Movies like Light of Day

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Light of Day (1987)
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Light of Day (1987)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Fox and Jett play a brother and sister who are lead performers in a rock band, The Barbusters, in Cleveland, Ohio. The sister, Patti Rasnick, is an unmarried mother and has a troubled relationship with her own mother, who is deeply religious. Estranged from her parents and struggling to make ends meet, Patti decides to dive headlong into a carefree rock music lifestyle. The brother, Joe Rasnick, pulls away from rock music to provide some stability for his young nephew. It takes a family crisis to bring Patti back home and force her to face the prickly past with her mother.
Style: touching, independent film, sincere, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, freeze frame, light, road movie ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: rock and roll, rock, rock band, cancer, music, death, hospital, working class, club, siblings, brother sister relationship, family relations, ambition, medical, parent child relationship, conflict, sibling relationship, music band, family problems, single parent, rise and fall, introspection, lifestyle, family in crisis, musician's life ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: cleveland ohio, ohio
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Most similar movies to Light of Day

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and emotional films with plots about artists and showbiz, musician's life, ambition, music, rock, lifestyle and friends mostly in Drama, Music and Biography genres. Some movies like Light of Day: Rock Star (2001), Eddie and the Cruisers (1983), Scenes from the Goldmine (1987), La Bamba (1987), Flame (1975). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Rock Star (2001)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Rock Star tells the story of Chris Cole and a rock band called Steel Dragon. Cole is a photocopier technician by day, and the lead singer of a Steel Dragon tribute band called "Blood Pollution" by night.Internal struggles between the Steel ...
Style: stylized, melancholic, entertaining, intense, light ...
Audience: adult
Plot: music, rock star, rock and roll, rock music, heavy metal, rock, audition, success, ambition, rock concert, rock band, relationship problems ...
Time: 80s, year 2001, y2k, 20th century
Place: usa, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, seattle
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100%
Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)
Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Michael Paré stars as Eddie Wilson of the rock band Eddie and Cruisers. The band is at the height of their career in the 1960s when front man Eddie drives his car off a bridge in an apparent suicide -- but the body was never found.
Style: cult classic, realistic, serious, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience: teens
Plot: music, rock and roll, rock music, reporter, musician, dancing, teenager, singer, past, missing person, friends, unfulfillment ...
Time: 80s, 60s, 20th century
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Scenes from the Goldmine (1987)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A girl trying to make it in the 1980's New Wave rock and roll scene in L.A.
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, captivating, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenager, club, rock and roll, betrayal, ambition, couples, friends, dishonesty, fall in love, unfulfillment, love and romance, musician's life ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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La Bamba (1987)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of singer Ritchie Valens whose life was cut short by a plane crash.
Style: inspirational, touching, hispanic, intense, suspense ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: musician's life, biopic, music, rock and roll, interracial romance, rock, music business, musician, happy ending, love story, racism, audition ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, 20th century, year 1987
Place: los angeles, usa, southern california, new york, tijuana mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Flame (1975)
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Light the Rock 'n Roll spark with a Flame in the guise of Dave, Noddy, Jim and Don and their showcase of the rise and demise of rock band Flame. Set in the hardships of North England's seventies working class society and music scene. This ...
Style: offbeat, independent film, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot: rock and roll, fictional band, rock star, swing, rock, friends, rise and fall, innocence lost, lifestyle, music, unfulfillment, desire for fame ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (1989)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 104 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: independent film, serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental
Plot: music, redemption, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, human nature, hidden identity, music band, starting over, desire for fame, dishonesty, ambition, performer's life ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: new jersey, usa, montreal, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Rose (1979)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Midler is the rock-and-roll singer Mary Rose Foster (known as the Rose to her legions of fans), whose romantic relationships and mental health are continuously imperiled by the demands of life on the road.
Style: retro, realistic, serious, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: addiction, rock and roll, rock band, love, musician, singer, women, drug abuse, rock, music, bittersweet, biopic ...
Time: year 1979, 20th century, 60s, year 1969
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Blame It on the Night (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: When his unmarried mother dies, custody of 13-year-old Job is assumed by his alleged father, Chris, whom he has never seen. Job is an enthusiastic cadet at a military academy, and Chris turns out to be a top-grossing rock star who removes Job from ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, emotional, sexual
Plot: dancing, rock star, family relations, family problems, friends, youth, musician's life, music, rising to stardom, unfulfillment, ambition, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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What We Do Is Secret (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A biopic of punk legend Darby Crash and his band, the Germs.
Style: serious, realistic, tense, suspense, informative ...
