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The Straight Story
Why this pick
Like Rain Man, it finds emotional transformation in a quietly observed road journey, where a guarded man’s movement across America becomes a patient act of family reconciliation.
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MOVIE1988 2h 14m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Rain Man
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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
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A Simple Plan
Why this pick
Its wintry Midwestern realism and morally compromised brotherhood offer a darker counterpart to Rain Man’s study of ordinary men confronted by money, loyalty and buried resentment.
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Nobody's Fool
Why this pick
This unhurried, deeply affectionate drama shares Rain Man’s faith in performance-driven storytelling, flawed men and the small gestures through which estranged family ties begin to mend.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
After a selfish L.A. yuppie learns his estranged father left a fortune to an autistic-savant brother in Ohio that he didn't know existed, he absconds with his brother and sets out across the country, hoping to gain a larger inheritance.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Dustin Hoffman
Raymond Babbitt
Tom Cruise
Charlie Babbitt
Valeria Golino
Susanna
Lucinda Jenney
Iris
Gerald R. Molen
Dr. Bruner
Jack Murdock
John Mooney
Michael D. Roberts
Vern
Ralph Seymour
Lenny