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10 Best Movies Like Play Dead

If you loved Play Dead, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Blue Steel

Blue Steel

1990★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Play Dead for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Rookie cop Megan Turner orders a burglar to drop his gun. He whirls to shoot. Too late. Turner fires, killing him instantly. When someone lifts the assailant's gun from the crime s...

#2
The Annihilators

The Annihilators

1985★ 5.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Play Dead for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Upon his return from Vietnam, an ex-soldier finds his neighborhood has deteriorated badly, and is being terrorized by a vicious street gang. He calls some of his GI buddies, and to...

#3
Criminally Insane

Criminally Insane

1975★ 5.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Play Dead for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

An obese woman recently released from an insane asylum kills anyone who attempts to get her to stop eating....

#4
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1952★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Play Dead for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours th...

#5
Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers

1972★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Play Dead for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs....

#6
The Isle

The Isle

2000★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Play Dead for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love wi...