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10 Best Movies Like The Thirteenth Candle

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

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#1
Blindfire

Blindfire

2020★ 6.7

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

A police officer who while responding to a violent hostage call, kills the African American suspect only to later learn of his innocence. Sensing this was a set-up, and facing repe...

#2
Shimmer Lake

Shimmer Lake

2017★ 5.9

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

Shot in reverse day-by-day through a week—a local sheriff embarks on a quest to unlock the mystery of three small-town criminals and a bank heist gone wrong....

#3
The Seven-Ups

The Seven-Ups

1973★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Thirteenth Candle for fans of Crime & Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money....

#4
Trafficking

Trafficking

2023★ 6.1

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

Fresh out of prison, a former debt collector working for a gangland boss is told he has a terminal brain tumour. In an attempt to atone for his past he rescues a young girl from tr...

#5
Suburbicon

Suburbicon

2017★ 5.9

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

In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasio...

#6
The Parts You Lose

The Parts You Lose

2019★ 6.7

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

An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm....

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