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Beethoven Lives Upstairs (1992)
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Beethoven Lives Upstairs (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 51 min.
Story: When his mother rents their vacant room to a peculiar composer, Christoph can't believe his bad luck. But as the abrasive boarder, Ludwig Van Beethoven, begins creating his masterful 9th Symphony, Christoph is won over by the majesty of his music. This lighthearted family drama was awarded the 1993 Emmy for Outstanding Children's Program.
Style: independent film, sentimental, touching, feel good, humorous, captivating, realistic, witty, semi serious
Audience: family outing
Plot: composer, youth, musician, classical composer, friendship, coming of age, music, friends, misfit, prodigy, family relations, disability, introspection, lifestyle, mute or deaf, musician's life, human nature, artists and showbiz, performer's life, biopic, genius, boy, childhood, temper, dysfunctional family ...
Time: 1900s, 19th century, 1800s, regency period
Place: europe, austria, vienna

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, semi serious, humorous and touching films with plots about friends, youth, friendship, coming of age, family relations, artists and showbiz and lifestyle mostly in Drama, Comedy and Family genres. Some movies like Beethoven Lives Upstairs: Vitus (2006), 1234 (2008), Nodame Cantabile: The Movie I (2009), Mo (2007), Eskil & Trinidad (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Vitus (2006)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Vitus tells the story of a highly-gifted boy (played by real-life piano prodigy Teo Gheorghiu) whose parents have demanding and ambitious plans for him.
Style: sincere, semi serious, realistic, feel good, touching ...
Plot: child prodigy, prodigy, boy, youth, music, coming of age, childhood, family relations, pianist, parents and children, overbearing parent, friendship ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: switzerland, europe, zurich switzerland
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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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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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Mo (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Every kid wants to be cool and fit in - life's a blast even when you're different. When Mo's reflection is revealed, he sees a body that doesn't quite resemble any of his peers. Here, he tells the tale of his youth, growing up on ...
Style: sentimental, semi serious, feel good, touching, realistic ...
Plot: youth, family relations, friendship, teenage life, family problems, disability, optimism, hopes, society, social misfits, parents and children, physical appearance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, long island
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The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When a famous band called the Silver Boulders break up, Nat and Alex Wolff go into depression.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, exciting ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: youth, family relations, family life, music band, artists and showbiz, musician's life, siblings relations, music, desire for fame, lifestyle, ambition, buddies ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Eskil & Trinidad (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Sweden
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Eskil moves from town to town with his father in Northern Sweden. He misses his mother and sucks at playing hockey, the main activity among the boys his age. Things changes when he meets Trinidad, a mysterious woman who lives outside society ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, feel good, sincere ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: friendship, village life, parents and children, family relations, coming of age, father son relationship, father and son, youth, village, friends, sport team, self confidence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe
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SoulBoy (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story: 1974. Amidst power cuts, strikes and boot-boy aggro on the football terraces, Joe McCain is bored of a life that's going nowhere. Enter hair-dresser Jane: blonde, beautiful, and moving to the beat of a whole new world of sound, movement and ...
Style: humorous, contemplative, psychological, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot: coming of age, nightlife, youth, society, buddies, unfulfillment, lifestyle, music, friendship, youth culture, subculture, soul ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: england
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I, Cesar (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Cesar is a young schoolboy living in Paris with his family. Their life is ordinary, but Cesar wants more excitement (which he creates, in one instance, by claiming to his teachers that his father has been arrested). During the school holidays, Cesar ...
Style: touching, sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot: child's point of view, friendship, obsessive quest, young heroes, disorder, family relations, youth, escapades, parents and children, fish out of water, first love, overweight child ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, paris france, europe, france, england
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Logan (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A teen does everything he can to finish his younger brother's project when tragedy strikes.
