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10 Best Movies Like Brightness

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

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#1
Take the Money and Run

Take the Money and Run

1969★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brightness for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Virgil Starkwell is intent on becoming a notorious bank robber. Unfortunately for Virgil and his not-so-budding career, he is completely incompetent....

#2
Parker

Parker

2013★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brightness for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the insi...

#3
Bandolero!

Bandolero!

1968★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brightness for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Posing as a hangman, Mace Bishop arrives in town with the intention of freeing a gang of outlaws, including his brother, from the gallows. Mace urges his younger brother to give up...

#4
The Outfit

The Outfit

1973★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brightness for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to di...

#5
The Two Faces of January

The Two Faces of January

2014★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brightness for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

1962. A con artist, his wife, and a dangerous stranger are caught up in the murder of a private detective and are forced to try and escape Athens....

#6
Nothing to Lose

Nothing to Lose

1997★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brightness for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attempted carjacking goes awry when...

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