Movies like Gypsy 1962
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Gypsy (1962)
7K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.
Style:
retro, sentimental, touching, humorous, captivating, realistic, stylized, semi serious, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
stripper, burlesque, dancing, mother daughter relationship, mother, theater, fame, domineering mother, ambition, broadway, audition, theatrical agent, sister sister relationship, based on broadway musical, biopic, striptease, motherhood, backstage, dance, showbiz, passion, restaurant, singer, boy, celebrity ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century, 70s, 50s, 1950s, 30s ...
Place:
kansas
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Most similar movies to Gypsy
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, humorous and feel good films with plots about dancing, love and romance, singer, singing, broadway, artists and showbiz and dance mostly in Drama, Musical and Comedy genres. Some movies like Gypsy: Funny Girl (1968), Star! (1968), Evita (1996), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Jesus Christ Superstar (1973). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
The life of comedienne Fannie Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of the Lower East Side, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, including her marriage to and eventual divorce from her first husband, Nick Arnstein.
Style:
touching, witty, light, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, girls' night, date night, adult
Plot:
divorce, marriage, broadway, dancing, biopic, women, showgirl, gambling debt, mother daughter relationship, gambler, theatrical producer, showbiz ...
Time:
1910s, 1920s, 20th century, 1900s, 1930s ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, baltimore, chicago ...
Similarity:
100%
2K
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:
100%
39K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Musical
Country: USA, Argentina
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-movie Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president and dictator Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.
Style:
emotional, period piece, lyrical, intense, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
politics, dancing, rise to power, political unrest, broadway, music, death, biopic, dictator, glamour, military coup, female protagonist ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1945, 1950s ...
Place:
argentina, latin america, buenos aires argentina, south america, italy ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
This lavishly produced and critically acclaimed screen adaptation of the international stage sensation tells the life-affirming story of Tevye (Topol), a poor milkman whose love, pride and faith help him face the oppression of turn-of-the-century ...
Style:
period piece, freeze frame, thought provoking, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
family friendly, family outing, teens, date night, kids
Plot:
judaism, dance, wedding, tradition, jewish culture, broadway, milkman, anti semitism, dancing, forbidden love, tradition versus modernity, butcher ...
Time:
19th century, year 1971, 1900s, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
ukraine, israel, russia, ussr, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Based on the autobiography of Gypsy Rose Lee, this made-for-TV movie - previously a Broadway smash and a 1962 film - depicts the life and times of a stripper and her domineering mother.
Style:
captivating, humorous, stylized, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
stripper, theater, dancing, burlesque, broadway, art, domineering mother, vaudeville, family relations, showbiz, ambition, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s, 1930s
Place:
ohio, new york, texas, los angeles, seattle
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, History, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Oscar-nominated film adaptation of the rock opera of the same name, based on the last weeks before the crucifixion of Jesus. The film was directed by Norman Jewison. Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson were nominated for two 1974 Golden Globe Award for ...
Style:
stylized, talky, intense, cult classic, retro ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
betrayal, dancing, rock and roll, music, desert, christianity, broadway, hopes, storytelling, adaptation, greed, creativity ...
Time:
ancient times, 1st century, 70s
Place:
middle east, israel, ancient greece, palestine, jerusalem ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
humorous, sentimental, anamorphic, hilarious, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
biopic, singer, female protagonist, nightclub, actor's life, love and romance, lifestyle, human nature, artists and showbiz, couple relations, fall in love, couples ...
Time:
1930s, year 1975, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, cleveland ohio
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The assistant stage manager of a small-time theatrical company is forced to understudy for the leading lady at a matinée performance at which an illustrious Hollywood director is in the audience scouting for actors to be in his latest ...
Style:
romantic comedy, semi serious, realistic, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
showbiz, dancing, broadway, choreography, choreographer, love, morality, past, couples, filmmaking, fall in love, ambition ...
