Movies like Legends 2017
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Legends (2017)
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Original name: Casi leyendas
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Argentina, Spain
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Three estranged friends are going to be forced to gather very much to their regret ... Axel (Santiago Segura), a very particular Spaniard, decides to undertake the search of his former companions in Buenos Aires. 25 years ago they formed a musical group that was about to be famous but for mysterious reasons never it succeeded. Now Axel is going to have to rediscover himself with Javier (Diego Peretti), a teacher who fails to communicate with his teenage son, and Lucas (Diego Torres), a presumed lawyer who loses his job overnight. A double challenge awaits them: to be the band that always dreamed and as if it were little to solve their calamitosas lives.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, semi serious
Plot:
musician, rock band, rock music, father son relationship, nostalgia, rock concert, music band, group of friends, reunited friends, desire for fame, music, friendship, friends, parents and children, escapades, direction and purpose, ambition, aspiration, satire, ambitious, musician's life, old friends reunited, lawyer, single mother, fall in love ...
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Most similar movies to Legends
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, semi serious, entertaining and humorous films with plots about music, musician, musician's life, friendship, music band, ambition and friends mostly in Comedy, Music and Drama genres. Some movies like Legends: Metal Lords (2022), The Happy Life (2007), All for Ella (2022), Rocker (2006), The Breaks (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
For teenage misfits Hunter and Kevin, the path to glory is clear: Devote themselves to metal. Win Battle of the Bands. And be worshipped like gods.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, semi serious, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
heavy metal, music, musician, rock music, friendship, high school, music competition, desire for fame, music band, contests and competitions, teenage life, rebellious youth ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
portland oregon
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Three old friends who used to be part of a rock band reunite at the fourth member's funeral. They decide to band back together with the deceased's estranged son serving as the new fourth member.
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, melancholic, comedy drama
Plot:
rock band, rock music, friendship, musician, nostalgia, bittersweet, midlife crisis, music band, musician's life, blind ambition, ambition, escapades ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Ella and her friends sign up for a song contest that offers her the chance to make it big in the music business. Her strongest competitor is rapper alfaMK, who already has a fan base and is also outrageously good-looking.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, entertaining
Plot:
contest, female best friends, teen romance, female protagonist, rock music, music band, contests and competitions, musician, friendship, teamwork, music, female singer ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Discouraged by her lack of success and her parents' disapproval of her career choice, a struggling singer is about to give up on her dream when her manager cooks up a scandal designed to finally bring her some long-awaited fame.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, semi serious, satirical, captivating
Plot:
music industry, ambition, female protagonist, rock and roll, rock band, scandal, musician, music manager, aspiring musician, rock, satire, record producer ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Three friends united by their love of hip-hop work to make their big mark in the music industry. Beginning in the summer of 1990 NYC, Nikki a brilliant recent grad abandons a law school scholarship to pursue her dream of becoming a record exec along ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, entertaining, psychological
Plot:
hip hop, rap, follow your dream, ambition, music industry, direction and purpose, music, musician's life, following a dream, female singer, hip hop culture, friends ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star is an American comedy television series starring Oliver Hudson. The series premiered March 14, 2002 on The WB Television Network. It is based on the UK series The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star.
Style:
satirical, disturbing, captivating, semi serious, entertaining ...
Plot:
rock band, ambition, satire, aspiring singer, musician, music industry, desire for fame, music band, direction and purpose, music, musician's life, aspiration ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Ped (Jirayu La-ongmanee) was a shy boy who had never listened to music until introduced to the world of Pop and Rock by would-be childhood crush Ern (Nattasha Nualjam). Ern soon left for Bangkok, however, and it is six years later in their final ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, semi serious, touching, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
rock band, musician, fall in love, guitarist, music band, ambition, friends, music, romantic relationship, teenage life, love affair, relationships ...
Place:
thailand
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: South Korea
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A movie directed by comedian Lee Kyeong-kyu about the laughter and inspiration of competitiors in the process of getting prepared for the singing comtest that has become one of Korea's representing event.
