Movies like Christine 2016

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Christine (2016)
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Christine (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Christine is an ambitious 29-year-old news reporter, in Sarasota, FL, circa 1974. Relentlessly motivated to succeed, she knows she has talent, but being a driven career woman in the 1970s comes with its own challenges, especially when competition for a promotion, unrequited love for a coworker and a tumultuous home life lead to a dissolution of self. With ratings in the cellar, the station manager issues a mandate to deliver juicier and more exploitative stories, a story firmly at odds with Christine’s serious brand of issue-based journalism. To accomplish her goals, she must overcome her self-doubt and give the people what they want.
Style: sad, melancholic, depressing, disturbing, independent film, psychological thriller, dark, mumblecore, controversial, cynical ...
Plot: suicide, depression, female reporter, loneliness, television, female journalist, television reporter, employer employee relationship, workplace, existentialism, self discovery, journalism, character study, women, tragedy, office, mother daughter relationship, love interest, virgin, illness, mental health, job, unrequited love, dating, anger ...
Time: 70s, year 1970, 20th century, year 1974
Place: florida, new jersey

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, thought provoking and dramatic films with plots about biopic, depression, storytelling, drinking, cigarette smoking, drinking alcohol and death mostly in Biography, Drama and Music genres. Some movies like Christine: Girl, Interrupted (1999), My Left Foot (1989), The End of the Tour (2015), Stronger (2017), Star 80 (1983). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line ...
Style: psychological, crying, gothic, serious, heartbreaking ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: mental illness, suicide, coming of age, psychiatric ward, suicide attempt, mental institution, teenage girl, psychiatrist, borderline personality disorder, insanity, female protagonist, mentally unstable ...
Time: 20th century, year 1999, 90s, year 1967, 60s
Place: usa
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 7.8
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My Left Foot (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In this true story told through flashbacks, Christy Brown is born with crippling cerebral palsy into a poor, working-class Irish family. Able only to control movement in his left foot and to speak in guttural sounds, he is mistakenly believed to be ...
Style: inspirational, unusual plot structure, touching, sentimental, sad ...
Plot: disability, cerebral palsy, biopic, artist, working class, writers, paralysis, handicapped, medical, painter, poet, art ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1989, 1930s
Place: ireland, dublin ireland, england, europe, canada
Similarity:
45%
The End of the Tour (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.'
Style: philosophical, meditative, psychological, serious, sincere ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: loneliness, journalism, writers, book, friendship, existentialism, writer's block, dog, poet, biopic, novelist, depression ...
Time: 90s, 2010s, year 2015, 20th century, year 1996 ...
Place: minneapolis minnesota, illinois, nebraska, new york, usa ...
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 6.9
 53K
Stronger (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A victim of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 helps the police track down the killers while struggling to recover from devastating trauma.
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, touching, emotional, suspense ...
Plot: physical therapy, rehabilitation, running, hospital, terrorist bombing, disability, sex scene, conspiracy, terrorism, terrorist, husband wife relationship, friendship ...
Time: year 2017, 2010s, year 2013, year 2016, year 2014 ...
Place: boston
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44%
 6.8
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Star 80 (1983)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Paul Snider is a narcissistic, small time hustler who fancies himself a ladies man. His life changes when he meets Dorothy Stratten working behind the counter of a Dairy Queen.
Style: disturbing, stylized, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: playboy, female nudity, murder, obsession, nude model, true crime, photograph, fame, rise and fall, movie business, jealous husband, couple relations ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, year 1978, 70s
Place: vancouver, canada, california, los angeles
Similarity:
43%
 7.5
 422K
127 Hours (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.
Style: suspense, unusual plot structure, inspirational, intense, breathtaking ...
Audience: adult
Plot: survival, isolation, trapped, mountain, wilderness, canyon, courage, alone, desert, trap, loneliness, life & death ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2003 ...
Place: utah, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, France, Chile, China
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
Style: period piece, emotional, cerebral, sad, heartbreaking ...
Plot: president, first lady, american history, kennedy assassination, assassination, u.s. president, loss of husband, biopic, widow, funeral, strong female character, depression ...
Time: 60s, year 2016, 90s, 2010s, year 1963
Place: usa, washington d.c., austin texas, america, texas ...
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42%
 7.9
 89K
The Sea Inside (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Spain, France, Italy
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The Sea Inside is about Spaniard Ramón Sampedro, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life with dignity. It is the story of Ramón’s relationships with two women: Julia a lawyer who supports his cause, and Rosa, a local woman ...
Style: sad, thought provoking, philosophical, emotional, breathtaking ...
Plot: disability, euthanasia, biopic, death, human spirit, dying, handicapped, existentialism, suicide, depression, lawyer, dignity ...
Time: year 2004, y2k, 90s, 60s, 20th century
Place: spain, barcelona, south america, europe, galicia ...
Similarity:
42%
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 7.3
 24K
Angela's Ashes (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 145 min.
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Style: sad, touching, depressing, compassionate, serious ...
Audience: toddlers, teen drama
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Time: 1940s, year 1999, 90s, 1930s, 20th century ...
Place: ireland, new york, brooklyn new york city, europe, usa ...
