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10 Best Movies Like In the Shadow

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

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#1
Nothing Personal

Nothing Personal

2009★ 6.5

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

Alone in her empty flat, from her window Anne observes the people passing by who nervously snatch up the personal belongings and pieces of furniture she has put out on the pavement...

#2
Sergio

Sergio

2020★ 6.6

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

A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most tr...

#3
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#4
El Greco

El Greco

2007★ 6.0

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

The story of the uncompromising artist and fighter for freedom, Domenicos Theotokopoulos, known to the world as "El Greco"....

#5
Mindwalk

Mindwalk

1991★ 6.9

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

On the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Jack, a failed presidential candidate, Tom, his ex-speechwriter and Sonia, a physicist, engage in an intellectual conversation about poli...

#6
Three Christs

Three Christs

2017★ 6.6

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

Dr. Alan Stone breaks new ground for treatment of the mentally ill through an experiment on three paranoid schizophrenic patients who believe they are Jesus Christ....

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