Movies Similar to Rules of the Dead

Tomorrow I Will Be Dirt(2019)

An authorized stop-motion sequel to Jörg Buttgereit's 1993 movie "Schramm", called scenes from the Afterlife of Lothar Schramm, who was the centre of the feature film.

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STOP(2022)

A simple reunion between two old friends at a bus stop is not what it seems.

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The Eye(2002)

A blind concert violinist gets a cornea transplant allowing her to see again. However, she gets more than she bargained for when she realizes her new eye can see ghosts. She sets out to find the origins of the cornea and discover the fate of its former host.

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The Eye(2008)

Violinist Sydney Wells was accidentally blinded by her sister Helen when she was five years old. She submits to a cornea transplantation, and while recovering from the operation, she realizes that she is seeing dead people.

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Flatliners(1990)

Five medical students experiment with "near death" experiences, until the dark consequences of past tragedies begin to jeopardize their lives.

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The Atoning(2017)

Vera, Ray, and Sam, a seemingly normal family, are haunted by more than mere ghosts. The lingering horror of their past threatens their ability to function as a loving family until they become enlightened by a mystical encounter. From that moment on, they're thrust into a horror worse than anything they've ever experienced. Personal demons manifest and tear the family apart from the inside out as they come to terms with their past.

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Carter(2025)

In this H.P. Lovecraft adaptation, Carter, a grief-stricken young man, and his mentor Warren, an elder female professor of the occult, search for a portal to the underworld in an abandoned cemetery.

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The Waiting Room, or Eggs in Purgatory(2023)

In a waiting room in the space between the living and the beyond, an unlikely pair sits impatiently for their final reckoning.

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Pulse(2001)

In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants who are desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world.

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Book of Blood(2009)

Based on the wraparound story penned by Clive Barker in the author's "Books of Blood" collection, the story centers on a paranormal expert who, while investigating a gruesome slaying, finds a house that is at the intersection of "highways" transporting souls to the afterlife.

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The Legend of Hell House(1973)

A team consisting of a physicist, his wife, a young female psychic, and the only survivor of the previous visit are sent to the notorious Hell House to prove or disprove survival after death. Previous visitors have either been killed or gone mad, and it is up to the team to survive a full week in isolation, and solve the mystery of the Hell House.

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Train of the Dead(2007)

Five teenagers on the run from police officers hide in a train carriage. However, its occupants are ghosts on their way to hell and they intend to take them along.

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The Dead Can Dance(2025)

A knight, abandoned by his battalion, is allured by a strange woman dancing on the hilltops. But where is she leading him?

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Not Without My Handbag(1993)

A bizarre, anarchic animation, in which a young girl sees her aunt dragged to hell for missing a payment on the washing machine, only for the undead relative to return from the netherworld to collect her handbag.

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Psychic Sue(2013)

Sue works as psychic to prey on believers in the afterlife. Her show has some flaws. Imagine her shock when she discovers that ghosts can indeed appear to the living! Time to consult a real medium!

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Dante's Inferno(1911)

The classic tale of Dante's journey through hell, loosely adapted from the Divine Comedy and inspired by the illustrations of Gustav Doré. This historically important film stands as the first feature from Italy and the oldest fully-surviving feature in the world, and boasts beautiful sets and special effects that stand above other cinema of the era.

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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice(2024)

After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Betelgeuse, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.

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How to hold a cloud to the ground(2019)

When she arrives in a new world, Isabela is tasked with discovering her true essence. Watched by Shadow, the guardian of this ghostly place, Isabela meets other travelers and reevaluates her memories, relationships and emotions.

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Jembatan Shiratal Mustaqim(2025)

After the tsunami disaster and rumors of aid fund embezzlement, Arya is frequently terrorized by visions of a place believed to be the Shiratal Mustaqim bridge — the dreaded bridge in the afterlife that connects to heaven and stretches over hell. Arya and his mother then try to investigate the connection between the embezzlement and the Shiratal Mustaqim bridge. However, their pursuit comes at the cost of their lives.

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Transpassing(2024)

"Transpassing" follows two young souls caught in a mysterious and terrifying liminal space.

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