Movies like A Star Is Born
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A Star Is Born (1976)
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A Star Is Born is a 1976 rock music film telling the story of a young woman, played by Barbra Streisand who enters show business, and meets and falls in love with an established male star, played by Kris Kristofferson, only to find her career ascending while his goes into decline.
Style:
sentimental, touching, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic
Plot:
music, tragic love, dancing, women, rock and roll, rock star, drug addiction, fame, self discovery, rise and fall, friends, hollywood, love and romance, life is a bitch, couples, love affair, showbiz, ambition, lifestyle, musician's life, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, performer's life, rising to stardom, celebrity culture ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california, arizona
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sentimental and touching films with plots about artists and showbiz, music, musician's life, love and romance, lifestyle, singer and ambition mostly in Drama, Music and Romance genres. Some movies like A Star Is Born: A Slipping-Down Life (1999), The Way We Were (1973), The Song (2014), Purple Rain (1984), Glitter (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, feel good, sincere, captivating, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
groupie, artists and showbiz, love and romance, love affair, lifestyle, rock, musician's life, opposites attract, singer, infatuation, art, obsession ...
Time:
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Place:
north carolina, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
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The film follows aspiring singer-songwriter Jed King (Alan Powell) as he struggles to catch a break and escape the long shadow of his father, a country music legend. After reluctantly accepting a gig at a local vineyard harvest festival, Jed is ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, uplifting, captivating, touching ...
Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, nashville tennessee
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A young man with a talent for music meets an aspiring singer, Apollonia, and finds that talent alone isn't all that he needs.
Style:
exciting, captivating, realistic, sentimental, sexy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
musician, rivalry, music, motorcycle, african american, redemption, singer, dysfunctional family, dancing, human spirit, aspiring singer, rock and roll ...
Time:
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Place:
minneapolis minnesota, usa, minnesota
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young woman is catapulted into pop stardom, with her already-famous DJ boyfriend calling the shots.
Style:
emotional, campy, touching, melancholic, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
music, female protagonist, hopes, showbiz, ambition, lifestyle, rise and fall, artists and showbiz, love affair, follow your dream, rising to stardom, parents and children ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers-and falls in love with-struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer – until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the ...
Style:
sad, inspirational, uplifting, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
singer, showbiz, country music, fame, brother brother relationship, addiction, friendship, alcoholic, love, drinking problem, backstage, suicide ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, boston, memphis, arizona
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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:
sexy, talky, road movie, intense, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
addiction, rock and roll, rock band, love, musician, women, alcohol abuse, rock, drug abuse, music, bittersweet, blues ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
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30%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A reclusive musician, once a huge rock star, takes a young female protegee. While on a tour she meets a younger, more popular rocker and switches her loyalties.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, stylized
Audience:
date night
Plot:
farm, female singer, sex scene, friends, couples, stalking, rise and fall, self discovery, music band, desire for fame, lifestyle, artists and showbiz ...
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Place:
england, europe, pennsylvania
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27%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.
Style:
sentimental, touching, emotional, road movie, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
music, rock and roll, country music, musician, marriage, musician's life, addiction, drug addiction, love, accident, prison, drugs ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 70s, 1940s, 80s ...
Place:
tennessee, usa, memphis, arkansas, las vegas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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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, musician's life, price of fame, celebrity culture, rags to riches, desire for fame, music band, showbiz, lifestyle, ambition ...
Time:
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Place:
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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:
captivating, realistic, serious, touching, emotional
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rock and roll, teenager, club, ambition, betrayal, couples, friends, infidelity, tragic love, rock, love affair, fall in love ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The rise and fall of salsa singer, Héctor Lavoe (1946-1993), as told from the perspective of his wife Puchi, who looks back from 2002.
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, disturbing, sentimental
Plot:
music, dancing, musician's life, artists and showbiz, ambition, showbiz, lifestyle, rise and fall, life is a bitch, drug abuse, salsa, drugs ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new york, puerto rico
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A cynical look at the life of a not so nice country-western singer, Maury Dann - played by Rip Torn in one of his most memorable performances. He ruthlessly manipulates every one around him to suit his selfish needs...he even gets his limo driver to ...
Style:
light, psychological, serious, realistic, talky ...
Plot:
drug addiction, addiction, music business, country music, infidelity, mistress, celebrity culture, showbiz, country, relationship vs career, on the road, drug abuse ...
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Place:
tennessee, usa
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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 ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
jewish, father son relationship, music, tradition, family relations, showbiz, parents and children, religions or cults, follow your dream, desire for fame, estrangement, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
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Place:
california, new york, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, feel good, enigmatic, talky, entertaining ...
Plot:
music, musician, rock, singer, rock music, showbiz, air disaster, tragedy, runaway, life & death, lone hero, suspense ...
Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jonah (Paul Simon) is an aging rock star trying to put together a new album in the face of an indifferent record label and a talentless producer. At the same time, he's struggling to save his failing marriage.
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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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 ...
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, serious, realistic
Plot:
on the road, lifestyle, ambition, artists and showbiz, musician's life, teaching the ways of the world, drug abuse, showbiz, celebrity culture, rock, elvis presley, fame ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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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, interesting
Plot:
punk, punk rock, music, musician's life, lifestyle, rising to stardom, nightlife, celebrity culture, drug abuse, rise and fall, life is a bitch, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
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Place:
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22%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Danny Foster doesn't have much: an apartment as small as his paychecks, no family, and a struggling music career. Yet for him, "every day is a great day to be alive," an attitude he gained from his mother's unwavering optimism ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, touching, realistic, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
mute or deaf, family relations, fall in love, couples, couple relations, lifestyle, musician's life, love and romance, misfit, unfulfillment, parents and children, friendship ...
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usa, connecticut, new york, manhattan new york city
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Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story:
The story of Priscilla's life with rock and roll star Elvis Presley.
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realistic, serious, captivating, sentimental, emotional ...
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22%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A dark psychological drama, Shooting Livien explores the inner psyche of John Livien, a disillusioned New York musician who deals with a childhood trauma by claiming an alter ego. His band on the brink of success, fantasy becomes dangerously blurred ...
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usa, new york
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
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Plot:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Egypt
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
A biopic of Egyptian singer Abdel-Halim Hafez.
Style:
realistic, captivating, emotional, sentimental, serious
Plot:
musician's life, ambition, rising to stardom, love and romance, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, rise to the top, showbiz, singer, music, orphan ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 50s, 70s, 20th century ...
Place:
egypt, africa, middle east
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21%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Three sisters (Sister and the Sisters) from Harlem who become singers Sister (Lonette McKee) becomes involved with drugs and Sparkle ends up being the one who gets famous. This movie tells about how drugs ruined Sister's relationships and ...
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serious, realistic, sentimental, touching
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When reporter Jean Craddock interviews Bad Blake -- an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend -- they connect, and the hard-living crooner sees a possible saving grace in a life with Jean and her young son. But can he leave behind an ...
Style:
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Plot:
musician, country music, loneliness, alcohol abuse, addiction, music, journalist, country singer, redemption, love and romance, love, hopes ...
Time:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, miami beach, los angeles, new york ...
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20%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
Details the lives of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, from before their first meeting to their rise to stardom.
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental, avant garde
Audience:
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20%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
An uninhibited youth woos the hottest about-to-be-married college girl. He rises to become a rock-star - then self-destructs.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, emotional, touching, serious ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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