Movies like The Apple

If you like "The Apple" you are looking for surreal, psychotronic and grindhouse movies about / with disco, dancing, rock and roll, drug, distopia, food and art themes of Music, Musical and Sci-Fi genre shot in West Germany.
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The Apple (1980)
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The Apple (1980)
Genre: Music, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Musical set in the 'future', e.g. 1994. A young couple enters the world of the music industry, but also the world of drugs.
Style: surreal, psychotronic, grindhouse, cult classic, horror musical, independent film, biblical, offbeat, humorous, futuristic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: disco, dancing, rock and roll, drug, distopia, food, art, hallucination, god, orgy, brainwashing, eurovision, music band, profanity, showbiz, ambition, folklore, urban, rise and fall, contests and competitions, lifestyle, musician's life, artists and showbiz, performer's life, desire for fame ...
Time: future, year 1980, 90s, 1990s
Place: new york, usa
Keyword: canadian

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Most similar movies to The Apple

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, offbeat and stylized films with plots about artists and showbiz, music, ambition, singer, musician's life, lifestyle and musician mostly in Music, Musical and Drama genres. Some movies like The Apple: Dreamgirls (2006), The Tune (1992), Can't Stop the Music (1980), All That Jazz (1979), New York, New York (1977). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Dreamgirls (2006)
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Three young women – Deena Jones, Effie White and Lorrell Robinson – dream of becoming pop stars and they get their wish when they're chosen to be backup singers for the legendary James 'Thunder' Early.
Style: stylized, emotional, lyrical, melancholic, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: african american, performer's life, showbiz, music, fame, dancing, broadway, jazz, manager, black, unlikely friendships, dance ...
Time: 60s, 70s, year 2006, 2000s, 20th century
Place: michigan, los angeles, detroit, usa, new york ...
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The Tune (1992)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story: Del is a song writer for the obnoxious Mr. Mega, and in love with Didi, Mega's secretary. His quest to write a hit tune brings him to the wacky world of Flooby Nooby, where he just might learn to write songs from the heart.
Style: adult animation, psychedelic, surreal, confusing, anime ...
Plot: trippy, surrealism, disorder, friends, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, musician's life, rescue, music, ambition, goofy hero, parallel world ...
Time: year 1992
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100%
Can't Stop the Music (1980)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Movie about the Village People filmed in a documentary style.
Style: humorous, retro, independent film, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: disco, music, dancing, gay, camp, male nudity, nightclub, rock and roll, musician, dance, teen angst, dj ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: san francisco, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 7.8
 35K
All That Jazz (1979)
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his ...
Style: surreal, captivating, touching, humorous, cerebral ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: music, showbiz, jazz, dancing, workaholic, death, divorce, life is a bitch, artists and showbiz, dancer's life, love and romance, downfall ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 70s, year 1979
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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New York, New York (1977)
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story: An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.
Style: sentimental, stylized, realistic, cult classic, atmospheric ...
Plot: jazz, music, musician, saxophonist, dancing, fall in love, world war two, american football, music and dance, gotham city, doomed romance, orchestra ...
Time: 1940s, 1950s, 20th century, post world war two
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, harlem
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Death of a Dynasty (2003)
Genre: Musical, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A story which centers around Dave Katz, a journalist at a hip-hop magazine who is sent on assignment to uncover the often comedic underworld of Roc-a-Fella Records run by Damon Dash and Jay-Z.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, talky, independent film ...
Plot: hip hop, musician's life, showbiz, lifestyle, journalism, desire for fame, media, artists and showbiz, rise and fall, ambition, buddies, satire ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)
Genre: Music
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A rather incoherent post-breakup Sex Pistols "documentary", told from the point of view of Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, whose (arguable) position is that the Sex Pistols in particular and punk rock in general were an elaborate scam ...
Style: grindhouse, mockumentary, erotic, independent film, contemplative ...
Plot: punk, music, rock and roll, punk rock, rock, dancing, showbiz, subculture, musician, nudity, music business, sociology ...
Time: year 1980, 70s
Place: london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Beyond the Sea (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Based on the life and career of legendary entertainer, Bobby Darin, the biopic moves back and forth between his childhood and adulthood, to tell the tale of his remarkable life. Kevin Spacey did his own singing for Beyond the Sea, recreating Bobby ...
Style: sentimental, touching, stylized, intense, realistic ...
Plot: music, biopic, showbiz, musician, musician's life, lifestyle, singer, ambition, rising to stardom, rise and fall, nightclub, dancing ...
Time: 50s, year 2004, 60s, 20th century, 1950s
Place: usa, las vegas, pacific ocean, new york, italy ...
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27%
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Vicious Lips (1986)
Genre: Horror, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A band finally gets the opportunity for that breakthrough gig if they can make it to an "in" club on another planet in time...
Style: independent film, space horror, psychotronic, cult classic, futuristic ...
