Movies like A Star Is Born

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A Star Is Born (1976)
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A Star Is Born (1976)
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: grindhouse, independent film, sentimental, touching, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, corny
Plot: music, tragic love, alcoholic, dancing, women, rock and roll, rock star, radio, elvis presley, drug addiction, fame, self discovery, rise and fall, female nudity, adultery, bare breasts, arrest, friends, hollywood, love and romance, life is a bitch, couples, love affair, showbiz, ambition ...
Time: year 1976, 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, touching and sentimental films with plots about artists and showbiz, musician's life, music, ambition, couples, love and romance and lifestyle mostly in Drama, Music and Romance genres. Some movies like A Star Is Born: A Slipping-Down Life (1999), Purple Rain (1984), Scenes from the Goldmine (1987), The Song (2014), Glitter (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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A Slipping-Down Life (1999)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A young woman becomes obsessed with a small-time North Carolina rock singer.
Style: touching, feel good, captivating, sincere, romantic drama ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: groupie, love and romance, artists and showbiz, love affair, lifestyle, rock, opposites attract, musician's life, singer, infatuation, art, obsession ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: north carolina, usa, charleston south carolina
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100%
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Purple Rain (1984)
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, cult classic ...
Plot: rivalry, musician, music, african american, motorcycle, dysfunctional family, singer, redemption, dancing, human spirit, rock and roll, aspiring singer ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: minnesota, minneapolis minnesota, usa
⇓ 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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The Song (2014)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: 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, christian film ...
Audience: date night
Plot: musician's life, love affair, christian, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, music, couples, country singer, faith, unfulfillment, introspection, hopes ...
Time: 80s, 2000s, year 2006, year 1981, 21st century
Place: usa, nashville tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Glitter (2001)
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: touching, melancholic, exciting, sentimental, cult classic ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: music, female protagonist, showbiz, hopes, rise and fall, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, ambition, love affair, rising to stardom, follow your dream, parents and children ...
Time: 80s, year 2001, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, maryland, madison square garden manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Way We Were (1973)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Two desperate people have a wonderful romance, but their political views and convictions drive them apart.
Style: sentimental, realistic, serious, captivating, intellectual ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: mccarthyism, naval officer, couples, politics, breakup, husband wife relationship, adultery, love story, passion, world war two, love and romance, friendship ...
Time: 1940s, 50s, 1930s, 1950s, pre world war two ...
Place: usa, new york, california, middle east, malibu california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
'Round Midnight (1986)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, France
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian too broke to buy a glass of wine strains to hear those notes. Soon they will form a friendship that ...
Style: contemplative, gloomy, sentimental, touching, realistic ...
Plot: jazz, music, addiction, alcoholism, musician, art, friendship, bittersweet, drug addiction, biopic, alcoholic, solitude ...
Time: year 1986, 50s, 20th century, year 1959
Place: france, paris france, europe, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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A Star is Born (2018)
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, romantic drama, sincere, uplifting ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: showbiz, singer, country music, alcoholic, fame, friendship, addiction, brother brother relationship, concert, alcoholism, drinking problem, suicide ...
Time: 2010s
Place: america, los angeles, memphis, boston, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Movie in collections
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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 ⇓
31%
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 ⇓
27%
 4.3
 525
Hearts of Fire (1987)
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: independent film, realistic, semi serious, stylized
Audience: date night
Plot: rock, farm, sex scene, female singer, desire for fame, rising to stardom, fall in love, rise and fall, ambition, unfulfillment, self discovery, musician's life ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: england, europe, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.9
 5K
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 ⇓
24%
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 265K
Walk the Line (2005)
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: date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: music, rock and roll, country music, musician's life, musician, addiction, marriage, biopic, accident, prison, drug, rise and fall ...
Time: 70s, 60s, 50s, 2000s, 1940s ...
Place: tennessee, memphis, usa, arkansas, west germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A film about the life and career of the early rock and roll star.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, feel good, touching ...
Plot: biopic, music, musician, rock, rock music, singer, showbiz, musician's life, pop music, price of fame, rags to riches, art ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, year 1978, 20th century
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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 1K
Payday (1973)
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, independent film, contemplative, tense, talky ...
