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10 Best Movies Like Greased Lightning

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

#1
Pretty in Pink

Pretty in Pink

1986★ 6.7

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

Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one...

#2
Twilight's Last Gleaming

Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977★ 6.4

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

A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals de...

#3
Which Way Is Up?

Which Way Is Up?

1977★ 6.0

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

Orange picker Leroy Jones inadvertently becomes a union leader and is forced out of town, leaving behind his sex-obsessed father, Rufus, and timid spouse, Annie Mae. He heads for L...

#4
Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

1986★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Greased Lightning for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Although Jo Jo Dancer has achieved success as a stand-up comedian, he hasn't found happiness. After receiving severe burns in a narcotics-related incident, Jo Jo remains in a coma,...

#5
Ninja Strike

Ninja Strike

1985★ 5.8

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

During World War II, a valuable pendant is taken into hiding to protect it from those who would use it for evil. Years later, men are still trying to retrieve the pendant, now sepa...

#6
Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles

1974★ 7.2

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

A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the to...