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10 Best Movies Like Buy Me an Eliot

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

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#1
An Average Little Man

An Average Little Man

1977★ 8.0

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

A middle-aged government accountant is determined to secure a stable job for his son before retiring, willing to go to great lengths to achieve his goal....

#2
The Cave of the Golden Rose 3

The Cave of the Golden Rose 3

1993★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Buy Me an Eliot for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

The powerful evil wizard Tarabas gets knowledge about a prophecy that a king's child will defeat him. So he sends out his army of dead soldiers to kidnap all royal children. When t...

#3
Hannibal

Hannibal

1959★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Buy Me an Eliot for fans of History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A Carthaginian general attempts to cross the Alps with an army of elephants in order to conquer Rome....

#4
Buddies

Buddies

1985★ 8.2

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

David, a naive graduate student, has volunteered to work as a 'buddy' for people dying of AIDS. Assigned to the intensely political Robert, a lifelong activist whose friends and fa...

#5
My Friends Act II

My Friends Act II

1982★ 7.6

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

The four old friends meet on the grave of the fifth of them, Perozzi, who died at the end of the first episode. Time has passed but they are still up for adventures and cruel jokes...

#6
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

1939★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Buy Me an Eliot for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting ...