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10 Best Movies Like Dark Days

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

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#1
Capturing the Friedmans

Capturing the Friedmans

2003★ 7.1

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

An Oscar nominated documentary about a middle-class American family who is torn apart when the father Arnold and son Jesse are accused of sexually abusing numerous children. Direct...

#2
All the Boys Love Mandy Lane

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane

2006★ 5.6

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

Beautiful Mandy Lane isn't a party girl but, when classmate Chloe invites the Texas high school student to a bash in the countryside, she reluctantly accepts. After hitching a ride...

#3
Things We Lost in the Fire

Things We Lost in the Fire

2007★ 6.6

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

A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their ...

#4
Gossip

Gossip

2000★ 5.8

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

For a class project, three college students decide to invent an unfounded rumor about the most popular girl on campus. But as the rumor spreads, it begins to spiral out of control....

#5
Spellbound

Spellbound

2002★ 7.4

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

This documentary follows 8 teens and pre-teens as they work their way toward the finals of the Scripps Howard national spelling bee championship in Washington D.C....

#6
Detropia

Detropia

2012★ 6.7

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

Detroit’s story has encapsulated the iconic narrative of America over the last century – the Great Migration of African Americans escaping Jim Crow; the rise of manufacturing and t...