Movies like Angel 2008

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Angel (2008)
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Angel (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Angelica "Angel" Holst was a celebrated rockstar in the 80's but since then her fame and popularity has faded. Now it's time to step back into the spotlight - but to reach the top again she needs media attention and the question is what price Angel is willing to pay to get there again ...
Style: realistic, not serious, captivating, humorous
Audience: teens
Plot: ambition, lifestyle, musician's life, desire for fame, life is a bitch, couples, infidelity, dishonesty, artists and showbiz, rising to stardom, down on your luck, pop star, husband wife relationship, rock star, funeral, paparazzi, concert, recording studio, publicity stunt, pop singer, suicide note, fake suicide
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: eastern europe
Keyword: sweden

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, captivating, serious and touching films with plots about artists and showbiz, couples, ambition, lifestyle, love and romance, life is a bitch and society mostly in Drama, Comedy and Music genres. Some movies like Angel: Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back (2000), Family Secrets (2001), Video Girl (2011), The Wager (2007), A Beautiful Soul (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back (2000)
Genre: Drama
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, desire for fame, rise to the top, love and romance, rising to stardom, life is a bitch, artists and showbiz, musician's life, lifestyle, music band, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 70s
Place: texas, usa, dallas texas
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95%
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Family Secrets (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Autumn 1978 in suburban Sweden. Everything seems to be fine with the middle class Bendrick family with their two teenage children and a younger son, until the mother starts seeing her first love again after 20 years. Just like their badly built ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, captivating, suspense
Plot: life turned upside down, family life, love affair, crumbling marriage, couple relations, lifestyle, family problems, under the surface, infidelity, family in crisis, teenage life, parents and children ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: eastern europe
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87%
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Video Girl (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Lorie Walker ( Meagan Good), attends a ritzy private school in a small southern town. Raised by her grandmother Valerie ( Ruby Dee), she often daydreams of becoming a professional dancer. After a chance meeting with a renowned music video director, ...
Style: realistic, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, serious
Plot: desire for fame, dancer's life, ambition, small town, life is a bitch, celebrity culture, rise and fall, follow your dream, society, rivalry, sex scene, couples ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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 404
The Wager (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: An actor at the pinnacle of his Hollywood career finds himself buckling to temptation after he accepts the lead in a classic tale of good versus evil. Michael Steele has just been nominated for Best Actor at the Academy Awards. In the wake of that ...
Style: christian film, realistic, serious, contemplative, thought provoking ...
Plot: christianity, hollywood, actor's life, desire for fame, human spirit, introspection, ambition, relationship vs career, couples, society, hotshot hero, rising to stardom ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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A Beautiful Soul (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: An R&B singer snagged by the trappings of superstardom loses his way and turns his back on his church and faith-filled beginnings. Tragedy strikes, leaving a chance for redemption in its wake. But with rebirth, first comes death.
Style: realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot: redemption, introspection, self discovery, one more chance, musician's life, religions or cults, celebrity culture, hopes, lifestyle, ambition, showbiz, hip hop ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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67%
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Harlem Aria (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: An aspiring opera singer from Harlem teams up with a charismatic busker and a kindhearted hustler to share his voice with the world, and teaches his two newfound friends the importance of taking your destiny into your own hands. Anton (Gabriel ...
Style: independent film, realistic, serious, captivating, uplifting ...
Plot: opera, hip hop, ambition, life is a bitch, lifestyle, performer's life, artists and showbiz, hopes, prodigy, desire for fame, musician's life, human spirit ...
Time: 90s
Place: harlem, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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The Last Dance (1993)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Blackpool, a dancing contest, a dead woman. This is the opening scene of this movie, which then continues by telling us the story preceding this sad accident - or is it a murder? We will get to know the tensed relationship of the dancing contestant ...
Style: realistic, serious, sincere
Plot: rivalry, friendship, couples, betrayal, underdog, ambition, artists and showbiz, survival, dancer's life, contests and competitions, murder, dark humor ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
They Shoot Movies, Don't They? ...The Making of 'Mirage' (2000)
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: realistic, semi serious, clever, captivating, mockumentary ...
Plot: lifestyle, ambition, obsession, actor's life, addiction, showbiz, filmmaking, hollywood, blind ambition, artists and showbiz, nothing goes right, media ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Sunset Strip (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A day in Hollywood, 1972, with young people looking for the 24 hours that will change their lives. Zach will open that night for a British rocker at Whisky a Go-Go; he lives in a canyon and plays impromptu duets with a mysterious guitarist he ...
