Movies like Sparkle 1976
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Sparkle (1976)
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Three sisters (Sister and the Sisters) from Harlem who become singers Sister (Lonette McKee) becomes involved with drugs and Sparkle ends up being the one who gets famous. This movie tells about how drugs ruined Sister's relationships and eventually ended her life.
Style:
sentimental, touching, serious, realistic, entertaining, black cinema
Plot:
black, african american, drug addiction, urban, girl group, showbiz, women, black cast, rock and roll, ambitious woman, african, girl power, black history, black girl, musician, singing, female protagonist, performer, alcohol abuse, family relations, music band, love and romance, couples, society, nightlife ...
Time:
year 1976, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
new york, harlem, new york city, usa, harlem, manhattan new york city, new york state, africa ...
Keyword:
gangsters
Most similar movies to Sparkle
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, sentimental and captivating films with plots about musician's life, artists and showbiz, music, showbiz, ambition, musician and lifestyle mostly in Drama, Music and Biography genres. Some movies like Sparkle: Dreamgirls (2006), The Five Heartbeats (1991), Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998), What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), Glitter (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Musical prodigy, Sparkle (Jordin Sparks) struggles to become a star while overcoming issues that are tearing her family apart. From an affluent Detroit area and daughter to a single mother (Whitney Houston), she tries to balance a new romance with ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental, inspirational ...
Plot:
musician's life, family relations, ambition, rising to stardom, desire for fame, music band, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, family problems, showbiz, black, african american ...
Time:
year 2012, 60s, 20th century
Place:
detroit, usa, michigan
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100%
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Three young women – Deena Jones, Effie White and Lorrell Robinson – dream of becoming pop stars and they get their wish when they're chosen to be backup singers for the legendary James 'Thunder' Early.
Style:
stylized, emotional, lyrical, melancholic, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
african american, performer's life, showbiz, music, fame, dancing, broadway, jazz, manager, black, unlikely friendships, dance ...
Time:
60s, 70s, year 2006, 2000s, 20th century
Place:
michigan, los angeles, detroit, usa, new york ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
In the early 1960's, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky start, the group improves, turns pro, and rises to become a top flight music sensation. Along ...
Style:
sentimental, hood, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
music, racism, black, rock and roll, african american, friendship, blaxploitation, black history, music business, corruption, drug addiction, gangster ...
Time:
60s, year 1991, 70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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 ⇓
29%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A film about the singer Tina Turner and how she rose to stardom with her abusive husband Ike Turner and how she gained the courage to break free.
Style:
inspirational, sincere, intense, emotional, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
music, black woman, domestic violence, biopic, african american, musician, rock and roll, violence against women, african american woman, showbiz, childhood, musician's life ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s, 80s, year 1993
Place:
usa, africa, tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young woman is catapulted into pop stardom, with her already-famous DJ boyfriend calling the shots.
Style:
touching, melancholic, exciting, sentimental, cult classic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
music, female protagonist, showbiz, hopes, rise and fall, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, ambition, love affair, rising to stardom, follow your dream, parents and children ...
Time:
80s, year 2001, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, maryland, madison square garden manhattan new york city
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25%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
TLC's humble beginnings in Atlanta quickly led to an unprecedented rise to fame in the 1990's as one of the world's most talented, celebrated and highest-selling female groups of all time. Through very public and high profile success, ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, captivating
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
musician's life, music band, rising to stardom, ambition, hip hop, artists and showbiz, music, bankruptcy, black, blaxploitation, girl power, pop star ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug addiction are featured.
Style:
realistic, retro, intellectual, serious, touching ...
Plot:
jazz, biopic, african american, drug abuse, music, blaxploitation, drug addiction, black, racism, blues, musician, singer ...
Time:
1930s, year 1972, 1940s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
america, harlem, new york city, usa, new york, baltimore ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two former backup soul singers, Louis and Floyd, have not spoken to each other in 20 years, and reluctantly agree to travel across the country together to a reunion concert to honor their recently-deceased lead singer. Cleo, a beautiful young woman ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, semi serious, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
african american, black, artists and showbiz, showbiz, buddies, music band, lifestyle, musician's life, on the road, profanity, hip hop, rock and roll ...
Time:
year 2008
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
Style:
realistic, inspirational, intense, stylized, talky ...
Plot:
musician's life, music, rock and roll, blues, jazz, biopic, african american, pop music, success, music business, singer, greed ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1950s, year 2008, 1940s ...
Place:
chicago, usa, indiana, london, mississippi
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A famous jazz trumpeter finds himself unable to cope with the problems of everyday life.
