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Peggy Sue Got Married
Why this pick
Like 17 Again, it uses a fantastical return to adolescence to test adult regrets, mixing warm comedy with a sincere look at choices, family, and the life that might have been.
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MOVIE2009 1h 42m USA
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The Family Man
Why this pick
Its wish-fulfillment premise similarly lets a man experience an alternate version of his life, balancing broad fish-out-of-water humor with romantic and family-centered emotional stakes.
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13 Going on 30
Why this pick
This has the same buoyant body-and-age-displacement comedy, affectionate nostalgia, and underlying message that personal connection matters more than an imagined perfect life.
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Big
Why this pick
A playful magical age shift drives this comedy, but its charm comes from the protagonist rediscovering youthful perspective while navigating adult responsibilities and romance.
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The Kid
Why this pick
A successful but emotionally stalled adult meets his younger self in a gentle fantasy comedy that, like 17 Again, turns second chances into a heartfelt reassessment of adulthood.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In 1989, 17-year-old Mike O'Donnell (Zac Efron) learns during the start of his high school championship basketball game that his girlfriend Scarlet Porter (Allison Miller), is pregnant. Moments after the game begins, he leaves the game and goes after Scarlet, abandoning his hopes of going to college and becoming a professional basketball player.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Zac Efron
Mike O'Donnell (Teen)
Matthew Perry
Mike O'Donnell (Adult)
Leslie Mann
Scarlett O'Donnell (Adult)
Thomas Lennon
Ned Gold
Allison Miller
Scarlett (Teen)
Sterling Knight
Alex O'Donnell
Michelle Trachtenberg
Maggie O'Donnell
Kat Graham
Jamie