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Privilege (1967)
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Privilege (1967)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Steven Shorter is the ultimate British music star. His music is listened to by everyone from pre-teens to grandparents. He has no trace of public bad habits or drug involvement. Everyone in Britain loves him. His handlers begin to use his popularity for projects like increasing the consumption of apples after a bumper crop as an aid to farmers.
Style: offbeat, apocalyptic, grindhouse, semi documentary, atmospheric, thought provoking, bleak, serious, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: rock and roll, dystopia, rock star, distopia, swing, human experiment, social satire, pop music, angry, marxist, social commentary, rebellion, manipulation, satire, music, rock, life is a bitch, fighting the system, society, redemption, rebelliousness, innocence lost, political unrest, musician's life, artists and showbiz ...
Time: year 1967, future
Place: england, birmingham alabama, london, jerusalem
Keyword: poster, withdrawal

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, independent film, serious and offbeat films with plots about singer, rock and roll, music, rock, rock music, musician and artists and showbiz mostly in Drama, Music and Comedy genres. Some movies like Privilege: Masked and Anonymous (2003), Jubilee (1978), Hard Core Logo (1996), Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984), Fahrenheit 451 (1966). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Masked and Anonymous (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Amidst unrest, organizers put on a benefit concert.
Style: lyrical, semi serious, witty, humorous, cynical ...
Plot: concert, journalist, revolution, ambition, lifestyle, desire for fame, rebelliousness, artists and showbiz, promotion, music, destiny, musician ...
Time: year 2003
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Jubilee (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Queen Elizabeth I visits late twentieth-century Britain to find a depressing landscape where life has changed since her time.
Style: offbeat, mind bending, grindhouse, dark, touching ...
Plot: punk rock, time travel, rock and roll, distopia, rock, surrealism, murder, dystopian future, post apocalypse, counterculture, dystopia, girl gang ...
Time: distant future, future, 17th century, 70s
Place: britain, england, london, united kingdom, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Hard Core Logo (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Bruce Macdonald follows punk bank Hard Core Logo on a harrowing last-gasp reunion tour throughout Western Canada. As magnetic lead-singer Joe Dick holds the whole magilla together through sheer force of will, all the tensions and pitfalls of life on ...
Style: mockumentary, talky, humorous, intense, captivating ...
Plot: punk, music, punk rock, on the road, existentialism, rock music, music band, rock and roll, artists and showbiz, friends, musician's life, ambition ...
Time: 90s
Place: canada, vancouver, winnipeg, british columbia, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story: George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
Style: disturbing, thought provoking, psychological, political, bleak ...
Plot: distopia, brainwashing, dystopia, politics, totalitarianism, surveillance, fascism, alternate reality, political corruption, female nudity, totalitarian state, propaganda ...
Time: future, year 1984, 80s, near future, 20th century
Place: london, england, europe, britain, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as "firemen", to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of ...
Style: futuristic, atmospheric, thought provoking, tense, stylized ...
Plot: distopia, totalitarianism, dystopian future, dystopia, book, resistance, fighting the system, rebellion, oppression, social decay, justice, dystopic future ...
Time: future, year 1966, distant future, near future, 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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Stoned (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A chronicle of the sordid life and suspicious death of Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones, who was found in the bottom of his swimming pool weeks after being let go from the band.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, psychedelic, retro ...
Plot: rock, music, drug abuse, musician's life, musician, showbiz, life is a bitch, rock star, rise and fall, rock and roll, addiction, artists and showbiz ...
Time: year 2005, 60s
Place: britain, paris france, morocco, munich germany, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
The Commitments (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Jimmy Rabbitte, just a tick out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females ...
Style: cult classic, independent film, realistic, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: teens
Plot: musician, music, working class, rock and roll, singer, friendship, profanity, rock, bittersweet, blues, rock music, trouble ...
Time: year 1991, 90s, 20th century
Place: ireland, dublin ireland, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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I'm Not There (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Germany, Canada, USA, France, UK
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented himself.
Style: non-linear, meditative, stylized, talky, lyrical ...
Plot: music, musician, biopic, actor, poet, rock, musician's life, art, brutality, african american, artist, drug addiction ...
Time: 60s, 70s, 2000s, year 2007, 90s ...
Place: usa, minnesota, new york, manhattan new york city, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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24 Hour Party People (2002)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In 1976, Tony Wilson sets up Factory Records and brings Manchester's music to the world.
Style: witty, psychedelic, atmospheric, humorous, sincere ...
