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Four Minutes (2006)
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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:
pianist, women's prison, lgbtq, classical music, prison, hopes, lgbt, prodigy, musician, lesbian, female friendship, teachers and students, musician's life, haunted by the past, talent, prison life, nervous breakdown, friendship, music, troubled, piano teacher, gay interest, running, destruction, adolescence ...
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, touching and captivating films with plots about music, musician, musician's life, friendship, artists and showbiz, hopes and pianist mostly in Drama, Music and Biography genres. Some movies like Four Minutes: Boychoir (2014), K-11 (2012), Springtime (2004), Lara (2019), So Hard to Forget (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, choir, dedicated educator, boys' choir, music school, teachers and students, troubled teen, classical music, orphan, boarding school, death of mother ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, texas
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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, realistic ...
Plot:
prison life, prison, fish out of water, hopes, gender, transsexual, confined, transgender, violence, gays and lesbians, rough sex, gay ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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100%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: South Korea
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A struggling musician takes a job teaching music to middle school children in a rural mining town.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, melancholic, realistic ...
Plot:
small town life, high school life, musician, teacher, school, musician's life, school teacher, music teacher, teachers and students, music, countryside, teacher student relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
korea
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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:
serious, melancholic, atmospheric, depressing, visual ...
Plot:
mother son conflict, musician, ex husband ex wife relationship, classical music, loneliness, depression, birthday, composer, music, girl, suicidal thoughts, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2019, 90s
Place:
germany, berlin germany
Similarity:
50%
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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, depression, lgbtq, gay ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
brazil, latin america
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52%
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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:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
prodigy, self discovery, hopes, ambition, musician's life, relationship vs career, family relations, orphan, dedicated educator, youth, single parent, music ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids.
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, touching, emotional, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, teens, kids, chick flick
Plot:
teacher, dedicated educator, musician, school teacher, music teacher, female protagonist, teacher student relationship, school, happy ending, music, violinist, single mother ...
Time:
20th century, year 1999, 90s, 80s
Place:
new york, harlem, new york city, usa, harlem, manhattan new york city ...
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52%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Germany
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A biography of Hildegard Knef, one of Germany's biggest post-war stars.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, sentimental, atmospheric ...
Plot:
world war two, music, post war, nazi germany, older man younger woman relationship, musician's life, artists and showbiz, performer's life, rise and fall, desire for fame, showbiz, follow your dream ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 60s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe
Similarity:
51%
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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, captivating, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
rock star, musician's life, homecoming, friendship, on the road, rock, small town, music band, artists and showbiz, ego clash, rock and roll, entertainment industry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
51%
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, parents and children, homecoming, unfulfillment, musician's life, music, family problems, family relations, haunted by the past, country, country music ...
Time:
year 2006
Similarity:
50%
418
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When world-famous conductor Eduard Sporck accepts the job to create an Israeli-Palestinian youth orchestra, he is quickly drawn into a tempest of sheer unsolvable problems.
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional, multicultural ...
Plot:
israeli palestinian conflict, train conductor, orchestra conductor, orchestra, musician, problem, social problems, music, classical music, social commentary, mentor, identity ...
Place:
israel, palestine, germany
Similarity:
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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:
touching, inspirational, feel good, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, family outing, kids, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
coming of age, ballet, working class, father son relationship, dancing, audition, gay, childhood, friendship, follow your dream, lgbtq, poverty ...
Time:
20th century, y2k, year 2000, 90s, year 1985 ...
Place:
england, london, northern england, europe
Similarity:
50%
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:
realistic, serious, sincere, touching, independent film
Plot:
redemption, musician's life, 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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49%
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, touching, sincere
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
small town, culture clash, family life, musician's life, dull life, supportive spouse, performer's life, family relations, music, music conductor, choir, orchestra ...
Time:
90s
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49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Turkey, Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Nejat seems disapproving about his widower father Ali's choice of prostitute Yeter for a live-in girlfriend. But he grows fond of her when he discovers she sends money home to Turkey for her daughter's university studies. Yeter's ...
Style:
emotional, touching, breathtaking, lyrical, psychological ...
Plot:
immigrant, tragic event, lgbtq, prostitute, student, loss of daughter, multiple storylines, rebelliousness, lgbt, coincidence, prison, migration ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s
Place:
germany, turkey, hamburg germany, middle east, istanbul turkey ...
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Country: Brazil
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
art house, art film, sincere, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
classical music, musician, violinist, pianist, musical performance, orchestra, love story, love and romance, love interest, musician's life, music, love affair ...
Time:
year 2000
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48%
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:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
blues, ambition, prodigy, musician's life, partner, criminal heroes, misfit, prison life, fish out of water, autism, basketball, piano ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, missouri
Similarity:
48%
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:
lesbian relationship, mountain, lesbian, family problems, couples, hopes, introspection, haunted by the past, dealing with death, gender, couple relations, death in the family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, scandinavia
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In post-war Germany, liberation by the Allies does not mean freedom for everyone. Hans Hoffmann is repeatedly imprisoned under Paragraph 175, which criminalizes homosexuality. Nevertheless, over the decades, he continues his quest for freedom and ...
