Movies like Shaun of the Dead
If Shaun of the Dead's mix of dark comedy, satire and surrey stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Shaun of the Dead's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The World's End
2013 · Directed by Edgar Wright · 109 min6.8
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Edgar Wright · With Simon Pegg and Nick Frost · Shares: cornetto trilogy
Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.
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The Hunt
2020 · Directed by Craig Zobel · 90 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: dark comedy, satire, survival
Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are—or how they got there. In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, ruthless elitists gather at a remote location to hunt humans for sport.
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Little Monsters
2019 · Directed by Abe Forsythe · 94 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: zombie, zombie apocalypse · Also horror and comedy
A washed-up musician teams up with a teacher and a kids show personality to protect young children from a sudden outbreak of zombies.
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28 Weeks Later
2007 · Directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo · 99 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: survival, zombie · From the same decade (2000s)
Twenty-eight weeks after the spread of a deadly rage virus, the inhabitants of the British Isles have lost their battle against the onslaught, as the virus has killed everyone there.
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What We Do in the Shadows
2014 · Directed by Jemaine Clement · 86 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: zombie · Also comedy and horror
Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.
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An American Werewolf in London
1981 · Directed by John Landis · 97 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: british pub · Also comedy and horror
American tourists David and Jack are savagely attacked by an unidentified animal while hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. After retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon begins experiencing…
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Fright Night
1985 · Directed by Tom Holland · 107 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: boyfriend girlfriend relationship · Also comedy and horror
Charley Brewster, a high school student, accidentally discovers the true and creepy nature of Jerry Dandrige, his dashing and enigmatic new neighbor; but no one seems willing to believe him.
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Creepshow
1982 · Directed by George A. Romero · 120 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: zombie · Also horror and comedy
Five grisly tales from a 1950s-style comic, including a murdered father rising from beyond, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.
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Get Out
2017 · Directed by Jordan Peele · 104 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: dark comedy, satire
Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial…
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Return of the Living Dead Part II
1988 · Directed by Ken Wiederhorn · 89 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: zombie · Also horror and comedy
A group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxin gas into the air, causing the dead to once again rise from the grave and seek out brains.
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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.
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The Girl with All the Gifts
2016 · Directed by Colm McCarthy · 111 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: zombie
In the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into thoughtless, flesh-eating monsters. When a scientist and a teacher find a girl who seems to be immune to the fungus, they all begin a journey to save…