Movies and TV shows like Empire
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Empire (2015)
42K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A powerful family drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his throne.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, captivating, soap opera, suspense, queer cinema
Audience:
teens
Plot:
music, music business, hip hop, artists and showbiz, gay son, rapper, gay, african american family, ceo, musician's life, hip hop culture, sibling rivalry, family relations, ambition, black, workplace, couple relations, showbiz, brother brother relationship, lgbt, rivalry, power struggle, singer, black history, twists and turns ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
indiana, idaho, new york, usa
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Most similar movies to Empire
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and inspirational films and TV series with plots about ambition, music, hip hop, musician's life, artists and showbiz, lifestyle and black mostly in Drama, Music and Biography genres. Some movies like Empire: Star (2016), Elvis (2005), Wu-Tang: An American Saga (2019), Just Another Day (2009), Queens (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
6K
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Star is a tough-as-nails young woman who came up in the foster care system and decides one day to take control of her destiny. She tracks down her sister, Simone, and her Instagram bestie, Alexandra, and together, the trio journeys to Atlanta with ...
Style:
inspirational, entertaining, feel good, emotional, motivational
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dancing, urban, black, female protagonist, rise to the top, music band, promotion, music, glory, girl group, family relations, female friendship ...
Place:
atlanta georgia
Similarity:
100%
4K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 87 min.
TV show
Story:
A chronicle of the life of Elvis Presley (Rhys Meyers), from his humble beginnings to his rise to international stardom.
Style:
realistic, captivating, sentimental, touching, serious ...
Plot:
singer, biopic, desire for fame, rise and fall, musician's life, musician, success, artists and showbiz, folk hero, rising to stardom, life is a bitch, lifestyle ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 60s
Place:
las vegas, usa, beverly hills, memphis
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Tracks the Wu-Tang Clan's formation, a vision of Bobby Diggs, who strives to unite a dozen young, black men that are torn between music and crime but eventually rise to become the unlikeliest of American success stories.
Style:
realistic, suspense, sincere, exciting
Plot:
rapper, medieval, urban ghetto life, hip hop, hip hop culture, music, ambition, artists and showbiz, musician's life, social problems, friends, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Follows a day in the life of two men living at either end of the music game. A successful rapper, A-Maze, is dealing with the pitfalls and trappings of his success and facing new challenges in the music business to get a check while the other, Young ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hip hop, ambition, rivalry, profanity, urban, music, musician's life, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, showbiz, rap, music industry ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
miami, orlando florida, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Estranged and out-of-touch, four women in their 40s reunite for a chance to recapture their fame and regain the swagger they had as the Nasty Bitches—their ‘90s group that made them legends in the hip-hop world.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, queer cinema
Plot:
rap, hip hop, musician, music band, ambitious woman, desire for fame, reunited friends, female singer, direction and purpose, escapades, musician's life, music ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
27K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
The reboot follows two of America’s wealthiest families, the Carringtons and the Colbys, as they feud for control over their fortune and their children focusing on Fallon Carrington, the daughter of billionaire Blake Carrington, and her soon-to-be ...
Style:
artsy, captivating, soap opera, cynical
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rich, family business, intrigue, rivalry, twists and turns, family relations, love triangle, gay, feud, brother sister relationship, father daughter relationship, dialogue ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, atlanta georgia
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Twins Tal and Janelle relocate from Ohio to Atlanta, where at their new school High Water is always a beat.
Style:
captivating, inspirational, exciting, feel good, sweet ...
Plot:
dancing, dancer, school, hip hop, high school, dance school, dancer's life, music, hip hop culture, ambition, art, team ...
Place:
atlanta georgia, thailand
Similarity:
100%
6K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
An agoraphobic hip-hop prodigy and a disgraced former music manager cross paths in Chicago’s South Side and help each other face demons of their pasts.
Style:
inspirational, sincere, disturbing, psychological, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, mentor, black, rivalry, hopes, artists and showbiz, ambition, escapades, musician's life, rags to riches, music, youth ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Music
Country: Germany
Duration: 56 min.
