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Polanski Unauthorized (2009)
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Original name: Polanski Unauthorised
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An unauthorized chronicle of the life of Roman Polanski.
Style:
thought provoking, serious, realistic, captivating, intense, sexual, independent film, sexy
Plot:
celebrity culture, prodigy, ambition, life is a bitch, filmmaking, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, biopic, scandal, controversy, celebrity, fame, exile, hollywood, mature, rise and fall, privacy invasion, trial, relationships, creative process, childhood, immigration, marriage, courtroom, unfulfillment ...
Time:
70s, 60s
Place:
usa, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and touching films with plots about biopic, artists and showbiz, celebrity culture, lifestyle, ambition, showbiz and rising to stardom mostly in Drama, Biography and Music genres. Some movies like Polanski Unauthorized: James Dean (2001), Anna Nicole (2013), The Anna Nicole Smith Story (2007), The Jayne Mansfield Story (1980), The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The man behind the legend and a knowing look at the 1950's Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic bioepic of the meteoric star whose troubled life echoed his gut-grabbing performances in East of Eden, Rebel Without A Cause and Giant.
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sentimental, realistic, serious, captivating, clever ...
Plot:
hollywood, actor, father son relationship, filmmaking, actor's life, death of mother, sports car, gay, voice over narration, biopic, dying young, rising to stardom ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, 1930s, 1940s
Place:
usa, malibu california, indiana, new york, santa monica california
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Voluptuous beauty Anna Nicole Smith marries an elderly millionaire and poses for Playboy, but after her husband's death, her excessive drinking, pill-popping and weight fluctuations take their toll.
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, captivating, thought provoking
Plot:
playboy, celebrity, rise and fall, rising to stardom, ambition, desire for fame, starlet, celebrity culture, drug addiction, female protagonist, pole dancing, economist ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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36%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Born Vickie Lynn Hogan, she had a son at 18, became a stripper at 20, and married a billionaire at 26. Sheer determination turned her into Anna Nicole Smith, playmate, model and a household name.
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
lifestyle, rising to stardom, physical appearance, celebrity culture, artists and showbiz, hollywood, rags to riches, drug, older man younger woman relationship, marriage, fame, celebrity ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa
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33%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The gaudy rise and dizzy fall of the last great Hollywood blonde bombshell: Jayne Mansfield.
Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
big breasts, hollywood, actor's life, biopic, behind the scenes, price of fame, femme fatale, fame, publicity, movie business, publicity stunt, desire for fame ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 60s
Place:
mississippi
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The film spans from Hepburn's early childhood to the 1950s which details her life as a Dutch ballerina, coming to grips with her parents' divorce, and enduring life in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II. She then settles in ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, feel good, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
hollywood, actor's life, world war two, showbiz, celebrity culture, childhood, performer's life, rising to stardom, filmmaking, haunted by the past, artists and showbiz, human spirit ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1940s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
usa, new york, holland, europe, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 215 min.
Story:
The Amazing Howard Hughes is a 1977 television movie about American aviation pioneer and filmmaker Howard Hughes, based on the book by Hughes' business partner Noah Dietrich. The film starred Tommy Lee Jones, Ed Flanders, and Tovah Feldshuh.
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental
Plot:
aviation, hollywood, biopic, howard hughes, aviator, rise to the top, mentally unstable, lifestyle, unfulfillment, misfit, obsession, ambition ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
california, usa
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30%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, touching, serious, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
1930s, 1940s
Place:
australia, usa
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29%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany, Australia, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Paradise Found is a biography about the painter Paul Gauguin. Focusing on his personal conflict between citizen life and his family life and the art scene in Frane. In an incredible imagery montage Gauguin manages to make a successful living in the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, scenic, contemplative
Plot:
painter, survival, lifestyle, prodigy, obsessive quest, ambition, artist, biopic, rise and fall, obsession, life is a bitch, love and romance ...