Style: semi serious, captivating, realistic, humorous, sentimental ...
Plot: hollywood, musician, desire for fame, ambition, rising to stardom, music band, lifestyle, love triangle, nightlife, celebrity culture, artists and showbiz, actor's life ...
Time: 70s, y2k, year 1972
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
House of Angels (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Norway
Duration: 127 min.
Story: In a small village in Västergötland, everything is turned upside-down when the local loner dies and his cottage is inherited by his unknown relative Fanny. She rides into tow on a big black motorcycle with her androgenic boyfriend Zack, wearing ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, clever
Plot: summer, motorcycle, inheritance, free spirit, village, lgbt, small town, gay, countryside, nordic, transgender, european ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Those Secrets (1992)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A wife and mother drifts back to her life as a call girl.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: couples, dishonesty, vengeance, love and romance, prostitute, infidelity, bored housewife, husband wife relationship, therapy, prostitution, call girl
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Double Standard (1988)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The true story of a judge who lives a double life, and stays married to two women for more than 15 years. While one knows nothing of the other, his second wife doesn't care that he is married already as long as he comes home to her as well. ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, sexual
Plot: love, couples, injustice, life is a bitch, love and romance, couple relations, unfulfillment, dishonesty, love triangle, infidelity, family relations, bigamist ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
A Rational Solution (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Finland, Germany, Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Four of Sweden's top actors anchor Jörgen Bergmark's tragi-comedy about a couple, both marriage counsellors, who find themselves in deep water when the husband falls for his best friend's wife. A smart, funny film made for adults. ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, captivating, clever, offbeat ...
Plot: open marriage, love triangle, love and romance, working class, society, crumbling marriage, fall in love, couples, family problems, infidelity, buddies, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Balancing Act (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Having cheated on his wife, Giulio, a municipal employee, moves out, but has to find a solution on how to still support his family, and himself.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, psychological, tense ...
Plot: family relations, family problems, parents and children, breakup, life is a bitch, couples, unfulfillment, downfall, job seeking, down on your luck, adultery, relationships ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
The Uncertainty Principle (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Portugal
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Having lost her place among the social elite, a widow remarries and starts a family.
Style: contemplative, cynical, realistic, talky, serious ...
Plot: starting over, hopes, estate, rich and poor, infidelity, life is a bitch, dishonesty, society, couples, down on your luck, social differences, marriage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: portugal
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Di Di Hollywood (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Bar worker Diana Diaz (Elsa Pataky) leaves Madrid for Miami and with new boyfriend, Robert (Luis Hacha), they then head for Hollywood, prepared to do anything for fame.
Style: captivating, realistic, cynical, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot: sex scene, hollywood, showbiz, desire for fame, actor's life, follow your dream, ambition, rising to stardom, agent, infidelity, casting couch, erotic scene ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles, miami
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
One Perfect Day (2004)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Tommy Matisse, a gifted musician, undertakes an odyssey of self-discovery and tragedy in Melbourne's dance music scene.
Style: realistic, psychological, sentimental, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot: self discovery, musician's life, prodigy, addiction, redemption, couples, lifestyle, rave, nightclub, artists and showbiz, drug abuse, hopes ...
Place: australia, europe, london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Days and Clouds (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Switzerland, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Set in Genoa, the film concerns the financial struggles and emotional strain that occur after Michele loses his job. He and his wife Elsa are forced to give up their affluent lifestyle and cope with the tensions of moving into a smaller home, ...
Style: touching, serious, realistic, sexy, captivating ...
Plot: unemployment, couples, ambition, downfall, lifestyle, self discovery, relationship vs career, infidelity, life turned upside down, society, crumbling marriage, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, venice
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Raven's End (1963)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 101 min.
Story: In the middle of this film, about the working class in pre-world war II Sweden, is Anders who wishes to become an author. His father who is a notorious dreamer and liar, and his mother, who struggles to keep their family alive.
Style: sincere, touching, gloomy, realistic, serious
Audience: teens
Plot: football, writers, social injustice, nordic, family relations, working class, dysfunctional family, young man, father son relationship, teenage protagonist, aspiring writer, family problems ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1936
Place: europe, eastern europe
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46%
May Allah Bless France! (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: French rapper, author, and spoken word artist Abd Al Malik makes his directorial debut with this adaptation of his 2004 autobiography, chronicling his upbringing in the crime- and drug-ridden streets of Strasbourg and his life-changing encounters ...
