Movies like Topsy-Turvy
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Topsy-Turvy (1999)
14K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which opens the way to "The Mikado," one of the duo's greatest successes.
Style:
witty, talky, independent film, meta, cult classic, historical drama, touching, humorous, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
music, composer, biopic, writers, theater, rehearsal, opera, dancing, samurai, inspiration, valet, playwright, musician, civil war, past, victorian england, humour, female protagonist, filmmaking, pop music, music and dance, partner, artist, friends, creator ...
Time:
victorian era, year 1999, 1800s, 19th century, 1880s, 18th century, victorian
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, paris france
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Most similar movies to Topsy-Turvy
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, stylized, talky and humorous films with plots about artists and showbiz, culture clash, dialogue, runaway, mentor, storytelling and drinking mostly in Drama, Comedy and Biography genres. Some movies like Topsy-Turvy: Amadeus (1984), All That Jazz (1979), Mr. Turner (2014), De-Lovely (2004), The Devil's Violinist (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, France
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
The incredible story of genius musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri – now confined to an insane asylum.
Style:
clever, costume drama, period piece, atmospheric, historical drama ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
classical music, music, composer, genius, mozart, musician, envy, opera, character study, musician's life, mentor, prodigy ...
Time:
18th century, 1790s, 1820s, 1800s, 1780s ...
Place:
vienna, austria, eastern europe, italy, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his ...
Style:
surreal, cerebral, captivating, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
music, workaholic, showbiz, jazz, theater, death, dancing, filmmaking, heart disease, price of fame, father daughter relationship, divorce ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 70s, year 1979
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA, Belgium
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.
Style:
sincere, costume drama, clever, surreal, meditative ...
Plot:
painter, painting, artist, biopic, art, eccentricity, art history, character study, estrangement, couple relations, elderly, love and romance ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, 1830s, 1840s, ancient times ...
Place:
london, england, britain, holland
Similarity:
100%
12K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
From Paris to Venice to Broadway to Hollywood, the lives of Cole Porter and his wife, Linda were never less than glamorous and wildly unconventional. And though Cole's thirst for life strained their marriage, Linda never stopped being his muse, ...
Style:
stylized, lyrical, captivating, atmospheric, sincere ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
biopic, gay, jazz, showbiz, musician's life, musician, music, lgbtq, disability, infidelity, rehearsal, terminal illness ...
Time:
1930s, year 2004, 1940s, 1920s, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, venice, usa, italy, paris france ...
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100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Musical
Country: Germany, Italy, Austria
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The life story of Italian violinist and composer, Niccolò Paganini, who rose to fame as a virtuoso in the early 19th Century.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, atmospheric, costume drama ...
Plot:
musician's life, composer, violinist, deal with the devil, rise to the top, genius, classical music, musician, music, biopic, rising to stardom, womanizer ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, 1830s, victorian era, georgian era
Place:
italy, london
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Eccentric 70-year-old widow purchases the Windmill Theatre in London as a post-widowhood hobby. After starting an innovative continuous variety review, which is copied by other theaters, they begin to lose money. Mrs Henderson suggests they add ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, emotional, period piece, touching ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
world war two, closeted homosexual, brutality, unwanted pregnancy, showbiz, couples, art, friendship, nobility, chorus line, audition, love and romance ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century, year 2005, year 1937
Place:
london, england, france, europe, west end london ...
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court
Style:
humorous, lyrical, feel good, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
radio, backstage, country music, musician's life, lifestyle, society, showbiz, artists and showbiz, music, singer, death, storytelling ...
Time:
year 2006, 70s, 21st century
Place:
minnesota, usa, chicago, wisconsin, texas ...
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100%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Oscar Wilde watches an outrageous staging of his banned play "Salome" at a London brothel, with parts played by prostitutes, Wilde's host, his lover Bosey, and Lady Alice.
Style:
costume drama, sexual, historical drama, biblical, sex comedy ...
Plot:
erotica, infidelity, sex, nudity, prostitute, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, prophet, desire, decapitation, locked in a cage, seductress, incest ...
