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10 Best Movies Like The Gulf

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

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#1
Golden Shot

Golden Shot

2015★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Gulf for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Numerous little robots, each in their own little lighthouse, work on keeping the light alive. This in anticipation of the appearance of a sun that will, literally, give them wings....

#2
Kung Fu Panda

Kung Fu Panda

2008★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Gulf for fans of Animation. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When the Valley of Peace is threatened, lazy Po the panda discovers his destiny as the "chosen one" and trains to become a kung fu hero, but transforming the unsleek slacker into a...

#3
Midnight in Paris

Midnight in Paris

2011★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Gulf for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

While on a trip to Paris with his fiancée's family, a nostalgic screenwriter finds himself mysteriously going back to the 1920s every day at midnight....

#4
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#5
Back to the Future

Back to the Future

1985★ 8.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Gulf for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty mu...

#6
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

2013★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Gulf for fans of Animation. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After the disastrous food storm in the first film, Flint and his friends are forced to leave the town. Flint accepts the invitation from his idol Chester V to join The Live Corp Co...