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10 Best Movies Like Don't Be Afraid

If you loved Don't Be Afraid, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Suburbia

Suburbia

1984★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Be Afraid for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like...

#2
The 7th Day

The 7th Day

2004★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Be Afraid for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Isabel Jimenez is a teenager witnessing a horrible feud between her own family and the Fuentes family, a feud involving broken hearts, property disputes and a mysterious fire that ...

#3
Carne

Carne

1968★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Be Afraid for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A woman who works in a meat packing plant is continuously preyed upon by lecherous men....

#4
The Quietude

The Quietude

2018★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Be Afraid for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Against the backdrop of a military dictatorship, Eugenia is reunited with her estranged family following her father’s stroke and is forced to confront dark secret....

#5
Mammal

Mammal

2016★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Be Afraid for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his i...

#6
Luckiest Girl Alive

Luckiest Girl Alive

2022★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Be Afraid for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life....

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