Movies like The Fabulous Baker Boys
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The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
27K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, West Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Frank and Jack Baker are professional musicians who play small clubs. They play smaltzy music and have never needed a day job...
Style:
sexy, sensual, offbeat, sex comedy, sincere, clever, touching, serious, realistic, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
jazz, nightclub, music, hotel, piano, dog, audition, brother brother relationship, musician, drinking, art, rock and roll, brothers, siblings, jazz musician, scuffle, photograph, smoking, resort hotel, love, teenager, dancing, time travel, women, singer ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, year 1989, 1990s
Place:
seattle, washington state, usa, new jersey, seattle washington
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Most similar movies to The Fabulous Baker Boys
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, sentimental, feel good and humorous films with plots about love, music, dancing, musician, singer, love and romance and artists and showbiz mostly in Drama, Music and Romance genres. Some movies like The Fabulous Baker Boys: Purple Rain (1984), The Last Days of Disco (1998), The Legend of 1900 (1998), Forty Shades of Blue (2005), Footloose (1984). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A young man with a talent for music meets an aspiring singer, Apollonia, and finds that talent alone isn't all that he needs.
Style:
captivating, exciting, realistic, sentimental, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
musician, rivalry, african american, motorcycle, singer, music, redemption, dysfunctional family, rock band, possessiveness, skinny dipping, dysfunctional marriage ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
minneapolis minnesota, minnesota, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Two young women and their friends spend spare time at an exclusive nightclub in 1980s New York.
Style:
cult classic, erotic, talky, witty, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
disco, nightclub, friendship, pretending to be gay, jealousy, manic depression, romantic rivalry, venereal disease, cynicism, love triangle, unemployment, friend ...
Time:
70s, 80s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, barcelona, spain ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
The story of a virtuoso piano player who lives his entire life aboard an ocean liner. Born and raised on the ship, 1900 (Tim Roth) learned about the outside world through interactions with passengers, never setting foot on land, even for the love of ...
Style:
touching, breathtaking, sincere, inspirational, sentimental ...
Plot:
jazz, music, ship, genius, musician, prodigy, pianist, child prodigy, loneliness, cruise ship, trumpet player, piano ...
Time:
1900s, victorian era, 90s, year 1998, 1920s ...
Place:
america, italy, new york, new orleans
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A Russian woman living in Memphis with a much older rock-n-roll legend experiences a personal awakening when her husband's estranged son comes to visit.
Style:
emotional, sincere, realistic, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
love affair, sex with stepmother, infidelity, love triangle, family relations, family problems, crumbling marriage, couples, estrangement, parents and children, fall in love, love and romance ...
Place:
usa, tennessee, memphis, russia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock.
Style:
teen, cult classic, serious, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, kids, family outing ...
Plot:
dancing, high school, youth, dance, small town, love and romance, music, dancer's life, rebelliousness, rebellion, artists and showbiz, teenager ...
Time:
80s, 90s, year 1984, 70s, 20th century
Place:
utah, pittsburgh, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In the mid-80s, three women (each with an attorney) arrive at the office of New York entertainment manager, Morris Levy. One is an L.A. singer, formerly of the Platters; one is a petty thief from Philly; one teaches school in a small Georgia town. ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, touching, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
music, biopic, showbiz, addiction, greed, music business, dialogue, music band, black, drug addiction, rise and fall, rising to stardom ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 50s, 80s, 1950s ...
Place:
new york, los angeles, usa, california, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A Mexican immigrant new to Los Angeles enters into a love triangle with two very different women.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, freeze frame ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love triangle, family relations, love and romance, couples, relationship vs career, single parent, lifestyle, musician's life, unfulfilled love, family business, fall in love, father son relationship ...
Place:
usa, los angeles, latin america, mexico
Similarity:
32%
35K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Romantic comedy about six of Seattle's young people, most of whom live in the same apartment building and whose lives revolve around the city's ever-expanding music scene. The interrelated stories about each character's progress ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, humorous, touching, cult classic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, chick flick
Plot:
music, music band, city life, clubbing, love and romance, friendship, couple relations, rock, looking for love, young lovers, musician's life, relationships ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, 20th century, 80s
Place:
seattle, usa, washington state, california, new jersey
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into adulthood and forms his own band - The Bleek Gilliam Quartet. The story of Bleek's ...
