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10 Best Movies Like A Stranger Waits

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

#1
Animal House

Animal House

1978★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Stranger Waits for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the entire Delta Tau Chi Fraternity, but those troublemakers have other plans for him....

#2
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Stranger Waits for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#3
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Stranger Waits 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...

#4
The Godfather

The Godfather

1972★ 8.7

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

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attemp...

#5
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Stranger Waits for fans of 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
The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club

1985★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Stranger Waits for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast...