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10 Best Movies Like The Takeover

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

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#1
Held Up

Held Up

1999★ 5.8

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

What should have been a romantic getaway turns into one hilarious debacle after another when Michael's woman dumps him in the desert where he gets carjacked by a teenager and he is...

#2
Duplex

Duplex

2003★ 6.1

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

When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!...

#3
Oscar

Oscar

1991★ 6.4

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

Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Despite having no experience in making...

#4
American Dreamer

American Dreamer

2022★ 5.8

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

In this winsome comedy, an entitled Economics professor pursues a tactic to buy an ailing widow’s mansion for nothing, but he quickly realizes that his seemingly foolproof strategy...

#5
Jim Jefferies: Freedumb

Jim Jefferies: Freedumb

2016★ 7.3

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

Returning for a second Netflix comedy special, Jim Jefferies unleashes his famously ferocious black humor to a packed house in Nashville, Tennessee....

#6
Thunderstruck

Thunderstruck

2012★ 6.1

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

After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an imp...

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