Movies like I Saw the Light
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I Saw the Light (2015)
9K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Japan, Canada
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Singer and songwriter Hank Williams rises to fame in the 1940s, but alcohol abuse and infidelity take a toll on his career and marriage to fellow musician Audrey Mae Williams.
Style:
atmospheric, emotional, stylized, romantic, sad, anamorphic, historical drama
Plot:
country music, musician, marriage, biopic, country singer, alcoholism, singer, husband wife relationship, infidelity, songwriter, divorce, womanizer, drinking, mother son relationship, adaptation, drinking alcohol, drunkenness, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, dancing, music, rock music, rock and roll, composer, pop music, music history ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, year 1944
Place:
usa, new york, nashville tennessee, american
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Most similar movies to I Saw the Light
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, captivating, serious and touching films with plots about musician, biopic, music, singer, singing, husband wife relationship and dancing mostly in Music, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like I Saw the Light: Elvis (2022), Jackie & Ryan (2014), Walk the Line (2005), Crazy Heart (2009), Bird (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
259K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
The life story of Elvis Presley as seen through the complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
Style:
costume drama, touching, historical drama, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot:
rock music, musician, career, based on real people, music, singer, biopic, singing, rock and roll, manager, death of protagonist, king ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 2020s, 70s, 60s ...
Place:
las vegas, memphis, nevada, germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A modern day train hopper fighting to be a successful musician and a single mom battling to maintain custody of her daughter defy their circumstances by coming together in a relationship that may change each others lives forever.
Style:
atmospheric, romantic, sincere, touching, extraordinary
Plot:
musician, divorce, daughter, family relations, friends, family problems, poverty, love and romance, love, travel, drifter, lonely ...
Place:
utah
Similarity:
100%
279K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.
Style:
sentimental, touching, inspirational, period piece, road movie ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
music, rock and roll, country music, musician's life, musician, marriage, addiction, biopic, accident, prison, drug, concert ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 50s, 1950s, 2000s ...
Place:
memphis, tennessee, southern usa, usa, arkansas ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When reporter Jean Craddock interviews Bad Blake -- an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend -- they connect, and the hard-living crooner sees a possible saving grace in a life with Jean and her young son. But can he leave behind an ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sincere, romantic, depressing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
musician, country music, loneliness, character study, music, happy ending, addiction, redemption, country singer, love and romance, alcoholism, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, texas, austin texas, usa, nashville tennessee ...
Similarity:
50%
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14K
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, drug addict, musician, childhood, character study, musician's life, showbiz ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, year 1988, 20th century, 50s
Place:
usa, brooklyn new york city, africa
Similarity:
45%
4K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A re-imagining of the life and times of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas Outlaw Music movement.
Style:
psychological, realistic, captivating, contemplative, sad ...
Plot:
musician, country music, songwriter, biopic, rise and fall, love story, multiple storylines, society, travel, friendship, legend, mission ...
Place:
usa, texas, austin texas
Similarity:
43%
71K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, France, Australia, Japan, USA
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:
atmospheric, depressing, sad, cult classic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
music, suicide, punk, singer, musician's life, depression, musician, punk rock, rock and roll, biopic, epilepsy, music band ...
Time:
70s, year 2007, y2k, year 1980, year 1973 ...
Place:
england, london, manchester, northern england, europe
Similarity:
42%
164K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern ...
Style:
touching, sincere, emotional, inspirational, dramatic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
jazz, addiction, musician, musician's life, music, african american, blindness, biopic, blind character, heroin, blind boy, disability ...
Time:
year 2004, 20th century, 1930s, 50s, 2000s ...
Place:
georgia, new york, california, indianapolis indiana, usa ...
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers-and falls in love with-struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer – until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the ...
Style:
sad, romantic drama, romantic, uplifting, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
singer, country music, fame, showbiz, friendship, brother brother relationship, alcoholic, alcoholism, addiction, concert, musician, drinking problem ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
los angeles, america, memphis, boston, arizona
Similarity:
40%
10K
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:
retro, serious, realistic, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
addiction, rock band, rock and roll, musician, singer, female singer, love, women, stalker, blues, rock, drug abuse ...
Time:
year 1979, 60s, 20th century, year 1969, 70s
Place:
usa, new jersey, new york
Similarity:
39%
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:
inspirational, intense, stylized, talky, sincere ...
Plot:
music, musician's life, blues, rock and roll, jazz, biopic, african american, singer, pop music, success, chess, music business ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1950s, year 2008, 1940s ...
Place:
chicago, usa, indiana, london, mississippi ...
Similarity:
39%
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, sad ...
Plot:
biopic, musician's life, showbiz, fame, country music, historical figure, family problems, air disaster, love and romance, rising to stardom, couples, celebrity culture ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1950s, year 1985, 50s ...
Place:
west virginia, virginia, nashville tennessee
Similarity:
38%
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, serious, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
music, musician, domestic violence, african american, black woman, biopic, singer, violence against women, abusive husband, rape victim, african american woman, female protagonist ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s, 60s, year 1993 ...
Place:
usa, tennessee, california, africa, new york ...
Similarity:
38%
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:
crying, cult classic, contemplative, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
racial discrimination, abuse, racism, swimming pool, desire, white male black female relationship, interracial love, racial prejudice, movie star, rape, filmmaking, biopic ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 20th century, 60s, 50s
Place:
usa, miami beach, los angeles, las vegas, miami ...
