
The Room Upstairs
1987, English. Directed by Stuart Margolin.
A Boston teacher decides to turn her old home into a boarding house to pull in some much-needed extra money. It turns out her tenants help her in more ways than supplementing her income, and ultimately they become instrumental in turning her life around.
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- 1h 37m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- English
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- 31 January 1987
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The Room Upstairs runs 97 minutes (1h 37m).
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The Room Upstairs isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 31 January 1987. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Room Upstairs?
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Who directed The Room Upstairs?
The Room Upstairs (1987) was directed by Stuart Margolin and stars Stockard Channing, Sam Waterston, Linda Hunt.