Movies like The Loneliest Boy in the World (2022)
The best movies like The Loneliest Boy in the World (2022) are Me and My Mates vs. The Zombie Apocalypse (2015), Life After Beth (2014) and April Apocalypse (2013). If The Loneliest Boy in the World hooked you with its comedy and horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedOne Cut of the Dead (2017)7.6/10 from 1,074 votes
- NewestQueens of the Dead (2025)Released 2025
Me and My Mates vs. The Zombie Apocalypse (2015)
Three Australian telecom tradesman find themselves trapped in a telephone exchange during the onset of a zombie apocalypse.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Life After Beth (2014)
Zach is devastated by the unexpected death of his girlfriend, Beth. When she mysteriously returns, he gets a second chance at love. Soon his whole world turns upside down...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisApril Apocalypse (2013)
Artie is pure bred trailer trash. He has zero ambition, is everyone's favorite punching back at school and bears the burden of his virginity in silence. And then April moves out of the state. She's his best friend and support since kindergarten and the love of his life. Three years later Artie finally has the courage to take to the road and go see April to tell her how he feels about her. One car-crash later Artie wakes up in the middle of the zombie apocalypse. But this time he's not going to hide. Artie's love for April doesn't give him wings, but does give him the courage to hack, slash, punch and kick himself a part towards the girl he loves. Time is of the essence, because that bite on his hand will make the difference between a French kiss and a bite out of April's brains.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisZombiepura (2018)
When a mysterious virus breaks out in an isolated army camp, a lazy reservist soldier and his tough commander must work together to survive, and learn what it means to be real soldiers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
DeadHeads (2011)
Two inexplicably coherent zombies awake amidst a zombie attack and decide to take a road trip to find the one's lost love, unaware they are being chased by the agents of a ruthless company with its own agenda.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisI Survived a Zombie Holocaust (2014)
From the land of early Peter Jackson comes another Braindead movie in bad taste. It’s the third day of shooting the low budget horror ‘Tonight They Come’ on location in the wilds of New Zealand. Director SMP is already beside himself having to work with a self-obsessed leading man and a bimbo actress when into his line of fire comes a new runner, wannabe screenwriter Wesley Pennington. Clearly an accident-prone nerd, Wesley nevertheless tries his best to fit in with the crazed cast and demented crew while falling head over heels for Susan, the set caterer. But something nasty has entered the local water supply and suddenly the zombie extras start acting like genuine members of the living dead, gore stunts looks even more authentic and actual severed limbs fly. Reel life turns real as Wesley attempts to save the day while ensuring his latest script will get made.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisCockneys vs Zombies (2012)
A group of Cockneys arm themselves to rescue their elderly relative and his retirement home friends who are trapped and fighting off a zombie attack during a zombie apocalypse in the East End of London.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Little Bit Zombie (2012)
Infected by a virus, a mild mannered HR manager attempts to fulfill his overwhelming desire for brains, all while trying to keep it together so as not to incur the wrath of his bridezilla-to-be.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisMy Boyfriend's Back (1993)
Missy McCloud is the most beautiful girl in school and Johnny Dingle has been in love with her for years. One night, as Johnny tries to stop an armed robbery and save Missy from danger, he's killed, but resurrected as a zombie not long after. Now, with the help of his mentor, self-proclaimed Zombie Expert Maggie, Johnny must control his flesh-eating urges while trying to win the heart of Missy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisZombie for Sale (2019)
When a pharmaceutical company's illegal experiments inadvertently create a zombie, the strange Park family finds it and tries to profit from it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSars Wars: Bangkok Zombie Crisis (2004)
In the wake of a deadly SARS outbreak that's turned ordinary folks into flesh-eating zombies, Thailand stands alone as the only nation to block the pandemic. That is, until the virus finds its way into a crowded Bangkok apartment complex.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Shed of the Dead (2019)
Trevor is 'between jobs'. He spends his days avoiding his nagging heifer of a wife by hiding out in his allotment shed and painting figurines for his wargames with his agoraphobic friend, Graham, and dreaming of his heroic alter-ego, the battle mage Casimir the Destroyer. When Mr Parsons, one of the other allotment tenants, petitions to have Trevor removed from his disgrace of a plot (he's not there to grow stuff!) an argument ensues that leaves Trevor with a corpse to hide. Unfortunately, this untimely accident coincides with the zombie apocalypse and Mr Parsons' return is just the beginnings of Trevor's problems. More pressing is whether or not he should try and save his wife and her beautiful best friend, who both he and Graham have a thing for.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisLittle Monsters (2019)
A washed-up musician teams up with a teacher and a kids show personality to protect young children from a sudden outbreak of zombies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Dead Don't Die (2019)
