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Bettie Page: Dark Angel (2004)
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Bettie Page was America's number one pin-up girl in the 1950s and became a cult icon. This biopic tells the story of the last 3 years of her short-lived career, recreating the incriminating bondage films which gave her the nickname "Dark Angel", and led to her mysterious disappearance.
Style:
serious, realistic, sexual, captivating, sexy
Plot:
rise and fall, actor's life, desire for fame, fashion, friendship, obsession, life is a bitch, showbiz, workplace romance, lifestyle, workplace, artists and showbiz, against the rules, rising to stardom, destructive relationship, celebrity culture, sexual abuse, fetish, showgirl, friends, couples, gays and lesbians, sexual content, innocence lost, homecoming ...
Time:
50s, 20th century
Place:
new york, florida, tennessee
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and sexy films with plots about artists and showbiz, ambition, celebrity culture, showbiz, lifestyle, rising to stardom and unfulfillment mostly in Drama, Biography and Music genres. Some movies like Bettie Page: Dark Angel: Life (2015), Martin and Lewis (2002), The Brittany Murphy Story (2014), Polanski Unauthorized (2009), Anna Nicole (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: UK, Germany, Canada, Australia, USA
Duration: 111 min.
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In 1955, young photographer Dennis Stock develops a close bond with actor James Dean while shooting pictures of the rising Hollywood star.
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 92 min.
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Duration: 86 min.
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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79%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Voluptuous beauty Anna Nicole Smith marries an elderly millionaire and poses for Playboy, but after her husband's death, her excessive drinking, pill-popping and weight fluctuations take their toll.
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Genre: Biography, Drama
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Duration: 87 min.
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Born Vickie Lynn Hogan, she had a son at 18, became a stripper at 20, and married a billionaire at 26. Sheer determination turned her into Anna Nicole Smith, playmate, model and a household name.
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Chronicles Whitney Houston's rise to fame and turbulent relationship with husband Bobby Brown.
Style:
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65%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Duration: 100 min.
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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.
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
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Story:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Duration: 106 min.
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Story:
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