Movies Like Darling (2007)

Darling is a 2007 drama film from Johan Kling with a MovieMagicScore of 6.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Back to School and Summer in the City.

Drama

Back to School

1986

Self-made millionaire Thornton Melon decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason's college. While Jason tries to fit in with his fellow students, Thornton struggles to gain his son's respect, giving way to hilarious antics.

6.3

MagicScore

Summer in the City

2016

When a small town woman with southern charm is given a big promotion managing a store in the Big Apple, she tries to adopt a big city personality and it leads to disastrous results.

6.0

MagicScore

I Swear

2025

Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome at 15, John Davidson navigates his way against the odds through troubled teenage years and into adulthood, finding inspiration in the kindness of others to discover his true purpose in life.

8.3

MagicScore

Taxi Driver

1976

Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.

8.1

MagicScore

Fists in the Pocket

1965

A deeply disturbed and epileptic young man benignly decides to murder other members of his dysfunctional family for altruistic reasons.

7.8

MagicScore

L'Eclisse

1962

This romantic drama by Michelangelo Antonioni follows the love life of Vittoria, a beautiful literary translator living in Rome. After splitting from her writer boyfriend, Riccardo, Vittoria meets Piero, a lively stockbroker, on the hectic floor of the Roman stock exchange. Though Vittoria and Piero begin a relationship, it is not one without difficulties, and their commitment to one another is tested during an eclipse.

7.7

MagicScore

The Cat

1971

Julien Bouin, a former typographist, and his wife Clemence, who used to perform in a circus, hardly talk to each other in their small house, soon to be demolished. His cat Greffier being the only one he still gives affection to, he becomes the object of Clemence's anger.

7.4

MagicScore

Naked

1993

An unemployed Brit vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.

7.2

MagicScore

A Touch of Sin

2013

Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.

7.2

MagicScore

#10

Pi

1998

A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.

7.1

MagicScore

#11

You, the Living

2007

In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, deadpan vignettes that rush past. Some are just seconds long, none longer than a couple of minutes. A young woman remembers a fantasy honeymoon with a rock guitarist. A man awakes from a dream about bomber planes. A businessman boasts about success while being robbed by a pickpocket, and so on. The absurdist collection is accompanied by Dixieland jazz and similar music.

7.1

MagicScore

#12

The Savages

2007

A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.

6.9

MagicScore

#13

Still Life

1978

A railway crossing guard and his wife live in a routine of total isolation and uneventfulness.

6.8

MagicScore

#14

Full Moon in Paris

1984

Louise is dissatisfied with her mundane life in a bleak Parisian new-town. She rents a pied-à-terre in the city so she can experience independence.

6.8

MagicScore

#15

Martian Child

2007

A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.

6.7

MagicScore

#16

The Life of Jesus

1997

Twenty-something Freddy is becalmed in a podunk French village where the only sign of life is the local amateur brass band and youth aimlessly roaming around the countryside on scooters. He has an intense sexual connection with his girlfriend but has no joy or passion to give her. When she falls for a handsome Arab youth a tragedy unfolds.

6.7

MagicScore

#17

Despair

1978

Berlin, 1930, during the rise of Nazism. Hermann Hermann, a Russian emigrant and chocolate manufacturer, married to the capricious Lydia, loses his temper more and more every day when dealing with his workers and other businessmen; until he meets Felix, a vagrant, who seems to be physically identical to him; a disconcerting fact that leads Hermann Hermann to plot a particular way out of a fake world he actually hates.

6.4

MagicScore

#18

Other People

2016

David, a struggling comedy writer fresh off from breaking up with his boyfriend, moves from New York City to Sacramento to help his sick mother. Living with his conservative father and much-younger sisters for the first time in ten years, he feels like a stranger in his childhood home. As his mother’s health declines, David frantically tries to extract meaning from this horrible experience and convince everyone (including himself) that he's "doing okay.”

6.3

MagicScore

#19

Play It as It Lays

1972

Burned-out B-movie actress Maria, depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an ambitious film director, Carter Lang, who would rather work on his career than on his relationship with her, numbs herself with drugs and sex with strangers. Only her friendship with a sensitive gay movie producer, B.Z., offers a semblance of solace. But even that relationship proves to be fleeting amidst the empty decadence of Hollywood.

5.9

MagicScore

#20

Sister My Sister

1994

A true story of shocking violence catapults a picturesque little town into history. The close sibling relationship between the two maids takes on a new dimension as their overbearing employer discovers a sexual fever between the two sisters.

5.8

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Darling?

The top films similar to Darling by MovieMagicScore are Back to School (6.3), Summer in the City (6.0), I Swear (8.3). Each shares drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Darling worth watching?

Darling holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.0/10 from 23 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Darling?

Darling (2007) is a drama film directed by Johan Kling, starring Michelle Meadows, Michael Segerström, Richard Ulfsäter.

Where can I find more recommendations like Darling?

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 Darling

This ranked list pairs Darling (2007), a drama film from Johan Kling, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Michelle Meadows 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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