Movies Like Tom and His Zombie Wife
If you liked Tom and His Zombie Wife (2021), a horror movie directed by Kevin Short, 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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The Blob (1988)
★ 6.9/10Also horrorIn Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches.
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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.
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The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
★ 6.6/10Also horrorIn the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into thoughtless, flesh-eating monsters. When a scientist and a teacher find a girl who seems to be immune to the fungus, they all begin a journey to save…
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Land of the Dead (2005)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorThe 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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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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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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Resident Evil (2026)
★ 7.3/10Also horrorMedical courier Bryan unwittingly finds himself fighting for survival as one fateful, horrifying night collapses around him in chaos.
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Re-Kill (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorFive years after a zombie outbreak, the men and women of R-Division hunt down and destroy the undead. When they see signs of a second outbreak, they fear humanity may not survive.
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Dawn of the Dead (1978)
★ 7.5/10Also horrorDuring an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
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Extinction (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also horrorAnd 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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Planet Terror (2007)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorTwo doctors find their graveyard shift inundated with townspeople ravaged by sores. Among the wounded is Cherry Darling, a dancer whose leg was ripped from her body. As the invalids quickly become enraged aggressors…
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Die Alone (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also horrorLost 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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Patients of a Saint (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorThere's a zombie outbreak after a medical trial in an international detention and medical facility on an isolated island. An ex US Special Forces/bodyguard woman inmate and a guard form a team.
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Messiah of Evil (1975)
★ 6.2/10Also horrorA young woman searching for her missing artist father finds herself in the strange seaside town of Point Dune, which seems to be under the influence of a mysterious undead cult.
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Baghead (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also horrorFollowing the death of her estranged father, Iris learns she has inherited a run-down, centuries-old pub. She travels to Berlin to identify her father’s body and meet with The Solicitor to discuss the estate. Little…
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Night of the Animated Dead (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorAn animated retelling of ‘Night of the Living Dead’, in which a group of people in a rural farmhouse struggle to survive the threat of bloodthirsty zombies.
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Evil Dead Burn (2026)
★ 7.6/10Also horrorAfter her husband's abrupt death, Alice seeks solace with his remaining family — descendants of a leading researcher on demonic possession. As her in-laws transform one by one into creatures that feed on fear, she…
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The Evil Dead (1983)
★ 7.3/10Also horrorIn 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.
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Saccharine (2026)
★ 7.1/10Also horrorAfter succumbing to an obscure weight-loss craze involving the eating of human ashes, lovelorn medical student Hana finds herself haunted by the ghost of the person she's eating.