Movies like Marlene 2000

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Marlene (2000)
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Marlene (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 132 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: realistic, sentimental, touching, serious, entertaining
Plot: hollywood, filmmaking, lifestyle, actor's life, starlet, world war two, career, extramarital affair, showbiz, infidelity, crumbling marriage, artists and showbiz, love of one's life, couples, husband wife relationship, nervous breakdown, audition, unhappy marriage, relationships, girl, german history, movie star, world war, sex, adultery ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 70s, 1930s
Place: berlin germany, usa, germany, europe
Keyword: oldies, movie theatre, retrospective

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and sentimental films with plots about biopic, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, showbiz, ambition, hollywood and actor's life mostly in Biography, Drama and Music genres. Some movies like Marlene: Hilde (2009), The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000), Flynn (1993), The Harmonists (1997), Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Hilde (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Germany
Duration: 137 min.
Story: A biography of Hildegard Knef, one of Germany's biggest post-war stars.
Style: captivating, atmospheric, sentimental, serious, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, musician's life, performer's life, artists and showbiz, older man younger woman relationship, nazi germany, desire for fame, rise and fall, showbiz, human nature, music, lifestyle ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 60s, 50s, 1950s
Place: berlin germany, germany, europe
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95%
The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 133 min.
Story: The film spans from Hepburn's early childhood to the 1950s which details her life as a Dutch ballerina, coming to grips with her parents' divorce, and enduring life in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II. She then settles in ...
Style: uplifting, serious, feel good, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot: hollywood, actor's life, world war two, showbiz, celebrity culture, performer's life, rising to stardom, childhood, filmmaking, haunted by the past, human spirit, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 1940s, 50s, 1950s
Place: usa, new york, europe, holland, manhattan new york city
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84%
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Flynn (1993)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A biographical movie on the film star Errol Flynn's early life before Hollywood fame.
Style: touching, sentimental, serious, realistic
Plot: lgbt, filmmaking, hollywood, biopic, ambition, artists and showbiz, heroes, rise to the top, gays and lesbians, actor's life, criminal heroes, prodigy ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s
Place: australia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
The Harmonists (1997)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Comedian Harmonists tells the story of a famous, German male sextet, five vocals and piano, the "Comedian Harmonists", from the day they meet first in 1927 to the day in 1934, when they become banned by the upcoming Nazis, because three of ...
Style: visually stunning, touching, sentimental, visual, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, nazi, politics, music, anti semitism, bittersweet, holocaust, biopic, friendship, radio, musician, singer ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, 20th century
Place: germany, berlin germany, europe, budapest, bulgaria ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996)
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: contemplative, realistic, serious, psychological, touching ...
Plot: biopic, female nudity, playboy, filmmaking, lgbt, john f. kennedy, sad ending, hollywood, actor's life, showbiz, actress, rape ...
Time: 60s, 1940s, 50s, 1950s
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Lennon Naked (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A profile of John Lennon in the late 1960s as the Beatles are set to fall apart.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot: rock, music band, musician's life, the beatles, lifestyle, family relations, couples, peaceful mission, disagreement, dysfunctional family, artists and showbiz, music ...
Time: 60s, 70s, 20th century
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Life (2015)
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, captivating, realistic, psychological, thought provoking ...
Plot: hollywood, actor's life, magazine, showbiz, friendship, actor, celebrity, buddy, photograph, celebrity culture, journalism, photographer ...
Time: 20th century, 50s, 1950s, year 1955
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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 835
Crazy (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: 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.
Style: serious, realistic, sincere, contemplative, independent film
Plot: infidelity, womanizer, desire for fame, musician's life, rise and fall, ambition, rising to stardom, obsession, lifestyle, showbiz, relationship vs career, drug addiction ...
Time: 1940s, y2k, 60s, 70s, 1950s ...
Place: tennessee, usa, new york, florida, chicago ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Liz & Dick (2012)
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, couples, actor's life, paparazzi, couple relations, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, renewed love, celebrity culture, infidelity, actress, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place: usa, los angeles, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Jew Suss: Rise and Fall (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 114 min.