Plot: drug addiction, addiction, music business, country music, infidelity, mistress, friends, couples, on the road, country, relationship vs career, parents and children ...
Time: 70s
Place: usa, tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
King of Salsa (2006)
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: realistic, serious, captivating, disturbing, informative ...
Plot: music, ambition, musician's life, artists and showbiz, showbiz, dancing, biopic, lifestyle, life is a bitch, rise and fall, drug abuse, salsa ...
Time: 70s, year 2006, 60s
Place: usa, new york, puerto rico
⇓ 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%
 6.0
 756
One-Trick Pony (1980)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
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: contemplative, serious, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot: rock music, failed marriage, talk show host, rock and roll, music business, artists and showbiz, hopes, aging, life is a bitch, introspection, music, ambition ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Movie in collections
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Elvis and Me (1988)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story: The story of Priscilla's life with rock and roll star Elvis Presley.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, emotional, touching ...
Plot: elvis presley, biopic, rock and roll, unhappy ending, couples, rock, music, couple relations, artists and showbiz, musician's life, desire for fame, introspection ...
Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Competition (1980)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: The movie centers on a piano competition whose winner is assured of success. It is Paul's last chance to compete, but newcomer Heidi may be a better pianist. Can romance be far away? Will she take a dive despite the pressure to win from her ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, serious, realistic, uplifting ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: piano, love, music, fall in love, love affair, in love, musician, family relations, female nudity, bare breasts, sex, male nudity ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Shooting Livien (2005)
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 ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspense, bleak, independent film ...
Plot: musician's life, drug abuse, addiction, life is a bitch, music, lifestyle, ambition, showbiz, nightlife, alcohol abuse, identity crisis, lgbt ...
Place: new york, usa
⇓ 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%
Grace of My Heart (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: An aspiring singer, Denise Waverly/Edna Buxton, sacrifices her own singing career to write hit songs that launch the careers of other singers. The film follows her life from her first break, through the pain of rejection from the recording industry ...
Style: touching, lyrical, inspirational, sentimental, cult classic ...
Plot: songwriter, music, music industry, existentialism, loneliness, showbiz, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, ambition, rise and fall, self discovery, rock and roll ...
Time: year 1996, 70s, 60s, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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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 ⇓
20%
 7.3
 12K
Tender Mercies (1983)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Alchoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.
Style: touching, sentimental, realistic, atmospheric, sincere ...
Audience: family outing, date night
Plot: country music, character study, music, self discovery, small town, alcoholism, comeback, musician's life, starting over, divorce, love and romance, couples ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1983
Place: texas, midwest, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
The Five Heartbeats (1991)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: In the early 1960's, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky start, the group improves, turns pro, and rises to become a top flight music sensation. Along ...
Style: sentimental, hood, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: date night
Plot: music, racism, black, rock and roll, african american, friendship, blaxploitation, black history, music business, corruption, drug addiction, gangster ...
Time: 60s, year 1991, 70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Honeysuckle Rose (1980)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Buck Bonham (Willie Nelson) is a country singer, with a good family, struggling to find national fame. He juggles his music career with his responsibilities to his wife and son. He has everything going his way until the daughter of his former ...
Style: road movie, southern gothic, realistic, semi serious, touching ...
Plot: rock and roll, love, music, on the road, stranded, infidelity, friends, couples, introspection, moral dilemma, artists and showbiz, love and romance ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Listen to Your Heart (2010)
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, touching, sentimental, realistic, heartbreaking ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, teens
Plot: mute or deaf, family relations, fall in love, love and romance, couple relations, lifestyle, musician's life, couples, misfit, unfulfillment, parents and children, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, connecticut, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Sparkle (1976)
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 ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, entertaining ...
Plot: black, african american, drug addiction, urban, girl group, showbiz, african, girl power, rock and roll, ambitious woman, black cast, black history ...
Time: year 1976, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place: new york, harlem, new york city, usa, harlem, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998)
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, melancholic, inspirational, touching, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: music, biopic, showbiz, addiction, music business, greed, music band, black, drug addiction, rising to stardom, rise and fall, human nature ...
Time: 20th century, year 1998, 60s, 50s, 80s ...
Place: new york, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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