Movies like Coco Chanel
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Coco Chanel (2008)
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, France, UK
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Italian-French-British TV film targeting the US audience, about the fashion icon Coco Chanel. The film begins with the fashion goddess (deftly played by Shirley MacLaine) in her twilight years, steeped in wealth and fame, still issuing game-changing designs and collections. From here the biopic looks backwards to the woman's upbringing in an orphanage, and traces her path to ubiquity as it winds through poverty, wars, doomed romances, and rather glamorous betrayals.
Style:
serious, realistic, inspirational, touching, disturbing
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
fashion, fashion designer, rise to the top, tragic love, relationship vs career, lifestyle, ambition, biopic, rags to riches, designer, eccentricity, couples, world war two, strong female lead, artist, success, women, motivation, businessman, past, entrepreneur, professional, sewing, minefield, economist ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century, 1890s, turn of the century, 1900s
Place:
paris france, france
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Most similar movies to Coco Chanel
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and captivating films with plots about biopic, ambition, lifestyle, rise to the top, art, artists and showbiz and fashion mostly in Drama, Biography and Music genres. Some movies like Coco Chanel: Yves Saint Laurent (2014), The Billionaire (2011), Desert Flower (2009), Chanel Solitaire (1981), Chaplin (1992). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
2009 biopic about the early life of Coco Chanel. Several years after leaving the orphanage, to which her father never returned for her, Gabrielle Chanel finds herself working in a provincial bar both. She's both a seamstress for the performers ...
Style:
sexy, stylized, costume drama, period piece, factual ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
fashion, women, high society, feminist, fashion designer, designer, rise to the top, gender, feminism, dressmaker, rags to riches, social climbing ...
Time:
1920s, 19th century, 1900s, ancient times, edwardian era ...
Place:
france, paris france, europe, canada, new jersey ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A look at the life of French designer Yves Saint Laurent from the beginning of his career in 1958 when he met his lover and business partner, Pierre Berge.
Style:
sentimental, melancholic, factual, captivating, sweet ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
fashion, gay, fashion designer, lgbtq, gay interest, rise to the top, biopic, lgbt, glbt, character study, art, fashion industry ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 2000s, 60s, 50s ...
Place:
paris france, france, morocco, europe, algeria ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Thailand
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
The Billionaire tells the story of Aitthipat Kulapongvanich and how he, at the age of nineteen, dropped out from university to launch a packaged fried seaweed business that is now Taokaenoi Food & Marketing and became one of Thailand's ...
Style:
inspirational, motivational, thought provoking, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
rise to the top, success, entrepreneur, teenage protagonist, business, coping, rags to riches, dream, businessman, get rich quick scheme, billionaire, direction and purpose ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
thailand
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Austria, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female genital mutilation.
Style:
touching, sincere, captivating, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
supermodel, life is a bitch, immigrant, feminism, injustice, model, fashion, homelessness, un, female protagonist, circumcision, african ...
Time:
year 1997, year 2009, 60s, 21st century
Place:
somalia, africa, indiana, europe, london ...
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The story about the life and loves of an amazing woman-Coco Chanel- who rose from the bottom with no family or financial support and became one of the most legendary of all our creative icons.
Style:
inspirational, factual, melancholic, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
fashion designer, fashion, businesswoman, dressmaker, designer, historical figure, fashion show, mistress, illegitimate child, high society, creativity, life philosophy ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s, 19th century, year 1981
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Italy, Japan, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
With the use of flashback, an elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, who urges him to be more vulnerable and emotionally honest with his memoirs while journeying through his poverty-stricken childhood, closest ...
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, period piece, costume drama, factual ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
biopic, rising to stardom, mccarthyism, childhood, filmmaker, flashback, actor's life, hollywood, female nudity, success, film history, filmmaking ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 70s, 1930s, 1800s ...
Place:
london, california, england, los angeles, switzerland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Based on Wall Street Journal reporter Deborah Ball’s widely-read book "House of Versace: The Untold Story of Genius, Murder, and Survival", the movie brings to light the story of Donatella, who, following the brazen murder of her ...
Style:
touching, serious, stylized, realistic
Plot:
fashion, fashion industry, family business, fashion designer, drug abuse, fashion show, workplace, life is a bitch, family relations, siblings relations, addiction, model ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The House of Eliott is a British television series produced and broadcast by the BBC in three series between 1991 and 1994. The series starred Stella Gonet and Louise Lombard as two sisters in 1920s London who establish a dressmaking business and ...
