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The Great Lillian Hall (2024)
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Lillian Hall, a Broadway actress, has never missed a performance throughout her long, illustrious career. Yet in rehearsals for a new play her confidence is challenged. People and events conspire to take away her ability to do what she loves most.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, serious, emotional, realistic, melancholic, inspirational, bleak, poignant ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
theater, aging, broadway, dementia, stage actress, career, changing lives, old age, actress, old woman, lifestyle change, showbiz, rehearsal, character study, ambition, legacy, resilience, identity, mortality, illness, pride, nostalgia, creative process, mental health, professional rivalry ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, captivating, emotional and melancholic films with plots about biopic, intimate, character study, identity, nostalgia, family drama and small town mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like The Great Lillian Hall: Duse (2025), New Berlin (2023), Blue Moon (2025), Ice Cream in the Cupboard (2019), Bereave (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 ...
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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 ...
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Director Viktor Schaufler, a student of Marina Razbezhkina's Documentary Film School, comes to Colombia to solve the mystery of the disappearance of his older sister Bertha. The film consists of two seemingly independent parts — "The ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
missing person, mysterious disappearance, investigation, disappearance, crime investigation, missing girl, private investigation, searching for the truth, missing woman, missing sister, obsessive quest, vanished man ...
Place:
colombia, latin america
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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 ...
Plot:
mental health, alcoholism, broadway, gay, intimate, gay interest, depression, character study, biopic, friendship, composer, addiction ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After being physically attacked by his loving wife Carmen, a series of unsettling incidents lead her husband Pat to question just what is happening to her. It's only when Carmen can't find her own house one day, that she and Pat are ready ...
Style:
heartbreaking, emotional, captivating, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
mental health, illness, alzheimer's disease, grief, loss, memory loss, marriage, dementia, male female relationship, family problems, memory lapse, fighting illness ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
72%
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220
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Fatally ill, Garvey thinks he has figured out how to die alone. But when his beloved wife Evelyn goes missing on their anniversary, he must live to save her.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
tragic romance, love, mortality, husband wife relationship, life is a bitch, relationships, family relations, male female relationship, disappearance, mysterious disappearance, secret, family problems ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The true story of the Emerson family and the tumult that followed the success of their self-recorded pop-funk album of the same name, which went largely unnoticed until critics rediscovered and reappraised it decades later. Now, as an adult, Donnie ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, poignant, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family drama, music, life is a bitch, problem, showbiz, music band, music business, musician, brothers, biopic, ambition, music industry ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A jaded reporter is demoted to a rural news station, but her cynicism is slowly transformed when she befriends a recovering addict as she works a news story about a church struggling to purchase a motel for homeless families.
Style:
realistic, thrilling, psychological, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
faith, reporter, homelessness, lifestyle change, news reporter, changing lives, drug rehab, rehabilitation, television reporter, female reporter, small town, compassion ...
Time:
year 2008
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Based on the incredible true-life story of Chiefess Kapiolani who descended into an active volcano to demonstrate her new-found faith and ushered in a new beginning in Hawaii.
Style:
christian film, stylized, serious, psychological, inspirational ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
clergy, christian, teaching the ways of the world, society, going straight, ambition, sermon, christianity, hopes, religion, blind ambition, historical character ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, georgian era
Similarity:
66%
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105
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
"Glass" Is a film about a young man, Atlas, and his continuous struggle with early-onset Alzheimer's. Seen through his eyes, his life is a puzzle he desperately tries to piece together. His condition deteriorates, loved ones are ...
Style:
emotional, psychological, heartbreaking, melancholic, bleak ...
Plot:
dementia, memory loss, loss, mental illness, family relations, character study, family drama, isolation, identity, love, intimate, confusion ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
On a fateful night amidst the rugged Texan landscape, Charles(60s), a biker recovering from a painful divorce, crashes into a valley and there he encounters a mysterious little girl. What unfolds that night, sets Charles on an unexpected and ...
Style:
reflective, atmospheric, psychological, road movie, existential ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
self discovery, loneliness, redemption, motorcycle, soul searching, character study, second chance, slow burn, intimate, aging, valley
Place:
texas
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, History
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When his commitment to refrain from revenge is tested to its bloody limits by a short-fused pagan queen, the middle eastern chieftain Elijah receives in reward a commitment from God: to carry out sentence on the chieftain's enemy in accord with ...
Style:
serious, bleak, tense, tragic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bible, divine intervention, moral dilemma, retribution, desert, ancient, power struggle, isolation, old testament, paganism, curse, drought ...
Place:
israel
Similarity:
53%
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:
51%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Brazil
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Carlos is a man doomed by restless memories, that meets with himself, in a time warp. Young Carlos faces the forgetfulness of old Carlos, who doesn't recognize his own appearance. They get a package. But the package seems odd. The knot that ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, thought provoking, surreal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
memory, magic realism, father son relationship, life, family problems, problem, memory lapse, travel, identity, memory loss, grief, loss ...
Place:
rio de janeiro
Similarity:
51%
78
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The life of Brazilian actress Odete Lara, muse of the movement called Cinema Novo in Brazil, who exchanged stardom for a quiet and religious life.
Style:
psychological, sincere, captivating, period piece, independent film ...
Plot:
female protagonist, meditation, actress, changing lives, lifestyle change, dictator, dictatorship, lifestyle, historical character, historical figure, coping, celebrity ...
