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Blue Moon (2025)
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
On the evening of March 31, 1943, legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart confronts his shattered self-confidence in Sardi’s bar as his former collaborator Richard Rodgers celebrates the opening night of his ground-breaking hit musical “Oklahoma!”.
Style:
historical drama, emotional, melancholic, period piece, art house, tragic
Plot:
mental health, alcoholism, broadway, gay, intimate, gay interest, depression, character study, biopic, friendship, composer, addiction, showbiz, music industry, regret, urban, nostalgia, professional rivalry, alcoholic, mental illness, gay man straight woman relationship, slow burn, young woman, party, blonde ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century, 40s
Place:
new york
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Most similar movies to Blue Moon
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, emotional, period piece and art house films with plots about character study, biopic, friendship, nostalgia, intimate, bittersweet and relationships mostly in Drama, Biography and Romance genres. Some movies like Blue Moon: Stories of Samba (2023), Peter Hujar's Day (2025), I Saw the Light (2015), Maestro (2023), Queer (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
At a bar table, old samba singer and composer Adoniran Barbosa tells a young waiter stories about a São Paulo that no longer exists. He fondly remembers the maloca where he lived with Joca and Mato Grosso, their passion for Iracema and other ...
Style:
reflective, melancholic, historical drama, poignant, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
samba, nostalgia, composer, singer, memory, legacy, tribute, biopic, street life, working class, character study, intimate ...
Place:
sao paulo, brazil
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Spain
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A recently discovered conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and his friend Linda Rosenkrantz in 1974 reveals a glimpse into New York City’s downtown art scene and the personal struggles and epiphanies that define an artist’s life.
Style:
reflective, art house, avant garde, experimental, period drama
Plot:
gay, gay interest, interview, artist, photography, intimate, creative process, introspection, conversation, urban, memory, epiphany ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new york
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87%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Japan, Canada
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Singer and songwriter Hank Williams rises to fame in the 1940s, but alcohol abuse and infidelity take a toll on his career and marriage to fellow musician Audrey Mae Williams.
Style:
atmospheric, stylized, emotional, romantic, anamorphic ...
Plot:
country music, musician, marriage, biopic, country singer, alcoholism, husband wife relationship, singer, songwriter, infidelity, drinking, divorce ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, year 1944
Place:
usa, nashville tennessee, new york
Similarity:
84%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
This fearless love story chronicles the complicated lifelong relationship between music legend Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, cerebral, crying ...
Plot:
love, marriage, composer, gay, musician, male female relationship, biopic, actress, relationships, love story, couple relations, love interest ...
Time:
1940s, year 1978, 20th century, 70s, 1950s ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Bruce Springsteen, a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggles to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past.
Style:
melancholic, period piece, period drama
Plot:
biopic, character study, legacy, loneliness, music industry, reconciliation, nostalgia, interview, adaptation, depression, mental health, bare chested male ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, atlantic city
Similarity:
71%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
In 1950s Mexico City, William Lee, an American expat in his late forties, leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival in town of Eugene Allerton, a young student, stirs William into finally establishing a meaningful ...
Style:
homoerotic, period piece, romantic drama, postmodern, period drama ...
Plot:
male nudity, gay interest, gay, gay sex, older man younger man relationship, gay relationship, desire, heroin, cocaine, gay couple, gay anal sex, gay seduction ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1945
Place:
mexico city, mexico, south america
Similarity:
68%
169
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
Story:
After fleeting marriages to Henry Fonda and William Wyler, Margaret Sullavan found contentment as the wife of producer Leland Hayward (Jason Robards) and as the mother of three. Or so it seemed, until the marriage crumbled, the children rebelled and ...
Style:
period piece, reflective, melancholic, art house, moody
Plot:
biopic, autobiography, family drama, dysfunctional family, broadway, celebrity culture, hollywood, mental illness, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, glamour, showbiz ...
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Serbia
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Biopic about Toma Zdravkovic, the man who is remembered not only for his songs and unique way he was singing them, but also as a bohemian, both in his behavior and his soul.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
musician's life, musician, relationship vs career, rising to stardom, price of fame, folk singer, biopic, life story, historical figure, historical character, friends, lifestyle ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
former yugoslavia, belgrade
Similarity:
67%
597
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: Poland
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An attempt at depicting the life of a generation born and raised in communist Poland; a generation that lived through all the stages of that system and made it to democracy. Throughout his life, the film's protagonist has always tried to be ...
