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10 Best Movies Like The Return

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

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#1
Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe

Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe

2015★ 6.5

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

Scrat struggles once again to protect his nut....

#2
BURN·E

BURN·E

2008★ 7.5

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

What lengths will a robot undergo to do his job? BURN·E is a dedicated hard working robot who finds himself locked out of his ship. BURN·E quickly learns that completing a simple t...

#3
Explorers

Explorers

1985★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Return for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Middle schooler Ben spends his free time watching sci-fi films, playing video games and reading comic books. Surprisingly, his affinity for all things fantastical yields a real res...

#4
Lifted

Lifted

2006★ 7.5

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

When an overconfident teen alien gets behind the controls of a spaceship, he must attempt to abduct a slumbering farmer under the watchful eye of a critical instructor. But abducti...

#5
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe

Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe

2022★ 6.9

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

In 1998, Beavis and Butt-Head are sentenced to Space Camp by a “creative” judge. Their obsession with a docking simulator (huh huh) leads to a trip on the Space Shuttle, with predi...

#6
Dark Star

Dark Star

1974★ 6.0

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

A group of scientists are sent on a mission to destroy unstable planets. Twenty years into their mission, they have to battle their alien mascot as well as a "sensitive" and intell...

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