Style: sincere, sentimental, captivating, serious, independent film ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: youth, human spirit, teenage life, follow your dream, family problems, dysfunctional family, family relations, friendship, hopes, bittersweet, brother brother relationship, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Swing (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In a suburb of Strasbourg, Alsace, France, ten year old boy, Max, spends his summer vacation with his grandmother. He hears Manouche gypsy Romani music being played in a local bar, and loves it. He goes to visit the gypsies in search of a guitar, ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: coming of age, musician's life, teaching the ways of the world, social differences, youth, artists and showbiz, young lovers, society, interracial relations, social misfits, music, gypsy ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: france
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Smitty (2012)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: SMITTY is a family film about a rescue dog. When life gets tough for Ben, a friendly paw is all it takes to pull him through. Mischievous thirteen-year-old Ben is sent to his grandfather's farm for the summer, where he crosses paths with a ...
Style: sincere, captivating, light, feel good, touching ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: youth, family relations, friendship, pets, coming of age, single parent, farm, dog, redemption, hopes, teaching the ways of the world, friends ...
Time: year 2010, 21st century
Place: iowa, usa
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The Cheetah Girls (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A four-member teen girl group named the Cheetah Girls go to a Manhattan High School for the Performing Arts and try to become the first freshmen to win the talent show in the school's history. During the talent show auditions, they meet a ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, touching, teen ...
Audience: teens, family outing, chick flick, girls' night, kids ...
Plot: friendship, high school, coming of age, showbiz, teenager, follow your dream, musician's life, fashion, lifestyle, ambition, music band, rising to stardom ...
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Little Secrets (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Emily Lindstrom, 14, is an aspiring concert violinist; she's spending the summer practicing for a big audition while her girlfriends are at camp. She's also got a thriving neighborhood business: for 50 cents, she'll keep your secret. ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, touching, humorous, realistic
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: secret, youth, violinist, coming of age, introspection, lifestyle, family life, parents and children, teenage life, friendship, family problems, violin ...
Time: 21st century
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The Wedding Weekend (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A group of guys who sang together in a college a cappella group reunite 15 years later to perform at a friend's wedding and discover how their lives have progressed -- and in some cases regressed -- since their college heyday.
Style: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot: friendship, wedding, college, music band, lifestyle, music, reunited friends, weekend, group of friends, marriage, rivalry, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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How to Be (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A young man having an existential crisis convinces a Canadian self-help guru to come to London and become his personal life coach.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching, melancholic ...
Plot: introspection, coming of age, self discovery, unfulfillment, lifestyle, hopes, artists and showbiz, youth, musician, psychology, musician's life, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
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Angels Sing (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: As a child, Michael Walker wished every day could be Christmas. That is, until a tragic accident crushed his holiday spirit. Thirty years later, Michael still can't muster any joy for the holidays, despite encouragement from his playful wife ...
Style: touching, feel good, semi serious, realistic
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot: christmas, youth, haunted by the past, family relations, family life, parents and children, friendship, coming of age, holiday, mysterious character, christmas movie
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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21%
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story: The Great Depression hits home for nine year old Kit Kittredge when her dad loses his business and leaves to find work. Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin stars as Kit, leading a splendid cast in the first ever "American Girl" theatrical movie. ...
Style: sentimental, melancholic, inspirational, stylized, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, kids, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot: friendship, journalism, children, coming of age, youth, school, teacher, family relations, life philosophy, follow your dream, family life, american girl ...
Time: 1930s, year 2008, 20th century, year 1934
Place: ohio, cincinnati ohio, usa, chicago
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Intimate Lighting (1965)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 71 min.
Story: Taking his young city girlfriend along for the trip, a man visits old musical friends in a country village for a string quartet rehearsal.
Style: semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous, sincere ...
Plot: modernism, renaissance, exodus, villa, classmate, musician, funeral, small town, gay subtext, bittersweet, musician's life, music ...
