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Everybody's Famous! (2000)
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Everybody's Famous! (2000)
Original name: Iedereen beroemd!
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Jean is a family man and factory worker who dreams of becoming a songwriter. Pinning his hopes on his teenage daughter, Marva, he takes her to singing contests in which the awkward and overweight girl struggles to belt out a tune. When Jean is suddenly fired because of cut backs, he is ashamed and even more desperate to have his daughter succeed. In a chance meeting Jean kidnaps the most famous pop star in the country and holds her hostage demanding to be heard by the music industry. Catching the attention of the media and the eyes of the nation, Jean and Marva realize that the show must go on until everyone is famous.
Style: touching, satirical, feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, funny, light, inspirational ...
Plot: kidnapping, father daughter relationship, working class, obsession, farce, crime gone awry, showbiz, unemployment, unlikely criminals, desire for fame, hostage, teenage life, obsessive quest, family relations, parents and children, society, ransom, rivalry, music, career, music business, coming of age, pop star, pop music, coincidence ...
Time: 90s
Place: europe, belgium, australia
Keyword: dutch, gangsters, dreams

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and feel good films with plots about family relations, parents and children, artists and showbiz, society, youth, lifestyle and coming of age mostly in Comedy, Drama and Music genres. Some movies like Everybody's Famous!: The Commitments (1991), Once in a Lifetime (2000), Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone (2014), Marci X (2003), I'll Do Anything (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Commitments (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Jimmy Rabbitte, just a tick out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females ...
Style: cult classic, independent film, realistic, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: teens
Plot: musician, music, working class, rock and roll, singer, friendship, profanity, rock, bittersweet, blues, rock music, trouble ...
Time: year 1991, 90s, 20th century
Place: ireland, dublin ireland, england, europe
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100%
Once in a Lifetime (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Mona Bergström is a sweet eurovision-obsessed woman in her 30's. She is married to a lazy husband and have 4 children, all named after her favorite Swedish eurovision popstars. Her brother is a crossdressing guy selftitled "Candy ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: obsession, singer, rising to stardom, ambition, lifestyle, desire for fame, moral dilemma, aspiring singer, sibling relationship, contests and competitions, showbiz, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 90s
Place: europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The 1980s. Stéphanie grows up in La Courneuve, on the outskirts of Paris, in a home where her mother is rarely there and her step-father is brutal. She quickly decides to escape her morose everyday life. Thanks to her grandmother's love, ...
Style: humorous, touching, sentimental, sincere, semi serious ...
Plot: follow your dream, teenage life, hopes, youth, parents and children, family problems, adolescence vs adulthood, society, family relations, friendship, dysfunctional family, coming of age ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: paris france, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 3.0
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Marci X (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A Jewish-American Princess is forced to take control of a hard-core hip-hop record label and tries to rein the one of the label's most controversial rappers.
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, teens
Plot: hip hop, interracial relations, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, unlikely couple, opposites attract, love and romance, disorder, family relations, music, media, fish out of water ...
Time: year 2003
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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I'll Do Anything (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Matt Hobbs is a talented but unsuccessful actor. When estranged (and strange) ex-wife Beth dumps their daughter Jeannie on Matt, father and daughter have a lot of adjusting to do. His budding relationship with attractive production assistant Cathy ...
Style: witty, humorous, satirical, sad, semi serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: satire, unsuccessful, filmmaking, female nudity, father daughter relationship, slice of life, nude women, parent child relationship, artists and showbiz, youth, single parent, actor's life ...
Time: year 1994, 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Scandal Makers (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Former teen idol Nam Hyeon-soo is now in his thirties and working as a radio DJ. One day a young woman named Jeong-nam shows up and claims to be his own daughter. She also has a son whom she claims to be Hyeon-soo's grandson. Their relation is ...
Style: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot: parents and children, family relations, unfulfillment, haunted by the past, media, radio dj, asian, father daughter relationship, life turned upside down, society, friendship, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, asia, korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 7.0
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2gether (2000)
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Music
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A movie that spoofs boy bands like N*Sync, New Kids on the Block, Backstreet Boys, etc. It's the boy band version of Spinal Tap!
Style: not serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, witty ...
