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Modern Times (1936)

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...

Directed byCharlie Chaplin

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  1. 01

    City Lights

    Same director

    1931 · 87 min · Comedy · Drama · Romance

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    A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same director
    • strong shared themes: black and white and hilarious
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  2. 02

    The Circus

    Same director

    1928 · 72 min · Comedy · Drama · Romance

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    Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same director
    • strong shared themes: black and white and silent film
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  3. 03

    Bringing Up Baby

    Similar atmosphere

    1938 · 102 min · Comedy · Romance

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    David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • shared themes: black and white and hilarious
    • a closely matched era
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  4. 05

    A King in New York

    Same director

    1957 · 104 min · Comedy · Drama

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    A recently-deposed "Estrovian" monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity. Later, he's wrongly accused of being a Communist and gets caught up in subsequent HUAC hearings.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same director
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  5. 06

    Limelight

    Same director

    1952 · 137 min · Comedy · Drama · Romance

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    A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same director
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  6. 07

    The Younger Generation

    Strong movie match

    1929 · 84 min · Drama

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    Soap-opera about a social-climbing Jewish man and his old-world parents who are heartbroken by his rejection of them. Young Morris Goldfish follows his immigrant father into business. His ruthless business practices cause him to become a big success, and he moves the family to Park Avenue. They go, but were happier back on the East Side. Morris is ashamed of this parents and his humble origins, but learns in the end that there is more to life than money.

    Why it connects

    • strong recommendation signals
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  7. 08

    The Sins of Love

    Strong movie match

    1929 · 70 min · Drama

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    The troubled situation of a provincial actor and his actress wife who come to the city. The actor is suspected of attacking another actor who admires the actress.

    Why it connects

    • strong recommendation signals
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  8. 10

    Blackmail

    Strong movie match

    1929 · 86 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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    London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling herself ignored, Alice agrees to go out with an elegant and well-mannered artist who invites her to visit his fancy apartment.

    Why it connects

    • strong recommendation signals
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