Movies like Maps to the Stars

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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   Blonde

   Strong story similarity

   2022 · 167 min · Drama

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   From her volatile childhood as Norma Jeane, through her rise to stardom and romantic entanglements, this reimagined fictional portrait of Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe blurs the lines of fact and fiction to explore the widening split between her public and private selves.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong shared themes: hollywood and los angeles, california
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   Honey Boy

   Shared cast

   2019 · 94 min · Drama

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   The story of a child star attempting to mend his relationship with his law-breaking, alcohol-abusing father over the course of a decade, loosely based on Shia LaBeouf’s life.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared themes: child star and rehabilitation

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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.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Palo Alto

   Strong story similarity

   2014 · 100 min · Drama

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   A lack of parental guidance encourages teens in an affluent California town to rebel with substance abuse and casual sex.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete

   Strong story similarity

   2013 · 108 min · Drama

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   Coming of age story about two inner city youths, who are left to fend for themselves over the summer after their mothers are taken away by the authorities.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Hateship Loveship

   Strong story similarity

   2014 · 103 min · Drama

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   A shy caretaker believes that the father of her teenage charge is falling in love with her, unaware that she is actually the victim of the girl's prank.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Certain Women

   Strong story similarity

   2016 · 107 min · Drama

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   Three strong-willed women strive to forge their own paths amidst the wide-open plains of the American Northwest: a lawyer forced to subdue a troubled client; a wife and mother whose plans to construct her dream home reveal fissures in her marriage; and a lonely ranch hand who forms an ambiguous bond with a young law student.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Blue Valentine

   Strong story similarity

   2010 · 112 min · Drama · Romance

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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.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   The House Is Burning

   Strong story similarity

   2006 · 97 min · Drama

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   One day. One night. A group of teenagers struggles to find their way in a world that offers them few choices.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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    The Girl in the Park

    Strong story similarity

    2007 · 109 min · Drama

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    A mother, enduringly traumatized by the disappearance of her three-year old daughter 15 years ago, has cut herself off from her ex-husband and son. However, when a troubled young woman with a checkered past enters her life, old psychic wounds painfully resurface, as does the illogical and increasingly irrational hope that the young woman may be the daughter she lost so long ago.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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