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10 Best Movies Like The Heart Is a Dark Forest

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

#1
Red

Red

2008★ 6.2

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

Avery, a reclusive older man, has a best friend in his dog, Red. When three teens kill Red without reason, Avery sets out for justice and redemption, attempting to follow the lette...

#2
Who Is The Master In The Forest?

Who Is The Master In The Forest?

1977★ 5.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Heart Is a Dark Forest for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Many animals live in the forest. They all have their own characters and ambitions, the relationship between themselves and the settled way of life. One day a Bear decided to prove ...

#3
Taxidermia

Taxidermia

2006★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Heart Is a Dark Forest for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Set over three generations and beginning with a sexually frustrated orderly during WWII who relieves his tensions in the most outlandish, gross ways. The result of his liaison is a...

#4
Battle Royale II: Requiem

Battle Royale II: Requiem

2003★ 5.0

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

It's three years after the events of the original Battle Royale, and Shuya Nanahara is now an internationally-known terrorist determined to bring down the government. His terrorist...

#5
Jason X

Jason X

2001★ 4.9

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

In the year 2455, Old Earth is now a contaminated planet abandoned for centuries -- a brown world of violent storms, toxic landmasses and poisonous seas. Yet humans have returned t...

#6
Hi, Mom!

Hi, Mom!

1970★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Heart Is a Dark Forest for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Vietnam vet Jon Rubin returns to New York and rents a rundown flat in Greenwich Village. It is in this flat that he begins to film, 'Peeping Tom' style, the people in the apartment...