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10 Best Movies Like Payback: Straight Up

If you loved Payback: Straight Up, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Overboard

Overboard

2018★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Payback: Straight Up for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A spoiled, wealthy yacht owner is thrown overboard and becomes the target of revenge from his mistreated employee....

#2
Lawman

Lawman

1971★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Payback: Straight Up for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to ...

#3
This Property Is Condemned

This Property Is Condemned

1966★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Payback: Straight Up for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Owen Legate, a railroad official, comes to Dodson, Mississippi to shut down the local railway - the town's main income. But Owen unexpectedly finds love with Dodson's flirt and ma...

#4
Baadasssss!

Baadasssss!

2004★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Payback: Straight Up for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playing his father in the film, Van ...

#5
Seduced and Abandoned

Seduced and Abandoned

2013★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Payback: Straight Up for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

SEDUCED AND ABANDONED combines acting legend Alec Baldwin with director James Toback as they lead us on a troublesome and often hilarious journey of raising financing for their nex...

#6
The Blue Lamp

The Blue Lamp

1950★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Payback: Straight Up for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon i...

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