Movies Like Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis (2005)

Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis is a 2005 action, horror, tv movie film from Ellory Elkayem with a MovieMagicScore of 5.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Return of the Living Dead and Return of the Living Dead Part II.

Action Horror TV Movie

The Return of the Living Dead

1985

When foreman Frank shows new employee Freddy a secret military experiment in a supply warehouse in Louisville, Kentucky, the two klutzes accidentally release a gas that reanimates corpses into flesh-eating zombies. As the epidemic spreads throughout the town, and the creatures satisfy their hunger in gory and outlandish ways, Frank and Freddy fight to survive with the help of their boss and a mysterious mortician.

7.2

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Return of the Living Dead Part II

1988

A group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxin gas into the air, causing the dead to once again rise from the grave and seek out brains.

6.4

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Return of the Living Dead III

1993

Having recently witnessed the horrific results of a top secret project to bring the dead back to life, a distraught teenager performs the operation on his girlfriend after she's killed in a motorcycle accident.

6.6

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Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave

2005

A student creates and sells a drug called 'Z' which has the unexpected side effect of resurrecting the dead as flesh-eating zombies, who proceed to wreak havoc at a Halloween rave.

5.2

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Beyond Re-Animator

2003

Once again tampering with mother nature to disastrous results, Dr. Herbert West continues his research while serving time in a maximum security prison for his previous exploits. West's limited prison-cell experiments are suddenly interrupted by the arrival of a new prison doctor and the brother of the girl who suffered from West's experiments 13 years earlier.

5.9

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Messiah of Evil

1975

A young woman searching for her missing artist father finds herself in the strange seaside town of Point Dune, which seems to be under the influence of a mysterious undead cult.

6.2

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Zombie Flesh Eaters 2

1988

When a terrorist's body, infected with a stolen chemical, is recovered by the US military, the corpse is cremated, unintentionally releasing a virus and bacteria into the atmosphere over a small island.

5.1

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Creepshow

1982

Five grisly tales from a 1950s-style comic, including a murdered father rising from beyond, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.

6.9

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Dead Shack

2017

On a weekend getaway at a rundown cabin in the woods, Jason, a cautious teen, his crude best friend Colin and his fearless older sister Summer are forced to work together, grow up and save their hard-partying parents from their predatory neighbor intent on feeding them all to her undead family.

5.5

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#10

The Beyond

1981

A young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where, following a series of supernatural "accidents", she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.

6.9

MagicScore

#11

Zombies: The Beginning

2007

A woman floating on a raft in the middle of the Pacific. She was found by a rescue team and taken ashore. Once there, she tells a story of how she escaped from an island full of zombies. She was persuaded to lead a commando unit to the island to explore.

3.6

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#12

Night of the Seagulls

1975

A bizarre cult that practices a ritual of sacrificing humans terrorizes a young doctor and his wife, who have just moved to the group's village.

5.5

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#13

The Ghost Galleon

1974

After a pair of models go missing from a boat, a rescue party discover an empty galleon carrying the coffins of the long dead Knights Templar. The rescue party board the galleon and then discover their own boat has vanished. The survivors struggle to fight off the spectral knights with what little knowledge they have of them.

4.8

MagicScore

#14

Zombieland: Double Tap

2019

Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family.

6.9

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#15

Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead

2014

The gruesome Nazi Zombies are back to finish their mission, but our hero is not willing to die. He is gathering his own army to give them a final fight.

6.5

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#16

Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic

2017

Ciel learns of a "Aurora Society", that is rumored to be researching how to bring the dead back to life. Their next meeting is scheduled to be conducted on the ship Campania, voyaging across the Atlantic Ocean. Much to Ciel's dismay, Elizabeth "Lizzy" Midford, is taking the same ship, thus leaving him with no choice but to get aboard as well.

7.5

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#17

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

#18

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

#19

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

#20

City of the Living Dead

1980

A woman seemingly dies of fright after participating in a séance where she sees a vision of a Dunwich priest hanging himself in a church cemetery. New York City reporter Peter Bell investigates and learns that the priest's suicide has somehow opened a portal to Hell and must be sealed by All Saints Day, or else the dead will overtake humanity.

6.4

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis?

The top films similar to Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis by MovieMagicScore are The Return of the Living Dead (7.2), Return of the Living Dead Part II (6.4), Return of the Living Dead III (6.6). Each shares action/horror/tv movie themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis worth watching?

Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.2/10 from 252 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis?

Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis (2005) is a action, horror, tv movie film directed by Ellory Elkayem, starring Aimee-Lynn Chadwick, Cory Hardrict, John Keefe.

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This ranked list pairs Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis (2005), a action and horror and tv movie film from Ellory Elkayem, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Aimee-Lynn Chadwick 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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