self-discovery
  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn picture
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    A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)

    A poor couple's (Dorothy McGuire, James Dunn) daughter (Peggy Ann Garner) dreams of a better life in...

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    Moonstruck (1987)

    An Italian-American widow (Cher), engaged to a reticent suitor, falls in love with his brother...

  • When Harry Met Sally... picture
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    When Harry Met Sally... (1989)

    Two Manhattan careerists (Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan) first hate, then like and eventually love each...

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    Pretty Woman (1990)

    A corporate raider (Richard Gere) pays a gorgeous hooker (Julia Roberts) to be his escort for a...

  • How to Be picture
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    How to Be (2009)

    A young man having an existential crisis convinces a Canadian self-help guru to come to London and...

  • Rain Man picture
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    Rain Man (1988)

    A wheeler-dealer (Tom Cruise) meets his brother (Dustin Hoffman), an institutionalized...

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    Harry and Tonto (1974)

    A retired New Yorker (Art Carney) travels across the United States with his cat.

  • The Natural picture
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    The Natural (1984)

    The almost mythical ability of a middle-aged baseball player rockets a major-league team toward the...

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    Groundhog Day (1993)

    February 2nd keeps repeating for a cynical TV weatherman (Bill Murray) sent to watch the groundhog...

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    The Geisha Boy (1958)

    A clumsy magician on a USO tour of Japan and Korea draws a shy Japanese boy out of his shyness.

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    Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

    A nursing-home resident (Jessica Tandy) regales a visitor (Kathy Bates) with tales of the close...

  • A River Runs Through It picture
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    A River Runs Through It (1992)

    Two Montana boys become different men (Craig Sheffer, Brad Pitt) under the influence of fly-fishing...

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    Three of Hearts (2005)

    Filmmaker Susan Kaplan documents the lives of two bisexual men who cohabit with a heterosexual...

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    Coupe de Ville (1990)

    Three rival brothers (Patrick Dempsey, Arye Gross, Daniel Stern) drive their father's creampuff 1954...

  • The Lonely Guy picture
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    The Lonely Guy (1984)

    A lonely New York bachelor (Steve Martin) learns that he, his buddy (Charles Grodin) and others like...

  • Good Morning, Vietnam picture
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    Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)

    In 1965 Saigon, disc jockey Adrian Cronauer turns Armed Forces Radio on its ear with his irreverent...

  • The World According to Garp picture
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    The World According to Garp (1982)

    John Irving's novel about the son of an unmarried nurse whose career is overshadowed by his mother's...

  • The Mighty Ducks picture
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    The Mighty Ducks (1992)

    To get out of trouble, a hotshot lawyer (Emilio Estevez) opts for community service coaching rowdies...

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    Mr. Mom (1983)

    An automotive engineer's (Michael Keaton) wife (Teri Garr) gets a job, and he stays home with the...

  • The Accidental Tourist picture
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    The Accidental Tourist (1988)

    A numb travel-writer (William Hurt) takes up with his dog trainer (Geena Davis) after his son dies...

  • The Magic Christian picture
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    The Magic Christian

    Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless boy, Youngman. Together, they set out...

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    Lost in America (1985)

    Two West Coast yuppies (Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty) sell everything, buy a huge motor home and set...

  • 3 Men and A Little Lady picture
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    3 Men and A Little Lady (1990)

    The bachelors (Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson) must rethink their joint role of father...

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    Magnificent Obsession (1954)

    A reckless playboy (Rock Hudson) turns surgeon to help a woman (Jane Wyman) whose blindness and...

  • Last Tango in Paris picture
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    Last Tango in Paris (1972)

    An American expatriate (Marlon Brando) looks for an apartment in Paris and finds a sex partner...

  • Hook picture
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    Hook (1991)

    Aided by Tinker Bell (Julia Roberts), a corporate lawyer (Robin Williams) turns into Peter Pan to...

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    Point Break (1991)

    An FBI agent (Keanu Reeves) turns California surfer to nab bank robbers who wear rubber masks of...

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    Slacker (1989)

    Twenty-four hours with an assortment of "slackers" (i.e. neo-beatnik, anarchists, crazies and...

  • Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore picture
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    Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974)

    A hard-luck widow (Ellen Burstyn) heads West with her son and meets a likeable rancher (Kris...

  • She's Having A Baby picture
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    She's Having A Baby (1988)

    A restless yuppie copywriter (Kevin Bacon) marries his teenage sweetheart (Elizabeth McGovern), then...