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10 Best Movies Like Garbage Theory

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

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#1
Sleeper

Sleeper

1973★ 6.9

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

Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government reg...

#2
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

2019★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Garbage Theory for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final ...

#3
Chaos Walking

Chaos Walking

2021★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Garbage Theory for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Two unlikely companions embark on a perilous adventure through the badlands of an unexplored planet as they try to escape a dangerous and disorienting reality, where all inner thou...

#4
2073

2073

2024★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Garbage Theory for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Inspired by Chris Marker's iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée; the year is 2073—a not-so-distant dystopian future—and the setting is New San Francisco, the scorched-earth tech-dominan...

#5
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

2017★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Garbage Theory for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two ...

#6
Strange Brew

Strange Brew

1983★ 6.0

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

Something is rotten at the Elsinore Brewery. Bob and Doug McKenzie (as seen on SCTV) help the orphan Pam regain the brewery founded by her recently-deceased father. But to do so, t...

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