The Secret of My Success

The Secret of My Success

There's no such thing as an overnight success. Brantley Foster took two weeks.

1987111 min6.5 / 10

A buoyant 1980s comedy about a small-town dreamer using mistaken identity and charm to climb the corporate ladder while pursuing romance in New York City.

Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York City, but once there, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When he visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the mail room.

Essence

Ensemble

Closest match

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same mood

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Go darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.