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The Music Lovers (1971)
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The Music Lovers (1971)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Composer, conductor and teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his homosexual tendencies by marrying, but unfortunately he chooses a wonky, nymphomaniac girl whom he cannot satisfy.
Style: historical drama, psychological, atmospheric, offbeat, serious, realistic, sexual, crying, sexy, queer cinema ...
Plot: composer, classical music, biopic, piano, music, kremlin, gay, musician, lgbt, music composer, dancing, female nudity, love, psychology, artist, mental disorder, art, art history, sex crime, classical composer, incest, snow, nymphomania, homosexuality, closeted gay ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s, 1890s, victorian era, victorian
Place: england, russia, london, europe, moscow russia

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Most similar movies to The Music Lovers

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and period drama films with plots about artists and showbiz, biopic, musician, musician's life, couples, art and music mostly in Biography, Drama and Music genres. Some movies like The Music Lovers: Amadeus (1984), Salome's Last Dance (1988), Mahler (1974), Copying Beethoven (2006), Farinelli (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Amadeus (1984)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, France
Duration: 160 min.
Story: The incredible story of genius musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri – now confined to an insane asylum.
Style: inspirational, epic, costume drama, clever, period piece ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: music, classical music, composer, genius, mozart, envy, opera, musician, musician's life, mentor, obsession, bohemian life ...
Time: 18th century, 1790s, 1820s, 1800s, georgian era ...
Place: vienna, austria, eastern europe, italy, europe ...
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Salome's Last Dance (1988)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Oscar Wilde watches an outrageous staging of his banned play "Salome" at a London brothel, with parts played by prostitutes, Wilde's host, his lover Bosey, and Lady Alice.
Style: biblical, sex comedy, historical drama, art house, costume drama ...
Plot: erotica, acid trip, inspiration, decadence, bible, art, lgbt, stage play, prostitute, obsession, prophet, decapitation ...
Time: 1st century, 19th century, 1890s, victorian era
Place: london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Mahler (1974)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The film begins on a train journey with Gustav Mahler (Robert Powell) and his wife Alma (Georgina Hale) confronting their failing marriage. The story is then recounted in a series of flashbacks (some of which are surrealistic and nightmarish), ...
Style: art house, psychedelic, road movie, historical drama, serious ...
Plot: classical music, composer, biopic, music composer, artist, classical composer, famous, musician, railway, art history, painter, psychology ...
Time: 20th century, 19th century, 1890s, turn of the century, 1900s
Place: austria, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Copying Beethoven (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Germany, UK, Hungary
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A fictionalised exploration of Beethoven's life in his final days working on his Ninth Symphony. It is 1824. Beethoven is racing to finish his new symphony. However, it has been years since his last success and he is plagued by deafness, ...
Style: realistic, captivating, touching, serious, stylized ...
Audience: date night
Plot: composer, classical music, musician, horse, artist, mute or deaf, biopic, music, pianist, musician's life, contests and competitions, love and romance ...
Time: 19th century, 1820s, 1800s, ancient times, year 2006 ...
Place: germany, europe, austria, vienna
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Farinelli (1994)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France, Italy, Belgium, UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Farinelli is a 1994 biopic film about the life and career of Italian opera singer Farinelli, considered one of the greatest castrato singers of all time.
Style: realistic, heartbreaking, factual, sexy, disturbing ...
Plot: opera, music, opera singer, brother brother relationship, art, biopic, classical music, destiny, musician, siblings relations, artist, gay ...
Time: 18th century, ancient times, year 1994
Place: europe, napoli italy, madrid, italy, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Bride of the Wind (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Austria
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A biopic of Alma Mahler, the wife of composer Gustav Mahler (as well as Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel), and the mistress of Oskar Kokoschka.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, atmospheric, heartbreaking ...
Plot: painter, biopic, fall in love, artist, family relations, infidelity, prodigy, lifestyle, ambition, love affair, couples, remarry ...
Time: edwardian era, year 2001, 1900s, 19th century, 20th century ...
Place: austria, vienna, new york, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Impromptu (1991)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story: In 1830s France, pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individualistic woman who uses the name George Sand.
Style: period piece, cult classic, costume drama, humorous, witty ...
Plot: classical music, writers, composer, piano, music, female artist, women, older woman younger man relationship, musician, art, duchess, house ...
Time: 19th century, regency period, year 1991, victorian era, 1830s
Place: france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, Netherlands, Portugal, Finland
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.
Style: existential, independent film, anthology, spiritual, realistic ...
