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Back to the Future (1985)

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.

Directed byRobert Zemeckis

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  1. 01

    Back to the Future Part II

    Same saga

    1989 · 108 min · Adventure · Comedy · Science Fiction

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    Marty and Doc are at it again as the time-traveling duo head to 2015 to nip some McFly family woes in the bud. But things go awry thanks to bully Biff Tannen and a pesky sports almanac. In a last-ditch attempt to set things straight, Marty finds himself bound for 1955 and face to face with his teenage parents -- again.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same saga or cinematic universe
    • the same director
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    Back to the Future Part III

    Same saga

    1990 · 119 min · Adventure · Comedy · Science Fiction

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    The final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. More problems arise when Doc falls for pretty schoolteacher Clara Clayton, and Marty tangles with Buford Tannen.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same saga or cinematic universe
    • the same director
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  5. 05

    Romancing the Stone

    Same director

    1984 · 106 min · Action · Adventure · Comedy · Romance

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    Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up hopelessly stranded in the jungle.

    Why it connects

    • the same director
    • shared genre DNA
    • a closely matched era
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    Class of 1999

    Strong movie match

    1990 · 99 min · Action · Science Fiction

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    The time is in the future and the youth gang violence is so high that the areas around some schools have become "free-fire zones", into which not even the police will venture. When Miles Langford, the head of Kennedy High School, decides to take his school back from the gangs, robotics specialist Dr. Robert Forrest provides "tactical education units". These are amazingly human-like androids that have been programmed to teach and are supplied with devastatingly effective solutions to discipline problems. So when the violent, out-of-control students of Kennedy High report for class tomorrow, they're going to get a real education... in staying alive!

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    • strong recommendation signals
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  7. 07

    The Butterfly Effect

    Similar atmosphere

    2004 · 113 min · Science Fiction · Thriller

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    A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. However, he soon finds that every change he makes has unexpected consequences.

    Why it connects

    • shared themes: love and time travel
    • shared time travel movie style
    • similar audience response
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  8. 08

    Now You See Him, Now You Don't

    Genre overlap

    1972 · 88 min · Comedy · Family · Fantasy · Science Fiction

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    Dexter Riley is a science student at Medfield College who inadvertently invents a liquid capable of rendering objects and people invisible. Before Dexter and his friends, Debbie and Richard Schuyler, can even enjoy their spectacular discovery, corrupt businessman A.J. Arno plots to get his greedy hands on it. Slapstick hijinks ensue as Dexter and his pals try to thwart the evil Arno before he can use the invisibility spray to rob a bank.

    Why it connects

    • shared genre DNA
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  9. 09

    An Extremely Goofy Movie

    Strong movie match

    2000 · 79 min · Animation · Comedy · Family

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    It's all extreme sports and a life of freedom as Max sets off for college -- but Goofy misses Max so much he loses his job and goes to finish college alongside Max and his friends. But as Goofy tries to get closer to Max, both must go to the extreme to learn how to live their own lives together.

    Why it connects

    • strong recommendation signals
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    Escape to Witch Mountain

    Genre overlap

    1975 · 97 min · Adventure · Family · Fantasy · Science Fiction

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    Tia and Tony are two orphaned youngsters with extraordinary powers. Lucas Deranian poses as their uncle in order to get the kids into the clutches of Deranian's megalomaniacal boss, evil millionaire Aristotle Bolt, who wants to exploit them. Jason, a cynical widower, helps Tia and Tony escape to witch mountain, while at the same time Tia and Tony help Jason escape the pain of the loss of his wife.

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    • shared genre DNA
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