In the sleepy town of Centerville, the lives of a number of interconnected characters are disrupted by the undead.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisScouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)
Three scouts and lifelong friends join forces with one badass cocktail waitress to become the world’s most unlikely team of heroes. When their peaceful town is ravaged by a zombie invasion, they’ll fight for the badge of a lifetime and put their scouting skills to the test to save mankind from the undead.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWarm Bodies (2013)
After a zombie becomes involved with the girlfriend of one of his victims, their romance sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEat Brains Love (2019)
When Jake and his dream girl, Amanda, contract a mysterious zombie virus, they end up on the run from Cass, a teen psychic sent by the government's top-secret Necrotic Control Division to track them down as they search for a cure.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Fido (2006)
Timmy Robinson's best friend in the whole wide world is a six-foot tall rotting zombie named Fido. But when Fido eats the next-door neighbor, Mom and Dad hit the roof, and Timmy has to go to the ends of the earth to keep Fido a part of the family. A boy-and-his-dog movie for grown ups, "Fido" will rip your heart out.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBurying the Ex (2014)
Before horror enthusiast Max can break things off with his girlfriend Evelyn she dies in a bus accident. In time, Max meets another woman only to have Evelyn resurface as a zombie ready to resume their relationship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDance of the Dead (2008)
On the night of Cosa High's prom, a cemetery next to a power plant unleashes an army of zombies. With their town overrun, an unlikely group of outcasts, geeks, cheerleaders, and bad boys must band together to survive, save their classmates, and stop the undead invasion.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisNight of the Living Deb (2015)
After a one night stand Deb wakes up in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisWhat We Do in the Shadows (2014)
Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisShaun of the Dead (2004)
Shaun lives a supremely uneventful life, which revolves around his girlfriend, his mother, and, above all, his local pub. This gentle routine is threatened when the dead return to life and make strenuous attempts to snack on ordinary Londoners.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisQueens of the Dead (2025)
When a zombie apocalypse breaks out in Brooklyn on the night of a giant warehouse party, an eclectic group of drag queens, club kids, & frenemies must put aside their drama and use their unique skills to fight against the brain-thirsty, scrolling undead.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisZombieland (2009)
Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCooties (2014)
A mysterious virus hits an isolated elementary school, transforming the kids into a feral swarm of mass savages. An unlikely hero must lead a motley band of teachers in the fight of their lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisOne Cut of the Dead (2017)
Real zombies arrive and terrorize the crew of a zombie film being shot in an abandoned warehouse, said to be the site of military experiments on humans.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWe Are Zombies (2024)
In a city infested with the LIVING-IMPAIRED aka non-cannibal zombies - three slackers after easy money must fight small-time crooks and an evil megacorporation to save their kidnapped grandma.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisLet the Wrong One In (2021)
16-year-old Matt is a little too nice for his own good, and when he discovers that his older, estranged brother Deco has turned into a vampire, he's faced with a dilemma: will he risk his own life to help his sibling, with blood being thicker than water, or will he stake him before he spreads the infection further?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisMy Daughter Is a Zombie (2025)
Jung-hwan is a gruff but loving zookeeper who specializes in training wild beasts. His teenage daughter, Soo-ah, is going through puberty and a full-blown dance obsession. Their days are full of bickering and bonding... until one day, Soo-ah becomes infected by a zombie virus that has swept across the globe. Refusing to give up on his daughter, Jung-hwan takes her to a quiet seaside village called Eunbong-ri, where his mother Bam-soon lives. In a world obsessed with rooting out the infected, Soo-ah shows strange signs of awareness - responding to music, her grandmother's sharp taps with a back scratcher, and even faint traces of human language. Determined to protect her at all costs, Jung-hwan draws on his years of experience training tigers and begins a secret mission to tame and retrain... his zombie daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Loneliest Boy in the World?
The closest matches to The Loneliest Boy in the World are Me and My Mates vs. The Zombie Apocalypse (2015), Life After Beth (2014) and April Apocalypse (2013). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Loneliest Boy in the World?
People who watched The Loneliest Boy in the World most often go on to Me and My Mates vs. The Zombie Apocalypse (2015), Life After Beth (2014) and April Apocalypse (2013).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Loneliest Boy in the World?
One Cut of the Dead (2017), rated 7.6/10 by 1,074 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Loneliest Boy in the World?
Queens of the Dead (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Loneliest Boy in the World?
Yes: Me and My Mates vs. The Zombie Apocalypse (2015), Life After Beth (2014) and April Apocalypse (2013).
How are movies similar to The Loneliest Boy in the World chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Loneliest Boy in the World, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.