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10 Best Movies Like Lightning Strikes

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

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#1
Beowulf

Beowulf

1999★ 4.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lightning Strikes for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Beowulf is a wanderer who learns about a man-eating creature called Grendel, which comes in the night to devour warriors trapped at the Outpost. The Outpost is ruled by Hrothgar. H...

#2
Enigma

Enigma

2001★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lightning Strikes for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of the WWII project to crack the code behind the Enigma machine, used by the Germans to encrypt messages sent to their submarines....

#3
Pierrot le Fou

Pierrot le Fou

1965★ 7.3

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

Pierrot escapes his boring society and travels from Paris to the Mediterranean Sea with Marianne, a girl chased by hit-men from Algeria. They lead an unorthodox life, always on the...

#4
Talcum Powder

Talcum Powder

1982★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lightning Strikes for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Sergio Benvenuti is a shy seller of contracts for a Roman company of music, but because of his character he cannot find even a customer, so he asks for help from a fellow named Nad...

#5
Black Narcissus

Black Narcissus

1947★ 7.5

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

A group of Anglican nuns, led by Sister Clodagh, are sent to a mountain in the Himalayas. The climate in the region is hostile and the nuns are housed in an odd old palace. They wo...

#6
Contempt

Contempt

1963★ 7.0

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

A philistine in the art film business, Jeremy Prokosch is a producer unhappy with the work of his director. Prokosch has hired Fritz Lang to direct an adaptation of "The Odyssey," ...