Movies Like Dead of Night

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

Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

1972·1h 26m·★ 5.2·Bob Clark

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

Fido

2006·1h 32m·★ 6.7·Andrew Currie

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Near Dark

1987·1h 34m·★ 6.9·Kathryn Bigelow

Themes: hitchhiker, vampireFans also liked

Flesh for Frankenstein

1973·1h 35m·★ 5.8·Paul Morrissey

TMDB recommendsThemes: suicide, zombie

The Return of the Living Dead

1985·1h 31m·★ 7.3·Dan O'Bannon

Themes: cemetery, zombieFans also liked

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter

1973·1h 31m·★ 6.4·Brian Clemens

Themes: cemetery, vampireFans also liked

Son of Dracula

1943·1h 17m·★ 6.0·Robert Siodmak

Themes: cemetery, vampireFans also liked

The Last Man on Earth

1964·1h 27m·★ 6.7·Ubaldo Ragona

Themes: zombie, vampireFans also liked

Freaks of Nature

2015·1h 32m·★ 5.9·Robbie Pickering

Themes: zombie, vampireFans also liked

The Others

2001·1h 41m·★ 7.6·Alejandro Amenábar

Themes: cemetery, soldier

Battle Royale

2000·1h 53m·★ 7.5·Kinji Fukasaku

Themes: soldier, suicide

Faces

1968·2h 10m·★ 7.4·John Cassavetes

Both star John Marley & Lynn Carlin

The Fearless Vampire Killers

1967·1h 48m·★ 7.0·Roman Polanski

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The Howling

1981·1h 31m·★ 6.5·Joe Dante

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Sorop

2024·1h 43m·★ 5.2·Upi

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The Serpent and the Rainbow

1988·1h 38m·★ 6.4·Wes Craven

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Possessor

2020·1h 43m·★ 6.5·Brandon Cronenberg

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Warlock

1989·1h 43m·★ 6.2·Steve Miner

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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers

1988·1h 28m·★ 5.8·Dwight H. Little

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House

1985·1h 32m·★ 6.1·Steve Miner

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How Good Is Dead of Night?

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