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Best I'd say is 12 Monkeys, but that's unsurprisingly already been mentioned.
An odd one I want to recommend - Static (1985) - IMDb link
It's broadly similar in that it's surreal and unsettling and deals with alienation, loneliness and death, and it has a great soundtrack (and in fact introduced me to The The's This is the Day, almost 40 years before GotG v3). And it stars Keith Gordon and Amanda Plummer, who are both excellent.
The most notable difference (not so much that it's vital as that it's so obvious) is that it looks completely different. Visually, Donnie Darko is very dense and rich and dark, while Static is very pale and washed out and stark. It fits the context though.