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10 Best Movies Like Dark Illness

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

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#1
Cosi

Cosi

1996★ 6.1

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

Lewis, a young amateur theater director, is offered a job with a governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney institution. His project is overru...

#2
The Middle Man

The Middle Man

2021★ 6.1

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

Frank Farrelli takes on the job as a middle man in the God-forsaken town of Karmack, USA, a community in a depression so deep that they need a middle man to professionally communic...

#3
Is This Thing On?

Is This Thing On?

2025★ 6.5

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

As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex faces middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess confronts the sacrifices she made fo...

#4
Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride

2022★ 6.4

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

A father comes to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American family....

#5
Author! Author!

Author! Author!

1982★ 5.9

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

A broadway playwright is burning the candle at both ends. He is dealing with pressure from a production nearing premiere, a wife who is leaving him, and 5 children 4 of which belon...

#6
Ugly, Dirty and Bad

Ugly, Dirty and Bad

1976★ 7.5

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

Giacinto lives with his wife, their ten children and various other family members in a shack on the hills of Rome. Some time ago he has lost his left eye while at work, and got a c...

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