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Doc Hollywood (1991)
42K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After leaving Washington D.C. hospital, plastic surgeon Ben Stone heads for California, where a lucrative practice in Beverly Hills awaits. After a car accident, he's sentenced to perform as the community's general practitioner.
Style:
feel good, sweet, entertaining, cute, romantic comedy, sentimental, touching, realistic, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, family outing, teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
small town, hospital, small town life, medical, fish out of water, doctor, misfit, love, community service, fall in love, country doctor, car accident, judge, surgeon, single mother, selfishness, romantic rivalry, woman urinating, happy ending, love and romance, woman peeing, new love, self discovery, ambulance, plastic surgery ...
Time:
90s, future, 80s, 1990s
Place:
washington d.c., california, usa, los angeles, southern usa, south carolina, australia ...
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
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Story:
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, sentimental, sweet, sincere, realistic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
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734K
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Time:
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27%
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Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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27%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
27%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Audience:
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