Movies Like The Comedy of Terrors

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

The Premature Burial

1962·1h 21m·★ 6.5·Roger Corman

Themes: coffin, poison, catDP: Floyd CrosbyFans also liked

Buried Alive

1990·1h 34m·★ 6.5·Frank Darabont

Themes: coffin, poisonFans also likedCrime & Horror

Tower of London

1939·1h 32m·★ 6.6·Rowland V. Lee

3 shared cast incl. Basil Rathbone & Boris Karloff

Pet Sematary

1989·1h 43m·★ 6.5·Mary Lambert

Themes: coffin, funeralFans also liked

Exhuma

2024·2h 14m·★ 6.9·Jang Jae-hyun

Themes: undertaker, coffin

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944·1h 58m·★ 7.9·Frank Capra

TMDB recommendsStarring Peter LorreComedy & Crime

Breakfast at Tiffany's

1961·1h 55m·★ 7.5·Blake Edwards

TMDB recommendsStarring Beverly Powers

Bad

1977·1h 45m·★ 5.9·Jed Johnson

Fans also likedHorror & Comedy & Crime

The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

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Three Colors: White

1994·1h 32m·★ 7.6·Krzysztof Kieślowski

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Kolya

1996·1h 45m·★ 7.7·Jan Svěrák

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In the Mouth of Madness

1995·1h 35m·★ 7.1·John Carpenter

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Sleepy Hollow

1999·1h 45m·★ 7.3·Tim Burton

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Mifune

1999·1h 38m·★ 7.1·Søren Kragh-Jacobsen

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Shadow of the Thin Man

1941·1h 37m·★ 7.2·W.S. Van Dyke

Fans also likedComedy & Crime

Don't Look Now

1973·1h 50m·★ 7.1·Nicolas Roeg

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The Frighteners

1996·1h 50m·★ 7.1·Peter Jackson

Fans also likedHorror & Comedy

Klute

1971·1h 54m·★ 7.1·Alan J. Pakula

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An American Tail

1986·1h 20m·★ 6.9·Don Bluth

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Apartment Zero

1989·2h 4m·★ 6.8·Martin Donovan

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How Good Is The Comedy of Terrors?

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