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10 Best Movies Like Buoyant

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

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#1
Panda

Panda

2014‱★ 6.5

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

Two teenagers are playing by night in a dirty parking lot. After they are driving on an empty road, they start to tease each other on the way to the sea, but they seem to be too yo...

#2
A Maine Movie

A Maine Movie

2018‱★ 7.0

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

A group of mismatched friends spend a weekend together in Maine....

#3
One Direction: Up All Night - The Live Tour

One Direction: Up All Night - The Live Tour

2012‱★ 8.0

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

Up All Night: The Live Tour is a DVD release from the British-Irish boy band One Direction, which was released on 28 May 2012. The video concert DVD was recorded as part of One Dir...

#4
The Gendarme Takes Off

The Gendarme Takes Off

1970‱★ 6.3

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

The whole clique of Cruchot's police station is retired. Now he lives with his rich wife in her castle - and is bored almost to death. He fights with the butler, because he isn't e...

#5
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space

The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space

1979‱★ 6.0

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

The bungling inspector Cruchot finds himself trying to save the residents of St. Tropez from some oil-drinking humanoid aliens. The only way to tell the aliens from the real people...

#6
Red Dawn

Red Dawn

2012‱★ 5.7

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

A city in Washington state awakens to the surreal sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky—shockingly, the U.S. has been invaded and their hometown is the initial target...