Movies Like The Great Moment (1944)

The Great Moment is a 1944 comedy, drama film from Preston Sturges with a MovieMagicScore of 5.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Temple Grandin and Fear Strikes Out.

Comedy Drama

Temple Grandin

2010

A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic American who has become one of the leading scientists in humane livestock handling.

7.8

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Fear Strikes Out

1957

True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.

7.1

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Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger

2014

A documentary that captures the sensational trial of infamous gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger, using the legal proceedings as a springboard to explore allegations of corruption within the highest levels of law enforcement. Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Joe Berlinger examines Bulger's relationship with the FBI and Department of Justice that allowed him to reign over a criminal empire in Boston for decades.

6.5

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They also sing of pain

1950

The movie starts with Braulio Peláez (Pedro Infante), a schoolteacher, having just fallen off his horse, representing the situation he and his family are in. The next scenes introduce the viewer to his family and their poor financial and social situation. As Braulio stumbles around looking for his glasses, he causes a famous film star, Alfonso de Madrazo (Rafael Alcaide) to crash his car. Braulio offers him to eat at his house as an apology. Braulio's sister and mother, big film fans, immediately recognise Alfonso and attempt to get him to bring the girl, Luisa Peláez (Irma Dolores) to Mexico City to become a film star. Alfonso agrees and tells them to come to the capital.

7.0

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Ghost Town

2008

Bertram Pincus, a cranky, people-hating Manhattan dentist, develops the unwelcome ability to see dead people. Really annoying dead people. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy, a smooth-talking ghost, who pesters him into a romantic scheme involving his widow Gwen. They are soon entangled in a hilarious predicament between the now and the hereafter!

6.5

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Thumbsucker

2005

Justin Cobb, a teenager in suburban Oregon, copes with his thumb-sucking problem, romance, and his diagnosis with ADHD and subsequent experience using Ritalin.

6.1

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Greed

1924

A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.

7.3

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Marathon Man

1976

A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.

7.2

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Little Shop of Horrors

1986

Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's; a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker, Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik daily. One day, Seymour finds a very mysterious unidentified plant which he calls Audrey II. The plant seems to have a craving for blood and soon begins to sing for his supper.

7.0

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#10

Emil and the Piglet

1973

Nursing a piglet back to life because it's the runt of the litter earns Emil a friend for life.

6.9

MagicScore

#11

The Noose Hangs High

1948

Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick up $50,000. Now the person he sent them to sent two of his men to get the money back but they found out about it. So they try to mail to Craig but a mix up has the money sent somewhere else and the woman who got it spent it. Now Craig needs the money to pay off one of his clients.

6.8

MagicScore

#12

Snowflake

2017

Hunting down the murderer of their families in an anarchic Berlin of the near future, the outlaws Tan and Javid find themselves trapped in the wicked fairytale of a mysterious screenplay that entangles them in a vicious circle of revenge – apparently all written by a clueless dentist.

6.5

MagicScore

#13

Teeth

2000

Antonio is a man born with unusually large incisors; his freakishly huge teeth made him an outcast as a child and as man he has become obsessive and controlling in his relationships with women. Convinced that his girlfriend cheated on him (with her dentist, ça va sans dire), Antonio insults her in a fit of anger and in the fight she breaks off one of his teeth. Antonio now must travel across the country, going from dentist to dentist in search of someone who can make a crown that will suit his extra-large smile.

6.5

MagicScore

#14

The Whole Nine Yards

2000

After a mobster agrees to cooperate with an FBI investigation in order to stay out of prison, he's relocated by the authorities to a life of suburban anonymity as part of a witness protection program. It's not long before a couple of his new neighbours figure out his true identity and come knocking to see if he'd be up for one more hit—suburban style.

6.5

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#15

Schizopolis

1997

A man works for the unpleasant guru of a Scientology-like movement.

6.1

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#16

The Paleface

1948

Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane, Hope is a meek frontier dentist, "Painless" Peter Potter, who finds himself gunslinging alongside the fearless Calamity as she fights off outlaws and Indians.

6.0

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#17

Novocaine

2001

A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs.

6.0

MagicScore

#18

Bright Days Ahead

2013

Bright days ahead? Caroline has retired, at last. A new life lies before her: time to take care of her children, her husband, and, most of all, herself. However, she soon comes to realize that this new freedom is synonymous with boredom and idleness. Especially when she receives a membership to her neighborhood’s senior club as a birthday present… Reluctant at first, she nevertheless decides to take the plunge. Oddly enough, she meets great people there, starting with the young computer science teacher, who is far from insensitive to her charms. Caroline gradually takes control of her life again and lives a second youth: taking a new lover, living new experiences, breaking the rules, not doing what’s expected of her… Who said that retirement was the beginning of the end and not a new beginning?

5.9

MagicScore

#19

Good Luck Chuck

2007

Cursed since childhood, dentist Charlie Logan cannot find the right woman. Even worse, he learns that each of his ex-girlfriends finds true love with the man she meets after her relationship with him ends. Hearing of Charlie's reputation as a good-luck charm, women from all over line up for a quick tryst. But when Charlie meets the woman of his dreams, he must find a way to break the curse or risk losing her to the next man she meets.

5.9

MagicScore

#20

The Dentist

1932

An unconventional dentist deals with patients in slapstick fashion.

5.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Great Moment?

The top films similar to The Great Moment by MovieMagicScore are Temple Grandin (7.8), Fear Strikes Out (7.1), Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger (6.5). Each shares comedy/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Great Moment worth watching?

The Great Moment holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.6/10 from 21 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Great Moment?

The Great Moment (1944) is a comedy, drama film directed by Preston Sturges, starring Joel McCrea, Betty Field, Harry Carey.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Great Moment?

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 The Great Moment

This ranked list pairs The Great Moment (1944), a comedy and drama film from Preston Sturges, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Joel McCrea 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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