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Star 80 (1983)
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Paul Snider is a narcissistic, small time hustler who fancies himself a ladies man. His life changes when he meets Dorothy Stratten working behind the counter of a Dairy Queen.
Style:
disturbing, stylized, serious, suspenseful, realistic, sexy, depressing, erotic, psychological, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder, playboy, obsession, crimes of passion, fame, rise and fall, movie business, couple relations, female nudity, nude model, true crime, fall in love, couples, showbiz, family problems, crumbling marriage, transformation, tragedy, husband wife relationship, jealous husband, women, death, nude, catastrophe, gangsters ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 1978
Place:
los angeles, california, vancouver, vancouver british columbia canada
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Most similar movies to Star 80
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, melancholic and sexy films with plots about mentor, adaptation, pornography, dialogue, storytelling, nude and runaway mostly in Drama, Biography and Crime genres. Some movies like Star 80: Quills (2000), Rated X (2000), Lovelace (2013), Mommie Dearest (1981), Henry & June (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, defying orders from the asylum's resident priest. The titillating passages whip all of France ...
Style:
erotic, realistic, sexy, sexual, dark ...
Plot:
writer's life, rape, sexuality, perversion, priest, emperor, writers, eccentricity, sadism, sex, corporal punishment, lust ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, georgian era, 1790s, regency period
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Jim and Artie Mitchell, two brothers who entered the porn industry in the early 60's. After creating such legendary porn films as "Behind the Green Door" and "Inside Marily Chambers", they later ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, intense, cynical, tense ...
Plot:
murder, drug abuse, addiction, rags to riches, greed, lust, ambition, filmmaking, life is a bitch, rise and fall, showbiz, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, usa
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100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The life and death of the "Playboy" centerfold model/actress Dorothy Stratten.
Plot:
serial killer, nude model, playboy, actress, cynicism, domestic violence, marital rape, tragic event, career, death, obsession, murder ...
Time:
70s
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life.
Style:
sexual, sexy, stylized, erotic, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sexual abuse, porn actress, porn star, sex, porn industry, rough sex, husband wife relationship, rape, sex toy, manipulation, prostitution, female nudity ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 2002, year 1970
Place:
usa, new jersey, florida, malibu california, miami ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In this biographical film, glamorous yet lonely star Joan Crawford takes in two orphans, and at first their unconventional family seems happy. But after Joan's attempts at romantic fulfillment go sour and she is fired from her contract with MGM ...
Style:
disturbing, controversial, factual, talky, intense ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
child abuse, adoption, mother daughter relationship, abusive mother, dysfunctional family, narcissism, bad mother, mansion, hollywood, cult, mother, family problems ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 1940s, 60s, 50s ...
Place:
usa, new york, los angeles
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
While traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller and his wife, June, meet Anais Nin, and sexual sparks fly as Nin starts an affair with the openly bisexual June. When June is forced to return to the U.S., she gives Nin her blessing to sleep with her ...
Style:
sexy, controversial, erotic, sexual, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
love triangle, writers, sex, open relationship, lesbian sex, sexuality, writer's life, bohemian, art, women, lesbian, seduction ...
Time:
1930s, year 1931, year 1932, 20th century
Place:
paris france, europe, france
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Gia Carangi travels to New York City with dreams of becoming a fashion model. Within minutes of arriving, she meets Wilhelmina Cooper, a wise and high-powered agent who takes Gia under her wing. With Cooper's help and her own natural instincts, ...
Style:
psychological, rough, melancholic, sexy, erotic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
lesbian, fashion, addiction, drug abuse, mental illness, heroin, drug addiction, aids, supermodel, model, lesbian romance, lesbianism ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new york
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63%
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 ...
Plot:
sex addict, friendship, showbiz, group sex, actor's life, addiction, adultery, character study, serial killer, tv show, filmmaking, hollywood ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century, year 1965, year 1964
Place:
usa, california, los angeles, arizona
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24%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A film about the making of Citizen Kane. Orson Welles produces his greatest film, Citizen Kane, despite the opposition of the film's de facto subject, William Randolph Hearst.
Style:
talky, sexy, tricky, sad, romantic ...
Plot:
screenwriter, writers, movie business, obsession, filmmaking, hollywood, anti semitism, mentor, wilderness, brutality, war, british ...
