15 Movies Like Out in the Dark

Loved Out in the Dark? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

Romeo + Juliet
#1

Romeo + Juliet

In this contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Out in the Dark.

Endless Love
#2

Endless Love

A privileged girl and a charismatic boy's instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Out in the Dark.

Firebird
#3

Firebird

At the height of the Cold War, a troubled soldier forms a forbidden love triangle with a daring fighter pilot and his female comrade amid the dangerous surroundings of a Soviet Air Force Base.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Out in the Dark.

Yes
#4

Yes

In the days following October 7, Y., a jazz musician, and his wife Yasmin, a dancer, resolve to say yes to everything. Y. and Yasmin sell their bodies and souls to the highest bidder, surrendering themselves and their art to Israel’s social, political and military elite. Soon, Y. is entrusted with a mission of the utmost importance: to compose the music for a rousing, ruthless new national anthem.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Out in the Dark.

Hot Bubblegum
#5

Hot Bubblegum

Further adventures of Bobby, Benji, and Huey in their pursuit of sex in the 50's. While preparing for their final exams, they try to work out if it's better to be going steady with one girl, and if changing girlfriends all the time leads to too many complications. This leads to frustrations with girls who wont go all the way, and problems with girls will go all the way with anyone!

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Out in the Dark.

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
#6

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Two teenage Mexican-American loners in 1987 El Paso explore a new, unusual friendship and the difficult road to self-discovery.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Out in the Dark.

Urban Tale
#7

Urban Tale

A boy and a girl wake up in bed one morning, naked. The children's mother died a few weeks earlier. Before she died she asked her children to find their birth father who left them when they were still babies. Their quest in search of their father leads them to hospitals, nursing homes and holding cells. In the course of the quest the brother and sister meet people who provide them - like in parallel quantum universes - a glance into what their future lives may hold for them.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Out in the Dark.

Not Easily Broken
#8

Not Easily Broken

A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Out in the Dark.

Waltz with Bashir
#9

Waltz with Bashir

An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Out in the Dark.

Remember
#10

Remember

With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Out in the Dark.

Departure
#11

Departure

An English mother and her teenage son spend a week preparing the sale of their remote holiday house in the South of France. Fifteen-year-old Elliot struggles with his dawning sexuality and an increasing alienation from his mother, Beatrice. She in turn is confronted by the realisation that her marriage to his father, Philip, has grown loveless and the life she knows is coming to an end. When an enigmatic local teenager, Clément, quietly enters their lives, both mother and son are compelled to confront their desires and, finally, each other.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Out in the Dark.

Antarctica
#12

Antarctica

Set in Tel Aviv, focuses on an interconnected group of friends and their various relationships. At the center is the adorably bookish Omer, about to turn 30, who still hasn't found himself, and his free-spirited best friend Miki, who both end up inadvertently dating the same handsome journalist, Ronen.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Out in the Dark.

Lemon Popsicle
#13

Lemon Popsicle

Benji, Bobby, and Huey are three 17 year olds who spend their days chasing girls and hanging out at Montana's Ice Cream Parlor. In their constant pursuit for sex, they are caught in the apartment of local nymphomaniac Stella by her boyfriend and get more than they bargained for from hooker Ze Ze! Meanwhile, Benji has fallen for new girl Nikki and is the only person who comes to her aid after Bobby gets her pregnant then dumps her.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Out in the Dark.

Gift From Above
#14

Gift From Above

A story with a bit of despair: six or seven families who live in the same blocks that surround a parking lot. And they are all involved in each other’s lives.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Out in the Dark.

Ali and Nino
#15

Ali and Nino

Muslim prince Ali and Georgian aristocrat Nino have grown up in the Russian province of Azerbaijan. Their tragic love story sees the outbreak of the First World War and the world’s struggle for Baku’s oil. Ultimately they must choose to fight for their country’s independence or for each other.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Out in the Dark.