Audience: teens
Plot: music industry, celebrity culture, showbiz, music, artists and showbiz, nothing goes right, music band, partner, nightlife, relationship vs career, rock, musician's life ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Grown Ups (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Sweden
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Every year, Albert buys his daughter an initiatory journey to a European country. For her 17th birthday he chooses a trip to Sweden to look for a Viking's treasure. When they arrive in the rented house, it is occupied by Anika and Christine, ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous
Plot: single parent, coming of age, teenage life, family relations, love and romance, youth, teenage love, parents and children, couples, summer, disorder, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Killing Bono (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Neil and Ivan McCormick, two Irish brothers who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as their high school friends U2 become the biggest band in the world.
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty ...
Plot: desire for fame, follow your dream, friends, ambition, teenage life, teenage boy, brother brother relationship, rivalry, rock and roll, family relations, youth, hopes ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1976, 70s
Place: europe, dublin ireland, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Durval Records (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Durval and his mother Carmita live at the back of "Durval Discos", a record store they own in São Paulo, specializing in vinyl records. They lead a boring and unattractive life, until the day Durval hires a maid, Celia, to help his mother ...
Style: feel good, humorous, semi serious, surreal, offbeat ...
Plot: dark humor, eccentric family, comedy of errors, farce, life turned upside down, single parent, family problems, missing child, disorder, family relations, crime gone awry, parents and children ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: brazil, sao paulo brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 4.6
 2K
School Dance (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: High schooler Jason has found his dream girl—the gorgeous Anastacia. There’s just one problem: she doesn’t know he exists. If he can win a spot on the school’s hottest dance crew, Jason might have a shot. But before he does, he’ll have to ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, touching, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school life, teenage love, music, youth, misfit, family relations, teenage life, hip hop, rivalry, black, love and romance, dance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Intrepido: A Lonely Hero (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A middle-aged man tries to get by in Milan while trying to retain his dignity.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, touching, feel good ...
Plot: fall in love, parents and children, family relations, bittersweet, workplace situations, workplace, love and romance, society, urban, father son relationship, loneliness, kindness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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American Chai (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The film deals with an Indian American student who wanted to pursue his love of music over the more 'typical' academic endeavors of Indian Americans (e.g., medicine, engineering, law, and business).
Style: semi serious, witty, humorous, touching, realistic
Plot: college, culture clash, follow your dream, lifestyle, teenage life, parents and children, youth, society, friendship, misfit, hopes, nothing goes right ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Cheese and Jam (2003)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Slovenia
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A story about a couple from the bottom of the social ladder, about smuggling refugees across borders and other 'suspect' things- it is, first and foremost, an attempt to tell a story about the worst in people, wherever they may be coming ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, clever
Plot: unemployment, couples, social misfits, human nature, society, rivalry, social differences, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, illegal immigration, down on your luck, female nudity, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: slovenia, former yugoslavia, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Humble Pie (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: At nearly 400 pounds, Tracy Orbison is a wide target. When he sets out to pursue his dream of acting, the grocery clerk finds an assortment of people waiting to dash his dreams. Through it all, Tracy remains irrepressibly upbeat, convinced he's ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic, whimsical
Plot: optimism, follow your dream, rise to the top, physical appearance, family relations, parents and children, humble, social misfits, youth, love and romance, society, teenage love ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Caterina in the Big City (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story: When her father, Giancarlo is transferred to Rome from the small country town of Montalto Di Castro, Caterina, a 12 years old girl, will discover her new classmates, a totally new world, an ambient extremely divided politically.
Style: realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous
Plot: youth, friendship, fish out of water, social differences, teenage life, lifestyle, society, politics, human nature, hopes, city life, school ...
Time: 2000s
Place: rome italy, italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Summer of Flying Fish (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Chile, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Manena is the headstrong adolescent daughter of Pancho, a rich Chilean landowner who devotes his vacation to one thing : the invasion of his artificial lagoon by carps. While he employs increasingly radical methods, Manena has her first romantic ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: obsession, parents and children, family relations, countryside, teenage life, siblings relations, youth, fish, landowner, animal abuse, coming of age, bourgeoisie ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chile, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Disco (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Endetté jusqu'au cou dans une affaire de water bed, Didier Travolta, 40 ans, vit au Havre dans le quartier populaire du Grand Large chez sa maman : Madame Graindorge. Il reçoit une lettre de la mère de son fils Brian, 8 ans, qui vit en ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, stylized, feel good, realistic ...
Plot: nightclub, follow your dream, rise and fall, dancer's life, self discovery, society, rising to stardom, rivalry, love and romance, buddies, starting over, contests and competitions ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, france, normandy
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Crossing Borders (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Spain 1960, the dawn of the country's economic development. Industrial "reorganization" means that many workers have lost their jobs and are forced to emigrate. Martin is one of them. Martin, his wife Pilar and their son Pablito live ...
