Movies Like Flowers for the Dead
If you liked Flowers for the Dead, a comedy and thriller movie directed by P. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Duplex (2003)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyWhen a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!
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Scary Movie 2 (2001)
★ 5.8/10Also comedyA group of students visit a mansion called "Hell House," and murderous high jinks ensue.
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Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)
★ 7.3/10Also comedyA middle-aged couple suspects foul play when their neighbor's wife suddenly drops dead.
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Caught Stealing (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller and comedyBurned-out ex-baseball player Hank Thompson unexpectedly finds himself embroiled in a dangerous struggle for survival amidst the criminal underbelly of late 1990s New York City, forced to navigate a treacherous…
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Hard to Die (1990)
★ 6/10Also comedy and thrillerWhile doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series…
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High Anxiety (1977)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and thrillerA psychiatrist with intense acrophobia (fear of heights) goes to work for a mental institution run by doctors who appear to be crazier than their patients, and have secrets that they are willing to commit murder to keep.
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Self Reliance (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and thrillerWhen a man is offered a million dollars to play a game in which hunters try to kill him, he thinks he has found the perfect loophole: they can only attack when he’s alone. His only problem is that none of his friends…
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Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyA struggling writer in the midst of a divorce befriends a retired serial killer who incidentally becomes his marriage counselor by day, and killing counselor for his next book by night.
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Beetlejuice (1988)
★ 7.4/10Also comedyA newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.
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Shane Gillis: Beautiful Dogs (2023)
★ 7/10Also comedyIn a rowdy stand-up set, Shane Gillis riffs on his girlfriend's Navy SEAL ex, touring George Washington's house and being bullied by an Australian Goth.
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This Is the End (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyWhile attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.
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Beau Is Afraid (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also comedyFollowing the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic odyssey back home.
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Ricky Gervais: Mortality (2025)
★ 7/10Also comedyRicky Gervais tackles life, death and the state of the world in a brutally honest special that spares no topic, even his own mortality.
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Ghostbusters (1984)
★ 7.5/10Also comedyAfter losing their university jobs, three parapsychologists start a ghost-catching business in New York City and uncover a supernatural threat that could destroy the world.
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Infidelity in Suburbia (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerWith her husband away at work, and her son at school, Laura dreams of a home-renovation project to supplant her restless days. Elliott, her irresistibly hot private contractor, soon fulfills her more forbidden dreams.
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One of Them Days (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also comedyBest friends and roommates Dreux and Alyssa are about to have One of Them Days. When they discover Alyssa’s boyfriend has blown their rent money, the duo finds themselves going to extremes in a comical race against the…
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Dark Shadows (2012)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyVampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.
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The Housemaid (2025)
★ 7.3/10Also thrillerTrying to escape her past, Millie Calloway accepts a job as a live-in housemaid for the wealthy Nina and Andrew Winchester. But what begins as a dream job quickly unravels into something far more dangerous—a sexy…
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Serial Mom (1994)
★ 6.7/10Also comedyBeverly is the perfect happy homemaker, along with her doting husband and two children, but this nuclear family just might explode when her fascination with serial killers collides with her ever-so-proper code of ethics.
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The Naked City (1948)
★ 7.2/10Also thrillerAfter a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.