Set in 1951, a blacklisted Hollywood writer gets into a car accident, loses his memory and settles down in a small town where he is mistaken for a long-lost son.
Casts Jim Carrey, Martin Landau, Laurie Holden, Gerry Black, David Ogden Stiers, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey DeMunn, Hal Holbrook, Brent Briscoe, Ron Rifkin
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Alex & Emma
Cold War
Henry & June
Pride and Prejudice
Miss Austen Regrets
Dirty Love
Getting Played
Big Wednesday
The Whole Wide World
The Lesson
Crashing
Morvern Callar
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
Queen & Country
Franz
Dance First
The Actress
Trick
The Net
Thumper
SIMILAR MOVIES
Alex & Emma
IMDB 5.2 | Jun , 2003
Writer Alex Sheldon must finish his novel within a month. If he doesn't, he won't get paid. And, if that happens, angry Mafia types to whom he owes money will come looking for him. In order to expedite things, Alex hires typist Emma Dinsmore and begins dictating his novel. The book is about a doomed love affair between a character similar to Alex and a character named Polina Delacroix. But, as Alex falls for Emma, his work takes a different turn.Cold War
IMDB 7.4 | Jun , 2018
A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.Henry & June
IMDB 6 | Sep , 1990
While traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller and his wife, June, meet Anais Nin, and sexual sparks fly as Nin starts an affair with the openly bisexual June. When June is forced to return to the U.S., she gives Nin her blessing to sleep with her husband. Then, when June returns to France, an unexpected, and sometimes contentious, threesome forms.Pride and Prejudice
IMDB 4.8 | Dec , 2003
In this contemporary LDS twist on Jane Austen's iconic novel, Elizabeth Bennet is a hard-working, intelligent college student who won't even think about marriage until she graduates. But when she meets Jack Wickham, a good-looking playboy, and Darcy, a sensible businessman, Elizabeth's determination is put to the test. Will she see through their exteriors and discover their true intentions?Miss Austen Regrets
IMDB 6.1 | Feb , 2008
Jane Austen is about to turn 40, but she still hasn't found her ideal man. When Jane is approached by her niece Fanny and asked to help select the perfect husband for the young girl, the aging spinster begins to wonder why it is that she never found a man to share her own life with.Dirty Love
IMDB 4.3 | Sep , 2005
The klutzy yet stunning Rebecca Sommers walks in on her hunky boyfriend in bed with another woman. They break up and Rebecca starts to fall apart, but, with the help of her close girlfriends, she begins to date again. Unfortunately, the men she meets all happen to be crazy. John, her dorky guy friend, tries to express his secret love for Rebecca, but she's too busy to notice as she tries to come to terms with her breakup.Getting Played
IMDB 5.9 | Dec , 2005
Three smart and sexy friends, Andrea, Lauren and Emily, are fed up with being played by the men in their lives. To prove that all men are predictable and easily seduced, this hot trio decides to play by a new set of rules. They enter into a wild game of seduction to convince one lucky man that he's living the dream... but what the girls don't realize is their mark is on to their game and he's got a few plays of his own. Can the girls win? Or, will this player's double play end their game?Big Wednesday
IMDB 6.9 | May , 1978
Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.The Whole Wide World
IMDB 6.6 | Sep , 1996
In 1930s Texas, pulp fiction master Robert E. Howard is introduced to Novalyne Price, a teacher with aspirations of becoming an author herself, and they begin a unique relationship filled with conversation and imagination. Although the possibility exists for romance, Howard's obsession with his work and dedication to his sick mother leads Price to look elsewhere for love, leaving Howard feeling betrayed and alone.The Lesson
IMDB 5.7 | Jul , 2023
Liam, an aspiring and ambitious young writer, eagerly accepts a tutoring position at the family estate of his idol, renowned author J.M. Sinclair. But soon, Liam realizes that he is ensnared in a web of family secrets, resentment, and retribution. Sinclair, his wife Hélène, and their son Bertie all guard a dark past, one that threatens Liam’s future as well as their own.Crashing
IMDB 4.7 | Jan , 2007
It sounds like a budding writer's dream: a bestselling first novel, a luxurious house in Malibu, and a trophy wife... But it all unravels when writer's block and a failed marriage send Richard McMurray out into the streets.Morvern Callar
IMDB 6.7 | Nov , 2002
After her boyfriend commits suicide, a young woman attempts to use the unpublished manuscript of a novel and a sum of money he left behind to reinvent her life.Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
IMDB 4.8 | May , 1958
When an abused wife grows to giant size because of an alien encounter and an aborted murder attempt, she goes after her cheating husband with revenge on her mind.Queen & Country
IMDB 6.1 | Jan , 2015
In this sequel to Hope and Glory (1987), Bill Rohan has grown up and is drafted into the army, where he and his eccentric best mate, Percy, battle their snooty superiors on the base and look for love in town.Franz
IMDB 6.1 | Sep , 2025
Conceived as a kaleidoscopic mosaic, the film follows the imprint Franz Kafka left on the world from his birth in 19th-century Prague to his death in post-WW1 Vienna.Dance First
IMDB 6.9 | Nov , 2023
Parisian bon vivant, World War II Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband and recluse…Samuel Beckett lived a life of many parts. Titled after Beckett’s famous ethos “Dance first, think later”, the film is a sweeping account of the life of this 20th-century icon.The Actress
IMDB 7.5 | Mar , 2011
The banker Vagif Fataliyev is found murdered in his own house. During the investigation, two more murders occur one after the other.Trick
IMDB 6.9 | Jul , 1999
Gabriel is a young, aspiring musical composer whose life seems stuck in the First Act. When his new musical number gets a critical reception, a theatre colleague, Perry, tells Gabriel that he needs to get a life before he can write about one – so he heads straight for his local gay bar.The Net
IMDB 6 | Jul , 1995
Angela Bennett is a freelance computer systems analyst who tracks down software viruses. At night she hooks up to the internet and chats to others 'surfing the net'. While de-bugging a new high-tech game for a cyber friend, she comes across a top secret program and becomes the target of a mysterious organization who will stop at nothing to erase her identity and her existence, in order to protect the project.Thumper
IMDB 5.6 | Apr , 2017
In a town of low-income and fractured families, a group of teens are lured into working for a dangerous drug dealer. A new girl arrives who hides a dangerous secret that will impact everybody and change their lives forever.