Movies like You Light Up My Life
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You Light Up My Life (1977)
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Laurie has been in show business since she was a child. Her dream is to be a singer, songwriter and actress. Her father wants her to be a comedian like him and Laurie only tries because it pleases her father. But she is a lousy comedian. She auditions for everything and is engaged to Ken, but Ken does not understand her needs. She has a one night stand with Chris, only to later find that he is a director. She has many emotions that have not yet been addressed and she must face them before she can get on with her life.
Plot:
fall in love, blonde, father daughter relationship, chance meeting, one night stand, audition, songwriter, crying man, apartment, recording session, telling a joke, blonde woman
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, romantic, touching and serious films with plots about fall in love, love and romance, love, singer, father daughter relationship, couples and family relations mostly in Drama, Romance and Music genres. Some movies like You Light Up My Life: Country at Heart (2020), The Last Song (2010), Sylvie's Love (2020), The Sun Is Also a Star (2019), Team Picture (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A struggling country singer meets a Nashville songwriter in need of inspiration. Teaming up to write a song, their work gets complicated but results in both a hit song...and true love.
Style:
romantic, humorous, light, entertaining, feel good
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
country music, fall in love, love and romance, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, happy ending, songwriter, inspiration, self discovery, small town, unlikely couple, relationship vs career, transformation ...
Place:
nashville tennessee
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95%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A drama centered on a rebellious girl who is sent to a Southern beach town for the summer to stay with her father. Through their mutual love of music, the estranged duo learn to reconnect.
Style:
touching, romantic, serious, emotional, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
fall in love, teenage love, teenage life, father daughter relationship, youth, love, family relations, teen romance, teenager, love and romance, parents and children, love story ...
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Place:
north carolina, ireland, georgia, usa, san francisco ...
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When a young woman meets an aspiring saxophonist in her father’s record shop in 1950s Harlem, their love ignites a sweeping romance that transcends changing times, geography, and professional success.
Style:
captivating, romantic, emotional, entertaining
Plot:
love, music, fall in love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, dancing, musician, love and romance, relationships, romantic relationship, women, male female relationship, african american ...
Time:
60s, year 1962, year 1968, year 1967, 50s
Place:
detroit, manhattan new york city, atlanta georgia, new york, harlem
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75%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two young New Yorkers begin to fall in love over the course of a single day, as a series of potentially life-altering meetings loom over their heads - hers concerning her family’s deportation to Jamaica, and his concerning an education at ...
Style:
feel good, thought provoking, romantic, semi serious, exciting
Audience:
teens
Plot:
love, deportation, teenager, first love, chance meeting, fall in love, time jump, love story, immigration, childhood memory, brother brother relationship, city ...
Place:
new york, usa
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69%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
A realistic character study of a young man in his early 20's negotiating a disintegrating relationship with an ambitious artist / photographer girlfriend and an ascending fling with an adventurous floater, as well as pressures from his family ...
Style:
mumblecore
Plot:
teenager, fall in love, dog, coffee shop, road trip, young love, one night stand, lost love, stepfather stepson relationship, unrequited love, sidekick, friendship between men ...
Place:
tennessee, chicago illinois, memphis
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The true-life story of Christian music star Jeremy Camp and his journey of love and loss that looks to prove there is always hope.
Style:
romantic, sentimental, christian film, touching, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
fall in love, youth, love, christian, couple relations, love and romance, sex, songwriter, friendship, fictional biography, love affair, couples ...
Time:
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Place:
san diego california, indiana
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67%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A young actor from Texas tries to make it in New York while struggling in his relationship with a beautiful singer/songwriter.
Style:
sentimental, realistic, touching, semi serious, gloomy ...
Plot:
musician, sexuality, love affair, young lovers, youth, fall in love, couple relations, actor's life, musician's life, lifestyle, actor, living together ...
Place:
texas, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, connecticut ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples — struggling songwriters Faye and BV, and music mogul Cook and the waitress whom he ensnares — chase success through a rock ‘n’ roll landscape of ...
Style:
stylized, serious, atmospheric, art house, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
love, love triangle, music, intrigue, love and romance, rivalry, ambition, nightclub, restaurant, party, infidelity, society ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa, austin texas, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Interim school superintendent Eve Morgan finds herself in a tough spot when she is assigned to shut down a school's failing music program and must come to terms with her musical past.
Style:
sincere, captivating, feel good, touching
Plot:
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50%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Danny Foster doesn't have much: an apartment as small as his paychecks, no family, and a struggling music career. Yet for him, "every day is a great day to be alive," an attitude he gained from his mother's unwavering optimism ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, touching, realistic, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
mute or deaf, family relations, fall in love, couples, couple relations, lifestyle, musician's life, love and romance, misfit, unfulfillment, parents and children, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers-and falls in love with-struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer – until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the ...