Plot: music, biopic, classical music, piano, obsession, musician, artist, radio, spirituality, composer, art history, showbiz ...
Time: year 1993
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Lisztomania (1975)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Music, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A send-up of the bawdy life of Romantic composer/piano virtuoso Franz Liszt, with ubiquitous phallic imagery and a good portion of the film devoted to Liszt's "friendship" with fellow composer Richard Wagner. The film begins during ...
Style: cult classic, surreal, erotic, art house, disturbing ...
Plot: composer, piano, male nudity, classical music, musician, biopic, music, rock, bondage, rock and roll, the beatles, pop music ...
Time: year 1975, 19th century, 1840s, 1800s
Place: europe, st. petersburg russia, berlin germany, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Telstar: The Joe Meek Story (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Set against a backdrop of early 60's London, Telstar is the story of the world's first independent record producer, Joe Meek. A maverick genius who enjoyed phenomenal success with Telstar - the biggest selling record of it's time - ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, captivating, spiritual ...
Plot: gay, recording studio, paranoia, suicide, musician's life, prodigy, experimental music, homosexual, artists and showbiz, rise and fall, lifestyle, music industry ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: england, london
⇓ 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 ⇓
38%
Hilary and Jackie (1998)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story: The tragic story of world-renowned cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi.
Style: emotional, philosophical, independent film, steamy, depressing ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: classical music, music, multiple sclerosis, sex with sister in law, biopic, dysfunctional family, sisters, musician, couples, sister sister relationship, women, physical disability ...
Time: year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod artist Bob Elkin, fully aware that he's also intimately involved with middle-aged doctor Daniel Hirsh. For both Alex and Daniel, the younger man ...
Style: sexy, controversial, mind blowing, psychological, serious ...
Plot: gay, female nudity, bisexual man, lgbt, doctor, gay husband, love triangle, art, open relationship, artist, sex, love story ...
Time: 70s, year 1971, 20th century
Place: london, england, europe, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: West Germany, Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Using letters Anna Magdalena Bach wrote to her husband, seminal composer Johann Sebastian, filmmakers Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet created one of the most precise, rewarding biopics ever put to screen. CHRONICLE OF ANNA MAGDALENA ...
Style: contemplative, spiritual, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot: composer, piano, music, biopic, musician, art, classical composer, music composer, artist, spirituality, art history, jazz ...
Time: year 1968, 18th century
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Immortal Beloved (1994)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: The life and death of the legendary Ludwig van Beethoven. Beside all the work he is known for, the composer once wrote a famous love letter to a nameless beloved and the movie tries to find out who this beloved was. Not easy as Beethoven has had ...
Style: emotional, visual, costume drama, informative, dramatic ...
Plot: composer, classical music, biopic, music, classical composer, musician, artist, art, deafness, piano, life, dialogue ...
Time: 19th century, 18th century, regency period, 1820s, 1800s ...
Place: austria, europe, hungary
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Paganini (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Kinski believed that he lived through the same experiences as the legendary "devil violinist" Niccolo Paganini, who set whole Europe of the 19th century into frenzy and through whose personality Kinski offers us an incredibly profound and ...
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, touching, sincere ...
Plot: classical music, ambition, musician's life, music, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, sexual relations, violinist, composer, father son relationship, older man younger woman relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 18th century, 19th century
Place: europe, italy, venice
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Worried About the Boy (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: In 1980 young George O'Dowd baffles his parents with his love of frocks and make-up and moves into a squat with kindred spirit Peter, who dresses as Marilyn Monroe and calls himself Marilyn. They make a splash at Steve Strange's trendy ...
Style: realistic, serious, sentimental, captivating, period piece ...
Plot: gay, musician's life, lifestyle, desire for fame, rise and fall, ambition, music band, rising to stardom, love and romance, anti conformity, love affair, addiction ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: england, london
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36%
Spring Symphony (1983)
Genre: Biography, Music
Country: West Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story: "Spring Symphony" is the story of Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck. Both were music entities. Robert Schumann turns out to have been a second tier composer, if that, never rising to the heights of a Beethoven or Mozart. In contrast, Clara ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, stylized, sentimental ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: composer, children, biopic, classical composer, musician, artists and showbiz, music, musician's life, unfulfillment, couple relations, ambition, love and romance ...
Time: 19th century
Place: europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Carrington (1995)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 121 min.
Story: The story of the relationship between painter Dora Carrington and author Lytton Strachey in a World War One England of cottages and countryside. Although platonic due to Strachey's homosexuality, the relationship was nevertheless a deep and ...
