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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.

#1
Barren Land

Barren Land

2025★ 6.3

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

Barren Land is the story of three friends. All three trapped between the abandonment of the institutions, the violent and unstoppable rise of the narco in the province and the dang...

#2
Captain Sabertooth and the Countess of Grel

Captain Sabertooth and the Countess of Grel

2025★ 7.0

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

Set sail for an exciting pirate adventure when Captain Sabertooth and Raven fight against Sibylla and her terrifying dragon in a battle that can only be won by courage, friendship ...

#3
Jason X

Jason X

2001★ 4.9

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

In the year 2455, Old Earth is now a contaminated planet abandoned for centuries -- a brown world of violent storms, toxic landmasses and poisonous seas. Yet humans have returned t...

#4
Final Destination 2

Final Destination 2

2003★ 6.3

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

When Kimberly has a violent premonition of a highway pileup she blocks the freeway, keeping a few others meant to die, safe...Or are they? The survivors mysteriously start dying an...

#5
Despicable Me

Despicable Me

2010★ 7.3

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

Villainous Gru lives up to his reputation as a despicable, deplorable and downright unlikable guy when he hatches a plan to steal the moon from the sky. But he has a tough time sta...

#6
Resident Evil: Extinction

Resident Evil: Extinction

2007★ 6.3

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

Years after the Racoon City catastrophe, survivors travel across the Nevada desert, hoping to make it to Alaska. Alice joins the caravan and their fight against hordes of zombies a...