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Four Minutes (2006)
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Four Minutes (2006)
Original name: Vier Minuten
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Jenny is young. Her life is over. She killed someone. And she would do it again. When an 80-year-old piano teacher discovers the girl’s secret, her brutality and her dreams, she decides to transform her pupil into the musical wunderkind she once was.
Style: psychological, atmospheric, captivating, emotional, sincere, sad, independent film, serious, realistic, gay cinema ...
Plot: women's prison, pianist, classical music, prison, lgbt, prodigy, lesbian, female friendship, teachers and students, musician's life, haunted by the past, hopes, prison life, lgbtq, lesbian interest, friendship, musician, music, lesbian relationship, troubled, piano teacher, piano, bdsm, running, lesbian teen ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century, contemporary
Place: germany

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sincere and touching films with plots about music, musician, artists and showbiz, musician's life, hopes, classical music and pianist mostly in Drama, Music and Biography genres. Some movies like Four Minutes: Lara (2019), The Chorus (2004), Bandits (1997), Boychoir (2014), K-11 (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Lara (2019)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: It is Lara's sixtieth birthday and it is surely no coincidence that her son Viktor is giving the most important piano concert of his career – since it was her who mapped out and forced Victor's musical career in the first place. Yet the ...
Style: melancholic, serious, atmospheric, depressing, visual ...
Plot: mother son conflict, classical music, ex husband ex wife relationship, loneliness, depression, musician, composer, birthday, music, girl, mother daughter conflict, suicidal thoughts ...
Time: 90s, year 2019
Place: germany, berlin germany
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100%
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The Chorus (2004)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Set in 1940's France, a new teacher at a school for disruptive boys gives hope and inspiration.
Style: touching, inspirational, uplifting, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens, teen drama
Plot: boarding school, teacher, childhood, music, teachers and students, children, boss, boarding school life, musician, friendship, orphan, school ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 2004
Place: france, new york, switzerland, europe
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100%
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Bandits (1997)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Four female cons who have formed a band in prison get a chance to play at a police ball outside the walls. They take the chance to escape. Being on the run from the law they even make it to sell their music and become famous outlaws.
Style: surreal, light, talky, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: music, prison, redemption, family drama, unlikely friendships, music business, music band, confined, partner, criminal heroes, friends, disorder ...
Place: germany, bolivia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Boychoir (2014)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Stet, a troubled and angry 11-year-old orphan from a small Texas town, ends up at a Boy Choir school back East after the death of his single mom. Completely out of his element, he finds himself in a battle of wills with a demanding Choir Master who ...
Style: sentimental, serious, realistic, touching
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: boy, music, music school, choir, boarding school, boys' choir, teachers and students, dedicated educator, orphan, classical music, troubled teen, death of mother ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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K-11 (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Raymond Saxx Jr., a powerful record producer, wakes from a drug-induced blackout to find himself locked up and classified "K-11." Plunged into a nightmarish world ruled by a transsexual diva named Mousey, Raymond is truly a fish out of ...
Style: psychological, serious, rough, bleak, tense ...
Plot: prison life, gender, prison, fish out of water, hopes, transsexual, confined, transgender, violence, gays and lesbians, gay, fight ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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100%
The Piano Teacher (2001)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, Austria, Germany
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.
Style: sexual, disturbing, psychological, controversial, bleak ...
Audience: adult
Plot: bdsm, older woman younger man relationship, age difference, teacher, mother daughter relationship, sexual relations, desire, rape, masochism, fetish, sex, perversion ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: germany, france, austria, europe, vienna
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67%
You Will Be Mine (2009)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Marie leaves home to study the piano at the conservatory in Lyons. Through lack of money, she is obliged to share an apartment with Emma, a friend of the family who has lived alone since the death of her father. The two young women develop a strange ...
Style: serious, psychological, realistic, sexy, tense ...
Plot: lesbian, dangerous attraction, lesbian relationship, gender, lgbt, youth, love and romance, lifestyle, musician's life, dishonesty, student life, unfulfilled love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, lyon, europe
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49%
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Together (2002)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: China, South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story: When a violin prodigy Xiaochun and his father head to Beijing seeking fame and fortune, they soon discover a fierce world of cutthroat ambition. But when Xiaochun is "adopted" by a famous music tutor, success finally seems within reach - ...
Style: touching, sentimental, stylized, uplifting, atmospheric ...
Plot: father son relationship, youth, music, coming of age, prodigy, rise to the top, musician's life, teenage life, hopes, teachers and students, humanity, family relations ...
Time: year 2002
Place: china, beijing china, asia
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35%
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Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but ...
