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You Instead (2011)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Two feuding rock stars get handcuffed together for 24 hours at a music festival where they are both due to perform.
Style:
feel good, humorous, sentimental, semi serious, romantic, exciting, realistic
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
music festival, opposites attract, performer's life, fall in love, lifestyle, ego clash, music band, showbiz, rivalry, partners, disorder, initially antagonists, rock, nothing goes right, reluctant partners, weekend, pop star, love and romance, artists and showbiz, art, subculture, happy ending, coming of age, love story, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
england, europe, scotland
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, realistic and feel good films with plots about artists and showbiz, lifestyle, love and romance, music, musician's life, friends and music band mostly in Comedy, Music and Drama genres. Some movies like You Instead: Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure (2011), Pitch Perfect (2012), 2gether (2000), Where's Firuze? (2004), Electric Apricot (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After a talent scout spots her performing with her dog Boi at a charity gala, Sharpay Evans sets off for the bright lights of NYC, convinced instant fame and fortune are in the bag. But theatre's a dog-eat-dog world. Fortunately, Sharpay also ...
Style:
humorous, sentimental, semi serious, realistic
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
artists and showbiz, showbiz, lifestyle, rivalry, follow your dream, actor's life, desire for fame, love and romance, teenager, disney, musician's life, disorder ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing ...
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feel good, humorous, realistic, funny, light ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, family outing
Plot:
music, youth, college, rivalry, female friendship, female protagonist, competition, performance, music band, singing competition, friends, social relations ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Drama, Comedy, Music
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A movie that spoofs boy bands like N*Sync, New Kids on the Block, Backstreet Boys, etc. It's the boy band version of Spinal Tap!
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not serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
music industry, showbiz, celebrity culture, nothing goes right, music band, artists and showbiz, music, nightlife, relationship vs career, rock, partners, desire for fame ...
Time:
90s
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44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Turkey
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Having failed incredibly many times in attempts to find a big talent and to be rich, the two producers and their only two contracted singers struggle to clean their debts and make their dreams come true, no matter what happens. Being in a tight ...
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semi serious, witty, feel good, humorous, art house ...
Plot:
desire for fame, rising to stardom, lifestyle, ambition, artists and showbiz, nothing goes right, musician's life, showbiz, fall in love, buddies, love and romance, partners ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Electric Apricot is a spoof of jam bands centered around the band, Electric Apricot, in the style of "This Is Spinal Tap"
Style:
realistic, cynical, humorous, semi serious, offbeat
Plot:
music, lifestyle, partners, music band, performer's life, friends, disorder, rock, on the road, filmmaking, heavy metal culture, musician's life ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Spain, UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A comic drama set on a Mediterranean island, where a motley collection of characters is seeking musical redemption.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic
Audience:
date night
Plot:
artists and showbiz, musician's life, opposites attract, love triangle, siblings relations, couples, family problems, disorder, music, couple relations, nothing goes right, redemption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, europe
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38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nick cannot stop obsessing over his ex-girlfriend, Tris, until Tris' friend Norah suddenly shows interest in him at a club. Thus beings an odd night filled with ups and downs as the two keep running into Tris and her new boyfriend while ...
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feel good, funny, sweet, humorous, sexy ...
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teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, teenage love, youth, nightlife, teenage life, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, high school, love, unlikely couple, love and romance, lifestyle, ex couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city
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83%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A Jewish-American Princess is forced to take control of a hard-core hip-hop record label and tries to rein the one of the label's most controversial rappers.
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feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
hip hop, interracial relations, love and romance, unlikely couple, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, opposites attract, tv show, disorder, family relations, music, media ...
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.
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humorous, sentimental, feel good, sexy, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
music, drummer, recording studio, rock and roll, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, showbiz, small town, jazz musician, musician, music band, rising to stardom, ambition ...
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Place:
pennsylvania, ohio, usa, pittsburgh, los angeles ...
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33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Taiwan, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Aga, a band singer, returns to Hengchun with frustration. Tomoko is a Japanese model assigned to organize a local warm-up band for the Japanese super star beach concert. Together with other five ordinary Hengchun residents who were not expected to ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous
Audience:
date night
Plot:
rivalry, ambition, underdog, music band, contests and competitions, musician's life, music, love and romance, disorder, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, one last chance ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Dinah (Barbara Ferris) is a famous model and actress who is getting tired of life in the limelight and wants to take a break. While shooting a commercial spot for meat, she meets Steve (Dave Clark), a stuntman. Dinah and Steve hit it off and decide ...
