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10 Best Movies Like When Comes the Night

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

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#1
The Nun

The Nun

2013★ 6.2

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

Suzanne Simonin describes her life of suffering in letters. As a young woman she is sent to a convent against her will. Since her parents cannot afford the dowry required for a mar...

#2
The Kindness of Strangers

The Kindness of Strangers

2019★ 6.3

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

Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who get...

#3
Élisa

Élisa

1995★ 6.4

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

Marie has had a tough childhood ever since her mother Elisa committed suicide. She has spent most of her life in an orphanage and now makes a living as a small time criminal in Par...

#4
Out of Love

Out of Love

2025★ 6.9

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

When Jeanne, a meticulous insurance assessor, is suddenly left to care for her estranged sister’s two children after their mother vanishes, her carefully ordered life begins to unr...

#5
The Nest

The Nest

2020★ 6.1

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

Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of the...

#6
Chaos

Chaos

2001★ 6.4

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

A bourgeois couple, modern yet conventional. One night by accident, a young prostitute barges into their lives. Hounded down, beaten up, threatened, she will continue to struggle, ...

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