Movies like The Duo 1997
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The Duo (1997)
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Original name: இருவர்
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A fictionalized account of the lives of 1980s Tamil Nadu political icons M. G. Ramachandran and M. Karunanidhi, continuing the tryst between Tamil cinema and Dravidian politics.
Style:
political
Plot:
friendship, mission, politics, mistress, adultery, poet, actor, politician, death of protagonist, rivalry, widower, screenwriter, ambition, grief, poetry, husband wife relationship, political leader, rise and fall, death of wife, extramarital affair, death of friend, bigamy, price of fame, rise to power, end of friendship ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 50s, 1950s, 1960s
Place:
india
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and touching films with plots about ambition, husband wife relationship, politics, friendship, death, actor and marriage mostly in Drama, Biography and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Duo: Guru (2007), Mahanati (2018), Being the Ricardos (2021), Manjhi: The Mountain Man (2015), Warm Springs (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Gurukant Desai hails from Idhar, a small village in Gujarat, but dreams of setting up his own business in Mumbai. After he returns from Turkey, he marries Sujatha for getting the dowry and arrives in Mumbai to start his business. This film ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, touching, serious, motivational ...
Plot:
society, research, family relations, couples, ambition, idealism, industrialist, rise to power, newspaper, success, doubts and hesitations, businessman ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
india, asia, istanbul turkey, mumbai india, turkey
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 177 min.
Story:
Mahanati depicts the life and career of one of Telugu cinema's greatest and most iconic starlets, the first Indian female super star, Savitri.
Style:
captivating, touching, sentimental, factual, nostalgic
Plot:
tragedy, celebrity, movie star, historical figure, ambition, female objectification, fame, lifestyle, rivalry, friendship, career, sensuality ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.
Style:
satirical
Plot:
hollywood, marriage, trailblazer, writers, post war, friendship, women, journalism, isolation, art, love, adultery ...
Time:
50s, year 1952, year 1960
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 210 min.
Story:
The story of the life of the actress Elizabeth Taylor.
Plot:
hollywood, celebrity, actress, mother daughter relationship, cruise ship, honeymoon, love, courtroom, domineering mother, filmmaking, movie star, divorce ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 1940s
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Dashrath Manjhi was a poor man from the lowest of the low castes, living in a remote village cut off from the world by a rocky mountain range. Life for him was a daily struggle for survival. He loved his wife, Phaguniya, beyond belief. One day, ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, art film, inspirational
Plot:
mountain, love, determination, poverty, village, caste system, husband wife relationship, loss of wife, tragic event, mining, family tragedy, struggle for survival ...
Time:
70s, 60s
Place:
india
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On the Basis of Sex similar movies
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The life and death of the "Playboy" centerfold model/actress Dorothy Stratten.
Plot:
serial killer, nude model, playboy, actress, cynicism, domestic violence, marital rape, tragic event, career, death, obsession, murder ...
Time:
70s
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54%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Franklin Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from polio at 39 years of age, seeks out a miracle cure in the backwoods of Georgia.
Style:
uplifting, realistic, sincere, sentimental, political ...
Plot:
president, politics, disability, ambition, rise and fall, society, rebellion, fighting the system, human spirit, hopes, introspection, life is a bitch ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
georgia, usa, florida, washington d.c., southern usa ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.
Style:
political, touching, thought provoking, inspirational, sexy ...
Plot:
politics, prime minister, british history, leadership, female politician, women, female protagonist, british politics, british prime minister, political leader, life & death, idealism ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 20th century, 60s, 50s ...
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england, london, europe, united kingdom, argentina
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50%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the story of legendary movie actor James Dean. The film's writer, William Bast, had roomed with Dean in the early '50s, when both were trying to break into films as actors.
Style:
silent film
Plot:
gay, rise and fall, price of fame, friendship between men, psychiatrist, ambition, loner, swimming, gay interest, dying young, actor, screenwriter ...