Time:
ancient times, 19th century, 1890s, 1870s
Place:
tahiti, paris france, france, europe
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Bettie Page was America's number one pin-up girl in the 1950s and became a cult icon. This biopic tells the story of the last 3 years of her short-lived career, recreating the incriminating bondage films which gave her the nickname "Dark ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sexual, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
desire for fame, actor's life, rise and fall, showbiz, celebrity culture, friendship, workplace romance, fashion, workplace, against the rules, artists and showbiz, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
new york, tennessee, florida
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Talk show host Wendy Williams executive produces the biopic on her life, revealing the highs and lows she has experienced throughout the years. Wendy has made herself the go-to source for great celebrity dish on her hit talk show, The Wendy Williams ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, semi autobiographical, inspirational, intense
Plot:
talk show, scandal, biopic, fame, celebrity, price of fame, controversy, slice of life, desire for fame, aspiration, ambitious woman, lifestyle ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The rise and fall of salsa singer, Héctor Lavoe (1946-1993), as told from the perspective of his wife Puchi, who looks back from 2002.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, disturbing, dramatic ...
Plot:
music, artists and showbiz, ambition, musician's life, showbiz, dancing, biopic, lifestyle, rise and fall, life is a bitch, drug abuse, salsa ...
Time:
70s, year 2006, 60s
Place:
usa, new york, puerto rico
Similarity:
26%
864
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The life story of former Manchester United football legend, George Best.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, emotional
Plot:
football player, athlete's life, rising to stardom, ambition, rivalry, life is a bitch, sport team, celebrity culture, professional sports, football, football team, biopic ...
Time:
60s, 90s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, england, europe, northern england, manchester
Similarity:
26%
577
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
James Franco's Sal chronicles the final hours of the life of actor Sal Mineo, one-time teen idol and star of the blockbuster films Rebel Without a Cause and Exodus.
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, touching, atmospheric ...
Plot:
gay, gay slur, gay interest, ambition, actor's life, introspection, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, hopes, friendship, murder, celebrity ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
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26%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A look at Brittany Murphy's rise to Hollywood fame in the 1990s, her struggles with celebrity and self-esteem, and her mysterious death in 2009 at the age of 32.
Style:
realistic, captivating, sentimental, serious
Plot:
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Time:
year 1990, year 2009, year 2004, year 2005, year 2003 ...
Place:
puerto rico, new jersey, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Brazil, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Paulo Coelho is the world’s most translated living author, his books having sold over 165 million copies. But he was not always the inspirational global phenomenon he is today. Like the heroes in his spiritual classics THE ALCHEMIST and THE ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, thought provoking, disturbing
Plot:
hopes, writers, writer's life, follow your dream, rising to stardom, life, lifestyle, historical figure, biopic, relationships, historical character, creative process ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
This biopic of the legendary actor Marlon Brando stars Damian Chapa as the two-time Oscar-winner and focuses primarily on the troubled relationship Brando had with his son Christian who battled drug addiction
Style:
serious, dramatic, emotional, intense, melancholic ...
Plot:
biopic, troubled relationship, father son relationship, actor, hollywood, family tragedy, mature, drug addiction, celebrity culture, rise and fall, behind the scenes, legacy ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
This is the story of actress Frances Farmer, her struggles with mental illness and involuntary confinement in an insane asylum.
Style:
captivating, emotional, gloomy, realistic, serious
Plot:
biopic, hollywood, mental illness, mental patient, insane asylum, couples, politics, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, mentally unstable, state affairs, performer's life ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s
Place:
washington d.c., seattle
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A biopic of punk legend Darby Crash and his band, the Germs.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspense, informative ...
Plot:
punk rock, punk, music, rock, biopic, lifestyle, musician's life, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, ambition, rise and fall ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 210 min.
Story:
The story of the life of the actress Elizabeth Taylor.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, romantic drama, period drama
Plot:
hollywood, divorce, mother daughter relationship, biopic, fame, celebrity culture, ambition, glamour, showbiz, legacy, identity crisis, actress ...
