Movies Like Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Dead of Night

1974·1h 28m·★ 6.6·Bob Clark

2 shared crewBoth star Anya Ormsby & Jane DalyDir. Bob Clark

An American Werewolf in London

1981·1h 37m·★ 7.5·John Landis

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Mayhem

2017·1h 27m·★ 6.4·Joe Lynch

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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

1998·1h 45m·★ 8.1·Guy Ritchie

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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

1964·1h 35m·★ 8.3·Stanley Kubrick

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Brazil

1985·2h 23m·★ 7.8·Terry Gilliam

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King Kong

1933·1h 44m·★ 7.9·Merian C. Cooper

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Dawn of the Dead

1978·2h 7m·★ 7.8·George A. Romero

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Saw

2004·1h 43m·★ 7.6·James Wan

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Delicatessen

1991·1h 39m·★ 7.5·Jean-Pierre Jeunet

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Eraserhead

1977·1h 29m·★ 7.2·David Lynch

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28 Days Later

2002·1h 53m·★ 7.5·Danny Boyle

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Videodrome

1983·1h 28m·★ 7.2·David Cronenberg

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The Return of the Living Dead

1985·1h 31m·★ 7.3·Dan O'Bannon

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Madagascar

2005·1h 26m·★ 7.0·Eric Darnell

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Creepshow

1982·2h·★ 6.8·George A. Romero

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Carry On Cleo

1964·1h 34m·★ 6.7·Gerald Thomas

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Fido

2006·1h 32m·★ 6.7·Andrew Currie

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Return of the Living Dead Part II

1988·1h 29m·★ 5.7·Ken Wiederhorn

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Scared Stiff

1953·1h 48m·★ 6.4·George Marshall

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