Plot: clubbing, punk, rock and roll, party, music, biopic, rave, drug addiction, rock, music business, nightclub, suicide ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 2002, 20th century, 90s ...
Place: england, manchester, europe, northern england, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Control (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA, Australia, Japan, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Control is the biography of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis, taking his story from schoolboy days of 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band's first American tour in 1980.
Style: depressing, atmospheric, black and white, stylized, sad ...
Audience: teens
Plot: music, punk, singer, depression, suicide, musician's life, punk rock, musician, rock and roll, biopic, epilepsy, music band ...
Time: 70s, y2k, year 2007, year 1980, year 1973 ...
Place: england, manchester, london, northern england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 7.2
 594K
Don't Look Up (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Two low-level astronomers, upon discovering that a meteor will strike the Earth in six months, go on a media tour to try to warn the world but find an unreceptive and unbelieving populace.
Style: apocalyptic, feel good, dark comedy, political, funny ...
Audience: kids, date night, adult
Plot: disaster, end of the world, asteroid, social satire, meteorite, apocalypse, danger, save the world, astronaut, chaos, comet, politics ...
Time: future, 2020s, year 1994, distant future, 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa, london, america, illinois ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Sing Street (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
Style: sweet, touching, realistic, teen, feel good ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, date night, teen drama
Plot: youth, music band, musician's life, friendship, rock and roll, coming of age, bullying, dream girl, singing, adolescence, teenager, school ...
Time: 80s, year 2016, 2010s, future, 20th century ...
Place: ireland, dublin ireland, nebraska, london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Brothers of the Head (2005)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In the 1970s a music promoter plucks Siamese twins from obscurity and grooms them into a freakish rock'n'roll act. A dark tale of sex, strangeness and rock music.
Style: semi serious, touching, realistic, witty, humorous ...
Plot: twins, perversion, punk rock, family relations, music band, siamese twins, human nature, love and romance, friends, showbiz, siblings relations, musician's life ...
Time: 20th century, year 2005, 70s
Place: england, usa, los angeles, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Rude Boy (1980)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Rude Boy is a semi-documentary, part character study, part 'rockumentary', featuring a British punk band, The Clash. The script includes the story of a fictional fan juxtposed with actual public events of the day, including political ...
Style: realistic, serious, cynical, biting
Plot: punk, punk rock, rock, skinhead, rock and roll, rock music, angry, youth culture, exodus, hooligan, alienation, pop music ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 20th century, 80s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
Style: psychedelic, surreal, psychological, disturbing, experimental ...
Audience: teens
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Time: year 1982, 1940s, 20th century, 1950s, 60s ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Blinded by the Light (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story: In 1987, during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family, and find his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen.
Style: captivating, touching, humorous, feel good, tense ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: coming of age, teenage protagonist, father son relationship, friendship, teenager, aspiring writer, friendship between boys, diary, neighbor, interracial friendship, college student, father son conflict ...
Time: year 2019, 80s, year 1987, year 1988
Place: new jersey, england, london, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
I Used to Be Famous (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A former boy band star unexpectedly gets a second shot at success when he forms a bond with a gifted young drummer.
Style: semi serious, thrilling, satirical, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: friend, musician, drums, autism, pop star, friendship, boy band, second chance, pop music, music, musician's life, lifestyle ...
Time: year 2002
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Rock My World (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: When a rock band at the top of their game suddenly loses their leader, their direction suddenly becomes questionable. All the band members know is that the leader's clothes were found at the edge of a waterfront and he had not been seen since. ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, witty ...
Audience: teens
Plot: culture clash, musician, society, music band, artists and showbiz, friends, love and romance, misfit, disorder, power relations, fish out of water, social differences ...
Time: year 2002
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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High-Rise (2015)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Belgium
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.
Style: disturbing, psychological, surreal, futuristic, art house ...
Audience: adult
Plot: distopia, decadence, tower, existentialism, dark humor, violence, insanity, surrealism, class conflict, apartment building, violent, visceral ...
Time: future, 70s, 2010s, year 2016, year 2015 ...
Place: london, england, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
That'll Be the Day (1973)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Britain, 1958. Restless at school and bored with his life, Jim leaves home to take a series of low-level jobs at a seaside amusement park, where he discovers a world of cheap sex and petty crime. But when that world comes to a shockingly brutal end, ...
Style: offbeat, serious, realistic, gloomy, sincere ...
Plot: rock, rock and roll, singer, freakshow, the beatles, kitchen sink realism, circus, swing, working class, coming of age, showbiz, celebrity culture ...
