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10 Best Movies Like The Best Job in the World

If you loved The Best Job in the World, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
Germinal

Germinal

1993★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Best Job in the World for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

It's mid 19th century, north of France. The story of a coal miner's town. They are exploited by the mine's owner. One day the decide to go on strike, and then the authorities repre...

#2
Michou d'Auber

Michou d'Auber

2007★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Best Job in the World for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Set in France during the struggle for Algerian independence, Messaoud's mother is terminally ill and his father, needing to work long hours in the factory, can't look after him, so...

#3
Le Principal

Le Principal

2023★ 4.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Best Job in the World for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Sabri Lahlali, the assistant principal of a local high school, is ready to do anything to ensure that his son, who is about to take his high school diploma, has the ideal academic ...

#4
Infidelity

Infidelity

2018★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Best Job in the World for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Setting out on her own, 25-year-old Alice visits several apartments with the help of real estate agent Julien, a married man with children. They soon fall in love. Around the same ...

#5
The New Adventures of Cinderella

The New Adventures of Cinderella

2017★ 4.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Best Job in the World for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

It's Julie's birthday but she seems to be the only one who remembers... Until Marco, the man she secretly loves, calls her and tells her he's going to drop off her son because the ...

#6
The Fugitives

The Fugitives

1986★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Best Job in the World for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Coming out from jail, Lucas has decided to change his life and behave like a good citizen. But when he is taken hostage in a bank by a hare-brained robber, no cops can believe he i...