20 best movies like Dead Set (2008)

List of the best movies like Dead Set (2008): 28 Weeks Later, The Girl with All the Gifts, Zoo, Cell, The Night Eats the World, Extinction, Day of the Dead: Bloodline, The Dead 2: India, Extinction: The G.M.O. Chronicles, Bone Tomahawk.

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Markimdb: 7
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain
Duration01:40

    In this chilling sequel to 28 Days Later, the inhabitants of the British Isles appear to have lost their battle against the onslaught of disease, as the deadly rage virus has killed every citizen there. Six months later, a group of Americans dare to set foot on the isles, convinced the danger has come and gone. But it soon becomes all too clear that the scourge continues to live, waiting to pounce on its next victims.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration02:13

      In the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into a thoughtless, flesh-eating monster. When a scientist and a teacher find a girl who seems to be immune to the fungus, they all begin a journey to save humanity.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrehorror, comedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryDenmark, Sweden

      A couple trying to save their marriage during a zombie apocalypse.

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:09

      When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, it starts a murderous epidemic of epic proportions when users become bloodthirsty creatures, and a group of people in New England are among the survivors to deal with the ensuing chaos after.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama
      CountryFrance
      Duration01:07

      After waking up in an apartment where only the night before a party was raging, Sam is forced to come to grips with reality: He is now alone and the living dead have invaded the streets of Paris. Petrified with fear, Sam is going to have to barricade himself inside the building and organize his survival. But is he really the sole survivor?

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
      CountrySpain, USA, Hungary, France
      Duration01:53

      And 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.

      Markimdb: 3.4
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:19

      In a world overrun by zombies, military personnel and survivalists live in an underground bunker while they seek a cure.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genrehorror, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      The Sequel to the Ford brothers The Dead. The action moves to India.

      Markimdb: 4.5
      Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
      CountryGermany
      Duration01:50

      A Retrovirus, which was conceived as a tool for industrial genetic engineering, has gotten out of control and is spreading rapidly. While it crosses all organisms within our ecological system completely indiscriminately (mixing plant with animal and humans) most plants prove more resistant because of their complex DNA. However, the simple genes of the plants lead humans to become grotesque mutations, in most cases even to death. Within one week, 90% of mankind are either extinct or no longer human. However, a small fraction of the earth?s population remains immune to the virus and must survive in this new and constantly changing ecological system. Tom cellar is one the survivors and on an old military base in the Eifel he has entrenched himself. Further survivors come together and succeed in carving out a life in this new world. But the GMOs - the ?genetically modified organisms? - constantly develop themselves further, and soon the fence of the base offers no more protection.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrehorror, drama, western
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration02:44

      During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. One of the villagers takes care of him in prison. One day they both disappear – only the spear of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and his nurse.

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genrehorror, action, drama
      CountryDenmark
      Duration00:50

      Opstandelsen brings the zombie apocalypse into the house of God. Simon's three siblings gather at his funeral - where all hell breaks loose as the undead rise from their graves, driving the siblings down into the deep dark catacombs below the church. Surrounded by death, they now have to face the congregation of zombies in order to escape the house of God alive...

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genrehorror, action
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:45

      Investigative reporter Chase Carter must stop a secret government conspiracy in the zombie infested quarantine zone of East Mission City.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrehorror, action, drama
      CountryUSA

      Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble: venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama
      CountryNorway

      In the aftermath of a nuclear disaster, a starving family find hope in a charismatic hotel owner. Lured by the prospect of a free dinner, they discover that the evening's entertainment blurs the lines between performance and reality. Will they wind up the spectators or the spectacle?

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
      CountryRepublic of Ireland, France
      Duration01:48

      What happens when the undead return to life? In a world ravaged for years by a virus that turns the infected into zombie-like cannibals, a cure is at last found and the wrenching process of reintegrating the survivors back into society begins.

      Markimdb: 5.1
      Genrehorror, action
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:33

      As the world succumbs to a zombie apocalypse, Cole - a hardened mercenary - is chasing the one person who can provide a cure. Not only to the plague but to Cole's own incumbent destiny.

      Markimdb: 2.5
      Genrehorror
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:26

      The deceased have risen with the instinct to feed on the living as a family is trapped during a zombie apocalypse. Wales. Based on George A. Romero's classic "Night of the Living Dead".

