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10 Best Movies Like NXT TakeOver: Rival

If you loved NXT TakeOver: Rival, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
WWE Payback 2016

WWE Payback 2016

2016★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to NXT TakeOver: Rival for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Payback (2016) is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and WWE Network event produced by WWE. It took place on May 1, 2016 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. It is...

#2
The World of Apu

The World of Apu

1959★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to NXT TakeOver: Rival for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Apu, now a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer, is invited to join an old college friend on a trip up-country to a village wedding....

#3
Alice

Alice

1990★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to NXT TakeOver: Rival for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults herbalist Dr. Yang, who realize...

#4
Blood Simple

Blood Simple

1985★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to NXT TakeOver: Rival for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues afte...

#5
Poetry

Poetry

2010★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to NXT TakeOver: Rival for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A South Korean woman in her sixties enrolls in a poetry class as she grapples with her faltering memory and her grandson's appalling wrongdoing....

#6
Teacher's Pet

Teacher's Pet

1958★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to NXT TakeOver: Rival for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A rugged city editor poses as a journalism student and flirts with the professor....