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10 Best Movies Like Dark Star

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

#1
Assault on Precinct 13

Assault on Precinct 13

1976★ 7.3

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

A highway patrol officer, two criminals, and a station secretary form an unlikely alliance to defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang....

#2
The Heron and the Crane

The Heron and the Crane

1974★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dark Star for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Animated short about a love between a heron and a crane....

#3
War of the Colossal Beast

War of the Colossal Beast

1958★ 4.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dark Star for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Glenn Manning, "The Amazing Colossal Man," believed dead after falling from the Hoover Dam, reemerges in rural Mexico, brain damaged, disfigured, and very angry....

#4
The Gruesome Twosome

The Gruesome Twosome

1967★ 4.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dark Star for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A demented elderly woman has her mentally incompetent son kill and scalp various young women to use their hair for her wig shop while a persistent co-ed tries to link various killi...

#5
Ladies They Talk About

Ladies They Talk About

1933★ 6.1

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

A moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot....

#6
The Common Man

The Common Man

1975★ 7.0

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

Georges Lajoie is a Parisian café owner. As every summer, Georges, his wife Ginette and grown-up son Léon go on holiday to Loulou's campsite, where they meet up with the Schumacher...