Movies like Talk to Me
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Talk to Me (2007)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music, War
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The story of Washington D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist in the 1960s.
Style:
sincere, inspirational, emotional, realistic, talky, touching, light, clever, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot:
radio, civil rights, african american, media, ex convict, protest, segregation, society, ambition, friendship, civil rights movement, hip hop, racism, assassination, drug addiction, manager, death, cancer, catastrophe, doctors, drug addict, relationships, women, life, writers ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 70s, 20th century, 1960s
Place:
washington d.c., africa, los angeles, new york, usa, california
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out dramatic, realistic, serious and inspirational films with plots about mentor, runaway, storytelling, brutality, justice, catastrophe and redemption mostly in Drama, Biography and Music genres. Some movies like Talk to Me: Malcolm X (1992), What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), Bobby (2006), Straight Outta Compton (2015), Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 202 min.
Story:
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left ...
Style:
inspirational, political, factual, intense, stylized ...
Plot:
civil rights, racism, politics, african american, civil rights movement, black history, assassination, islam, childhood, society, prison, racial slur ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 60s, 1940s, 1920s ...
Place:
usa, africa, new york, harlem, middle east ...
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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
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32%
42K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In 1968 the lives of a retired doorman, hotel manager, lounge singer, busboy, beautician and others intersect in the wake of Robert F. Kennedy's assassination at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
Style:
political, realistic, intense, light, melancholic ...
Plot:
politics, hotel, corruption, senator, assassination, brutality, relationships, racial slur, redemption, honest, reporter, state affairs ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1968
Place:
los angeles, california, texas, washington d.c., usa ...
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32%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, ...
Style:
realistic, intense, inspirational, lyrical, talky ...
Plot:
hip hop, music, racism, rags to riches, rap, gangsters, rapper, ghetto, fighting the system, police brutality, violence, african american ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century, year 1993, year 1986 ...
Place:
los angeles, california, new jersey, milwaukee wisconsin, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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360K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, South Africa, Italy, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, this film takes place in Rwanda in the 1990s when more than a million Tutsis were killed in a genocide that went mostly unnoticed by the rest of the world. Hotel owner Paul Rusesabagina houses over a thousand refuges in his ...
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emotional, rough, thought provoking, intense, sad ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
genocide, racism, war, hotel, against humanity, ethnic conflict, cruelty, politics, murder, un, war crime, human spirit ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
africa, rwanda, somalia, congo, tanzania
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28%
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, sexy, light, talky, satirical ...
Plot:
music, racism, rock and roll, african american, gangsters, friendship, blaxploitation, drug addiction, music business, corruption, musician, twists and turns ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
canada
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28%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
Style:
realistic, inspirational, talky, intense, stylized ...
Plot:
music, rock and roll, musician's life, blues, success, music business, african american, singer, jazz, greed, rags to riches, showbiz ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 50s, 1940s
Place:
usa, chicago illinois, poland, london, mississippi
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In ...
Style:
motivational, heartbreaking, disturbing, harsh, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
slavery, racism, survival, civil rights, torture, african american, interracial relations, freedom, life is a bitch, kidnapping, american history, separation from family ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1840s, 18th century
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, africa, usa, georgia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
151K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern ...
Style:
touching, sincere, inspirational, emotional, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
jazz, musician, african american, addiction, music, musician's life, blindness, pianist, heroin, blind character, disability, drugs ...
Time:
1930s, 60s, 50s, 70s, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, california, georgia, usa, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in 1923.
Style:
disturbing, rough, political, visually appealing, talky ...
Plot:
racism, african american, small town, civil rights, racial slur, murder, black history, massacre, politics, blaxploitation, serial killer, racial segregation ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
florida, south africa, california, africa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
35K
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, intense, serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
music, rock and roll, musician's life, death, interracial romance, musician, music business, rock, suspense, love story, happy ending, latin ...
Time:
50s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, tijuana mexico, new york ...
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26%
93K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Civil Rights ...
Style:
emotional, thought provoking, political, sincere, factual ...
Plot:
racism, civil rights, politics, civil rights movement, justice, african american, black history, racial discrimination, idealism, righting the wronged, president, human spirit ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1964, year 1963, year 1965
Place:
alabama, usa, southern usa, boston, birmingham alabama
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26%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In this biographical drama, Selena Quintanilla is born into a musical Mexican-American family in Texas. Her father, Abraham, realizes that his young daughter is talented and begins performing with her at small venues. She finds success and falls for ...
Style:
touching, sad, factual, emotional, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, kids, teens
Plot:
music, dancing, tragedy, childhood, women, musician's life, singer, musician, rising to stardom, rock and roll, human spirit, racial segregation ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, 60s
Place:
texas, california, mexico, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
45K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
NOTORIOUS is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (once selling crack to pregnant women) to one of the greatest rappers of all time; THE NOTORIOUS ...