Style:
road movie, realistic, semi serious, feel good, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
rock, advertising, rock and roll, pop music, swinger, island, music band, showbiz, celebrity culture, friendship, missing person, media satire ...
Time:
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Place:
england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
A lonely 40-ish man, likely to remain a bachelor, has a chance to find the love of his life when he falls for a vivacious young woman.
Style:
emotional, feel good, romantic, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Best friends Galleria, Chanel, Dorinda, and Aqua, A.K.A. the girl band "The Cheetahs," get the opportunity of a lifetime when they strut their way to Barcelona, Spain, to perform in an international music festival. Along the way, the ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, captivating
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, date night
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music band, disney, musician's life, lifestyle, friendship, teenage life, teenage love, girl group, artists and showbiz, youth, disorder, fish out of water ...
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spain, europe, usa, new york, barcelona
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30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Following the success of the popular Japanese romantic comedy drama, NODAME CANTABILE: THE MOVIE hits the big screen! Hiroshi Tamaki and Juri Ueno reprise in their roles and continue their love for music and their pursuit for their ambitions. Chiaki ...
Style:
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Plot:
orchestra, classical music, lifestyle, ambition, musician's life, friendship, rivalry, couple relations, youth, makeover, superhero, farce ...
Time:
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Place:
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29%
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two feuding brothers and their respective Ceilidh bands compete at a music festival. Set in 1960's Ireland.
Style:
feel good, touching, humorous, sentimental, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
musician, rivalry, prodigy, ambition, opposites attract, rising to stardom, music band, musician's life, fall in love, relationship vs career, family life, lifestyle ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A guy (Jesse Bradford) has his life planned out, until he is wooed, groomed and then dumped by an elusive woman (Elisha Cuthbert).
Style:
romantic, light, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
chance meeting, love and romance, couple relations, unlikely couple, young lovers, opposites attract, lifestyle, small town life, fall in love, love, teenager, love story ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Family, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Samantha's band, the Zettabytes, is meeting with little success, so her friend Roscoe uses his knowledge of technology designed by his father to create a holographic lead singer, Loretta Modern. The band instantly becomes successful, but ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, sentimental, feel good, romantic
Audience:
family outing, teens, girls' night
Plot:
disney, imaginary character, fall in love, ambition, desire for fame, music band, disorder, experiment gone awry, rising to stardom, love and romance, lifestyle, youth ...
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27%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When singer Gut Lambert goes on tour in Europe, he is pursued by two beautiful women, bumbling jewel thieves, and a mysterious killer.
Style:
psychotronic, exciting, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
elvis presley, musician, twins, music, age difference, fall in love, chase, gangsters, disorder, couples, rock, frame up ...
Time:
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Place:
antwerp, belgium, brussels, europe, england ...
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27%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Two writers must face a dilemma that is common to anyone who has ever had an artistic friend: what happens when you have to give feedback, and the news isn't good? Sam, an aspiring screenwriter, and David, a successful magazine editor, have ...
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semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
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Place:
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27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Singer Josef Locke fled to Ireland 25 years ago to escape the clutches of the tax man and police Chief Jim Abbott. What he also left behind was the love of his life Cathleen Doyle. Now, Micky O’Neill is desperate to save both his ailing Liverpool ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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In the 1970s a music promoter plucks Siamese twins from obscurity and grooms them into a freakish rock'n'roll act. A dark tale of sex, strangeness and rock music.
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Plot:
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Country: Japan
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Story:
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26%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Music, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, sentimental, feel good, realistic
Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When a rock band at the top of their game suddenly loses their leader, their direction suddenly becomes questionable. All the band members know is that the leader's clothes were found at the edge of a waterfront and he had not been seen since. ...
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Country: UK
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Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
G.G. Sparrow faces off with her choir's newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, over the group's direction as they head into a national competition.
Style:
humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious, funny
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
teenage love, music band, rivalry, artists and showbiz, contests and competitions, musician's life, follow your dream, youth, chorus girl, unlikely partners, social relations, odd couple ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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