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10 Best Movies Like American Scary

If you loved American Scary, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Halloween: 25 Years of Terror

Halloween: 25 Years of Terror

2006★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Scary for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Follow the evolution of the 'Halloween' movies over the past twenty-five years. It examines why the films are so popular and revisits many of the original locations used in the fi...

#2
Birth of the Living Dead

Birth of the Living Dead

2013★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Scary for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A behind the scenes look into George Romero's groundbreaking horror classic Night of the Living Dead....

#3
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

2013★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Scary for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

An impressionistic portrait of the iconic actor Harry Dean Stanton comprised of intimate moments, film clips from some of his 250 films and his renditions of American folk songs....

#4
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

2020★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Scary for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A tribute to Chadwick Boseman, celebrating his life and legacy....

#5
More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead

More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead

2011★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Scary for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Retrospective documentary about the making of the horror cult classic "The Return of the Living Dead."...

#6
Heart of a Dog

Heart of a Dog

2015★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Scary for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Lyrical and powerfully personal essay film that reflects on the deaths of her husband Lou Reed, her mother, her beloved dog, and such diverse subjects as family memories, surveilla...

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