Movies like Vampire Sunrise (2014)
The best movies like Vampire Sunrise (2014) are The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974), Blade (1998) and Blade II (2002). If Vampire Sunrise hooked you with its horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedDracula (1958)7.2/10 from 749 votes
- NewestTransylvania Tapes (2026)Released 2026
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
Professor Van Helsing had been asked to help against the tyranny of skeletal creatures that are responsible for terror and death amongst the peasants in rural China. He is the only person qualified to deal with the cause of these phenomena, for the undead are controlled by the most diabolical force of all.... Count Dracula. But he is not alone- to aid him comes a mystical brotherhood of seven martial arts warriors.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisBlade (1998)
The Daywalker known as "Blade" - a half-vampire, half-mortal man - becomes the protector of humanity against an underground army of vampires.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlade II (2002)
Blade forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire council in order to combat the Reapers, who are feeding on vampires.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlade: Trinity (2004)
For years, Blade has fought against the vampires in the cover of the night. But now, after falling into the crosshairs of the FBI, he is forced out into the daylight, where he is driven to join forces with a clan of human vampire hunters he never knew existed—The Nightstalkers. Together with Abigail and Hannibal, two deftly trained Nightstalkers, Blade follows a trail of blood to the ancient creature that is also hunting him—the original vampire, Dracula.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDracula (1958)
After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle, the vampire travels to a nearby city, where he preys on the family of Harker's fiancée. The only one who may be able to protect them is Dr. van Helsing, Harker's friend and fellow-student of vampires, who is determined to destroy Dracula, whatever the cost.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCaptain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1973)
When several young girls are found dead, left hideously aged and void of blood, Dr. Marcus suspects vampirism. He enlists the help of the Vampire Hunter. Mysterious and powerful, Kronos has dedicated his life to destroying the evil pestilence. Once a victim of its diabolical depravity, he knows the vampire's strengths and weaknesses as well as the extreme dangers attached to confronting the potent forces of darkness.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPriest (2011)
In an alternate world, humanity and vampires have warred for centuries. After the last Vampire War, the veteran Warrior Priest lives in obscurity with other humans inside one of the Church's walled cities. When the Priest's niece is kidnapped by vampires, the Priest breaks his vows to hunt them down. He is accompanied by the niece's boyfriend, who is a wasteland sheriff, and a former Warrior Priestess.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisVampires (1998)
The church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires searching for an ancient relic that will allow them to exist in sunlight.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Night Stalker (1972)
Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into his own hands.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1974)
A notorious bank robber kills his wife and flees the police, only to be captured by a mysterious group of figures in an abandoned town. His beautiful daughter, Lila Lee, receives a letter stating that her father is near death and that he needs to see her. Sneaking away at night from her minister guardian, Lila embarks on a terrifying journey...
