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10 Best Movies Like The Dark Stranger

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

#1
Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters

2016★ 5.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Dark Stranger for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Following a ghost invasion of Manhattan, paranormal enthusiasts Erin Gilbert and Abby Yates, nuclear engineer Jillian Holtzmann, and subway worker Patty Tolan band together to stop...

#2
Better Watch Out

Better Watch Out

2017★ 6.7

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

On a quiet suburban street tucked within a 'safe neighborhood', a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from strangers breaking into the house, only to discover that this is...

#3
Bus Driver

Bus Driver

2016★ 5.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Dark Stranger for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A high school bus on its way to a retreat blows a tire and stops at the nearest ranch for help. The driver, five troubled students, and their ridiculous gym- teacher chaperone find...

#4
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#5
Ex Machina

Ex Machina

2015★ 7.6

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

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But ...

#6
The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

1994★ 8.7

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

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting ski...