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland
      Duration01:58

        Two mysterious women seek refuge in a run-down coastal resort. Clara meets lonely Noel, who provides shelter in his deserted guesthouse, Byzantium. Schoolgirl Eleanor befriends Frank and tells him their lethal secret. They were born 200 years ago and survive on human blood. As knowledge of their secret spreads, their past catches up on them with deathly consequence.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genrehorror, drama, short
        CountryAustralia
        Duration00:07

        Stranded in the midst of a zombie apocalypse, a man sets in motion an unlikely plan to protect the precious cargo he carries: his infant daughter.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA

        When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrehorror, fantastic, action, fantasy
        CountryUSA
        Duration03:58

        Years after a mysterious plague has devastated the planet and turned most of humanity into blood-hungry creatures, a rogue drifter on a vengeful hunt stumbles across a band of survivors in an abandoned police station and reluctantly agrees to try to help them defend themselves and escape to the sanctuary they so desperately need.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
        CountryAustralia, United Kingdom
        Duration01:20

        In the near future, after an unspecified holocaust, survivors are herded into prison camps. There, they are hunted for sport by the leaders of the camp. Paul, one of the newest prisoners, is determined not to go down as quietly as the others.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrehorror, fantastic, fantastic, thriller, thriller, drama, drama
        CountryUSA, Germany, Canada, France
        Duration02:02

        Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.

        Markimdb: 7.9
        Genrehorror, comedy
        CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
        Duration01:40

          Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threatened when the dead return to life and make strenuous attempts to snack on ordinary Londoners.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
          CountrySouth Korea
          Duration01:53

          In 'A Brave New World', a virus brings the city to ruins and zombies flood the streets of Seoul. In 'The Heavenly Creature', a robot reaches enlightenment while working at a temple, but its creators deem this phenomenon a threat to mankind. In the final segment, 'Happy Birthday', a young girl logs onto a strange website and places an order for a new billiard ball for her father. Soon afterwards a meteor heads toward Earth and people flee to underground bomb shelters.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genrehorror, comedy, musical
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:21

          A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven – at Christmas – forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration01:31

          Two college students share a ride home for the holidays. When they break down on a deserted stretch of road, they're preyed upon by the ghosts of people who have died there.

          Markimdb: 4.8
          Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA, Sweden
          Duration01:34

          40 years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrive, awakening the house's darkest inhabitant.

          Markimdb: 4.6
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:19

          A group of teachers must defend themselves from a gang of murderous kids when their school comes under siege after hours.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genrehorror, fantastic, comedy
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:29

            Six men with mid-life anxiety set out for a weekend in the country in an attempt to reconnect with their masculinity. What they find is a catastrophe so horrible and bizarre that a mid-life crisis turns out to be exactly what they need to survive it...

            Markimdb: 6.3
            Genrehorror, fantastic, comedy
            CountryAustralia, USA, United Kingdom
            Duration02:32

            A washed-up musician teams up with a teacher and a kids show personality to protect young children from a sudden outbreak of zombies.

            Markimdb: 3.8
            Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
            CountrySpain, United Kingdom

            Studying under a disciple of Aleister Crowley, the leader of an upper class group invokes a supernatural force that slowly devours the village of Marienbad and its inhabitants, threatening to spread beyond its geographical limits. The mayor from the town nearby commissions the building of a dam which would flood the valley and therefore submerge the village forever sealing the evil force under water after leader and his followers were incapacitated to be kept from escaping. However, fate ensured the leader's freedom as he remained in the depths when the waters covered Marienbad. Now 40 years later an array of disappearances and deaths in mysterious circumstances are threatening the town next to the reservoir that now covers Marienbad.

            Markimdb: 5.6
            Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:26

            After a terrible virus ravages human civilization, Ann finds herself living alone in a forest, foraging for supplies, and accompanied only by a radio that broadcasts a single transmission in French. Few animals even remain; the only survivors seem to be the roving hordes of infected creatures with a taste for human flesh. One fateful day, Ann crosses paths with two more survivors, Chris and Olivia. But after surviving on her own for so long, she struggles to relate to them and and their desire to settle down and start a new community.

            Markimdb: 6.6
            Genrehorror, thriller, drama
            CountryCanada, United Kingdom, USA

            A young soldier who was thought to be killed in the line of duty in Vietnam returns home shortly thereafter, much to the confusion of his family. Upon his return, he exhibits strange, withdrawn behavior and begins wandering the streets at night.

            Markimdb: 4.6
            Genrehorror, fantastic
            CountryUSA

            It has been over one year since the start of the outbreak. Our society has collapsed and the world has descended into chaos. Elvis and Tweeter are two of the last people left alive, and band together to flee the United States for a remote island somewhere in the Caribbean. On the island, they find a new community struggling to hold out against an army of corpses. They can join this band of survivors-- but only if they can do what must be done for the good of the group.

            Markimdb: 5.3
            Genrehorror
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain, Belgium

            The ReZort, a post apocalyptic safari, offers paying guests the opportunity to kill zombies in the wake of an outbreak.

