20 movies like Dark Days, ordered by similarity : Cocaine Cowboys II: Hustlin' With the Godmother(2008), Capturing the Friedmans(2003), The Prisoner or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair(2006), Standard Operating Procedure(2008), Woodpeckers(2017), Last Train Home(2009), The Farm: Angola, USA(1998), West of Memphis(2012), Radiant City(2006), Imagine: John Lennon(1988), A Prophet(2009), Man of Aran(1934) ...
Documentary
USA
2000
94 Minutes
homeless person convict prisoner dark dense uneasy prison new york city subway drug addiction rape confinement child abuse poverty crime fall sacrifice 2000s
A cinematic portrait of the homeless population who live permanently in the underground tunnels of New York City.
Documentary, Crime, Drama, History
USA
2008
101 Minutes
Nelson Andreu Raul Diaz Bob Palumbo Al Singleton
drug dealer son convict woman drug addict police officer gripping fascinating dark oakland, calif. prison miami ghetto drug trade crime ring partnership investigation griselda blanco charles cosby temptation
Set in 1991 on the inner-city streets of Oakland, California, cocaine dealer Charles Cosby has his life changed forever when he writes a fan letter to the "Cocaine Godmother" Griselda ... See full summary »
Documentary, Biography
USA
2003
107 Minutes
David Friedman Jesse Friedman
father son brother mother victim police officer creepy emotional family home great neck, n.y. suburbia prison child molestation family wretched excess fall mystery 2000s
Documentary on the Friedmans, a seemingly typical, upper-middle-class Jewish family whose world is instantly transformed when the father and his youngest son are arrested and charged with shocking and horrible crimes.
Documentary
Germany|USA
2006
54 Minutes
journalist soldier prisoner brother gripping offbeat intense iraq beach street house prison iraq war prisoners of war torture wrongfully accused assassination plot yunis khatayer abbas underdog discovery
A freedom-loving Iraqi journalist is mistaken as Tony Blair's would-be assassin and sent to Abu Ghraib Prison where he discovers the true meaning of liberation.
Documentary, War, Crime, Drama
USA
2008
116 Minutes
Megan Ambuhl Graner Javal Davis Ken Davis Anthony Diaz Tim Dugan Lynndie England
soldier prisoner photographer pregnant woman iraqi powerful gripping disturbing iraq prison court scandal abu ghraib prison responsibility transformation fall 2000s
Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S. forces at the Abu Ghraib prison.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
Documentary
2009
85 Minutes
factory worker mother father daughter son seamstress fascinating emotional striking solemn china factory train train station village family worker's rights tradition work vs. family work-life balance
Forced to live far away, two Chinese factory workers make an arduous journey once a year to visit their children, who barely know them.
Documentary
USA
1998
93 Minutes
Jonathan Stack
prisoner warden parole officer fascinating shocking prison louisiana imprisonment justice race relations human nature transformation quest 1990s
Documentary depicting day to day life in Angola Prison mostly from an inmate's perspective. Interviews are with several inmates including one with a life sentence who is about to die.
Documentary, Crime, Drama
New Zealand|USA
2012
150 Minutes
Michael Baden Jason Baldwin John Mark Byers Lorri Davis Johnny Depp
filmmaker convict friend suspect family member bleak shocking arkansas rural community prison wrongful conviction murder prison life justice west memphis three discovery underdog 2010s
An examination of a failure of justice in the case against the West Memphis Three.
Comedy, Drama, Documentary
Canada
2006
86 Minutes
Jim Brown Daniel Jeffery Bob Legare Jane MacFarlane Ashleigh Fidyk Curt McKinstry Karen Planden
expert mother father son daughter suburbanite gripping amusing canada suburbia house suburban life isolation society artificial environment family discovery sacrifice 2000s
An examination of the nature of modern suburbia.
Documentary
USA
1988
106 Minutes
John Lennon Yoko Ono Sean Lennon Julian Lennon
yoko ono child son musician fascinating engaging new york city england house stage john lennon career music activism success rise discovery 1980s
A biography of the rock music star.
Crime, Drama
France|Italy
2009
154 Minutes
Tahar Rahim Niels Arestrup Adel Bencherif Hichem Yacoubi Reda Kateb Antoine Basler Gilles Cohen Pascal Henault Foued Nassah Jean-Emmanuel Pagni
convict mobster prisoner engaging gripping tense france prison crime ambition murder organized crime prison racism growing up discovery rivalry rise 2000s
A young Algerian man is sent to a French prison.
Documentary
UK
1934
74 Minutes
Colman "Tiger" King Maggie Dirrane Michael Dillane Pat Mullin
fisherman farmer wife son bleak striking ireland island aran islands survival farming family poverty fishing discovery sacrifice 1930s
In this blend of documentary and fictional narrative from pioneering filmmaker Robert Flaherty, the everyday trials of life on Ireland's unforgiving Aran Islands are captured with attention to naturalistic beauty and historical detail.
Documentary
UK|USA
2003
89 Minutes
serial killer documentarian judge lawyer spokesman friend dark disturbing florida prison courtroom murder prostitution execution mental illness discovery fall wretched excess 2000s
Nick Broomfield's second documentary about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, focusing on her mental state on death row.
Adventure, History, Biography, Drama
USA|Czech Republic|Spain
2017
133 Minutes
Charlie Hunnam Rami Malek Roland Møller Nina Senicar Tommy J. Flanagan Eve Hewson Christopher Fairbank Brian Vernel
convict innocent man prison guard prisoner escape artist friend tense bleak thrilling suspenseful incredible intricate prison island prison cell paris french guiana apartment prison prison break
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
Documentary
2008
90 Minutes
boxer mentor trainer emotional engaging brooklyn, n.y. new york state united states boxing ring boxing rape prison divorce parenthood rise fall growing up 2000s
Interviews, archival footage and photographs help illustrate a biography of the life of former boxer Mike Tyson, in and out of the ring.
Documentary, Action, Drama
Denmark|USA
2006
88 Minutes
gangster brother politician president aristide dark gritty disturbing haiti port-au-prince cité soleil slum war drug addiction natural disasters poverty fall underdog wretched excess revenge 2000s
Documents the violent lives of gang leaders in Haiti's worst slum, focusing on two brothers loyal to then-President Aristide.
Documentary
USA
2011
72 Minutes
woman prisoner virgin divorcée guard afghan shocking engaging powerful fascinating kabul, afghanistan women's prison courtroom islam women's rights prison judicial system cultural differences oppression discovery
LOVE CRIMES OF KABUL is an intimate portrait of three young Afghani women accused of committing "moral crimes" such as premarital sex and running away from home. As we follow them from ... See full summary »
Biography, Drama
USA
2018
112 Minutes
Steve Carell Timothée Chalamet Maura Tierney Amy Ryan Timothy Hutton Kaitlyn Dever Andre Royo LisaGay Hamilton
father son ex-wife drug addict doctor addict emotional intense melancholy raw tender powerful united states new york city los angeles school home addiction father/son relationship love
Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.
Documentary
USA
2002
94 Minutes
Steve Rosenbaum
police officer rescue worker civilian fireman filmmaker powerful patriotic moving new york city manhattan, n.y. 9/11 attacks terrorism rescue disaster rise fall sacrifice 2000s
This documentary from director Steven Rosenbaum presents the experiences of a diverse group of regular Americans in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Featuring ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2006
229 Minutes
son daughter mother father patient doctor emotional inspiring hospital household cincinnati cancer childhood family illness medicine growing up quest discovery 2000s
Five families struggle with the ups and downs of cancer treatment over the course of six years.