Time:
1940s, 70s
Place:
new jersey, california, wisconsin
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23%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.
Style:
intellectual, talky, witty, clever, sexy ...
Plot:
loveless marriage, female nudity, poetry, prohibition, nude, women, friendship, hotel, addiction, writers, female writer, relationships ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 1940s, victorian era, 50s ...
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Valerie Solanas who was a 1960s radical preaching hatred toward men in her "Scum" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a film that she wanted Andy Warhol to produce, but he continued to ignore her. So she shot ...
Style:
clever, disturbing, sexy, surreal, art film ...
Plot:
art, artist, lesbian, women, feminist, writers, lgbt, true crime, feminism, gay, painter, obsession ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
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22%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sir Laurence Olivier is making a movie in London. Young Colin Clark, an eager film student, wants to be involved and he navigates himself a job on the set. When film star Marilyn Monroe arrives for the start of shooting, all of London is excited to ...
Style:
sentimental, romantic, melancholic, factual, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
historical figure, fame, love, hollywood, actress, actor's life, movie star, ambition, cultural icon, women, depression, celebrity ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1956
Place:
england, london, california, europe
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21%
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:
depressing, intense, factual, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
drugs, addiction, writers, heroin, drug abuse, husband wife relationship, human nature, drug addiction, lifestyle, life is a bitch, rise and fall, family problems ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 70s
Place:
los angeles, new jersey, usa, beverly hills, pittsburgh
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21%
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain, Mike Newell's Dance With a Stranger (1985) concentrates on Ellis's (Richardson) short-lived relationship with motor-racing driver David Blakely (Rupert Everett).
Style:
disturbing, sexy, light, neo noir, sinister ...
Plot:
murder, obsession, women, death sentence, female criminal, single mother, true crime, nightclub, tragedy, prostitute, escort, interracial romance ...
Time:
50s, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
england, london, tokyo, california, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has ...
Style:
emotional, inspirational, intellectual, atmospheric, breathtaking ...
Plot:
artist, painter, art, painting, addiction, alcohol abuse, genius, bohemian life, supportive spouse, rise and fall, lifestyle, self destructing ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 50s, year 1950, year 1949 ...
Place:
new york, usa, long island, greenwich village manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
New York gangster Ben 'Bugsy' Siegel takes a brief business trip to Los Angeles. A sharp-dressing womanizer with a foul temper, Siegel doesn't hesitate to kill or maim anyone crossing him. In L.A. the life, the movies, and most of all ...
Style:
realistic, stylized, intense, talky, tense ...
Plot:
mafia, gambling, casino, organized crime, gangsters, hollywood, jewish, suspense, ambition, rise and fall, love affair, bohemian life ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1945, 70s
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, usa, new york, california ...
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20%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Al Stump is a famous sports-writer chosen by Ty Cobb to co-write his official, authorized 'autobiography' before his death. Cobb, widely feared and despised, feels misunderstood and wants to set the record straight about 'the greatest ...
Style:
factual, inspirational, intense, serious, rough ...
Plot:
baseball, sport, dark hero, underdog, lone hero, mentor, brutality, adaptation, historical figure, life is a bitch, athlete's life, ghost writer ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1940s
Place:
detroit, california, new jersey, georgia, usa
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20%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A film about the singer Tina Turner and how she rose to stardom with her abusive husband Ike Turner and how she gained the courage to break free.
Style:
inspirational, sincere, intense, emotional, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
music, domestic violence, black woman, musician, rock and roll, african american woman, showbiz, african american, childhood, musician's life, women, singer ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s, 80s, 1930s ...
Place:
usa, africa, tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Director Mario Van Peebles chronicles the complicated production of his father Melvin's classic 1971 film, "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song." Playing his father in the film, Van Peebles offers an unapologetic account of ...
Style:
thought provoking, sweet, talky, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
racism, filmmaking, african american, blaxploitation, interracial relations, suspense, eccentricity, prejudice, showbiz, hollywood, fighting the system, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
On February 15, 1992 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer, one of the world's most infamous serial killers, was convicted of 15 counts of murder and sentenced to 937 years in federal prison. This movie is based on events from his ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, scary, rough, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, murder, rape, gay club, gay, torture, violence, necrophilia, killer, serial murder, macabre, obsession ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s
Place:
usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The greatest Olympic Wrestling Champion brother team joins Team Foxcatcher led by multimillionaire sponsor John E. du Pont as they train for the 1988 games in Seoul - a union that leads to unlikely circumstances.
