Movies like Detroit Metal City 2008

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Detroit Metal City (2008)
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Detroit Metal City (2008)
Original name: デトロイト・メタル・シティ
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Soichi Negishi moved to Tokyo to chase his dream of becoming a musician playing stylish, Swedish-style pop. Instead, he finds himself leading the death metal band Detroit Metal City, or DMC, as the costumed and grotesquely made-up "demon emperor" Johannes Krauser II. Although he hates the role and the things he has to do as a member of the band, he has a definite talent for it.
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, anime, slapstick comedy, slapstick
Plot: music, rock, follow your dream, ambition, rock music, friends, love and romance, lifestyle, hidden identity, disorder, musician's life, artists and showbiz, hopes, desire for fame, celebrity culture, music band, heavy metal, superhero, punk, stoned, drug, farce, live action, metal, heavy metal culture ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: japan, asia, tokyo

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, humorous and feel good films with plots about artists and showbiz, music, musician's life, friends, music band, lifestyle and ambition mostly in Music, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like Detroit Metal City: Linda Linda Linda (2005), Swing Girls (2004), Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll (2015), Nodame Cantabile: The Movie I (2009), Fish Story (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Linda Linda Linda (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A group of four high school girls decide to put together a band for their school cultural festival. Three days before they are to play the festival, the guitarist and singer quit the band. The remaining members must figure out what to do or risk ...
Style: touching, sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: japanese schoolgirl, japanese girl, music band, musician's life, teenage life, youth, love and romance, lifestyle, music, contests and competitions, artists and showbiz, high school life ...
Place: japan
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Swing Girls (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the schools brass band.
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, teen, uplifting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: jazz, high school, hardcase students, japanese schoolgirl, summer school, friendship, against the odds, ambition, mischievous children, music band, youth, lifestyle ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: japan, asia
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Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
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Story: Johnny Rock is the aging lead singer of NYC's legendary early-'90s band The Heathens, who is trying to get both his band and his life back together. The aging and broke bad-boy rocker gets another shot at fame as a songwriter for a brash ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, sitcom, light ...
Plot: rock, music band, music, musician's life, artists and showbiz, hopes, sexual humor, father daughter relationship, female singer, drug, punk, dancing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Nodame Cantabile: The Movie I (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Following the success of the popular Japanese romantic comedy drama, NODAME CANTABILE: THE MOVIE hits the big screen! Hiroshi Tamaki and Juri Ueno reprise in their roles and continue their love for music and their pursuit for their ambitions. Chiaki ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good, anime ...
Plot: orchestra, classical music, lifestyle, musician's life, ambition, friendship, rivalry, couple relations, youth, superhero, makeover, studying ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, europe, france
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Fish Story (2009)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A rock band writes a song called "Fish Story" based on a sentence from a badly translated novel by a quack translator. The song exceeds the boundaries of space and time and ties people and their stories together. Thirty-seven years go by, ...
Style: witty, humorous, exciting, touching, semi serious ...
Plot: punk band, imaginary, music band, danger, anti hero, chaos, hopes, save the world, coincidence, apocalypse, japanese schoolgirl, humanity in peril ...
Time: 70s, future, 80s, year 1999, 90s ...
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
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My Dinner with Jimi (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:  The story of the night The Turtles met The Beatles and Howard Kaylan had dinner with Jimi Hendrix.
Style: realistic, sentimental, captivating, semi serious, contemplative ...
Plot: music band, music, rise and fall, desire for fame, celebrity culture, performer's life, ambition, rise to the top, showbiz, artists and showbiz, rock, lifestyle ...
Time: 60s
Place: london, england
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1234 (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Ian Bonar is Stevie, a wannabe musician whose look is a hybrid of Jarvis Cocker and early Elvis Costello. Working with his drummer pal Neil (Matthew Baynton) in a call centre, they dream of breaking into the indie music scene. To do this they ...
Style: uplifting, realistic, feel good, touching, sentimental ...
Audience: date night
Plot: musician's life, follow your dream, lifestyle, friendship, music band, hopes, buddies, music, artists and showbiz, rock, friends, drummer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, europe
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33%
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Svengali (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Svengali tells the story of Dixie, a postman from South Wales, and a music fanatic. All his life he’s dreamed of discovering a great band and then one day, trawling through YouTube, he finds them… ‘The Premature Congratulations’. He hunts ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, sincere
Plot: hopes, follow your dream, music band, music, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, ambition, relationship vs career, music industry, friends, couples, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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2gether (2000)
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Music
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A movie that spoofs boy bands like N*Sync, New Kids on the Block, Backstreet Boys, etc. It's the boy band version of Spinal Tap!
