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10 Best Movies Like Dawning

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

#1
The House

The House

2017★ 5.6

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

When Scott and Kate Johansen’s daughter gets into the college of her dreams it’s cause for celebration. That is, until Scott and Kate learn that the scholarship they were counting ...

#2
Daydream Nation

Daydream Nation

2011★ 5.8

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

Forced to move to a boring backwater town, a teenager embarks on affairs with a teacher and a stoner classmate....

#3
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#4
12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

1957★ 8.6

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

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begi...

#5
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dawning 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...

#6
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dawning 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...