10 Movies Like Resident Evil (2026)

The closest match. James Gunn's small-town outbreak has the tentacles and the bodies merging into something worse, and it lets a gross-out gag land right after a scare. At 4.0 for fear it is almost exactly as frightening as Resident Evil, and we score it 7.4 overall.

The film Cregger himself compared Resident Evil to before release: Bruce Campbell's Ash trapped in a cabin for one very long night, with the physical comedy pushed as far as the gore. It is broader and sillier than Resident Evil, and better by our scores at 8.3 overall, with even less fear, at 3.0.

The closest setup. A mutating fungus from space gets out of a sealed facility and two low-level employees have to survive the night shift, which is Resident Evil's shape: ordinary workers against an outbreak for one night. It is lighter still, at 2.95 for fear, and we score it 7.25.

A zombie outbreak starts inside a run-down Eastern European clinic and turns every corridor into a gore gag. It shares Resident Evil's hospital setting and its panic-driven humor, but it is nastier, at 8.0 for gore, and it includes a scene of sexual violence, so check its content warnings first. We score it 6.5.

Chuck Russell's remake is a practical-effects ancestor of this kind of creature work: a small town overrun by a mass that dissolves whatever it touches. It has the same gore as Resident Evil, at 7.0, and far less fear, at 2.0. We score it 7.0.

Two handymen who are nobody's idea of heroes against giant creatures under a Nevada desert town. Its comedy comes from ordinary guys improvising, which is what makes Resident Evil's courier work. We have not scored it yet.

An outbreak seen through a man who is bad at everything until he has no choice. Its comedy comes from people reacting the way they really would, the part of Resident Evil closest to it, though its zombies stay zombies. We score it 7.2 overall and 5.0 for fear.

The serious cousin. Yeon Sang-ho's outbreak locks down an office tower, with infected that keep changing and none of the jokes. We score it 7.65 overall and 4.65 for fear, close to Resident Evil on both.

Cregger's first solo horror film, for anyone who came out of Resident Evil wanting more of him. It is a different animal, a slow rental-house nightmare, and much scarier at 6.9 for fear. It carries serious content warnings, so check them first. We score it 7.5, and we rank all three of his horror films here.

The wild card, and the landmark for the kind of body-merging creature work Resident Evil does. It has none of the comedy and far more fear, at 8.5, and it is the best film on this list at 9.1.