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The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004)
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The professional and personal life of actor and comedian Peter Sellers was a turbulent one. His early movie fame was based primarily on his comic characterizations, often of bumbling and foreign-accented persons, characters which he embodied. As his movie fame rose, he began to lose his own personal identity to his movie characters, leading to self-doubt of himself as a person.
Style:
psychological, emotional, stylized, captivating, realistic, romantic, psychedelic, deep, cult classic, serious ...
Plot:
comedian, actor's life, showbiz, filmmaking, biopic, inferiority complex, relationships, rise and fall, lifestyle, rising to stardom, family relations, understanding, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage, artists and showbiz, couple relations, price of fame, fame, radio, divorce, womanizer, marriage, ex husband ex wife relationship, family problems, marital problem ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s, 50s, 1950s, 1960s
Place:
rome italy, italy, london, switzerland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, stylized and dramatic films with plots about couples, biopic, artists and showbiz, husband wife relationship, couple relations, marriage and ambition mostly in Drama, Biography and Romance genres. Some movies like The Life and Death of Peter Sellers: Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996), Chaplin (1992), Hitchcock (2012), Frida (2002), Cantinflas (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
This film follows Norma Jean from her simple, ambitious youth to her sex star pinnacle and back down. She moves from lover to lover in order to further her career. She finds fame but never happiness, only knowing seduction but not love.
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contemplative, psychological, realistic, serious, gloomy ...
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playboy, female nudity, biopic, filmmaking, skinny dipping, actress, female protagonist, rape, abuse, john f. kennedy, hollywood, lgbt ...
Time:
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Italy, Japan, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
With the use of flashback, an elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, who urges him to be more vulnerable and emotionally honest with his memoirs while journeying through his poverty-stricken childhood, closest ...
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, period piece, costume drama, factual ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
biopic, rising to stardom, mccarthyism, childhood, filmmaker, flashback, actor's life, hollywood, female nudity, success, film history, filmmaking ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 70s, 1930s, 1800s ...
Place:
london, california, england, los angeles, switzerland
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Hitchcock follows the relationship between director Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville during the making of his most famous film "Psycho" - and the trials and tribulations the director faced from Hollywood censors.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
biopic, showbiz, obsession, secrets, manipulation, investigation, hollywood, filmmaking, love and romance, couple relations, talented, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
1950s, year 1959, 1940s, year 1944, 1900s ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
"Frida" chronicles the life Frida Kahlo shared unflinchingly and openly with Diego Rivera, as the young couple took the art world by storm. From her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor and husband to her illicit and ...
Style:
visually appealing, independent film, sexy, emotional, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
painter, artist, art, painting, female artist, bohemian life, lgbtq, disability, feminism, female protagonist, life, relationships ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 2002, 1920s, 20th century ...
Place:
mexico, paris france, empire state building manhattan new york city, mexico city, america ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mike Todd is a Broadway producer struggling to produce the film. Around the World in 80 Days. In Mexico, Mario Moreno, a young entertainer is struggling to get some respect, and he manages to become a star. A twist of faith makes them partners. ...
Style:
sentimental, serious, realistic, captivating, crying
Plot:
filmmaking, biopic, hollywood, showbiz, rising to stardom, actor's life, rise to the top, artists and showbiz, celebrity, husband wife relationship, fame, film history ...
Time:
year 1941, year 1966, year 1940, year 1993, year 1955 ...
Place:
mexico city, usa, los angeles, mexico
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Ben Stiller plays comedy writer Jerry Stahl, whose $6000-a-week heroin habit had him taking his infant daughter along on his drug runs and doing smack during TV script conferences. Departing detox, Stahl explores memories with survivor Kitty, who ...
Style:
intense, factual, depressing, serious, cult classic ...
Plot:
addiction, drug, writers, heroin, drug abuse, husband wife relationship, drug addict, human nature, drug addiction, lifestyle, family problems, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 1998, 90s, 80s, 70s
Place:
los angeles, usa, beverly hills, pittsburgh, new jersey
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
On the set of Cleopatra, Hollywood's most beautiful star, Elizabeth Taylor, fell into the arms of one of the world's greatest actors, Richard Burton - and she didn't leave. Their subsequent white-hot, scandalous love affair gave rise ...
Style:
sexy, serious, realistic, stylized
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
actor's life, couples, hollywood, couple relations, renewed love, paparazzi, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, celebrity culture, infidelity, actress, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
rome italy, usa, los angeles
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89%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Biopic of American artist Georgia O'Keeffe and her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz.
Style:
serious, tense, emotional, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
biopic, painter, artist, art, couples, rise to the top, destructive relationship, love and romance, artists and showbiz, obsession, lifestyle, couple relations ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s, 1930s, year 1929, year 1932 ...
Place:
usa, new mexico, new york, manhattan new york city, wisconsin
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A successful TV star during the 1960s, former "Hogan's Heroes" actor Bob Crane projects a wholesome family-man image, but this front masks his persona as a sex addict who records and photographs his many encounters with women, often ...
Style:
sexy, factual, intense, talky, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sex addict, group sex, friendship, filmmaking, showbiz, adultery, actor's life, addiction, couple relations, homoerotic friendship, promiscuity, character study ...
Time:
70s, year 2002, y2k, 20th century, year 1965 ...
Place:
usa, california, los angeles, arizona
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the Establisment as too obscene for the public.
Style:
black and white, psychological, atmospheric, clever, realistic ...
