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Movies like Taylor's Return (1997)

The best movies like Taylor's Return (1997) are Don't Make Me Go (2022), The Deep End of the Ocean (1999) and Sam & Kate (2022). If Taylor's Return hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Don't Make Me Go (2022)

    A terminally ill man and his teenage daughter embark on a road trip from California to New Orleans for his 20th college reunion. While there, he secretly hopes she can reunite with the mother who left them long ago.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)

    A three-year-old boy disappears during his mother's high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. Sam & Kate (2022)

    Bill is an ailing larger-than-life father being taken care of by his son Sam, who has returned home to care for him. While home, Sam falls for a local woman, Kate. At the same time, Bill starts to fall for her mom, Tina.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. The True Adventures of Wolfboy (2019)

    Follows a young boy who runs away from home in the search of his estranged mother.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  5. The Wailer (2006)

    On their way to Mexico, six students are stranded in a small town where years before a tragedy took place.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

    At her 25th high school reunion, Peggy Sue faints and awakens in 1960—back in her senior year, before her marriage and all her regrets. Given a second chance to relive her youth, she must decide whether to change the choices that shaped her life or embrace the past that made her who she is.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. Spencer's Mountain (1963)

    Clay Spencer and his wife, Olivia, live in a small town deep in the mountains. When Clay isn't busy drinking with his buddies or railing against the town minister, he's building the house he's always promised Olivia. He is overjoyed when he learns his eldest son will be the first Spencer to attend college, if he can resist the charms of a pretty local girl and rustle up the money for tuition.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. Head Full of Honey (2018)

    A young girl tries to help her grandfather, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, navigate his increasing forgetfulness, and ends up going on a remarkable adventure with him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. About Time (2013)

    The night after another unsatisfactory New Year's party, Tim's father reveals to him that the men in their family have the ability to travel through time. They can't change history, but they can change what happens and has happened in their own lives. Thus begins the start of a lesson in learning to appreciate life itself as it is, as it comes, and most importantly, the people living alongside us.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. American Reunion (2012)

    The characters we met a little more than a decade ago return to East Great Falls for their high school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend, they will discover what has changed, who hasn’t, and that time and distance can’t break the bonds of friendship.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. The Etruscan Smile (2018)

    Rory MacNeil, a rugged old Scotsman, reluctantly leaves his beloved isolated Hebridean island and travels to San Francisco to seek medical treatment. Moving in with his estranged son, Rory sees his life transformed through a newly found bond with his baby grandson.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. Forever My Girl (2018)

    Years after leaving his fiancée at the altar to pursue fame and fortune, country music star Liam Page returns home hoping to win her back.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. Palmer (2021)

    After 12 years in prison, former high school football star Eddie Palmer returns home to put his life back together—and forms an unlikely bond with Sam, an outcast boy from a troubled home. But Eddie's past threatens to ruin his new life and family.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. A Good Person (2023)

    Allison's life falls apart following her involvement in a fatal accident. The unlikely relationship she forms with her would-be father-in-law helps her live a life worth living.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. Revenge (1990)

    Michael ‘Jay’ Cochran has just left the Navy after 12 years and he's not quite sure what he's going to do, except that he knows he wants a holiday. He decides to visit Tiburon Mendez, a powerful but shady Mexican businessman who he once flew to Alaska for a hunting trip. Arriving at the Mendez mansion in Mexico, he is immediately surprised by the beauty and youth of Mendez’s wife, Miryea.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. Edward Scissorhands (1990)

    A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. Like Father (2018)

    When a workaholic young executive is left at the altar, she ends up on her Caribbean honeymoon cruise with the last person she ever expected: her estranged and equally workaholic father. The two depart as strangers, but over the course of a few hilarious adventures, a couple of umbrella-clad cocktails and a whole lot of soul-searching, they return with a renewed appreciation for family and life.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  18. Mr. Church (2016)

    A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fifteen years.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. A Very Brady Christmas (1988)

    Almost 20 years after the start of the original "Brady Bunch" the kids are grown up and have kids of their own. Everyone is having a wonderful time back at the family house for Christmas, until Mike learns of a structural problem in one of the buildings he designed. As he is inspecting the problem, the building collapses, trapping him inside. As the whole family waits by the pile of rubble, they fear the worst. Will Dad be all right?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. Memento (2000)

    Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Taylor's Return?

The closest matches to Taylor's Return are Don't Make Me Go (2022), The Deep End of the Ocean (1999) and Sam & Kate (2022). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Taylor's Return?

Start with Don't Make Me Go (2022), the closest match to Taylor's Return.

What is the highest-rated movie like Taylor's Return?

Memento (2000), rated 8.2/10 by 17,020 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Taylor's Return?

A Good Person (2023) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Taylor's Return?

Yes: Don't Make Me Go (2022), The Deep End of the Ocean (1999) and Sam & Kate (2022).

How are movies similar to Taylor's Return chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Taylor's Return, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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