Story: This intricate historical drama tells the story of actor Ferdinand Marian (Tobias Moretti), who is ordered by Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels to star in the 1940 anti-Semitic film Jew Suss. Despite his cooperation, Ferdinand's actions have ...
Style: realistic, captivating, psychological, factual, sad ...
Plot: anti semitism, world war two, nazi germany, propaganda, actor's life, rise and fall, filmmaking, movie business, introspection, politics, showbiz, political unrest ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 1930s
Place: austria, europe, berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story (1982)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The story of singer Rosemary Clooney's rise to fame, her marriage to Jose Ferrer, and her nervous breakdown.
Style: touching, realistic, serious
Plot: biopic, showbiz, friends, couples, rising to stardom, unfulfillment, tragic hero, actor's life, prodigy, artists and showbiz, musician's life, rise and fall ...
Time: 60s, 50s, 1950s, 1940s
Place: kentucky
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 170 min.
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Story: 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 ...
Style: realistic, touching, captivating, serious, emotional ...
Plot: addiction, biopic, filmmaking, showbiz, rising to stardom, actor's life, singer, ambition, lifestyle, celebrity culture, family problems, musician's life ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s
Place: usa, california, new york, london, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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James Dean (2001)
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: realistic, serious, sentimental, captivating, clever ...
Plot: hollywood, actor, filmmaking, father son relationship, actor's life, biopic, dying young, lifestyle, prodigy, ambition, rising to stardom, rise and fall ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, 50s, 1940s, 1930s
Place: usa, malibu california, indiana, santa monica california, new york
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40%
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Grace Kelly (1983)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The fairy tale story of the actress who became a princess is told in this biography that traces her rise from Philadelphia socialite to Hollywood movie star.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating
Audience: date night
Plot: hollywood, biopic, love, psychic, wedding, historical figure, love and romance, artists and showbiz, actor's life, media, rise to the top, social differences ...
Time: 1940s, 50s, 20th century
Place: philadelphia, europe, monaco
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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De-Lovely (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: From Paris to Venice to Broadway to Hollywood, the lives of Cole Porter and his wife, Linda were never less than glamorous and wildly unconventional. And though Cole's thirst for life strained their marriage, Linda never stopped being his muse, ...
Style: stylized, lyrical, atmospheric, captivating, sincere ...
Audience: date night
Plot: biopic, gay, jazz, showbiz, musician's life, music, disability, infidelity, rehearsal, terminal illness, lifestyle, ambition ...
Time: 1930s, year 2004, 1940s, 1920s, 20th century ...
Place: venice, new york, usa, italy, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Will There Really Be a Morning? (1983)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: This is the story of actress Frances Farmer, her struggles with mental illness and involuntary confinement in an insane asylum.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, emotional, gloomy
Plot: biopic, hollywood, mental illness, insane asylum, mental patient, couples, artists and showbiz, actor's life, state affairs, prodigy, politics, performer's life ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s
Place: washington d.c., seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Gable and Lombard (1976)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: A biography about the love affair between 1930s Hollywood superstars Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.
Style: semi serious, realistic, sexual, stylized
Audience: date night
Plot: hollywood, actor's life, tragic love, love, filmmaking, world war two, superstar, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, fall in love, love and romance, private detective ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, year 1976, 50s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Violeta Went to Heaven (2011)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Chile, Argentina, Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A portrait of famed Chilean singer and folklorist Violeta Parra filled with her musical work, her memories, her loves and her hopes.
Style: serious, sincere, sentimental, realistic, touching ...
Plot: music, museum, folklore, follow your dream, loss of daughter, hopes, lifestyle, musician's life, performer's life, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, musical tour ...
Time: 20th century, 50s, 60s, 1940s, 1930s
Place: chile, latin america, geneva switzerland, paris france, santiago chile ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Sweet Dreams (1985)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Lange stunningly portrays Patsy Cline, the velvet-voiced country singer who died in a tragic plane crash.
Style: factual, realistic, atmospheric, captivating, gothic ...
Plot: biopic, musician's life, showbiz, fame, historical figure, air disaster, family problems, love and romance, country music, rising to stardom, celebrity culture, couples ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1985, 1950s, 50s ...
