Movies Like Fear Strikes Out

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The Long, Hot Summer

1958·1h 55m·★ 7.3·Martin Ritt

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For Love of the Game

1999·2h 18m·★ 6.6·Sam Raimi

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The Perfect Game

2009·1h 58m·★ 7.0·William Dear

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Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

2025·2h·★ 6.6·Scott Cooper

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The Pride of the Yankees

1942·2h 8m·★ 7.6·Sam Wood

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Apocalypse Now

1979·2h 27m·★ 8.4·Francis Ford Coppola

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Dead Poets Society

1989·2h 9m·★ 8.1·Peter Weir

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Saving Private Ryan

1998·2h 49m·★ 8.6·Steven Spielberg

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Rosemary's Baby

1968·2h 18m·★ 8.0·Roman Polanski

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Hotel Rwanda

2004·2h 2m·★ 8.1·Terry George

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Cinderella Man

2005·2h 24m·★ 8.0·Ron Howard

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Lolita

1962·2h 34m·★ 7.5·Stanley Kubrick

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A History of Violence

2005·1h 36m·★ 7.4·David Cronenberg

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Dangerous Liaisons

1988·1h 59m·★ 7.5·Stephen Frears

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Meet Me in St. Louis

1944·1h 54m·★ 7.5·Vincente Minnelli

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The Matchmaker

1958·1h 41m·★ 6.8·Joseph Anthony

Both star Anthony Perkins & Perry Wilson

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

2004·1h 35m·★ 6.9·Niels Mueller

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Ero in guerra ma non lo sapevo

2022·1h 33m·★ 6.2·Fabio Resinaro

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The Lonely Man

1957·1h 28m·★ 6.4·Henry Levin

Both star Anthony Perkins & Adam Williams

Animal Farm

1999·1h 31m·★ 6.0·John Stephenson

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How Good Is Fear Strikes Out?

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