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10 Best Movies Like Backwards

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

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#1
Wimbledon

Wimbledon

2004★ 6.2

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

Britain’s Peter Colt has never quite lived up to his dreams of tennis stardom. Once ranked as high as number 11 in the world, the journeyman veteran has watched his number slip to ...

#2
The Major and the Minor

The Major and the Minor

1942★ 7.0

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

Low on funds, working-class girl Susan Applegate disguises herself as a youngster in order to pay half fare home. But little 'Sue Sue' finds herself in a whole heap of grownup trou...

#3
The Boss Baby

The Boss Baby

2017★ 6.5

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

A story about how a new baby's arrival impacts a family, told from the point of view of a delightfully unreliable narrator, a wildly imaginative 7 year old named Tim....

#4
The Help

The Help

2011★ 8.2

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

Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid wh...

#5
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#6
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....