Time:
50s
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49%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
Style:
factual, talky, touching, inspirational, intense ...
Plot:
communism, hollywood, communist, politics, gossip, gossip columnist, cancer, movie business, film industry, mccarthyism, freedom, tragedy ...
Time:
70s, 50s, 1930s, 1940s, year 1954 ...
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Movies like The Man Who Knew Infinity
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A film about the making of Citizen Kane. Orson Welles produces his greatest film, Citizen Kane, despite the opposition of the film's de facto subject, William Randolph Hearst.
Style:
talky, sexy, tricky, sad, romantic ...
Plot:
screenwriter, writers, movie business, obsession, filmmaking, hollywood, anti semitism, mentor, wilderness, brutality, war, british ...
Time:
1940s, 70s
Place:
new jersey, california, wisconsin
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A movie on the life of the renowned Bruce Lee, especially his relationship with his mistress.
Plot:
kung fu, martial arts, jeet kune do, mistress, death of protagonist, philosopher, adultery, movie star, martial arts training, male female relationship, nunchaku, master warrior ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It is approaching an election in the UK when the leader of the Labour party, John Smith, suffers another in a line of heart attacks and dies. With the leadership campaign about to start the clear choice appears to be Gordon Brown, a stanch Scotsman. ...
Style:
clever, realistic, serious, political, thought provoking ...
Plot:
politics, leadership, ambition, rise to the top, society, friendship, political corruption, political intrigue, dishonesty, campaign, state affairs, betrayal ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
england, britain
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48%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sir Laurence Olivier is making a movie in London. Young Colin Clark, an eager film student, wants to be involved and he navigates himself a job on the set. When film star Marilyn Monroe arrives for the start of shooting, all of London is excited to ...
Style:
sentimental, romantic, melancholic, factual, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
historical figure, fame, love, hollywood, actress, actor's life, movie star, ambition, cultural icon, women, depression, celebrity ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1956
Place:
england, london, california, europe
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46%
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Sanju explores some of the most crucial chapters from movie star Sanjay Dutt’s dramatic and controversial real life. It gives a lowdown on his tryst with drugs and his trials and tribulations in the Arms Acts case and the 1993 Mumbai blasts.
Style:
emotional, cynical, psychological, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
actor, actor's life, problem, criminal, jail, drug abuse, price of fame, filmmaking, rising to stardom, life is a bitch, social problems, lifestyle ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
They were more than Washington wives. They were part of an American dream known as Camelot. With strength and cunning they upheld their public image by concealing their private truths. Jackie, Ethel and Joan had little choice. They were Kennedy ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, talky, contemplative
Plot:
kennedy family, politics, introspection, rise to the top, state affairs, society, crumbling marriage, head of state, ambition, family life, family tradition, relationship vs career ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 60s
Place:
usa, texas
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
This film follows Norma Jean from her simple, ambitious youth to her sex star pinnacle and back down. She moves from lover to lover in order to further her career. She finds fame but never happiness, only knowing seduction but not love.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, gloomy, touching ...
Plot:
hollywood, john f. kennedy, lgbt, actor's life, showbiz, female protagonist, actress, playboy, celebrity, tragic hero, love and romance, lifestyle ...
Time:
1940s, 60s, 50s
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The man behind the legend and a knowing look at the 1950's Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic bioepic of the meteoric star whose troubled life echoed his gut-grabbing performances in East of Eden, Rebel Without A Cause and Giant.
Style:
sentimental, serious, realistic, captivating, clever
Plot:
hollywood, actor, father son relationship, actor's life, filmmaking, dying young, lifestyle, rising to stardom, prodigy, ambition, rise and fall, tragic hero ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1940s, 1930s
Place:
usa, malibu california, indiana, santa monica california, new york
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41%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
On the set of Cleopatra, Hollywood's most beautiful star, Elizabeth Taylor, fell into the arms of one of the world's greatest actors, Richard Burton - and she didn't leave. Their subsequent white-hot, scandalous love affair gave rise ...
