Movies Like Young Person's Guide to Cinema
If you liked Young Person's Guide to Cinema (1974), a movie directed by Shūji Terayama, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Much Ado About Nothing (2013)
★ 6.8/10A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.
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Perfect Day (1929)
★ 7/10Two families embark on a pleasant Sunday picnic but manage to run into a variety of issues with their temperamental automobile. Each incident requires repeated exits and reboardings by Laurel, Hardy, their wives and…
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Our Wife (1931)
★ 7.1/10Oliver is making plans to marry his sweetheart Dulcy with Stan as his best man, but the plans are thwarted when Dulcy's father sees a picture of Ollie and forbids the marriage. The couple plan to elope, and run away to…
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Beau Hunks (1931)
★ 6.8/10Stan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart rejects him.
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The Grandmother (1970)
★ 6.6/10To escape neglect and abuse from his parents, a young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.
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Towed in a Hole (1932)
★ 7/10Although they are successful fishmongers, Stan convinces Ollie that they should become fishermen too, but making a boat seaworthy isn't an easy task.
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Dough and Dynamite (1914)
★ 6.1/10Pierre and Jacques are working as waiters at a restaurant where the cooks go on strike. When the two are forced to work as bakers, the striking cooks put dynamite in the dough, with explosive results.
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The Live Ghost (1934)
★ 7.2/10Fish market workers Stan and Ollie are persuaded by a sea captain to shanghai a crew for him at the local bar for a dollar a head. Successful at first, the boys end up getting themselves shanghaied, and the crew vow…
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Solid Serenade (1946)
★ 7.5/10Tom ties up Spike and sneaks into the courtyard of the glamorous Toodles Galore with his bass, hoping to woo her with his song, much to the annoyance of a sleeping Jerry.
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The Hoose-Gow (1929)
★ 6.8/10Stan and Ollie arrive as new inmates at a prison after apparently taking part in a hold-up raid, a raid they tell a prison officer they were only watching. The usual mayhem ensues.
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Thicker Than Water (1935)
★ 7.4/10Oliver's in trouble with his wife after missing a payment on their furniture, having given the money to Stanley, who used it instead to pay Mrs. Hardy for his room and board. At Stan's suggestion Ollie then withdraws…
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Goodnight Mommy (2022)
★ 6.3/10When twin brothers arrive home to find their mother’s demeanor altered and face covered in surgical bandages, they begin to suspect the woman beneath the gauze might not be their mother.
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Far from the Tree (2021)
★ 8.1/10On an idyllic beach in the Pacific Northwest, curiosity gets the better of a young raccoon whose frustrated parent attempts to keep them both safe.
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The Fugitive Kind (1960)
★ 6.9/10Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins, arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence. Her husband, Jabe M. Torrance, is dying of cancer. Val is pursued by Carol Cutere, the enigmatic local…
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In the Blood (2014)
★ 5.8/10When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
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Forky Asks a Question: What Is a Computer? (2019)
★ 5.9/10Trixie explains to Forky what a computer does as they experience the common stresses of technology.
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Rookie of the Year (1993)
★ 6.2/10When the cast comes off his once broken arm, a 12-year-old boy can throw a 100-mile-an-hour fastball, and the Chicago Cubs want him as their new pitcher.
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Under the Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett (2021)
★ 6.9/10A special celebrating the origins and legacy of Star Wars' legendary bounty hunter, Boba Fett.
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Cosmic Ray (1962)
★ 6.4/10Experimental short uses Ray Charles' “What'd I Say” as accompaniment to constantly shifting collage of female nude, cartoons, and newsreels of atomic bomb explosions.