115 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: survival, zombie · Also horror and thriller · From the same decade (2020s)
Twenty-eight years after the Rage virus outbreak, a heavily-defended island survives connected to the mainland by a single causeway. When one of the group leaves the island into the dark heart of the mainland, he…
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Night of the Living Dead
1968 · Directed by George A. Romero · 96 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: zombie · Also horror and thriller
A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.
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Hereditary
2018 · Directed by Ari Aster · 128 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: dysfunctional family · Also horror and thriller
Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from…
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Die Alone
2024 · Directed by Lowell Dean · 91 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: zombie · Also horror and thriller · From the same decade (2020s)
Lost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by mysterious creatures, Ethan, a young man with amnesia navigates the dangerous landscape in search of his lost love Emma.
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I Am Legend
2007 · Directed by Francis Lawrence · 101 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: survival, zombie
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…
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Bring Her Back
2025 · Directed by Danny Philippou · 104 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: aggressive · From the same decade (2020s)
Following the death of their father, a brother and sister are sent to live with a foster mother, only to learn that she is hiding a terrifying secret.
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Night of the Living Dead
1990 · Directed by Tom Savini · 88 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: zombie
A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.