Style:
lgbt cinema, touching, romantic, psychological, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
prison, lgbt, lgbtq, gay interest, homosexuality, prison sex, gay love, gay, prison life, gay cruising, gay bar, masturbation ...
Time:
20th century, year 1945, year 1969, year 1968, year 1957 ...
Place:
germany, west germany, australia
Similarity:
47%
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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:
dramatic, realistic, psychological, motivational, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama, adult
Plot:
music, jazz, obsession, emotional abuse, mentor, musician, teachers and students, drummer, follow your dream, desire for fame, musician's life, public humiliation ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, north america, peru, new york, usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: West Germany, UK, Sweden
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After a seven-year absence, Charlotte Andergast travels to Sweden to reunite with her daughter Eva. The pair have a troubled relationship: Charlotte sacrificed the responsibilities of motherhood for a career as a classical pianist. Over an emotional ...
Style:
art house, depressing, emotional, philosophical, intense ...
Plot:
marriage, autumn, dysfunctional family, mother daughter estrangement, child neglect, pianist, intimacy, reconciliation, classical music, family relations, musician, women ...
Time:
year 1978, 20th century, 70s
Place:
europe, eastern europe, scandinavia
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Details the life story of Scott Joplin and how he became the greatest ragtime composer of all time.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, period piece
Plot:
composer, jazz, syphilis, piano, blaxploitation, art, art history, biopic, interracial relations, artists and showbiz, society, prodigy ...
Time:
1900s, 1910s, 20th century, 1880s, 1890s
Place:
chicago, missouri, st. louis missouri
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Spain, Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Young aspiring pianist attracts attention of famous musicians. Chance encounters bring them together but expectations must be managed by all.
Style:
serious, sentimental, touching, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
gay relationship, gay, teenage boy, gay teenager, homosexuality, youth, lifestyle, lgbtq, gay son, lgbt, love affair, musician's life ...
Place:
new york, barcelona, usa, san francisco, california ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet is diagnosed with a life threatening illness, the group’s future suddenly hangs in the balance as suppressed emotions, competing egos and uncontrollable passions threaten to derail years ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, intense, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
classical music, musician, aging, music, musician's life, rehearsal, ego clash, intrigue, friendship, life is a bitch, rivalry, overcoming ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, california
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, Germany, 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:
period piece, captivating, realistic, touching, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
composer, classical music, musician, horse, mute or deaf, artist, music, biopic, musician's life, contests and competitions, love and romance, obsession ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, ancient times, 1800s, year 2006 ...
Place:
germany, austria, europe, vienna
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Ann leaves Thomas and everything else behind when she catches him kissing another woman. With her music and help from Georges, she begins a journey to find herself.
Style:
serious, emotional, touching, sincere, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
hopes, cheating boyfriend, starting over, self discovery, redemption, musician's life, friendship, dysfunctional couple, male female relationship, deception, father daughter reunion, new life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, france, europe, brittany, naples italy ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Ethan Bortnick plays the leading role as Nathan,a young boy who's separated from his mother when she goes missing during a trip to Japan to help after the tsunami. The movie explores issues like homelessness, military family life and adoption. ...
Style:
touching, serious, realistic, sincere, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
orphan, tsunami, boarding school, single parent, prodigy, musician, family relations, estrangement, boarding school life, hopes, foster child, concert ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
japan, detroit
Similarity:
46%
407
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Lodo is twenty years old and lives the difficulties of his age, between a difficult relationship with his father and the attempt to conquer Giulia, his roommate with whom he is madly in love. He performs with the MOB, an indie band, in a legendary ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
coming of age, artists' life, music, musician's life, musician, nostalgia, generation gap, character study, bittersweet, daydreamer, rock star, friendship ...
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
This poignant love story stars Amy Grant as a beautiful, blind concert cellist who falls for a famous, self-centered pianist but doesn't realize that true love is right before her eyes.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, touching, feel good ...
Plot:
blindness, blind character, blind man, love, relationships, concert, disability, power relations, couples, lifestyle, love and romance, musician's life ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Prey for Rock & Roll is set in the Los Angeles club scene of the late 1980s and follows the story of Jacki (Gershon) and her all-girl punk rock band, Clam Dandy. On the verge of turning 40, Jacki decides that if the band's one last shot ...
Style:
realistic, cynical, captivating, serious, sexual ...
Plot:
lesbian, female musician, revenge, concert, rape, musician's life, music band, ambition, rise and fall, inspiration, life is a bitch, lifestyle ...
Time:
80s, year 2003, y2k, 90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
45%
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