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
jazz, racism, music and dance, blaxploitation, black, casino, alcoholism, talent agent, prejudice, musician, trumpet player, biopic ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Place:
cincinnati ohio, new york
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23%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
Biographical movie about the famous rock singer Elvis Presley.
Style:
realistic, touching, emotional, serious, sentimental ...
Plot:
elvis presley, music, rock music, biopic, musician's life, price of fame, celebrity culture, rags to riches, rock and roll, desire for fame, music band, showbiz ...
Time:
50s, 60s, 1950s
Place:
las vegas, mississippi
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22%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story of the late jazz musician and classical pianist Nina Simone including her rise to fame and relationship with her manager Clifton Henderson.
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captivating, serious, touching, controversial, thought provoking ...
Plot:
jazz, music, biopic, love affair, ambition, musician's life, rising to stardom, society, discrimination, artists and showbiz, racism, love and romance ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A Star Is Born is a 1976 rock music film telling the story of a young woman, played by Barbra Streisand who enters show business, and meets and falls in love with an established male star, played by Kris Kristofferson, only to find her career ...
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
music, tragic love, alcoholic, women, drug addiction, dancing, rock and roll, radio, elvis presley, fame, rock star, self discovery ...
Time:
year 1976, 20th century, 70s
Place:
california, usa, arizona
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22%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Neil Diamond stars as Yussel in this tale of a young Jewish cantor who strives to make a career in music.
Style:
touching, intense, serious, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
father son relationship, music, tradition, family relations, showbiz, parents and children, follow your dream, desire for fame, religions or cults, musician's life, artists and showbiz, lifestyle ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
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Story:
The Jacksons are your average working-class family in Gary, Indiana; but when their father discovers the kids have an extraordinary musical talent they form a band. Winning talent show after talent show they soon hit it big when Motown calls. From ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, controversial
Plot:
music, musician's life, music band, desire for fame, follow your dream, performer's life, youth, family problems, working class, black, crumbling marriage, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 1940s, 60s, 50s ...
Place:
indiana, harlem, alabama, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, France
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian too broke to buy a glass of wine strains to hear those notes. Soon they will form a friendship that ...
Style:
contemplative, gloomy, sentimental, touching, realistic ...
Plot:
jazz, music, addiction, alcoholism, musician, art, friendship, bittersweet, drug addiction, biopic, alcoholic, solitude ...
Time:
year 1986, 50s, 20th century, year 1959
Place:
france, paris france, europe, usa, new york
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21%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Mambo Kings tells the story of César and Nestor Castillo, brothers and aspiring musicians who flee from Cuba to America in search of the American Dream.
Style:
sentimental, melancholic, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
music, musician's life, rags to riches, true love, performer's life, family relations, immigrant, love story, brother brother relationship, sibling rivalry, fame, love ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, year 1992, 20th century
Place:
cuba, new york, america, havana cuba, latin america ...
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21%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A cynical look at the life of a not so nice country-western singer, Maury Dann - played by Rip Torn in one of his most memorable performances. He ruthlessly manipulates every one around him to suit his selfish needs...he even gets his limo driver to ...
Style:
light, independent film, contemplative, tense, talky ...
Plot:
drug addiction, addiction, music business, country music, infidelity, mistress, friends, couples, on the road, country, relationship vs career, parents and children ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, tennessee
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
Saxophone player Charlie Parker comes to New York in 1940. He is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, factual, stylized, realistic ...
Plot:
jazz, music, biopic, drug abuse, addiction, heroin, musician's life, drug addict, character study, childhood, showbiz, musician ...
Time:
1940s, year 1988, 1950s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 175 min.
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Story:
The true story of The Temptations, the Soul vocal group of the 1960s, as seen from the viewpoint of the last surviving member, Otis Williams. Beginning from their humble origins in the late 50s and continuing through the 90s and the deaths of the ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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21%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Midler is the rock-and-roll singer Mary Rose Foster (known as the Rose to her legions of fans), whose romantic relationships and mental health are continuously imperiled by the demands of life on the road.
Style:
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Plot:
addiction, rock and roll, rock band, love, musician, singer, women, drug abuse, rock, music, bittersweet, biopic ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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21%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, feel good, touching ...
Plot:
biopic, music, musician, rock, rock music, singer, showbiz, musician's life, pop music, price of fame, rags to riches, art ...
Time:
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Place:
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21%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Place:
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21%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A dark psychological drama, Shooting Livien explores the inner psyche of John Livien, a disillusioned New York musician who deals with a childhood trauma by claiming an alter ego. His band on the brink of success, fantasy becomes dangerously blurred ...
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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20%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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20%
Genre: Music, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, cynical, bleak
Plot:
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Place:
new york, usa
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