Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Start-Up

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

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#1
Shark: The Beginning

Shark: The Beginning

2021★ 7.4

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

A bullied teenager who is locked up at a juvenile detention center due to an unexpected accident, meets a mixed martial arts champion to break through his own limits....

#2
Breathless

Breathless

2009★ 7.1

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

Sang-hoon is a lowlife gangster, a debt collector exercising thuggish ways to collect his money. The recipient of nothing but anger since his childhood, he expresses himself throug...

#3
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

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

A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...

#4
Twenty

Twenty

2015★ 7.2

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

A story about three friends who just turned twenty; an age where you can do whatever you want, love whoever you want with opportunities abroad....

#5
Secret Zoo

Secret Zoo

2020★ 6.2

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

A lawyer is given the mission of revitalising a bankrupt zoo that has no animals. When he and a group of zookeepers come up with the idea to dress like animals and his fake polar b...

#6
Cheese in the Trap

Cheese in the Trap

2018★ 6.6

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

Hong Seol, a student from a poor family, meets a rich Yoo Jung, who is her senior at her university. They both develop a rather inconvenient relationship after knowing each other....

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