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10 Best Movies Like Dark Horse

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

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#1
Young Adult

Young Adult

2011★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dark Horse for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family....

#2
The Station Agent

The Station Agent

2003★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dark Horse for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own pers...

#3
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

2003★ 7.3

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

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she ...

#4
St. Vincent

St. Vincent

2014★ 7.1

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

A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door....

#5
Benny & Joon

Benny & Joon

1993★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dark Horse for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton....

#6
Frances Ha

Frances Ha

2013★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dark Horse for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks....

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