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Will There Really Be a Morning? (1983)
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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:
serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
biopic, hollywood, mental illness, mental patient, insane asylum, politics, addiction, misfit, prodigy, alcohol abuse, love and romance, life is a bitch, couples, love affair, showbiz, media, terminal illness, lifestyle, child illness, actor's life, writer's life, drug abuse, mentally unstable, artists and showbiz, state affairs ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 30s, 40s
Place:
washington d.c., seattle
Most similar movies to Will There Really Be a Morning?
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and gloomy films with plots about artists and showbiz, biopic, lifestyle, hollywood, ambition, unfulfillment and showbiz mostly in Drama, Biography and Romance genres. Some movies like Will There Really Be a Morning?: James Dean (2001), Frances (1982), Last Call (2002), Particles of Truth (2003), Flynn (1993). 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.
Style:
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
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The true story of Frances Farmer's meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood and the tragic turn her life took when she was blacklisted.
Style:
depressing, disturbing, compassionate, factual, intense ...
Plot:
mental illness, rich and poor, mother daughter relationship, hollywood, insanity, biopic, actor's life, women, lobotomy, courtroom, domineering mother, family relations ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1930s, 1950s, year 1958 ...
Place:
california, usa, seattle, manhattan new york city, new york
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100%
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:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Life, love, and the fear of failing... Lilli Black, battling her painful memories and the secrets surrounding her dying father, collides into the complicated and obsessive life of Morrison Wiley on the streets of New York City. This peculiar love ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, independent film, gloomy
Plot:
introspection, haunted by the past, family relations, family life, dysfunctional family, life is a bitch, estrangement, mental illness, human nature, family problems, couples, love affair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
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342
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A biographical movie on the film star Errol Flynn's early life before Hollywood fame.
Style:
sentimental, touching, serious, realistic
Plot:
lgbt, filmmaking, hollywood, biopic, adventurer, artists and showbiz, heroes, lifestyle, prostitute, criminal heroes, rise to the top, folk hero ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s
Place:
australia, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story of singer Rosemary Clooney's rise to fame, her marriage to Jose Ferrer, and her nervous breakdown.
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:
27%
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:
26%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An unauthorized chronicle of the life of Roman Polanski.
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
celebrity culture, prodigy, ambition, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, lifestyle, filmmaking, biopic, scandal, controversy, celebrity, fame ...
Time:
70s, 60s
Place:
usa, europe
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
They Shoot Movies, Don't They? is a voyeuristic look at first time director Tom Paulson and the movie he wrote called Mirage. Frank Gallagher is the documentarian whose camera waits and watches as Paulson navigates through a jungle of ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, clever, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
lifestyle, ambition, actor's life, obsession, addiction, filmmaking, showbiz, hollywood, blind ambition, media, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
25%
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:
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The fairy tale story of the actress who became a princess is told in this biography that traces her rise from Philadelphia socialite to Hollywood movie star.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious
Audience:
date night
Plot:
hollywood, biopic, love, psychic, fortune telling, wedding, historical figure, cinderella story, social differences, relationship vs career, media, actor's life ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1940s
Place:
philadelphia, europe, monaco
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Ray Danton plays the title role in director Joseph M. Newman's 1961 film biography of the nightclub dancer-turned-movie star. The cast also includes Jayne Mansfield, Barrie Chase, Julie London, Neville Brand and Frank Gorshin.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, stylized, psychotronic ...
Plot:
hollywood, biopic, al capone, actor's life, revolution, casino, gambling, gangster, movie star, couples, fashion, nightclub ...
Time:
1940s, year 1961, 1920s, 1930s, 50s ...
Place:
new york, cuba, california, las vegas
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.
Style:
intellectual, talky, clever, witty, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
biopic, addiction, loveless marriage, female nudity, flapper, poetry, prohibition, women, female writer, friendship, hotel, unrequited love ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 1940s, year 1994, victorian era ...
