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10 Best Movies Like What Goes Up

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

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#1
The Brotherhood of Justice

The Brotherhood of Justice

1986★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What Goes Up for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

High-school students start a vigilante group in their neighbourhood but, as their power increases, they become more abusive and dangerous....

#2
White Bird in a Blizzard

White Bird in a Blizzard

2014★ 6.2

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

In 1988, a teenage girl's life is thrown into chaos when her mother disappears....

#3
The Souvenir

The Souvenir

2019★ 6.1

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

A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man....

#4
Dazed and Confused

Dazed and Confused

1993★ 7.3

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

The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star a...

#5
The Dirt

The Dirt

2019★ 7.4

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

The story of Mötley Crüe and their rise from the Sunset Strip club scene of the early 1980s to superstardom....

#6
Hellion

Hellion

2014★ 5.9

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

When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father m...

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