Movies like Brothers of the Head

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Brothers of the Head (2005)
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Brothers of the Head (2005)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In the 1970s a music promoter plucks Siamese twins from obscurity and grooms them into a freakish rock'n'roll act. A dark tale of sex, strangeness and rock music.
Style: touching, semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty, period piece, clever, offbeat, mockumentary, gothic ...
Plot: twins, perversion, punk rock, family relations, music band, siamese twins, friends, love and romance, showbiz, siblings relations, human nature, rise to the top, couples, introspection, lifestyle, musician's life, artists and showbiz, gay, punk, music business, music, lgbt, rock, rock music, alienation ...
Time: 20th century, year 2005, 70s
Place: england, los angeles, usa, europe, london
Keyword: brick

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, independent film, semi serious and serious films with plots about artists and showbiz, musician's life, rock, rock and roll, music, lifestyle and musician mostly in Music, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like Brothers of the Head: Groove (2000), Flame (1975), Hard Core Logo (1996), Lennon Naked (2010), Rude Boy (1980). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Groove (2000)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: An inside look into one night in the San Francisco underground rave scene.
Style: independent film, atmospheric, intense, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: rave, drug dealing, lifestyle, drug, fish out of water, nightlife, bisexual, city life, dj, gay, party, drug use ...
Time: 90s
Place: san francisco, usa, new york, california
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Flame (1975)
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Light the Rock 'n Roll spark with a Flame in the guise of Dave, Noddy, Jim and Don and their showcase of the rise and demise of rock band Flame. Set in the hardships of North England's seventies working class society and music scene. This ...
Style: offbeat, independent film, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot: rock and roll, fictional band, rock star, swing, rock, friends, rise and fall, innocence lost, lifestyle, music, unfulfillment, desire for fame ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place: england, europe
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Hard Core Logo (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Bruce Macdonald follows punk bank Hard Core Logo on a harrowing last-gasp reunion tour throughout Western Canada. As magnetic lead-singer Joe Dick holds the whole magilla together through sheer force of will, all the tensions and pitfalls of life on ...
Style: mockumentary, talky, humorous, intense, captivating ...
Plot: punk, music, punk rock, on the road, existentialism, rock music, music band, rock and roll, artists and showbiz, friends, musician's life, ambition ...
Time: 90s
Place: canada, vancouver, winnipeg, british columbia, los angeles
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24%
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Lennon Naked (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A profile of John Lennon in the late 1960s as the Beatles are set to fall apart.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot: rock, music band, musician's life, the beatles, lifestyle, family relations, couples, peaceful mission, disagreement, dysfunctional family, artists and showbiz, music ...
Time: 60s, 70s, 20th century
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Rude Boy (1980)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Rude Boy is a semi-documentary, part character study, part 'rockumentary', featuring a British punk band, The Clash. The script includes the story of a fictional fan juxtposed with actual public events of the day, including political ...
Style: realistic, serious, cynical, biting
Plot: punk, punk rock, rock, skinhead, rock and roll, rock music, angry, youth culture, exodus, hooligan, alienation, pop music ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place: london, england, europe
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22%
24 Hour Party People (2002)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In 1976, Tony Wilson sets up Factory Records and brings Manchester's music to the world.
Style: witty, psychedelic, atmospheric, humorous, sincere ...
Plot: clubbing, punk, rock and roll, party, music, biopic, rave, drug addiction, rock, music business, nightclub, suicide ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 2002, 20th century, 90s ...
Place: england, manchester, europe, northern england, united kingdom
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22%
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)
Genre: Music
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A rather incoherent post-breakup Sex Pistols "documentary", told from the point of view of Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, whose (arguable) position is that the Sex Pistols in particular and punk rock in general were an elaborate scam ...
Style: grindhouse, mockumentary, erotic, independent film, contemplative ...
Plot: punk, music, rock and roll, punk rock, rock, dancing, showbiz, subculture, musician, nudity, music business, sociology ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: london, england
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21%
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Stardust (1974)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Sequel to 1973's That'll Be The Day. Jim McLain is now enjoying the nomadic 'gigs and groupies' life on tour with his band. When he achieves all his wildest dreams of international stardom, the sweet taste of success begins to ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, stylized
Plot: rock and roll, music, musician, dancing, swing, post war, rock star, nudity, music band, rise and fall, lifestyle, life is a bitch ...
Time: 60s
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21%
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The Mambo Kings (1992)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The Mambo Kings tells the story of César and Nestor Castillo, brothers and aspiring musicians who flee from Cuba to America in search of the American Dream.
Style: sentimental, melancholic, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot: music, musician's life, rags to riches, true love, performer's life, family relations, immigrant, love story, brother brother relationship, sibling rivalry, fame, love ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, year 1992, 20th century
Place: cuba, new york, america, havana cuba, latin america ...
