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10 Best Movies Like The Dead

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

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#1
The Marriage of Maria Braun

The Marriage of Maria Braun

1979★ 7.4

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

Maria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. She must rely on her beauty and ambition to navigate the difficult post-war y...

#2
The Van

The Van

1996★ 6.4

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

In a working-class quarter of Dublin, 'Bimbo' Reeves gets laid off from his job and, with his redundancy payout, buys a van and sells fish and chips with his buddy, Larry. Due to I...

#3
Red Sorghum

Red Sorghum

1988★ 7.2

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

An old leper who owned a remote sorghum winery dies. Jiu'er, the wife bought by the leper, and her lover, identified only as "my Grandpa" by the narrator, take over the winery and ...

#4
A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

1954★ 7.1

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

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral....

#5
Little Odessa

Little Odessa

1994★ 6.4

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

Long separated from his family, hitman Joshua returns to Brighton Beach for a contract killing for the Russian Mafia. His abusive father, Arkady, banned him from returning after Jo...

#6
The Boys from Fengkuei

The Boys from Fengkuei

1983★ 7.1

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

Ah-Ching and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Three of them decide to go to the port c...