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10 Best Movies Like A Step Ahead of Time

If you loved A Step Ahead of Time, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead

2015★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Step Ahead of Time for fans of Comedy & History. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A look at the history of the American comedy publication and production company, National Lampoon, from its beginning in the 1970s to 2010, featuring rare and never before seen foo...

#2
Adventures of a Mathematician

Adventures of a Mathematician

2021★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Step Ahead of Time for fans of History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The warmhearted story of Polish immigrant and mathematician Stan Ulam, who moved to the U.S. in the 1930s. Stan deals with the difficult losses of family and friends all while help...

#3
Goltzius & the Pelican Company

Goltzius & the Pelican Company

2012★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Step Ahead of Time for fans of Comedy & History. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Goltzius and the Pelican Company tells the story of Hendrik Goltzius, a late 16th century Dutch printer and engraver of erotic prints. A contemporary of Rembrandt and, indeed, more...

#4
A Cock and Bull Story

A Cock and Bull Story

2005★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Step Ahead of Time for fans of Comedy & History. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentl...

#5
Start the Revolution Without Me

Start the Revolution Without Me

1970★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Step Ahead of Time for fans of Comedy & History. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi, are aristocratic and haughty, while the other, Charles and Claude Coupé, are p...

#6
The Lost King

The Lost King

2022★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Step Ahead of Time for fans of Comedy & History. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An amateur historian defies the academic establishment in her efforts to find King Richard III's remains, which were lost for over 500 years....

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