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10 Best Movies Like The Darkest Night

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

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#1
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2008★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Darkest Night for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Four friends search for the answers to a series of deadly text messages killing students at their high school....

#2
Compulsion

Compulsion

2024★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Darkest Night for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Two women—Diana, a flamboyant and ruthless thief, and Evie, a seemingly innocent young woman with a troubled past—become embroiled in a series of horrific murders on the island of ...

#3
The Apology

The Apology

2022★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Darkest Night for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Twenty years after the disappearance of her daughter, a recovering alcoholic is preparing to host her family's Christmas celebration when her estranged ex-brother-in-law arrives un...

#4
Frank and Penelope

Frank and Penelope

2022★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Darkest Night for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly...

#5
Cheat

Cheat

2023★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Darkest Night for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

On the surface it's believed to be another urban legend - a supernatural being from the afterlife is violently killing anyone who cheats on their significant other in the small col...

#6
Whisper

Whisper

2007★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Darkest Night for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin....

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