Movies like Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

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   Babylon

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   2022 · 189 min · Comedy · Drama

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   A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films to sound films in the late 1920s.

   Why it connects

   • strong shared themes: filmmaking and hollywood
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Caught Stealing

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   2025 · 107 min · Comedy · Crime · Thriller

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   Burned-out ex-baseball player Hank Thompson unexpectedly finds himself embroiled in a dangerous struggle for survival amidst the criminal underbelly of late 1990s New York City, forced to navigate a treacherous underworld he never imagined.

   Why it connects

   • substantial genre overlap
   • a principal cast member
   • shared production studio: Columbia Pictures

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   The Wolf of Wall Street

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   2013 · 180 min · Comedy · Crime · Drama

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   A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

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   • principal cast overlap
   • substantial genre overlap
   • similar audience response

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   Inherent Vice

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   2014 · 149 min · Comedy · Drama · Mystery

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   In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.

   Why it connects

   • shared themes: 1960s and los angeles, california
   • substantial genre overlap

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   Nightmare Alley

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   2021 · 151 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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   An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.

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   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   God Bless America

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   2012 · 104 min · Comedy · Crime · Drama

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   Fed up with the cruelty and stupidity of American culture, an unlikely duo goes on a killing spree, killing reality TV stars, bigots and others they find repugnant.

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   • substantial genre overlap

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   Dolemite Is My Name

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   2019 · 118 min · Comedy · Drama · History

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   The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s.

   Why it connects

   • strong shared themes: filmmaking and movie business
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

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   2018 · 132 min · Comedy · Drama · Western

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   Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.

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   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   The Great Gatsby

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   2013 · 143 min · Drama · Romance

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   Nick Carraway arrives in New York in 1922, an era of loose morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick encounters the mysterious millionaire Gatsby and his bewitching cousin Daisy. Soon, Nick is drawn into the captivating world of the super-rich, their illusions, loves and deceits. Bearing witness to this new world, Nick pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and unforgettable tragedy -- mirroring our own times and struggles.​

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   • a principal cast member

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    Hancock

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    2008 · 92 min · Action · Fantasy

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    Hancock is a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's inflicted during his lifesaving heroics. The agent's idea of imprisoning the antihero to make the world miss him proves successful, but will Hancock stick to his new sense of purpose or slip back into old habits?

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    • shared themes: duringcreditsstinger and los angeles, california
    • shared production studio: Columbia Pictures

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