Movies like Dead of Night

Dead of Night (1945) is a horror movie directed by Charles Crichton. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.

1. Magic (1978)
★ 6.8 · 334 votes · Drama, Horror
A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.
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2. Dead Silence (2007)
★ 6.5 · 2,534 votes · Horror
Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wife's murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dummy named Billy, which may be linked to the legend of ventriloquist Mary Shaw. Destined to find out the truth, Jamie goes to the town of Raven's Fair, where Shaw used to perform and is buried. But Jamie is in for more than he expected.
Movies like Dead Silence →
3. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
★ 7.6 · 9,469 votes · Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mystery
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly and the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to the Army of the 12 Monkeys; thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.
Movies like Twelve Monkeys →
4. Black Swan (2010)
★ 7.7 · 15,972 votes · Drama, Thriller, Horror
A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."
Movies like Black Swan →
5. Event Horizon (1997)
★ 6.6 · 3,521 votes · Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery
In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it soon becomes evident that something sinister resides in its corridors.
Movies like Event Horizon →
6. Lost Highway (1997)
★ 7.6 · 3,082 votes · Drama, Thriller, Mystery
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
Movies like Lost Highway →
7. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
★ 7.4 · 6,001 votes · Horror
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...
Movies like A Nightmare on Elm Street →
8. Sin City (2005)
★ 7.5 · 9,140 votes · Crime, Thriller
Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust after redemption, and then there are those hoping for a little of both. A universe of unlikely and reluctant heroes still trying to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care.
Movies like Sin City →
9. The Lighthouse (2019)
★ 7.5 · 5,840 votes · Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
Movies like The Lighthouse →
10. The Cellar (2022)
★ 6.4 · 527 votes · Horror, Mystery
When Keira Woods' daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country, she soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have to face or risk losing her family's souls forever.
Movies like The Cellar →
11. The Haunting (1963)
★ 7.1 · 746 votes · Horror
Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced to confront the nature of its horror…
Movies like The Haunting →
12. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
★ 7.5 · 590 votes · Sci-Fi, Adventure, Horror
A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must survive everything from spiders living in the cellar to his beloved cat.
Movies like The Incredible Shrinking Man →
13. Silver Bullet (1985)
★ 6.7 · 735 votes · Horror
The small city of Tarker's Mills is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears the work of a maniac, but sightings of a mysterious, hairy creature soon spread. People lock themselves up at night, but there's one boy who's still outside…
Movies like Silver Bullet →
14. House on Haunted Hill (1959)
★ 6.7 · 642 votes · Horror, Mystery
Frederick Loren invites five strangers to the party of a lifetime and offers each of them $10,000 if they can stay the night in the reportedly haunted house. Armed with a gun for protection, each guest arrives in a hearse and will either leave in it much richer…Or dead.
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Movies like Dead of Night

Dead of Night (1945) is a horror movie directed by Charles Crichton. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.

1. Magic (1978)
★ 6.8 · 334 votes · Drama, Horror
A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart.
Movies like Magic →
2. Dead Silence (2007)
★ 6.5 · 2,534 votes · Horror
Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wife's murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dummy named Billy, which may be linked to the legend of ventriloquist Mary Shaw. Destined to find out the truth, Jamie goes to the town of Raven's Fair, where Shaw used to perform and is buried. But Jamie is in for more than he expected.
Movies like Dead Silence →
3. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
★ 7.6 · 9,469 votes · Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mystery
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly and the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to the Army of the 12 Monkeys; thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.
Movies like Twelve Monkeys →
4. Black Swan (2010)
★ 7.7 · 15,972 votes · Drama, Thriller, Horror
A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."
Movies like Black Swan →
5. Event Horizon (1997)
★ 6.6 · 3,521 votes · Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery
In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it soon becomes evident that something sinister resides in its corridors.
Movies like Event Horizon →
6. Lost Highway (1997)
★ 7.6 · 3,082 votes · Drama, Thriller, Mystery
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
Movies like Lost Highway →
7. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
★ 7.4 · 6,001 votes · Horror
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...
Movies like A Nightmare on Elm Street →
8. Sin City (2005)
★ 7.5 · 9,140 votes · Crime, Thriller
Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust after redemption, and then there are those hoping for a little of both. A universe of unlikely and reluctant heroes still trying to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care.
Movies like Sin City →
9. The Lighthouse (2019)
★ 7.5 · 5,840 votes · Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
Movies like The Lighthouse →
10. The Cellar (2022)
★ 6.4 · 527 votes · Horror, Mystery
When Keira Woods' daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country, she soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have to face or risk losing her family's souls forever.
Movies like The Cellar →
11. The Haunting (1963)
★ 7.1 · 746 votes · Horror
Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced to confront the nature of its horror…
Movies like The Haunting →
12. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
★ 7.5 · 590 votes · Sci-Fi, Adventure, Horror
A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must survive everything from spiders living in the cellar to his beloved cat.
Movies like The Incredible Shrinking Man →
13. Silver Bullet (1985)
★ 6.7 · 735 votes · Horror
The small city of Tarker's Mills is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears the work of a maniac, but sightings of a mysterious, hairy creature soon spread. People lock themselves up at night, but there's one boy who's still outside…
Movies like Silver Bullet →
14. House on Haunted Hill (1959)
★ 6.7 · 642 votes · Horror, Mystery
Frederick Loren invites five strangers to the party of a lifetime and offers each of them $10,000 if they can stay the night in the reportedly haunted house. Armed with a gun for protection, each guest arrives in a hearse and will either leave in it much richer…Or dead.
Movies like House on Haunted Hill →

1. Magic (1978)

2. Dead Silence (2007)

3. Twelve Monkeys (1995)

4. Black Swan (2010)

5. Event Horizon (1997)

6. Lost Highway (1997)

7. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

8. Sin City (2005)

9. The Lighthouse (2019)

10. The Cellar (2022)

11. The Haunting (1963)

12. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

13. Silver Bullet (1985)

14. House on Haunted Hill (1959)

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1. Magic (1978)

2. Dead Silence (2007)

3. Twelve Monkeys (1995)

4. Black Swan (2010)

5. Event Horizon (1997)

6. Lost Highway (1997)

7. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

8. Sin City (2005)

9. The Lighthouse (2019)

10. The Cellar (2022)

11. The Haunting (1963)

12. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

13. Silver Bullet (1985)

14. House on Haunted Hill (1959)

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