Movies like The Sun Shines Bright

20 movies like The Sun Shines Bright, ordered by similarity : Miss Firecracker(1989), The Captain From Koepenick(1956), Stage Door(1937), Alice Adams(1935), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri(2017), The Story of Luke(2012), Judge Hardy's Children(1938), Judge Priest(1934), Singh Is Kinng(2008), The Band's Visit(2007), Paterson(2016), Breaking Away(1979) ...

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The Sun Shines Bright

John Ford weaves three "Judge Priest" stories together to form a good- natured exploration of honour and small-town politics in the South around the turn of the century. Judge William ... See full summary »

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Miss Firecracker

Carnelle wants to escape her dreary life, so she enters a local beauty contest, much to everyone's dismay.

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The Captain From Koepenick

A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is released after being jailed for 15 years. He wants to have a pass to get a job and start anew, but without a job ... See full summary »

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Stage Door

A chronicle of the ambitions, dreams, and disappointments of aspiring actresses who all live in the same boarding house.

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Alice Adams

A working-class girl is thwarted and embarrassed in her attempts to move up socially by her gauche family and unstable father.

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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter's murder when they fail to catch the culprit.

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The Story of Luke

Sheltered by his grandparents, Luke, a young man with autism, is thrust into a world that doesn't expect anything from him. But Luke is on a quest for a job and true love. And he isn't taking no for an answer.

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Judge Hardy's Children

Judge Hardy, trying to find a relative of an aged couple to prevent them from losing their home, enlists the aid of his son Andy.

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Judge Priest

Judge Priest, a proud Confederate veteran, uses common sense and considerable humanity to dispense justice in a small town in the Post-Bellum Kentucky.

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Singh Is Kinng

A comic caper about Happy Singh, a Punjabi villager who goes through a series of misadventures and eventually becomes the King of the Australian underworld.

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The Band's Visit

A band comprised of members of the Egyptian police force head to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves lost in the wrong town.

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Paterson

A quiet observation of the triumphs and defeats of daily life, along with the poetry evident in its smallest details.

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Breaking Away

A small-town boy obsessed with the Italian cycling team vies for the affections of a college girl.

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Pass Over

Two young men pass the time dreaming of the promised land.

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Junior Bonner

Ace Bonner returns to Arizona several years after he abandoned his family, Junior Bonner is a wild young man. Against the typical rodeo championship, family drama erupts.

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The Candidate

An image maker (Peter Boyle) grooms the son (Robert Redford) of a political boss (Melvyn Douglas) for a token bid in a U.S. Senate race.

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California Split

When a casual gambler befriends a professional one, he begins to mirror his life, sending both deeper into the sleazy gambling world where the stakes keep getting bigger.

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Small Engine Repair

Doug, an aspiring country singer, has spent his life as a loser in a non-descript small town with nobody believing in his heartbreaking voice and talent as a musician. His wife has left him... See full summary »

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12 Angry Men

A jury holdout attempts to prevent a miscarriage of justice by forcing his colleagues to reconsider the evidence.

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Amarcord

A series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town.

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The Sugarland Express

A woman attempts to reunite her family by helping her husband escape prison and together kidnapping their son. But things don't go as planned when they are forced to take a police hostage on the road.

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