15 Movies Like Night of the Living Dorks
Loved Night of the Living Dorks? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.
#1
My Best Friend, His Girlfriend and Me
Olli and Matze are best friends living, working and planning to travel the world together — until Matze's romance with Rebecca turns it all upside down.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Night of the Living Dorks.
#2
Im Gasthaus zum scharfen Hirschen
Hannelore Reitzler elopes with her boyfriend to the Hotel Liebesnest but he leaves her during the night after failing to take her virginity. Not wanting to return home, Hannelore takes job as a chambermaid which also involves giving sexual favors to the guests at an extra charge. Meanwhile, a female cat burglar visits Das Liebesnest every night and each time she gets caught, she offers her body to the captor to keep them quiet.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Night of the Living Dorks.
#3
14 and Under
This episodic film is a close relative of Wolf Hartwig's schoolgirl report movies, made by the same people, in a similar style, around similar topics. However, this one specifically focuses on the coming-of-age aspects, to an extent that it also touches on delicate issues such as paedophilia.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Night of the Living Dorks.
#4
Death Becomes Her
Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once her arch-rival Helen's fiancé. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and steal back Ernest. Unfortunately for everyone, the introduction of a magic potion causes things to be a great deal more complicated than a mere murder plot.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Night of the Living Dorks.
#5
Beetlejuice
A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Night of the Living Dorks.
#6
The Dead Zone
Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Night of the Living Dorks.
#7
Nosferatu
The mysterious Count Orlok summons a happily married real estate agent to his castle, located up in the Transylvanian mountains, to finalise a terrifying deal.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Night of the Living Dorks.
#8
R.I.P.D.
A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Night of the Living Dorks.
#9
Hard Feelings
Teenagers Charly and Paula worry that sex could ruin their friendship, while their suddenly and surprisingly bossy private parts urge them to go for it.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Night of the Living Dorks.
#10
Blood Red Sky
A woman with a mysterious illness is forced into action when a group of terrorists attempt to hijack a transatlantic overnight flight. In order to protect her son she will have to reveal a dark secret, and unleash the inner monster she has fought to hide.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Night of the Living Dorks.
#11
Grand Prix of Europe
Edda, a young mouse and the daughter of fairground operator Erwin, dreams of becoming a race car driver. Ahead of the 50th anniversary of the European Grand Prix, Edda gets the opportunity to meet her idol, racing star Ed, and to help her father save his failing business. But to do so, she'll have to get behind the wheel herself.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Night of the Living Dorks.
#12
Weekend at Bernie's
Two young insurance corporation employees try to pretend that their murdered employer is alive by puppeteering his dead body, leading a hitman to attempt to track him down to finish him off.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Night of the Living Dorks.
#13
Funny Games
Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Night of the Living Dorks.
#14
The 'Burbs
When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But it's hardly how Ray, who much prefers drinking beer, reading his newspaper and watching a ball game on the tube expected to spend his vacation.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Night of the Living Dorks.
