MovieMagicScore

World Cinema People Stories Rankings

Sign In Sign Up

Movies TV World Cinema People Stories Rankings Top Rated In Theaters

Weekly Movie Picks, every Friday to your inbox

Discover

Home
Movies
TV Shows
World Cinema
Best TV Shows
Top Rated
In Theaters
Upcoming
Taste Card
Movie Night Poll
Import from TV Time

Rankings

Best Movies
Best Action
Best Comedy
Best Drama
Best Horror
Top Actors
Top Directors
How Ranking Works

Community

Community
Stories
Users
Taste Card

About Us

About Us
Contact
Feedback
Terms of Service
Privacy Policy

Download on the

© 2026 MovieMagicScore. All rights reserved.

Movie data by TMDb|Some links may earn us a commission

Home/Burke & Hare/Similar Movies

Burke & Hare

Movies Like Burke & Hare (2010)

Burke & Hare is a 2010 comedy, history, horror, thriller film from John Landis with a MovieMagicScore of 6.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Man Behind the Sun 2: Laboratory of the Devil and A Dragonfly for Each Corpse.

Comedy History Horror Thriller

Man Behind the Sun 2: Laboratory of the Devil poster

Man Behind the Sun 2: Laboratory of the Devil

1992

In the spring of 1945, Japan established a secret base, Unit 731 in Manchuria, where many innocent Chinese, Korean and Mongolian people were killed in grotesque experiments. An idealistic young doctor , Morishima, is horrified by the experiments being performed in the camp and when his fiancée arrives disguised as a Chinese prisoner he sets out to liberate the camp. A docudrama sequel to the notorious Men Behind the Sun, which pulls no punches when it comes to delivering the shocks!

A Dragonfly for Each Corpse poster

A Dragonfly for Each Corpse

1975

A killer is cleaning up the streets of Milan by murdering those considered as deviant. An ornamental dragonfly, soaked in the blood of the victim, is left on each body.

Horsemen poster

Horsemen

2009

A recently widowed detective still grieving over his wife's death discovers a shocking connection between himself and the suspects in a serial killing spree linked to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Rampo Noir poster

Rampo Noir

2005

An anthology film consisting of four segments based on literary works by Edogawa Ranpo.

The Shadow of the Cat poster

The Shadow of the Cat

1961

Tabitha, once the placid, gentle and devoted pet, adopts all the characteristics of a ferocious, wild animal following the murder of her mistress. The three guilty people are all trapped by the cat's power and each will come to untimely deaths of horrific proportions without anyone being able to solve the mystery that surrounds their brutal death.

Sleepless poster

Sleepless

2001

An elderly and retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find a serial killer whom has resumed a killing spree in Turin, Italy after a 17-year hiatus.

Tell-Tale poster

Tell-Tale

2009

A man's recently transplanted heart leads him on a frantic search to find the donor's killer before a similar fate befalls him.

The Autopsy of Jane Doe poster

The Autopsy of Jane Doe

2016

Father and son coroners receive a mysterious unidentified corpse with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to examine the "Jane Doe," they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying secrets.

Solace poster

Solace

2015

A psychic doctor, John Clancy, works with an FBI special agent in search of a serial killer.

Death Note poster

Death Note

2006

Light Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a Utopia by killing the world's criminals, and soon the world's greatest detective, "L," is hired to find the mysterious murderer. An all out battle between the two greatest minds on earth begins and the winner will control the world.

The Nightcomers poster

The Nightcomers

1972

Prequel to the Henry James classic "Turn of the Screw" about the events leading up to the deaths of Peter Quint and Ms. Jessel, and the slow corruption of the children in their care.

The Frighteners poster

The Frighteners

1996

Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.

The Beast in Heat poster

The Beast in Heat

1977

In a remote village in occupied Europe, the SS pursue their inhuman treatment of captured partisans in efforts to force them to betray their comrades.... while Fraulein Krast, a sadistic biologist, concentrates her efforts on the womenfolk with refined tortures and humiliation, leaving them to the mercy of a sex-crazed half-man, half-beast she has created with experimental injections.... And as advancing Allied forces approach the village, Krast herself becomes a victim of her own fiendish rituals....

Bloodsucking Freaks poster

Bloodsucking Freaks

1976

Sardu, master of the Theatre of the Macabre, and his assistant Ralphus run a show in which, under the guise of 'magic', they torture and murder people in front of their audience. But what the punters see as a trick is actually real.

Very Bad Things poster

Very Bad Things

1998

Kyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a drug and alcohol filled night on the town with a stripper who goes all the way, turns into a cold night in the desert with shovels when the stripper goes all the way into a body bag after dying in their bathroom. And that's just the first of the bodies to pile up before Kyle can walk down the aisle...

Hotel Rwanda poster

Hotel Rwanda

2004

Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his hotel in attempt to save their lives.

Goodbye Uncle Tom poster

Goodbye Uncle Tom

1971

Two documentary filmmakers go back in time to the pre-Civil War American South, to film the slave trade.

Mezzo Forte poster

Mezzo Forte

2000

The target of hitgirl Mikura is a wealthy baseball team owner, but he turns out to be a powerful underworld boss. Mikura and her team are beset by countless heavily armed bodyguards and the boss' vicious daughter.

H poster

H

2002

A string of brutal murders targeting pregnant women mirrors the crimes of convicted serial killer Shin Hyun, who remains behind bars. Detectives Kim Mi Yun and Kang Tae Hyun take on the case, suspecting that Shin Hyun may be manipulating the copycat killings from prison.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning poster

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

2006

Chrissie and her friends set out on a road trip for a final fling before one is shipped off to Vietnam. Along the way, bikers harass the foursome and cause an accident that throws Chrissie from the vehicle. The lawman who arrives on the scene kills one of the bikers and brings Chrissie's friends to the Hewitt homestead, where young Leatherface is learning the tools of terror.

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Burke & Hare?

The top films similar to Burke & Hare by MovieMagicScore are Man Behind the Sun 2: Laboratory of the Devil (4.9), A Dragonfly for Each Corpse (5.9), Horsemen (5.9). Each shares comedy/history/horror/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Burke & Hare worth watching?

Burke & Hare holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.1/10 from 490 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Burke & Hare?

Burke & Hare (2010) is a comedy, history, horror, thriller film directed by John Landis, starring Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Isla Fisher.

Where can I find more recommendations like Burke & Hare?

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

Keep exploring

Movies like Man Behind the Sun 2: Laboratory of the Devil Movies like A Dragonfly for Each Corpse Movies like Horsemen Movies like Rampo Noir Movies like The Shadow of the Cat Movies like Sleepless

About movies like Burke & Hare

This ranked list pairs Burke & Hare (2010), a comedy and history and horror and thriller film from John Landis, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Simon Pegg 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.

← Back to Burke & Hare