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The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
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The Jacksons are your average working-class family in Gary, Indiana; but when their father discovers the kids have an extraordinary musical talent they form a band. Winning talent show after talent show they soon hit it big when Motown calls. From there they become the now famous Jackson 5. But along the way their success brings trouble and turmoil.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, controversial
Plot:
music, music band, follow your dream, musician's life, desire for fame, youth, family problems, working class, performer's life, family relations, american dream, teenage life, crumbling marriage, siblings relations, artists and showbiz, hopes, rising to stardom, teenage boy, brother brother relationship, mother son relationship, dancing, gangsters, black cast, rock and roll, blaxploitation ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 60s, 50s, 1940s, 40s, 1950s ...
Place:
indiana, alabama, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and sentimental films and TV series with plots about artists and showbiz, musician's life, ambition, rising to stardom, music, showbiz and singer mostly in Music, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like The Jacksons: An American Dream: The Temptations (1998), What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), Jersey Boys (2014), The Buddy Holly Story (1978), Nicky Jam: El Ganador (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 175 min.
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The true story of The Temptations, the Soul vocal group of the 1960s, as seen from the viewpoint of the last surviving member, Otis Williams. Beginning from their humble origins in the late 50s and continuing through the 90s and the deaths of the ...
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captivating, serious, realistic
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michigan, detroit, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
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A film about the singer Tina Turner and how she rose to stardom with her abusive husband Ike Turner and how she gained the courage to break free.
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inspirational, sincere, intense, emotional, serious ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
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This movie re-creates the life stories of the members of the rock group "The Beach Boys. The film focuses primarily on the Wilson brothers and their parents, but also includes stories about the rest of members of the band. A two-part television ...
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realistic, serious, captivating
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music band, musician's life, rising to stardom, teenage love, friends, life is a bitch, artists and showbiz, ambition, listener, rock band, rock and roll, siblings relations ...
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Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
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From director Clint Eastwood comes the big-screen version of the Tony Award-winning musical Jersey Boys. The film tells the story of four young men from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey who came together to form the iconic 1960s rock group ...
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stylized, intense, realistic, sentimental, serious ...
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teens
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music, music band, musician, rock and roll, life philosophy, rising to stardom, desire for fame, ambition, showbiz, performance, friends, buddies ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
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A film about the life and career of the early rock and roll star.
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music, musician, rock, singer, rock music, showbiz, air disaster, tragedy, runaway, life & death, lone hero, suspense ...
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Genre: Biography, Music
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 45 min.
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Follow Reggaeton artist Nicky Jam's struggles to overcome drug addiction and rise to international success in this dramatization of his life story.
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serious, rough, realistic
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 250 min.
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An extensive biopic of one of the most famous entertainers of the 20th century - Frank Sinatra. The only thing that could engage the public more than his songs and films was his sometimes controversial private life.
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60s, 50s, 70s, 1940s, 20th century
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
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A chronicle of the life of Elvis Presley (Rhys Meyers), from his humble beginnings to his rise to international stardom.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 168 min.
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Biographical movie about the famous rock singer Elvis Presley.
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realistic, touching, emotional, serious, sentimental ...
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elvis presley, music, rock music, musician's life, price of fame, celebrity culture, rags to riches, desire for fame, music band, showbiz, lifestyle, ambition ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 170 min.
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The film, which chronicles Garland's life from her first public performance in 1924 until her death in 1969, is divided into two parts: the first part depicts her rise to fame in the 1930s, her descent into drugs, and her fall from grace in the ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
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A film about the early life of the rock musician and his burgeoning career as a member of the Beatles.
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serious, realistic, captivating, sincere
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
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A biopic of punk legend Darby Crash and his band, the Germs.
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serious, realistic, tense, interesting
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Mexico, USA
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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.
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
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Crazy is the story of a legendary guitar player who emerged from Nashville in the 1950s. Blessed with incomparable, natural talent, Hank Garland quickly established his reputation as the finest sessions player in Nashville.
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 138 min.
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Three-part biopic of the Liverpudlian songbird who would later find fame and fortune. It tells of her rocky road to fame and captures the essence of 1960s Liverpool.
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realistic, serious, captivating, sentimental
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
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Duration: 105 min.
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TLC's humble beginnings in Atlanta quickly led to an unprecedented rise to fame in the 1990's as one of the world's most talented, celebrated and highest-selling female groups of all time. Through very public and high profile success, ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 148 min.
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A biopic of French pop star Claude Francois, most famous for co-writing the song 'My Way'. Tracing his life from his childhood in Egypt through his success in France to his untimely death in Paris in 1978.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
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Duration: 91 min.
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