Style:
thought provoking, atmospheric, dark, psychological, stylized ...
Plot:
sport, mental illness, wrestling, murder, eccentricity, ambition, suspense, character study, contests and competitions, athlete and trainer, domination, athlete's life ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1988, year 1987, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, pennsylvania, phoenix arizona, seoul
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19%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
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:
tricky, suspenseful, psychological, serious, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
suspense, showbiz, obsession, hollywood, manipulation, secrets, investigation, twists and turns, couple relations, love and romance, talented, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
year 1959, 1940s, 50s, 60s, year 1944 ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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19%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Chris Anderson and his wife Pam live a fairly normal life until Chris loses his job on the police force and secretly turns to robbing banks to make his wife's dreams come true. Upon discovering his secret, she joins his deadly crime wave and ...
Style:
sexy, visually appealing, unusual plot structure, sexual, talky ...
Plot:
love, relationships, police officer, heist, bdsm, destructive relationship, lovers on the run, car, cheating, good girl gone bad, nude, life & death ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography, and transformed her into ...
Style:
erotic, melancholic, factual, bleak, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
rape, sexual abuse, photographer, female nudity, fetish, fetishism, female protagonist, investigation, bdsm, model, sexuality, sexual awakening ...
Time:
50s, 1940s, 70s, 1930s, 20th century
Place:
usa, tennessee, new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
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19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
An introspective dentist's suspicions about his wife's infidelity stresses his mental well being and family life to the breaking point.
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, emotional, talky, semi serious ...
Plot:
imaginary friend, adultery, dysfunctional family, character study, couple relations, human nature, jealous spouse, lifestyle, dishonesty, couples, family problems, mentally unstable ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york state
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19%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The Krays is a film based on the lives and crimes of the British gangsters Ronald and Reginald Kray, twins who are often referred to as The Krays and were active in London in the 1960s.
Style:
dark, disturbing, harsh, melancholic, bleak ...
Plot:
gangsters, twins, mafia, gang, organized crime, mental illness, violent, murder, brutality, criminal, male nudity, violence ...
Time:
1940s, 60s, 20th century, 50s, 70s
Place:
england, london, europe
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18%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In the mid-80s, three women (each with an attorney) arrive at the office of New York entertainment manager, Morris Levy. One is an L.A. singer, formerly of the Platters; one is a petty thief from Philly; one teaches school in a small Georgia town. ...
Style:
emotional, inspirational, melancholic, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
music, showbiz, addiction, music business, greed, music band, drug addiction, rising to stardom, rise and fall, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, ambition ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 50s, 80s
Place:
new york, los angeles, new jersey, usa, california
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18%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the mid-1960s, wealthy debutant Edie Sedgwick meets artist Andy Warhol. She joins Warhol's famous Factory and becomes his muse. Although she seems to have it all, Edie cannot have the love she craves from Andy, and she has an affair with a ...
Style:
sexy, factual, melancholic, sentimental, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
art, artist, fashion, drugs, dysfunctional family, addiction, drug addiction, female nudity, mentor, rise and fall, destiny, life philosophy ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1971, year 1970 ...
Place:
new york, new jersey, california, manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
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18%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
"Piñero" tells the story of the explosive life of a Latino icon, the poet-playwright-actor Miguel Piñero, whose urban poetry is recognized as a pre-cursor to rap and hip-hop. After doing time in hard-core Sing-Sing for petty thefts and ...
Style:
disturbing, intense, factual, stylized, touching ...
Plot:
drug abuse, addiction, writers, rise and fall, rising to stardom, lifestyle, ambition, drug addiction, prison, couple relations, society, human nature ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, puerto rico ...
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18%
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 ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, stylized, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
actor's life, showbiz, relationships, rising to stardom, ambition, lifestyle, rise and fall, family relations, understanding, artists and showbiz, crumbling marriage, life is a bitch ...
Time:
70s, 50s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
rome italy, italy, switzerland, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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