Movies Like Handling the Undead (2024)

Handling the Undead is a 2024 drama, horror, mystery film from Thea Hvistendahl with a MovieMagicScore of 5.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Burning Man and Louder Than Bombs.

Drama Horror Mystery

Burning Man

2011

Tom is a British chef in a Bondi restaurant who seems to have decided there are no longer any rules he needs to obey. Whatever Tom is up to, his actions seem to be tolerated by those around him. As Tom descends into darkness, fragments of a different story begin to emerge. All the women in his world are trying in their own, very different ways to help put him back together.

5.9

MagicScore

Louder Than Bombs

2015

Three years after his wife, acclaimed photographer Isabelle Reed, dies in a car crash, Gene keeps everyday life going with his shy teenage son, Conrad. A planned exhibition of Isabelle’s photographs prompts Gene's older son, Jonah, to return to the house he grew up in - and for the first time in a very long time, the father and the two brothers are living under the same roof.

6.4

MagicScore

The Shrouds

2025

Inconsolable since the death of his wife, Karsh, a prominent businessman, invents a revolutionary and controversial technology that enables the living to monitor their dear departed in their shrouds. One night, multiple graves, including that of Karsh’s wife, are desecrated, and he sets out to track down the perpetrators.

5.9

MagicScore

Father Mother Sister Brother

2025

Estranged siblings reunite after years apart, forced to confront unresolved tensions and reevaluate their strained relationships with their emotionally distant parents.

6.4

MagicScore

Between the Temples

2024

A grief-stricken cantor in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his grade school music teacher re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student. The two forlorn souls develop a special connection.

5.5

MagicScore

Demolition

2016

An emotionally desperate investment banker finds hope through a woman he meets.

6.8

MagicScore

Mass

2021

Two couples meet for a painful and raw conversation in the aftermath of a violent tragedy.

7.4

MagicScore

Beautiful Boy

2011

A married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news their 18-year-old son committed a mass-shooting at his college, then took his own life.

5.9

MagicScore

A Ghost Story

2017

Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.

7.1

MagicScore

#10

Manchester by the Sea

2016

After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where he was born and raised.

7.5

MagicScore

#11

Collateral Beauty

2016

Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.

7.2

MagicScore

#12

Full Circle

1978

After the death of her daughter, wealthy housewife Julia Lofting abruptly leaves her husband and moves into an old Victorian home in London to re-start her life. All seems well until she is haunted by the sadness of losing her own child and the ghosts of other children.

6.1

MagicScore

#13

The Thing with Feathers

2025

After a tragic loss, a grieving father tries to raise his young sons whilst dealing with an unlikely, unpredictable, and uninvited houseguest.

6.6

MagicScore

#14

The Mothman Prophecies

2002

Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror and unthinkable chaos when fate draws him to a sleepy West Virginia town whose residents are being visited by a great winged shape that sows hideous nightmares and fevered visions.

6.2

MagicScore

#15

Prayers for Bobby

2009

Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling with a conflict no one knew of, much less understood, Bobby finally came out to his family.

8.1

MagicScore

#16

A Good Person

2023

Allison's life falls apart following her involvement in a fatal accident. The unlikely relationship she forms with her would-be father-in-law helps her live a life worth living.

7.1

MagicScore

#17

Till

2022

The true story of Mamie Till Mobley’s relentless pursuit of justice for her 14 year old son, Emmett Till, who, in 1955, was lynched while visiting his cousins in Mississippi.

7.3

MagicScore

#18

Mothers' Instinct

2024

Housewives Alice and Celine are best friends and neighbours who seem to have it all. However, when a tragic accident shatters the harmony of their lives, guilt, suspicion and paranoia begin to unravel their sisterly bond.

6.8

MagicScore

#19

Pet Sematary

1989

After the Creed family's cat is accidentally killed, a friendly neighbor advises its burial in a mysterious nearby cemetery.

6.6

MagicScore

#20

Lisa Frankenstein

2024

In 1989, a misunderstood teenager has a high school crush — who just happens to be a handsome corpse! After a set of playfully horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a murderous journey to find love, happiness…and a few missing body parts along the way.

6.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Handling the Undead?

The top films similar to Handling the Undead by MovieMagicScore are Burning Man (5.9), Louder Than Bombs (6.4), The Shrouds (5.9). Each shares drama/horror/mystery themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Handling the Undead worth watching?

Handling the Undead holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.9/10 from 153 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Handling the Undead?

Handling the Undead (2024) is a drama, horror, mystery film directed by Thea Hvistendahl, starring Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie, Bahar Pars.

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About movies like Handling the Undead

This ranked list pairs Handling the Undead (2024), a drama and horror and mystery film from Thea Hvistendahl, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Renate Reinsve take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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