Style: realistic, touching, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Plot: emigration, culture clash, family problems, society, social relations, workplace, politics, family relations, working class, unemployment, job seeking, immigrant ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: spain, switzerland
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Easy! (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Bruno Beltrame makes a living of sorts. He wanted to be a great writer but he is content to write the books of others. He also gives private lessons to students who are not serious. Among his pupils is fifteen-year-old Luca, more quick-witted and ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic
Plot: teenage life, rebellion, life turned upside down, disorder, family relations, troublemaker, rebelliousness, youth, parents and children, professor, coming of age, rebel ...
Time: 21st century
Place: rome italy, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Bélier Family (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The whole Bélier family is deaf, except for sixteen year old Paula who is the important translator in her parents' day to day life especially when it comes to matters concerning the family farm. When her music teacher discovers she has a ...
Style: touching, suspenseful, semi serious, emotional, humorous ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: sign language, coming of age, teenage girl, deaf, teenager, teacher, moral dilemma, follow your dream, teenage life, audition, family life, deafness ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Bollywood Calling (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: India
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An alcoholic, cancer-ridden American film-maker decides to produce a Bollywood movie.
Style: captivating, realistic, semi serious, humorous, spoof
Plot: filmmaking, actor's life, fish out of water, culture clash, misfit, society, showbiz, love, film industry, artists and showbiz, unemployment, wedding ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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The Van (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Set in "Barrytown", a fictitious working-class quarter of Dublin. "Bimbo" Reeves gets laid off from his job. With his redundancy, he buys a van and sells fish and chips with his buddy Larry. Due to Ireland's surprising ...
Style: realistic, humorous, independent film, social, semi serious ...
Plot: friendship, food, unemployment, working class, restaurant, cooking, erotica, soccer, family relations, friendship between men, partner, friends ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: ireland, dublin ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Where the Heart Is (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A wealthy businessman shows his young adult kids how tough life can be.
Style: humorous, satirical, touching, melancholic, realistic ...
Plot: farce, single father, fashion, social differences, destiny, life philosophy, society, family problems, real estate, family drama, art, friendship ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 5.1
 298
Maman (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Sandrine and Alice are two sisters who, in their thirties, decide the time has come to attempt a reconciliation with their mother.
Style: realistic, humorous, cynical, semi serious
Plot: dysfunctional family, family problems, family relations, estrangement, confined, unlikely criminals, obsessive quest, parents and children, dark humor, single mother, separation, selfishness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
 7.4
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Begin Again (2013)
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, independent film, sincere ...
Audience: teens, date night, girls' night
Plot: music, musician's life, love story, female singer, infidelity, musician, father daughter relationship, singer, love, city life, music and dance, betrayal ...
Time: year 2013, year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Grace Unplugged (2013)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A talented young singer and aspiring songwriter’s Christian faith and family ties are tested when she defies her worship-pastor father and pursues pop-music stardom in GRACE UNPLUGGED, a moving and inspiring new film that explores the true meaning ...
Style: sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, christian film ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, girls' night
Plot: christianity, religious, musician's life, ambition, desire for fame, lifestyle, teenage life, family relations, youth, society, once in a lifetime opportunity, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, alabama, usa, birmingham alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 5.7
 9K
Joyful Noise (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: G.G. Sparrow faces off with her choir's newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, over the group's direction as they head into a national competition.
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic, black comedy ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: teenage love, autism, follow your dream, rivalry, music band, artists and showbiz, contests and competitions, musician's life, choir, lifestyle, unlikely partners, chorus girl ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 6.4
 4K
Podium (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Bernand Fréderic is a mediocre bank executive. He's married and have a son. He used to have antother profession: to be French star Claude Francois. Now, with the Imitators Gala Night coming up, he must choose between his wife or the only thing ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, surprise ending
Plot: performer's life, desire for fame, ambition, showbiz, dull life, lifestyle, obsessive quest, rivalry, artists and showbiz, crumbling marriage, celebrity culture, lookalikes ...
Time: 2000s, 70s, 60s, 20th century
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
 6.0
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Childstar (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Childstar is about an egotistical 12-year-old named Taylor Brandon Burns who has skyrocketed to fame at that young age. His relationship with his driver, Rick, takes a turn when Taylor confides in him about the problems of celebrity and the fears of ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, independent film ...
Plot: youth, fame, actor's life, coming of age, lifestyle, showbiz, filmmaking, movie business, artists and showbiz, parents and children, celebrity culture, family relations ...
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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