Movies like Fame 2009
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Fame (2009)
17K
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
An updated version of the 1980 musical, which centered on the students of the New York Academy of Performing Arts.
Style:
romantic, melancholic, intense, semi serious, sentimental, emotional, sexy, inspirational, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, date night, chick flick
Plot:
dancing, teacher, high school, music, teenager, music business, reality, youth, follow your dream, high school life, showbiz, teenage life, dream come true, desire for fame, teachers and students, dance school, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, mentor, school, musician, catastrophe, survival, gangsters, natural disaster ...
Time:
80s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, feel good, sexy and humorous films with plots about dancing, catastrophe, music, destiny, runaway, mentor and dialogue mostly in Drama, Romance and Music genres. Some movies like Fame: Burlesque (2010), Rock of Ages (2012), High School Musical 2 (2007), Begin Again (2013), Coyote Ugly (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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88K
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The Burlesque Lounge has its best days behind it. Tess, a retired dancer and owner of the venue, struggles to keep the aging theater alive, facing all kinds of financial and artistic challenges. With the Lounge's troupe members becoming ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, light, melancholic, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
dancing, desire for fame, performer's life, cabaret, ambition, love and romance, performance, dancer, musician, nightlife, sexy woman, follow your dream ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, iowa, canada, usa ...
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, humorous, sexy, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
rock, dancing, music, rock and roll, gay, teenager, music business, ambition, nostalgia, young love, betrayal, love story ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The East High Wildcats are ready to have the time of their lives. Troy (Zac Efron) is thrilled when he’s offered a job in a country club, but it’s all part of Sharpay’s (Ashley Tisdale) plot to lure him away from Gabriella (Vanessa Hudgens). ...
Style:
humorous, melancholic, feel good, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, pre-teens, chick flick ...
Plot:
teenager, teenage love, high school life, disney, music, dancing, youth, love and romance, ambition, teenage girl, country club, talent show ...
Time:
2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
160K
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:
touching, romantic, inspirational, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
music, musician's life, female singer, infidelity, love story, father daughter relationship, singer, love, city life, musician, relationships, betrayal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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117K
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:
romantic, humorous, sweet, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
music, dancing, dancer's life, love affair, nightlife, ambition, parents and children, nightclub, love and romance, teenager, desire for fame, cheerleading ...
Time:
2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When Miley Stewart (aka pop-star Hannah Montana) gets too caught up in the superstar celebrity lifestyle, her dad decides it's time for a total change of scenery. But sweet nibblets! Miley must trade in all the glitz and glamour of Hollywood ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, melancholic, semi serious, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, pre-teens ...
Plot:
teenager, teenage life, fall in love, parents and children, friends, double life, celebrity, lifestyle, youth, best friends, teenage girl, hidden identity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, nashville tennessee, malibu california, tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
150K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
Glee is an American teen musical comedy-drama television series that airs on the Fox network in the United States. It focuses on the reconstituted William McKinley High School glee club, New Directions, which competes on the show choir competition ...
Style:
stylized, feel good, humorous, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, gay, teenage life, cheerleader, coach, contests and competitions, youth, outcast, friendship, performance, gay teenager, ambition ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
ohio, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
46K
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Honey Daniels (Jessica Alba) dreams of making a name for herself as a hip-hop choreographer. When she's not busy hitting downtown clubs with her friends, she teaches dance classes at a nearby community center in Harlem, N.Y., as a way to keep ...
Style:
sexy, inspirational, exciting, semi serious, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, kids
Plot:
dancing, hip hop, music, street dance, lifestyle, follow your dream, teenager, love and romance, choreographer, cheerleading, ambition, starting over ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, harlem, new york city, harlem
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
It's almost graduation day for high school seniors Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Chad, Ryan and Taylor ― and the thought of heading off in separate directions after leaving East High has these Wildcats thinking they need to do something ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, romantic, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, pre-teens ...
Plot:
high school, prom, teenage love, friendship, high school life, high school hunk, love and romance, music, teenager, couples, disney, dancing ...
Time:
2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Kevin Laird is a Beverly Hills school teacher by day and a mystery man by night. Using his lambada dance moves to first earn the kid's respect and acceptance, Kevin then teaches them academics. But when a jealous student exposes Kevin's ...
Style:
sexy, feel good, humorous, entertaining, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
music, dancing, school, high school, college, farce, teenager, musician, mathematics, nostalgia, disaster, mathematician ...
Time:
80s
Place:
beverly hills, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Young Cuban Rafael just buried his mother, and comes to Houston to meet his father John for the first time. The difficult part is that John doesn't know he is Rafael's father. John runs a dance studio, and everyone prepares for the World ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, romantic, exciting, light ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
dancing, music, dancer's life, ballroom dancing, follow your dream, mentor, ambition, hopes, teachers and students, social differences, artists and showbiz, contests and competitions ...
Place:
las vegas, austin texas, nevada, cuba, usa ...
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24%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When rebellious street dancer Andie lands at the elite Maryland School of the Arts, she finds herself fighting to fit in while also trying to hold onto her old life. When she joins forces with the schools hottest dancer, Chase, to form a crew of ...
Style:
romantic, entertaining, inspirational, captivating, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, kids
Plot:
dancing, dancer, ballet, dancer's life, youth, hip hop, street dance, contests and competitions, teenage love, dance contest, music, high school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maryland, baltimore, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
23K
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts
Style:
inspirational, realistic, sincere, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, date night, teen drama
Plot:
music, high school, dancing, teenager, teacher, gay, life philosophy, high school life, dysfunctional family, unlikely friendships, audition, graduation ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A tight-knit group of New York City street dancers, including Luke and Natalie, team up with NYU freshman Moose, and find themselves pitted against the world's best hip hop dancers in a high-stakes showdown that will change their lives forever.