Style: captivating, inspirational, psychological, atmospheric, rough ...
Plot: rising to stardom, urban ghetto life, juvenile delinquency, follow your dream, religions or cults, hip hop, redemption, coming of age, ambition, life is a bitch, islam, biopic ...
Time: 20th century, year 2014, 80s
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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 505
Dear Alice (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Very different lives, becomes interweaved during what seems like an ordinary day. Franzis Namazi is a newly arrived immigrant from Gambia to Sweden. He is about to give up on his little store selling African art. Karin Carlsson-Said is a lawyer who ...
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, sincere
Plot: social differences, life turned upside down, couple relations, society, couples, immigrant, life is a bitch, artists and showbiz, disorder, misfit, urban, social services ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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 433
Out of Sync (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Roger Deacon, a down-and-out record producer, is given the job of making a singing star out of an industry mogul's girlfriend, an attractive but talentless starlet. He discovers a housewife with a powerful singing voice and decides to secretly ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, entertaining, realistic ...
Plot: hidden identity, desire for fame, ambition, rise to the top, celebrity culture, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, performer's life, cons and scams, showbiz, disorder, music industry ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Bending All the Rules (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: When single photographer Kenna finally gets her own exhibition, she turns her attention to her love life. Yet two different men, sensitive Jeff and strong-willed Martin, are determined to win her heart, pulling her free spirit in opposite directions.
Style: semi serious, realistic, sexy, sincere, independent film ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: love triangle, love and romance, lifestyle, couples, ambition, wooing, radio dj, bartender, art exhibition, carnival, artists and showbiz, singleness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Red Meat (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Chris and Stefan invite Victor to join their group where they talk about their experiences with women over a meal of red meat. As the night progresses, Stefan relates his wild encounters with fleeting sex, Chris talks about his need for intellectual ...
Style: sexy, erotic, realistic, humorous, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: friends, thirtysomething life, lifestyle, relationships, love and romance, couples, infidelity, sex, discussion, women, dishonesty, restaurant ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 5.9
 185
2nd Take (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Reclusive writer takes aspiring actress under his wing.
Style: realistic, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: hollywood, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, love and romance, unfulfillment, hopes, writers, aspiring actress, rivalry, society, showbiz, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Gossip (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Ten actresses test films for the title role of a remake of "Queen Christina".
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: filmmaking, actor's life, artists and showbiz, strong female presence, lesbian, female protagonist, producer, rivalry, director, actress, actor, unfaithfulness ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 5.6
 1K
Filly Brown (2012)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: “Majo” Tonorio, a.k.a. Filly Brown, is a raw, young Los Angeles hip-hop artist who spits from the heart. When a sleazy record producer offers her a crack at rap stardom, Majo faces some daunting choices. With an incarcerated mother, a record ...
Style: realistic, captivating, sincere, psychological, hood ...
Plot: hip hop, rising to stardom, desire for fame, moral dilemma, ambition, follow your dream, musician's life, artists and showbiz, music, radio dj, strong female presence, producer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Nairobi Half Life (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Kenya, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Mwas, a young aspiring actor from upcountry Kenya dreams of becoming an accomplished actor one day, and in pursuit of this, he makes his way to Nairobi, the city of opportunity. He quickly understands why Nairobi is nicknamed Nairrobery as he is ...
Style: serious, sincere, realistic, tense, captivating ...
Plot: friendship, follow your dream, ambition, fish out of water, desire for fame, hopes, unlikely criminals, life is a bitch, society, social decay, lifestyle, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: kenya, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Hope for Love (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A young woman is faced with a tough decision to stay with her husband and father of her son who is cheating on her. She takes a vacation where she runs into an old flame and begins to rekindle their chemistry. Torn between the two, she intends to ...
Style: touching, sentimental, realistic, captivating, serious ...
Plot: love triangle, infidelity, dishonesty, couples, introspection, betrayal, self discovery, relocation, love and romance, urban, escape
Time: 21st century
Place: new orleans, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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 416
Pop Star (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When talented young singer, Roxie Santos, meets music producer, Eddie Marz, he promises her an amazing new lifestyle and a future record deal. All he needs her to do is first lend her voice to a celebrity with no singing talent. However, when things ...
Style: serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: musician's life, desire for fame, follow your dream, teenage life, lifestyle, hopes, artists and showbiz, love and romance, youth, music band, teenage love, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
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39%
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