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10 Best Movies Like When the Lights Go Out

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

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#1
A Question of Faith

A Question of Faith

2017★ 7.3

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

When Tragedy Strikes three Families, their Destiny forces them on a coverging path and mercy as the challenges of their fate could also resurrect their beliefs...

#2
Mr. Church

Mr. Church

2016★ 7.4

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

A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fift...

#3
The Pumpkin Eater

The Pumpkin Eater

1964★ 6.7

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

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatib...

#4
What Maisie Knew

What Maisie Knew

2013★ 7.1

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

In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle....

#5
Skin

Skin

2009★ 6.4

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

Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era....

#6
The Glass Castle

The Glass Castle

2017★ 7.1

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

A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her ...

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