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10 Best Movies Like Train Dreams

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

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#1
A Private Life

A Private Life

2025★ 6.0

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

Following the death of Paula, one of her long-time patients, psychiatrist Lilian Steiner becomes convinced that her supposed death by suicide is actually an unsolved murder....

#2
Frankenstein

Frankenstein

2025★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Train Dreams for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his...

#3
Lola's Secret

Lola's Secret

1984★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Train Dreams for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Young man has his dreams come true when the sexy new maid seduces him. But she also has a secret that leads to trouble....

#4
Return to Horror High

Return to Horror High

1987★ 5.2

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

A few years ago, a mysterious serial-killer caused panic on Crippen High School. The killer was never caught. A movie company, Cosmic Pictures, has decided to make a feature movie ...

#5
The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre

The Return of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre

1995★ 4.6

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

A group of teenagers get into a car crash in the Texas woods on prom night, and then wander into an old farmhouse that is home to Leatherface and his insane family of cannibalistic...

#6
Return of the Living Dead Part II

Return of the Living Dead Part II

1988★ 6.4

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

A group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxin gas into the air, causing the dead to once again rise from the grave and seek ou...