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10 Best Movies Like The Set Up

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

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#1
Victor/Victoria

Victor/Victoria

1995★ 6.6

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

Out-of-work singer Victoria Grant meets a just-fired, flamboyant gay man in a club in 1920s Paris. He convinces her to pretend to be a man who is a female impersonator in order to ...

#2
Rough Magic

Rough Magic

1995★ 5.5

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

In the 1950s, a pretty magician's apprentice travels to Mexico to escape her boyfriend, a wealthy politician, and to find a Mayan shaman who will teach her the ancient principles o...

#3
King Kong vs. Godzilla

King Kong vs. Godzilla

1962★ 6.9

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

The advertising director of Pacific Pharmaceuticals, frustrated with the low ratings of their sponsored TV program, seeks a more sensationalist approach. He orders his staff to Far...

#4
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#5
Love Songs

Love Songs

2007★ 7.0

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

Ismael and Julie, in the hope of sparking their stalled relationship, enter a playful yet emotionally laced threesome with Alice. When tragedy strikes, these young Parisians are fo...

#6
Main Tera Hero

Main Tera Hero

2014★ 5.7

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

Seenu loves Sunaina but they're chased by a stalking cop, an infatuated beauty and her mafia don dad - can Seenu's heroics work?...