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21%
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Set against a backdrop of early 60's London, Telstar is the story of the world's first independent record producer, Joe Meek. A maverick genius who enjoyed phenomenal success with Telstar - the biggest selling record of it's time - ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, captivating, spiritual ...
Plot: gay, recording studio, paranoia, suicide, musician's life, prodigy, experimental music, homosexual, artists and showbiz, rise and fall, lifestyle, music industry ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A biography of Ian Dury, who was stricken with polio at a young age and defied expectations by becoming one of the founders of the punk-rock scene in Britain in the 1970s.
Style: realistic, semi serious, touching, teen, cult classic ...
Plot: disability, biopic, rock and roll, human spirit, lifestyle, follow your dream, desire for fame, ambition, couples, parents and children, rock, hopes ...
Time: 70s, 1940s, 20th century, 90s, 80s ...
Place: england, ireland, europe
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Habana Blues (2005)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Spain, Cuba, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: When Spanish record producers express interest in Cuban musicians Ruy and Tito, the longtime friends are faced with the prospect of leaving their loved ones behind. After years of hoping and dreaming, they've finally earned the opportunity to ...
Style: realistic, sincere, touching, emotional, semi serious ...
Plot: ambition, musician's life, friends, music band, lifestyle, follow your dream, immigrant, artists and showbiz, music, rock and roll, couples, musician ...
Time: 21st century
Place: cuba, latin america, usa, havana cuba
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20%
That'll Be the Day (1973)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Britain, 1958. Restless at school and bored with his life, Jim leaves home to take a series of low-level jobs at a seaside amusement park, where he discovers a world of cheap sex and petty crime. But when that world comes to a shockingly brutal end, ...
Style: offbeat, serious, realistic, gloomy, sincere ...
Plot: rock, rock and roll, singer, freakshow, the beatles, kitchen sink realism, circus, swing, working class, coming of age, showbiz, celebrity culture ...
Time: 1950s, 50s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Velvet Goldmine (1998)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Almost a decade has elapsed since Bowiesque glam-rock superstar Brian Slade escaped the spotlight of the London scene. Now, investigative journalist Arthur Stuart is on assignment to uncover the truth behind the enigmatic Slade. Stuart, himself ...
Style: surreal, stylized, erotic, lgbt cinema, independent film ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: homosexuality, male nudity, gay, music, homosexual, rock and roll, rock, homoeroticism, lgbtq, journalism, lgbt, bare chested male ...
Time: 70s, year 1998, 19th century, 20th century, 80s ...
Place: seattle, britain, england, europe, dublin ireland ...
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19%
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Hearts of Fire (1987)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A reclusive musician, once a huge rock star, takes a young female protegee. While on a tour she meets a younger, more popular rocker and switches her loyalties.
Style: independent film, realistic, semi serious, stylized
Audience: date night
Plot: rock, farm, sex scene, female singer, desire for fame, rising to stardom, fall in love, rise and fall, ambition, unfulfillment, self discovery, musician's life ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: england, europe, pennsylvania
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19%
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De-Lovely (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: From Paris to Venice to Broadway to Hollywood, the lives of Cole Porter and his wife, Linda were never less than glamorous and wildly unconventional. And though Cole's thirst for life strained their marriage, Linda never stopped being his muse, ...
Style: stylized, lyrical, atmospheric, captivating, sincere ...
Audience: date night
Plot: biopic, gay, jazz, showbiz, musician's life, music, disability, infidelity, rehearsal, terminal illness, lifestyle, ambition ...
Time: 1930s, year 2004, 1940s, 1920s, 20th century ...
Place: venice, new york, usa, italy, paris france ...
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19%
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Control (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA, Australia, Japan, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Control is the biography of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis, taking his story from schoolboy days of 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band's first American tour in 1980.
Style: depressing, atmospheric, black and white, stylized, sad ...
Audience: teens
Plot: music, punk, singer, depression, suicide, musician's life, punk rock, musician, rock and roll, biopic, epilepsy, music band ...
Time: 70s, y2k, year 2007, year 1980, year 1973 ...
Place: england, manchester, london, northern england, europe
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19%
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You Instead (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Two feuding rock stars get handcuffed together for 24 hours at a music festival where they are both due to perform.
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot: music festival, opposites attract, performer's life, ego clash, lifestyle, initially antagonists, showbiz, disorder, music band, rock, reluctant partners, nothing goes right ...
Time: 21st century
Place: scotland, europe, england
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19%
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Nowhere Boy (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The drama tells the story of Lennon's teenage years and the start of his journey to becoming a successful musician. The story also examines the impact on his early life and personality of the two dominant females in his childhood
Style: sentimental, intense, emotional, sincere, witty ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: musician's life, music, rock and roll, coming of age, the beatles, follow your dream, biopic, prodigy, adolescence, rock, dysfunctional family, artist ...
