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10 Best Movies Like 72 Hours

If you loved 72 Hours, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Watching the Detectives

Watching the Detectives

2007★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 72 Hours for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life fem...

#2
Boot Camp

Boot Camp

2024★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 72 Hours for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Unathletic Whitney Carmichael signs up for an intense summer boot camp to reinvent herself and falls for her personal trainer. She then finds the strength to embrace her true self ...

#3
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters

Love, Weddings & Other Disasters

2020★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 72 Hours for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A fussy celebrity caterer, a blind woman, a tour-bus guide and an inexperienced wedding planner search for love....

#4
Chasing Papi

Chasing Papi

2003★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 72 Hours for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Playboy Thomas Fuentes has so far been able to skate by in life on good looks and charm alone. But when his duplicitous relationships with three women -- impassioned waitress Cici,...

#5
American Dreamer

American Dreamer

2022★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 72 Hours for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In this winsome comedy, an entitled Economics professor pursues a tactic to buy an ailing widow’s mansion for nothing, but he quickly realizes that his seemingly foolproof strategy...

#6
Bye Bye Love

Bye Bye Love

1995★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 72 Hours for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

With varying degrees of success, recently divorced friends Dave, Vic and Donny are trying to move on with their lives. Vic feels vilified by his ex-wife's parents, while Donny has ...

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