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10 Best Movies Like Dark Night, October 17, 1961

If you loved Dark Night, October 17, 1961, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Hurricane

The Hurricane

1999★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dark Night, October 17, 1961 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence....

#2
Française

Française

2008★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dark Night, October 17, 1961 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A determined young woman goes up against the Moroccan traditions where the only way for a girl is marriage and children....

#3
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dark Night, October 17, 1961 for fans of Drama. 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...

#4
Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

1959★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dark Night, October 17, 1961 for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in....

#5
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1975★ 8.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dark Night, October 17, 1961 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domine...

#6
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dark Night, October 17, 1961 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...