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10 Best Movies Like Empire Records

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

#1
Cat Run 2

Cat Run 2

2014★ 4.6

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

A couple of fumbling best friends run a private detective agency and find themselves solving their next case in New Orleans, becoming embroiled in a web of sexy female spies and go...

#2
Love and a .45

Love and a .45

1994★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Empire Records for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Small-time criminal Watty Watts attempts to rob a convenience store with his drug-addict buddy, Billy Mack Black. The robbery, however, leads to murder, and soon Watty leaves Billy...

#3
Daria in 'Is It College Yet?'

Daria in 'Is It College Yet?'

2002★ 7.3

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

All vile things must come to an end, and for Daria Morgendorffer that means it's time to look beyond high school to college. Our little girl has grown up so fast. It's time for hig...

#4
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical

Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical

2006★ 6.6

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

From an ominous Lecturer, a small 1930s middle American community learns of the Harper Affair, in which young Jimmy Harper finds his life of promise turn into a life of debauchery ...

#5
The Row

The Row

2018★ 4.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Empire Records for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A killer stalks and terrorizes a group of sorority girls on a college campus....

#6
200 Motels

200 Motels

1971★ 5.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Empire Records for fans of Music & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

"Touring makes you crazy," Frank Zappa says, explaining that the idea for this film came to him while the Mothers of Invention were touring. The story, interspersed with performanc...