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Movies that feel likeDawn of the Dead (2004)

A group of survivors take refuge in a shopping mall after the world is taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies.

If you loved Dawn of the Dead, the closest films we have are Dawn of the Dead (1978), The Substance (2024) and Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991). All three share Dawn of the Dead's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Colony (2026).

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Dawn of the Dead
1978 Β· dir. George A. Romero
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.8horror Β· science fiction

Both are working the same pair: bite, dark comedy

The difference: Takes it somewhere less kinetic than Dawn of the Dead does

During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.

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The Substance
2024 Β· dir. Coralie Fargeat
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.2horror Β· science fictionMax

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dark comedy

The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.

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Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
1991 Β· dir. Lam Ngai Kai
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7action Β· science fiction Β· horror

The same preoccupation in both: gore

In 2001, where all correctional facilities have been privatized, martial artist Ricky finds himself victim to the corrupt system, found "guilty" of the manslaughter of an infamous crime boss.

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Deep Blue Sea
1999 Β· dir. Renny Harlin
πŸ… 60%β˜… 6action Β· horror Β· science fictionStarz

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

Researchers on the undersea lab Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease. But there's an unexpected side effect: the sharks got smarter, faster, and more dangerous. After a big storm damages their remote research facility, they must fight for their lives.

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Shin Godzilla
2016 Β· dir. Shinji Higuchi
πŸ… 87%β˜… 6.9action Β· science fiction Β· horrorMax

Cerebral where it counts, kinetic underneath

When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.

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Colony
2026 Β· dir. Yeon Sang-ho
πŸ… 81%β˜… 6.5horror Β· action Β· science fiction

Horror built on dread, twice over

Professor Se-jeong is thrust into a bloody nightmare when a rapidly mutating virus is released during a biotech conference causing authorities to seal the facility. Trapped inside with no escape, Se-jeong along with a small group of survivors must fight to stay alive while the infected undergo horrific transformations.

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The Hunt
2020 Β· dir. Craig Zobel
πŸ… 57%β˜… 6.6action Β· thriller Β· horrorRent or buy

Common ground: gore

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Dawn of the Dead does

Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they areβ€”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. But their master plan is about to be derailed when one of the hunted turns the tables on her pursuers.

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Doom
2005 Β· dir. Andrzej Bartkowiak
πŸ… 18%β˜… 5.2action Β· horror Β· science fictionStarz

Science fiction with a pulse of unease, in both cases

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

A team of space marines known as the Rapid Response Tactical Squad, led by Sarge, is sent to a science facility on Mars after somebody reports a security breach. There, they learn that the alert came after a test subject, a mass murderer purposefully injected with alien DNA, broke free and began killing people. Dr. Grimm, who is related to team member Reaper, informs them all that the chromosome can mutate humans into monsters -- and is highly infectious.

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#Alive
2020 Β· dir. Cho Il
β˜… 6.3action Β· horror Β· science fictionNetflix

Cerebral action, and it commits to that

As a grisly virus rampages a city, a lone man stays locked inside his apartment, digitally cut off from seeking help and desperate to find a way out.

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Army of the Dead
2021 Β· dir. Zack Snyder
πŸ… 68%β˜… 5.8crime Β· action Β· horrorNetflix

Zack Snyder directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Sits closer to crime than Dawn of the Dead does

Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble: venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.

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Meg 2: The Trench
2023 Β· dir. Ben Wheatley
πŸ… 27%β˜… 5action Β· science fiction Β· horrorMax

Both lean on momentum more than on horror

An exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean of a daring research team spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival.

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The Host
2006 Β· dir. Bong Joon Ho
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.1horror Β· drama Β· science fictionPrime Video

Dread-soaked science fiction in both cases

A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.

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