Movies Like How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

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Good Neighbor Sam

1964·2h 10m·★ 6.7·David Swift

2 shared crewDir. David SwiftDP: Burnett Guffey

Lover Come Back

1961·1h 47m·★ 7.1·Delbert Mann

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Babygirl

2024·1h 55m·★ 5.7·Halina Reijn

Themes: workplace, workplace romance

Top Hat

1935·1h 39m·★ 7.7·Mark Sandrich

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42nd Street

1933·1h 29m·★ 7.3·Lloyd Bacon

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Hairspray

2007·1h 57m·★ 6.7·Adam Shankman

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The Red Cockatoo

2006·2h 8m·★ 6.7·Dominik Graf

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Liberty's Secret

2016·1h 38m·★ 5.0·Andy Kirshner

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Duck Soup

1933·1h 8m·★ 7.7·Leo McCarey

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What a Way to Go!

1964·1h 51m·★ 6.9·J. Lee Thompson

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Show People

1928·1h 19m·★ 7.6·King Vidor

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Bluebeard's 8th Wife

1938·1h 25m·★ 7.1·Ernst Lubitsch

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Leningrad Cowboys Go America

1989·1h 19m·★ 7.0·Aki Kaurismäki

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The Barkleys of Broadway

1949·1h 48m·★ 7.0·Charles Walters

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The Three Musketeers

1973·1h 47m·★ 7.1·Richard Lester

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How to Marry a Millionaire

1953·1h 36m·★ 6.8·Jean Negulesco

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Indiscreet

1958·1h 40m·★ 6.8·Stanley Donen

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Take Me Out to the Ball Game

1949·1h 33m·★ 6.7·Busby Berkeley

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Little Italy

2018·1h 42m·★ 5.7·Donald Petrie

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Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie

1996·1h 13m·★ 7.1·Jim Mallon

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