Plot: punk rock, punk, music, rock, biopic, musician's life, lifestyle, rising to stardom, drug abuse, celebrity culture, nightlife, ambition ...
Time: 70s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
I Am Not a Hipster (2012)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Things are not looking good for Brook, a young, talented singer/songwriter who has become the clichéd tortured artist. Slow to come to terms with the death of his mother, Brook is self-absorbed, aggressive, and the major obstruction to his own ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, sincere, atmospheric ...
Plot: musician's life, music, rock, siblings relations, parents and children, family problems, artists and showbiz, coping, creative block, estrangement, family relations, twentysomething life ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: california, usa, san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Protecting the King (2007)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Sex, drugs and violence--they're all part of the job when you're protecting The King of Rock & Roll. And when you're only 16, the on-the-job training comes in ways that can't be taught in school. The story of David ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic
Plot: on the road, lifestyle, musician's life, artists and showbiz, celebrity culture, teaching the ways of the world, showbiz, drug abuse, rock, fame, elvis presley, rise and fall ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Hysterical Blindness (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Set in the 1980's, Debby Miller (Uma Thurman) goes out in New Jersey looking for a man after she is diagnosed with "hysterical blindness".
Style: psychological, stylized, serious, touching, sincere ...
Plot: friendship, working class, loneliness, character study, love and romance, single parent, couple relations, family relations, looking for love, hopes, lifestyle, unfulfillment ...
Time: 80s
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Elvis (1979)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 168 min.
Story: Biographical movie about the famous rock singer Elvis Presley.
Style: realistic, touching, emotional, serious, sentimental ...
Plot: elvis presley, music, rock music, biopic, musician's life, price of fame, celebrity culture, rags to riches, rock and roll, desire for fame, music band, showbiz ...
Time: 50s, 60s, 1950s
Place: las vegas, mississippi
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
In His Life: The John Lennon Story (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A film about the early life of the rock musician and his burgeoning career as a member of the Beatles.
Style: captivating, sincere, serious, realistic, rockumentary
Plot: musician, the beatles, prodigy, musician's life, rise to the top, ambition, against the odds, rock music, rising to stardom, lifestyle, youth, working class ...
Time: 60s, 50s, 1950s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Prey for Rock & Roll (2003)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Prey for Rock & Roll is set in the Los Angeles club scene of the late 1980s and follows the story of Jacki (Gershon) and her all-girl punk rock band, Clam Dandy. On the verge of turning 40, Jacki decides that if the band's one last shot ...
Style: realistic, cynical, captivating, serious, gloomy ...
Plot: lesbian, revenge, rape, concert, female musician, ambition, music band, musician's life, rise and fall, inspiration, life is a bitch, lifestyle ...
Time: 80s, year 2003, y2k, 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Identical (2014)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: During the Great Depression, identical twins are separated at birth. One, Drexel Hemsley becomes a wildly successful '50s rock star, while the other, Ryan Wade, struggles to balance his passion for music and pleasing his parents, who want him ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: musician, family relations, musician's life, ambition, supportive spouse, twin brother, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, follow your dream, jazz, christian, family secret ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 50s, 60s, 1930s ...
Place: usa, alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Duet for One (1986)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: When Stephanie, a famous violinist, contracts multiple sclerosis her life begins to fall apart. Her career ends, her husband leaves her for another woman and her favorite pupil leave the country. Unable to bear all this loss, Stephanie attempts ...
Style: serious, sincere, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot: disability, multiple sclerosis, tragic hero, life is a bitch, family problems, musician's life, crumbling marriage, couples, life turned upside down, family in crisis, violin, extramarital affair ...
Time: 80s
Place: soviet union, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Habana Blues (2005)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Spain, Cuba, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: When Spanish record producers express interest in Cuban musicians Ruy and Tito, the longtime friends are faced with the prospect of leaving their loved ones behind. After years of hoping and dreaming, they've finally earned the opportunity to ...
Style: realistic, sincere, touching, emotional, semi serious ...
Plot: ambition, musician's life, friends, music band, lifestyle, follow your dream, immigrant, artists and showbiz, music, rock and roll, couples, musician ...
Time: 21st century
Place: cuba, latin america, usa, havana cuba
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Sparkle (2012)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Musical prodigy, Sparkle (Jordin Sparks) struggles to become a star while overcoming issues that are tearing her family apart. From an affluent Detroit area and daughter to a single mother (Whitney Houston), she tries to balance a new romance with ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental, inspirational ...
Plot: musician's life, family relations, ambition, rising to stardom, desire for fame, music band, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, family problems, showbiz, black, african american ...