Style:
serious, psychological, romantic drama, clever, stylized ...
Plot:
jazz, music, black, friendship, rivalry, musician's life, musician, african american, sex scene, hip hop, urban, jealousy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1969, 60s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, africa, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When reporter Jean Craddock interviews Bad Blake -- an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend -- they connect, and the hard-living crooner sees a possible saving grace in a life with Jean and her young son. But can he leave behind an ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sincere, romantic, depressing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
musician, country music, loneliness, character study, music, happy ending, addiction, redemption, country singer, love and romance, alcoholism, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, texas, austin texas, usa, nashville tennessee ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A Star Is Born is a 1976 rock music film telling the story of a young woman, played by Barbra Streisand who enters show business, and meets and falls in love with an established male star, played by Kris Kristofferson, only to find her career ...
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
adultery, tragic love, music, bare breasts, arizona desert, tragic romance, female nudity, arrest, rock and roll, women, dancing, drug addiction ...
Time:
year 1976, 20th century, 70s
Place:
arizona, california, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Miranda Presley moves from New York to Nashville to become a songwriter. At an unsuccessful audition she meets James Wright, a promising newcomer. After only a few days they marry but start to quickly regret it.
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, humorous, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
friendship, country music, bittersweet, insomnia, love, couples, musician's life, couple relations, friends, twentysomething life, artists and showbiz, hopes ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
new york, tennessee, usa, memphis, nashville tennessee ...
Similarity:
30%
198K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When record store owner Rob Gordon gets dumped by his girlfriend, Laura, because he hasn't changed since they met, he revisits his top five breakups of all time in an attempt to figure out what went wrong. As Rob seeks out his former lovers to ...
Style:
realistic, melancholic, sexy, funny, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
music, breakup, love and romance, musician, musician's life, rock, rock and roll, love story, love, character study, relationships, dating ...
Time:
90s, year 2000, 2000s, y2k, 20th century ...
Place:
chicago, usa, seattle, london
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young woman is catapulted into pop stardom, with her already-famous DJ boyfriend calling the shots.
Style:
cult classic, melancholic, touching, exciting, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
music, hopes, female protagonist, showbiz, rise and fall, lifestyle, ambition, artists and showbiz, love affair, follow your dream, rising to stardom, parents and children ...
Time:
80s, year 2001, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, maryland, madison square garden manhattan new york city
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.
Style:
sexy, sentimental, humorous, period piece, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, date night, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
music, rock and roll, drummer, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, recording studio, fictional band, small town, showbiz, rock band, dentist, music industry, breakup ...
Time:
60s, year 1996, 90s, 50s, 20th century
Place:
pennsylvania, los angeles, wisconsin, illinois, pittsburgh ...
Similarity:
29%
10K
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Midler is the rock-and-roll singer Mary Rose Foster (known as the Rose to her legions of fans), whose romantic relationships and mental health are continuously imperiled by the demands of life on the road.
Style:
retro, serious, realistic, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
addiction, rock band, rock and roll, musician, singer, female singer, love, women, stalker, blues, rock, drug abuse ...
Time:
year 1979, 60s, 20th century, year 1969, 70s
Place:
usa, new jersey, new york
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
It's five years later and Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting toward his biggest challenger yet - making it as a dancer on the Broadway stage.
Style:
cult classic, realistic, serious, stylized, freeze frame ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
dancing, dance, dancer, love triangle, disco, audition, working class, attraction, infidelity, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, chauvinism, chauvinist ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, 20th century, 70s
Place:
brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, new york, usa, north america
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The film follows aspiring singer-songwriter Jed King (Alan Powell) as he struggles to catch a break and escape the long shadow of his father, a country music legend. After reluctantly accepting a gig at a local vineyard harvest festival, Jed is ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, captivating, christian film, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
country singer, musician's life, love affair, christian, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, music, couples, faith, introspection, hopes, unfulfillment ...
