Movies Like The Man Who Found Himself
If you liked The Man Who Found Himself (1925), a drama movie directed by Alfred E. Green, 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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Pitfall (1948)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaAn insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator.
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The Lady from Shanghai (1947)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaA romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
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Wonderstruck (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaThe story of a young boy in the Midwest is told simultaneously with a tale about a young girl in New York from fifty years ago as they both seek the same mysterious connection.
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Plunder Road (1957)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaA spectacular heist starts to unravel as the crooks take it on the lam.
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Hands of Stone (2016)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaThe legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
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Hounddog (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaA drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
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Guilty by Suspicion (1991)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaOwing to his alleged involvement with communist parties, film director David Merrill is forbidden from working in Hollywood. He decides to fight for his rights and faces numerous challenges.
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Sunset Boulevard (1950)
★ 8.3/10Also dramaA hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
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Hardball (2001)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaAn aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
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The Set-Up (1949)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaExpecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
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Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (1998)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaYoung teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even…
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Greed (1924)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaWhen housewife Trina wins the lottery, her comfortable life with her dentist husband John slowly deteriorates, in part by her own increasing paranoia and partly by the machinations of villainous acquaintance Marcus.
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The Killing (1956)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaCareer criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George…
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The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaRecently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.
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The Missouri Breaks (1976)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaWhen vigilante land baron David Braxton hangs one of the best friends of cattle rustler Tom Logan, Logan's gang decides to get even by purchasing a small farm next to Braxton's ranch. From there the rustlers begin…
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The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaA tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity and a mysterious opportunity presents him…
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Normal (2003)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaA Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation.
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Fast Girls (2012)
★ 6/10Also dramaA street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
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The River (1984)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaTom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from…
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The Young One (1960)
★ 7/10Also dramaA jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.