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Sal (2011)
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
James Franco's Sal chronicles the final hours of the life of actor Sal Mineo, one-time teen idol and star of the blockbuster films Rebel Without a Cause and Exodus.
Style:
sincere, atmospheric, touching, serious, realistic, gloomy, independent film
Plot:
gay, gay slur, gay interest, ambition, introspection, lifestyle, actor's life, friendship, artists and showbiz, hopes, murder, celebrity, biopic, bare chested male, lgbt, train, filmmaking, beat generation, gay subtext, male homosexuality, friends, hollywood, unfulfillment, death, actor ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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Most similar movies to Sal
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and captivating films with plots about artists and showbiz, biopic, lifestyle, hollywood, ambition, unfulfillment and showbiz mostly in Drama, Biography and Romance genres. Some movies like Sal: James Dean (2001), Flynn (1993), The Broken Tower (2011), Interior. Leather Bar. (2013), An Englishman in New York (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The man behind the legend and a knowing look at the 1950's Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic bioepic of the meteoric star whose troubled life echoed his gut-grabbing performances in East of Eden, Rebel Without A Cause and Giant.
Style:
sentimental, realistic, serious, captivating, clever ...
Plot:
hollywood, actor, father son relationship, filmmaking, actor's life, death of mother, sports car, gay, voice over narration, biopic, dying young, rising to stardom ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, 1930s, 1940s
Place:
usa, malibu california, indiana, new york, santa monica california
Similarity:
50%
342
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A biographical movie on the film star Errol Flynn's early life before Hollywood fame.
Style:
sentimental, touching, serious, realistic
Plot:
lgbt, filmmaking, hollywood, biopic, adventurer, artists and showbiz, heroes, lifestyle, prostitute, criminal heroes, rise to the top, folk hero ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s
Place:
australia, usa
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88%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba.
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, serious, stylized, sincere ...
Plot:
writers, gay, gay sex, gays and lesbians, introspection, writer's life, gender, love and romance, poet, novelist, lgbt, suicide ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 1920s
Place:
usa, ohio, new york, paris france, mexico
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Filmmakers James Franco and Travis Mathews re-imagine the lost 40 minutes from "Cruising" as a starting point to a broader exploration of sexual and creative freedom.
Style:
sexual, disturbing, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
gay, filmmaking, gay erotica, gay sex, erection, gay club, gender, male nudity, gay bar, gay love, sexual relations, relationships ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
69%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Biographical drama based on the last 20 years of Crisp's life. The literary figure and gay iconoclast emigrated to New York in 1981 and lived there until his death. The film observes Crisp in both his public and private lives, from his ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, touching, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
gay, gay club, gay bar, homosexual history, gays and lesbians, lgbt, gay lead character, englishman abroad, gender bending, narcissism, aids, lifestyle ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
65%
377
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Renowned actress Colleen West abandons her successful career for a secluded life in the hills. But the peace and quiet she longed for is disrupted by the noisy construction of neighboring housing developments. Before long, Colleen discovers that she ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, atmospheric, psychological, black and white ...
Plot:
actor's life, introspection, direction and purpose, artists and showbiz, aging, unfulfillment, love affair, ambition, society, art, lifestyle, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
64%
9K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Canada, Australia, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In 1955, young photographer Dennis Stock develops a close bond with actor James Dean while shooting pictures of the rising Hollywood star.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, psychological, cult classic ...
Plot:
photograph, hollywood, friendship, actor, actor's life, magazine, showbiz, celebrity, buddy, celebrity culture, journalism, photography ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1950s, year 1955
Place:
usa
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An unauthorized chronicle of the life of Roman Polanski.
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
celebrity culture, prodigy, ambition, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, lifestyle, filmmaking, biopic, scandal, controversy, celebrity, fame ...
