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10 Best Movies Like The Buildout

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

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#1
Jonathan

Jonathan

2018★ 5.9

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

Jonathan is a young man with a strange condition that only his brother understands. But when he begins to yearn for a different life, their unique bond becomes increasingly tested...

#2
Babylon 5: The River of Souls

Babylon 5: The River of Souls

1998★ 6.4

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

A group of Soul Hunters come to Babylon 5 demanding the return of something that was stolen from them....

#3
Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol

Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol

2010★ 7.9

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

Amy Pond and Rory Williams are trapped on a crashing space liner, and the only way the Eleventh Doctor can rescue them is to save the soul of a lonely old miser. But is Kazran Sard...

#4
Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight

Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight

2002★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Buildout for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After being punished for retreat from combat, Ranger David Martel is given command of the Liandra, a haunted 20-year old Minbari fighting ship. He's escorting ambassadors to a secr...

#5
A Wrinkle in Time

A Wrinkle in Time

2003★ 6.3

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

Meg and Charles Wallace are aided by Calvin and three interesting women in the search for their father who disappeared during a government experiment. Their travels take them aroun...

#6
Marjorie Prime

Marjorie Prime

2017★ 6.1

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

A service which creates holographic projections of late family members allows an elderly woman to spend time with a younger version of her deceased husband....

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