Style:
realistic, serious, stylized, sexy
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
hollywood, actor's life, couples, paparazzi, lifestyle, couple relations, renewed love, celebrity culture, artists and showbiz, infidelity, husband wife relationship, actress ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, los angeles, rome italy
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40%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Biographical account of America's President for the latter part of WWII. Shows Truman's rise from small-town nobody to leader of the USA, his decision to use the Atomic Bomb against Japan, and subsequent election as the US' post-war ...
Style:
political, sincere, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
world war two, world war one, politics, usa president, president, korean war, intrigue, american politics, war, presidential election, soldier, white house ...
Time:
1920s, 50s
Place:
usa, japan, missouri, asia
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Ireland
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Story:
The political and personal life of Charlie Haughey during his time in office.
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic
Plot:
political leader, rise and fall, ambition, political intrigue, politics, head of state, state affairs, rivalry, unfulfillment, politician, irish history
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
ireland
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 208 min.
Story:
This docu-drama spans fifteen turbulent years in the political and personal life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, one of the most enigmatic and polarizing Prime Ministers in Canadian history. The film explores the many facets of his character and his ...
Plot:
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Time:
70s, 80s, 60s
Place:
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Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
This biopic follows the life of Indian Army officer Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, from his childhood to his heroic actions during the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
Style:
tense, disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
attack, military, terrorist attack, soldier, army, mission, life, military officer, suspense, escape, operation, hotel ...
Time:
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Place:
india, mumbai india
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A light hearted look at future Prime Minister Margaret Thatchers rise from research chemist in 1949 to becoming MP for Finchley in 1959 encompassing her early relationship and marriage to Oil Millionaire Denis Thatcher.
Style:
captivating, realistic, emotional, sincere, political ...
Plot:
rise to the top, politics, ambition, state affairs, feminism, society, campaign, head of state, election, british history, woman power, intrigue ...
Time:
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Place:
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36%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
International art dealer Ron Hall must befriend a dangerous homeless man in order to save his struggling marriage to his wife, a woman whose dreams will lead all three of them on the journey of their lives.
Style:
touching, sincere, captivating, inspirational, mystical ...
Plot:
homeless, friendship, marriage, christian, kindness, ku klux klan, homelessness, infidelity, family relations, forgiveness, relationships, love affair ...
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: UK, Pakistan, India
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Biography of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of modern Pakistan is told through flashbacks as his soul tries to find eternal rest. The flashbacks start in 1947 as Jinnah pleads for a separate nation from the Muslim regime, infuriating Lord ...
Style:
epic, captivating, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
muslim, politics, political unrest, religious fundamentalist, religions or cults, hopes, uninhibited rivalry, rivalry, leadership, war, head of state, human spirit ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1947, year 1948
Place:
india, kashmir, pakistan
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36%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Canada, Australia, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In 1955, young photographer Dennis Stock develops a close bond with actor James Dean while shooting pictures of the rising Hollywood star.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, psychological, thought provoking
Plot:
hollywood, actor's life, magazine, showbiz, friendship, actor, celebrity, buddy, celebrity culture, movie star, life, photographer ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
James Franco's Sal chronicles the final hours of the life of actor Sal Mineo, one-time teen idol and star of the blockbuster films Rebel Without a Cause and Exodus.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, atmospheric ...
Plot:
gay, actor's life, introspection, ambition, lifestyle, hopes, artists and showbiz, friendship, celebrity, murder, lgbt, train ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, los angeles, california
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The dramatic and scandalous life of the variously renowned and reviled poet, screenwriter and film director Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975) is reportedly poorly served in this highly allegorical and intellectual film which focuses rather more on his ...
Style:
intellectual
Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The story of acerbic 1960s comic Lenny Bruce, whose groundbreaking, no-holds-barred style and social commentary was often deemed by the Establisment as too obscene for the public.
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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