TV show
Story:
A hip-hop producer gets tangled in organized crime when the gangster brother of his record label's owner returns from exile to claim his share.
Style:
crime drama, captivating, disturbing, psychological, tension ...
Plot:
music industry, organized crime, hip hop, producer, recording studio, musician, record company, music business, musician's life, showbiz, music, talent ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Street dancer Skyler comes out of the shadow of her trained dancer sister, Tosha, & joins a dance competition with the Honey dance studio; the prize is a college scholarship.
Style:
sincere, inspirational, captivating, entertaining, romantic
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
hip hop, ambition, follow your dream, dance, friendship, creativity, youth, rivalry, artists and showbiz, life philosophy, human spirit, choreographer ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.
Style:
hood, independent film, grim, intense, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, graffiti, dancing, subway, rap, gangster, black, urban, music, ghetto, discrimination, street gangster ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, bronx new york city, tokyo, israel ...
Similarity:
100%
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, hood, independent film, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
music, friendship, racism, black, rock and roll, african american, drug addiction, music business, rise and fall, blaxploitation, black history, corruption ...
Time:
60s, year 1991, 70s, 20th century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The Romans, America’s first family of country music, are fiercely talented, but while their name is synonymous with honesty, the very foundation of their success is a lie. When their reign as country royalty is put in jeopardy, Nicky Roman, the ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, tense, emotional, intense
Plot:
legacy, family drama, country music, musician, family problems, music industry, musician's life, rivalry, music, lifestyle, life is a bitch, competitor ...
Place:
nashville tennessee
Similarity:
100%
348K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The setting is Detroit in 1995. The city is divided by 8 Mile, a road that splits the town in half along racial lines. A young white rapper, Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. summons strength within himself to cross over these arbitrary ...
Style:
inspirational, sexy, realistic, serious, harsh ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
hip hop, underdog, music, rap, follow your dream, musician, urban ghetto life, success, urban ghetto, street gang, musician's life, trailer park ...
Time:
year 2002, 90s, year 1995, y2k, 2000s ...
Place:
detroit, michigan, los angeles, america, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
inspirational, intense, stylized, talky, sincere ...
Plot:
music, musician's life, blues, rock and roll, jazz, biopic, african american, singer, pop music, success, chess, music business ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1950s, year 2008, 1940s ...
Place:
chicago, usa, indiana, london, mississippi ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Italy
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Two brothers Tito and Paco have the same dream: to break into the rap music world. Paco is a born performer and Tito knows how to write like no other but ambition, life, and love for the same woman will test their bond.
Style:
captivating, psychological, emotional, intense, realistic
Plot:
hip hop, love triangle, ambition, brothers, music industry, musician, sibling rivalry, rap, brotherhood, music business, couple relations, male female relationship ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After the death of his younger brother, a troubled 19-year-old street dancer from Los Angeles is able to bypass juvenile hall by enrolling in the historically black, Truth University in Atlanta, Georgia. But his efforts to get an education and woo ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, touching, hood, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
dancing, music, street dance, dance, hip hop, competition, high school, black, campus, teenage love, university, black college ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, atlanta georgia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Musical prodigy, Sparkle (Jordin Sparks) struggles to become a star while overcoming issues that are tearing her family apart. From an affluent Detroit area and daughter to a single mother (Whitney Houston), she tries to balance a new romance with ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental, emotional, inspirational ...
Plot:
musician's life, family relations, ambition, rising to stardom, desire for fame, lifestyle, music band, artists and showbiz, family problems, showbiz, black, african american ...
Time:
year 2012, 60s, 20th century
Place:
michigan, detroit, usa
Similarity:
100%
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29K
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Rayna Jaymes and Juliette Barnes face personal and professional challenges as they navigate their paths as artists and individuals. Surrounding them, and often complicating their lives, are their family, friends and, in some cases, lovers, as well ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, sincere, serious, sentimental ...
Plot:
country music, fame, musician, music, hopes, music industry, closeted homosexual, celebrity, family relations, lifestyle, desire for fame, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, southern usa, nashville tennessee, tennessee
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The series follows the life of two sisters, Nova Bordelon and Charley Bordelon, who, with her teenage son Micah moves to the heart of Louisiana to claim an inheritance from her recently departed father - an 800-acre sugarcane farm.
