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10 Best Movies Like The Big Explosion

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

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#1
Red

Red

2003★ 5.8

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

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#2
Red

Red

1993★ 5.6

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

Based on the true story of Louis "Red" Deutsch. A New Jersey bar-owner is plagued with prank phone calls that prompt him to flip into psychotic, profanity-laden rages....

#3
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1

2021★ 6.6

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

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#4
Shimmy: The First Monkey King

Shimmy: The First Monkey King

2023★ 5.9

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

Shimmy, a monkey newly discover superhero powers and learns how to control his extraordinary transformative abilities and prevent powerful demonic forces from sending the universe ...

#5
64: Part 2

64: Part 2

2016★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Big Explosion for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

1989: 64th and last year of the Showa era. A girl is kidnapped and killed. The unsolved case is called Case 64 ('rokuyon'). 2002: Yoshinobu Mikami, who was the detective in charge...

#6
Rosalie Goes Shopping

Rosalie Goes Shopping

1989★ 5.7

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

Rosalie loves to shop too much to let a little thing like no money stop her. When the local shopkeepers no longer take her bad checks or bad credit cards, she's finds herself out o...