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10 Best Movies Like An Upstart

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

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#1
The Honey Pot

The Honey Pot

1967★ 6.4

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

In Venice, a millionaire hires an actor to help him prank three greedy exes into thinking he's dying and leaving his fortune to one of them....

#2
Playing God

Playing God

2021★ 6.1

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

A brother and sister con-artist duo find themselves scamming a grieving billionaire by convincing him they can introduce him to God, face-to-face....

#3
The Landlord

The Landlord

1970★ 5.9

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

At the age of twenty-nine, Elgar Enders "runs away" from home. This running away consists of buying a building in a black ghetto in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Initially, h...

#4
Twenty

Twenty

2015★ 7.2

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

A story about three friends who just turned twenty; an age where you can do whatever you want, love whoever you want with opportunities abroad....

#5
Small Apartments

Small Apartments

2012★ 5.8

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

When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved br...

#6
In the Soup

In the Soup

1992★ 6.7

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

An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film....

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