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10 Best Movies Like Carlitos in the Dark

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

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#1
Martin (Hache)

Martin (Hache)

1997★ 7.5

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

After having a nearly fatal drug overdose, 19-year-old Argentine Martin is sent to Madrid, where his film director father lives with his new, younger lover, Alicia, and his bisexua...

#2
Under the Same Moon

Under the Same Moon

2007★ 7.7

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

Tells the parallel stories of nine-year-old Carlitos and his mother, Rosario. In the hopes of providing a better life for her son, Rosario works illegally in the U.S. while her mot...

#3
Memories of a Teenager

Memories of a Teenager

2019★ 7.8

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

After the suicide of his best friend and the fire of a local dance called Cromañón, including recitals, illegal parties in an abandoned warehouse and high school, a year passes by ...

#4
Endless Poetry

Endless Poetry

2016★ 7.4

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

A portrait of the director’s young adulthood, set in the 1940s–1950s, in the electric capital city of Santiago. There, he decides to become a poet and is introduced, by destiny, in...

#5
Nowhere

Nowhere

1997★ 6.8

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

In Los Angeles, a colorful assortment of bohemians try to make sense of their intersecting lives. The moody Dark Smith, his bisexual girlfriend, her lesbian lover and their shy gay...

#6
The Boys in the Band

The Boys in the Band

2020★ 6.8

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

At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths....

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