Style: inspirational, touching, sentimental, serious, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: music, high school, classical music, school, composer, teacher, teaching, honest, musician, sign language, unlikely friendships, inspiration ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 60s, 80s, 90s
Place: oregon, portland oregon
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34%
Beyond Silence (1996)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Beyond Silence is about a family and a young girl’s coming of age story. This German film looks into the lives of the deaf and at a story about the love for music. A girl who has always had to translate speech into sign language for her deaf ...
Style: touching, realistic, sad, spiritual, crying ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: coming of age, father daughter relationship, sign language, deaf mute, deaf, brother sister relationship, aunt niece relationship, love, bicycle, audition, deafness, music ...
Time: year 1996, 90s
Place: berlin germany, germany, italy
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33%
So Hard to Forget (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Julia is a 35-year-old English Literature teacher struggling with depression as she tries to get her life back together again after her long, intense love affair with Antonia. Feeling totally abandoned after she and her enigmatic girlfriend broke ...
Style: psychological, serious, emotional, captivating, deep ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbian relationship, lgbt, starting over, haunted by the past, gender, breakup, unfulfilled love, unfulfillment, lesbian love, depression, gay ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil, latin america
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33%
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Mel & Jenny (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Eternal daydreamer Mel can't wait to quit her sucky catering job and fly to her dream destination: Portugal. Things change when the beautiful Jenny literally crashes into her life when Mel nearly runs her over in her classic BMW. It is love at ...
Style: semi serious, captivating, psychological, emotional, lgbt cinema ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian teen, lgbt, fall in love, girlfriend, couples, daydreamer, young love, car accident, self discovery, gender disguise ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, portugal
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Hilde (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Germany
Duration: 137 min.
Story: A biography of Hildegard Knef, one of Germany's biggest post-war stars.
Style: captivating, atmospheric, sentimental, serious, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, musician's life, performer's life, artists and showbiz, older man younger woman relationship, nazi germany, desire for fame, rise and fall, showbiz, human nature, music, lifestyle ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 60s, 50s, 1950s
Place: berlin germany, germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
The Beat That My Heart Skipped (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Like his father, Tom is a real estate agent who makes his money from dirty, and sometimes brutal, deals. But a chance encounter prompts him to take up the piano and become a concert pianist. He auditions with the help of a beautiful, young virtuoso ...
Style: tense, neo noir, lyrical, stylized, talky ...
Plot: piano, male nudity, going straight, violence, father son relationship, storytelling, dysfunctional family, pianist, hopes, follow your dream, teachers and students, gang war ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, paris france, europe, china
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30%
Madame Sousatzka (1988)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 122 min.
Story: The relationship between a demanding piano teacher and her student, an Indian prodigy.
Style: touching, sentimental, multicultural, realistic, serious
Plot: teacher, piano, women, music, coming of age, culture clash, youth, child prodigy, dedicated educator, eccentricity, teaching, friendship ...
Time: 80s
Place: london, england, europe
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28%
The Page Turner (2006)
Genre: Drama, Music, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Mélanie Prouvost, a ten-year-old butcher's daughter, is a gifted pianist. That is why she and her parents decide that she sit for the Conservatory entrance exam. Although Mélanie is very likely to be admitted, she unfortunately gets ...
Style: suspense, serious, psychological, realistic, tense ...
Plot: revenge, older woman younger woman relationship, music, lesbian, family relations, audition, vengeance, friendship, parents and children, pianist, lesbian subtext, mentally unstable ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: france
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28%
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (2009)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In this film, childhood friends come face to face with the demons of rock and roll (lust, drugs, and passion) on a cross-country road trip that compels them to face their past, present, and future. Rocker Spyder, whose debut album was a huge hit saw ...
Style: realistic, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: rock star, musician's life, homecoming, on the road, rock, friendship, small town, music band, ego clash, artists and showbiz, entertainment industry, rock and roll ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Music of the Heart (1999)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids.
Style: touching, sentimental, uplifting, emotional, inspirational ...
Audience: family outing, teens, girls' night
Plot: teacher, dedicated educator, music teacher, female protagonist, school, music, violinist, biopic, happy ending, education, school teacher, fighting the system ...
Time: 20th century, year 1999, 90s, 80s
Place: new york, harlem, new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, harlem
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Vitus (2006)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Vitus tells the story of a highly-gifted boy (played by real-life piano prodigy Teo Gheorghiu) whose parents have demanding and ambitious plans for him.
Style: sincere, semi serious, realistic, feel good, touching ...
Plot: child prodigy, prodigy, boy, youth, music, coming of age, childhood, family relations, pianist, parents and children, overbearing parent, friendship ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: switzerland, europe, zurich switzerland
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Tonic Dominant (2000)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Three days in the life of a young clarinetist (Fernando Alves Pinto), who is in love with a violinist (Vera Zimmerman), but can't get her attention. In the first day he feels alone and frail; in the second day what was supposed to be pleasant ...