Time:
1950s, 60s
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro
Similarity:
45%
49K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
In the highlands of Scotland in the 1700s, Rob Roy tries to lead his small town to a better future, by borrowing money from the local nobility to buy cattle to herd to market. When the money is stolen, Rob is forced into a Robin Hood lifestyle to ...
Style:
costume drama, captivating, exciting, historical drama, erotic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
life philosophy, violent man, rape, revenge, sword fight, pregnant from rape, medieval, sexual cruelty, nobility, swashbuckler, danger, biopic ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, year 1995, 20th century, medieval times ...
Place:
scotland, highlands, britain, europe, scottish highlands ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Set in 1965, Pep is living in relative obscurity in his hometown of Hartford. Amidst personal troubles, and with the need to earn, Pep, at the age of 42, makes a stunning return to the ring
Style:
thrilling, captivating, realistic, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
boxing, biopic, boxer, based on real people, comeback, character study, social problems, family relations, life is a bitch, family problems, marital problem, athlete's life ...
Time:
60s, year 1964, 20th century
Place:
connecticut
Similarity:
43%
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 ...
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41%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A drama centered around the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo, an FBI Most Wanted List murderer who for years lived outside the U.S. under Finkel's name.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, captivating, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
journalism, murder mystery, twists and turns, macabre, journalist, courtroom, prison, prisoner, writers, courtroom drama, justice, prison visit ...
Time:
year 2015, 21st century
Place:
new york, oregon, usa, montana, mexico
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Bezos chronicles the true-life story of Jeff Bezos-a humble yet awkward entrepreneur on his mission to create Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce company, and turning himself into the richest man in the world.
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, thrilling, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
ambition, business, businessman, business and finance, biopic, entrepreneurship, powerful corporation, corporation, lifestyle, historical figure, historical character, startup ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Can scandalous art still serve God? Does suffering precede all greatness? Can illness be a blessing? In 1950, writer Flannery O'Connor visits her mother Regina in Georgia when she is diagnosed with lupus at twenty-four years old. Struggling ...
Style:
southern gothic, thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
writers, biopic, female protagonist, literary, illness, mother daughter relationship, writer's life, aspiration, direction and purpose, lifestyle, character study, ambition ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
georgia
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, disturbing, sincere, psychological, poignant ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
paralysis, disability, female protagonist, family secret, faith, lifestyle, woman in a wheelchair, illness, family drama, changing lives, lifestyle change, grandmother granddaughter relationship ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The remarkable true-life survival story of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, based on Maxwell Smart's memoir.
Style:
historical drama, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
nazi occupation, holocaust, survival, holocaust survivor, world war two, fear, hiding, persecution, anti semitism, problem, nazism, nazi ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Denmark, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A grandchild sets out to discover how the death of his grandfather in the Spanish Civil War could split up the entire family for three generations.
Style:
captivating, reflective, bleak, poignant, emotional ...
Plot:
spanish civil war, grandfather, family secret, family drama, uncover truth, three generations, heroes, wartime, military life, social issues, life, lifestyle ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Arun, a famous Bengali actor, approves Shuvobrata's proposal of remaking Satyajit Ray's famous film 'Nayak'. Problems arise when Shuvobrata requests his live-in girlfriend Shrin to act opposite Arun.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, romantic drama, meta ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
celebrity, filmmaking, behind the scenes, cinema, multiple storylines, lifestyle change, changing lives, actress, filmmaker, conflict, tribute, fame ...
Place:
kolkata, india
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography
Country: UK
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Gil Scott-Heron was one of the most influential musicians and poets of the last 50 years. In Don Letts's documentary, Gil tells his own story for the first time-from being one of the first black children to integrate an all white Southern state ...
Style:
semi documentary, psychological, captivating, thrilling, reflective ...
Plot:
black history, poetry, social commentary, social problems, music, black american, society, musician, lifestyle, black man, life, historical figure ...
Time:
70s, 60s
Place:
harlem, new york
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: Latvia, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
“Magic Kimono” tells the story of middle-aged Japanese woman Keiko, who has been living in a shell for decades due to a family tragedy in Kobe. The modest act of eating and the sensations it gives us provided Keiko a lifeline to survive. ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, poignant, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, self discovery, social problems, problem, changing lives, lifestyle change, relationships, ex couple relations, male female relationship, troubled past, ex husband ex wife relationship, secret past ...
Place:
latvia
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological, captivating, entertaining, satirical, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
midlife crisis, friendship, self discovery, showbiz, character study, group of friends, lifestyle, middle aged, satire, adulthood, grownups, friends ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
christian film, uplifting, religious drama, inspirational, psychological ...
Plot:
jail, faith, prison, religious persecution, christian faith, christian, third world, faith based, problem, social problems, religious faith, jail cell ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
Gertrude Lawrence rises to stage stardom at the cost of happiness.
Style:
non-linear, captivating, stylized, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
biopic, world war one, music, actor's life, ambition, celebrity culture, chorus girl, cinderella story, relationship vs career, showbiz, starlet, couples ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 1920s, 1910s
Place:
usa, london, new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Samuel Allen's life collapses, but he wants to pursue his childhood goals and become a preacher. To do this, the rock n roll star has to fight against his past demons.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional, uplifting ...
Plot:
blues, music, preacher, religion, redemption, second chance, faith, gospel, spiritual journey, musician's life, follow your dream, musician ...
Time:
20th century
Similarity:
35%
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