Time: 1950s, 50s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Life is to Whistle (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Cuba, Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Three characters in present-day Havana must choose between clinging to their self-restricting beliefs, or getting rid of them to live more freely. Ballerina Mariana has promised God celibacy if she gets the role of "Giselle"; Social-worker ...
Style: surreal, semi serious, realistic
Plot: parallel story, celibacy, orphan, petty theft, public nudity, male nudity, couples, family relations, pregnancy, sexual relations, twentysomething life, singleness ...
Time: 90s, 2020s
Place: cuba, latin america, havana cuba
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Boat That Rocked (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: The Boat that Rocked is an ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It's about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing the music that defines a generation and standing up to a government ...
Style: humorous, funny, sentimental, colorful, light ...
Plot: rock, radio, music, rock and roll, hippie, boat, rock music, friendship, rebellion, musician, coming of age, rebelliousness ...
Time: 60s, year 2009, 20th century
Place: london, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 5.7
 24K
Last Days (2005)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The life and struggles of a notorious rock musician seeping into a pit of loneliness whose everyday life involves friends and family seeking financial aid and favors, inspired by rock music legend Kurt Cobain and his final hours.
Style: psychedelic, art house, bleak, intense, lyrical ...
Plot: musician, music, rock, rock music, depression, addiction, isolation, drug abuse, biopic, rock and roll, suicide, loneliness ...
Time: year 2005, 20th century, 2000s, 90s
Place: seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Quadrophenia (1979)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Based on the 1973 rock opera album of the same name by The Who, this is the story of 60s teenager Jimmy. At work he slaves in a dead-end job. While after, he shops for tailored suits and rides his scooter as part of the London Mod scene.
Style: surreal, stylized, lyrical, melancholic, depressing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: motorcycle, music, rock, coming of age, rock and roll, working class, youth, teenage boy, male nudity, street fight, pharmacy, dancing ...
Time: 60s, year 1965, 20th century, year 1979
Place: england, london, brighton, britain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 7.4
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SLC Punk! (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Two former geeks become 1980s punks, then party and go to concerts while deciding what to do with their lives.
Style: realistic, philosophical, harsh, teen, intense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: punk, subculture, rebelliousness, rock, self destructing, coming of age, drug overdose, rebellion, friendship, drug, punk rock, rock and roll ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century
Place: utah, north dakota, seattle, england, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.5
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Stardust (1974)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Sequel to 1973's That'll Be The Day. Jim McLain is now enjoying the nomadic 'gigs and groupies' life on tour with his band. When he achieves all his wildest dreams of international stardom, the sweet taste of success begins to ...
Style: independent film, serious, realistic, stylized
Plot: rock and roll, music, musician, dancing, swing, post war, rock star, nudity, music band, rise and fall, lifestyle, life is a bitch ...
Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
God Help the Girl (2014)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Eve is a catastrophe—low on self-esteem but high on fantasy, especially when it comes to music. Over the course of one Glasgow summer, she meets two similarly rootless souls: posh Cass and fastidious James, and together they form a group.
Style: uplifting, serious, realistic, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: date night, teens, chick flick
Plot: anorexia, mental illness, friendship, music band, pop music, music, friends, self discovery, musician's life, blonde, lifestyle, love and romance ...
Time: year 1969, year 1981, 20th century, 21st century
Place: glasgow scotland, scotland, edinburgh scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)
Genre: Music
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A rather incoherent post-breakup Sex Pistols "documentary", told from the point of view of Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, whose (arguable) position is that the Sex Pistols in particular and punk rock in general were an elaborate scam ...
Style: grindhouse, mockumentary, erotic, independent film, contemplative ...
Plot: punk, music, rock and roll, punk rock, rock, dancing, showbiz, subculture, musician, nudity, music business, sociology ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Wild in the Streets (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Max Flatow is a precocious, social miscreant who has a way with home-made explosives. When he tires of these, he runs away from home only to emerge seven years later as Max Frost, the world's most popular entertainer. When Congressman John ...
Style: psychological, independent film, cynical, biting, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hippie, satire, counterculture, lsd, politics, juvenile delinquent, congress, organist, concert, attorney, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, blonde ...
Time: 60s
Place: washington d.c., los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.7
 548
The Gladiators (1969)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Sweden
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Some time in the future, East and West have stopped maintaining standing armies and nuclear weapons. Instead, to settle their differences they pit different teams of crack combat specialists against each other.
Style: mysterious, independent film, serious, thought provoking, captivating ...
Plot: soldier, dystopia, distopia, human experiment, war game, fictional game show, military, game of death, anti war, insubordination, militant, computer system ...
Time: 20th century, future
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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