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Out of Tune (2008)
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Out of Tune (2008)
Original name: Os Desafinados
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: Brazil
Duration: 139 min.
Story: 'Slightly Out Of Tune' is about a group of friends who come of age during the political turmoil that plagued Brazil in the 1960's and 70's. Together, these musicians form a band called "Os Desafinados" and become a part of the groundbreaking Brazilian musical movement called Bossa Nova
Style: sentimental, touching, serious, realistic
Plot: music, friendship, love triangle, rise to the top, fall in love, ambition, youth, love and romance, rivalry, society, desire for fame, rising to stardom, adolescence vs adulthood, showbiz, political unrest, male female relationship, jazz, dictator, dictatorship, cinema, coming of age, friends, artists and showbiz, state affairs, politics ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil, new york
Keyword: latin

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and sentimental films with plots about friendship, friends, love and romance, artists and showbiz, youth, music and ambition mostly in Drama, Musical and Music genres. Some movies like Out of Tune: Flame (1975), Antonia (2006), Pure Country 2: The Gift (2010), Bandage (2010), Hated (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Flame (1975)
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Light the Rock 'n Roll spark with a Flame in the guise of Dave, Noddy, Jim and Don and their showcase of the rise and demise of rock band Flame. Set in the hardships of North England's seventies working class society and music scene. This ...
Style: offbeat, independent film, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot: rock and roll, fictional band, rock star, swing, rock, friends, rise and fall, innocence lost, lifestyle, music, unfulfillment, desire for fame ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place: england, europe
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100%
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Antonia (2006)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Determined to escape their poverty-stricken lives, four talented young women living on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, form an all-female rap group but find their road to success is riddled with sexism, racism, and violence. One by one, they ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, rough
Plot: hip hop, music band, prodigy, friendship, musician's life, ambition, rise to the top, rising to stardom, society, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil, latin america, sao paulo brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Pure Country 2: The Gift (2010)
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Three angels bestow the gift of song to a young girl, who must follow a series of rules in order hold on to it during her rise to fame and fortune.
Style: realistic, sincere, serious, sentimental, contemplative
Plot: country, friendship, musician's life, desire for fame, music, love and romance, lifestyle, rise to the top, friends, hopes, ambition, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 21st century
Place: tennessee, usa, dallas texas, austin texas, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Bandage (2010)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Set in Japan in the early 1990s, there's one rising band called LANDS, that is starting to find success amidst a flood of other bands. Asako and Miharu are two Tokyo high school students. When Miharu gives Asako her favorite indie rock band; a ...
Style: realistic, serious, emotional, touching, romantic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: musician's life, friendship, betrayal, rising to stardom, contests and competitions, fall in love, desire for fame, love and romance, coming of age, artists and showbiz, music, rivalry ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Hated (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll are what a young underground punk band are striving for, but once they get a taste of it, they are forced to decide how far they're willing to go for fame and fortune and who they're willing to leave ...
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, captivating, independent film
Audience: teens
Plot: desire for fame, rise and fall, friendship, music band, youth, artists and showbiz, friends, showbiz, unfulfillment, music, punk, bittersweet ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Fast Forward (1985)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Eight young people from Ohio who are dancers, come to New York, to compete in a major talent competition. But when they get there, they learn that they have to wait some time before they take part in it. So they try to do their best to survive in ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, feel good, stylized, humorous
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: breakdance, dance, dancing, club, street kid, high school, couples, friends, family relations, rising to stardom, lifestyle, coming of age ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
Place: ohio, new york, usa
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28%
Vanished Empire (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: This story take place in Moscow during the 1970s and unfolds around the love triangle between two young men and a girl who study at the same university. They argue, make up, and face their first disappointments and victories. While busy with ...
Style: atmospheric, sentimental, serious, realistic, gloomy ...
Plot: love triangle, friendship, youth, politics, society, lifestyle, university, young lovers, hopes, idealism, revolution, political unrest ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: russia, soviet union, moscow russia
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28%
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The Tic Code (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A 10 year old gifted boy wants to be a jazz pianist much to the chagrin of his more classical oriented piano instructor. With his mother's help, he is an underage regular at a local nightspot, where he is teamed up with a sax superstar. Both ...
Style: realistic, touching, sentimental, independent film, serious ...
Plot: disability, jazz, youth, music, illness, musician's life, fall in love, hopes, coming of age, love and romance, prodigy, misfit ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Honeydripper (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: In 1950s Alabama, the owner of the Honeydripper juke joint finds his business dropping off and against his better judgment, hires a young electric guitarist in a last ditch effort to draw crowds during harvest time.
