Movies Like Room at the Top

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Life at the Top

1965·1h 57m·★ 6.7·Ted Kotcheff

At The Top Collection3 shared cast incl. Laurence Harvey & Donald WolfitThemes: yorkshire, kitchen sink realism

The Innocents

1961·1h 40m·★ 7.7·Jack Clayton

2 shared crewDir. Jack ClaytonDP: Freddie Francis

This Sporting Life

1963·2h 14m·★ 7.5·Lindsay Anderson

Themes: northern england, yorkshire, kitchen sink realismFans also liked

A Kind of Loving

1962·1h 52m·★ 7.3·John Schlesinger

Themes: northern england, kitchen sink realismFans also likedDrama & Romance

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

1960·1h 30m·★ 7.5·Karel Reisz

DP: Freddie FrancisFans also likedDrama & Romance

Chicken Run

2000·1h 24m·★ 7.1·Peter Lord

Themes: northern england, yorkshire

The Deer Hunter

1978·3h 3m·★ 8.1·Michael Cimino

Themes: drunkenness, small town

Shrek the Third

2007·1h 33m·★ 6.1·Chris Miller

Themes: assault, pregnancy

From Here to Eternity

1953·1h 58m·★ 7.6·Fred Zinnemann

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Snowpiercer

2013·2h 7m·★ 7.1·Bong Joon Ho

Themes: guilt, pregnancy

Lord Jim

1965·2h 34m·★ 6.7·Richard Brooks

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The River Why

2010·1h 41m·★ 5.5·Matthew Leutwyler

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Shutter Island

2010·2h 18m·★ 8.2·Martin Scorsese

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Cape Fear

1962·1h 45m·★ 7.7·J. Lee Thompson

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Tell It to the Bees

2019·1h 46m·★ 6.5·Annabel Jankel

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My Fault: London

2025·1h 59m·★ 6.2·Dani Girdwood

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The Choice

2016·1h 51m·★ 6.5·Ross Katz

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Tess

1979·2h 52m·★ 7.3·Roman Polanski

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Far from the Madding Crowd

2015·1h 59m·★ 7.1·Thomas Vinterberg

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Runaway Jury

2003·2h 7m·★ 7.1·Gary Fleder

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How Good Is Room at the Top?

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