Top 20 movies like Lucky Jim

Lucky Jim

A rollicking adaptation of Kingsley Amis's first novel, Lucky Jim stars Stephen Tompkinson as Jim Dixon, a luckless lecturer at a provincial British university, trying to make a splash with his pompous boss, Professor Neddy Welch . Jim is also trying to make it with the woman of his dreams, Christine Callaghan , while simultaneously being pursued by the woman of his nightmares, fellow lecturer Margaret Peel . One complications is that Christine is the girlfriend of Professor Welch's egotistical artist son, Bertrand. Another is that Margaret keeps attempting suicide to get Jim's attention. But despite his misadventures, Jim keeps his eyes on the prize: a leg up on the ladder to a professorship in medieval history.

Lucky Jim is of 1 hour(s) and 44 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Working Title Television. It was released on 2003-04-11.

Genres: ComedyDramaRomanceTV Movie

1. Mickey 17

Mickey 17

Mickey 17 is an "expendable", a disposable employee, on a human expedition sent to colonize the ice world Niflheim. After one iteration dies, a new body is regenerated with most of its memories intact.

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2. Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor

Perry Mason: The Case of the Grimacing Governor

The alleged suicide of a gubernatorial candidate triggers a series of mysterious deaths leading to the governor's mansion, and "Wild" Bill McKenzie, a friend of Perry Mason, is on the case.

It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.

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3. Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester

Perry Mason: The Case of the Jealous Jokester

Attorney Bill McKenzie takes the case when his niece is framed for the murder of a popular and demanding sitcom star.

It has an average vote of 7.9 on TMDB.

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4. Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun

Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun

A priest is murdered and the main suspect is a nun.

It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.

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5. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their hotel room and fear legal repercussions. Duke begins to drive back to L.A., but after an odd run-in with a cop, he returns to Sin City and continues his wild drug binge.

It has an average vote of 7.209 on TMDB.

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6. The Beach

The Beach

Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.

It has an average vote of 6.475 on TMDB.

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7. Bonjour Tristesse

Bonjour Tristesse

Cecile is a decadent young girl who lives with her rich playboy father, Raymond. When Anne, Raymond's old love interest, comes to Raymond's villa, Cecile is afraid for her way of life.

It has an average vote of 6.6 on TMDB.

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8. The Door in the Floor

The Door in the Floor

The lives of Ted and Marion Cole are thrown into disarray when their two adolescent sons die in a car wreck. Marion withdraws from Ted and Ruth, the couple's daughter. Ted, a well-known writer, hires as his assistant a student named Eddie, who looks oddly similar to one of the Coles' dead sons. The couple separate, and Marion begins an affair with Eddie, while Ted has a dalliance with his neighbor Evelyn.

It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.

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9. Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace

Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace

Mason defends a man he had sentenced to prison when he was an appellate-court judge. Now, 18 months after the sentencing, a new witness turns up to prove the man's innocence. Mason steps in to defend the man.

It has an average vote of 7.1 on TMDB.

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10. What's Eating Gilbert Grape

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger brother, Arnie, who has a knack for finding trouble. Settled into a job at a grocery store and an ongoing affair with local woman Betty Carver, Gilbert finally has his life shaken up by the free-spirited Becky.

It has an average vote of 7.674 on TMDB.

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11. Primal Fear

Primal Fear

An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a third person in the room.

It has an average vote of 7.658 on TMDB.

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12. Jules and Jim (Jules et Jim)

Jules and Jim

In the carefree days before World War I, introverted Austrian author Jules strikes up a friendship with the exuberant Frenchman Jim and both men fall for the impulsive and beautiful Catherine.

It has an average vote of 7.584 on TMDB.

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13. La Chinoise (La Chinoise)

La Chinoise

A small group of French students are studying Mao, trying to find out their position in the world and how to change the world to a Maoistic community using terrorism.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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14. Fried Green Tomatoes

Fried Green Tomatoes

Amidst her own personality crisis, southern housewife Evelyn Couch meets Ninny, an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in Whistle Stop, Alabama in the 1920s.

It has an average vote of 7.707 on TMDB.

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15. Freedom Writers

Freedom Writers

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.

It has an average vote of 7.915 on TMDB.

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16. The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de motocicleta)

The Motorcycle Diaries

Based on the journals of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. In his memoirs, Guevara recounts adventures he and best friend Alberto Granado had while crossing South America by motorcycle in the early 1950s.

It has an average vote of 7.434 on TMDB.

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17. Handling the Undead (Håndtering av udøde)

Handling the Undead

On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want?

It has an average vote of 6.296 on TMDB.

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18. Ask the Dust

Ask the Dust

Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm.

It has an average vote of 5.35 on TMDB.

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19. 1984

1984

In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

It has an average vote of 6.599 on TMDB.

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20. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Le Scaphandre et le Papillon)

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.

It has an average vote of 7.565 on TMDB.

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