Similarity:
38%
58K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.
Style:
sad, period piece, tragic ending, emotional, stylized ...
Plot:
concert, hollywood, musician, biopic, female singer, actress, drug addict, life is a bitch, life & death, women, female musician, singer ...
Time:
60s, 1930s, year 1968, year 1969, year 2019
Place:
london
Similarity:
38%
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:
retro, realistic, intellectual, powerful, bleak ...
Plot:
jazz, biopic, african american, drug abuse, music, musician, racism, blaxploitation, drug addiction, black, blues, addiction ...
Time:
1930s, year 1972, 1940s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
america, harlem, new york city, usa, north america, baltimore ...
Similarity:
37%
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:
adultery, tragic love, music, bare breasts, arizona desert, tragic romance, female nudity, arrest, rock and roll, women, dancing, drug addiction ...
Time:
year 1976, 20th century, 70s
Place:
arizona, california, usa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Following their breakout success in England, flagship punk rock band the Sex Pistols venture out on their first U.S. tour. Temperamental bassist Sid Vicious takes his troubled girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, along for the ride. Along the way, the ...
Style:
captivating, serious, psychedelic, bloody, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
punk, rock and roll, addiction, drug abuse, heroin, punk rock, drug addiction, musician, heroin addict, punk music, drug, music history ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1986
Place:
paris france, england, europe, usa, new york ...
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The final days of Hank Williams.
Style:
captivating, sincere, touching, serious, sad ...
Plot:
country music, friendship, redemption, starting over, rise and fall, musician's life, road trip, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, downfall, rising to stardom, society ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, year 2010, year 1952, 2010s ...
Place:
west virginia, usa, alabama, ohio, virginia
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story:
The story of Priscilla's life with rock and roll star Elvis Presley.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
biopic, love, unhappy ending, rock and roll, famous people, married life, autobiography, singer, musician, celebrity, adaptation, couples ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The drama tells the story of Lennon's teenage years and the start of his journey to becoming a successful musician. The story also examines the impact on his early life and personality of the two dominant females in his childhood
Style:
sentimental, emotional, teen, intense, touching ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
musician's life, music, coming of age, the beatles, follow your dream, rock and roll, biopic, childhood, prodigy, musician, adolescence, rock ...
Time:
50s, 60s, 20th century, 1940s, year 2009 ...
Place:
england, europe, new zealand, hamburg germany, liverpool ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, France, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented himself.
Style:
meditative, stylized, lyrical, talky, philosophical ...
Plot:
music, musician, actor, biopic, poet, rock, brutality, musician's life, art, african american, music history, drug ...
Time:
70s, year 1964, year 2007, 90s, 2000s ...
Place:
usa, minnesota, new york, manhattan new york city, california ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer that came from poverty to fame.
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, touching, sweet, realistic ...
Plot:
country music, music, female protagonist, biopic, poverty, rags to riches, musician, dysfunctional marriage, musician's life, teenage pregnancy, price of fame, mining ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
kentucky, usa, nashville tennessee, appalachia, washington state
Similarity:
32%
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12K
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, captivating, atmospheric, sincere ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
biopic, gay, jazz, showbiz, musician's life, musician, music, lgbtq, disability, infidelity, rehearsal, terminal illness ...
Time:
1930s, year 2004, 1940s, 1920s, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, venice, usa, italy, paris france ...
Similarity:
32%
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, passion, prodigy, lifestyle, ambition, love affair, couples ...
Time:
edwardian era, year 2001, 1900s, 20th century, 19th century ...
Place:
austria, new york, vienna, europe
Similarity:
31%
69K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
This fearless love story chronicles the complicated lifelong relationship between music legend Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, cerebral, crying ...
Plot:
love, marriage, composer, gay, musician, male female relationship, biopic, actress, relationships, love story, couple relations, love interest ...
Time:
1940s, year 1978, 20th century, 70s, 1950s ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
31%
921
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:
sincere, realistic, serious, contemplative, independent film
Plot:
public sex, infidelity, womanizer, rise and fall, ambition, desire for fame, musician's life, lifestyle, obsession, rising to stardom, relationship vs career, showbiz ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, y2k, 60s, 70s ...
Place:
tennessee, usa, chicago, florida, new york ...
Similarity:
31%
34K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In this biographical drama, Selena Quintanilla is born into a musical Mexican-American family in Texas. Her father, Abraham, realizes that his young daughter is talented and begins performing with her at small venues. She finds success and falls for ...
Style:
touching, sad, sincere, factual, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
music, murder, dancing, tragedy, childhood, singer, musician's life, musician, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, marriage, racial segregation ...
Time:
80s, 90s, year 1997, 20th century, year 1981 ...
Place:
texas, mexico, usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An exploration of the life and music of Miles Davis.
Style:
touching, psychological, captivating, tense, historical drama ...
Plot:
jazz, musician, biopic, trumpet player, historical figure, music, black, nightclub, african american, pursuit, husband wife relationship, party ...
Time:
70s
Place:
manhattan new york city, usa, columbus ohio, new york
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Biography, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
“Ring of Fire” recounts June’s meteoric rise to fame with The Carter Family, considered the First Family of country music, before breaking out on her own to perform, when she would become a legend in her own right. Taking a personal look at ...
Plot:
country singer, art, 9/11, marriage as hell, female singer, loss of mother, reconciliation, therapy, therapist, argument, hotel, death of mother ...
Similarity:
30%
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