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10 Best Movies Like Back in the Day

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

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#1
Eddie the Eagle

Eddie the Eagle

2016★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Back in the Day for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The feel-good story of Michael 'Eddie' Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself—even as an entire nation was counting him out. ...

#2
Bella

Bella

2006★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Back in the Day for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An international soccer star is on his way to sign a multimillion dollar contract when something happens that brings his career to an abrupt end. A beautiful waitress, struggling t...

#3
X-Men: Apocalypse

X-Men: Apocalypse

2016★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Back in the Day for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After the re-emergence of the world's first mutant, world-destroyer Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan....

#4
Inside Out

Inside Out

2015★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Back in the Day for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness g...

#5
Ex Machina

Ex Machina

2015★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Back in the Day for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But ...

#6
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Back in the Day for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....