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10 Best Movies Like Salsa

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

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#1
Save the Last Dance

Save the Last Dance

2001★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Salsa for fans of Music & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After the death of her mother, Sara moves to the South Side of Chicago to live with her father and gets transferred to a majority-black school. Her life takes a turn for the better...

#2
The Big Night

The Big Night

2012★ 5.8

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

An ageing punk-with-a-dog and his brother the conformist decide to get their revenge on a shopping mall. Directing duo Benoit Delepine and Gustave Kervern, longstanding comic crus...

#3
Umrika

Umrika

2015★ 6.0

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

When a young village boy discovers that his brother, long believed to be in America, has actually gone missing, he begins to invent letters on his behalf to save their mother from ...

#4
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Salsa 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....

#5
Ex Machina

Ex Machina

2015★ 7.6

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

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But ...

#6
Inside Out

Inside Out

2015★ 7.9

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

When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness g...