Movies Like The Light (2004)

The Light is a 2004 drama film from Philippe Lioret with a MovieMagicScore of 6.7/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Lighthouse and Cold Skin.

Drama

The Lighthouse

2019

Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

7.5

MagicScore

Cold Skin

2017

A young man who arrives at a remote island finds himself trapped in a battle for his life.

6.3

MagicScore

The Light at the Edge of the World

1971

Pirates take over a lighthouse on a rocky island. They then execute a devious plan to cause ships to run aground, pillaging their wrecks. A lone member of the lighthouse crew survives, and he deperately fights their plot. A shipwrecked maiden that avoids the pirates slaughter soon complicates the situation.

6.0

MagicScore

The Fog

2005

Trapped within an eerie mist, the residents of Antonio Bay have become the unwitting victims of a horrifying vengeance. One hundred years earlier, a ship carrying lepers was purposely lured onto the rocky coastline and sank, drowning all aboard. Now they're back – long-dead mariners who've waited a century for their revenge.

4.6

MagicScore

A Very Long Engagement

2004

Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.

7.3

MagicScore

The Light Between Oceans

2016

A lighthouse keeper and his wife living off the coast of Western Australia raise a baby they rescue from an adrift rowboat.

7.1

MagicScore

Half Light

2006

Rachel Carson, a best-selling crime novelist, is devastated and filled with guilt over the accidental death of her son. Hoping that a change of scenery will help alleviate her suffering, she leaves her home in the city and moves into a vacant country house owned by a friend and begins a relationship with charming local Angus. But, just as her life is taking a turn for the better, Rachel realizes she's being romanced by a ghost, leading her to doubt her own sanity.

6.0

MagicScore

Navigating Christmas

2023

Recently divorced Melanie brings her son to a remote island for Christmas, where she connects with a lighthouse owner.

5.9

MagicScore

The Last Day

2004

At Christmas time, 19-year-old Simon returns home to visit his dysfunctional family with Louise, a fearless girl he met during his train ride. While Simon struggles to cope with the growing distance between him and his parents, he starts to examine his feelings when Louise develop a liaison of her own with his childhood friend Mathieu.

4.6

MagicScore

#10

Song of the Sea

2014

The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When they resolve to return to their home by the sea, their journey becomes a race against time as they are drawn into a world Ben knows only from his mother’s folktales. But this is no bedtime story; these fairy folk have been in our world far too long. It soon becomes clear to Ben that Saoirse is the key to their survival.

8.0

MagicScore

#11

The Vanishing

2019

Three lighthouse keepers on an uninhabited island off the coast of Scotland discover something that isn't theirs to keep.

5.7

MagicScore

#12

The Monster of Piedras Blancas

1959

An old lighthouse keeper who lives with his daughter secretly keeps a prehistoric fish-man by feeding it scraps and fish. One day he misses the feeding and all hell breaks loose.

5.4

MagicScore

#13

The Fog

1980

Strange things begin to occur as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.

6.7

MagicScore

#14

A Stolen Life

1946

A twin takes her deceased sister's place as wife of the man they both love.

6.3

MagicScore

#15

Sarah, Plain and Tall

1991

Kansas, 1910. Widowed farmer Jacob Witting finds that taking care of both his farm and two children, Anna and Caleb, is too difficult to handle alone. John takes out an ad in a newspaper for a mail-order bride, to which the "plain and tall" Sarah Wheaton answers, soon traveling from Maine to Kansas to become John's wife. Despite the love that grows between Sarah and the family, Sarah finds herself homesick, and she must ultimately choose whether or not to stay.

7.1

MagicScore

#16

Abandoned

2016

In 1989 the trimaran Rose Noelle set sail from Picton, New Zealand, bound for Tonga with four crew. After a freak wave capsized the yacht, they drifted for 119 days before landing on Great Barrier Island.

5.9

MagicScore

#17

Pauline at the Beach

1983

Marion is about to divorce from her husband and takes her 15-year-old niece, Pauline, on a vacation to Granville. There, she meets an old love...

7.0

MagicScore

#18

Oceans Rising

2017

A scientist readies a boat after his warnings of an Earth-destroying flood are ignored. However, after the disasters reach a peak level of destruction those who maligned the scientist now turn to him in desperation, as he and other refugees look to save the world and stop the disaster using the two Supercolliders on opposite sides of the Atlantic.

4.7

MagicScore

#19

Tormented

1960

A jazz pianist is haunted by his dead ex-lover's crawling hand and floating head.

5.0

MagicScore

#20

Prey

2019

After being put on a supposedly uninhabited island as a form of behavioral rehabilitation, a high school senior finds that he's not alone on the island, and that getting discovered could be deadly.

4.7

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Light?

The top films similar to The Light by MovieMagicScore are The Lighthouse (7.5), Cold Skin (6.3), The Light at the Edge of the World (6.0). Each shares drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Light worth watching?

The Light holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.7/10 from 41 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Light?

The Light (2004) is a drama film directed by Philippe Lioret, starring Sandrine Bonnaire, Anne Consigny, Philippe Torreton.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Light?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more drama recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like The Light

This ranked list pairs The Light (2004), a drama film from Philippe Lioret, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Sandrine Bonnaire take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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