Style: psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing
Plot: classical music, musician, violinist, musical performance, pianist, orchestra, love story, love and romance, love interest, music, musician's life, in love ...
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27%
Broken Bridges (2006)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A fading country music star (Keith) returns to his hometown, where he reunites with his childhood sweetheart and also meets his 16-year-old daughter for the first time.
Style: realistic, sentimental, serious, touching, independent film
Plot: starting over, artists and showbiz, homecoming, parents and children, music, unfulfillment, musician's life, family relations, family problems, haunted by the past, country, country music ...
Time: year 2006
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26%
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The Mountain (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 73 min.
Story: This is the story of Nora and Solveig, a grief-stricken couple on a hike through the mountain range where they had a traumatic experience two years prior. Nora and Solveig are hiking through a snow-covered, rough, but beautiful scenery on a tour of ...
Style: emotional, serious, realistic, sincere, atmospheric ...
Plot: mountain, lesbian relationship, lesbian, hopes, introspection, couples, family problems, haunted by the past, couple relations, dealing with death, gender, death in the family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Copying Beethoven (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Germany, UK, Hungary
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A fictionalised exploration of Beethoven's life in his final days working on his Ninth Symphony. It is 1824. Beethoven is racing to finish his new symphony. However, it has been years since his last success and he is plagued by deafness, ...
Style: realistic, captivating, touching, serious, stylized ...
Audience: date night
Plot: composer, classical music, musician, horse, artist, mute or deaf, biopic, music, pianist, musician's life, contests and competitions, love and romance ...
Time: 19th century, 1820s, 1800s, ancient times, year 2006 ...
Place: germany, europe, austria, vienna
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Stanley's Gig (2000)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An emotionally dysfunctional ukulele minstrel lands a gig at a nursing home where he strikes up an unlikely relationship with an ancient jazz chanteuse and awakens from a lifetime of loneliness and inconsequence.
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, touching, independent film
Plot: musician's life, redemption, hopes, love and romance, haunted by the past, friendship, daydreamer, comeback, jazz, singer, cruise, retirement home ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
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25%
 7.7
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Billy Elliot (2000)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Set against the background of the 1984 Miner's Strike, Billy Elliot is an 11 year old boy who stumbles out of the boxing ring and onto the ballet floor. He faces many trials and triumphs as he strives to conquer his family's set ways, ...
Style: inspirational, touching, feel good, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience: date night, family outing, kids, teens, girls' night ...
Plot: coming of age, ballet, working class, father son relationship, dancing, friendship, childhood, gay, audition, poverty, follow your dream, boxing ...
Time: year 1984, 20th century, y2k, year 2000, 90s ...
Place: england, northern england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Sandy Bottom Orchestra (2000)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The young-adult novel by Garrison Keillor and Jenny Lind Nilsson gets a lively update in this Showtime feature about an unusual family in Sandy Bottom, Wisconsin. The Greens share musical aspirations, but daughter Rachel (Madeline Zima), a talented ...
Style: serious, realistic, feel good, sincere, touching
Audience: girls' night
Plot: small town, family life, culture clash, musician's life, dull life, performer's life, supportive spouse, family relations, music, music conductor, choir, orchestra ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 8.5
 976K
Whiplash (2014)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
Style: motivational, dramatic, psychological, inspirational, realistic ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, teen drama, adult
Plot: music, jazz, obsession, mentor, teachers and students, follow your dream, emotional abuse, desire for fame, drummer, musician's life, musician, public humiliation ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: peru, manhattan new york city, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.7
 427
Killer Diller (2004)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A guitar playing car thief meets an autistic savant piano player, and together they transform a group of reluctant halfway house convicts into The Killer Diller Blues Band.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, captivating ...
Plot: blues, ambition, prodigy, musician's life, partner, misfit, criminal heroes, prison life, fish out of water, autism, piano, college ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Affinity (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Romania, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A grieving upper class woman becomes a "Lady Visitor" at Millbank prison, hoping to escape her troubles and be a guiding figure in the lives of the female prisoners. Of all her friendships with prisoners, she is most fascinated by Selina - ...
Style: serious, psychological, suspense, enigmatic, captivating ...
Plot: prison, lesbian, lesbian interest, lgbt, gays and lesbians, supernatural ability, obsession, death in the family, lgbtq, women's prison, lesbian relationship, lesbian teen ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1870s
Place: britain, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 6.3
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Prodigy (2007)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Naruse Uta is a "unique" 13 year old child. She possessed the talent to read sheet music even before she could speak, but has now come to the point where she hates playing the piano. Her father was also a piano virtuoso, but mysteriously ...
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, touching
Plot: prodigy, musician's life, ambition, relationship vs career, self discovery, orphan, family relations, hopes, youth, dedicated educator, single parent, music ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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