Movies Like Doc Hollywood (1991)

Doc Hollywood is a 1991 comedy, romance film from Michael Caton-Jones with a MovieMagicScore of 6.3/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Vanilla Sky and Irina Palm.

Comedy Romance

Vanilla Sky

2001

David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribly disfigured in a car accident. That's just the beginning of his troubles as the lines between illusion and reality, between life and death, are blurred.

6.8

MagicScore

Irina Palm

2007

Maggie, a quiet retiring grandmother, finds herself helpless as her grandson’s health deteriorates. When one last chance appears, but money is desperately short, Maggie acts to raise the cash in a fashion that surprises everyone but her.

6.9

MagicScore

Carry On Doctor

1967

Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind over matter, slips off the platform in the middle of his performance and ends up in hospital under the care of Dr Tinkle. The hospital is about to enter a period of total chaos.

6.5

MagicScore

Too Fat Too Furious

2005

Bennie, a clumsy criminal who's touchy about his weight, teams up with his adoptive father's biological (serial killer) son, his employees who in his absence turned his snack-bar into a quiche bakery, a suicidal manic-depressive woman and a Yugoslavian who keeps blowing things up unintended. They need to get 300000 Euro to get Bennies father a new liver.

5.7

MagicScore

Shattered

1991

Dan Merrick comes out from a shattering car accident with amnesia. He finds that he is married to Judith who is trying to help him start his life again. He keeps getting flashbacks about events and places that he can't remember. He meets pet shop owner and part time private detective Gus Klein who has supposedly done some work for him prior to the accident. Klein helps Merrick to find out more...

6.1

MagicScore

The First Wave

2021

When Covid-19 hit New York City in 2020, filmmaker Matthew Heineman gained unique access to one of New York’s hardest-hit hospital systems. The resulting film focuses on the doctors, nurses, and patients on the frontlines during the “first wave” from March to June 2020. Their distinct storylines each serve as a microcosm to understand how the city persevered through the worst pandemic in a century

6.6

MagicScore

Youth Without Youth

2007

Professor of language and philosophy Dominic Matei is struck by lightning and ages backwards from 70 to 40 in a week, attracting the world and the Nazis. While on the run, the professor meets a young woman who has her own experience with a lightning storm. Not only does Dominic find love again, but her new abilities hold the key to his research.

6.1

MagicScore

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

2006

Frank Keane, a baker by trade, has been consumed by grief over his wife's untimely death. But everything changes when he pulls his bread truck over on a rural highway to help a dying stranger entangled in a car wreck, who was on his way to a fateful reunion.

5.8

MagicScore

Modern Times

1936

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...

8.3

MagicScore

#10

Danger One

2018

While transporting a dying man to the hospital, two paramedics find a million dollars in cash sewn into his clothing. When the man dies, they decide to keep it, setting them on a path for a hellish night of violence and mayhem.

5.9

MagicScore

#11

The Raven

1935

A brilliant but deranged neurosurgeon becomes obsessively fixated on a judge's daughter. With the help of an escaped criminal whose face he has surgically deformed, the mad man lures her, her father, and her fiancé to his isolated, castle-like home.

6.6

MagicScore

#12

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu

2005

After suffering terrible headaches and stomach cramps, Mr. Lăzărescu, a lonely 63 year-old man, calls for an ambulance, beginning one man’s hellish journey through Bucharest hospitals in search of proper medical care. As the night unfolds, his health starts to deteriorate fast.

7.3

MagicScore

#13

A Farewell to Arms

1957

An English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them test their romance to the limit.

5.9

MagicScore

#14

The Ambulance

1990

When the woman of his dreams is snatched by a strange ambulance, a young man risks it all to find her and tracks down a trafficking ring.

5.8

MagicScore

#15

Old 37

2015

Two brothers intercept 911 calls in their Father's beat up old Ambulance to exact revenge on a group of careless teen drivers.

3.8

MagicScore

#16

Bringing Out the Dead

1999

Once called "Father Frank" for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank Pierce sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying taking calls where he might have to face one more victim he couldn't help, yet cannot quit the job on his own.

6.6

MagicScore

#17

Final Destination 2

2003

When Kimberly has a violent premonition of a highway pileup she blocks the freeway, keeping a few others meant to die, safe...Or are they? The survivors mysteriously start dying and it's up to Kimberly to stop it before she's next.

6.3

MagicScore

#18

The African Doctor

2016

1975. When Seyolo Zantoko, a doctor from the Congo who has managed, along with his family, to flee tyranny, is hired by the mayor of a small town in northern France, he begins a struggle to adapt to a new life and gain the trust of the prejudiced villagers.

6.8

MagicScore

#19

Spare Parts

1979

Honeymooning couple Monica and Mike check into a motel in New Mexico. All seems normal until an ambulance pulls up and abducts Mike. Monica narrowly escapes and, with the help of truck driver Bill, discovers the awful secret of the motel and the ambulance service.

6.1

MagicScore

#20

The Strangers: Chapter 2

2025

When The Strangers learn that one of their victims, Maya, is still alive, they return to finish what they’ve started.

6.0

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Doc Hollywood?

The top films similar to Doc Hollywood by MovieMagicScore are Vanilla Sky (6.8), Irina Palm (6.9), Carry On Doctor (6.5). Each shares comedy/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Doc Hollywood worth watching?

Doc Hollywood holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.3/10 from 651 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Doc Hollywood?

Doc Hollywood (1991) is a comedy, romance film directed by Michael Caton-Jones, starring Michael J. Fox, Julie Warner, Barnard Hughes.

Where can I find more recommendations like Doc Hollywood?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more comedy recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Doc Hollywood

This ranked list pairs Doc Hollywood (1991), a comedy and romance film from Michael Caton-Jones, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Michael J. Fox take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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