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10 Best Movies Like Man in the Dark

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

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#1
Trance

Trance

2013★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Man in the Dark for fans of Crime & Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A violent gang enlists the help of a hypnotherapist in an attempt to locate a painting which somehow vanished in the middle of a heist....

#2
High Sierra

High Sierra

1941★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Man in the Dark for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort....

#3
Sexy Beast

Sexy Beast

2001★ 7.0

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

Ex-safecracker Gal Dove has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shattered by the arrival of his ne...

#4
Unknown

Unknown

2006★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Man in the Dark for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Five men wake up in a locked-down warehouse with no memory of who they are. They are forced to figure out who is good and who is bad to stay alive....

#5
The Asphalt Jungle

The Asphalt Jungle

1950★ 7.5

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

Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in t...

#6
Whirlpool

Whirlpool

1950★ 6.5

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

The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real...

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