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10 Best Movies Like Pump Up the Volume

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

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#1
David and Lisa

David and Lisa

1962★ 7.2

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

Teenager David Clemens develops a hysterical fear that he will die if he comes into physical contact with another person. Perturbed, David's overbearing mother places him in a home...

#2
Lorna

Lorna

1964★ 5.5

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

Lorna and Jim have been married for a year but Lorna remains sexually unsatisfied. While he's at work, she is raped by an escaped convict, then becomes lustfully involved with him....

#3
Manna from heaven (La manna dal cielo)

Manna from heaven (La manna dal cielo)

2006★ 7.5

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

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#4
Liebe macht Erfinderisch

Liebe macht Erfinderisch

1985★ 6.8

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

Cab driver Hugo Meier is married to two women and lives at two addresses. He therefore lives according to a precise timetable. This has worked well so far. However, Hugo has an acc...

#5
Nina Frisk

Nina Frisk

2007★ 5.0

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

Nina Frisk is a flight attendant who loves flying. She is happy above the clouds, far away from her dysfunctional family and superficial love life. But then one day Nina meets Marc...

#6
Rat-Man

Rat-Man

2007★ 6.9

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

Animation movie about a masked mouse hero, created by Leo Ortolani and directed by Mario Montigiani....