Style:
serious, realistic, costume drama, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
fashion, society, workplace, lifestyle, family relations, workplace situations, fashion designer, dressmaker, rise to the top, sister sister relationship, media sensation, siblings relations ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
england, london, britain
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Romania, France, Italy, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Set in Paris in 1919, biopic centers on the life of late Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, focusing on his last days as well as his rivalry with Pablo Picasso. Modigliani, a Jew, has fallen in love with Jeanne, a young and beautiful Catholic girl. ...
Style:
touching, realistic, serious, sad, factual ...
Plot:
painter, painting, artist, prodigy, biopic, art, art history, life is a bitch, addiction, tragic love, couple relations, tragic hero ...
Time:
20th century, year 1919, 1920s
Place:
europe, france, paris france, south of france
Similarity:
100%
107K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.
Style:
inspirational, serious, factual, realistic, intense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
entrepreneur, business, creativity, computer, rise to the top, entrepreneurship, biopic, inventor, marketing, inventions and discoveries, prodigy, startup ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 2013, 90s ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, india, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
1967-1976. As one of history's greatest fashion designers entered a decade of freedom, neither came out of it in one piece.
Style:
homoerotic, captivating, stylized, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
fashion, gay, fashion designer, nudity, male nudity, rise to the top, orgy, interview, couple relations, lgbt, model, scandal ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 70s, year 1967, year 1970 ...
Place:
paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Edwardian child Enid Blyton begins to tell stories to her brothers as an escape from their parents' rows before the father deserts the family...
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, costume drama, cult classic ...
Plot:
novelist, biopic, dysfunctional family, nanny, relationship vs career, rise to the top, writers, writer's life, couples, couple relations, lifestyle, family problems ...
Time:
1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 20th century, 1950s ...
Place:
britain, england, europe
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26%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany, Australia, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, scenic, contemplative
Plot:
painter, survival, lifestyle, prodigy, obsessive quest, ambition, artist, biopic, rise and fall, obsession, life is a bitch, love and romance ...
Time:
ancient times, 19th century, 1890s, 1870s
Place:
tahiti, paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, sentimental, realistic, sincere, touching ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
biopic, school, multiple sclerosis, writers, rising to stardom, writer's life, family relations, ambition, artists and showbiz, rise to the top, single parent, single mother ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
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24%
864
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A biopic on singer Céline Dion.
Style:
realistic, captivating, sincere, serious
Plot:
desire for fame, rise to the top, ambition, musician's life, prodigy, relationship vs career, tragic love, fall in love, artists and showbiz, love and romance, lifestyle, rising to stardom ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The film spans from Hepburn's early childhood to the 1950s which details her life as a Dutch ballerina, coming to grips with her parents' divorce, and enduring life in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II. She then settles in ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, feel good, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
hollywood, actor's life, world war two, showbiz, celebrity culture, childhood, performer's life, rising to stardom, filmmaking, haunted by the past, artists and showbiz, human spirit ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1940s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
usa, new york, holland, europe, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Based on the book "Walt Before Mickey" covers the early years of Walt Disney's career. The legendary Walt Disney had a tumultuous childhood, yet he was determined to overcome obstacles in his path, before the creation of his first ...
Style:
factual, serious, feel good, motivational, independent film
Plot:
brother brother relationship, filmmaker, brother, follow your dream, relationship vs career, dream come true, rise to the top, dream, success, bigger dreams, motivation, daydreamer ...
Time:
edwardian era
Similarity:
21%
915
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, captivating, sexual, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
rise and fall, writer's life, writers, couples, artists and showbiz, love affair, lifestyle, unfulfillment, car accident, novelist, society, biopic ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 21st century
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Follow the launch of Lamborghini’s career as a manufacturer of tractors, a creator of military vehicles during World War II, and the designer of Lamborghini cars, which he launched in 1963 as the high-end sports car company Automobili Lamborghini.
Style:
dramatic, captivating, thought provoking, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
entrepreneur, biopic, luxury car, based on real people, life, car, success, rise to the top, follow your dream, rivalry, life philosophy, founder ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 215 min.
Story:
The Amazing Howard Hughes is a 1977 television movie about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker Howard Hughes, based on the book by Hughes' business partner Noah Dietrich. The film starred Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, and Tovah Feldshuh.