Style:
romantic, captivating, serious, feel good, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
dancing, dancer's life, street dance, happy ending, hip hop, contests and competitions, young lovers, high school, teenager, love and romance, youth, music ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 196 min.
Story:
In the sixties, Eddie and the cruisers was the hottest band around. But the tragic death of its lead singer broke the band up. Only Eddie is not dead. He works as a carpenter in Montreal. His love of music forces him to create a new band which will ...
Style:
sexy, humorous, unusual plot structure, feel good, intense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
music, redemption, musician, rock and roll, destiny, alternate reality, adaptation, brutality, death, justice, catastrophe, life philosophy ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, usa, montreal, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Movies similar to Burlesque
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
All-stars from the previous Step Up installments come together in glittering Las Vegas, battling for a victory that could define their dreams and their careers.
Style:
feel good, romantic, entertaining, captivating, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
dancing, hip hop, music, dance contest, teenager, rivalry, follow your dream, love and romance, uninhibited rivalry, victory, team, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals with the problems and stress of training and getting ahead in the world of dance.
Style:
feel good, serious, sentimental, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
ballet, dancing, love triangle, music, teenager, cheerleading, love and romance, ambition, hopes, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, san francisco, usa, manhattan new york city, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
133K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Pleasantly plump teenager, Tracy Turnblad and her best friend, Penny Pingleton audition to be on The Corny Collins Show – and Tracy wins. But when scheming Amber Von Tussle and her mother plot to destroy Tracy, it turns to chaos.
Style:
feel good, humorous, romantic, lyrical, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, family outing, chick flick, kids ...
Plot:
dancing, artists and showbiz, dream come true, teenage love, teenager, racism, teenage girl, follow your dream, fat girl, interracial romance, music, high school ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1962
Place:
baltimore, usa, chicago illinois, maryland
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Raise Your Voice is a coming-of-age story centered around a small-town singer, brokenhearted by the death of her brother in a car crash, who had secretly submitted her for a summer session at a performing arts academy in Los Angeles. In the ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, romantic, inspirational, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick
Plot:
teenager, teenage love, high school, music, cheerleading, ambition, rivalry, musician's life, lifestyle, teenage life, contests and competitions, fall in love ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, arizona, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After the death of his younger brother, a troubled 19-year-old street dancer from Los Angeles is able to bypass juvenile hall by enrolling in the historically black, Truth University in Atlanta, Georgia. But his efforts to get an education and woo ...
Style:
inspirational, intense, captivating, exciting, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
dancing, music, street dance, cheerleading, competition, college, hip hop, rivalry, high school, teenager, ambition, leadership ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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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:
sexy, campy, romantic, melancholic, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
dancing, disco, music, love, dysfunctional family, mentor, natural disaster, life philosophy, happy ending, rags to riches, psychology, redemption ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Neil Diamond stars as Yussel in this tale of a young Jewish cantor who strives to make a career in music.
Style:
touching, intense, serious, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
jewish, father son relationship, music, tradition, family relations, showbiz, parents and children, religions or cults, follow your dream, desire for fame, estrangement, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
california, new york, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
35K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A fish-out-of-water comedy about a talented street drummer from Harlem who enrolls in a Southern university, expecting to lead its marching band's drumline to victory. He initially flounders in his new world, before realizing that it takes more ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, inspirational, melancholic, light ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
music, underdog, college, teenager, cheerleading, cheerleader, musician's life, dancing, hip hop, high school, rivalry, destiny ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
harlem, usa, georgia, new york, atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
1930s in New York – The famous singer Fanny Brice has divorced her first husband Nicky Arnstein. During the depression she has trouble finding work as an artist but meets Billy Rose, a newcomer who writes lyrics and owns his own nightclub.
Style:
sentimental, humorous, sexy, intense, feminist film ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
jewish, broadway, singer, music, mentor, magic, love story, life philosophy, obsession, unlikely friendships, vengeance, justice ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
84K
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:
feel good, serious, captivating, intense, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot:
dancing, high school, teenager, youth, music, love and romance, small town, rebellion, rebelliousness, dancer's life, church, teenage rebellion ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century, 70s
Place:
chicago illinois, usa, utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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51K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Ren MacCormack is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where loud music and dancing are prohibited. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizing the town and falling in love with the minister’s ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, entertaining, absurd, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
dancing, small town, teenage love, dancer's life, teenager, music, rebellion, love and romance, love, dancer, youth, culture clash ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
boston, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans.
Style:
romantic, feel good, entertaining, light, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
dancing, dancer, dancer's life, music, hip hop, teenage love, teenager, teenage life, competition, culture clash, revolution, audition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, miami, florida, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
24K
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young woman is catapulted into pop stardom, with her already-famous DJ boyfriend calling the shots.
Style:
emotional, campy, touching, melancholic, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
music, female protagonist, hopes, showbiz, ambition, lifestyle, rise and fall, artists and showbiz, love affair, follow your dream, rising to stardom, parents and children ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city, maryland
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
15K
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A Jewish girl disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training.
Style:
emotional, touching, sexy, feminist film, thought provoking ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
jewish, gender, women, dancing, judaism, skinny dipping, arm wrestling, transsexual, catastrophe, destiny, disaster, bittersweet ...
Time:
20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
At Mr. Rad's Warehouse, the best hip-hop crews in Los Angeles compete for money and respect. But when a suburban crew crashes the party, stealing their dancers - and their moves - two warring friends have to pull together to represent the ...
Style:
humorous, intense, stylized, ridiculous, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
dancing, hip hop, street dance, breakdance, friendship, music, betrayal, cheerleading, competition, rivalry, follow your dream, dance performance ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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