Plot: punk, alien, rock, nightclub, outer space, evil alien, rock and roll, erotica, woman with a gun, space, exploitation, fantasy world ...
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26%
 6.8
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Starstruck (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A new-wave extravaganza in which a young woman wants to become the next big singer with the help of her friends and despite the wishes of her working class family.
Style: realistic, psychotronic, erotic, laugh out loud, semi serious ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: couples, hopes, friends, cinderella story, follow your dream, artists and showbiz, love and romance, ambition, showbiz, rock and roll, musician's life, rising to stardom ...
Time: 80s, year 1982
Place: australia, sydney australia, new south wales
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26%
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Privilege (1967)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Steven Shorter is the ultimate British music star. His music is listened to by everyone from pre-teens to grandparents. He has no trace of public bad habits or drug involvement. Everyone in Britain loves him. His handlers begin to use his popularity ...
Style: grindhouse, offbeat, apocalyptic, semi documentary, serious ...
Plot: dystopia, rock and roll, rock star, swing, social commentary, marxist, angry, social satire, distopia, pop music, human experiment, satire ...
Time: year 1967, future
Place: england, birmingham alabama, london, jerusalem
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Music, Musical
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In Venice Beach, naive Midwesterner JB bonds with local slacker KG and they form the rock band Tenacious D. Setting out to become the world's greatest band is no easy feat, so they set out to steal what could be the answer to their prayers... a ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, funny, lyrical, stylized ...
Plot: rock, heavy metal, rock star, music, rock and roll, stoner, weed, road trip, farce, musician, obsessive quest, drug ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa, venice beach california
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Brothers of the Head (2005)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In the 1970s a music promoter plucks Siamese twins from obscurity and grooms them into a freakish rock'n'roll act. A dark tale of sex, strangeness and rock music.
Style: semi serious, touching, realistic, witty, humorous ...
Plot: twins, perversion, punk rock, family relations, music band, siamese twins, human nature, love and romance, friends, showbiz, siblings relations, musician's life ...
Time: 20th century, year 2005, 70s
Place: england, usa, los angeles, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Flame (1975)
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Light the Rock 'n Roll spark with a Flame in the guise of Dave, Noddy, Jim and Don and their showcase of the rise and demise of rock band Flame. Set in the hardships of North England's seventies working class society and music scene. This ...
Style: offbeat, independent film, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot: rock and roll, fictional band, rock star, swing, rock, friends, rise and fall, innocence lost, lifestyle, music, unfulfillment, desire for fame ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Cheetah Girls (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A four-member teen girl group named the Cheetah Girls go to a Manhattan High School for the Performing Arts and try to become the first freshmen to win the talent show in the school's history. During the talent show auditions, they meet a ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, touching, teen ...
Audience: teens, family outing, chick flick, girls' night, kids ...
Plot: friendship, high school, coming of age, showbiz, teenager, follow your dream, musician's life, fashion, lifestyle, ambition, music band, rising to stardom ...
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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24%
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Fame (1980)
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts
Style: inspirational, realistic, sincere, serious, captivating ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: music, high school, dancing, teenager, teacher, rehearsal, gay, life philosophy, high school life, dysfunctional family, unlikely friendships, audition ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city
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23%
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A Chorus Line (1985)
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by Zach (Michael Douglas). After the initial eliminations, seventeen hopefuls remain, among them Cassie (Alyson Reed), who once had a ...
Style: stylized, lyrical, sexy, clever, emotional ...
Audience: kids, date night
Plot: broadway, showbiz, audition, dancing, music, ballet, rehearsal, ballet school, rise to the top, choreography, dance, choreographer ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Shock Treatment (1981)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Janet and Brad Majors, unhappily married, are separated after appearing on a game show. Janet becomes a superstar while Brad is thrown into a mental hospital. But what does fast food magnate Farley Flavors have up his sleeve?
Style: surreal, cult classic, allegory, spoof, horror musical ...
Plot: satire, cheerleader, brainwashing, social commentary, fictional game show, small town, insanity, sex crime, rock opera, mental institution, surrealism, nervous breakdown ...
Time: year 1981
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, UK, West Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A small town band makes it big, but loses track of their roots, as they get caught up into the big-time machinations of the music biz. Now, they must thwart a plot to destroy their home town. Built around the music of the beatles, this musical uses ...
Style: cult classic, independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: rock and roll, music, the beatles, greed, resurrection, hippie, disco, interracial, musician, billboard, record producer, bus ...
Time: 1940s, year 1978, 1930s, 1920s, 1910s ...
Place: los angeles
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23%
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I'm Not There (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Germany, Canada, USA, France, UK
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented himself.
Style: non-linear, meditative, stylized, talky, lyrical ...
Plot: music, musician, biopic, actor, poet, rock, musician's life, art, brutality, african american, artist, drug addiction ...
