Movies Like The Set-Up

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Glass Chin

2014·1h 27m·★ 5.4·Noah Buschel

Themes: boxer, boxingTMDB recommends

Million Dollar Baby

2004·2h 12m·★ 8.1·Clint Eastwood

Themes: transporter, boxer, boxing

Rocky

1976·2h·★ 8.1·John G. Avildsen

Themes: transporter, boxer, boxing

Rocky IV

1985·1h 31m·★ 6.9·Sylvester Stallone

Themes: transporter, boxer, boxing

Body and Soul

1947·1h 44m·★ 7.6·Robert Rossen

Themes: boxer, boxingFans also liked

Snatch

2000·1h 43m·★ 8.2·Guy Ritchie

Themes: boxer, gambling

Mildred Pierce

1945·1h 51m·★ 7.9·Michael Curtiz

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Badlands

1974·1h 34m·★ 7.7·Terrence Malick

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Cape Fear

1962·1h 45m·★ 7.7·J. Lee Thompson

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

The Lady from Shanghai

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.5·Orson Welles

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

Barry Lyndon

1975·3h 8m·★ 8.1·Stanley Kubrick

TMDB recommends

Gilda

1946·1h 50m·★ 7.6·Charles Vidor

TMDB recommends

El Inca

2016·1h 40m·★ 6.6·Ignacio Castillo Cottin

TMDB recommends

The Quiet Man

1952·2h 9m·★ 7.7·John Ford

TMDB recommends

From Here to Eternity

1953·1h 58m·★ 7.6·Fred Zinnemann

TMDB recommends

The Web

1947·1h 27m·★ 7.1·Michael Gordon

Fans also likedCrime & Drama

The Big Combo

1955·1h 28m·★ 7.3·Joseph H. Lewis

Fans also likedDrama & Crime

The Damned Don't Cry

1950·1h 43m·★ 7.1·Vincent Sherman

Fans also likedCrime & Drama

The Natural

1984·2h 17m·★ 7.4·Barry Levinson

TMDB recommends

No Man of Her Own

1950·1h 38m·★ 7.4·Mitchell Leisen

Fans also likedDrama & Crime

How Good Is The Set-Up?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.