Time: 50s, 20th century, 60s, 1940s, 1950s ...
Place: europe, england, liverpool, hamburg germany, new zealand
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19%
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Last Days (2005)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The life and struggles of a notorious rock musician seeping into a pit of loneliness whose everyday life involves friends and family seeking financial aid and favors, inspired by rock music legend Kurt Cobain and his final hours.
Style: psychedelic, art house, bleak, intense, lyrical ...
Plot: musician, music, rock, rock music, depression, addiction, isolation, drug abuse, biopic, rock and roll, suicide, loneliness ...
Time: year 2005, 20th century, 2000s, 90s
Place: seattle, usa
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19%
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs like "Killer Queen", "Bohemian ...
Style: inspirational, touching, rough, informative, historical drama ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: musician, lgbt, music, gay, aids, singer, rock band, rock music, musician's life, friendship between men, fame, rock concert ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 2010s, future, 70s ...
Place: england, atlanta georgia, los angeles, edinburgh scotland, munich germany ...
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19%
Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Having written the music and screenplay for this film, Paul McCartney also plays himself in the leading role. When the mastertape of McCartney's latest album is misplaced, he must discover its whereabouts in less than 24 hours or else risk ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, captivating, humorous
Plot: the beatles, rock, music, rock and roll, gangster, friends, showbiz, heist, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, musician's life, ambition ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Corrine Burns retreats far into plans for her band, The Fabulous Stains, after her mother's death.
Style: psychotronic, retro, thinking, cult classic, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: punk, punk rock, rock and roll, rock, feminist, satire, coming of age, rock music, girl gang, feminism, counterculture, strong female character ...
Time: year 1982, 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, pennsylvania
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19%
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Stoned (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A chronicle of the sordid life and suspicious death of Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones, who was found in the bottom of his swimming pool weeks after being let go from the band.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, psychedelic, retro ...
Plot: rock, music, drug abuse, musician's life, musician, showbiz, life is a bitch, rock star, rise and fall, rock and roll, addiction, artists and showbiz ...
Time: year 2005, 60s
Place: britain, paris france, morocco, munich germany, london
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19%
Telling Lies in America (1997)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Karchy (Brad Renfro) is a boy in school who has moved from Hungary to America in the 1960's. He is struggling in school and trying to adjust to America's culture. He then hears about a radio DJ Billy Magic (Kevin Bacon) who holds a contest ...
Style: sentimental, talky, realistic, touching, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, high school, radio dj, childhood, manipulation, happy ending, police investigation, love and romance, human nature, introspection, false accusation, high school life ...
Time: 60s, year 1997, 90s
Place: europe, ohio, hungary, cleveland ohio
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19%
Welcome to L.A. (1976)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The lives and romantic entanglements of a group of young adults who have achieved "overnight" success in Los Angeles.
Style: realistic, talky, psychological, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: womanizer, family relations, dishonesty, love and romance, looking for love, love triangle, love affair, sexual relations, couples, musician's life, unfulfillment, infidelity ...
Time: 20th century, year 1976, 70s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Solo Sunny (1980)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: East Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Sunny is the singer of band trying to establish itself in the music-scene of East-Berlin. They play regular gigs in small towns, but Sunny feels out of touch with the audience and her life as a whole. She begins a relationship with the amateur ...
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, touching, offbeat ...
Plot: taxi, sexism, driver, nudity, self fulfillment, solitude, hopes, philosopher, taxi driver, sexual content, strong female presence, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: east germany, germany, berlin germany, east berlin, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Blank Generation (1980)
Genre: Music, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Nada, a beautiful French journalist on assignment in New York, records the life and work of an up and coming punk rock star, Billy. Soon she enters into a volatile relationship with him and must decide whether to continue with it, or return to her ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, cynical, bleak
Plot: punk, rock, punk rock, subculture, alienation, satire, self discovery, club, unfulfillment, musician's life, music, journalism ...
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Rock Star (2001)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Rock Star tells the story of Chris Cole and a rock band called Steel Dragon. Cole is a photocopier technician by day, and the lead singer of a Steel Dragon tribute band called "Blood Pollution" by night.Internal struggles between the Steel ...
Style: stylized, melancholic, entertaining, intense, light ...
Audience: adult
Plot: music, rock star, rock and roll, rock music, heavy metal, rock, audition, success, ambition, rock concert, rock band, relationship problems ...
Time: 80s, year 2001, y2k, 20th century
Place: usa, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: The Boat that Rocked is an ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It's about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing the music that defines a generation and standing up to a government ...
Style: humorous, funny, sentimental, colorful, light ...
Plot: rock, radio, music, rock and roll, hippie, boat, rock music, friendship, rebellion, musician, coming of age, rebelliousness ...
Time: 60s, year 2009, 20th century
Place: london, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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