Time: 60s, 70s, 2000s, year 2007, 90s ...
Place: usa, minnesota, new york, manhattan new york city, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
That Thing You Do! (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.
Style: humorous, sentimental, feel good, light, sincere ...
Audience: kids, family outing, date night, teen drama
Plot: music, drummer, recording studio, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, rock and roll, fictional band, showbiz, small town, music band, jazz, friendship, rising to stardom ...
Time: 60s, 50s, 90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place: pennsylvania, columbus ohio, ohio, usa, las vegas ...
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23%
Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Josie, Melody and Val are three small-town girl musicians determined to take their rock band out of their garage and straight to the top, while remaining true to their look, style and sound. They get a record deal which brings fame and fortune but ...
Style: humorous, cult classic, not serious, feel good, witty ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot: music, showbiz, rock and roll, friendship, celebrity, teenager, fictional band, music band, lifestyle, musician's life, desire for fame, ambition ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
The Thing Called Love (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Miranda Presley moves from New York to Nashville to become a songwriter. At an unsuccessful audition she meets James Wright, a promising newcomer. After only a few days they marry but start to quickly regret it.
Style: semi serious, feel good, sentimental, humorous, realistic ...
Audience: date night, chick flick
Plot: friendship, country music, bittersweet, love, couples, musician's life, couple relations, friends, twentysomething life, love and romance, artists and showbiz, hopes ...
Time: 90s, year 1993
Place: new york, tennessee, usa, connecticut, austin texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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The Doors (1991)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The story of the famous and influential 1960's rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
Style: psychedelic, factual, realistic, serious, cult classic ...
Plot: rock and roll, music band, drug addiction, life philosophy, musician's life, addiction, music, biopic, musician, drug abuse, singer, hippie ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 60s, year 1949, year 1967 ...
Place: california, paris france, los angeles, usa, new mexico ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Breaking Glass (1980)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Breaking Glass is the story of punk singer Kate and her meteoric rise to stardom. Starting out in the rock pubs of London, Kate, assisted by her manager Danny, becomes a huge star overnight. Once at the top the pressure is immense as Kate's ...
Style: thinking, psychotronic, serious, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot: punk, punk rock, rock, rock and roll, club, unsettling, rock music, rock star, music business, satire, rocker, alienation ...
Time: year 1980, 80s, 20th century
Place: london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Bandwagon (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Tony gets fired from his job. He's not really sad about this because he prefers writing songs and playing the guitar. He meets the drummer Charlie and they decide to start a band, although Tony is afraid of playing in front of other people. He ...
Style: independent film, realistic, not serious, humorous, offbeat
Plot: rock and roll, monkey, coming of age, rivalry, friendship, friends, music, ego clash, lifestyle, music band, musician's life, ambition ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: north carolina, seattle, usa, georgia, alabama ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Across the Universe (2007)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, History, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 133 min.
Story: When young dockworker Jude leaves Liverpool to find his estranged father in America, he is swept up by the waves of change that are re-shaping the nation. Jude falls in love with Lucy, a rich but sheltered American girl who joins the growing ...
Style: psychedelic, surreal, stylized, intense, light ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, date night, family outing, adult
Plot: freedom, anti war, music, hippie, vietnam war, artist, political unrest, dancing, dance, the beatles, trippy, love story ...
Time: 60s, y2k, year 2007, 20th century, year 1968
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, california, greenwich village manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 6.4
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Burlesque (2010)
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The Burlesque Lounge has its best days behind it. Tess, a retired dancer and owner of the venue, struggles to keep the aging theater alive, facing all kinds of financial and artistic challenges. With the Lounge's troupe members becoming ...
Style: sexy, romantic, light, teen, entertaining ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot: dancing, performer's life, desire for fame, cabaret, ambition, burlesque, love and romance, happy ending, dancer, nightlife, sexy woman, nightclub ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, iowa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Hansel Schmidt, is a young East German boy, born and raised during the Cold War in communist East Berlin. In his 20s, he meets Luther Robinson, an older American soldier, who falls in love with Hansel and the two decide to marry, which will allow ...
Style: emotional, cult classic, enigmatic, lyrical, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: transsexual, gender, gay, transvestism, transgender, drag queen, berlin wall, self discovery, singer, rock and roll, musician's life, musician ...
Time: 20th century, year 2001, 90s, 2000s, 80s
Place: germany, east germany, berlin germany, europe, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Mitchie can't wait to go back to Camp Rock and spend the summer making new music with her friends and superstar Shane Gray. But the slick new camp across the lake, Camp Star, has drummed up some serious competition — featuring newcomers Luke ...
Style: feel good, sentimental, humorous, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: summer camp, camp, ambition, teenage life, singing competition, music band, artists and showbiz, contests and competitions, teenage love, friendship, friends, underdog ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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