Movies Like The Good Fairy
If you liked The Good Fairy (1951), a drama movie directed by Keisuke Kinoshita, 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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Where the Truth Lies (2005)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaAn ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.
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Before We Vanish (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaNarumi is on bad terms with her husband, Shinji, when, one day, Shinji goes missing. He comes back a couple of days later, but he seems like a totally different person, and he is now gentle and tender. He goes for a…
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Gone Girl (2014)
★ 7.9/10Also dramaWith his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
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Crime of Passion (1956)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaKathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's career soon takes her down a…
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Manhattan Night (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaPorter Wren is a Manhattan tabloid writer with an appetite for scandal. On the beat he sells murder, tragedy, and anything that passes for the truth. At home, he is a dedicated husband and father. But when Caroline, a…
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Under Fire (1983)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaThree U.S. journalists get too close to one another and their work in 1979 Nicaragua.
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Red (2008)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaAvery, a reclusive older man, has a best friend in his dog, Red. When three teens kill Red without reason, Avery sets out for justice and redemption, attempting to follow the letter of the law. But when the law fails…
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Dream Lover (1994)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaNot long after they cross paths at an art gallery, architect Ray Reardon and hypnotically sensual Lena are married with children. But as strange incidents occur, Ray begins to realize he may not really know the woman…
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An Interview with God (2018)
★ 7/10Also dramaAn 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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Triage (2009)
★ 6/10Also dramaThe wife of a photojournalist sets out to discover why he came home from a recent assignment without his colleague.
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Adulterers (2016)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaOn a steamy New Orleans afternoon, Sam Deuprey decides to surprise his beautiful wife, Ashley, for their anniversary and comes home early. But Ashley is not alone in the bedroom. She and her lover, Damien are about to…
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Deep Water (2022)
★ 5.8/10Also dramaA well-to-do husband who allows his wife to have affairs in order to avoid a divorce becomes a prime suspect in the disappearance of her lovers.
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One Hour Photo (2002)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaSy Parrish has lovingly developed photographs for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually convinces himself he's part of…
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Tyler Perry's Duplicity (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaHigh-powered attorney Marley faces her most personal case yet when she is tasked with uncovering the truth behind the murder of her best friend Fela’s husband. With the help of her boyfriend – a former cop turned…
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Butterfly on a Wheel (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaA sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.
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Fatale (2020)
★ 6/10Also dramaAfter a wild one-night stand, successful sports agent Derrick Tyler watches his perfect life slowly disappear when he discovers the sexy and mysterious woman he risked everything for is determined police detective…
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The House on Carroll Street (1988)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaA reporter, fired after refusing to give names to a 1951 House Un-American Activities Committee, takes a part-time job as companion to an old lady. While working she overhears a noisy argument in the neighboring house…
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Bordertown (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaAmerican corporations are using the North American Free Trade Agreement by opening large maquiladoras right across the United States–Mexico border. The maquiladoras hire mostly Mexican women to work long hours for…
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The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
★ 7/10Also dramaDr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who…
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Faces (1968)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaMiddle-aged suburban husband Richard abruptly tells his wife, Maria, that he wants a divorce. As Richard takes up with a younger woman, Maria enjoys a night on the town with her friends and meets a younger man. As the…