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10 Best Movies Like The Set-Up

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

#1
Somebody Up There Likes Me

Somebody Up There Likes Me

1956★ 7.3

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

The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ....

#2
The Beguiled

The Beguiled

1971★ 7.0

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

Offbeat Civil War drama in which a wounded Yankee soldier, after finding refuge in an isolated girls' school in the South towards the end of the war, becomes the object of the youn...

#3
The Big Combo

The Big Combo

1955★ 7.0

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

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to justice all the while obsessing over the gangster's girlfriend....

#4
Cluny Brown

Cluny Brown

1946★ 7.1

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

Amateur plumber Cluny Brown gets sent off by her uncle to work as a servant at an English country estate....

#5
The Gunfighter

The Gunfighter

1950★ 7.3

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

The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation....

#6
Hold That Ghost

Hold That Ghost

1941★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Set-Up for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when they are stranded in a haunte...