Movies Like Buried Alive (1990)

Buried Alive is a 1990 crime, horror, tv movie, thriller film from Frank Darabont with a MovieMagicScore of 6.7/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Buried Alive II and Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead.

Crime Horror TV Movie Thriller

Buried Alive II

1997

A woman inherits a fortune, causing her husband and his lover to plot her demise by poisoning her. The only trouble is it only places her in a deep coma that resembles death. When an accident occurs in the embalmer's office he doesn't complete the embalming process, causing her to be buried alive. Awakening from the grave, she claws her way out and seeks revenge against the two who caused her supposed demise

5.6

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Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

1995

Five different criminals face imminent death after botching a job quite badly.

6.4

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The Comedy of Terrors

1964

An undertaker who hasn't had any 'customers' in a long time is forced to pay one year's back-rent. To get money he starts to kill people, which brings absurd results.

6.5

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The Premature Burial

1962

An artist grows distant from his new wife as an irrational fear of premature burial consumes him.

6.2

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The Loft

2014

For five men, the opportunity to share a penthouse in the city -- in which to carry on extramarital affairs -- is a dream come true, until the dead body of an unknown woman turns up. Realizing that her killer must be one of their group, the men are gripped by paranoia as each one suspects another. Friendships are tested, loyalties are questioned, and marriages crumble while fear and suspicion run rampant.

6.4

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Ambivalence

2019

Two friends, young psychiatrists, perceive life in different ways. One wants to do the right thing. The second is to experiment. One is a diligent student. The second is the troublemaker. One loves, hating. The second hates, loving. It's a pity that they have only one passion - Katerina Sergeevna. For one, she is Mom, Dad's wife. For another - a lover.

5.8

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The Apartment

1960

Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.

8.2

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American Beauty

1999

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.

8.0

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Hannah and Her Sisters

1986

Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.

7.5

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#10

The Wife

2018

A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

7.1

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#11

Daisy Kenyon

1947

Daisy Kenyon is a Manhattan commercial artist having an affair with an arrogant and overbearing but successful lawyer and family man named Dan O'Mara. Daisy meets a single man, a war veteran named Peter Lapham, and after a brief and hesitant courtship decides to marry him, although she is still in love with Dan.

6.6

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#12

Love Is a Funny Thing

1969

A composer and a French film star, both of whom are married to others, meet and fall in love while shooting a film in the United States.

6.3

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#13

Crank

2006

Chev Chelios, a hit man wanting to go straight, lets his latest target slip away. Then he awakes the next morning to a phone call that informs him he has been poisoned and has only an hour to live unless he keeps adrenaline coursing through his body while he searches for an antidote.

6.6

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#14

A Promise

2013

A romantic drama set in Germany just before WWI and centered on a married woman who falls in love with her husband's teacher. Separated by the war, they pledge their devotion to one another.

5.7

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#15

Lady Chatterley's Lover

1981

After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs.

5.4

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#16

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave

1968

In the shadow of Castle Dracula, the Prince of Darkness is revived by blood trickling from the head-wound of an unconscious priest attempting exorcism. And once more fear and terror strikes Transylvania as the undead Prince of Darkness stalks the village of Keineneburg to ensnare victims and satisfy his evil thirst.

6.7

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#17

Horror Rises from the Tomb

1973

In Medieval France a warlock is beheaded and his wife is tortured and executed. Hundreds of years later, an isolated group of people discover his head buried on their property. Soon it comes back to life, possessing people and using them to commit sacrifices and to search for the rest of his body.

5.5

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#18

The Body

2012

A woman’s body disappears mysteriously from the morgue without a trace. Police inspector Jaime Peña investigates the strange occurrence with the help of Álex Ulloa, the widower of the missing woman.

7.5

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#19

Kate

2021

A ruthless criminal operative has less than 24 hours to exact revenge on her enemies and in the process forms an unexpected bond with the daughter of one of her past victims.

6.6

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#20

The Psychopath

1966

Inspector Holloway is investigating a series of brutal murders in which a doll of each victim is found at the scene. The dolls, as it turns out,were purchased by the crippled Mrs. Von Sturm, whose home is overcrowded with a doll collection. Her pale, wide-eyed, neurotic son is the prime suspect and the daughter of one of the victims discovers the shocking truth.

6.3

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Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Buried Alive?

The top films similar to Buried Alive by MovieMagicScore are Buried Alive II (5.6), Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (6.4), The Comedy of Terrors (6.5). Each shares crime/horror/tv movie/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Buried Alive worth watching?

Buried Alive holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.7/10 from 167 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Buried Alive?

Buried Alive (1990) is a crime, horror, tv movie, thriller film directed by Frank Darabont, starring Tim Matheson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, William Atherton.

Where can I find more recommendations like Buried Alive?

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About movies like Buried Alive

This ranked list pairs Buried Alive (1990), a crime and horror and tv movie and thriller film from Frank Darabont, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Tim Matheson 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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