Time:
1920s, year 1971, 1930s, 20th century
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Rock-and-roll icon Conrad Birdie is about to go into the Army, and plans are being made to arrange his final going-away concert.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
dancing, theater, couples, friends, teenage life, rock, musician's life, lifestyle, contests and competitions, ambition, artists and showbiz, performer's life ...
Time:
20th century, 50s
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Three young women – Deena Jones, Effie White and Lorrell Robinson – dream of becoming pop stars and they get their wish when they're chosen to be backup singers for the legendary James 'Thunder' Early.
Style:
lyrical, melancholic, sentimental, visually appealing, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
african american, singing, performer's life, showbiz, music, fame, dancing, broadway, musician, jazz, black, dance ...
Time:
70s, 2000s, year 2006, 20th century, 60s
Place:
michigan, detroit, los angeles, usa, las vegas ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by Zach (Michael Douglas). After the initial eliminations, seventeen hopefuls remain, among them Cassie (Alyson Reed), who once had a ...
Style:
sexy, stylized, lyrical, clever, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, date night, girls' night
Plot:
broadway, showbiz, audition, dancing, music, ballet school, choreography, ballet, rehearsal, rise to the top, dancer, choreographer ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Following five couples and their friend Robert (Neil Patrick Harris), the perpetual bachelor, Company explores the true meaning of being in a relationship through a series of vignettes. Winner of the 1971 Tony Award for Best Musical, Neil Patrick ...
Style:
semi serious, stylized, realistic, humorous, feel good
Plot:
live performance, theater, friends, redheaded woman, friendship, concert, bachelor, couple relations, artists and showbiz, love and romance, broadway, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
Film adaptation of a classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical based on a nun who becomes a governess for an Austrian family.
Style:
sentimental, feel good, visually stunning, christian film, retro ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, toddlers, teens, pre-teens ...
Plot:
love story, love, love and romance, convent, nanny, catholic, single father, nazi, mischievous children, beautiful scenery, world war two, stepmother ...
Time:
1930s, ancient times, 50s, 20th century, year 1938 ...
Place:
austria, alps, europe, germany
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A biography of the Three Stooges, in which their careers and rise to fame is shown throughout the eyes of their leader, Moe.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
three stooges, actor's life, rise to the top, ambition, lifestyle, showbiz, artists and showbiz, disability, comedian, hollywood, comedy team, biopic ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
24%
12K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
From Paris to Venice to Broadway to Hollywood, the lives of Cole Porter and his wife, Linda were never less than glamorous and wildly unconventional. And though Cole's thirst for life strained their marriage, Linda never stopped being his muse, ...
Style:
stylized, lyrical, captivating, atmospheric, sincere ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
biopic, gay, jazz, showbiz, musician's life, musician, music, lgbtq, disability, infidelity, rehearsal, terminal illness ...
Time:
1930s, year 2004, 1940s, 1920s, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, venice, usa, italy, paris france ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Mavis (Liza Minnelli) was a chorus line dancer on Broadway. Just as she was on the verge of getting more prominent roles, she fell in love. Her full-of-himself boyfriend moved them to Buffalo, far from the theater scene. As a musician, he plays with ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous
Audience:
kids
Plot:
dancing, broadway, dancer, dance class, power relations, church, lifestyle, performer's life, ambition, love and romance, rising to stardom, underdog ...
Time:
year 1991, 20th century, 90s
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A single mother, with dreams of becoming a writer, has a son at the age of 15 in 1965, and goes through a failed marriage with the drug-addicted father.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, sad, melancholic, teen ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
coming of age, pregnancy, pregnant teenager, teenage pregnancy, teenage girl, writers, drug addiction, single mother, small town, women, parenthood, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s, 20th century, 80s, 60s
Place:
new york, usa, connecticut, california, new jersey
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Substance-addicted Hollywood actress Suzanne Vale is on the skids. After a spell at a detox centre her film company insists as a condition of continuing to employ her that she live with her mother Doris Mann, herself once a star and now a champion ...
Style:
humorous, touching, melancholic, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, addiction, hollywood, drug addiction, dysfunctional family, rehabilitation, drug abuse, domineering mother, women, female protagonist, depression, drug ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his ...
