Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Feb 05, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Tales of the Dead

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

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#1
Tortured

Tortured

2008★ 3.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tales of the Dead for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

From the notorious director of modern day exploitation films, Jason Impey, comes this brutal and disturbing tale. Quaid & Kurk are two notorious convicts who have escaped prison an...

#2
No End

No End

1985★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tales of the Dead for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

1982, Poland. A translator loses her husband and becomes a victim of her own sorrow. She looks to sex, to her son, to law, and to hypnotism when she has nothing else in this time o...

#3
Dune

Dune

2020★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tales of the Dead for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Sounds as witnesses. They blurr into memories, half-dreams, it is undecided if they are real or not. A fluctuation between imagination and reality....

#4
Six: Inside

Six: Inside

2009★ 8.5

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

Delves deep into the anxiety, thrill and uncertainty of six aspiring animation artists as they are plunged into the twelve-week trial-by-fire that is the NFB's Hothouse for animati...

#5
The Way Back

The Way Back

2024★ 7.4

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

The Year of Return is an initiative of the government of Ghana that is intended to encourage African diasporans to come to Africa to settle and invest in the continent. This film ...

#6
F.O.T.O.G.R.A.F.

F.O.T.O.G.R.A.F.

2018★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tales of the Dead for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A short film based on the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. fictional universe, combining the “Picnic to the curb” of the Strugatsky brothers, “Stalker” by Andrei Tarkovsky and the “Exclusion Zone” l...