            Markimdb: 5.8
            Genrehorror, action, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
            CountryUSA, United Kingdom
            Duration02:30

            A zombie outbreak has fallen upon the land in this reimagining of Jane Austen’s classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes in 19th century England. Feisty heroine Elizabeth Bennet (Lily James) is a master of martial arts and weaponry and the handsome Mr. Darcy (Sam Riley) is a fierce zombie killer, yet the epitome of upper class prejudice. As the zombie outbreak intensifies, they must swallow their pride and join forces on the blood-soaked battlefield in order to conquer the undead once and for all.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genrehorror, thriller, drama, musical
            CountryUSA, United Kingdom
            Duration01:56

            The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
            CountryUSA, United Kingdom

            A traumatized, alcoholic Dan Torrance meets Abra, a kid who also has the ability to "shine." He tries to protect her from the True Knot, a cult whose goal is to feed off of people like them in order to remain immortal. Doctor Sleep is a sequel to Stephen King's 1977 novel "The Shining". Doctor Sleep is set several decades after the events of the first "Shining".

            Markimdb: 5.2
            Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:30

            Open war against humanity rages. For five survivors – lost and on the run – the pursuit is relentless, the bullets are dwindling and the battle is everywhere. This is a 24-hour look into their lives.

            Markimdb: 5.9
            Genrehorror, action, comedy
            CountryUnited Kingdom
            Duration01:28

            A gang of bank robbers team up with the residents of an old people's home to try to survive a zombie outbreak.

            Markimdb: 4.7
            Genrehorror, comedy
            CountryUnited Kingdom

            Trevor is 'between jobs'. He spends his days avoiding his nagging heifer of a wife by hiding out in his allotment shed and painting figurines for his wargames with his agoraphobic friend, Graham, and dreaming of his heroic alter-ego, the battle mage Casimir the Destroyer. When Mr Parsons, one of the other allotment tenants, petitions to have Trevor removed from his disgrace of a plot (he's not there to grow stuff!) an argument ensues that leaves Trevor with a corpse to hide. Unfortunately, this untimely accident coincides with the zombie apocalypse and Mr Parsons' return is just the beginnings of Trevor's problems. More pressing is whether or not he should try and save his wife and her beautiful best friend, who both he and Graham have a thing for.

            Markimdb: 5.4
            Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective, military
            CountryUnited Kingdom
            Duration01:28

            In 1944, in the Belgian - German border, seven German soldiers survive an American attack in the front and lock themselves in a bunker to protect the position. Under siege by the enemy and with little ammunition, they decide to explore underground tunnels to seek supplies and find an escape route. While in the tunnel, weird things happen with the group.

            Markimdb: 6.1
            Genrehorror, action, comedy
            CountryIndia

            When a zombie outbreak occurs in a hill station, a traffic cop takes on the responsibility of transporting a team of doctors to a city hospital so that they can find an antidote.

            Markimdb: 6.2
            Genrehorror, action, fantasy, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration00:30

            Vanessa Helsing, the daughter of famous vampire hunter and Dracula nemesis Abraham Van Helsing is resurrected five years in the future to find out that vampires have taken over the world and that she possesses unique power over them. She is humanity’s last hope to lead an offensive to take back what has been lost.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genrehorror, thriller, drama
            CountryUnited Kingdom
            Duration00:40

            Somerset 1894. When a pioneering Victorian psychologist brings his vivacious young wife to live on his family's estate, he is confronted by one disturbing case after another. Are these strange events linked merely by coincidence, or is there something more sinister - more supernatural - going on at Shepzoy?

            Markimdb: 5.5
            Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
            CountryFrance

            A nasty virus has spread throughout the human race turning the population into something ...else. After a brief setup (and a messy hit and run) we’re introduced to an ambulance and its four occupants. Sonia (Helene de Fougerolles) and Marco (Francis Renaud) are together and riding with two police officers. Tensions rise between them as they head for a mythical research facility called NOAH that is reportedly infection free and working on a cure, and circumstances lead to Sonia and Marco holing up alone in an abandoned building. She’s pregnant, in love, and apparently immune to the virus… and she realizes that he’s been infected. He slowly transforms but her love for him refuses to give up on a cure, so she sets out to survive the onslaught of infected, attacks from still-human marauders, and the growing threat from her baby’s daddy.

            Markimdb: 4.3
            Genrehorror, thriller, drama
            CountryUnited Kingdom

            A young couple grieving the recent death of their daughter move to the countryside where they are haunted by their tragedy and a sinister darkness.

            Markimdb: 5.6
            Genrehorror, drama
            CountryUSA, Luxembourg
            Duration01:35

            There's a deadly zombie epidemic threatening humanity, but Wade, a small-town farmer and family man, refuses to accept defeat even when his daughter Maggie becomes infected. As Maggie's condition worsens and the authorities seek to eradicate those with the virus, Wade is pushed to the limits in an effort to protect her. Joely Richardson co-stars in this post-apocalyptic thriller.

            Markimdb: 6.7
            Genrehorror, action, comedy
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:23

            Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock move to the American heartland as they face off against evolved zombies, fellow survivors, and the growing pains of the snarky makeshift family.




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