Movies Like Dead End (2003)

Dead End is a 2003 horror, mystery, thriller film from Jean-Baptiste Andrea with a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Letters to Santa 3 and Lucky Star.

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Letters to Santa 3

2017

Centered around a group of individuals, who come to experience magical moments over the course of one day. Full of the power of family, love and the spirit of forgiveness. Each individual comes to realize that Christmas, more than any other time of the year, is full of wonder and surprises.

6.4

MagicScore

Lucky Star

1997

Rafael, a lonely 40-something butcher, saves a pregnant Marina from an assault by her boyfriend Daniel. Rafael agrees to take Marina in and they happily raise the child together. Years later, Daniel re-enters their lives and turns them upside down.

6.6

MagicScore

Mountain Men

2014

Two estranged brothers, Toph and Cooper, must journey to a remote family cabin in the mountains to evict a squatter. Buried resentment and bruised egos soon derail the plan and when the smoke clears they've destroyed their car and burned down the cabin, leaving them stranded in the cold Rocky Mountain winter. With their very survival at stake, they must learn to work together as brothers to get back to civilization.

5.5

MagicScore

The Dead Zone

1983

Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.

7.0

MagicScore

Red Snow

2021

A struggling vampire romance novelist must defend herself against real-life vampires during Christmas in Lake Tahoe.

6.1

MagicScore

Inside

2007

Scarred for life after a harrowing near-death experience, emotionally fragile mother-to-be Sarah is still struggling to come to terms with her loss. Overcome with silent grief, Sarah now seeks solace in work; however, she is on a collision course with sheer terror when a knock at the door in the dead of night chills her bones to the marrow. Now, the raven-haired, late-night visitor in black wants something precious from Sarah, and will stop at nothing to get it.

6.8

MagicScore

Love the Coopers

2015

When four generations of the Cooper clan come together for their annual Christmas Eve celebration, a series of unexpected visitors and unlikely events turn the night upside down, leading them all toward a surprising rediscovery of family bonds and the spirit of the holiday.

6.0

MagicScore

Look Who's Talking Too

1990

Mollie and James are together and raising a family, which now consists of an older Mikey and his baby sister, Julie. Tension between the siblings arises, and as well with Mollie and James when Mollie's brother Stuart moves in. Mikey is also learning how to use the toilet for the first time.

5.5

MagicScore

Letters to Santa 4

2021

Anything can happen during Christmas Eve. Mel has to face new professional challenges and adapt to the new standards prevailing at work. Then Karina and Stephan plan to introduce serious changes in raising children. They decide to change their approach and apply somewhat sophisticated educational methods. A new woman will step in between Karolina and Filip, and the past will be reminded of Rudolf.

5.6

MagicScore

#10

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

#11

Anything for Jackson

2020

A bereaved Satanist couple kidnap a pregnant woman so they can use an ancient spellbook to put their dead grandson's spirit into her unborn child, but they end up summoning more than they bargained for.

6.7

MagicScore

#12

The Trip

2021

A dysfunctional couple head to a remote lakeside cabin under the guise of reconnecting, but each has secret designs to kill the other. Before they can carry out their respective plans, unexpected visitors arrive and the couple is faced with a greater danger than anything they could have plotted.

6.7

MagicScore

#13

Slow West

2015

In the Old West, a 17-year-old Scottish boy teams up with a mysterious gunman to find the woman with whom he is infatuated.

6.7

MagicScore

#14

Dark Woods

2003

Five Norwegians head for a cabin in the wilderness for a few days of teambuilding. But strange things start happening — especially down by the water where they find an abandoned tent. Is there someone else?

5.8

MagicScore

#15

Brain Dead

2007

A sleepy fishing port town is consumed with terror when a small crater crash-lands nearby and releases a slimy parasitic agent that transforms the residents into brain-eating zombies. Cornered in an abandoned fishing lodge, six strangers are forced to band together to stave off the blood-sucking monsters clawing the walls outside.

4.8

MagicScore

#16

The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)

2011

Inspired by the fictional Dr. Heiter, disturbed loner Martin dreams of creating a 12-person centipede and sets out to realize his sick fantasy.

4.8

MagicScore

#17

How to Make a Killing

2025

Michel and Cathy, wed for longer than they can remember, lead a quiet but monotonous life in the mountains. When a bear bursts out in front of Michel’s car, accidentally killing two drug dealers and revealing a €2 million loot in the process, their life takes an unpredictable turn, especially when they decide to cover up the incident and keep the money! But their plan leads them to stumble upon an unexplained trail of dead bodies. More used to being honest than crooked, Michel and Cathy’s clumsy cover-up efforts soon put an interfering inspector hot on their trail.

6.5

MagicScore

#18

Remember the Night

1940

Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter home so she doesn't have to spend Christmas alone in jail.

7.3

MagicScore

#19

It Comes at Night

2017

Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test when a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.

5.9

MagicScore

#20

The Dead Zone

2002

A young man awakens from a six-year coma with the ability to see into peoples futures. This is the first two episodes of the television series.

7.5

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Dead End?

The top films similar to Dead End by MovieMagicScore are Letters to Santa 3 (6.4), Lucky Star (6.6), Mountain Men (5.5). Each shares horror/mystery/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Dead End worth watching?

Dead End holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10 from 590 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Dead End?

Dead End (2003) is a horror, mystery, thriller film directed by Jean-Baptiste Andrea, starring Ray Wise, Alexandra Holden, Lin Shaye.

Where can I find more recommendations like Dead End?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more horror recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Dead End

This ranked list pairs Dead End (2003), a horror and mystery and thriller film from Jean-Baptiste Andrea, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Ray Wise 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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