Movies like Uncle Sam
If Uncle Sam's mix of patriotism, gore and uncle stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Uncle Sam's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Hills Have Eyes
2006 · Directed by Alexandre Aja · 107 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: gore, serial killer, slasher
Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone.
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Night of the Creeps
1986 · Directed by Fred Dekker · 88 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: serial killer, zombie · Also horror and comedy
In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which proceeds to infect the…
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Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
2015 · Directed by Christopher Landon · 93 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: gore, zombie · Also comedy and horror
Three scouts and lifelong friends join forces with one badass cocktail waitress to become the world’s most unlikely team of heroes. When their peaceful town is ravaged by a zombie invasion, they’ll fight for the badge…
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Dawn of the Dead
2004 · Directed by Zack Snyder · 101 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: gore, zombie
A group of survivors take refuge in a shopping mall after the world is taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies.
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Grindhouse
2007 · Directed by Quentin Tarantino · 191 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: slasher, zombie
Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who…
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Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI
1986 · Directed by Tom McLoughlin · 86 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: serial killer, slasher
Tommy Jarvis, tormented by the fear that maybe Jason isn't really dead, unwittingly resurrects the mass murderer for another bloody rampage.
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Zombieland
2009 · Directed by Ruben Fleischer · 88 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: gore, zombie · Also comedy and horror
Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors.
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The Return of the Living Dead
1985 · Directed by Dan O'Bannon · 91 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: zombie · Also comedy and horror
Two employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a toxic gas from a misplaced top-secret U.S. Army shipment, causing the dead to rise from a nearby cemetery with an insatiable hunger for human brains.
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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
1968 · Directed by George A. Romero · 96 min7.6
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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Night of the Living Dead
1990 · Directed by Tom Savini · 88 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: zombie · From the same decade (1990s)
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 Hunt
2020 · Directed by Craig Zobel · 90 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: gore
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.