Movies Like Light the Blue Touch Paper
If you liked Light the Blue Touch Paper (1966), a tv movie movie directed by Charles Jarrott, 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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Beauty and the Billionaire (2022)
★ 7/10Also tv movieAddison travels with a picky billionaire as an assistant in her brother's place so he doesn't lose his job. She clashes with the billionaire until both start to see more in each other than they thought.
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Love, Classified (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also tv movieRomance novelist Emilia is a whirlwind who blows back into the lives of her adult children, Taylor and Zach, under the pretense of a book signing arranged by her hometown's local book shop. As Emilia tries to…
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TalhotBlond (2012)
★ 6.3/10Also tv movieThomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately leads to the murder of an innocent man.
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Bad Sister (2015)
★ 6.6/10Also tv movieAs a top student at St. Adeline's Catholic Boarding School, Zoe senses that something is not quite right about the school's new nun-- a sense proven to be true when it is revealed the "good' nun is an imposter with a…
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Sisters of the Groom (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also tv movieWhen Sarah needs to impress a corporate bigwig in order to help her sister's catering business, she finds herself agreeing to be his son’s pretend date to a family wedding
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Grace (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also tv movieA famous writer begins suffering from a crippling case of writer's block. His agent sends him a strange, belligerent woman to be his new assistant, hoping the change will inspire him.
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Christmas at the Drive-In (2022)
★ 5.8/10Also tv movieSadie Walker is starting over in her hometown of Chesterfield, New York, following a series of major life disruptions that include leaving her law practice after losing her biggest case and no longer being engaged.
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As Luck Would Have It (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also tv movieWhen Lindsey travels to Ireland to acquire land that is perfect for a resort, she decides to enter the town's matchmaking festival to prove her investment—and win over a handsome local.
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The Magic of Ordinary Days (2005)
★ 7.5/10Also tv moviePregnant out of wedlock, an educated young woman is pressured by her father into an arranged marriage with a lonely farmer in this drama set during WWII.
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Hello (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also tv movieAn emotionally unavailable flight attendant meets a potential love interest and later finds out that her "perfect guy" has ulterior motives. As the clock ticks down on New Year's Eve, she must fight to keep her…
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Runaway Romance (2018)
★ 6.8/10Also tv movieWhen she’s written out of her show, her relationship and her seemingly perfect life, reality TV star Ann Stanway leaves Hollywood and finds herself marooned in Amish country. But when Ann is taken in by the owner of a…
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Emma (1996)
★ 6.6/10Also tv movieEmma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma…
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Confirmation (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also tv movieJudge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court is called into question when former colleague, Anita Hill, testifies that he had sexually harassed her.
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Love in Winterland (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also tv movieAlly, a final contestant on a dating show, must face her high school sweetheart when she is chosen for the Hometown Date.
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Love Under the Stars (2015)
★ 6.5/10Also tv movieYoung at heart graduate student Becca strikes up an unlikely friendship with Emily, a quiet girl who recently lost her mother. With every passing play date chaperoned by Emily's father, Becca helps Emily come out of…
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The Hunchback (1997)
★ 5.9/10Also tv movieBased on Victor Hugo's famed novel, the story of Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of Notre Dame, and his unrequited love for the gypsy girl, Esmeralda.
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Girl in the Box (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also tv movieThe true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.
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Clear History (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also tv movieNathan Flomm, in order to avoid the humiliation of having missed out on a hugely successful business, assumes a new identity on Martha's Vineyard. He plots revenge when his former business partner moves to the same town.
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Hailey Dean Mysteries: Murder, With Love (2016)
★ 7.3/10Also tv movieFormer prosecutor-turned-therapist Hailey Dean is a powerhouse, Mensa bright, and acutely observant. During a tragic week, one of her patients loses her parents to separate fatal accidents along with millions of…
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988)
★ 7.3/10Also tv movieWhen a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.