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
sugarcane, black, farm, family relations, power relations, parents and children, life turned upside down, social relations, single parent, society, rivalry, ambition ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, louisiana, indiana, southern usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Rob Brooks, a female record store owner in the rapidly gentrified neighborhood of Crown Heights, Brooklyn revisit past relationships through music and pop culture, while trying to get over her one true love.
Style:
inspirational, atmospheric, sincere, romantic, lyrical ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
music, musician's life, couple relations, love affair, music fan, introspection, bisexual woman, romantic relationship, female protagonist, friendship, mishap, ex lover ...
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
At Mr. Rad's Warehouse, the best hip-hop crews in Los Angeles compete for money and respect. But when a suburban crew crashes the party, stealing their dancers - and their moves - two warring friends have to pull together to represent the ...
Style:
intense, stylized, humorous, hood, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
hip hop, dancing, street dance, dance, breakdance, competition, friendship, music, betrayal, follow your dream, rivalry, black ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The most feared battle emcee in early-'80s NYC was a fierce teenager from the Queensbridge projects with the weight of the world on her shoulders. At age 14, hustling the streets to provide for her family, Roxanne Shanté was well on her way to ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, hood
Plot:
longing, hip hop, ambition, rise to the top, gang, black, strong female character, life is a bitch, ghetto, homeless, african, poverty ...
Place:
indiana
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
An hour before the five best Dutch dance crews fly to a contest in New York, the subsidized trip is cancelled. Five dancers from totally different crews don't want to give up their free plane ticket and go anyway. In New York they realize what ...
Style:
exciting, serious, feel good, realistic
Audience:
teens
Plot:
follow your dream, dancer's life, contests and competitions, youth, friendship, disorder, lifestyle, music, hopes, hip hop, infidelity, dancing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
24K
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young woman is catapulted into pop stardom, with her already-famous DJ boyfriend calling the shots.
Style:
cult classic, melancholic, touching, exciting, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
music, hopes, female protagonist, showbiz, rise and fall, lifestyle, ambition, artists and showbiz, love affair, follow your dream, rising to stardom, parents and children ...
Time:
80s, year 2001, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, maryland, madison square garden manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
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, melancholic, touching, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
music, biopic, showbiz, addiction, greed, music business, dialogue, music band, black, drug addiction, rise and fall, rising to stardom ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 50s, 80s, 1950s ...
Place:
new york, los angeles, usa, california, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Colbys is an American prime time soap opera, which originally aired on ABC from November 20, 1985 to March 26, 1987. Produced by Aaron Spelling, it was a spin-off of Dynasty, which had been the highest rated series for the 1984–1985 U.S. ...
Style:
soap opera, saga, captivating, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
family business, long lost brother, poor, medieval, wealthy family, family relations, billionaire, couples, dishonesty, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, intrigue ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Three dance crews – one Latin American, one European and one Canadian – prepare to battle at the International Beat the World competition in Detroit. Along the way, they struggle with gambling debt, bad break-ups and their own egos. In the final ...
Style:
realistic, stylized, exciting, serious, independent film
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
street dance, dance, dancer's life, lifestyle, dancing, friendship, youth, rivalry, buddies, world spanning, friends, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
detroit, usa
Similarity:
100%
694
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The birth of a music label and three characters fighting for their dreams inside the complex inside the music industry.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, dramatic, historical drama ...
Plot:
music industry, music business, ambition, love triangle, fight, pop music, recording studio, fight for supremacy, music band, musician's life, social problems, musician ...
Time:
60s
Place:
spain, madrid
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
As Mexican-American Tejano singer Selena comes of age and realizes her dreams, she and her family make tough choices to hold on to love and music.
Style:
touching, factual, sincere, historical drama, uplifting
Plot:
singer, lifestyle, performer's life, dying young, showbiz, musician's life, family relations, racial segregation, life & death, artists and showbiz, rising to stardom, music ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
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