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10 Best Movies Like Dancers in the Dark

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

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#1
On Your Guard

On Your Guard

1933★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dancers in the Dark for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

An ex-con makes for a backwoods town intending to rob the bank, and becomes involved in protecting three orphans from land swindlers instead....

#2
The great voyage of Captain Neptune

The great voyage of Captain Neptune

1991★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dancers in the Dark for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two madmen wish to avenge the historical Peruvian ship "Monitor Huascar" under the command of Capitain Grau: a hero, and a symbol of the 19th century war lost to Chile....

#3
Cease Fire 2

Cease Fire 2

2014★ 1.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dancers in the Dark for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A young couple try to fix their marriage troubles with the help of a psychiatrist....

#4
The Pimp Primer

The Pimp Primer

1970★ 2.2

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

Carl, a low-end hustler and pimp, uses his girlfriend to start his own prostitution ring. Trouble begins when Carl recruits Sherrie, a local waitress who likes sex. A cheesy narr...

#5
Complicit

Complicit

2013★ 5.3

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

An MI5 officer's attempts to foil a possible terrorist plot are undermined by bureaucracy and moral dilemmas. Will he make the world a safer place or be complicit in making a tense...

#6
Ishq Khuda

Ishq Khuda

2013★ 8.5

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

Rulia, a local hood who finds Ishq-e-Khuda , after he is ‘privileged’ by the prayer of a Sufi Dervish. In a parallel unconnected arc Ashan Khan – playing Ahsan, an engineer from Ka...