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10 Best Movies Like Candlestick

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

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#1
Sixteen Candles

Sixteen Candles

1984★ 6.8

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

With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly olde...

#2
Candy Stripers

Candy Stripers

2006★ 5.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Candlestick for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Thanks to an auto accident, a parasitic alien manages to get into a hospital. It quickly moves from the crash victim into a candy striper. Among the patients at the hospital are so...

#3
American Beauty

American Beauty

1999★ 8.0

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

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend....

#4
Ex Machina

Ex Machina

2015★ 7.6

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

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But ...

#5
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Candlestick for fans of Mystery & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#6
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...