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10 Best Movies Like The Perfect Set-Up

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

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#1
No End

No End

1985★ 7.0

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

1982, Poland. A translator loses her husband and becomes a victim of her own sorrow. She looks to sex, to her son, to law, and to hypnotism when she has nothing else in this time o...

#2
The Zone of Interest

The Zone of Interest

2023★ 7.0

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

The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp....

#3
Jim's Story

Jim's Story

2024★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Perfect Set-Up for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Aymeric runs into Florence, a former coworker, one evening in Saint-Claude in the Haut-Jura. She is six months pregnant and single. When she gives birth to Jim, Aymeric is there. T...

#4
The French Lieutenant's Woman

The French Lieutenant's Woman

1981★ 6.4

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

In this story-within-a-story, Anna is an actress starring opposite Mike in a period piece about the forbidden love between their respective characters, Sarah and Charles. Both acto...

#5
Diary of a Chambermaid

Diary of a Chambermaid

1964★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Perfect Set-Up for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Celestine has a new job as a chambermaid for the quirky M. Monteil, his wife and her father. When the father dies, Celestine decides to quit her job and leave, but when a young gir...

#6
The Gospel According to St. Matthew

The Gospel According to St. Matthew

1965★ 7.4

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

Along a rocky, barren coastline, Jesus begins teaching, primarily using parables. He attracts disciples; he's stern, brusque, and demanding. His parables often take on the powers t...