Style: not serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, witty ...
Audience: teens
Plot: music industry, celebrity culture, showbiz, music, artists and showbiz, nothing goes right, music band, partner, nightlife, relationship vs career, rock, musician's life ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Electric Apricot (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Electric Apricot is a spoof of jam bands centered around the band, Electric Apricot, in the style of "This Is Spinal Tap"
Style: realistic, cynical, humorous, mockumentary, semi serious ...
Plot: partner, music band, performer's life, lifestyle, music, friends, disorder, filmmaking, on the road, rock, artists and showbiz, musician's life ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
London Dreams (2009)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: India, UK
Duration: 146 min.
Story: They were childhood friends. But they had little in common except their family's vague connection with music. While Arjun's life was consumed by a passionate drive to get on stage and realize his grandfather's unfulfilled dream, Mannu ...
Style: semi serious, stylized, captivating, realistic, powerful
Plot: friendship, love triangle, childhood, rising to stardom, love and romance, buddies, musician's life, lifestyle, desire for fame, rock, music band, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia, london
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28%
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Prodigy (2007)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Naruse Uta is a "unique" 13 year old child. She possessed the talent to read sheet music even before she could speak, but has now come to the point where she hates playing the piano. Her father was also a piano virtuoso, but mysteriously ...
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, touching
Plot: prodigy, musician's life, ambition, relationship vs career, self discovery, orphan, family relations, hopes, youth, dedicated educator, single parent, music ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
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28%
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Cape No. 7 (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Taiwan, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Aga, a band singer, returns to Hengchun with frustration. Tomoko is a Japanese model assigned to organize a local warm-up band for the Japanese super star beach concert. Together with other five ordinary Hengchun residents who were not expected to ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous
Audience: date night
Plot: ambition, rivalry, musician's life, music, love and romance, contests and competitions, underdog, music band, disorder, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, model ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, taiwan
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27%
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Incognito (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: This offbeat musical drama stars Lucas (Bénabar), an up-and-coming singer ready to do anything to be on top of the French pop scene.
Style: witty, semi serious, humorous, realistic
Plot: desire for fame, musician's life, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, rising to stardom, disorder, dishonesty, rock, hopes, cons and scams, hidden identity, friends ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: france, europe
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27%
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Habana Blues (2005)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Spain, Cuba, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story: When Spanish record producers express interest in Cuban musicians Ruy and Tito, the longtime friends are faced with the prospect of leaving their loved ones behind. After years of hoping and dreaming, they've finally earned the opportunity to ...
Style: realistic, sincere, touching, emotional, semi serious ...
Plot: ambition, musician's life, friends, music band, lifestyle, follow your dream, immigrant, artists and showbiz, music, rock and roll, couples, musician ...
Time: 21st century
Place: cuba, latin america, usa, havana cuba
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Down and Out with the Dolls (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The raunchy, spunky tale of the rise and fall of an all-girl rock band from Portland, Oregon.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty, suspense ...
Plot: rock, rise and fall, punk, partner, best friend, music, rivalry, artists and showbiz, music band, friendship, ambition, buddies ...
Time: 21st century
Place: oregon, usa, seattle, portland oregon
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26%
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Sugar Town (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Look at the lives of struggling L.A. scene rock stars follows main character, Gwen, on her quest for the top. Working as an assistant to a film production designer, she tries to steal her boy friend who is a music producer by offering sexual favors. ...
Style: cult classic, humorous, witty, independent film, semi serious ...
Plot: music, rock, addiction, musician, music band, love and romance, ambition, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, musician's life, couple relations, buddies ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: los angeles, usa
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26%
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Garage Days (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young garage band in Sydney, is trying to make it big in Australia.
Style: humorous, entertaining, semi serious, feel good, exciting ...
Plot: rock music, music, loneliness, friends, lifestyle, rock and roll, rock, musician's life, music band, love and romance, punk, punk rock ...
Place: australia, sydney australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Where's Firuze? (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Turkey
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Having failed incredibly many times in attempts to find a big talent and to be rich, the two producers and their only two contracted singers struggle to clean their debts and make their dreams come true, no matter what happens. Being in a tight ...
