If you loved The Mummy, try Flatliners

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Flatliners has roughly 3.2× fewer votes than The Mummy — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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The Mummy

2017 · dir. Alex Kurtzman

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Flatliners

2017 · dir. Niels Arden Oplev

What they share

Theyboth carry the dread mood tag, and they sit in Horror / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Mummy, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

dread

What Flatliners is

Abandoned hospital, rain-soaked night, a defibrillator beeps. Five medical students, eager to push beyond, deliberately stop their hearts. This remake lands as a lesser take on its 1990 original.

If you loved The Mummy, try Flatliners

The Mummy

Flatliners

What they share

What Flatliners is

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