Mountainhead was another wild and eccentric look at the lives of the elite from Succession creator Jesse Armstrong . The film starts as a satire on tech billionaires like Elon Musk , Mark Zuckerberg , and Peter Thiel on a remote mansion retreat while the outside world descends into chaos and violence due to the widespread use of advanced AI tools. They sit around casually talking about global government takeovers, immortality, and even murder , as if they were debating which movie to watch.
That’s where the movie’s comedy hits hardest, the way it pokes fun at how the elite can treat the most outrageous ideas like they’re nothing more than a business pitch. If you’ve sat through Mountainhead and still can’t get enough of watching the rich eat each other alive, then Succession is the next best thing . But if you’re not in the mood to start a full TV series and just want movies that give off that same mix of satire, rich eccentric people, and remote getaway trips gone wrong , then here are 10 films you need to check out after Mountainhead .
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‘Ready or Not’ (2019)
Ready or Not stars Samara Weaving as Grace, a new bride who marries into a ridiculously wealthy family . But instead of enjoying a fairy-tale wedding night, she’s forced to take part in her in-laws’ bizarre family tradition. The entire family hunts her down in their sprawling mansion , and she has to stay hidden until dawn. If she gets caught, she dies.
It’s got that same “rich people are insane” energy that Mountainhead nails so well. Plus, it’s also set in a massive, secluded mansion. Think of Ready or Not as the final act of Mountainhead , where they’re hunting Jeff ( Ramy Youssef ), stretched into an entire movie but with way more blood, crossbows, shotguns, and just a sprinkle of supernatural undertones thrown in.
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‘Mickey 17’ (2025)
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Directed by Bong Joon-ho , Mickey 17 is a sci-fi comedy set in the year 2054. The story follows Mickey ( Robert Pattinson ), who signs up for a space colony as an Expendable. That’s basically a disposable worker who gets sent on the most dangerous jobs, and every time he dies, they just clone him and send him back out . The whole premise feels like something straight out of the deranged minds of the billionaires in Mountainhead , the kind of pitch they’d casually throw out between sips of wine.
But the real reason Mickey 17 belongs on this list is Mark Ruffalo ‘s character. He plays Kenneth Marshall, a flamboyant politician who comes off as part Elon Musk and part Donald Trump . And he’s so cartoonishly villainous that he’d fit right in at that Mountainhead retreat . When those billionaires were debating whether to take over Argentina or Venezuela, Marshall would’ve been the guy to raise his hand and say, ” Why stop there? Let’s do Mars too .”
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‘Knives Out’ (2019)
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Knives Out is a classic whodunit set in a mansion full of wealthy white people. The film kicks off with the family patriarch turning up dead, and his family of greedy heirs immediately start pointing fingers at each other. Everyone has a motive, and everyone looks guilty.
Like Mountainhead, it’s packed with eccentric rich people who are oblivious to the working class, and it satirizes their cluelessness and endless infighting. The film also features an ensemble cast including Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Daniel Craig, Michael Shannon, Katherine Langford, Christopher Plummer, and Jamie Lee Curtis, to name a few. It’s another story of wealth, privilege, and dysfunction unraveling inside a giant mansion, which makes it the perfect cousin to Mountainhead.
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‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ (2022)
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Rian Johnson doubled down on the playful murder-mystery vibe with this sequel to Knives Out. This time, the story trades the creaky old mansion for a tech billionaire’s flashy private island. It’s all glass walls and hyper-modern interiors that feel straight out of Mountainhead. The glamorous setting doesn’t stay calm for long, though, as one of the guests ends up dead and the elites immediately start turning on each other.
Compared to the first film, Glass Onion feels even closer to Mountainhead because it’s centered around a tech billionaire, and the rest of the cast is made up of influencers, designers, politicians, and wannabe geniuses who are all chronically online. Every single one of them feels like they could’ve been best friends with the characters in Mountainhead. And just like its predecessor, Glass Onion features a stacked cast including Craig, Kathryn Hahn, Edward Norton, Dave Bautista, Kate Hudson, and more.
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‘Leave the World Behind’ (2023)
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Leave the World Behind starts with a family renting a luxurious Airbnb for their vacation, but their getaway is quickly disrupted when the actual homeowners show up at the door asking for shelter. They bring news of a massive blackout, and soon it becomes clear this isn’t just a simple power cut. A coordinated cyberattack of unknown origin seems to have taken down the internet, phones, and even television, leaving everyone in the dark and slowly turning on each other.
