Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 17, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Highlighters

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

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#1
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

2021★ 6.6

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

Set in a gritty and decadent 1970s America, American Boogeyman follows the elusive and charming killer and the manhunt that brought him to justice involving the detective and the F...

#2
Reasonable Doubt

Reasonable Doubt

2014★ 5.8

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

When up-and-coming District Attorney Mitch Brockden commits a fatal hit-and-run, he feels compelled to throw the case against the accused criminal who was found with the body and b...

#3
God Told Me To

God Told Me To

1976★ 5.8

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

A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random citizens who claim that 'God told them to'....

#4
American Skin

American Skin

2019★ 7.1

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

A Marine veteran working as a school janitor tries to mend his relationship with his son after a divorce. When his son is killed by a police officer found innocent without standing...

#5
Eenie Meanie

Eenie Meanie

2025★ 6.3

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

A former teenage getaway driver gets dragged back into her unsavory past when a former employer offers her a chance to save the life of her chronically unreliable ex-boyfriend....

#6
The Blue Gardenia

The Blue Gardenia

1953★ 6.5

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

Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspe...

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