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, comedy drama, sentimental
Plot:
musician, aspiring singer, music competition, small town life, music, desire for fame, musician's life, contests and competitions, direction and purpose, aspiration, pop singer, rivalry ...
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
They are not wild and crazy anymore, or at least they think so. Now, thanks to an offer nobody can't refuse, they will try to recapture that old rock and roll magic and give themselves a second chance.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, captivating, funny
Plot:
musician, rock band, band manager, drums, desire for fame, rock and roll, music, rock singer, rock, ambition, music band, family relations ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Argentina
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A decade after the disappearance of his best friend and musical partner, Guille receives the offer from a label to finally release an album that never saw the light of day. His friend Pablo tries to help him overcome loss and grief, and release the ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, melancholic, emotional, romantic
Plot:
friendship, relationships, musician, missing person, disappearance, loss of friend, musician's life, music band, grief, loss, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friends ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A former boy band star unexpectedly gets a second shot at success when he forms a bond with a gifted young drummer.
Style:
psychological, semi serious, captivating, satirical, thrilling ...
Plot:
musician, friend, autism, drums, pop star, friendship, boy band, musician's life, pop music, music, second chance, music band ...
Time:
year 2002
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Argentina, Uruguay
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Two socially-awkward thirty-somethings and a young con woman start a rock band that takes the Buenos Aires music scene by storm.
Style:
satirical, captivating, semi serious, sitcom, humorous ...
Plot:
musician, music business, indie rock, music, con artists, rock band, rock music, music industry, musician's life, team, music band, escapades ...
Place:
buenos aires argentina, argentina
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of maladjusted friends reunite and decide to compare their latest experiences and differing tenets.
Style:
semi serious, psychological, entertaining, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
relationships, friendship, satire, male female relationship, friends, escapades, reunited friends, old friends reunited, group of friends, conflict, introspection, personal growth ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Their parents are dead. They should be sad, but they can't cry. So they form a kick-ass band. This is the story of four 13-year-olds in search of their emotions.
Style:
sincere, captivating
Plot:
musician, music band, musician's life, teenage life, lifestyle, friendship, friends, music, rock music, group of friends, teenager, youth ...
Place:
japan, mount fuji
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music, Musical
Country: Israel
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
HaPijamot is a sitcom on Israeli television about a struggling band determined to make it in the real world. The show runs on Arutz HaYeladim and Channel 2.
Style:
parody, sitcom, satirical, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
music band, neighbor, ambition, musician, satire, group of friends, friendship, music, friends, desire for fame, musician's life, direction and purpose ...
Place:
middle east, tel aviv israel
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Israel
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Atlantica is a dark and edgy comedy about a failing rock band from Jerusalem that gets its shot at a long awaited success when a tour guide with inspirations of becoming a band manager joins them. The band members dream of fame and glory while their ...
Style:
captivating, feel good, dark comedy, indie film
Plot:
satire, rock band, israeli, music business, ambition, musician, music, desire for fame, record producer, direction and purpose, ambitious, music industry ...
Place:
israel, jerusalem
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: China
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A young musician from a small town in China tries to save his town's treasured Rock Park by organizing a charity rock concert.
Style:
humorous, realistic, light, sentimental, semi serious
Plot:
follow your dream, social relations, uninhibited rivalry, lifestyle, musician's life, ambition, talented, artists and showbiz, music business, friends, friendship, youth ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
George, a 16-year-old who believes he is a future star musician, can't believe his luck when the son of a famous duo takes an interest in his music. This new arrival helps him rehearse for a talent show and leads both boys to learn from each ...
Style:
captivating, semi serious, entertaining, satirical, funny ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
 The story of the night The Turtles met The Beatles and Howard Kaylan had dinner with Jimi Hendrix.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, captivating, semi serious, sincere ...
Plot:
music, music band, celebrity culture, performer's life, desire for fame, rise and fall, rise to the top, rock, ambition, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, showbiz ...
Time:
60s
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Rock and Roll the Movie follows fresh out of college guy David who moves to LA only to wind up in a bet with his teenage rock star agent idol, William Smythe over his cherished '59 T-Bird. To keep his car, David must convince a now washed-up ...
Style:
entertaining, feel good, semi serious, captivating, heartfelt ...
