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10 Best Movies Like Promises in the Dark

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

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#1
Starving in Suburbia

Starving in Suburbia

2014★ 6.5

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

When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site ...

#2
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

#3
The Girl in the Book

The Girl in the Book

2015★ 5.8

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

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present....

#4
Flash of Genius

Flash of Genius

2008★ 6.6

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

In this David vs. Goliath drama based on a true story, college professor Robert Kearns goes up against the giants of the auto industry when they fail to give him credit for inventi...

#5
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

2013★ 7.0

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

A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness....

#6
Sky

Sky

2015★ 6.2

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

A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband....

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