Time:
year 2006, 80s, 2000s, year 1981, 21st century
Place:
usa, nashville tennessee
Similarity:
28%
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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, love triangle, musician, suicide, motorcycle, rock star, concert tour, musical performance, female singer, farm, music band, musician's life ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
england, europe, pennsylvania
Similarity:
28%
175K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A long lost music producer finds a singer-songwriter right about the moment he has given up all hope on life.
Style:
inspirational, romantic, sincere, sentimental, independent film ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
music, musician's life, love story, female singer, musician, infidelity, love, singer, father daughter relationship, relationships, music and dance, coping ...
Time:
year 2013, year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The popular 1980’s dance movie that depicts the life of an exotic dancer with a side job as a welder who true desire is to get into ballet school. It’s her dream to be a professional dancer and now is her chance. The film has a great soundtrack ...
Style:
sexy, retro, teen, inspirational, erotic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, chick flick
Plot:
dancing, music, dance, happy ending, ballet school, dancer, women, stripper, fashion, hip hop, music and dance, teenager ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, year 1982
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, chicago, usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A washed up singer is given a couple days to compose a chart-topping hit for an aspiring teen sensation. Though he's never written a decent lyric in his life, he sparks with an offbeat younger woman with a flair for words.
Style:
feel good, romantic comedy, cute, sweet, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
love story, musician's life, love and romance, love, relationships, singer, lovers, music, writers, songwriter, dance, mentor ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey, london
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court
Style:
humorous, lyrical, feel good, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
radio, backstage, country music, musician's life, lifestyle, society, showbiz, artists and showbiz, music, singer, death, storytelling ...
Time:
year 2006, 70s, 21st century
Place:
minnesota, usa, chicago, wisconsin, texas ...
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Chile, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A free-spirited woman in her 50s seeks out love at L.A. dance clubs.
Style:
sexy, melancholic, semi serious, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
middle age romance, dancing, dating, middle aged man, dysfunctional relationship, drinking, ex husband ex wife relationship, breakup, friend, lie, friendship, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2019, year 1986
Place:
los angeles, las vegas
Similarity:
26%
128K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her "day" job as a barmaid at ...
Style:
entertaining, sexy, romantic, rom com, sensual ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
dancing, music, nightclub, ambition, dancer's life, love affair, father daughter relationship, nightlife, parents and children, hopes, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, employer employee relationship ...
Time:
2000s, year 2000, y2k, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In Glasgow, Toni Cocozza, age 28, aspires to be a lounge singer; his repertoire is strictly Sinatra, backed by Bill, an aging piano player and his only friend. Toni dreams big and enters a local television talent show. About that time, a local Mob ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, enigmatic, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
gangster, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, ambition, desire for fame, music, love and romance, relationship vs career, jazz, singer, unfulfillment, performer's life ...
Place:
scotland, europe, new york, glasgow scotland
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Anti-Semitism, race relations, coming of age, and fathers and sons: in Baltimore from fall, 1954, to fall, 1955.
Style:
period piece, frightening, sentimental, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, racism, interracial relations, white male black female relationship, friendship, love, interracial romance, adolescence, family relations, high school, culture clash, interracial ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1999, 60s, 20th century ...
Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa, atlantic city new jersey, belgium ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Details the efforts of a pop-rock star (James Roberts / Rick Springfield) to win the love of a woman he meets in a car accident. None of the usual gambits work on this woman, who has never heard of him. Complications arise involving the ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, crying ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love, rock and roll, male nudity, nudity, social differences, music business, jazz, love triangle, fall in love, friends, couples, true love ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
This movie follows a mother who falls for a younger man while her daughter falls in love for the first time. Mother Nature messes with their fates.
Style:
cute, humorous, feel good, sentimental, light ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
older woman younger man relationship, mother daughter relationship, couple relations, age difference, divorce, single mother, family relations, parents and children, love affair, fall in love, writers, generation gap ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, san francisco
Similarity:
26%
107K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
Style:
sweet, teen, touching, lyrical, sentimental ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night, teens, girls' night, kids ...
Plot:
friendship, youth, coming of age, music band, musician's life, rock and roll, teenager, singing, bullying, dream girl, adolescence, teenage boy ...
Time:
80s, year 2016, 2010s, year 1985, future ...
Place:
dublin ireland, ireland, london, nebraska, england
Similarity:
26%
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