Style:
melancholic, factual, serious, sincere, controversial ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, african american, music, urban ghetto life, murder, rising to stardom, gang, fame, gangsters, rap, death, life & death ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1983, 90s
Place:
new york, los angeles, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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25K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
Style:
emotional, talky, heartbreaking, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
music, friendship, showbiz, african american, musician, creativity, ambition, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, rising to stardom, musician's life, blind ambition ...
Time:
50s, 70s, 80s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
usa, boston, new jersey, south carolina, georgia
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25%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, South Africa
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village through to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, inspirational, political ...
Plot:
prison, rebellion, civil rights, human spirit, racism, prison life, oppression, courage, politics, brutality, heroes, survival ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s, 90s, 50s ...
Place:
south africa, africa
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25%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer that came from poverty to fame.
Style:
sentimental, touching, emotional, realistic, feel good ...
Plot:
country music, music, female protagonist, poverty, singer, musician, rags to riches, music business, rising to stardom, women, human spirit, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
usa, kentucky, nashville tennessee, washington state, appalachia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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117K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A look at the life of Cecil Gaines who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
Style:
touching, emotional, bad ending, political, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
civil rights, racism, u.s. president, black history, president, butler, injustice, african american, prejudice, father son relationship, white house, segregation ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 60s, 50s, year 2008 ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, africa, tennessee, cuba ...
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24%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
Style:
realistic, bleak, touching, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
hip hop, midlife crisis, music, rapper, hip hop culture, musician, rap, career, gangsters, friendship, drug abuse, drug dealing ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
memphis, los angeles, tennessee, usa, mount everest ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Lange stunningly portrays Patsy Cline, the velvet-voiced country singer who died in a tragic plane crash.
Style:
factual, realistic, sexy, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
musician's life, showbiz, fame, air disaster, historical figure, family problems, love and romance, women, ambition, country music, rising to stardom, couples ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 50s, year 1956, year 1961 ...
Place:
nashville tennessee, west virginia, virginia
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23%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two women, black and white, in 1955 Montgomery Alabama, must decide what they are going to do in response to the famous bus boycott lead by Martin Luther King.
Style:
inspirational, thought provoking, realistic, touching, gothic ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
racism, civil rights, segregation, african american, friendship, women, ku klux klan, racial segregation, boycott, bus, master and servant, unlikely friendships ...
Time:
50s, year 1955, 20th century
Place:
alabama, new jersey, usa, southern usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
13K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
Saxophone player Charlie Parker comes to New York in 1940. He is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, gloomy, sexy, factual ...
Plot:
jazz, music, heroin, addiction, childhood, drug abuse, showbiz, musician, tragedy, rock and roll, character study, african american ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 20th century
Place:
africa, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Zimbabwe, USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, ...
Style:
inspirational, political, thought provoking, edutainment, feel good ...
Plot:
racism, apartheid, politics, human rights, journalism, social injustice, friendship, reporter, murder, idealism, journalist, slavery ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1977, year 1975
Place:
south africa, africa, england, cape town south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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:
humorous, feel good, enigmatic, talky, entertaining ...
Plot:
music, musician, rock, singer, rock music, showbiz, air disaster, tragedy, runaway, life & death, lone hero, suspense ...
Time:
50s, 70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
texas, austin texas, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug addiction are featured.
Style:
gloomy, realistic, melancholic, intense, dramatic ...
Plot:
jazz, drug abuse, music, musician, african american, drug addiction, racism, blaxploitation, singer, women, rape, sexual abuse ...
Time:
1930s, 70s, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
harlem, new york city, usa, new york, baltimore, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
120K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl Brashear sets his sights on becoming the Navy's first African-American master diver in this uplifting true ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, motivational, emotional, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
racism, african american, military, u.s. navy, human spirit, courage, racial discrimination, navy, racial segregation, against the odds, prejudice, diving ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 50s
Place:
cuba, new jersey, africa, usa, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
102K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his ...
Style:
inspirational, uplifting, touching, sincere, thought provoking ...
Plot:
boxing, muslim, african american, racism, sport, civil rights, friendship, fight, rise to the top, human spirit, politics, comeback ...
Time:
70s, 60s, year 1964, year 1974, 20th century
Place:
africa, usa, nigeria
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
175K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The story of California's first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, who became an outspoken agent for change, seeking equal rights and opportunities for all. His great love for the city and its people brought him backing from young and ...
Style:
thought provoking, political, realistic, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
gay, politics, homosexual, murder, gays and lesbians, homosexuality, protest, discrimination, male homosexuality, politician, gender, homosexual history ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1972, year 1977, year 1976 ...
Place:
california, san francisco, new york, usa, oklahoma ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Three young women – Deena Jones, Effie White and Lorrell Robinson – dream of becoming pop stars and they get their wish when they're chosen to be backup singers for the legendary James 'Thunder' Early.
Style:
stylized, emotional, lyrical, melancholic, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
african american, performer's life, showbiz, music, dancing, musician, manager, unlikely friendships, fame, backstage, lifestyle, desire for fame ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
michigan, chicago illinois, detroit, los angeles, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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