Movies like The Majestic
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The Majestic (2001)
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.
Style:
feel good, sentimental, inspirational, touching, emotional, serious, intense, romantic, thought provoking, clever ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
small town, amnesia, mistaken identity, hollywood, writers, writer's life, justice, happy ending, life philosophy, parents and children, lovers reunited, getting home, starting over, americana, memory loss, mccarthyism, love, father son relationship, father son reunion, memory, idealism, catastrophe, survival, village, world war two ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1951, 1950s
Place:
california, usa, canada
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out touching, sentimental, realistic and feel good films with plots about dialogue, catastrophe, life philosophy, destiny, storytelling, mentor and love story mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Majestic: A Walk in the Clouds (1995), The Vow (2012), Regarding Henry (1991), Hope Floats (1998), At First Sight (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Duration: 104 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
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Story:
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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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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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