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And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story (1999)
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And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Based on the autobiography of Sonny Bono, this film focuses on the volatile relationship between Sonny (Jay Underwood) and Cher (Renee Faia) during the early 60's to their divorce in the late 70's.
Plot: art, showbiz, pop star, talk show, pop culture, autobiography, pop music, singing, show business, romance
Time: 20th century

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Madonna: Innocence Lost (1994)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Pop-singer and actress Madonna's rise to fame is chronicled in this made-for-television movie. Terumi Matthews stars as the dancer-turned-musician, who came to New York City in search of fame and fortune. Based on the book "Madonna: ...
Plot: rock, obscenity, woman, fame, female singer, pop star, women, singer
Time: 20th century, 80s
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95%
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Barrymore (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: As John Barrymore reckons with the ravages of his life of excess, he rents an old theatre to rehearse for a backer's audition to raise money for a revival of his 1920 Broadway triumph in Richard III.
Style: realistic, sincere, contemplative, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: artists and showbiz, actor's life, theater, showbiz, performer's life, introspection, actor, rivalry, society, hollywood, art, biopic ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 1920s
Place: canada
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The Night That Panicked America (1975)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A dramatization of the Oct. 30, 1938 mass panic that Orson Welles' radio play, "The War of the Worlds" accidentally provoked.
Style: psychotronic
Plot: radio, mass hysteria, panic, disaster, halloween, radio show, radio broadcasting
Time: 20th century, 1930s
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91%
Without Warning: The James Brady Story (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In 1981, during the assassination attempt on then President Ronald Reagan, White House Press Secretary James Brady was shot and left paralyzed.
Plot: intrigue, assassination, obstacle
Time: 80s
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85%
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Earthwork (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In 1994, real-life crop artist Stan Herd traveled from Kansas to Manhattan's Upper West Side to create a massive environmental artwork on land owned by Donald Trump. The multi-acre artwork was made from soil, rock, plants and vegetation near an ...
Style: uplifting, realistic, sentimental, sincere, independent film ...
Plot: human spirit, idealism, environmentalism, hopes, social differences, creative block, art, artists' life, performer's life, artists and showbiz, misfit, artist ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york
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78%
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My Breast (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Meredith Baxter plays Joyce Wadler in this heartwarming story of hope, courage and redemption inspired by the New York City journalist's real-life struggle with breast cancer. Stuck in a lackluster relationship with her boyfriend, she's ...
Plot: breast cancer, survival, courage, cancer, surgery, sports writer, writers, male female relationship, death, journalist
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Thursday's Child (1983)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Sam Alden is the 17-year-old high school star player in baseball who seems to have it all. However, his family notices that he is often bothered with fits of coughing. Worried, his parents decide to take him to the hospital, where they are shocked ...
Plot: teenager, heart transplant, illness, father son relationship, doctor, family relations, heart disease
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74%
Imaginary Crimes (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A recently widowed, small-time hustler struggles to raise his two teenage daughters on his own and still make a dishonest living in 1950s Indiana.
Style: touching, sad, sentimental, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: coming of age, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family relations, hopes, hustler, cons and scams, down on your luck, terminal illness, human nature, life is a bitch, single parent ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 1950s, year 1994
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72%
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Blood Done Sign My Name (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: A drama based on the true story in which a black Vietnam-era veteran is allegedly murdered by a local white businessman who is later exonerated. The plot focuses on the role of a local high school teacher and the civil unrest that followed the ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, serious, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot: racism, murder, social differences, life is a bitch, society, introspection, discrimination, social decay, injustice, small town life, small town, murderer ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: north carolina, usa
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64%
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Bitter Harvest (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A farmer's herd sickens and dies, then his family and neighbors fall ill, so he bucks the state agricultural establishment as he pursues the politically-explosive investigation of how his farm, family, and friends came to be poisoned
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot: environmental, biology, farm, contamination, ecology, family relations, family problems, environmentalism, government agency, dishonesty, hopes, society ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: usa, michigan
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Freefall: Flight 174 (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: True story of a brand-new Canadian airliner running out of fuel in-flight and forced to glide to the nearest airfield.
Style: realistic, serious, disturbing, suspenseful, rough
Plot: airplane, aviation, disaster, air disaster, real life, danger, flight attendant, hostage, chases and races, confined, race against time, escapades ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
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Runaway Father (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A woman's husband leaves her and their three daughters. Years later she sets out to find him and get him to pay back child support.
Plot: father daughter relationship, redhead, library, mother daughter relationship, abandoned by husband, abortion, fast food restaurant, secret identity, welfare, abandoned by father
Place: virginia
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58%
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Untamed Love (1994)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A badly abused girl of 6 is saved from having to be admitted to an institution by a dedicated Special Education teacher whose class she's been placed in until there is an opening in the hospital. In that time they form a strong bond and the ...
Style: tear jerker
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Fire and Rain (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: This movie is based on the actual events on the tragic day of August 2nd, 1985. Delta Airlines flight 191 en route to Los Angeles Via Dallas Ft Worth took off from Ft Lauderdale, Fl. When the plane was landing in Ft Worth wind-shear from a strong ...
Plot: air disaster, airplane crash, aviation, thunderstorm, airplane accident, disaster, crash, cigarette smoking
Time: year 1985
Place: dallas texas, texas, los angeles
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55%
Fight for Justice: The Nancy Conn Story (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: True life drama about a working mum (Henner) whose life is put back in jeopardy when the man who was convicted of stalking her (Savant) and killing her cousin comes up for parole.
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, murder, evil man
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A female is harassed and takes the case to court.
Plot: stalker, sexual harassment, trial, courtroom, true crime
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
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Style: serious, realistic, bleak
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Style: independent film, thought provoking, serious, realistic, sexual ...
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Country: Canada, USA
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Genre: Drama
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42%
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Place: usa, new york
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42%
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Country: Italy, UK
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41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
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39%
The House on Garibaldi Street (1979)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
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Style: serious, realistic, exciting, tense, suspenseful ...
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38%
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Sam's Son (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
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38%
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Unforgivable (1996)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
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37%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
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Style: serious, realistic, bleak
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