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Problem statement

There are n movies with IDs 0 through n - 1. Movie i has rating ratings[i] and a list similar[i] of movie IDs. Given a starting movie start and an integer k, return the IDs of the highest-rated eligible movies.

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Example 1

ratings = [60,80,95,95,100]similar = [[1,2],[3],[],[],[]]start = 0k = 2return = [2,3]

Movies 1, 2, 3 are reachable. Movies 2 and 3 tie at rating 95, so their IDs appear in ascending order. Movie 4 is unreachable despite its higher rating.

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