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10 Best Movies Like Operator

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

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#1
Author! Author!

Author! Author!

1982★ 5.9

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

A broadway playwright is burning the candle at both ends. He is dealing with pressure from a production nearing premiere, a wife who is leaving him, and 5 children 4 of which belon...

#2
Sidewalks of New York

Sidewalks of New York

2001★ 6.0

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

The film follows the marital and dating lives of three men and three women who unknowingly form a tangled web of relationships. Interspersing "man on the street" interviews with sc...

#3
That Uncertain Feeling

That Uncertain Feeling

1941★ 6.6

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

A happily married woman sees a psychoanalyst and develops doubts about her husband....

#4
Is This Thing On?

Is This Thing On?

2025★ 6.5

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

As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex faces middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess confronts the sacrifices she made fo...

#5
Cosi

Cosi

1996★ 6.1

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

Lewis, a young amateur theater director, is offered a job with a governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney institution. His project is overru...

#6
Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride

2022★ 6.4

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

A father comes to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American family....

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