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10 Best Movies Like Fools in the Dark

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

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#1
Breathless

Breathless

2012★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Fools in the Dark for fans of Comedy & Mystery & Thriller. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Lorna is a strong-willed Texas woman who’s had enough of her untrustworthy husband, Dale’s, criminal acts and lack of husbandry. Fed up, she enlists the help of her old friend, Tin...

#2
Villains

Villains

2019★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Fools in the Dark for fans of Comedy & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

When their car breaks down, a couple on the run headed southbound for a fresh start in the Sunshine State break into a nearby house looking for a new set of wheels. What they find ...

#3
The Best You Can

The Best You Can

2025★ 7.0

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

Cynthia Rand is a buttoned-up New Yorker married to a brilliant professor 25 years her senior. She begins feeling the effects of her husband’s advancing age on their relationship, ...

#4
My Favorite Brunette

My Favorite Brunette

1947★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Fools in the Dark for fans of Comedy & Mystery & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Ronnie Jackson is a lowly baby photographer who secretly fantasizes about being a private detective. When a lovely baroness actually mistakes him for one and asks him to help locat...

#5
In Secret

In Secret

2014★ 6.1

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

In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her days behind the counter of a ...

#6
Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt

Jesse Stone: Benefit of the Doubt

2012★ 6.9

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

Jesse finds himself struggling to get his job back as the Paradise police chief, and he is forced to rely on his cop intuition to sort through a maze of misleading clues and hidden...

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