Style: realistic, atmospheric, captivating, psychological, cult classic ...
Plot: blues, music, rise and fall, prodigy, friendship, musician's life, follow your dream, rising to stardom, ambition, love triangle, redneck, club ...
Time: 50s, year 2007, 1950s
Place: alabama, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Kamchatka (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Spain, Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The movie show us how life was in Argentina for dissident people, in the seventies, under the military government.
Style: serious, sincere, sentimental, realistic, political ...
Plot: coming of age, life is a bitch, family in danger, family life, youth, confined, parents and children, political unrest, isolation, society, totalitarianism, parent child relationship ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place: argentina, latin america, buenos aires argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Mentor (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A thought-provoking drama about the power that a famous university professor holds over his students and assistants.
Style: realistic, psychological, serious, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: love triangle, power relations, dishonesty, university, friendship, college, unfulfillment, ambition, manipulation, power, mentor, teachers and students ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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24%
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Tamla Rose (2013)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Three teen girls in a Motown band embark on an emotional ride to hell and back.
Style: touching, serious, sentimental, realistic, feel good
Audience: girls' night
Plot: dream come true, rise and fall, musician's life, follow your dream, ambition, teenage life, desire for fame, best friend, hopes, youth, friendship, showbiz ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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Battlefield America (2012)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A young businessman hires an instructor to turn a group of misfit kids into a team on the underground dance competition circuit.
Style: realistic, inspirational, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: street dance, dancing, music, ambition, rivalry, youth, misfit, social misfits, hip hop, dance, mentor, training ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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The Comet (1999)
Genre: Musical, Adventure, Drama
Country: Mexico, France, Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After witnessing the arrest of her father for publishing "subversive" material against the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz, Valentina escapes taking a sack of gold coins with her in order to hand it over to rebel Francisco I. Madero, who is ...
Style: touching, sentimental, serious, realistic
Audience: girls' night
Plot: mexican revolution, revolution, love and romance, idealism, filmmaking, teenage love, fall in love, life is a bitch, society, circus, hopes, chases and races ...
Time: 1900s, 20th century
Place: mexico, usa, texas, latin america
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24%
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The Rat Pack (1998)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: After a brief flash-forward to Frank Sinatra as an old man, saying "I miss my guys," the movie's main narrative begins during high points in the solo careers of the Rat Pack: Dean Martin has become a big success despite the breakup of ...
Style: serious, realistic, talky, sentimental, entertaining
Plot: mafia, racism, biopic, presidential candidate, nightclub, music, kennedy family, wiretap, usa president, hollywood, godfather, showbiz ...
Time: 60s, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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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23%
Almost Brothers (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, Chile, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The strange friendship between two men of opposite social classes. Miguel is a senator. His childhood friend Jorge is a major drug-dealer. In the 1970s, they meet in prison: Miguel was there for political reasons, and Jorge, as a common criminal.
Style: realistic, serious, suspense, captivating
Plot: friendship, prison, social differences, jail, friends, life is a bitch, youth, gang, drug dealing, politics, society, rich and poor ...
Time: 70s, 50s
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil
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23%
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G (1983)
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Sweden
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Three friends, Robban, Alexander and Kim has just left the compulsory school, and now they consider themselves grown-up and mature, being 16 years old. During the summer holiday they also get a bit of experience of the world: Robban becomes a ...
Style: colorful, realistic, serious, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gay, coming of age, nudity, platonic, friends, family problems, adolescence vs adulthood, teenage love, dysfunctional family, urban, teenage life, nightclub ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: eastern europe, stockholm sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: "Meat Loaf" Aday is an overgrown Texas youngster, the son of a gentle woman dying of cancer and an alcoholic, abusive father. Tormented by his father and schoolmates over his size, he strikes out on his own after his mother's death, ...
Style: realistic, sincere, touching, captivating, semi serious
Plot: showbiz, ambition, desire for fame, rise to the top, love and romance, rising to stardom, life is a bitch, artists and showbiz, musician's life, lifestyle, music band, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 70s
Place: texas, usa, dallas texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Max & Lenny (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Max and Lenny is the story of a friendship between two girls fighting for survival in a northern area of Marseille.
