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10 Best Movies Like Brave the Dark

If you loved Brave the Dark, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

2003★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brave the Dark for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she ...

#2
All Together Now

All Together Now

2020★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brave the Dark for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?...

#3
Mammal

Mammal

2016★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brave the Dark for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his i...

#4
Stuart: A Life Backwards

Stuart: A Life Backwards

2007★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brave the Dark for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers f...

#5
Beyond the Blackboard

Beyond the Blackboard

2011★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brave the Dark for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Inspired by a true story, “Beyond the Blackboard” is about a 24-year-old first-time teacher who makes a difference in the lives of the homeless children she teaches in a shelter’s ...

#6
Submission

Submission

2018★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brave the Dark for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A well-respected professor who is a celebrated novelist and loving husband loses himself when he becomes obsessed with an ambitious and talented student....

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