Style:
surreal, cerebral, captivating, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
music, workaholic, showbiz, jazz, theater, death, dancing, filmmaking, heart disease, price of fame, father daughter relationship, divorce ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 70s, year 1979
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Taxi dancer Charity continues to have Faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and Hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar ...
Style:
stylized, freeze frame, funny, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
broadway, dancing, nightclub, transformation, charity, elevator, love, depression, tattoo, dancer, top hat, based on broadway musical ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In this adaptation of the Mona Simpson novel, single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high school student with Ivy League aspirations. When ...
Style:
touching, realistic, semi serious, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, mother daughter relationship, teenager, teen angst, teenage girl, high school, women, mother, single mother, family drama, love, woman woman relationship ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
los angeles, beverly hills, california, usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which opens the ...
Style:
witty, talky, independent film, historical drama, cult classic ...
Plot:
music, composer, biopic, writers, rehearsal, theater, opera, dancing, samurai, valet, inspiration, playwright ...
Time:
victorian era, year 1999, 1800s, 19th century, 1880s ...
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, paris france
Similarity:
22%
145K
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:
rom com, romantic, teen, cute, lyrical ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, family outing, kids ...
Plot:
dance, dancing, dream come true, teenage girl, artists and showbiz, fat girl, teenage love, interracial romance, racism, broadway, follow your dream, music ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 60s, year 1962, 2000s
Place:
baltimore, usa, maryland
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
On the cusp of his 30th birthday, Jonathon Larson, a promising young theater composer, navigates love, friendship, and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City.
Style:
touching, emotional, sincere, sweet, powerful ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
theater, believe in yourself, broadway, gay interest, composer, music, musician, gay friend, male male relationship, screenwriter, lost love, best friend ...
Time:
2020s, 90s, year 1992, year 1990
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, north america
Similarity:
21%
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:
sexy, entertaining, feel good, visually appealing, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
rock, teenager, broadway, rock and roll, sex scene, dancing, music, nightclub, love story, fall in love, rock star, musician ...
Time:
80s, year 2012, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, History, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
This new version of "The Sound of Music" will be a faithful adaptation of the original stage musical, to retell the story for a whole new generation. And more than that, it will be broadcast LIVE, adding a whole new level of immediacy and ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, touching, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
convent, youth, live performance, nun, teenage love, couples, love and romance, fall in love, family life, undisciplined, parents and children, marriage ...
Time:
1930s, pre world war two, 1920s
Place:
austria
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Buddy Young was the comic's comic, beloved by everyone. Now, playing to miniscule crowds in nursing homes, it seems like everybody but Buddy realizes that he should retire. As Buddy looks for work in show business, he realizes that the rest of ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, captivating, stylized, sentimental ...
Plot:
comedian, showbiz, actor's life, ambition, aging, desire for fame, family life, talent agent, rise and fall, rise to the top, judaism, fame ...
Time:
20th century, year 1992, 90s
Place:
new york, new jersey
Similarity:
20%
6K
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Misfits in their lives back home, a group of young people live it up at musical-theater camp. While the sports counselor is completely ignored, the kids' spend all their time in rehearsal for a grueling schedule that involves a new show every ...
Style:
teen, talky, humorous, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
gay, coming of age, summer camp, dancing, lgbt, love and romance, teenage love, artists and showbiz, rock, gay teenager, glbt, friendship ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, new jersey
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Musical
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Movie about the Village People filmed in a documentary style.
Style:
humorous, retro, independent film, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
disco, camp, music, dancing, gay, nightclub, rock and roll, musician, dance, recording studio, premarital sex, biker ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place:
san francisco, new york, usa, las vegas
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A singer goes to a small town for a performance before he is drafted
Style:
funny, retro, hilarious, black and white, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids
Plot:
cheerleader, teenager, broadway, love, small town, dancing, theater, dating, turtle, secretary, singer, songwriter ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 20th century
Place:
ohio, usa, washington d.c., new york, columbus ohio
Similarity:
20%
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