Movies like Gypsy 1962

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Gypsy (1962)
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Gypsy (1962)
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, mother daughter relationship, broadway, domineering mother, ambition, biopic, dancing, sister sister relationship, striptease, motherhood, mother, showbiz, theater, backstage, dance, strong female lead, women, gypsy, single mother, ego, woman, mother and daughter, trippy, sexual content ...
Time: 1920s, 1930s, 20th century, 70s, 50s, 1950s, 30s ...
Place: kansas
Keyword: feminist film, gangsters, challenge

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, humorous and sentimental films with plots about love and romance, dancing, broadway, artists and showbiz, couples, singer and show tunes mostly in Drama, Musical and Comedy genres. Some movies like Gypsy: Funny Girl (1968), Star! (1968), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), Funny Lady (1975). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Funny Girl (1968)
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: light, witty, feel good, touching, humorous ...
Audience: kids, chick flick, girls' night, date night, adult
Plot: divorce, broadway, dancing, biopic, women, showbiz, love story, marriage, ambition, desire for fame, performer's life, couples ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, 1920s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, baltimore, new york state ...
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100%
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Star! (1968)
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, sentimental, stylized, serious ...
Plot: biopic, world war one, music, ambition, actor's life, relationship vs career, chorus girl, celebrity culture, showbiz, cinderella story, couples, starlet ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, 1920s, 1910s
Place: usa, new york, london, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
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, humorous, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: family friendly, family outing, teens, date night, kids
Plot: judaism, dance, wedding, broadway, tradition, village, dancing, jewish culture, father daughter relationship, milkman, arranged marriage, anti semitism ...
Time: 19th century, year 1971, 1900s, 20th century
Place: ukraine, russia, israel, ussr, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Gypsy (1993)
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: humorous, stylized, semi serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: stripper, dancing, theater, burlesque, art, broadway, domineering mother, family relations, showbiz, ambition, dysfunctional family, biopic ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, 1920s
Place: new york, texas, ohio, los angeles, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)
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, controversial ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: betrayal, life & death, christianity, music, rock and roll, atheism, dancing, broadway, jesus, storytelling, religion, creativity ...
Time: ancient times, 1st century
Place: middle east, israel, ancient greece, palestine, holy land
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Funny Lady (1975)
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, captivating ...
Plot: biopic, female protagonist, singer, nightclub, cabaret, couples, actor's life, fall in love, love and romance, human nature, couple relations, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 1930s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Bye Bye Birdie (1995)
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: semi serious, realistic, feel good, touching, humorous ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: dancing, theater, friends, couples, teenage life, rock, lifestyle, contests and competitions, performer's life, love and romance, musician's life, ambition ...
Time: 20th century, 50s
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Boy Friend (1971)
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, realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: date night
Plot: showbiz, choreographer, broadway, choreography, dancing, love, past, morality, love and romance, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, couple relations ...
Time: 1920s, year 1971, 1930s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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The Three Stooges (2000)
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: semi serious, realistic, sentimental, humorous, touching ...
Plot: three stooges, actor's life, ambition, rise to the top, lifestyle, showbiz, artists and showbiz, disability, comedian, hollywood, comedy team, biopic ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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De-Lovely (2004)
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, atmospheric, captivating, sincere ...
Audience: date night
Plot: biopic, gay, jazz, showbiz, musician's life, music, disability, infidelity, rehearsal, terminal illness, lifestyle, ambition ...
Time: 1930s, year 2004, 1940s, 1920s, 20th century ...
Place: venice, new york, usa, italy, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Sound of Music (1965)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 172 min.
Story: Film adaptation of a classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical based on a nun who becomes a governess for an Austrian family.
Style: feel good, sentimental, christian film, touching, romantic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, toddlers, kids ...
Plot: world war two, nanny, love, love story, love and romance, convent, mischievous children, beautiful scenery, nazi, nun, children, single father ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1938, 50s, 1900s ...
Place: austria, europe, alps
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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A Chorus Line (1985)
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: stylized, lyrical, sexy, clever, emotional ...
Audience: kids, date night
Plot: broadway, showbiz, audition, dancing, music, ballet, rehearsal, ballet school, rise to the top, choreography, dance, choreographer ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Company (2011)
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: theater, friends, friendship, concert, bachelor, live performance, couple relations, redheaded woman, artists and showbiz, love and romance, broadway, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Stepping Out (1991)
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: semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous
Audience: kids
Plot: broadway, dancing, dancer, dance class, power relations, church, human spirit, rising to stardom, dancer's life, love and romance, underdog, artists and showbiz ...
