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10 Best Movies Like A Bright Purpose

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

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#1
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

1994★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Bright Purpose for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he has to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Adding to his p...

#2
Death Race 2

Death Race 2

2010★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Bright Purpose for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In the world's most dangerous prison, a new game is born: Death Race. The rules of this adrenaline-fueled blood sport are simple, drive or die. When repentant convict Carl Lucas di...

#3
Phas Gaye Re Obama

Phas Gaye Re Obama

2010★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Bright Purpose for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Om, a debt-ridden NRI, wants to sell his ancestral property to pay his debts, but things turn awry when he is kidnapped by gangsters who believe him to be a rich target....

#4
102 Dalmatians

102 Dalmatians

2000★ 5.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Bright Purpose for fans of Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Get ready for a howling good time as an all new assortment of irresistible animal heroes are unleashed in this great family tail! In an unlikely alliance, the outrageous Waddleswor...

#5
Return of the Living Dead Part II

Return of the Living Dead Part II

1988★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Bright Purpose for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxin gas into the air, causing the dead to once again rise from the grave and seek ou...

#6
Return of the Living Dead III

Return of the Living Dead III

1993★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Bright Purpose for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Having recently witnessed the horrific results of a top secret project to bring the dead back to life, a distraught teenager performs the operation on his girlfriend after she's ki...