Style: semi serious, witty, humorous, feel good, art house ...
Plot: ambition, desire for fame, lifestyle, rising to stardom, showbiz, musician's life, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, fall in love, buddies, comedy team, partner ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
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26%
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Killing Bono (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Neil and Ivan McCormick, two Irish brothers who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as their high school friends U2 become the biggest band in the world.
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty ...
Plot: desire for fame, follow your dream, friends, ambition, teenage life, teenage boy, brother brother relationship, rivalry, rock and roll, family relations, youth, hopes ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1976, 70s
Place: europe, dublin ireland, ireland
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26%
Four Last Songs (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A comic drama set on a Mediterranean island, where a motley collection of characters is seeking musical redemption.
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic
Audience: date night
Plot: opposites attract, musician's life, artists and showbiz, love triangle, siblings relations, family problems, disorder, couples, redemption, hopes, couple relations, lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, europe
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25%
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Joyful Noise (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: G.G. Sparrow faces off with her choir's newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, over the group's direction as they head into a national competition.
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic, black comedy ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: teenage love, autism, follow your dream, rivalry, music band, artists and showbiz, contests and competitions, musician's life, choir, lifestyle, unlikely partners, chorus girl ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 5.7
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Out of Sync (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Roger Deacon, a down-and-out record producer, is given the job of making a singing star out of an industry mogul's girlfriend, an attractive but talentless starlet. He discovers a housewife with a powerful singing voice and decides to secretly ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, entertaining, realistic ...
Plot: hidden identity, desire for fame, ambition, rise to the top, celebrity culture, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, performer's life, cons and scams, showbiz, disorder, music industry ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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City of Rock (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: China
Duration: 117 min.
Story: A young musician from a small town in China tries to save his town's treasured Rock Park by organizing a charity rock concert.
Style: semi serious, realistic, light, humorous, sentimental
Plot: uninhibited rivalry, lifestyle, follow your dream, social relations, musician's life, ambition, rivalry, talented, music business, group of friends, friends, competition ...
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24%
Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Having written the music and screenplay for this film, Paul McCartney also plays himself in the leading role. When the mastertape of McCartney's latest album is misplaced, he must discover its whereabouts in less than 24 hours or else risk ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, captivating, humorous
Plot: the beatles, rock, music, rock and roll, gangster, friends, showbiz, heist, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, musician's life, ambition ...
Time: 80s
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24%
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Spike Island (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Teenage musicians travel to England's Spike Island in the hope of attending an outdoor performance by their favorite band, the Stone Roses.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, touching, sad
Audience: teens
Plot: music band, ambition, follow your dream, teenage life, teenage love, friendship, music business, coming of age, love and romance, hopes, youth, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: manchester, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 2.2
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Siren (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: She seems like your ordinary overweight middle-aged wife & mom except her dream of being a rock star still weighs heavy on her soul, "they" say she can't do it, watch her transform and over come life's brutal obstacles to ...
Style: independent film, uplifting, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Audience: girls' night
Plot: against the odds, musician's life, ambition, follow your dream, lifestyle, underdog, rock, friends, hopes, artists and showbiz, music band, music ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Body Slam (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Music, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: M. Harry Smilac is a down-on-his-luck music manager who is having a hard time attracting talent and booking gigs for his band, Kicks (The most recent of the gigs is a Dairy Queen opening!!). When making arrangements for a campaign fund-raiser, he ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, independent film ...
Plot: wrestling, rock band, down on your luck, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, ambition, music band, rise to the top, showbiz, athlete's life, performer's life, musician's life ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Filth and Wisdom (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Filth & Wisdom is a poignant view of the lives of three not quite ordinary friends settled into meaningless jobs that barely keep them afloat while helping to finance their dreams of bigger and brighter futures. Their unqiue yet universal ...
Style: semi serious, witty, humorous, realistic, stylized ...
Plot: desire for fame, buddies, introspection, rock, hopes, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, follow your dream, sex, fetish, bdsm, immigrant ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 5.1
 104
Abraxas (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Former punk rocker Jonen, now a Buddhist priest, seems to have lost the meaning of his life. His manic depression handicaps him further. Music seems to be the only solution for him to exorcise his demons, against all obstacles and sound volume ...
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: self discovery, artists and showbiz, society, musician's life, introspection, bittersweet, unfulfillment, hopes, follow your dream, redemption, rock, midlife crisis ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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