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10 Best Movies Like Flames in the Dark

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

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#1
The Crush

The Crush

1993★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Flames in the Dark for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences....

#2
Torment

Torment

1944★ 7.1

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

Jan-Erik Widgren meets the lonely Bertha Olsson, a woman struggling with alcoholism. Though Bertha is already linked to Caligula, Jan-Erik's heartless teacher, she begins a relatio...

#3
Child's Play

Child's Play

1972★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Flames in the Dark for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

At an exclusive boys' school, a new gym teacher is drawn into a feud between two older instructors, and he discovers that everything at the school is not quite as staid, tranquil a...

#4
The United States of Leland

The United States of Leland

2003★ 6.5

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

A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community str...

#5
Cracks

Cracks

2009★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Flames in the Dark for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Jealousy flares after the headmistress of an elite boarding school for girls becomes obsessed with a new student....

#6
The Experiment

The Experiment

2010★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Flames in the Dark for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control....

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