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10 Best Movies Like Shadow

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

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#1
Boy Erased

Boy Erased

2018★ 7.0

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

Jared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, is outed to his parents at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay conversion therapy program – or be pe...

#2
Jeffrey

Jeffrey

1995★ 6.3

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

Jeffrey, a gay man living in New York City with an overwhelming fear of contracting AIDS, concludes that being celibate is the only option to protect himself. As fate would have it...

#3
Eradication

Eradication

2022★ 6.1

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

When an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a wo...

#4
Play Dead

Play Dead

2022★ 6.1

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

Criminology student Chloe fakes her own death to break into a morgue, in order to retrieve a piece of evidence that ties her younger brother to a crime gone wrong. Once inside, she...

#5
God's Pocket

God's Pocket

2014★ 5.8

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

A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters....

#6
You'll Never Find Me

You'll Never Find Me

2024★ 6.1

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

Patrick, a strange and lonely resident, lives in a mobile home at the back of an isolated caravan park. After a violent thunderstorm erupts, a mysterious young woman appears at his...

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