Movies Like The Dentist 2 (1998)

The Dentist 2 is a 1998 horror, thriller film from Brian Yuzna with a MovieMagicScore of 5.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Dentist and Insidious: Out of the Further.

Horror Thriller

The Dentist

1996

Dr. Alan Feinstone has everything: a beautiful wife and a successful career in dentistry. However, when he discovers his wife's affair, he realizes that behind every clean, white surface lies the stench of decay.

5.5

MagicScore

Insidious: Out of the Further

2026

Gemma, a young mother raising her daughter in the house she grew up in, discovers she can travel into The Further, where she possesses an ability to bring what lives there back to the real world.

6.5

MagicScore

The House by the Lake

1976

Harry is a rich dentist who often brings women up to his rural lakehouse. One weekend, he invites Diane, a former fashion model. On their way to the house, Diane runs a gang of thugs off the road. Humiliated, the thugs track down the couple for revenge.

5.7

MagicScore

Stepfather 2

1989

"Stepfather" Jerry Blake escapes an insane asylum and winds up in another town, this time impersonating a marriage counselor. With a future wife and new stepson who love him, Blake eliminates anyone who stands in his way to building the perfect family.

5.5

MagicScore

Marathon Man

1976

A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.

7.2

MagicScore

Little Shop of Horrors

1986

Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's; a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker, Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik daily. One day, Seymour finds a very mysterious unidentified plant which he calls Audrey II. The plant seems to have a craving for blood and soon begins to sing for his supper.

7.0

MagicScore

Teeth

2000

Antonio is a man born with unusually large incisors; his freakishly huge teeth made him an outcast as a child and as man he has become obsessive and controlling in his relationships with women. Convinced that his girlfriend cheated on him (with her dentist, ça va sans dire), Antonio insults her in a fit of anger and in the fight she breaks off one of his teeth. Antonio now must travel across the country, going from dentist to dentist in search of someone who can make a crown that will suit his extra-large smile.

6.5

MagicScore

The Man Who Knew Too Much

1934

While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet.

6.5

MagicScore

Snowflake

2017

Hunting down the murderer of their families in an anarchic Berlin of the near future, the outlaws Tan and Javid find themselves trapped in the wicked fairytale of a mysterious screenplay that entangles them in a vicious circle of revenge – apparently all written by a clueless dentist.

6.5

MagicScore

#10

Message from the King

2017

On a relentless quest to avenge his sister's murder, a man from Cape Town infiltrates a sprawling network of lowlifes and elites in Los Angeles.

6.3

MagicScore

#11

Novocaine

2001

A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs.

6.0

MagicScore

#12

Greed

1924

A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.

7.3

MagicScore

#13

They also sing of pain

1950

The movie starts with Braulio Peláez (Pedro Infante), a schoolteacher, having just fallen off his horse, representing the situation he and his family are in. The next scenes introduce the viewer to his family and their poor financial and social situation. As Braulio stumbles around looking for his glasses, he causes a famous film star, Alfonso de Madrazo (Rafael Alcaide) to crash his car. Braulio offers him to eat at his house as an apology. Braulio's sister and mother, big film fans, immediately recognise Alfonso and attempt to get him to bring the girl, Luisa Peláez (Irma Dolores) to Mexico City to become a film star. Alfonso agrees and tells them to come to the capital.

7.0

MagicScore

#14

Emil and the Piglet

1973

Nursing a piglet back to life because it's the runt of the litter earns Emil a friend for life.

6.9

MagicScore

#15

Karius and Baktus

1955

The little tooth trolls Karius and Baktus tries to persuade Jens not to brush his teeth, and their picking wholes in his teeth can go on as planned. If the mother's plea to Jens is winning, the happy days of white bread and syrup is over.

6.8

MagicScore

#16

The Noose Hangs High

1948

Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick up $50,000. Now the person he sent them to sent two of his men to get the money back but they found out about it. So they try to mail to Craig but a mix up has the money sent somewhere else and the woman who got it spent it. Now Craig needs the money to pay off one of his clients.

6.8

MagicScore

#17

Ghost Town

2008

Bertram Pincus, a cranky, people-hating Manhattan dentist, develops the unwelcome ability to see dead people. Really annoying dead people. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy, a smooth-talking ghost, who pesters him into a romantic scheme involving his widow Gwen. They are soon entangled in a hilarious predicament between the now and the hereafter!

6.5

MagicScore

#18

The Whole Nine Yards

2000

After a mobster agrees to cooperate with an FBI investigation in order to stay out of prison, he's relocated by the authorities to a life of suburban anonymity as part of a witness protection program. It's not long before a couple of his new neighbours figure out his true identity and come knocking to see if he'd be up for one more hit—suburban style.

6.5

MagicScore

#19

Thumbsucker

2005

Justin Cobb, a teenager in suburban Oregon, copes with his thumb-sucking problem, romance, and his diagnosis with ADHD and subsequent experience using Ritalin.

6.1

MagicScore

#20

Schizopolis

1997

A man works for the unpleasant guru of a Scientology-like movement.

6.1

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Dentist 2?

The top films similar to The Dentist 2 by MovieMagicScore are The Dentist (5.5), Insidious: Out of the Further (6.5), The House by the Lake (5.7). Each shares horror/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Dentist 2 worth watching?

The Dentist 2 holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.0/10 from 125 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Dentist 2?

The Dentist 2 (1998) is a horror, thriller film directed by Brian Yuzna, starring Corbin Bernsen, Jillian McWhirter, Jeff Doucette.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Dentist 2?

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 The Dentist 2

This ranked list pairs The Dentist 2 (1998), a horror and thriller film from Brian Yuzna, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Corbin Bernsen 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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