Time:
1940s, 60s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The story of what happened to Neal Cassady after Jack Kerouac's "On The Road" came out. Deals primarily with Neal's relationship to his fictional alter-ego, Dean Moriarty.
Style:
captivating, realistic, semi serious, atmospheric, sexual ...
Plot:
beat generation, self discovery, on the road, buddies, life is a bitch, celebrity culture, drug abuse, fame, road trip, beatnik, hipster, art ...
Time:
60s, 50s
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Biography of rock star Jimi Hendrix chronicles his early career, including a stint with Little Richard who fired him for getting too flamboyant, to his tragic failure.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, gloomy
Plot:
musician's life, biopic, ambition, rising to stardom, prodigy, tragic hero, music band, life is a bitch, rise and fall, artists and showbiz, drug abuse, overdose ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Renowned writer F. Scott Fitzgerald is living the last months of his life with his youthful secretary, confidant, and protégé who later wrote a memoir of their time together.
Style:
serious, clever, realistic, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
prodigy, life is a bitch, showbiz, crumbling marriage, split personality, mental illness, family problems, lifestyle, love and romance, couples, terminal illness, writers ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Chronicles the rise and fall of pop king Michael Jackson.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching
Plot:
rise and fall, performer's life, music, rising to stardom, ambition, showbiz, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, musician's life, singer, pop star, reputation ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
This film follows Norma Jean from her simple, ambitious youth to her sex star pinnacle and back down. She moves from lover to lover in order to further her career. She finds fame but never happiness, only knowing seduction but not love.
Style:
contemplative, psychological, realistic, serious, gloomy ...
Plot:
playboy, female nudity, biopic, filmmaking, skinny dipping, actress, female protagonist, rape, abuse, john f. kennedy, hollywood, lgbt ...
Time:
60s, 1940s, 50s, 1950s
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
On the set of Cleopatra, Hollywood's most beautiful star, Elizabeth Taylor, fell into the arms of one of the world's greatest actors, Richard Burton - and she didn't leave. Their subsequent white-hot, scandalous love affair gave rise ...
Style:
sexy, serious, realistic, stylized
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
actor's life, couples, hollywood, couple relations, renewed love, paparazzi, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, celebrity culture, infidelity, actress, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
rome italy, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, captivating, sexual, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
rise and fall, writer's life, writers, couples, artists and showbiz, love affair, lifestyle, unfulfillment, car accident, novelist, society, biopic ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 21st century
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Canada, Australia, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In 1955, young photographer Dennis Stock develops a close bond with actor James Dean while shooting pictures of the rising Hollywood star.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, psychological, cult classic ...
Plot:
photograph, hollywood, friendship, actor, actor's life, magazine, showbiz, celebrity, buddy, celebrity culture, journalism, photography ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1950s, year 1955
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The story of the working and personal relationship between the comedians Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, a hugely popular duo in the UK during the 1960s and 1970s. Focusing primarily on Cook, the film traces the pair from their first meeting through ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious
Plot:
prodigy, friendship, rise to the top, obsession, actor's life, showbiz, betrayal, buddies, ambition, celebrity culture, lifestyle, haunted by the past ...
Time:
60s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, realistic, serious
Plot:
biopic, showbiz, friends, couples, rise and fall, musician's life, performer's life, actor's life, rising to stardom, unfulfillment, artists and showbiz, tragic hero ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 1950s, 1940s
Place:
kentucky
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
"Meat Loaf" Aday is an overgrown Texas youngster, the son of a gentle woman dying of cancer and an alcoholic, abusive father. Tormented by his father and schoolmates over his size, he strikes out on his own after his mother's death, ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, touching, captivating, semi serious
Plot:
showbiz, ambition, rise to the top, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, rising to stardom, love and romance, musician's life, life is a bitch, music band, lifestyle, terminal illness ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, texas, dallas texas
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22%
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