Time: year 2012, 60s, 20th century
Place: detroit, usa, michigan
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
A Time for Dancing (2002)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Their love of dance, and their friendship, is challenged for two high school girls when one is diagnosed with cancer.
Style: emotional, sincere, touching, sentimental, sad ...
Audience: teens, date night, girls' night
Plot: dancing, terminal illness, friendship, life is a bitch, follow your dream, teenage life, cancer, single parent, lifestyle, society, unfulfillment, determination ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Stardust (1974)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Sequel to 1973's That'll Be The Day. Jim McLain is now enjoying the nomadic 'gigs and groupies' life on tour with his band. When he achieves all his wildest dreams of international stardom, the sweet taste of success begins to ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, stylized
Plot: rock and roll, music, musician, dancing, swing, post war, rock star, nudity, music band, rise and fall, lifestyle, life is a bitch ...
Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Having written the music and screenplay for this film, Paul McCartney also plays himself in the leading role. When the mastertape of McCartney's latest album is misplaced, he must discover its whereabouts in less than 24 hours or else risk ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, captivating, humorous
Plot: the beatles, rock, music, rock and roll, gangster, friends, showbiz, heist, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, musician's life, ambition ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Jazz Singer (1980)
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 ...
Plot: father son relationship, music, tradition, family relations, showbiz, parents and children, follow your dream, desire for fame, religions or cults, musician's life, artists and showbiz, lifestyle ...
Time: 70s, year 1980
Place: california, new york, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Two of Us (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In this purely fictional story, Paul McCartney drops by The Dakota to visit John Lennon in 1976. Paul is still on top of the music world, reaching #1 with his new band, Wings. John, however, has retired from public life, choosing to raise his son, ...
Style: serious, humorous, sentimental, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: friendship, music, the beatles, father son relationship, assassination, rising to stardom, lifestyle, love and romance, musician's life, celebrity culture, rock, music band ...
Time: year 1976, 90s, 70s
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
My Dinner with Jimi (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:  The story of the night The Turtles met The Beatles and Howard Kaylan had dinner with Jimi Hendrix.
Style: realistic, sentimental, captivating, semi serious, contemplative ...
Plot: music band, music, rise and fall, desire for fame, celebrity culture, performer's life, ambition, rise to the top, showbiz, artists and showbiz, rock, lifestyle ...
Time: 60s
Place: london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Blank Generation (1980)
Genre: Music, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Nada, a beautiful French journalist on assignment in New York, records the life and work of an up and coming punk rock star, Billy. Soon she enters into a volatile relationship with him and must decide whether to continue with it, or return to her ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, cynical, bleak
Plot: punk, rock, punk rock, subculture, alienation, satire, self discovery, club, unfulfillment, musician's life, music, journalism ...
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
That Thing You Do! (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.
Style: humorous, sentimental, feel good, light, sincere ...
Audience: kids, family outing, date night, teen drama
Plot: music, drummer, recording studio, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, rock and roll, fictional band, showbiz, small town, music band, jazz, friendship, rising to stardom ...
Time: 60s, 50s, 90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place: pennsylvania, columbus ohio, ohio, usa, las vegas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
That'll Be the Day (1973)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Britain, 1958. Restless at school and bored with his life, Jim leaves home to take a series of low-level jobs at a seaside amusement park, where he discovers a world of cheap sex and petty crime. But when that world comes to a shockingly brutal end, ...
Style: offbeat, serious, realistic, gloomy, sincere ...
Plot: rock, rock and roll, singer, freakshow, the beatles, kitchen sink realism, circus, swing, working class, coming of age, showbiz, celebrity culture ...
Time: 1950s, 50s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
The Mambo Kings (1992)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The Mambo Kings tells the story of César and Nestor Castillo, brothers and aspiring musicians who flee from Cuba to America in search of the American Dream.
Style: sentimental, melancholic, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot: music, musician's life, rags to riches, true love, performer's life, family relations, immigrant, love story, brother brother relationship, sibling rivalry, fame, love ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, year 1992, 20th century
Place: cuba, new york, america, havana cuba, latin america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Georgia (1995)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Sadie looks up to her older sister Georgia, a successful folk singer who's happily married with children, but can't break out of the bar-band circuit and hit the big time she desperately covets. It's in part due to her attraction to ...
Style: melancholic, emotional, serious, sincere, realistic ...
Plot: music, addiction, drug addiction, dysfunctional family, sisters, musician's life, sister sister relationship, redemption, eccentricity, life is a bitch, female singer, sister sister conflict ...
Time: 90s
Place: seattle, usa, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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