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10 Best Movies Like The Baxter

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

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#1
The Right Kind of Wrong

The Right Kind of Wrong

2013★ 5.9

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

A stubborn idealist spies a bride on her way to her wedding and immediately falls in love with her....

#2
Jim Jefferies: Contraband

Jim Jefferies: Contraband

2008★ 7.7

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

Last year’s critically acclaimed show ‘30’ sold out every night at the Edinburgh Festival and his UK and US tours. From those tours, Jeffries, the controversial Aussie stand-up, br...

#3
An Evening with Tim Heidecker

An Evening with Tim Heidecker

2020★ 6.7

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

Filmed in Los Angeles in pre-COVID times and produced by Abso Lutely Productions, An Evening With Tim Heidecker features Tim’s unique, no-holds-barred takes on modern inconvenience...

#4
The Big Sick

The Big Sick

2017★ 7.3

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

Pakistan-born comedian Kumail Nanjiani and grad student Emily Gardner fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When Emily contracts a mysterious illness, Kumail finds him...

#5
The Goonies

The Goonies

1985★ 7.5

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

Young teen Mikey Walsh and his friends set off on a quest to find Pirate One-Eyed Willie's treasure in hopes of saving their homes from demolition. However, on their quest to find ...

#6
The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

1994★ 8.7

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

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting ski...