Style:
sad, inspirational, uplifting, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
singer, showbiz, country music, fame, brother brother relationship, addiction, friendship, alcoholic, love, drinking problem, backstage, suicide ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
los angeles, boston, memphis, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young woman returns to her small hometown to rediscover music, family bonds, and the magic of the Christmas season.
Style:
sweet, feel good, romantic, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
christmas, holiday, single father, singer, small town, father daughter relationship, homecoming, male female relationship, love interest, uncle nephew relationship, new love, family relations ...
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los angeles
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48%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Modern finnish movie about two very different young adults that after a chance meeting end up making music together and fall in love.
While Nellis parents have the perfect career and man planned, she dreams of becoming a singer. Through a chance ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, melancholic, entertaining, sexy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Three angels bestow the gift of song to a young girl, who must follow a series of rules in order hold on to it during her rise to fame and fortune.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Reunited after a 17 year separation, Walter, an Angolan immigrant, is joined in the U.S. by his wife and teenage daughter. Now absolute strangers sharing a one-bedroom apartment, they discover a shared love of dance that may help overcome the ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, romantic, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Matt Dillion In East Texas, the summer after high school, Jack falls in love with Ginny, the daughter of the town's banker (Jack's mom's high school sweetheart). Ginny's been at boarding school; she's headed for Vassar. ...
Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jeremy Jones is learning cello at an arts school in New York. At school he spots Susan Rollins, who practices for a ballet audition, and he falls in love on first sight. He's very diffident in nearing her, so he gets some help of his ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
70s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A young woman becomes obsessed with a small-time North Carolina rock singer.
Style:
touching, feel good, sincere, captivating, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
groupie, artists and showbiz, love and romance, love affair, lifestyle, rock, musician's life, opposites attract, singer, infatuation, art, obsession ...
Time:
90s
Place:
north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ram Bowen and Eddie Cook are two expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris where, unlike America at the time, Jazz musicians are celebrated and racism is a non-issue. When they meet and fall in love with two young American girls, Lillian and Connie, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, contemplative
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
paris france, france, africa, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Julia Crawley and Ryan Mason must unite their families during Crestridge's Centennial Christmas celebration in order to save their family inns from a chain resort.
Style:
romantic, captivating, humorous, light, entertaining
Audience:
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Plot:
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43%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The film follows a rebellious teenager on leave from the Marines who falls in love with a female musician. The relationship is threatened when she develops a mental illness...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, romantic
Plot:
mental illness, love affair, fall in love, military life, teenage life, prank, youth, basic training, coming of age, schizophrenia, u.s. navy, nightclub ...
Time:
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Place:
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42%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, USA, China
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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teens, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer – and unexpectedly falling in love.
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feel good, sexy, touching, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
dancing, love story, coming of age, couples, forbidden love, love and romance, summer romance, youth, teenager, fall in love, love, unlikely couple ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new york, new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When reporter Jean Craddock interviews Bad Blake -- an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend -- they connect, and the hard-living crooner sees a possible saving grace in a life with Jean and her young son. But can he leave behind an ...
Style:
touching, romantic, depressing, emotional, sincere ...
Plot:
musician, country music, loneliness, alcohol abuse, addiction, music, journalist, country singer, redemption, love and romance, love, hopes ...
Time:
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Place:
new mexico, austin texas, california, usa, phoenix arizona ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In Houston, the aspirant to photographer Amie receives a complete Salsa and Mambo dancing course from her close colleagues and friends as her wedding gift. Her wedding with the wealthy and arrogant Jason is close and she intends to dance...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot:
dancing, love triangle, dancehall girl, love and romance, dance lesson, romantic relationship, relationship problems, couples, dancer, fall in love, dancer's life, love affair ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A Russian woman living in Memphis with a much older rock-n-roll legend experiences a personal awakening when her husband's estranged son comes to visit.
Style:
emotional, sincere, realistic, serious, erotic ...
Plot:
love affair, love triangle, infidelity, sex with stepmother, family relations, family problems, crumbling marriage, couples, estrangement, parents and children, fall in love, love and romance ...
Place:
usa, tennessee, memphis, russia
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38%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Estranged from her family, Franny returns home when an accident leaves her brother comatose. Retracing his life as an aspiring musician, she tracks down his favorite musician, James Forester. Against the backdrop of Brooklyn’s music scene, Franny ...
Style:
touching, realistic, emotional, serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
wooing, fall in love, coping, couple relations, love and romance, homecoming, estrangement, self discovery, music, subculture, satire, hospital ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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38%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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37%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A crippled lady songwriter meets an older lawyer, who becomes her first love.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, sentimental, touching
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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37%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In pre-revolution Cuba, Katey Miller is about to defy everyone's expectations. Instead of a parent-approved suitor, Katey is drawn to the sexy waiter, Javier, who spends his nights dancing in Havana's nightclubs. As she secretly learns to ...
Style:
romantic, light, feel good, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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