Time:
1st century, 19th century, 1890s, victorian era
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When a rock band at the top of their game suddenly loses their leader, their direction suddenly becomes questionable. All the band members know is that the leader's clothes were found at the edge of a waterfront and he had not been seen since. ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
musician, culture clash, friends, music band, society, artists and showbiz, disorder, power relations, misfit, love and romance, social differences, fish out of water ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In "A Mighty Wind", director Christopher Guest reunites the team from "Best In Show" and "Waiting for Guffman" to tell tell the story of 60's-era folk musicians, who inspired by the death of their former manager, ...
Style:
mockumentary, humorous, parody, light, talky ...
Plot:
music, satire, musician, lovers reunited, folk singer, singer, music band, love and romance, showbiz, lifestyle, musician's life, buddies ...
Time:
2000s, 20th century, 60s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A comedic biopic focused on the life of fictional jazz guitarist Emmett Ray. Ray was an irresponsible, free-spending, arrogant, obnoxious, alcohol-abusing, miserable human being, who was also arguably the best guitarist in the world.
Style:
atmospheric, talky, sentimental, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
music, jazz, dark humor, art, infidelity, love and romance, musician's life, artists and showbiz, dishonesty, fall in love, writers, addiction ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1999
Place:
new york, chicago, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future following the suicide of his singing partner.
Style:
atmospheric, depressing, black comedy, meditative, contemplative ...
Plot:
music, homeless, musician, loneliness, musician's life, cat, character study, depression, financial problem, aspiring singer, road trip, melancholy ...
Time:
60s, year 2013, 2010s, year 1961, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, indiana, chicago, somalia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Jimmy Rabbitte, just a tick out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females ...
Style:
independent film, cult classic, realistic, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
musician, working class, music, rock and roll, profanity, singer, friendship, rock, blues, bittersweet, rock music, young couple ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, england, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
On the cusp of his 30th birthday, Jonathon Larson, a promising young theater composer, navigates love, friendship, and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City.
Style:
touching, emotional, sincere, sweet, powerful ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
theater, believe in yourself, broadway, gay interest, composer, music, musician, gay friend, male male relationship, screenwriter, lost love, best friend ...
Time:
2020s, 90s, year 1992, year 1990
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, north america
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Moments from the uncompromisingly bleak existence of a secretary, her retarded sister, aloof and uneasy teacher boyfriend, bizzare neighbour and irritating workmate.
Style:
independent film, cult classic, realistic, serious, talky ...
Plot:
female nudity, tenant, secretary, office worker, thirty something, mental illness, restaurant, friendship, nudity, medium, waiter, van ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s
Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In 1857, at the height of his fame and fortune, novelist and social critic Charles Dickens meets and falls in love with teenage stage actress Nelly Ternan. As she becomes the focus of his heart and mind, as well as his muse, painful secrecy is the ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, sentimental, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
love affair, actress, writers, writer's life, forbidden love, biopic, older man younger woman relationship, secret relationship, affair, scandal, secret, marital discord ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, ancient times, 1860s, 1850s ...
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, manchester
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Based on the life and career of legendary entertainer, Bobby Darin, the biopic moves back and forth between his childhood and adulthood, to tell the tale of his remarkable life. Kevin Spacey did his own singing for Beyond the Sea, recreating Bobby ...
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, touching, stylized, intense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
music, biopic, musician, showbiz, singer, nightclub, musician's life, lifestyle, rise and fall, rising to stardom, ambition, dancing ...
Time:
50s, year 2004, 60s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
usa, las vegas, italy, new york, pacific ocean ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, leads aerobics at a primary school, jokes like a vaudevillian, agrees to waitress at a friend's new restaurant and dotes on ...
Style:
sentimental, sexy, sweet, independent film, compassionate ...
Plot:
working class, food, secret lover, nothing goes right, restaurant, compassion, dysfunctional family, eating disorder, midlife crisis, depression, family drama, rebellious daughter ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.
Style:
retro, realistic, semi serious, captivating, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
stripper, burlesque, dancing, mother daughter relationship, mother, theater, fame, domineering mother, ambition, broadway, based on broadway musical, theatrical agent ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s ...
Place:
kansas
Similarity:
21%
2K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 176 min.
Story:
Gertrude Lawrence rises to stage stardom at the cost of happiness.
