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10 Best Movies Like 80's Buildup

If you loved 80's Buildup, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Color Wheel

The Color Wheel

2012★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 80's Buildup for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

JR, an aspiring news-anchor, forces her younger brother Colin to embark on a road trip to move her belongings out of her professor-turned-lover’s place. Traveling through New Engla...

#2
What's Love Got to Do with It?

What's Love Got to Do with It?

2023★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 80's Buildup for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once the man decides to follow his parents' advice and enter into an arranged ...

#3
Relative Values

Relative Values

2000★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 80's Buildup for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A comedy of discriminating taste and dirty little secrets. In 1952 England, Nigel, the Earl of Marshwood, woos Hollywood star Miranda, upsetting both Nigel's mother, Countess Felic...

#4
Little Miss Marker

Little Miss Marker

1980★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 80's Buildup for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Sorrowful Jones is a cheap bookie in the 1930s. When a gambler leaves his daughter as a marker for a bet, he gets stuck with her. His life will change a great deal with her arrival...

#5
The Dog Problem

The Dog Problem

2006★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 80's Buildup for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In the film, Solo is a down-on-his-luck writer who is encouraged by his psychiatrist to get a dog. Solo meets his love interest, who he assumes to be a dog owner when meeting her a...

#6
Love, Weddings & Other Disasters

Love, Weddings & Other Disasters

2020★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 80's Buildup for fans of Comedy & Romance. 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....

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