Time: year 1965, 20th century, 60s
Place: czechoslovakia, eastern europe, balkan, europe, czech republic
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Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The 1980s. Stéphanie grows up in La Courneuve, on the outskirts of Paris, in a home where her mother is rarely there and her step-father is brutal. She quickly decides to escape her morose everyday life. Thanks to her grandmother's love, ...
Style: humorous, touching, sentimental, sincere, semi serious ...
Plot: follow your dream, teenage life, hopes, youth, parents and children, family problems, adolescence vs adulthood, society, family relations, friendship, dysfunctional family, coming of age ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: paris france, france
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Let It Shine (2012)
Genre: Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: The film follows a shy, talented musician who pens romantic hip-hop verses only to stand idly by as they're delivered to the girl of his dreams by a proxy, his best friend. Made for Disney Channel movie/
Style: feel good, realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot: hip hop, teenage life, teenage love, hip hop culture, ambition, follow your dream, lifestyle, performer's life, fall in love, musician's life, dream come true, best friend ...
Time: 21st century
Place: georgia, usa
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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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American Chai (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The film deals with an Indian American student who wanted to pursue his love of music over the more 'typical' academic endeavors of Indian Americans (e.g., medicine, engineering, law, and business).
Style: semi serious, witty, humorous, touching, realistic
Plot: college, culture clash, follow your dream, lifestyle, teenage life, parents and children, youth, society, friendship, misfit, hopes, nothing goes right ...
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Buster's World (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The television series was based on a play by Danish author Bjarne Reuter. In 1984 Reuter published his collection Tre skuespil ("Three Plays"); a collection containing also En dag i Hector Hansens liv ("A Day in the Life of Hector ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous, touching ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: coming of age, boy, family relations, wizards and magicians, young heroes, hopes, youth, artists and showbiz, performer's life, misfit, against the odds, teenage life ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: denmark
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Monkey in the Middle (2014)
Genre: Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Chris has just moved to the East Coast, and already his workaholic father is encouraging him to make new friends. Luckily football (soccer) practice is starting up, and Chris meets a few kids on the team-including his cute neighbor Mara. When Mara ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, feel good
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Fidgety Bram (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Fidgety Bram (seven years old) thinks a lot about the world around him. He is very much looking forward to enter the first grade. But then he ends up in the class of the strict teacher Mr. Fish. The straightfoward Mr. Fish doesn’t care about the ...
Style: feel good, humorous, light, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids
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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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Kisses for Everyone (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Three students are sent by their families to Cadiz in 1965, his last chance to pass and become what is expected of them. The appearance of some dancers disrupts their commitments: boys lose the course and girls, their work. But together they learn ...
Style: feel good, humorous, sentimental, touching, manga ...
Plot: looking for love, friendship, youth, dancer's life, medical school, pregnancy, cabaret, health, family relations, school, coming of age, prostitute ...
Time: 60s
Place: europe, spain
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Lloyd (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: A boy learns that confidence and self-esteem are the greatest gifts.
Style: feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Audience: pre-teens, kids
Plot: youth, misfit, love and romance, friendship, friends, school, teachers and students, fall in love, mischievous children, hopes, win over, disorder ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
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Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Four guys, best friends, have grown up together in DANCER, TEXAS POP. 81, a tiny town in West Texas. Years ago, they made a solemn vow to leave town together as soon as they graduate. Now, it's that weekend and the time has come to "put up ...
Style: talky, realistic, sentimental, touching, cult classic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: friendship, coming of age, high school, suburbs, family relations, best friend, friends, social relations, graduation, small town life, teenage life, lifestyle ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: texas, austin texas
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Isabelle Dances Into the Spotlight (2014)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Isabelle is an inspired dancer, but when her sister and a classmate make her doubt herself, she's motivated by a ballerina to find her own way to shine. Stars Erin Pitt & Grace Davidson.
Style: semi serious, humorous, sentimental, feel good, realistic
Audience: family outing, pre-teens
Plot: ballet, american girl, follow your dream, dancer's life, friendship, dance school, youth, family relations, child, dancing, artists and showbiz, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa
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