
Movies that feel like Dawn of the Dead (1978)
If you loved Dawn of the Dead, the closest films we have are Dawn of the Dead (2004), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) and Phantasm (1979). All three share Dawn of the Dead's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.
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If Dawn of the Dead hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Both are working the same pair: bite, dark comedy
The difference: Sits closer to action than Dawn of the Dead does

Both land dread and unease at once
The difference: Missing the dark humor of Dawn of the Dead

Horror with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

Both lean on dread more than on science fiction

Unsettling horror in both cases
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Both are built on the same subject: dark comedy
The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

Common ground: gore

Cerebral science fiction, and it commits to that

The same preoccupation in both: bite

Horror built on dread, twice over

Darkly funny science fiction, and it commits to that

The shared currency is dark humor
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