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10 Best Movies Like Going Places

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

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#1
The Audition

The Audition

2015★ 6.2

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

Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio must compete for the lead role in Martin Scorsese's next film....

#2
Taking Care of Business

Taking Care of Business

1990★ 6.3

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

An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him....

#3
One Night at McCool's

One Night at McCool's

2001★ 5.8

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

On an ordinary night, in an ordinary part of town, a beautiful young woman walks into a bar. Her name is Jewel, and before long she is chatting to bartender Randy. The pair leave t...

#4
Things Change

Things Change

1988★ 6.1

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

Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mi...

#5
The Slammin' Salmon

The Slammin' Salmon

2009★ 5.8

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

The brutal former heavyweight boxing champion Cleon "Slammin'" Salmon (Duncan), now owner of a Miami restaurant, institutes a competition to see which waiter can earn the most mone...

#6
...All the Marbles

...All the Marbles

1981★ 6.1

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

A two-bit promoter tries to take a women's wrestling team to the top....

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