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10 Best Movies Like A Short Trip

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

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#1
Police Academy 3: Back in Training

Police Academy 3: Back in Training

1986★ 5.8

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

When police funding is cut, the Governor announces he must close one of the academies. To make it fair, the two police academies must compete against each other to stay in operatio...

#2
Gallipoli

Gallipoli

1981★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Short Trip for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in the Ottoman Empire during World War I....

#3
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

1984★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Short Trip for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A surprise visit from Spock's father provides a startling revelation: McCoy is harboring Spock's living essence....

#4
Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers

1972★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Short Trip for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs....

#5
Iron Man 2

Iron Man 2

2010★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Short Trip for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark faces pressure from the government, the press and the public to share h...

#6
Moonraker

Moonraker

1979★ 6.2

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

After Drax Industries' Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked, secret agent James Bond is assigned to investigate, traveling to California to meet the company's owner, the mysterious ...