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10 Best Movies Like Bucket List

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

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#1
When Worlds Collide

When Worlds Collide

1951★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bucket List for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When a group of astronomers calculate a star is on a course to slam into Earth, a few days before, it's accompanying planet will first pass close enough to the Earth to cause havoc...

#2
The Iron Giant

The Iron Giant

1999★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bucket List for fans of Animation. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the small town of Rockwell, Maine in October 1957, a giant metal machine befriends a nine-year-old boy and ultimately finds its humanity by unselfishly saving people from their ...

#3
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

2012★ 6.6

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

As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him ...

#4
Don't Look Up

Don't Look Up

2021★ 7.1

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

Two astronomers go on a media tour to warn humankind of a planet-killing comet hurtling toward Earth. The response from a distracted world: Meh....

#5
Asteroid: Final Impact

Asteroid: Final Impact

2015★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bucket List for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A deadly meteor storm has been labeled a one-time celestial occurrence, but astrophysicist Steve Thomas believes something worse is yet to come. After discovering his asteroid trac...

#6
Star Kid

Star Kid

1997★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bucket List for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Shy seventh-grader Spencer Griffith's life changes when the meteor falls into local junkyard and he finds a Cybersuit - the wise and strong robot from another galaxy. Spencer puts ...

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