Yuppie movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant yuppie movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, clever, humorous, semi serious, suspense and melancholic films and TV shows about / with yuppie, mentor, dialogue, catastrophe, runaway, life philosophy, culture clash, brutality, storytelling and pornography plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, India and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as yuppie: The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), American Psycho (2000), Wall Street (1987), Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989), The Secret of My Success (1987), White Palace (1990), Profit (1996), Clean and Sober (1988), Pacific Heights (1990), Nothing in Common (1986).
Best films
New films
| A Happy Event (2011) | 6.5 | |
| Dr. Alemán (2008) | 6.3 | |
| Under New Management (2009) | 6.0 | |
| The Firm (2009) | 5.8 | |
| Due Date (2010) | 6.5 |
List of yuppie movies
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Style:
clever, cynical, captivating, motivational, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
money, corruption, wall street, business, rise and fall, addiction, stock market, stock broker, success, wealth, greed, rags to riches ...
Time:
80s, year 2013, 90s, 20th century, year 1987 ...
Place:
new york, usa, geneva switzerland, big ben london, italy ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, psychological thriller, bloody, twist ending ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, insanity, sociopath, satire, violence, dark humor, psycho killer, materialism, yuppie, nihilism, millionaire ...
Time:
year 2000, 80s, 2000s, year 1987, y2k ...
Place:
new york, yale university, manhattan new york city, america, seattle ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider whom takes the youth under his wing.
Style:
political, talky, intense, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
wall street, stock market, stock broker, stock exchange, business, businessman, capitalism, yuppie, entrepreneur, greed, top executive, workplace ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, california, canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A sexually repressed woman's husband is having an affair with her sister. The arrival of a visitor with a rather unusual fetish changes everything.
Style:
independent film, sexy, black comedy, controversial, sexual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex, voyeurism, infidelity, husband wife relationship, therapist, dysfunctional marriage, sister sister relationship, adultery, voyeur, sibling rivalry, impotence, sex scene ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989
Place:
louisiana, usa, los angeles, california
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York, but once in New York, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When Brantley visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a ...
Style:
feel good, light, realistic, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, manly, date night, chick flick ...
Plot:
office, rich and poor, aunt nephew relationship, workplace, businessman, passionate kiss, mistaken identity, love triangle, workplace romance, office worker, job promotion, corporation ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century, future
Place:
new york, kansas, usa, florida, new jersey ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Max Baron is a Jewish advertising executive in his 20s who's still getting over the death of his wife. Nora Baker is a 40-something diner waitress who enjoys the wilder side of life. Mismatched or not, their attraction is instant and ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sensual, sexual, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, older woman younger man, relationships, forbidden love, erotica, steamy romance, sex, sex scene, obsession, age difference, love, sexual relations ...
Time:
80s, 1930s, 70s
Place:
missouri, new jersey, st. louis missouri
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
Profit is an American television series that originally aired on the Fox Broadcasting Company in 1996 on Monday Night at 9:00 PM EST. The series was created by David Greenwalt and John McNamara, and stars Adrian Pasdar as the eponymous character Jim ...
Style:
cult classic, controversial, realistic, semi serious, cynical ...
Plot:
blackmail, bribery, female on male rape, seduction, computer cracker, villain as protagonist, revenge, psychopath, gambling, yuppie, child abuse, incest ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Hotshot real estate salesman Daryl has a bad cocaine habit. After embezzling his company's money, he wakes up next to a girl who overdosed. To hide from the police, he checks into a rehabilitation program guaranteeing anonymity. Under the ...
Style:
realistic, touching, emotional, compassionate, melancholic ...
Plot:
drug addiction, redemption, addiction, introspection, alcoholics anonymous, drug abuse, recovery, yuppie, rehabilitation, drug, drinking, recovering drug addict ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, philadelphia, new jersey, california
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.
Style:
neo noir, scary, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
psychopath, home invasion, sociopath, manipulation, stalking, anger, deception, landlord, yuppie, identity theft, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, home renovation ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa, los angeles ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
On his way up the corporate ladder, David Basner confronts his greatest challenge: his father.
Style:
weeping, talky, clever, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
father son relationship, hospital, advertising, marriage, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, amputation, surgery, advertising executive, marital separation, dysfunctional family, employer employee relationship, dysfunctional marriage ...
Time:
80s
Place:
chicago, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A small circle of friends suffering from post-collegiate blues must confront the hard truth about life, love and the pursuit of gainful employment. As they struggle to map out survival guides for the future, the Gen-X quartet soon begins to realize ...
Style:
realistic, teen, talky, rom com, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, love triangle, love, friendship, adolescence vs adulthood, slacker, fictional reality show, best friends in love, depression, yuppie, graduation, young lovers ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place:
usa, seattle, chicago, houston texas, texas ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up.
Style:
entertaining, sexy, dark comedy, melancholic, light ...
Plot:
violence, road trip, lovers on the run, opposites attract, dangerous attraction, high school reunion, on the road, yuppie, chase, psychopath, slut, haunted by the past ...
Time:
80s, year 1986
Place:
new york, usa, virginia, connecticut, pennsylvania ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The Roses, Barbara and Oliver, live happily as a married couple. Then she starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver, and likes what she sees. Both want to stay in the house, and so they begin a campaign to force each other to leave. In ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, satirical, psychological, cynical ...
Plot:
divorce, battle of the sexes, lawyer, dark humor, dysfunctional family, marriage, divorce lawyer, dysfunctional marriage, relationships, death, greed, married couple ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., harvard university
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Kevin Kline and Glenn Close star as Harold and Sarah Cooper, a couple whose marital troubles are put on hold while they host an unhappy reunion of former college pals gathered for the funeral of one of their own, a suicide victim named Alex. As the ...
