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10 Best Movies Like The City of the Dead

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

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#1
Dr Terror's House of Horrors

Dr Terror's House of Horrors

1965★ 6.4

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

Five train passengers are joined by a mysterious fortuneteller who offers to read Tarot. A quintet of stories unfold: an architect returns to his ancestral home to find a vengeful ...

#2
Three... Extremes

Three... Extremes

2004★ 6.8

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

Features an anthology centred on the experiences of a witch doctor, a film-maker and a disgruntled extra determined to take revenge on him, and a novelist as well as her twin siste...

#3
The House Is Black

The House Is Black

1963★ 7.4

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

Set in a leper colony in the north of Iran, The House is Black juxtaposes "ugliness," of which there is much in the world as stated in the opening scenes, with religion and gratitu...

#4
Viy

Viy

1967★ 6.9

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

A seminary student on monastery holiday kills an old witch in a remote village. The hag then transforms into a beautiful young woman whose dying wish is for him to watch over her w...

#5
The Counterfeit Traitor

The Counterfeit Traitor

1962★ 6.5

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

Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany....

#6
Let's Go to Prison

Let's Go to Prison

2006★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The City of the Dead for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a career criminal's plan for revenge is thwarted by unlikely circumstances, he puts his intended victim's son in his place by putting him in prison...and then joining him....