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10 Best Movies Like Dark Planet

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

#1
Lars and the Real Girl

Lars and the Real Girl

2007★ 7.2

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

Extremely shy Lars finds it impossible to make friends or socialize. His brother and sister-in-law worry about him, so when he announces that he has a girlfriend he met on the Inte...

#2
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dark Planet for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellows...

#3
Despicable Me

Despicable Me

2010★ 7.3

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

Villainous Gru lives up to his reputation as a despicable, deplorable and downright unlikable guy when he hatches a plan to steal the moon from the sky. But he has a tough time sta...

#4
Braveheart

Braveheart

1995★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dark Planet for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village ...

#5
RoboCop

RoboCop

1987★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dark Planet for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicat...

#6
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dark Planet for fans of Drama. 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...