Movies Like The Great Darkened Days
If you liked The Great Darkened Days (2019), a drama and history movie directed by Maxime Giroux, 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.
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24 Days (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and thrillerWhen Ilan Halimi is kidnapped for ransom because Jewish and supposedly rich, his family and the police start a race against time to save him from the tortures of the "gang of barbarians".
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The Parts You Lose (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and thrillerAn unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm.
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2073 (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and dramaInspired by Chris Marker's iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée; the year is 2073—a not-so-distant dystopian future—and the setting is New San Francisco, the scorched-earth tech-dominant police state where democracy and…
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De Gaulle: Liberté (2026)
★ 7.8/10Also history and dramaPart two of a two-part biopic following French army officer Charles De Gaulle's life and political commitment between 1940 and 1945, and trace his development towards a political career.
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Spy, Stand Up (1982)
★ 7.2/10Also thriller and dramaSebastien Grenier, a former French spy, is working as a financial analyst in Zurich. However, his peaceful existence starts to disintegrate when he is recruited by a top French intelligence operative to discover how…
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The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and thrillerRomulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. The authorities, including his police officer daughter, claim…
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Remember (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and thrillerWith 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.
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Three Days and a Life (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and dramaChristmas 1999, in a peaceful little village in the Ardennes. The life of a young boy named Antoine will soon be devastated by three tragic events : the death of a dog, the vanishing of a child, and a big ravaging storm.
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Mary (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and historyA miraculous conception. A merciless king. A murderous pursuit. Mary's journey to give birth to Jesus unfolds in this biblical coming-of-age epic.
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The House on Carroll Street (1988)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and thrillerA reporter, fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. While working she overhears a noisy argument in the neighboring house…
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The Beasts (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also thriller and dramaAntoine and Olga, a French couple, have been living in a small village in Galicia for a long time. They practice eco-responsible agriculture and restore abandoned houses to facilitate repopulation. Everything should be…
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6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain (2017)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller and dramaAn adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he…
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Brute Force (1947)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and thrillerTimeworn Joe Collins and his fellow inmates live under the heavy thumb of the sadistic, power-tripping guard Captain Munsey. Only Collins' dreams of escape keep him going, but how can he possibly bust out of Munsey's…
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Blast (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and dramaIn a Parisian parking lot Sonia finds herself trapped in her car with her son and the daughter of her boyfriend Fred, who has been left outside, powerless to deal with the situation: an anti-tank mine has been set…
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On Fire (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and thrillerInspired by true and harrowing events, an ordinary man finds his world suddenly torn apart as devastating wildfires rip through the surrounding countryside. With precious moments ticking by, he must flee with his son…
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Out of Control (2025)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and thrillerJulien and Marie have enjoyed 15 years of seemingly stable marriage until Anaëlle, Julien’s childhood flame, returns. Her sudden presence awakens old insecurities in Marie, who begins to doubt Julien’s devotion and…
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It Was Just an Accident (2025)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and thrillerAn unassuming mechanic is reminded of his time in an Iranian prison when he encounters a man he suspects to be his sadistic jailhouse captor.
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The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and dramaAfter two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.
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Stormageddon (2015)
★ 6/10Also drama and thrillerWhat happens when you ask the most powerful computer program, run by the most powerful computers, to follow, listen and predict human behavior? The program learns, becomes sentient and begins to behave like a human…
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Killer's Kiss (1955)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and dramaDavey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The…