Style: sincere, realistic, touching, serious
Plot: friendship, teenage life, ambition, follow your dream, youth, hip hop, family relations, society, hopes, music, lesbian, strong female presence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, france
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New York, New York (1977)
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story: An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.
Style: sentimental, stylized, realistic, cult classic, atmospheric ...
Plot: jazz, music, musician, saxophonist, dancing, fall in love, world war two, american football, music and dance, gotham city, doomed romance, orchestra ...
Time: 1940s, 1950s, 20th century, post world war two
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, harlem
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22%
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A Trip (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Slovenia
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Three friends embark on a road trip like in high school, but things have changed - Gregor is going to war mission, Ziva is going to study abroad, while Andrej is still the same. There are secrets left unsaid. Can their friendship survive?
Style: emotional, realistic, road movie, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot: adolescence vs adulthood, friendship, love triangle, on the road, journey, coming of age, youth, lgbt, lesbian, nomad, picnic, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: slovenia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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A Cartomante (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Rita is about to marry a wealthy physician, Dr. Augusto Vilela. One night, Vilela's best friend, Camilo, is brought to the hospital, dying from an overdose. Vilela saves his life and introduces him to his fiancée. Rita and Camilo fall in love ...
Style: emotional, realistic, captivating, sentimental, serious ...
Plot: friendship, love triangle, fall in love, couples, friends, sexual relations, twists and turns, couple relations, sex scene, psychiatrist, doctor, hot and sexy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil, rio de janeiro
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Sunday School Musical (2008)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Two competing groups of high school students must rally together and enter a song and dance competition in order to save their church from closing.
Style: humorous, mockbuster, exciting, feel good, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, church, music band, rivalry, follow your dream, lifestyle, friends, ambition, teachers and students, teenage love, save the day, choir ...
Time: 21st century
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22%
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The Outlander (2005)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 138 min.
Story: It is the early 20th century. A stranger arrives in the small, rural community and disrupts the lives of its inhabitants. The man, who refuses to give his name, is dubbed The Outlander. A traveller who disdains conventional behaviour and ...
Style: atmospheric, realistic, touching, sentimental, serious
Plot: friendship, friends, love affair, social relations, village life, village, fall in love, family relations, stranger, rivalry, love and romance, alcoholism ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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2nd Take (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Reclusive writer takes aspiring actress under his wing.
Style: realistic, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: hollywood, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, love and romance, unfulfillment, hopes, writers, aspiring actress, rivalry, society, showbiz, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Bulgarian Rhapsody (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Bulgaria, Israel
Duration: 108 min.
Story: the story of two adolescents, Moni and Zhozho, who meet 17-year-old Zheni in 1943 and with whom both fell in love. The events that follow unfold while Bulgaria has to decide on the deportation of 11 343 Jewish citizens in Macedonia and Thrace.
Style: touching, emotional, captivating, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: friendship, wartime life, fall in love, on the run, teenage love, holocaust, youth, love and romance, society, teenage life, anti semitism, coming of age ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: bulgaria
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 6.3
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Tango Bar (1987)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Argentina, Puerto Rico
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After many years, Ricardo and Antonio, two former partners, will reunite in their Tango Bar in Buenos Aires. Ricardo, the partner still owning the bar, reminiscences the days of their old show "Esto es Tango" while waiting for Antonio.
Style: anthology, realistic, serious
Plot: tango, love triangle, politics, friendship, political unrest, folk hero, love and romance, state affairs, intrigue, artists and showbiz, dancer's life, male female relationship ...
Time: year 1987, 80s
Place: argentina, buenos aires argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
The Dust of Time (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Italy, Germany, Russia, France
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A, an American film director of Greek ancestry, is making a film that tells his story and the story of his parents. It is a tale that unfolds in Italy, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, Canada and the USA. The main character is Eleni, who is claimed and ...
Style: atmospheric, serious, sincere, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: love affair, love and romance, parents and children, introspection, love triangle, couple relations, politics, starting over, society, state affairs, hopes, political unrest ...
Time: 90s, 60s, 50s, 20th century, 80s ...
Place: kazakhstan, greece, new york, germany, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Israel, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Tai is 17 years old. Naim is 20. She's Israeli. He's Palestinian. She lives in Jerusalem. He lives in Gaza. They were born in a land of scorched earth, where fathers bury their children. They must endure an explosive situation that is not ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot: israeli palestinian conflict, friendship, interracial relations, rebelliousness, family life, society, danger, terrorism, politics, friends, teenage life, political unrest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, palestine, palestinian authority, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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