Style:
weeping, realistic, cult classic, rom com, happy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, funeral, midlife crisis, group of friends, regret, suicide, relationships, reunited friends, yuppie, coming of age, outdoor sex, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, 60s, 70s
Place:
south carolina, middle east, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But it's hardly how Ray, who ...
Style:
dark comedy, humorous, funny, black comedy, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night, teen drama
Plot:
neighbor, suburbs, neighborhood, paranoia, investigation, obsession, nothing goes right, dark humor, fear, basement, suspicion, missing person ...
Time:
80s
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, psychosexual thriller, sexual, intense ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
sexual harassment, obsession, manipulation, femme fatale, lawyer, conspiracy, oral sex, lust, false accusation, sex, workplace, race against time ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
seattle, washington state, san francisco
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his flashy drink-mixing style. Brian ...
Style:
sexy, entertaining, rom com, romantic comedy, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, kids, manly, girls' night ...
Plot:
bartender, love, love and romance, ambition, wedding, one night stand, rise to the top, buddies, love affair, business, food, yuppie ...
Time:
80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place:
jamaica, new york, manhattan new york city, usa, caribbean
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Gwyn Marcus has always wanted a marriage like her parents. She has just accepted the proposal of her boyfriend Matt, but she has misgivings about their future together. Her fear of commitment grows as she learns of the various affairs that her ...
Style:
light, clever, melancholic, romantic, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
wedding, dysfunctional family, female protagonist, dysfunctional marriage, brother sister relationship, sister sister relationship, adultery, infidelity, marriage, marital problem, marital reconciliation, yuppie ...
Time:
90s
Place:
florida, miami, orlando florida, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An investment banker loses everything and must discover what's important in life.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
stock broker, couples, journalism, selfishness, secret, empathy, greed, riches to rags, fired from the job, yuppie, advice, deception ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must reexamine his scruples after his shenanigans win him a promotion in his firm, and he must now defend a college professor who is appearantly guilty of ...
Style:
anamorphic, realistic, psychological, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, satire, murder trial, insanity, jury, idealist, nervous breakdown, integrity, yuppie, narcissist, lawyer client relationship ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
boston, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want babies? Their parents certainly want them to. Is married life ...
Style:
sentimental, sweet, feel good, clever, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
pregnancy, parenthood, wedding, baby, marriage, midlife crisis, self discovery, voice over narration, husband wife relationship, yuppie, childbirth, dream ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, chicago, illinois
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An uptight New York tax lawyer gets his life turned upside down, all in a single day, when he's asked to escort a feisty and free-spirited female ex-convict whom asks him to help prove her innocence of her crime.
Style:
humorous, romantic comedy, detective, retro, colorful ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
bridesmaid, stupidity, cougar, class differences, shoplifting, framed for murder, fiance fiancee relationship, reckless driving, impulsiveness, interrupted wedding, convict, yuppie ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, future
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, harlem
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Aftab has been brought up his mother, Mariam, and has no knowledge as to the identity and whereabouts of his biological father. When Mariam gets news that Ramakant Pandit is dying, she asks...
Style:
cult classic
Plot:
terrorist, brother brother relationship, male bonding, on the run, death of father, desert, illegitimate son, absent father, traitor, corrupt cop, yuppie, framed for murder ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A business man buys a house, but he has a hard time trying to get rid of its previous tenant, a dirty bum.
Style:
black comedy, detective, horror comedy, surreal, independent film ...
Plot:
paranoia, murder, nightmare, serial killer, yuppie, neurosis, panic, basement, murder suspect, new house, framed for murder, home invasion ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A publishing executive is visited and bitten by a vampire and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to extremes as he tries to come to terms with his affliction. The vampire continues to visit and drink his blood, and as his ...
Style:
dark comedy, psychological, surreal, sexy, funny ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
vampire, supernatural, mental illness, secretary, female vampire, psychiatrist, cockroach, nightclub, insanity, macabre, hallucination, yuppie ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Roberta is a bored suburban housewife who is fascinated with a woman, Susan, she only knows about by reading messages to and from her in the personals section of the newspaper. This fascination reaches a peak when an ad with the headline ...
Style:
feel good, light, clever, humorous, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
mistaken identity, amnesia, fish out of water, farce, obsession, female protagonist, magician's assistant, adultery, locker, intrigue, feminist, magic show ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, atlantic city new jersey, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, realistic, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
manly, family friendly
Plot:
wall street, stock broker, finance, stock market crash, stock market, corporate greed, marketing, rivalry, insider trading, vengeance, corporate world, speculation ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 2000s, year 2001, year 2008 ...
Place:
new york, bronx new york city, usa, london, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Before going on vacation, self-involved psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin has the misfortune of taking on a new patient: Bob Wiley. An exemplar of neediness and a compendium of phobias, Bob follows Marvin to his family's country house. Dr. Marvin ...
Style:
witty, light, not serious, psychological, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
mental illness, vacation, mental patient, mother daughter relationship, therapist, phobia, elevator, psychiatrist, yuppie, therapy, obsession, sarcasm ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new hampshire, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A young kid from Kansas moves to New York to work on a magazine. He gets caught up in the world of drink and drugs, and starts a steady decline. The only hope is the cousin of one of his drinking partners, can she pull him through it ?
Style:
intense, serious, realistic, bleak, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
drug abuse, nightlife, writers, redemption, addiction, drug, life is a bitch, starting over, downfall, supportive spouse, friendship, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to ...
Style:
gothic, humorous, dark comedy, black comedy, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, date night, family friendly, horror for children ...
Plot:
goth, eccentric family, halloween, nanny, farce, satire, dark humor, summer camp, dysfunctional family, childhood, thanksgiving, parenthood ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
hawaii
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