Style:
historical drama, captivating, psychological, reflective, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
polish history, satire, secret, politics, social commentary, character study, biopic, bureaucracy, regret, bittersweet, nostalgia, intimate ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
poland
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A powerful modern film narrative, set in a historical framework, about the crucial encounter between vulnerable eighteen-year-old Hans Christian Andersen, who rates himself so highly, and Mr. Meisling, the cynical school principal. An encounter that ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, emotional, melancholic, art house ...
Plot:
writers, biopic, coming of age, hans christian andersen, school, character study, personal growth, ambition, identity crisis, isolation, social class, poet ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Indie film about two outsiders.
Style:
independent film, art house, melancholic, emotional, romantic drama ...
Plot:
escape, memory, mental health, connection, character study, outsider, healing, identity, recovery, bittersweet, intimate, relationships ...
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Barcelona, Spain, in the late sixties. Eugenio, a young jeweler who has fallen in love with Conchita, a singer, to the point of learning to play the guitar to accompany her in her performances, will first have to learn to overcome his stage fright.
Style:
period piece, captivating, comedy drama, romantic, retro ...
Plot:
biopic, aspiration, stand up comedy, comedian, entertainment industry, love story, relationships, bittersweet, stage fright, character study, singing, ambition ...
Time:
60s
Place:
spain, barcelona, catalonia
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Bay Area Chef, Mark Matheson has everything he ever wanted: A Restaurant of his own, the love of his girlfriend, Gillian and the respect of the culinary community. But in the wake of bad press and personal demons returning to haunt him, Mark ...
Style:
culinary, emotional, thought provoking, realistic, independent film ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
restaurant, chef, relationships, self discovery, second chance, male protagonist, character study, reputation, ambition, identity, intimate, slice of life ...
Place:
bay area, san francisco
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story of author F. Scott Fitzgerald's two stays in Hollywood to write for films, once in 1927 at the height of his acclaim, and again in 1937 when he arrived with little money, enormous expenses and an ill wife.
Style:
melancholic, reflective, emotional, period drama, tragic ...
Plot:
hollywood, writers, film industry, biopic, financial difficulty, screenwriter, ambition, alcoholism, celebrity culture, urban, nostalgia, poet ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s
Place:
los angeles, north carolina
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers-and falls in love with-struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer – until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the ...
Style:
sad, romantic drama, romantic, uplifting, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
singer, country music, fame, showbiz, friendship, brother brother relationship, alcoholic, alcoholism, addiction, concert, musician, drinking problem ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
los angeles, america, memphis, boston, arizona
Similarity:
48%
10K
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The misadventures of two young gay men, trying to find a place to be alone, one night in Manhattan. Gabriel, an aspiring writer of Broadway musicals, meets Mark, a muscled stripper, who picks him up on the subway. They spend the night trying to find ...
Style:
sexy, homoerotic, romantic, romantic comedy, lgbt cinema ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, gay interest, gay romance, glbt, gay lead character, gay hustler, gays and lesbians, gay love, go go dancer, drag queen, gay bar ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, new jersey ...
Similarity:
46%
416
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In the years between WWI and the rise of Fascism, legendary thespian Eleonora Duse shocks everyone by getting back onstage at over 60 years of age. Struggling with the brutality of historical events unfolding and clinging to the possibility of ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, existential, philosophical, art house ...
Plot:
theater, biopic, character study, political unrest, sacrifice, mortality, resilience, legacy, social change, illness, memory, slow burn ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
feature film written, produced by, and starring Ralph Waite (best known as John Walton, Sr., on the long-running CBS television series, "The Waltons"). The film tells the story of Sam (Donald Moffat), a recovering alcoholic who feels ...
Style:
independent film, melancholic, emotional, art house, existential ...
Plot:
slum, homelessness, street life, alcoholism, friendship, character study, urban, male protagonist, identity crisis, social realism, poverty, survival ...
Time:
year 1980
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Estranged twins Maggie and Milo coincidentally cheat death on the same day, prompting them to reunite and confront the reasons their lives went so wrong. As the twins' reunion reinvigorates them, they realize the key to fixing their lives may ...