Style: costume drama, talky, touching, sexual, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: artist, painter, writers, art, polyamory, lgbt, biopic, art history, glbt, world war one, painting, gay ...
Time: 1930s, 1910s, 1920s, victorian era, year 1915 ...
Place: england, europe, italy, wales, venice ...
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34%
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Topsy-Turvy (1999)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Music, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 160 min.
Story: After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which opens the ...
Style: talky, witty, historical drama, cult classic, meta ...
Plot: music, biopic, composer, writers, opera, rehearsal, theater, dancing, musician, filmmaking, female protagonist, humour ...
Time: victorian era, year 1999, 19th century, 1800s, 1880s
Place: london, england, britain, europe, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Control (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA, Australia, Japan, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Control is the biography of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis, taking his story from schoolboy days of 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band's first American tour in 1980.
Style: depressing, atmospheric, black and white, stylized, sad ...
Audience: teens
Plot: music, punk, singer, depression, suicide, musician's life, punk rock, musician, rock and roll, biopic, epilepsy, music band ...
Time: 70s, y2k, year 2007, year 1980, year 1973 ...
Place: england, manchester, london, northern england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Naked Civil Servant (1975)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life according to his own style even in the hostile days of WW2.
Style: period piece, controversial, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: lgbt, gay, lgbtq, biopic, subculture, revolt, publisher, lgbtqi, world war two, gay slur, gay subtext, bittersweet ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The King Is Dancing (2000)
Genre: Drama, History, Music
Country: France, Germany, Belgium
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Louis XIV, the French sun-king has two passions, establishing absolute rule over the realm -after decades of religious/civil wars- by divine right and artistic brilliancy as a dancer
Style: atmospheric, stylized, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot: french history, king of france, performer's life, royal family, royalty, composer, ballet, dancing, playwright, intrigue, dishonesty, rise and fall ...
Time: 17th century
Place: france, versailles, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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The Devil's Violinist (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Musical
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 122 min.
Story: The life story of Italian violinist and composer, Niccolò Paganini, who rose to fame as a virtuoso in the early 19th Century.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, atmospheric, factual ...
Plot: violinist, musician's life, rise to the top, deal with the devil, composer, genius, classical music, music, rising to stardom, womanizer, musician, ambition ...
Time: 19th century, ancient times, 1830s, victorian era
Place: italy, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Wilde (1997)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Japan, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The story of Oscar Wilde, genius, poet, playwright and the First Modern Man. The self-realisation of his homosexuality caused Wilde enormous torment as he juggled marriage, fatherhood and responsibility with his obsessive love for Lord Alfred ...
Style: homoerotic, costume drama, touching, period piece, witty ...
Plot: homosexuality, gay, writers, homosexual, hypocrisy, biopic, lgbt, male homosexuality, scandal, gay lead character, glbt, poetry ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, year 1997, edwardian era
Place: ireland, britain, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Isadora (1968)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 131 min.
Story: A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitudes on free love, debt, dress, and lifestyle shocked the public of ...
Style: historical drama, sad, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: ballet, female nudity, women, dancing, children, dancer, biopic, art, girl, fictional history, age-gap relationship, philosophy ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century, 19th century, 1890s, year 1900
Place: europe, chicago, russia, nice france, san francisco ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Behind the Candelabra (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.
Style: stylized, realistic, factual, cult classic, entertaining ...
Plot: gay, aids, pianist, biopic, gays and lesbians, showbiz, celebrity, couples, piano, music, lgbt, art ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 2013, 2000s, year 1979 ...
Place: las vegas, indiana, southern california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Nijinsky (1980)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: The film suggests Nijinsky was driven into madness by both his consuming ambition and self-enforced heterosexuality, the latter prompted by his romantic involvement with Romola de Pulszky, a society girl who joins impresario Sergei Diaghilev's ...
Style: psychological, artsy, independent film, captivating, serious ...
Plot: gay, ballet, dancing, art, youth, artist, lgbt, lgbtqi, choreographer, jealousy, love triangle, gay relationship ...
Time: year 1980, 1910s, 20th century, year 1912
Place: budapest, france, greece, paris france, monte carlo ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Nina (2016)
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.
Style: 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: 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Chopin: Desire for Love (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Music
Country: Poland
Duration: 134 min.
Story: The biography of world famous Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot: composer, biopic, prodigy, musician's life, lifestyle, love affair, couples, destructive relationship, fall in love, society, chess, friendship ...
Time: 19th century, ancient times, 1830s
Place: poland, vienna, mallorca, warsaw poland, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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