Movies Like Nightmare City
If you liked Nightmare City, a horror and thriller movie directed by Tom Savini, 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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Night of the Living Dead (1990)
★ 6.9/10Also horrorA ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.
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Resident Evil (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also horrorMedical courier Bryan unwittingly finds himself fighting for survival as one fateful, horrifying night collapses around him in chaos.
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The Strangers: Chapter 2 (2025)
★ 6/10Also horror and thrillerAfter learning that one of their victims, Maya, is still alive, The Strangers return to finish the job. With nowhere to run and no one to trust, Maya soon finds herself in a brutal fight for survival against…
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Resident Evil (2002)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorWhen a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain…
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Land of the Dead (2005)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thrillerThe living dead have taken over the world, and the remaining humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they cope with the situation.
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Eradication (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thrillerWhen an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and…
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The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and thrillerBased on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from…
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Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thrillerRetired military commander Colonel Dale Murphy hosts the simulated post-apocalyptic reality show where participants are challenged to survive a remote West Virginia wasteland. But the show turns into a nightmarish…
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Die Alone (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and thrillerLost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by mysterious creatures, Ethan, a young man with amnesia navigates the dangerous landscape in search of his lost love Emma. His journey takes an unexpected turn when he…
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Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
★ 6.4/10Also horrorAs the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice finds out that the people that died from the previous incident at the Umbrella Corporation have turned into zombies. She then joins a small band of elite soldiers, who…
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Extinction (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thrillerAnd suddenly, overnight, the world came to a halt. Two men, two survivors, one kid, and hatred that separates them. A place forgotten by everyone, including the creatures that inhabit the Earth... until now.
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Silent Zone (2025)
★ 6/10Also horror and thrillerIn a zombie-ravaged world, a resourceful teen and her protector fight for survival, facing relentless dangers and testing the limits of hope and loyalty.
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)
★ 7.1/10Also horror and thrillerDr. Kelson finds himself in a shocking new relationship - with consequences that could change the world as they know it - and Spike's encounter with Jimmy Crystal becomes a nightmare he can't escape.
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The Driver (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorAfter a plague of the undead decimates human life on Earth, a former hit man (Mark Dacascos), his wife, and daughter live quietly in a survivalist compound. But when their base is attacked, a massive explosion summons…
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Grindhouse (2007)
★ 7/10Also thriller and horrorGrindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who…
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Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorOnce the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company’s exodus left the city a wasteland…with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil…
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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thrillerTen years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece.
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Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI (1986)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thrillerTommy Jarvis, tormented by the fear that maybe Jason isn't really dead, unwittingly resurrects the mass murderer for another bloody rampage.
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Forgive Us All (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thrillerIn a post-apocalyptic world, a virus has transformed humans into violently deranged cannibals. A bereaved mother has lost everything and takes refuge in an isolated mountain cabin, until a desperate wounded stranger…
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Dawn of the Dead (2004)
★ 7.1/10Also horrorA group of survivors take refuge in a shopping mall after the world is taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies.