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10 Best Movies Like The Sweetheart

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

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#1
Before I Wake

Before I Wake

2016★ 6.5

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

An orphaned child's dreams—and nightmares—manifest physically as he sleeps....

#2
The Silencing

The Silencing

2020★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Sweetheart for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A reformed hunter becomes involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse when he and the local sheriff set out to track a vicious killer who may have kidnapped his daughter years ago....

#3
On the Road

On the Road

2012★ 5.6

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

Sal Paradise is a young writer whose life is shaken and ultimately redefined by the arrival of Dean Moriarty, a free-spirited, fearless, fast talking Westerner and his girl, Marylo...

#4
Hostel

Hostel

2006★ 6.0

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

Three backpackers head to a Slovakian city that promises to meet their hedonistic expectations, with no idea of the hell that awaits them....

#5
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Sweetheart for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#6
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...