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The Stars Fell on Henrietta (1995)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The setting is early America during the oil boom. An elderly, down on his luck 'oil man', Mr. Cox finds himself in the town of Henrietta. Using unconventional methods, he convinces himself and local Don Day that there is oil on Day's land. The financially strapped Day puts everything into finding oil...but at what cost?
Style:
touching, sexy, thought provoking, enigmatic, unusual plot structure, melancholic, satirical, witty, harsh, talky ...
Plot:
oil, small town, farm, countryside, zombie, catastrophe, gangsters, twists and turns, relationships, writers, depression, memory loss, restaurant, male nudity, lone hero, utopia, brutality, runaway, segregation, mental illness, childhood, dreams, fighting the system, dysfunctional family, mentor ...
Time:
1930s, year 1935, 30s
Place:
texas, london, new jersey, austin texas, usa, california
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out talky, melancholic, realistic and visually appealing films with plots about catastrophe, dialogue, mentor, storytelling, culture clash, runaway and loneliness mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The Stars Fell on Henrietta: Places in the Heart (1984), The Apostle (1997), Country (1984), The Glass Menagerie (1987), Rambling Rose (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In 1930s Southern US, a widow and her family try to run their cotton farm with the help of a disparate group of friends.
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Time:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
After his happy life spins out of control, a preacher from Texas changes his name, goes to Louisiana and starts preaching on the radio.
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biblical, talky, realistic, sexy, christian film ...
Audience:
manly
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christian, religion, preacher, redemption, small town, radio, coma, country, church, runaway, powerful ending, demon ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Gilbert Ivy and his wife Jewell are farmers. They seem to be working against the odds, producing no financial surplus. Gilbert has lost hope of ever becoming prosperous, but his wife decides to fight for her family.
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sentimental, serious, realistic, emotional, melancholic ...
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A son longs to escape from his stifling home, where his genteel mother worries about the future prospects of his lame, shy sister.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Rose, is taken in by the Hillyer family to serve as a 1930s housemaid so that she can avoid falling into a life of prostitution. Rose's appearence and personality is such that all men fall for her, and Rose knows it. She can't help herself ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Place:
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23%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 191 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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Country: USA
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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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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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