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental
Plot:
aviation, hollywood, biopic, howard hughes, aviator, rise to the top, mentally unstable, lifestyle, unfulfillment, misfit, obsession, ambition ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
21%
119
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story:
Carnation is a Japanese television drama that aired in the Asadora slot on NHK from 3 October 2011 to 31 March 2012. It is the 85th Asadora. It is based on the life of the fashion designer Ayako Koshino in Kishiwada, Osaka. Ayako was the mother of ...
Style:
emotional, touching, realistic, serious, family saga ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
fashion, ambition, follow your dream, rise to the top, lifestyle, workplace, hopes, family relations, workplace situations, parents and children, biopic, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
21%
239
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
As one of the rising talents of amateur boxing, Howard Winstone, a young Welsh boy from Merthyr Tydfil, was fast making a name for himself with his knock out right hand. A long professional fighting career surely beckoned? Then disaster strikes. An ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, uplifting
Plot:
human spirit, rise to the top, against the odds, ambition, athlete's life, boxing, lifestyle, hopes, rivalry, disability, contests and competitions, violent content ...
Time:
50s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Brazil
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The story of Francisco, a very simple and poor man whose dream was to see his children become country music stars, and who made all the efforts to make it happen.
Style:
serious, captivating, emotional, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
rags to riches, musician's life, success, obsession, death, rise to the top, lifestyle, society, parents and children, music, peasant, car accident ...
Place:
brazil, latin america
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Chile, Argentina, Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A portrait of famed Chilean singer and folklorist Violeta Parra filled with her musical work, her memories, her loves and her hopes.
Style:
serious, sentimental, sincere, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
museum, music, folklore, follow your dream, loss of daughter, lifestyle, musician's life, performer's life, artists and showbiz, rising to stardom, hopes, musical tour ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 1940s, 60s, 50s
Place:
chile, latin america, europe, france, paris france ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Denmark, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This biographical film, based on the life of French artist Paul Gauguin, follows the painter as he returns to Paris after a long stay in Tahiti and must confront his wife, his children, and his former lover.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, sexual ...
Plot:
female nudity, biopic, art history, art, acid, famous, artists' life, playwright, nudity, artists and showbiz, homecoming, hopes ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s
Place:
paris france, europe, tahiti, france
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart is a 2003 NBC TV movie starring Cybill Shepherd as Martha Stewart in which the life of Martha Stewart is outlined starting from her life in New Jersey to the scandal behind her arrest.
Style:
witty, humorous, realistic, edutainment, semi serious ...
Plot:
relationship vs career, rise to the top, rise and fall, rising to stardom, lifestyle, workplace situations, celebrity culture, boss and employee, obnoxious boss, media satire, insider trading, stock broker ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
The story of two renowned actors of Fascist cinema, Luisa Ferida and Osvaldo Valenti, who were supporters of the Salò Republic. Accused of collaboration and torture, they were shot by the Partisans after the country was liberated.
Style:
sexy, serious, realistic, touching, sexual ...
Plot:
world war two, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, wartime life, career change, ambition, dishonesty, on the run, downfall, unfulfillment, actor's life, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
italy, rome italy, venice
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The film is about two companies who are battling it out for customers, Mary Kay, and one of her workers Lexi Wilcox are fighting it out with Jinger Heath. Who will win? You will have to see.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, witty, stylized, realistic ...
Plot:
makeup artist, workplace, lifestyle, rivalry, rise to the top, elderly, workplace intrigue, office, business, fashion, satire, cosmetics ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The inspirational tale of the grandfathers of the fitness movement as we now know it, Joe & Ben Weider. Battling anti-Semitism, racism and extreme poverty, the brothers beat all odds to build an empire & inspire future generations.
Style:
captivating, inspirational, realistic, serious, motivational ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
bodybuilder, bodybuilding, fitness, muscleman, rivalry, athlete's life, rise to the top, inspiration, biopic, coworker relationship, male female relationship, ambition ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
los angeles, canada
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Based on the life stories of the eccentric aunt and first cousin of Jackie Onassis raised as Park Avenue débutantes but who withdrew from New York society, taking shelter at their Long Island summer home, "Grey Gardens." As their wealth ...
Style:
touching, realistic, compassionate, depressing, melancholic ...
Plot:
eccentric family, eccentricity, dysfunctional family, depression, betrayal, family life, eviction, family relations, elderly, parents and children, oldtimer, women ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 1930s
Place:
new york, north america, usa, california
Similarity:
19%
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