Time: year 1991, 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)
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: melancholic, emotional, sentimental, touching, sad ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: coming of age, pregnancy, teenage pregnancy, drug addiction, single mother, small town, women, writers, grownups, teenage girl, pregnant teenager, parenthood ...
Time: year 2001, 60s, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place: new york, connecticut, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Dreamgirls (2006)
Genre: Drama, Music, 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: stylized, emotional, lyrical, melancholic, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: african american, performer's life, showbiz, music, fame, dancing, broadway, jazz, manager, black, unlikely friendships, dance ...
Time: 60s, 70s, year 2006, 2000s, 20th century
Place: michigan, los angeles, detroit, usa, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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All That Jazz (1979)
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, captivating, touching, humorous, cerebral ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: music, showbiz, jazz, dancing, workaholic, death, divorce, life is a bitch, artists and showbiz, dancer's life, love and romance, downfall ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 70s, year 1979
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Anywhere But Here (1999)
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, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: mother daughter relationship, coming of age, women, mother, teen angst, love, family drama, single mother, teenager, bittersweet, small town, daughter ...
Time: year 1999, 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place: los angeles, california, beverly hills, usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Sweet Charity (1969)
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, funny, freeze frame, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: broadway, dancing, nightclub, transformation, charity, love, depression, dancehall girl, broken engagement, tragic love, celebrity, burlesque ...
Time: year 1969, 20th century, 60s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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23%
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Evita (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Musical
Country: USA
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: intense, lyrical, emotional, serious, sentimental ...
Plot: politics, dancing, rise to power, political unrest, broadway, music, biopic, redemption, ambition, female protagonist, hopes, rock ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 1930s, 1950s, year 1996 ...
Place: argentina, latin america, buenos aires argentina, spain, south america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A young but bright former window cleaner rises to the top of his company by following the advice of a book about ruthless advancement in business.
Style: funny, stylized, humorous, witty, technicolor ...
Audience: date night
Plot: business, broadway, advertising, dancing, satire, greed, marketing, economics, ambition, dance, book, money ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Growing Up Brady (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A tell-all story of what happened behind the scenes of the 70s hit TV series "The Brady Bunch." Based on the book written by Barry Williams, the actor who played Greg Brady.
Style: sitcom, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot: actor's life, showbiz, relationship vs career, lifestyle, workplace, artists and showbiz, alcohol abuse, movie studio, love, family relations, suburbs, hollywood ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.7
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Hairspray (2007)
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, romantic, lyrical, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, family outing, kids ...
Plot: dancing, dance, dream come true, artists and showbiz, teenage love, interracial romance, teenage girl, racism, fat girl, broadway, teenager, follow your dream ...
Time: year 2007, 60s, 20th century, year 1962, 2000s
Place: baltimore, usa, maryland
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Postcards from the Edge (1990)
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, drug abuse, rehabilitation, women, depression, female protagonist, drug, family problems ...
Time: 80s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 5.8
 45K
Nine (2009)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from ...
Style: emotional, clever, lyrical, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot: infidelity, filmmaking, midlife crisis, memory, broadway, lifestyle, femme fatale, self discovery, dancing, couples, family relations, love and romance ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 2000s, year 2009, 1920s ...
Place: italy, rome italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)
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, sweet, sincere, inspirational ...
Audience: date night
Plot: theater, believe in yourself, broadway, composer, music, gay interest, gay friend, screenwriter, best friend, flash forward, love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 2020s, 90s, year 1992, year 1990
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 5.9
 81K
Rock of Ages (2012)
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, sexy, visually appealing, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot: rock, broadway, rock and roll, music, dancing, gay, nightclub, dance, teenager, striptease, music business, nostalgia ...
Time: 80s, year 2012, 20th century, year 1987
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Sound of Music Live! (2013)
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, sentimental, touching, uplifting ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: convent, youth, nun, teenage love, couples, love and romance, fall in love, family life, undisciplined, parents and children, marriage, stage musical ...
Time: 1930s, pre world war two, 1920s
Place: austria
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Can't Stop the Music (1980)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
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
Plot: disco, music, dancing, gay, camp, male nudity, nightclub, rock and roll, musician, dance, teen angst, dj ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: san francisco, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Mr. Saturday Night (1992)
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, intense, realistic, captivating, stylized ...
Plot: comedian, showbiz, actor's life, ambition, family life, aging, desire for fame, talent agent, rise and fall, rise to the top, judaism, fame ...
Time: 20th century, year 1992, 90s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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