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10 Best Movies Like Permission to Operate

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

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#1
My Brilliant Career

My Brilliant Career

1979★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Permission to Operate for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married....

#2
Iron Jawed Angels

Iron Jawed Angels

2004★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Permission to Operate for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote....

#3
Tortilla Soup

Tortilla Soup

2001★ 6.3

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

A Mexican-American master chef and father to three daughters has lost his taste for food but not for life....

#4
Love & Sex

Love & Sex

2000★ 6.1

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

When her rather explicit copy is rejected, magazine journalist Kate is asked by her editor to come up with an article on loving relationships instead, and to do so by the end of th...

#5
Love Don't Co$t a Thing

Love Don't Co$t a Thing

2003★ 7.6

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

A high school outcast pays a cheerleader to pose as his girlfriend so he can be considered cool....

#6
I Can't Think Straight

I Can't Think Straight

2008★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Permission to Operate for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Tala, a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend. Spirited C...

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