Plot:
stand up comedian, drug abuse, judaism, showbiz, addiction, biopic, rise and fall, adult humor, courtroom, drug addiction, civil rights, drug ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, year 1974, 50s, 70s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Alternating between the past and the present, a precocious little girl sues her selfish, career-driven parents for emancipation, surprising them both.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, clever, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
husband wife relationship, little girl, marital separation, emancipation, filmmaking, divorce, battle of the sexes, custody, dysfunctional family, hollywood, book, female nudity ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
depressing, realistic, psychological, serious, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
suicide, writers, drinking, biopic, death, bipolar disorder, poet, couple relations, mental disorder, art, tragic love, writer's life ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 2003, 60s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, new york, london
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
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An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds she beat out many more famous rivals for the role of "Carmen ...
Style:
crying, cult classic, contemplative, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, miami beach, los angeles, las vegas, miami ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Hollywood drama loosely based on the life of film actress Jean Harlow, with Carroll Baker in the title role. One of two feature film biographies, both released in 1965 and both with the same title, about the '30s platinum blonde movie star.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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This biographical docu-drama alternates between two parallel threads in the life of Arnold Schwarzenegger: his formative early years as the repeat winner of the Mr. Olympia body-building championship; and his modern foray into the world of politics, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
politics, campaign, bodybuilding, showbiz, relationship vs career, rise and fall, actor's life, rise to the top, athlete's life, ambition, filmmaking, hollywood ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An in-depth biopic of Princess Margaret from the days following her father's death in 1952 until the 1970s. She was known to be a flamboyant royal but she remained a stickler for protocol. She had many controversial romances and also infamously ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, entertaining, period drama
Plot:
royal family, british royal family, royalty, rise and fall, against the rules, dishonesty, love and romance, state affairs, politics, head of state, fall in love, infidelity ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
england, europe, united kingdom
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental, sitcom
Plot:
rising to stardom, actor's life, couple relations, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, workplace, showbiz, filmmaking, hollywood, comedian, celebrity culture, biopic ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A film about the life and career of the eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.
Style:
inspirational, depressing, touching, humorous, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
comedian, biopic, showbiz, wrestler, female nudity, sexism, character study, prank, life philosophy, human spirit, actor's life, rising to stardom ...
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90s, 80s, 20th century, year 1999, 70s ...
Place:
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
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realistic, humorous, semi serious, sexual, slapstick ...
Plot:
rise and fall, desire for fame, ambition, rising to stardom, friendship, actor's life, showbiz, buddies, breakup, rise to the top, lifestyle, celebrity culture ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 50s, 60s, 1950s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, France, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After ten years absence Toni, Chris's best friend, suddenly reappears in London to bring chaos and doubt into Chris's calm, tranquil, slightly boring, predictable life. Chris starts to remember his carefree youth as a photographer in Paris ...
Style:
sexual, cult classic, comedy drama, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
male nudity, male pubic hair, friendship, desire, adultery, marriage, bittersweet, coming of age, midlife crisis, drinking, sex, nudity ...
Time:
year 1997, 70s, 20th century, year 1963, year 1977 ...
Place:
england, paris france, london, france, europe
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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:
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In this film that closely parallels his own life story, Richard Pryor plays Jo Jo Dancer, a popular stand-up comedian who has severely burned himself in a drug incident. As he lies unconscious in a hospital, his spiritual alter ego gets up and ...
Style:
black comedy, contemplative, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
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Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, illinois, ohio, los angeles, new jersey ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, uplifting, inspirational, compassionate, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, teens, chick flick
Plot:
genius, disability, love, cambridge university, physicist, mathematics, husband wife relationship, prodigy, supportive spouse, handicapped, against the odds, relationships ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 20th century, 60s, 70s ...
Place:
oxford university, england, united kingdom
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, psychological, costume drama, romantic drama, contemplative ...
Plot:
writers, women, art, poet, biopic, world war one, marriage, mental illness, artist, insanity, love, tragic romance ...
Time:
1930s, year 1994, victorian era, 1910s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, oxford university, london, california
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
TV drama based on Richard Burton's diaries, about his last performance in 1983 with ex-wife Elizabeth Taylor. They meet after several years and he agrees to her suggestion that they star in a stage revival on Broadway of Noel Coward's ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, stylized, historical drama ...
Plot:
actor's life, couple relations, artists and showbiz, couples, celebrity culture, hollywood, biopic, love, stage play, passion, art, showbiz ...
Time:
20th century, year 1983, 80s
Place:
usa, los angeles, new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Paul Raymond builds a porn, entertainment and real estate empire that makes him the wealthiest man in Britain, but drugs doom his beloved daughter, Debbie.
Style:
sexy, sexual, captivating, realistic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
strip club, strip show, showbiz, womanizer, nudity, female pubic hair, group sex, orgy, skinny dipping, stripper, dancer, divorce ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 50s, 20th century, year 1958 ...
Place:
london, somalia, england, britain, united kingdom
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, touching, bleak ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
musician's life, price of fame, pop star, music, rising to stardom, ambition, desire for fame, couple relations, addiction, celebrity culture, fall in love, showbiz ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, indiana
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
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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 ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A coming of age dramedy where infidelity, real estate, and Lyme disease have two families falling apart on Long Island in the early eighties. Scott, 15, is at the point in his life when he finds out that the most important people around him, his ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, talky, touching, serious ...
Plot:
coming of age, violence, family life, american dream, infidelity, marital problem, first love, marriage, teenage love, family problems, love and romance, fighting illness ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
The Carpetbaggers is a 1964 American film starring George Peppard as a character based largely on Howard Hughes and Alan Ladd as a former western gunslinger turned actor with the pseudonym Nevada Smith, played the following year in a prequel ...
Style:
retro, cynical, clever, stylized, serious ...
Plot:
hollywood, showbiz, aviation, stepmother, sex, love story, friendship, filmmaking, uncontrollable, couples, family problems, friends ...
Time:
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Place:
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