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10 Best Movies Like Born Yesterday

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

#1
North Country

North Country

2005★ 7.2

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

A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States — Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while worki...

#2
Boiler Room

Boiler Room

2000★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Born Yesterday for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm and is on the fast track to success—but the job might not be as legitimate as it sounds....

#3
Cellular

Cellular

2004★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Born Yesterday for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A young man receives an emergency phone call on his cell phone from an older woman. She claims to have been kidnapped – and the kidnappers have targeted her husband and child next....

#4
Barton Fink

Barton Fink

1991★ 7.5

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

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood....

#5
Trouble with the Curve

Trouble with the Curve

2012★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Born Yesterday for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Slowed by age and failing eyesight, crack baseball scout Gus Lobel takes his grown daughter along as he checks out the final prospect of his career. Along the way, the two renew th...

#6
Zoolander

Zoolander

2001★ 6.2

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

Clear the runway for Derek Zoolander, VH1's three-time male model of the year. His face falls when hippie-chic Hansel scooters in to steal this year's award. The evil fashion guru ...