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10 Best Movies Like Room at the Top

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

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#1
Local Hero

Local Hero

1983★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Room at the Top for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected....

#2
Children of Paradise

Children of Paradise

1945★ 8.1

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

In a chaotic 19th-century Paris teeming with aristocrats, thieves, psychics, and courtesans, theater mime Baptiste is in love with the mysterious actress Garance. But Garance, in t...

#3
The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

The Human Condition I: No Greater Love

1959★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Room at the Top for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After handing in a report on the treatment of Chinese colonial labor, Kaji is offered the post of labor chief at a large mining operation in Manchuria, which also grants him exempt...

#4
The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

1974★ 6.3

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

Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. H...

#5
Pillow Talk

Pillow Talk

1959★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Room at the Top for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Playboy songwriter Brad Allen's succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior designer Jan Morrow, who shares a telephone party line with him and hears all his breezy routin...

#6
Diary of a Chambermaid

Diary of a Chambermaid

1964★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Room at the Top for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Celestine has a new job as a chambermaid for the quirky M. Monteil, his wife and her father. When the father dies, Celestine decides to quit her job and leave, but when a young gir...