Plot:
rock and roll, ambition, guitarist, battle of the bands, musician, satire, music, ambitious man, musician's life, rock music, changing lives, redemption ...
Time:
80s, year 1980
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: Argentina, Colombia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Damián, Facundo, Luciano and Marcelo have been friends since childhood and they share the passion for classic rock and roll on vinyl records. Their relationship is also marked by other big subjects: friendship and girls. When one of them decides ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
couples, friendship, friends, couple relations, buddies, radio dj, music, unfulfillment, adolescence vs adulthood, rock, amor, radio ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Italy
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Joe, Carlo, Bobo and Giacomo have always been friends, each with their own life and problems, but united by an authentic bond and the passion that brought them together: music. The Boys, the band's name, had had lightning-fast success in the ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, emotional, melancholic, retro ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ambition, group, friend, friendship, male bonding, ambitious man, music, singer, musician, music band, ambitious, nostalgia ...
Time:
70s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Garkfunkel and Oates: Trying to Be Special is the first special by the musical comedy duo of Kate Micucci and Riki Lindhome. The pair filmed the special at the Neptune Theatre in Seattle, and it features songs, comedy, and a new Garfunkel and Oates ...
Style:
semi serious, satirical, feel good, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot:
satire, live performance, teamwork, female protagonist, musician, comedy duo, women, music band, music, musician's life, friendship, confession ...
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A group of guys who sang together in a college a cappella group reunite 15 years later to perform at a friend's wedding and discover how their lives have progressed -- and in some cases regressed -- since their college heyday.
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot:
wedding, friendship, college, music band, lifestyle, music, reunited friends, weekend, group of friends, marriage, rivalry, thirtysomething life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When his unmarried mother dies, custody of 13-year-old Job is assumed by his alleged father, Chris, whom he has never seen. Job is an enthusiastic cadet at a military academy, and Chris turns out to be a top-grossing rock star who removes Job from ...
Style:
sexual, independent film, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
dancing, rock star, friends, family relations, family problems, coming of age, music, musician's life, ambition, unfulfillment, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A decade after punk band Crust split, the band members lives have fallen apart. Drummer Bonehead has just been released from prison and sets about reforming the band for one last show.
Style:
independent film, captivating, light, humorous, funny ...
Plot:
prison, punk rock, punk band, music band, rock concert, rock music, rock musician, musician, punk rocker, rock band, punk, music ...
Place:
dublin ireland
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the early years of the hard rock band, Def Leppard, the group faces both success and personal tragedies such as drummer, Rick Allen losing his arm in a car accident and guitarist Steve Clark's alcohol addiction.
Style:
captivating, disturbing
Plot:
heavy metal, musician, rock music, music band, hard rock, rehearsal, desire for fame, musician's life, alcohol abuse, ambition, coping, direction and purpose ...
Time:
80s
Place:
britain
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Poland
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Talent and passion for music can take one to the very top. On the way, however, there are going to be showbiz traps.
Style:
humorous, captivating, feel good, entertaining
Plot:
musician, rising to stardom, music, price of fame, celebrity, showbiz, talent, ambition, teenager, female singer, musician's life, aspiration ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Soichi Negishi moved to Tokyo to chase his dream of becoming a musician playing stylish, Swedish-style pop. Instead, he finds himself leading the death metal band Detroit Metal City, or DMC, as the costumed and grotesquely made-up "demon ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, anime, slapstick comedy ...
Plot:
music, rock, hopes, rock music, ambition, follow your dream, disorder, friends, musician's life, hidden identity, lifestyle, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Serbia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
We Are Not Angels III is a Serbian film. In 1973 during a Youth Work Action, budding musician Borko Pavić (Nikola Pejaković) is disappointed to find out that the majority of his fellow young workers prefer to dance kolo to folkish harmonica sounds ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, dark comedy, black comedy, period piece
Plot:
deal with the devil, rock and roll, singer, rock star, devil, rock music, musician, music, musician's life, alcoholism, drug use, addiction ...
Time:
70s, 2000s
Place:
belgrade, former yugoslavia
Similarity:
27%
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