Movies like The Island of the Resuscitated Dead (2022)
The best movies like The Island of the Resuscitated Dead (2022) are Dave Made a Maze (2017), Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968) and Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (2010). If The Island of the Resuscitated Dead hooked you with its horror and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedSlumberland (2022)7.2/10 from 999 votes
- NewestUnsavory Elements (2026)Released 2026
- In ItalianWill Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968)Also in Italian
Dave Made a Maze (2017)
Dave, an artist who has yet to complete anything significant in his career, builds a fort in his living room out of pure frustration, only to wind up trapped by the fantastical pitfalls, booby traps, and critters of his own creation. Ignoring his warnings, Dave’s girlfriend Annie leads a band of oddball explorers on a rescue mission. Once inside, they find themselves trapped in an ever-changing supernatural world, threatened by booby traps and pursued by a bloodthirsty Minotaur.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWill Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968)
A rich businessman is fed up with work, family, society, and goes with his accountant to Africa, in search of his brother-in-law who had vanished there in mysterious circumstances. They will find him alright - as a tribal chief, surrounded with lots of topless, shapely wives. They are going to return to civilisation, but will their friend come with them?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisScooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (2010)
Scooby-Doo and the gang are on the case when a mysterious lake monster starts scaring the guests at a summer resort in Erie Point, where Fred, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy have taken on seasonal jobs to pay for a barn they accidentally burned down. But in addition to sneaking suspicions, there's some romance in the air.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSlumberland (2022)
A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWho Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure (1981)
Alan gets a map to some war treasure which the Japanese army left behind on a small Pacific island at the end of World War II. But some gangsters try to steal the map from him and so he hides on Charlie's boat which just leaves the harbor. He manipulates the ship's compass so that Charlie is not aware that he is sailing to the treasure island. But when they step on the island, they discover that it is not as abandoned as they believed: there are some natives - and a Japanese soldier still defending the treasure
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSheroes (2023)
When four thick-as-thieves friends arrive in Thailand, they quickly find themselves in over their heads. Fighting to stay alive, they employ their unique set of skills and unleash their fierce loyalty in a heart-pumping battle for survival.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisArctic Dogs (2019)
Animals band together to save the day when the evil Otto Von Walrus hatches a sinister scheme to accelerate global warming and melt the Arctic Circle.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisSwashbuckler (1976)
A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPrimeval (2007)
A news team is sent to Burundi to capture and bring home a legendary 25-foot crocodile. Their difficult task turns potentially deadly when a warlord targets them for death.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Voyage of Captain Fracassa (1990)
In the French countryside, circa the 17th-century, Serafina, Pulcinella and Isabella are three lusty, beautiful members of a travelling theatrical troupe, leaving in their wake a crop of broken hearts.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & adventure
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMonster Summer (2024)
When a mysterious force begins to disrupt their big summer fun, Noah and his friends team up with a retired police detective to embark on a monstrous adventure to save their island.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShorts (2009)
A young boy's discovery of a colorful, wish-granting rock causes chaos in the suburban town of Black Falls when jealous kids and scheming adults alike set out to get their hands on it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisB.O.B.'s Big Break (2009)
Dr. Cockroach comes up with a brilliant plan to break themselves out of Area 52 – but to implement the plan, he has to trick B.O.B. into thinking it’s his birthday.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisHarpoon (2019)
Rivalries, dark secrets, and sexual tension emerge when three best friends find themselves stranded on a yacht in the middle of the ocean under suspicious circumstances.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSecret Society of Second-Born Royals (2020)
A rebellious teenage princess discovers she has superhuman abilities and joins a secret society of extraordinary second-born royals tasked with protecting the world.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGatlopp: Hell of a Game (2022)
Four friends get together for a nostalgic evening of fun and games after a decade of absence, which takes a dark turn.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAccident Man (2018)
Mike Fallon, the Accident Man, is a stone cold killer. When a loved one is murdered by his own crew, Fallon is forced to avenge the one person who actually meant something to him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDouble Threat (2022)
With ruthless mobsters on her tail, a young woman with a split personality becomes entangled with a man on a pilgrimage across the country to scatter his brother's ashes.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNight of the Living Dead: Re-Animation (2012)
After inheriting the family mortuary, a pyrophobic mortician accidentally exposes hundreds of un-cremated bodies to toxic medical waste. As the corpses re-animate, the mortician's inheritance-seeking younger brother unexpectantly shows up, stumbling upon a full zombie outbreak!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Warriors Gate (2016)
After a mysterious chest opens a gateway through time, teen gamer Jack is transported to an ancient empire terrorized by a cruel barbarian king. Jack will need all of his gaming skills as he battles to defeat the barbarian, protect a beautiful princess, and somehow find his way back home.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCarter (2022)
Carter (Benjamin Dunk Kostecki) returns to town to visit some old friends. After he can't find a ride from the bus station, his day begins to unravel.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & comedy
Nightmare Sisters (1988)
A trio of socially awkward sorority girls invite three pledges over for a night of fun, but when the group holds a séance, the girls find themselves possessed by a shaman who transforms them into lustful, uninhibited succubi.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisUnsavory Elements (2026)
Boys' night out to an Asian brothel becomes a bloody fight for survival.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & comedy
Run! Bitch Run! (2009)
Things go horribly wrong when Catherine and Rebecca, two Catholic School girls, knock on the wrong door while selling Religious paraphernalia.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Landlord (1976)
Giorgia and her sister inherit a villa and decide to turn it into a pension. When the sister orders the advertising, the brochure, together with the name, Pension Paradise, leads people to believe it is a whore house.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Camp Blood (2000)
Ten years ago a series of brutal murders rocked peaceful, isolated Camp Blackwood. The killer was never caught and the camp, renamed "Camp Blood" by the locals, was never reopened.Ignorant of the camp's terrible history, two young couples visit Camp Blood. And they soon realise they are not alone. Someone is watching. Someone is waiting. The murders are far from over... they have only just begun.What began as a pleasant hiking trip turns into a savage struggle for survival. Will anyone make it out of Camp Blood alive?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisMotorgasm: a cinematic act of terrorism (2026)
a nun sets out on a quest of bloody vengeance to kill the sadistic criminals responsible for her sister's death.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Coming SoonMovies like thisNo Blade of Grass (1970)
A strange new virus has appeared, which only attacks strains of grasses such as wheat and rice, and the world is descending into famine and chaos. Architect John, along with his family and friends, is making his way from London to his brother's farm in northern England where there will hopefully be food and safety for all of them.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both adventure
SnoozefestMovies like thisManiac (1934)
An ex-vaudeville actor is working as the assistant to a doctor who has Frankenstein aspirations. The ex-vaudeville actor kills the doctor and decides to assume the identity of the dead physician.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHer Name Was Torment (2014)
Profoundly scarred and suspected to have committed 27 murders, "Patient 394" takes us deep into her perverted realm of mutilation, suffering and otherworldly guidance.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Island of the Resuscitated Dead?
The closest matches to The Island of the Resuscitated Dead are Dave Made a Maze (2017), Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968) and Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (2010). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Island of the Resuscitated Dead?
Start with Dave Made a Maze (2017), the closest match to The Island of the Resuscitated Dead.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Island of the Resuscitated Dead?
Slumberland (2022), rated 7.2/10 by 999 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Island of the Resuscitated Dead?
Unsavory Elements (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Italian movies like The Island of the Resuscitated Dead?
Yes: Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968), Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure (1981) and The Voyage of Captain Fracassa (1990).
How are movies similar to The Island of the Resuscitated Dead chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Island of the Resuscitated Dead, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.