Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 31, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Light

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

🏆

Expert Review & Ratings

See our full critical analysis and audience score for Light.

View Review →
#1
Small Things Like These

Small Things Like These

2024★ 6.7

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

In 1985, while working as a coal merchant to support his family, Bill Furlong discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent and uncovers truths of his own; forcing him to ...

#2
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

2024★ 7.6

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

Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain ...

#3
As

As

2023★ 7.0

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

Three years after the death of her beloved child, Elouise, Mara still feels her presence when she sits on the butterfly bedding in front of the jar with her ashes in it. Mara arran...

#4
Star!

Star!

1968★ 6.9

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

Gertrude Lawrence rises to stage stardom at the cost of happiness....

#5
Alcarràs

Alcarràs

2022★ 6.8

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

In a small village in Catalonia, the peach farmers of the Solé family spend every summer together picking fruit from their orchard. But when plans arise to install solar panels and...

#6
Out of Darkness

Out of Darkness

2024★ 5.7

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

In the Old Stone Age, a disparate gang of early humans band together in search of a new land. But when they suspect a malevolent, mystical, being is hunting them down, the clan are...