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10 Best Movies Like A Stab in the Dark

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

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#1
Dream Lover

Dream Lover

1994★ 6.4

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

Not long after they cross paths at an art gallery, architect Ray Reardon and hypnotically sensual Lena are married with children. But as strange incidents occur, Ray begins to real...

#2
The Only Living Boy in New York

The Only Living Boy in New York

2017★ 6.3

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

When a young man learns that his overbearing father is having an affair, he tries to stop it, only to be seduced by the older woman as well....

#3
Notes on a Scandal

Notes on a Scandal

2006★ 7.1

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

A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go ...

#4
Eva

Eva

1962★ 5.9

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

Best-selling author Tyvian Jones has a life of leisure in Venice, Italy, until he has a chance encounter with sultry Frenchwoman Eva Olivier. He falls for her instantly, despite al...

#5
5 to 7

5 to 7

2014★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Stab in the Dark for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A young writer begins an affair with an older woman from France whose open marriage to a diplomat dictates that they can meet only between the hours of 5 p.m. to 7 p.m....

#6
Some Velvet Morning

Some Velvet Morning

2013★ 5.8

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

Fred arrives at the doorstep of his beautiful young mistress Velvet after four years apart, claiming to have finally left his wife. But when she rejects his attempts to rekindle th...

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