Time:
70s, 60s
Place:
usa, europe
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The film spans from Hepburn's early childhood to the 1950s which details her life as a Dutch ballerina, coming to grips with her parents' divorce, and enduring life in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II. She then settles in ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, feel good, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
hollywood, actor's life, world war two, showbiz, celebrity culture, childhood, performer's life, rising to stardom, filmmaking, haunted by the past, artists and showbiz, human spirit ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1940s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
usa, new york, holland, europe, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
It's 1957, and Whale's heyday as the director of "Frankenstein," "Bride of Frankenstein" and "The Invisible Man" is long behind him. Retired and a semi-recluse, he lives his days accompanied only by images ...
Style:
cult classic, enigmatic, melancholic, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
homosexuality, lgbtq, gay interest, homosexual, life & death, gay, filmmaking, friendship, biopic, gay lead character, gardener, depression ...
Time:
year 1998, 1950s, 20th century, 50s, 1930s
Place:
pacific ocean, los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The gaudy rise and dizzy fall of the last great Hollywood blonde bombshell: Jayne Mansfield.
Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
big breasts, hollywood, actor's life, biopic, behind the scenes, price of fame, femme fatale, fame, publicity, movie business, publicity stunt, desire for fame ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 60s
Place:
mississippi
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 215 min.
Story:
The Amazing Howard Hughes is a 1977 television movie about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker Howard Hughes, based on the book by Hughes' business partner Noah Dietrich. The film starred Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, and Tovah Feldshuh.
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental
Plot:
aviation, hollywood, biopic, howard hughes, aviator, rise to the top, mentally unstable, lifestyle, unfulfillment, misfit, obsession, ambition ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Film biography of actor-comedian W.C. Fields, concentrating on his years in Hollywood and his relationship with aspiring actress Caroltta Monti.
Style:
serious, realistic, silent, skit, parody
Plot:
hollywood, biopic, addiction, filmmaking, comedian, couples, actor's life, artists and showbiz, ambition, relationship vs career, alcohol abuse, dwarf ...
Time:
year 1976, 1920s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
california, usa, new york
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the days leading up to Jeff Buckley's performance at his father's tribute concert in 1991.
Style:
captivating, realistic, atmospheric, gloomy, serious ...
Plot:
rock, musician's life, music, introspection, artists and showbiz, love and romance, lifestyle, ambition, art, biopic, junkie, punk ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
We are with Pasolini during the last hours of his life, as he talks with his beloved family and friends, writes, gives a brutally honest interview, shares a meal with Ninetto Davoli, and cruises for the roughest rough trade in his gun-metal gray ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, realistic, intellectual, independent film ...
Plot:
death, sex scene, gay, female nudity, filmmaker, artists and showbiz, murder, interview, society, biopic, writers, nudity ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
rome italy, italy
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Born Vickie Lynn Hogan, she had a son at 18, became a stripper at 20, and married a billionaire at 26. Sheer determination turned her into Anna Nicole Smith, playmate, model and a household name.
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
lifestyle, rising to stardom, physical appearance, celebrity culture, artists and showbiz, hollywood, rags to riches, drug, older man younger woman relationship, marriage, fame, celebrity ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Drama by Biju Viswanath, Marathon was adapted from Harteis's memoir of the same name. Explores the relation ship between two poets Richard Harteis and William Meredith former US poet laureate and winner of every major American award for poetry ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, realistic, serious, touching ...
Plot:
love and romance, contests and competitions, gender, artists and showbiz, writer's life, lifestyle, hopes, gays and lesbians, unfulfillment, tragic love, love, gay interest ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
44%
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
Similarity:
43%
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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, sentimental, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
actor's life, relationship vs career, showbiz, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, workplace, alcohol abuse, movie studio, love, family relations, sexual content, hollywood ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s
Similarity:
41%
193
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Reclusive writer takes aspiring actress under his wing.
