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10 Best Movies Like Upper Cut

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

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#1
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#2
The Pumpkin Eater

The Pumpkin Eater

1964★ 6.6

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

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatib...

#3
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

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

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

#4
Lockdown

Lockdown

2000★ 5.9

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

Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casse...

#5
The Locket

The Locket

1946★ 6.3

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

A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters....

#6
Alex of Venice

Alex of Venice

2015★ 5.9

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

After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by hers...

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