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Movies Like The Bright Night

If you liked The Bright Night (1978), a fantasy and drama movie directed by Marcel Hanoun, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Mood Indigo

    Mood Indigo (2013)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and fantasy

    A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.

  2. 2Nine Days

    Nine Days (2021)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and fantasy

    A bureaucrat interviews five souls to decide which of them will be given a life on Earth. But he soon faces an existential challenge of his own.

  3. 3Salomé

    Salomé (2013)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his kingdom, wanton and proud young Salomé…

  4. 4Tuesday

    Tuesday (2024)

    ★ 6.8/10Also fantasy and drama

    A mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird.

  5. 5Northfork

    Northfork (2003)

    ★ 6/10Also fantasy and drama

    The year is 1955, and a great flood is coming to Northfork, Montana. A new hydroelectric dam is about to be installed in the mountains above the town, ready to submerge the valley in the name of progress. It is the…

  6. 6Chaos

    Chaos (2001)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    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, with the help of a well off lady…

  7. 7How Sarah Got Her Wings

    How Sarah Got Her Wings (2015)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and fantasy

    Good Samaritan Sarah Fitzpatrick has a fatal accident just before Christmas, and finds herself in the lobby before the gates of Heaven. Certain that she will be let in, she is shocked to find that her name is not on…

  8. 8Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess

    Sofia the First: Once Upon a Princess (2012)

    ★ 7.4/10Also fantasy

    Set in the storybook world of Enchancia, the music-filled movie follows Sofia, an average girl whose life suddenly changes when her mother marries the king and she is whisked off to live in a castle with her mom, new…

  9. 9Duelle (Une Quarantaine)

    Duelle (Une Quarantaine) (1976)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and fantasy

    Two enigmatic women, both with a hidden but shared motive, separately arrive in Paris. As they navigate the city and their search progresses, various characters become entangled within their conflict, one which…

  10. 10Mythica: A Quest for Heroes

    Mythica: A Quest for Heroes (2014)

    ★ 5.8/10Also fantasy

    Stuck in a life of indentured servitude, Marek dreams of becoming a wizard. When she meets the beautiful priestess Teela in need of help, she offers her assistance and provides a motley troupe. Together they go in…

  11. 11Princess

    Princess (2008)

    ★ 6.2/10Also fantasy

    A reclusive princess and a directionless young man embark on a quest to save the world's mythical creatures from becoming extinct.

  12. 12Clash of the Titans

    Clash of the Titans (2010)

    ★ 5.9/10Also fantasy

    Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can…

  13. 13The Dark Crystal

    The Dark Crystal (1982)

    ★ 7.2/10Also fantasy

    On another planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal and restore order to his world, before the grotesque race of Skeksis find and use the crystal for evil.

  14. 14The Odyssey

    The Odyssey (2026)

    ★ 8/10Also fantasy

    Odysseus, the legendary King of Ithaca, embarks on a long and perilous journey home following the Trojan War. Throughout his voyage, he is forced to confront the whims of gods, mythological monsters, and trials that…

  15. 15Raining Cats and Frogs

    Raining Cats and Frogs (2003)

    ★ 7/10Also fantasy

    It's a catastrophe! A flood has hit our planet and an unusual group of people are all that remains. Led by Ferdinand, a modern day Noah, this little group have managed to defy the furiously raging elements. People and…

  16. 16Abigail

    Abigail (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10Also fantasy

    A young girl Abigail lives in a city whose borders were closed many years ago because of an epidemic of a mysterious disease. Abby's father was one of the sick - and he was taken when she was six years old. Going…

  17. 17My Dinner with Hervé

    My Dinner with Hervé (2018)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both.

  18. 18Adam

    Adam (2020)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    A hard-living salesman becomes a quadriplegic after an accident.

  19. 19Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience

    Game of Thrones The IMAX Experience (2015)

    ★ 8.6/10Also drama and fantasy

    The first episode of this IMAX screening takes place entirely at The Wall with the Night’s Watch (S4 EP9) hopelessly outnumbered as they attempt to defend Castle Black from the Wildings and features one the fiercest…

  20. 20All That Money Can Buy

    All That Money Can Buy (1941)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and fantasy

    Farmer Jabez Stone, about to lose his land, agrees to sell his soul to the devil, known as Mr. Scratch, who gives Jabez seven years to enjoy the fruits of his sale before he collects. Over that time, Jabez pays off his…

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