If you liked the part of Mountainhead where the world felt like it was descending into total chaos, Leave the World Behind hits that same note but from the ground level. It’s told through regular people trying to piece together what’s happening around them with zero information. If you’re in the mood for an apocalyptic thriller full of tech paranoia and misinformation we only got glimpses of in Mountainhead, Leave the World Behind is the perfect pick for you.
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‘Don’t Look Up’ (2021)
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No one does satire better than Adam McKay, and he brings his A-game with Don’t Look Up. The story follows two scientists who discover a giant comet that’s about to destroy Earth. But when they try to warn people, they’re met with denial, memes, and rich elites turning it into a business opportunity. It feels like Mountainhead on a global scale. The two scientists are the only ones acting normal, while everyone else reacts to the end of the world with the same kind of calm cluelessness you’d expect from the Mountainhead crew.
The best example of this is Mark Rylance’s tech billionaire Peter Isherwell, who’s so bizarre and detached from reality that he feels like he escaped from Mountainhead’s cast. Earth is about to get flattened, but he stops the deflection mission so the comet can land and be mined for resources. He’s completely insane and unpredictable, and every single scene with him is comedy gold. The rest of the cast is loaded too, with Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, and Jonah Hill, plus a few fun cameos to top it off.
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‘The Big Short’ (2016)
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The Big Short is another razor-sharp McKay satire, but this time it’s dressed up as a cautionary tale about the 2008 financial crisis. The film follows different groups of outsiders who see the housing bubble collapse coming and decide to bet against the system to make a fortune. The film is jam-packed with fast market talk and technical jargon, which gives it the same self-important energy that Mountainhead had, only here it is rooted in real events.
The Big Short also brings back Steve Carell in genius-rich-guy mode. If you loved him as Randall in Mountainhead, here he feels just as sharp but with more heart. His character actually wrestles with the morality of making a fortune while the economy burns down around him. And he’s joined by a powerhouse lineup that includes Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, and Succession’s Jeremy Strong. They all play rich, wacky, larger-than-life characters, and together they’re an absolute treat to watch on screen.
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‘Triangle of Sadness’ (2022)
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It’s best to go into Triangle of Sadness completely blind. But without spoiling too much, here’s the basic setup: a group of wealthy entrepreneurs, models, and influencers board a luxury cruise which turns into a Titanic situation. When the shipwreck hits, the class divide between the crew and the rich passengers becomes clear in the ugliest way possible.
Like Mountainhead, the film pulls no punches in exposing the greed and venality of the elite. But Triangle of Sadness takes things way further and gets a whole lot darker. It strips away every last bit of their glamour, wealth, and ego until there’s nothing left but desperation and raw survival instincts.
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‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ (2022)
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Bodies Bodies Bodies centers on a friend group of rich twenty-somethings who throw a party in a massive mansion. To kill time, they play a real-life version of Among Us, where one person is secretly the “killer” and everyone tries to deduce their identity by interrogating each other after a “body” is discovered. But when actual dead bodies start showing up, the film spirals into a paranoid slasher where no one can be trusted.
Like Mountainhead , this one traps a bunch of eccentric characters in one house and lets the tension simmer until they turn on each other. But instead of skewering the wealthy elite, Bodies Bodies Bodies takes aim at Gen Z and their obsession with clout, social media, and performative wokeness. It asks what happens when you strip away the group chats, the Twitter threads, and the TikTok validation and force these young people to face their raw, unmediated selves.
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‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ (2013)
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Martin Scorsese ‘s The Wolf of Wall Street tells the true story of Jordan Belfort (DiCaprio), a fast-talking stockbroker who skyrocketed to obscene wealth by scamming investors through “pump and dump” schemes. If Mountainhead left you craving more unhinged rich characters, The Wolf of Wall Street does it bigger and better . Jordan feels like the guy every character in Mountainhead secretly worships.
The film also shares the same DNA of arrogance, greed, and the slow moral decay that comes when you have more money than sense . But where Mountainhead keeps its satire sharp and psychological, The Wolf of Wall Street goes completely feral and turns excess into an art form . The film is full of drug-fueled ragers, hookers on speed dial, office parties featuring dwarf tossing, $26,000 dinners, and enough Quaaludes to tranquilize a zoo.