Style:
non-linear, captivating, stylized, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
biopic, world war one, music, actor's life, ambition, celebrity culture, chorus girl, cinderella story, relationship vs career, showbiz, starlet, couples ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 1920s, 1910s
Place:
usa, london, new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Mike Leigh’s much praised 2010 tragicomical drama. During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives.
Style:
emotional, touching, meditative, psychological, sincere ...
Plot:
loneliness, friendship, midlife crisis, family life, everyday life, jealousy, parents and children, marriage, suffering, gardening, insomnia, character study ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 90s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, europe, paris france, ireland ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
The life of comedienne Fannie Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of the Lower East Side, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, including her marriage to and eventual divorce from her first husband, Nick Arnstein.
Style:
touching, witty, light, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, girls' night, date night, adult
Plot:
divorce, marriage, broadway, dancing, biopic, women, showgirl, gambling debt, mother daughter relationship, gambler, theatrical producer, showbiz ...
Time:
1910s, 1920s, 20th century, 1900s, 1930s ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, baltimore, chicago ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
New York, 1937. A teenager hired to star in Orson Welles' production of Julius Caesar becomes attracted to a career-driven production assistant.
Style:
talky, emotional, realistic, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
coming of age, art, historical figure, youth, actor's life, teenage life, blind ambition, artists and showbiz, boss and employee, fall in love, mentor, self discovery ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 2008, year 1937, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, grand central station manhattan new york city, england ...
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20%
Movie in collections
208K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.
Style:
inspirational, uplifting, touching, stylized, compassionate ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
musician, rock music, homosexual, homosexuality, biopic, lgbt, gay, rock and roll, addiction, pop music, rising to stardom, drug use ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, 70s, 2010s, future ...
Place:
california, england, los angeles, london, new york ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.
Style:
witty, touching, talky, semi serious, social ...
Plot:
homeless, elderly, intergenerational friendship, friendship, catholic, nun, cemetery, poverty, van, social differences, homelessness, old woman ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
King George III's erratic behaviour leads to a plot in Parliament to have him declared insane and removed from the throne.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, political, talky, clever ...
Plot:
monarchy, politics, biopic, royalty, nobility, aristocracy, mental illness, royal court, monarch, king of england, british monarchy, royal family ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, year 1994, georgian era, victorian era ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, north america, london
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Two young women reunite and rekindle their friendship after having said goodbye at their college graduation, six years earlier.
Style:
cult classic, realistic, talky, witty, independent film ...
Plot:
college, life & death, female friendship, graduation, friendship, bittersweet, women, loser, female bonding, angry, meaning of life, railway ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1997, 80s
Place:
london, europe, england, new jersey, tokyo
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland, Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In 1843, Dickens was a literary rock star, but struggling financially after the slow sales of his previous novel, Martin Chuzzlewit. Seized with the vision of a story that would fire the hearts of humanity, Dickens pitched his publishers A Christmas ...
Style:
costume drama, period piece, feel good, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot:
christmas, writers, charles dickens, victorian england, book, publisher, holiday, inspiration, father son relationship, debt, poverty, christmas carol ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, future, 1800s, year 1943
Place:
turkey, england, new york, london
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Bristol, England, early 19th century. A beautiful young stranger who speaks a weird language is tried for the crime of begging. But when a man claims that he can translate her dialect, it is understood that the woman is a princess from a far away ...
Style:
sweet, witty, semi serious, humorous, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, date night, chick flick
Plot:
couples, love and romance, disorder, hidden identity, master and servant, rich and poor, cinderella story, monarchy, renaissance, monarch, village, village life ...
Time:
19th century, 1810s, victorian era, year 1994, 1800s ...
Place:
england, europe, london, fictional island, bristol
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: France, Italy, Belgium, UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Farinelli is a 1994 biopic film about the life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singers of all time.
Style:
sexy, emotional, heartbreaking, realistic, factual ...
Plot:
opera, music, art, opera singer, brother brother relationship, classical music, destiny, life philosophy, musician, siblings relations, sex, artist ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, year 1994
Place:
europe, madrid, napoli italy, italy, london ...
Similarity:
19%
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