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Finding Neverland (2004)

  • Drama
  • Fantasy
  • 106 min
  • 12 age guide
  • ★ 7.3/10 from 3,821 ratings

During a writing slump, playwright J.M. Barrie meets a widow and her four children, all young boys—who soon become an important part of Barrie’s life and the inspiration that lead him to create his masterpiece. Peter Pan.

Directed byMarc Forster

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  1. 01

    Everybody's Fine

    Strong story similarity

    2009 · 99 min · Drama

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    Eight months after the death of his wife, Frank Goode looks forward to a reunion with his four adult children. When all of them cancel their visits at the last minute, Frank, against the advice of his doctor, sets out on a road trip to reconnect with his offspring. As he visits each one in turn, Frank finds that his children's lives are not quite as picture-perfect as they've made them out to be.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • shared production studio: Miramax
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  2. 03

    The Magic of Belle Isle

    Strong story similarity

    2012 · 109 min · Comedy · Drama

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    In an effort to tap into his original talent, a wheelchair-bound author moves to a rural town, where he befriends a single mother and her three kids, who help reignite his passion for writing.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
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    Blue Valentine

    Strong story similarity

    2010 · 112 min · Drama · Other

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    Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in their marriage.

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    • strong story and style similarity
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  4. 05

    Silver Linings Playbook

    Strong story similarity

    2012 · 122 min · Comedy · Drama · Other

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    After losing his job and wife, and spending time in an institution, a former teacher winds up living with his parents. He wants to rebuild his life and reconcile with his wife, but his father would be happy if he shared his obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles. Things get complicated when he meets Tiffany Maxwell who offers to help him reconnect with his wife if he will do something very important for her in exchange.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
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  5. 06

    FX's A Christmas Carol

    Similar atmosphere

    2019 · 173 min · Drama · Fantasy

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    London, 1843. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of Christmas Eve night he is visited by three ghosts to show him his past, present and future.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  6. 07

    A Home of Our Own

    Strong story similarity

    1993 · 104 min · Drama

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    In 1960s Los Angeles an energetic widow and her six children try to make a dream of theirs come true: to have a home of their own. They leave L.A. and head for the countryside, all the while facing numerous difficulties and obstacles during their journey.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
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  7. 08

    Secret Window

    Shared cast

    2004 · 96 min · Mystery · Thriller

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    Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a principal cast member
    • a closely matched era
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  8. 09

    Labor Day

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    2013 · 111 min · Drama · Other · Thriller

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    Two strangers are drawn together under incredible circumstances. What starts as an unforeseen encounter over a long holiday weekend soon becomes a second chance love story.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a principal cast member
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    Smashed

    Strong story similarity

    2012 · 85 min · Comedy · Drama · Other

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    Kate and Charlie like to have a good time. Their marriage thrives on a shared fondness for music, laughter… and getting smashed. When Kate’s partying spirals into hard-core asocial behavior, compromising her job as an elementary schoolteacher, something’s got to give. But change isn’t exactly a cakewalk. Sobriety means she will have to confront the lies she’s been spinning at work, her troubling relationship with her mother, and the nature of her bond with Charlie.

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    • strong story and style similarity
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