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10 Best Movies Like The Smell of Success

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

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#1
Cyclops

Cyclops

2008★ 4.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Smell of Success for fans of TV Movie. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The corrupt Emperor Tiberius forces his bravest general, Marcus, to subdue the monstrous Cyclops that has been decimating the countryside......

#2
Traffic Jam

Traffic Jam

1979★ 6.8

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

A tremendous congestion hits the Rome highway ring. The biggest traffic jam ever seen lasts more than 36 hours. At the beginning the people blocked in their cars react normally. Bu...

#3
Sense of Smell

Sense of Smell

2014★ 10.0

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

Iraq War vet Tyler has had enough and finally deals with all of the other rude party guests....

#4
Love at First Fight

Love at First Fight

2014★ 6.5

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

Arnaud, facing an uncertain future and a dearth of choices in a small French coastal town, meets and falls for the apocalyptic-minded Madeleine, who joins an army boot camp to lear...

#5
Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks

1989★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Smell of Success for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the series pilot was produced for...

#6
13th

13th

2016★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Smell of Success for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality....