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10 Best Movies Like Being On Top

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

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#1
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.5

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

#2
Broken English

Broken English

2007★ 5.9

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

Nora Wilder is freaking out. Everyone around her is either in a relationship, married, or has children, while she's in her thirties, alone with job she's outgrown and a mother who ...

#3
In Good Company

In Good Company

2004★ 6.1

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

Dan Foreman is a seasoned advertisement sales executive at a high-ranking publication when a corporate takeover results in him being placed under naive supervisor Carter Duryea, wh...

#4
Petulia

Petulia

1968★ 6.0

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

Dr. Archie Bollen is having a midlife crisis. He's just divorced his wife and is establishing a new life for himself. One night, he catches the eye of Petulia Danner, a charming, f...

#5
Second Act

Second Act

2018★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Being On Top for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Value Shop assistant manager Maya Vargas wants only one thing for her 43rd birthday -- a promotion. While her résumé may not scream upper management, her track record certainly doe...

#6
Dreamgirls

Dreamgirls

2006★ 6.7

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

A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way....

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