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10 Best Movies Like Background to Danger

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#1
Once Upon a Honeymoon

Once Upon a Honeymoon

1942★ 6.2

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

A radio correspondent tries to rescue a burlesque queen from her marriage to a Nazi official....

#2
The Don Is Dead

The Don Is Dead

1973★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Background to Danger for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After his mistress is murdered, a Mafia leader goes after the killer with a bloody vengeance. Soon after the hunt begins, a gang war ensues....

#3
No Stranger Than Love

No Stranger Than Love

2015★ 4.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Background to Danger for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

What is stranger than the big hole that opens up in Lucy Sherrington's living room floor? As it turns out, love....

#4
BTS World Tour: Love Yourself in Seoul

BTS World Tour: Love Yourself in Seoul

2019★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Background to Danger for fans of Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Shot at the Olympic Stadium in Seoul during the BTS World Tour ‘Love Yourself’ to celebrate the seven members of the global boyband and their unprecedented international phenomenon...

#5
Love Meetings

Love Meetings

1965★ 8.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Background to Danger for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Pier Paolo Pasolini sets out to interview Italians about sex, apparently their least favorite thing to talk about in public: he asks children if they know where babies come from; a...

#6
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

2018★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Background to Danger for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Toby, a cynical film director finds himself trapped in the outrageous delusions of an old Spanish shoe-maker who believes himself to be Don Quixote. In the course of their comic an...