Movies like Lucky

A feature-film shortlist from the cached Film Atlas engine. The interactive map may include more titles or newer results. These are similarity matches, not a guarantee of age suitability.

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   First Reformed

   Strong story similarity

   2018 · 113 min · Drama

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   A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife.

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   Kensho at the Bedfellow

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   2017 · 110 min · Drama

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   Reeling from his sister’s death, a NYC playwright searches for fulfillment in a sex-and-drug filled odyssey. When he’s reunited with a childhood love, their shared journey of self-discovery catalyzes a profound, existential awakening.

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   • a closely matched era

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   An Interview with God

   Strong story similarity

   2018 · 97 min · Drama · Mystery

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   An up-and-coming journalist finds his world and faith increasingly challenged when he's granted the interview of a lifetime – with someone who claims to be God.

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   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Locating Silver Lake

   Strong story similarity

   2018 · 110 min · Drama

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   Upon graduating college, a brokenhearted aspiring writer, without a dime or connections, packs his bags and heads to Los Angeles in the hopes of finding a new beginning. He quickly gets immersed into two very different worlds - one young, provocative and alluring, the other rooted in diversity, community and loyalty - both with their own unique appeals, advantages and dangers. Through his new experiences, he realizes who he is and where he belongs.

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   • strong story and style similarity
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   • a closely matched era

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   The Leisure Seeker

   Strong story similarity

   2018 · 112 min · Adventure · Drama · Romance

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   A runaway couple go on an unforgettable journey from Boston to Key West, recapturing their passion for life and their love for each other on a road trip that provides revelation and surprise right up to the very end.

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   • strong story and style similarity
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   It's a Life Worth Living

   Strong story similarity

   2020 · 104 min · Drama

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   John, a man haunted by his beginnings, struggles with finding meaning and worth in his life. This leads him to choose a path of selfishness and drug abuse. Consequently there's a breakdown of relationships with his family and his wife. When things start to crumble all around him, John gets the wake up call that he needs in the form of a caring new friend, and others in his life that reach out to him in ways they hadn't before. God working through them and reaching out to John, guides him on a path of discovery about where his worth and value truly come from, and what in life is truly valuable.

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   This Is Where I Leave You

   Strong story similarity

   2014 · 103 min · Comedy · Drama

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   When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a collection of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. As the brothers and sisters re-examine their shared history and the status of each tattered relationship among those who know and love them best, they reconnect in hysterically funny and emotionally significant ways.

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   Mary and Max

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   2009 · 92 min · Animation · Comedy · Drama

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   A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.

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   Pink Opaque

   Strong story similarity

   2020 · 91 min · Drama · Romance

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   A Los Angeles film student struggles to graduate while navigating a budding romance and reconnecting with his estranged uncle, leading to a renewed uncertainty of his future.

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    Anthem of a Teenage Prophet

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    2019 · 102 min · Drama

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    A small town-teen predicts his friend’s death with startling accuracy and is labelled the “Prophet of Death.” One thing he didn’t see coming? Falling in love - with his best friend’s girl.

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    • a closely matched era

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