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
hollywood, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, love and romance, unfulfillment, hopes, writers, aspiring actress, rivalry, society, down on your luck, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Kenneth Williams was the star of the Carry Ons and Round the Horne. Despite his fame, he led a life full of mental torture as he tried to overcome his homosexuality in 1950s Britain. This film follows his life and eventual death based on the many ...
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, emotional, period drama
Plot:
gay, performer's life, celebrity, under the surface, private vs public, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, hidden truth, depression, lgbt, biopic, homosexuality ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
england
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Touko Laaksonen, a decorated officer, returns home after a harrowing and heroic experience serving his country in World War II, but life in Finland during peacetime proves equally distressing. He finds peace-time Helsinki rampant with persecution of ...
Style:
homoerotic, serious, realistic, compassionate, romantic ...
Plot:
gay, male homosexuality, lgbtq, naked man, gay slur, lgbt, gay soldier, homosexual history, emigrant, homosexuality, gay relationship, lgbtqi ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s, post world war two, year 1991
Place:
new york, san francisco, los angeles, berlin germany, helsinki finland ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Story of the early life of genius and Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman.
Style:
enigmatic, sincere, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
mathematics, couples, world war two, young lovers, love, scientist, science, storytelling, life philosophy, love and romance, catastrophe, death ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1996, 1920s
Place:
new mexico, new york, new orleans, usa, albuquerque new mexico
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Voluptuous beauty Anna Nicole Smith marries an elderly millionaire and poses for Playboy, but after her husband's death, her excessive drinking, pill-popping and weight fluctuations take their toll.
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, captivating, thought provoking
Plot:
playboy, celebrity, rise and fall, rising to stardom, ambition, desire for fame, starlet, celebrity culture, drug addiction, female protagonist, pole dancing, economist ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In the early 1970s, Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval (Andy Garcia) is torn between his own musical dreams and the dreams of his wife, Marianela (Mía Maestro), a fervent supporter of the ideals of the Castro revolution. Also starring Charles S. ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, touching, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
jazz, musician's life, showbiz, politics, relationship vs career, unfulfillment, couples, political unrest, fighting the system, hopes, society, family in crisis ...
Place:
usa, cuba, latin america
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life according to his own style even in the hostile days of WW2.
Style:
period piece, controversial, serious, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
gay, lgbt, gay interest, homosexual history, gay son, homosexual, lgbtq, biopic, subculture, publisher, revolt, lgbtqi ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
An insomniac actress is facing the waning days of her career, when her niece pays a visit to her Malibu house.
Style:
mumblecore, realistic, serious, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
family relations, self discovery, midlife crisis, artists and showbiz, introspection, actor's life, unfulfillment, aspiring actress, beach house, nude women, global warming, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, malibu california
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Odessa is a beautiful girl addicted to the attention and money that being an adult film star brings. William, a lonely mechanic, has a crush on her, and she indulges his fantasy and leads him on. Thinking he can save her and help her find a normal ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
porn star, ambition, desire for fame, impossible love, fall in love, showbiz, love and romance, artists and showbiz, celebrity culture, actor's life, sexual content, unfulfillment ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Breaking the Surface is about the tough times Greg Louganis had on his way to becoming one of the world's top Olympic divers. Some topics discussed were Greg's childhood problems, his homosexuality, and him contracting the HIV virus.
Style:
uplifting, captivating, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
gay, hiv, aids, lgbt, lgbtq, biopic, olympics, gay athlete, olympic athlete, swimming, glbt, swimmer ...
Time:
70s, 90s, year 1984, 80s, year 1988
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Biography of actor Rock Hudson focuses on his struggle with his homosexuality. Based on the book by his ex-wife, Phyllis Gates, and on the court records from the civil suit brought by his former lover, Marc Christian.
Style:
sensitive, emotional, controversial, melancholic, intense ...
Plot:
hollywood, biopic, celebrity, homosexuality, sexuality, identity crisis, gay, privacy invasion, court case, showbiz, privacy, tragedy ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
37%
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