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 105 min.
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Style: cult classic, enigmatic, melancholic, captivating, sentimental ...
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Time: year 1998, 1950s, 20th century, 50s, 1930s
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Similarity:
42%
 7.6
 71K
Control (2007)
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:
41%
 7.2
 186K
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 122 min.
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Style: cerebral, realistic, factual, talky, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, date night
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Time: 20th century, year 2015, 2010s, 90s, year 1998 ...
Place: san francisco, north america, usa, california
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Style: political, uplifting, sad, deep, social ...
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Duration: 98 min.
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Style: sexual, sexy, erotic, erotic drama, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, adult
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Time: 80s, 70s, 20th century, year 2002, year 1970
Place: usa, miami, new york, malibu california, florida ...
Similarity:
41%
The Elephant Man (1980)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 124 min.
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Style: emotional, touching, psychological, sad, poignant ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: disability, hospital, dignity, freak, melancholy, disfigurement, social misfits, cruelty, isolation, hopes, biopic, humanism ...
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Place: england, london, britain, europe
Similarity:
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 6.4
 23K
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: sexy, factual, sentimental, melancholic, erotic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
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Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story (1995)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The story of one of America's first female reporters.
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Time: 70s, 80s
Similarity:
40%
I'm Not Ashamed (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
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Style: christian film, disturbing, captivating, thought provoking, suspense ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
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Style: ironic, tragic ending, factual, sad, cynical
Plot: bohemian life, interview, twists and turns, celebrity, performer's life, untimely death, lust, promiscuous past, journalism, nude model, cooking, writers ...
Time: 70s, year 1997, 90s
Place: los angeles
Similarity:
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 7.8
 175K
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
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Style: inspirational, sentimental, cerebral, psychological, touching ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
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Time: 20th century, 90s, 1930s, 60s, year 1969
Place: bronx new york city, new york, america, usa
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40%
 6.9
 4K
Skin (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, South Africa
Duration: 107 min.
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Style: sincere, touching, captivating, emotional, contemplative ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: forbidden love, racism, interracial relations, self discovery, human spirit, eccentric family, family problems, couples, society, social misfits, hopes, love and romance ...
Time: year 2008, 20th century, 60s, 50s, 70s ...
Place: south africa, africa, johannesburg south africa
Similarity:
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 7.5
 34K
Christiane F. (1981)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 138 min.
Story: This movie portrays the drug scene in Berlin in the 70s, following tape recordings of Christiane F. 14 years old Christiane lives with her mother and little sister in a typical multi-storey apartment building in Berlin. She's fascinated by the ...
Style: depressing, disturbing, rough, bleak, serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: addiction, drug addiction, heroin, drug abuse, drug addict, downfall, junkie, drug overdose, teenage girl, friendship, teenage life, teenage prostitution ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 1981
Place: berlin germany, west berlin west germany, europe, west germany, germany ...
Similarity:
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 7.0
 31K
Pollock (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has ...
Style: emotional, breathtaking, intellectual, inspirational, atmospheric ...
Plot: painter, artist, art, painting, biopic, genius, addiction, alcoholism, bohemian life, art history, self destructing, rise and fall ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 1950s, year 1945, year 1941 ...
Place: new york, usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, europe ...
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39%
An Angel at My Table (1990)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Australia, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story: Janet Frame grows up in a poor family. She is different than the other kids. She is considered abnormal and locked away in a mental institution for eight years. Everything changes when she starts writing books.
Style: erotic, psychological, touching, neurotic, spiritual ...
Plot: writers, mental illness, making love, depression, biopic, schizophrenia, children, art, women, mental disorder, female writer, woman ...
Time: year 1990, 20th century, 80s
Place: new zealand, london, paris france
Similarity:
39%
 7.4
 125K
Beautiful Boy (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
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Style: disturbing, rough, captivating, sentimental, social ...
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Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: san francisco, los angeles, new york
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
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Style: disturbing, serious, sincere, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot: male nudity, male pubic hair, courtroom drama, mental institution, mental health, fighting the system, social decay, injustice, life is a bitch, price of justice, hospital, prodigy ...
Time: year 1989, 50s, year 1957, year 1952, year 1955 ...
Place: florida, usa, oklahoma, miami, korea
Similarity:
39%
 6.6
 26K
Brain on Fire (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada, Ireland
Duration: 88 min.
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Style: medical drama, thought provoking, neurotic, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: strong female lead, hospital, diagnosis, psychiatry, fighting illness, human brain, journalist, visual hallucination, doctor, female protagonist, newspaper reporter, catatonia ...
Time: 21st century
Place: america, new york
Similarity:
39%
 7.4
 87K
Trumbo (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: The career of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is halted by a witch hunt in the late 1940s when he defies the anti-communist HUAC committee and is blacklisted.
Style: emotional, political, sad, factual, talky ...
Plot: communism, politics, hollywood, biopic, gossip columnist, gossip, communist, cancer, movie business, mccarthyism, screenwriter, lung cancer ...
Time: 2010s, year 2015, 70s, year 1947, 1940s ...
Place: los angeles, usa, kentucky
Similarity:
39%