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
23%
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:
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
A biography about the love affair between 1930s Hollywood superstars Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, sexual, stylized, sexy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
hollywood, actor's life, tragic love, love, filmmaking, world war two, superstar, biopic, opposites attract, journalism, ambition, private detective ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, year 1976, 50s
Place:
las vegas, palm springs california
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Film biography of actor-comedian W.C. Fields, concentrating on his years in Hollywood and his relationship with aspiring actress Caroltta Monti.
Style:
serious, realistic, silent, skit, parody
Plot:
hollywood, biopic, addiction, filmmaking, comedian, couples, actor's life, artists and showbiz, ambition, relationship vs career, alcohol abuse, dwarf ...
Time:
year 1976, 1920s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
california, usa, new york
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A tell-all story of what happened behind the scenes of the 70s hit TV series "The Brady Bunch." Based on the book written by Barry Williams, the actor who played Greg Brady.
Style:
sitcom, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
actor's life, relationship vs career, showbiz, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, workplace, alcohol abuse, movie studio, love, family relations, sexual content, hollywood ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A look inside the life of John F. Kennedy Jr.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, captivating
Plot:
john f. kennedy, usa president, politics, lifestyle, family relations, ambition, parents and children, tragic hero, looking for love, love and romance, state affairs, death in the family ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
23%
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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:
23%

Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This biographical docu-drama alternates between two parallel threads in the life of Arnold Schwarzenegger: his formative early years as the repeat winner of the Mr. Olympia body-building championship; and his modern foray into the world of politics, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
politics, campaign, bodybuilding, showbiz, relationship vs career, rise and fall, actor's life, rise to the top, athlete's life, ambition, filmmaking, hollywood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, austria, san diego california, los angeles
Similarity:
22%
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
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In this dark independent drama, Michael (Darcy Belsher) is an out of work actor who has been trying to pull himself out of a downward spiral of drug abuse that set in after the death of his mother. Michael's best friend Kris (Martin Cummins) ...
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
drug abuse, downfall, life is a bitch, addiction, best friend, actor's life, unfulfillment, youth, prostitute, volunteer, performer's life, biopic ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada, vancouver
Similarity:
22%
211
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Six women who came to Hollywood with the dream of becoming famous find themselves working as stand-ins for the glamorous stars of the late 1930s. Gathering for a birthday celebration at their local watering hole, they introduce a new member to the ...
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, gloomy, atmospheric ...
Plot:
hollywood, filmmaking, showbiz, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, love and romance, actor's life, couples, alcohol abuse, twists and turns, doppelganger, bigger dreams ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1937, pre world war two
Similarity:
22%
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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:
22%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Russian poet, singer and actor Vladimir Vysotsky was an idol of the 1970s and '80s. In 1980, at the age of 42, he passed away during the Moscow Olympic Games. This is the story of his last great love as handed down to his son from a family ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, dramatic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
drug addiction, musician's life, artists and showbiz, society, addiction, life is a bitch, kgb, songwriter, actor, concert, writers, biopic ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s, year 1979
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Marie Krøyer is hailed as “the most beautiful woman in Europe” and leads a happy marriage life with her husband the great Danish painter P.S. Krøyer and an adorable daughter. However, not everything in her world is as perfect as it seems, and ...
Style:
captivating, emotional, stylized, costume drama, serious ...
Plot:
painter, biopic, family problems, under the surface, mentally unstable, crumbling marriage, self discovery, fall in love, art, nordic, artist, art history ...
Time:
19th century, 20th century
Place:
denmark, italy, europe
Similarity:
21%
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:
21%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When a famous star is found dead at an exclusive Christmas Eve party filled with A-list Hollywood types, the police must hold for questioning a group of powerful entertainment industry players who are eager to leave the scene. As they reflect upon ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, emotional, psychotronic ...
Plot:
hollywood, society, lifestyle, redemption, actor's life, overdose, drug abuse, writer's life, hopes, artists and showbiz, starlet, cause and meaning ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
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
Similarity:
20%
14K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
Saxophone player Charlie Parker comes to New York in 1940. He is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, factual, stylized, realistic ...
Plot:
jazz, music, biopic, drug abuse, addiction, heroin, drug addict, musician, childhood, character study, musician's life, showbiz ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, year 1988, 20th century, 50s
Place:
usa, brooklyn new york city, africa
Similarity:
20%
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