Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Upswing

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

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#1
Pretty Persuasion

Pretty Persuasion

2005★ 5.8

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

A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment....

#2
Babes

Babes

2024★ 5.9

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

After getting pregnant from a one-night stand, a single woman leans on her married best friend and mother of two to guide her through gestation and beyond....

#3
Joy Ride

Joy Ride

2023★ 6.5

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

When Audrey's business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the aid of Lolo, her irreverent, childhood best friend who also happens to be a hot mess; Kat, her college friend tur...

#4
A Mighty Wind

A Mighty Wind

2003★ 6.8

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

Three eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following the death of their manager to put on an reunion concert in his honor, at the req...

#5
Eddie Murphy Raw

Eddie Murphy Raw

1987★ 7.3

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

Eddie Murphy delights, shocks and entertains with dead-on celebrity impersonations, observations on '80s love, sex and marriage, a remembrance of Mom's hamburgers and much more....

#6
Lions Love

Lions Love

1969★ 5.8

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

Three actors in Hollywood live and love together. A director comes from New York to make a movie about actors and Hollywood....

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