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVampyres (1974)
A duo of bisexual female vampires prey on passing motorists, whom they seduce and murder in the English countryside.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Vampire Lovers (1970)
In the heart of Styria the Karnstein Family, even after their mortal deaths, rise from their tombs spreading evil in the countryside in their lust for fresh blood. Baron Hartog whose family are all victims of Karnstein vampirism, opens their graves and drives a stake through their diabolical hearts. One grave he cannot locate is that of the legendary beautiful Mircalla Karnstein. Years of peace follow that grisly night until Mircalla reappears to avenge her family's decimation and satisfy her desire for blood.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Return to Salem's Lot (1987)
Anthropologist Joe Weber takes his son on a trip to the New England town of Salem's Lot, unaware of its vampire population. When the inhabitants reveal their secret, they seek Weber to write a bible for them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Vampire Next Door (2024)
When twenty-year-old Cameron discovers he has a female vampire living next door, she enlists him to help her avenge the murder of a former lover. Cameron reluctantly agrees and goes along on the adventure, until he finds out the shocking truth.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLust for a Vampire (1971)
In 1830, the Karnstein heirs use the blood of an innocent to bring forth the evil that is the beautiful Mircalla - or as she was in 1710, Carmilla. The nearby Finishing School offers rich pickings not only in in the blood of nubile young ladies but also with the headmaster who is desperate to become Mircalla's disciple, and the equally besotted and even more foolish author Richard Lestrange.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisBlood: The Last Vampire (2009)
On the surface, Saya is a stunning 16-year-old, but that youthful exterior hides the tormented soul of a 400-year-old "halfling". Born to a human father and a vampire mother, she has for centuries been a loner obsessed with using her samurai skills to rid the world of vampires, all the while knowing that she herself can survive only on blood like those she hunts.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000)
Meet the man behind the legend in this true story of Vlad the Impaler, whose vicious and cruel reputation as a bloodthirsty warlord became the basis for the myth of Dracula.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014)
A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Stakelander (2016)
When his home of New Eden is destroyed by a revitalized Brotherhood and its new Vamp leader, Martin finds himself alone in the badlands of America with only the distant memory of his mentor and legendary vampire hunter, Mister, to guide him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like this30 Days of Night (2007)
This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town's husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like this30 Days of Night: Dark Days (2010)
After surviving the incidents in Barrow, Alaska, Stella Olemaun relocates to Los Angeles, where she intentionally attracts the attention of the local vampire population in order to avenge the death of her husband, Eben.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisScream Blacula Scream (1973)
After an aging voodoo priestess dies, her arrogant son Willis Daniel's believes he is next in line to lead. He is outraged when Lisa, his mother's adopted apprentice is chosen as the leader. Willis seeks revenge by reviving the African prince Blacula — but soon finds that he cannot control him.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisGoké, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968)
The survivors of a plane crash in a remote area are attacked by blob-like alien creatures that turn their victims into blood-thirsty vampires.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisObservational Studies (2026)
A college student finishes her studies, but a mysterious force beckons her to an unknown fate.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Transylvania Tapes (2026)
In 1997, Romanian actress Silvia Enescu mysteriously disappeared while searching for family property in Transylvania. All she left behind were a collection of home movies: the TRANSYLVANIA TAPES. Now, Silvia's daughter Mara travels from Los Angeles to Romania to discover what happened to her mother. With the help of her cameraman friend Dylan, Mara documents her journey, which takes her from the streets of Bucharest to the medieval town of Sighisoara, deep in the heart of Transylvania. Unearthing the truth about her mother comes at a terrible price, as Mara must escape an ancient family curse.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Vampz (2004)
When going out to feed becomes too dangerous, a trio of female vampires starts posing as masseuses at an all-night massage parlor that caters to the kinkiest of midnight tastes. But when a young woman who has been evicted by her detective husband arrives on their doorstep, they don't realize the danger they are letting into their nest.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
The Vampire Bat (1933)
In the superstitious European village of Kleinschloss, a wave of mysterious deaths take place where victims are found with neck wounds that elders and superstitious locals blame on vampires or bats.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisBlood Rites of the Vampyr (2020)
A suburban Gothic inspired by German expressionism, the works of Jean Rollin, and the Original 'Vamp' herself Theda Bara!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Zora la vampira (2000)
Count Dracula trades Transylvania for Italy in search of fresh blood and Western standards of living, but finds instead his ancient love Zora, reincarnated as a young graffiti artist from the Roman hip-hop scene.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDracula (1979)
In 1913, charming, seductive, and sinister Count Dracula travels to England seeking an immortal bride.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Vampire Sunrise?
The closest matches to Vampire Sunrise are The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974), Blade (1998) and Blade II (2002). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Vampire Sunrise?
Start with The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974), the closest match to Vampire Sunrise.
What is the highest-rated movie like Vampire Sunrise?
Dracula (1958), rated 7.2/10 by 749 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Vampire Sunrise?
Transylvania Tapes (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Vampire Sunrise?
Yes: The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974), Blade (1998) and Blade II (2002).
How are movies similar to Vampire Sunrise chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Vampire Sunrise, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.