Place: west virginia, virginia, nashville tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Burton and Taylor (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story: TV drama based on Richard Burton's diaries, about his last performance in 1983 with ex-wife Elizabeth Taylor. They meet after several years and he agrees to her suggestion that they star in a stage revival on Broadway of Noel Coward's ...
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, stylized, historical drama ...
Plot: actor's life, artists and showbiz, couple relations, couples, celebrity culture, hollywood, biopic, love, art, love affair, showbiz, love and romance ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1983
Place: usa, los angeles, new york, manhattan new york city
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35%
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Halim (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Egypt
Duration: 155 min.
Story: A biopic of Egyptian singer Abdel-Halim Hafez.
Style: realistic, captivating, sentimental, emotional, serious
Plot: musician's life, rising to stardom, ambition, rise to the top, life is a bitch, love and romance, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, showbiz, biopic, singer, cop ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, 60s, 20th century, 50s ...
Place: middle east, africa, egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds she beat out many more famous rivals for the role of "Carmen ...
Style: cult classic, contemplative, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: biopic, racism, black, hollywood, women, rape, african american, filmmaking, women of color, sexual abuse, interracial romance, post war ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 1940s, 50s, 1950s
Place: usa, miami beach, new york, miami, las vegas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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My Way (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 148 min.
Story: 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.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, sentimental, tragic
Plot: childhood, lifestyle, desire for fame, musician's life, womanizer, rising to stardom, family relations, showbiz, parents and children, music, biopic, singer ...
Time: year 2012, 60s, 70s, 20th century, 50s ...
Place: france, saint tropez, paris france, monte carlo, egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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King of Salsa (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The rise and fall of salsa singer, Héctor Lavoe (1946-1993), as told from the perspective of his wife Puchi, who looks back from 2002.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, disturbing, informative ...
Plot: music, ambition, musician's life, artists and showbiz, showbiz, dancing, biopic, lifestyle, life is a bitch, rise and fall, drug abuse, salsa ...
Time: 70s, year 2006, 60s
Place: usa, new york, puerto rico
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 4.6
 513
Sal (2011)
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: serious, realistic, sincere, atmospheric, touching ...
Plot: gay, lifestyle, introspection, ambition, actor's life, artists and showbiz, hopes, friendship, murder, celebrity, biopic, beat generation ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Growing Up Brady (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A tell-all story of what happened behind the scenes of the 70s hit TV series "The Brady Bunch." Based on the book written by Barry Williams, the actor who played Greg Brady.
Style: sitcom, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot: actor's life, showbiz, relationship vs career, lifestyle, workplace, artists and showbiz, alcohol abuse, movie studio, love, family relations, suburbs, hollywood ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
W.C. Fields and Me (1976)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Film biography of actor-comedian W.C. Fields, concentrating on his years in Hollywood and his relationship with aspiring actress Caroltta Monti.
Style: serious, realistic, skit, silent
Plot: hollywood, biopic, addiction, filmmaking, actor, comedian, actor's life, ambition, artists and showbiz, couples, relationship vs career, alcohol abuse ...
Time: year 1976, 1920s, 20th century, 1930s
Place: new york, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
My Week with Marilyn (2011)
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, period piece, romantic, factual, melancholic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: movie star, historical figure, biopic, fame, hollywood, actress, actor's life, ambition, cultural icon, women, depression, celebrity ...
Time: 50s, 2010s, year 2011, 1900s, 1950s ...
Place: england, britain, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: In the mid-80s, three women (each with an attorney) arrive at the office of New York entertainment manager, Morris Levy. One is an L.A. singer, formerly of the Platters; one is a petty thief from Philly; one teaches school in a small Georgia town. ...
Style: emotional, melancholic, inspirational, touching, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: music, biopic, showbiz, addiction, music business, greed, music band, black, drug addiction, rising to stardom, rise and fall, human nature ...
Time: 20th century, year 1998, 60s, 50s, 80s ...
Place: new york, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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 801
Céline (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A biopic on singer Céline Dion.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, captivating
Plot: desire for fame, rise to the top, prodigy, relationship vs career, ambition, musician's life, showbiz, couples, rising to stardom, lifestyle, fall in love, tragic love ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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