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Once upon a prime time

Canada, 1966
film

A zany spoof with plenty of violence borrowed from the very source it seeks to parody, this film is about a housewife who has lost her family to the televisio..

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Blaze away

United States, 1922
Similarity: 70%

Happily ever after

Australia, 1978
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Buckstop

Australia, 1997
Similarity: 70%

Mystery in the kitchen

Canada, 1959
Similarity: 70%

A Small town idol

United States, 1921
Similarity: 69%

Brazil

United Kingdom, 1985
Similarity: 69%

Weekend of Shadows

Australia, 1978
Similarity: 68%

Ghost

United States, 1990
Similarity: 68%

Ruthless people

United States, 1986
Similarity: 68%

Sleep my love

United States, 1948
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Images

United States, 1972
Similarity: 68%

The Housewife

Canada, 1975
Similarity: 68%

Strange invaders

Canada, 2001
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Fantasy man

Australia, 1984
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The Company of strangers [DVD]

Canada, 1990
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Pies

Canada, 1983
Similarity: 67%

And they lived happily ever after

Canada, 1975
Similarity: 67%

A Case of eggs

Canada, 1974
Similarity: 67%
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