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10 Best Movies Like The Crazies

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

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#1
Night of the Living Dead

Night of the Living Dead

1968★ 7.6

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

A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast....

#2
Dawn of the Dead

Dawn of the Dead

1978★ 7.5

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

During 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 refug...

#3
Doomsday

Doomsday

2008★ 5.9

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

The lethal Reaper virus spreads throughout Britain—infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. Authorities brutally and successfully quarantine the country but, three dec...

#4
Planet Terror

Planet Terror

2007★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Crazies for fans of Horror & Action. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Two 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 invalid...

#5
The Kindred

The Kindred

1987★ 6.0

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

Amanda's deathbed request to her son, John, was for him to destroy all the lab notes etc. from her last experiment. She also blurts out he had a brother. At the funeral John meets ...

#6
Replicant

Replicant

2001★ 5.8

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

Scientists create a genetic clone of a serial killer in order to help catch the killer, teaming up with two cops....

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