Movies Like Night of the Living Dead (1990)

Night of the Living Dead is a 1990 horror film from Tom Savini with a MovieMagicScore of 6.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Night of the Living Dead 3D and Mimesis.

Horror

Night of the Living Dead 3D

2006

Barricaded in a farmhouse, a woman and a collegian must contend with flesh-eating zombies and a malevolent mortician.

3.9

MagicScore

Mimesis

2011

A group of horror fans find themselves unwilling participants in a nightmarish role playing game that pays homage to a classic horror film.

4.4

MagicScore

Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation

2012

After inheriting the family mortuary, a pyrophobic mortician accidentally exposes hundreds of un-cremated bodies to toxic medical waste. As the corpses re-animate, the mortician's inheritance-seeking younger brother unexpectantly shows up, stumbling upon a full zombie outbreak!

6.2

MagicScore

Night of the Living Dead

2026

A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.

5.0

MagicScore

Shivers

1975

When the residents of a luxury apartment complex outside Montreal are infiltrated by parasites and transformed into violent, sex-crazed maniacs, it's up to Dr. Roger St. Luc to contain the outbreak from spreading to the city.

6.4

MagicScore

Dead and Deader

2006

Lt. Bobby Quinn is a Special Forces commando killed during a recon mission in the Cambodian jungle. But when Quinn interrupts his own stateside autopsy, he discovers that the rest of his dead squad has been resurrected with a ravenous apetite for human flesh. Now with the help of a wisecracking cook and a sexy film geek, the part-zombie Quinn must stop the plague before it can infect the entire nation. Who holds the shocking secret behind this blood-crazed carnage? And what happens when Quinn stops gnawing on raw steak and starts chomping on the hot chick?

4.9

MagicScore

Cat People

1982

After years of separation, Irena Gallier and her minister brother, Paul, reunite in New Orleans. When zoologists capture a wild panther, Irena is drawn to the cat – and zoo curator Oliver to her. Soon, Paul will have to reveal the family secret: that when sexually aroused, they revert into predatory jungle cats.

6.0

MagicScore

Dawn of the Dead

2004

A group of survivors take refuge in a shopping mall after the world is taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies.

7.1

MagicScore

Day of the Dead

1985

As the world is overrun by zombies, scientists and military personnel in an underground Florida bunker must decide on how they should deal with the undead.

7.0

MagicScore

#10

Final Cut

2022

Things go badly for a small film crew shooting a low-budget zombie movie when they are attacked by real zombies.

6.8

MagicScore

#11

Pet Sematary

2019

Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, move from Boston to Ludlow, in rural Maine, with their two young children. Hidden in the woods near the new family home, Ellie, their eldest daughter, discovers a mysterious cemetery where the pets of community members are buried.

5.7

MagicScore

#12

Day of the Dead: Bloodline

2017

In a world overrun by zombies, military personnel and survivalists live in an underground bunker while they seek a cure.

4.7

MagicScore

#13

Plan 9

2015

Plan 9 is the story of Nilbog, a small town with a big story. The beginning of an invasion! However, instead of lasers, space ships, and epic force, these aliens have a different plan for the inhabitants of Earth. To resurrect their dead as their own army set with but one goal… To wipe out all mankind! Only the townsfolk on this Halloween night stand in the way of total domination. From the police department, to those trapped in a convenient store, and even those trying to stay alive in the streets, this night will decide the fates of all who walk the planet and thought they were the top of the food chain.

3.8

MagicScore

#14

Frankenstein Island

1981

A hot air balloon crew and a dog find themselves on an island with scantily-clad part-alien women, zombies, and other monsters.

3.3

MagicScore

#15

Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical

2006

From an ominous Lecturer, a small 1930s middle American community learns of the Harper Affair, in which young Jimmy Harper finds his life of promise turn into a life of debauchery and murder thanks to the new drug menace marijuana. Along the way, he receives help from his girlfriend Mary and Jesus Himself, but always finds himself in the arms of the Reefer Man and the rest of the denizens of the Reefer Den.

6.6

MagicScore

#16

White Dog

1982

A trainer attempts to retrain a vicious dog that’s been raised to kill black people.

6.6

MagicScore

#17

House of Dark Shadows

1970

Barnabas Collins searches for a cure for vampirism in order to marry a woman resembling his long-lost fiancée Josette.

6.5

MagicScore

#18

Dead Ant

2017

When the 1989 "one-hit-wonder" glam-metal band "Sonic Grave" embark on a trip to Coachella in hopes of a comeback, their peyote trip pit stop in Joshua Tree incites an "unworldly" vicious attack, and they must "rock" themselves out of harms way.

5.0

MagicScore

#19

Wolves at the Door

2016

Four friends gather at an elegant home during the Summer of Love, 1969. Unbeknownst to them, deadly visitors are waiting outside. What begins as a simple farewell party turns to a night of primal terror as the intruders stalk and torment the four, who struggle for their lives against what appears to be a senseless attack.

4.9

MagicScore

#20

Wild Beasts

1984

PCP is unexplainably released into the Frankfurt water supply and sends the zoo inhabitants crazy. One evening after a malfunction of zoo security the gonzo critters rampage through the city eating and killing whatever they fancy, wreaking a night of bloody terror. It's up to regular Italian-trash whipping girl Lorraine De Selle and obnoxious Super Mario lookalike zookeeper John Aldrich to sort it out.

4.8

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Night of the Living Dead?

The top films similar to Night of the Living Dead by MovieMagicScore are Night of the Living Dead 3D (3.9), Mimesis (4.4), Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation (6.2). Each shares horror themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Night of the Living Dead worth watching?

Night of the Living Dead holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.9/10 from 905 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Night of the Living Dead?

Night of the Living Dead (1990) is a horror film directed by Tom Savini, starring Patricia Tallman, Tony Todd, McKee Anderson.

Where can I find more recommendations like Night of the Living Dead?

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 Night of the Living Dead

This ranked list pairs Night of the Living Dead (1990), a horror film from Tom Savini, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Patricia Tallman 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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