# Name of romantic comeday "movie within a movie" set in a small town

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**Created:** [August 2, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/name-of-romantic-comeday-movie-within-a-movie-set-in-a-small-town/4139 "2023-08-02T20:18:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![NickHodges](https://filmfind.me/user_avatar/filmfind.me/nickhodges/32/1628_2.png) [@NickHodges](https://filmfind.me/u/NickHodges)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 8:18pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/name-of-romantic-comeday-movie-within-a-movie-set-in-a-small-town/4139/1 "2023-08-02T20:18:23Z")

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Okay, so I am trying to remember the name of a movie from the 90s. It’s a romance/romcom. It is:

- set in small town
- you think you are watching the main movie, but it turns out that you are watching a movie made by a guy in the town.
- the whole town is watching the movie
- The movie is about the guy trying to get the girl back
- The guy plays the main role in the movie, but the “inside” movie has another girl playing his love interest
- It is revealed that the “real” girl is watching the movie, and he’s trying to get her back.

Can you help me? This is driving me mad.

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**Author:** ![VHS\_Lives](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/41988e/32.png) [@VHS\_Lives](https://filmfind.me/u/VHS_Lives)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/name-of-romantic-comeday-movie-within-a-movie-set-in-a-small-town/4139/4 "2023-08-03T13:33:13Z")

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i’m reed fish

> **[I'm Reed Fish](https://jeremythecritic.blogspot.com/2007/09/im-reed-fish.html?m=1)**
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> Director: Zachary Adler Starring: Jay Baruchel, Alexis Bledel, Schuyler Fisk, D.J. Qualls, Katey Segal, Victor Rasuk, A.J. Cook, Chris Parne...

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**Author:** ![FishHaveBestFriends](https://filmfind.me/user_avatar/filmfind.me/fishhavebestfriends/32/1482_2.png) [@FishHaveBestFriends](https://filmfind.me/u/FishHaveBestFriends)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/name-of-romantic-comeday-movie-within-a-movie-set-in-a-small-town/4139/2 "2023-08-03T03:22:53Z")

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Is it The Truman Show?

> **[The Truman Show (1998) ⭐ 8.2 | Comedy, Drama](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120382/)**
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> 1h 43m | PG

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**Author:** ![Honey](https://filmfind.me/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/a4c791/32.png) [@Honey](https://filmfind.me/u/Honey)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 8:53am UTC](https://filmfind.me/t/name-of-romantic-comeday-movie-within-a-movie-set-in-a-small-town/4139/3 "2023-08-03T08:53:11Z")

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Reminded me of these movies, but the details dont match up.

> **[The Notebook (2004)](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-notebook/)**
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> An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven...

> **[The English Patient (1996)](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-english-patient/)**
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> In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to chart the vast expanses of the Sahara Desert along with several other prominent explorers. As World War II unfolds, Almásy enters into a world of love,...