Style:
depressing, melancholic, psychological, sincere, dark comedy ...
Plot:
estrangement, adultery, gay, siblings, suicide attempt, depression, lgbtq, gay interest, lgbt, gay brother, mental illness, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
britain, usa, los angeles, new york, california
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The life and times of silverscreen goddess Rita Hayworth.
Style:
emotional, period piece, costume drama, melancholic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hollywood, actress, showbiz, female protagonist, biopic, glamour, glory, nostalgia, character study, relationships, identity, rise and fall ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life according to his own style even in the hostile days of WW2.
Style:
period piece, controversial, serious, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay interest, homosexual history, gay son, homosexual, lgbtq, biopic, subculture, publisher, revolt, lgbtqi ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Sweden
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Chronicling the beautiful and tragic life and career of Ted Gärdestad, this biopic tells the story of the great highs and lows of one of Sweden's most loved artists.
Style:
disturbing, semi autobiographical, psychological, captivating, thought provoking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
pop music, music industry, celebrity, musician, biopic, musician's life, social problems, life, music, historical figure, lifestyle, rise and fall ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
stockholm sweden, scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
An alcoholic is left stranded by society, friends and family until he successfully completes his de-addiction. Will they accept him when he is clean and sober?
Style:
dramatic, serious, disturbing, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
drug, addiction, alcoholism, medical examination, mental health, recovering alcoholic, alcoholic, social relations, family relations, family problems, relationships, rehabilitation ...
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Buddy, a young gay man leaves his small-town home in rural Upstate New York to make a new life in New York City.
Style:
independent film, realistic, romantic, art house, explicit ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
gay, lgbtq, coming of age, self discovery, slice of life, sexual awakening, young adult, city life, character study, intimate, friendship, happy ending ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
36%
65K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, the film is set in the summer of 1984 – when Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is on strike. At the Gay Pride March in London, a group of gay and lesbian activists decides to raise ...
Style:
touching, political, sad, witty, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
gay, lgbt, friendship, working class, protest, culture clash, homosexuality, gay rights, prejudice, gay pride, gay love, gay couple ...
Time:
year 1985, 20th century, year 2014, year 1984, 2000s ...
Place:
england, wales, united kingdom, britain, europe ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Documentary maker Jan Holman follows the ultrafamous singer/songwriter Jaromír Novahica during his tour with the band Cechomor. The combination is very succesful, but it draws a heavy toll on the band members and Jan Holman.
Style:
mockumentary, art house, melancholic, satirical, metafiction ...
Plot:
alcoholism, musician's life, fame, realism, collaboration, biopic, character study, bittersweet, backstage, celebrity, addiction, observation ...
Place:
czech republic, central europe
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Austria
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In 1818, when Joseph Mohr is assigned to be the new assistant priest in Oberndorf, a small Austrian town near Salzburg, the young man is full of ideas and ideals. His passion to bring the church closer to the common people sets him on a collision ...
Style:
historical drama, inspirational, period piece, uplifting, dramatic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, christian, faith, religious, biopic, choir, hopes, moral dilemma, redemption, small town, sacrifice, intimate ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
southern germany
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.
Style:
depressing, disturbing, compassionate, factual, intense ...
Plot:
mental illness, rich and poor, mother daughter relationship, hollywood, insanity, biopic, actor's life, women, lobotomy, courtroom, domineering mother, family relations ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1930s, 1950s, year 1958 ...
Place:
california, usa, seattle, manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Dramatisation of the love affair between Sidney James and Barbara Windsor, played out against the backdrop of the 'Carry On' films during the 1960s and 1970s.
Style:
emotional, reflective, melancholic, costume drama, sex comedy ...
Plot:
biopic, backstage, showbiz, feud, theater, friendship, celebrity culture, bittersweet, character study, film industry, nostalgia, infidelity ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
london
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Dominican Republic
Story:
Sometimes the comedy of life turns into a tormenting drama. Aurelio is a comedian who's paying in full the price of fame. His indiscipline and the way he managed his career have encouraged his exclusion from the stage. Now, locked in his house ...
Style:
melancholic, bleak, psychological, comedy drama, dark comedy ...
Plot:
suicide attempt, loss, fame, depression, isolation, regret, loneliness, nostalgia, abandonment, intimate, bittersweet, realism ...
Similarity:
33%
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