Movies like Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn

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Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn (1989)
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Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The supposed story of superstar Marilyn Monroe's death...as told by a "friend" of hers. Watch flashbacks from "Goodbye Norma Jean" as it leads up to the night when Marilyn Monroe died.
Style: psychotronic, independent film, cult film
Plot: hollywood, biopic, death, mother daughter relationship, euthanasia, showbiz, flashback, price of fame, behind the scenes, backstage, star, marilyn monroe

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, independent film and touching films with plots about hollywood, biopic, showbiz, actress, marriage, artists and showbiz and movie star mostly in Biography, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Goodnight, Sweet Marilyn: Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976), Bud and Lou (1978), The Jayne Mansfield Story (1980), Grace Kelly (1983), Mae West (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Goodbye, Norma Jean (1976)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Norma Jean Baker finds her way to Hollywood and is turned into sex symbol Marilyn Monroe.
Style: independent film
Plot: hollywood, price of fame, showbiz, lesbian, rape, female nudity, stopped by police, nudity, behind the scenes, beauty pageant, sexual assault, world war two ...
Time: year 1976, year 1941
Place: los angeles
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95%
 5.4
 249
Bud and Lou (1978)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The professional and personal lives of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello are examined.
Plot: hollywood, biopic, showbiz, comedy team, abbott and costello
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess (1983)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The life and times of silverscreen goddess Rita Hayworth.
Plot: hollywood, showbiz, actress, dance, star
Time: 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
The Jayne Mansfield Story (1980)
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: uplifting, captivating, emotional, gloomy, touching ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: big breasts, hollywood, actor's life, biopic, publicity, behind the scenes, price of fame, femme fatale, fame, movie business, publicity stunt, celebrity culture ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, 60s
Place: mississippi
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 5.7
 353
Grace Kelly (1983)
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: serious, realistic, captivating
Audience: date night
Plot: hollywood, biopic, love, psychic, wedding, historical figure, love and romance, artists and showbiz, actor's life, media, rise to the top, social differences ...
Time: 1940s, 50s, 20th century
Place: philadelphia, europe, monaco
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 6.3
 280
Mae West (1982)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Biography of the curvaceous and sharp-witted actress who scandalized Broadway and Hollywood in the 1920s-30s with her frank approach to sex.
Plot: hollywood, feminist, biopic, seduction, scandal, trial, filmmaking, actress, career, vaudeville, success, showbiz ...
Time: 1900s, 1930s, 1920s
Place: california, manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 6.5
 152
Haywire (1980)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 200 min.
Story: After fleeting marriages to Henry Fonda and William Wyler, Margaret Sullavan found contentment as the wife of producer Leland Hayward (Jason Robards) and as the mother of three. Or so it seemed, until the marriage crumbled, the children rebelled and ...
Plot: hollywood, biopic, grownups, theater, actress, broadway, producer, childhood, cruelty
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn (1985)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: The life and wanton times of Errol Flynn
Plot: hollywood, movie star, bad boy, biopic, older man younger woman relationship, controversy, male female relationship, statutory rape, autobiography, unrequited love, filmmaking, fame ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (1981)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The life and death of the "Playboy" centerfold model/actress Dorothy Stratten.
Plot: serial killer, nude model, biopic, playboy, price of fame, hollywood, self destructing, dying young, rise and fall, true crime, modeling, ambition ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Dramatization of the life of Italian actress Sophia Loren who plays herself during adulthood and also that of her mother Romilda Villani.
Plot: hollywood, biopic, glory, mother daughter relationship, world war two, father daughter relationship, extramarital affair, italian woman, air raid, poverty, actress, miscarriage ...
Place: rome italy, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Being the Ricardos (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.
Style: historical drama, satirical, independent film
Plot: biopic, hollywood, marriage, art, friendship, love, trailblazer, writers, comedian, post war, women, urban ...
Time: 2020s, 1950s, year 1952, year 1960
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
A Tale of Two Coreys (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The story of teen heartthrobs Corey Feldman and Corey Haim, whose lives were forever changed by the glitz, glamour, and the darker side of show business.
Style: captivating, suspense, thought provoking, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: drug addiction, celebrity, film industry, child star, hollywood, notoriety, rising to stardom, price of fame, showbiz, actor, lifestyle, social issues ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000)
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, performer's life, rising to stardom, childhood, filmmaking, haunted by the past, human spirit, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 1940s, 50s, 1950s
Place: usa, new york, europe, holland, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story (1982)
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, rising to stardom, unfulfillment, tragic hero, actor's life, prodigy, artists and showbiz, musician's life, rise and fall ...
Time: 60s, 50s, 1950s, 1940s
Place: kentucky
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
James Dean: Race with Destiny (1997)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Casper Van Dien of Starship Troopers stars as James Dean, whose remarkable talent and rebel attitude took Hollywood by storm. But as Dean's star begins to rise, his passionate affair with Italian ingenue Pier Angeli (Carrie Mitchum of The Bold ...
Style: independent film
Plot: hollywood, car accident, movie star, biopic, wedding, police, police officer, church, actor, motorcycle, motorcycle chase, car crash ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story (1995)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 210 min.
Story: The story of the life of the actress Elizabeth Taylor.
Plot: hollywood, celebrity, actress, cruise ship, love, courtroom, honeymoon, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, marriage, divorce, domineering mother ...
Time: 60s, 1940s, 1950s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Harlow (1965)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Loosely based biography of 1930s star Jean Harlow as she begins her climb to stardom. One of two "Harlow" film biographies that appeared in 1965, this one stars Carol Lynley in the title role that begins as Jean Harlow, a bit player in ...
Style: independent film
Plot: hollywood, movie star, biopic, director, suicide, actress, blonde, mentor, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, infidelity, impotence ...
Time: 1930s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
A Season in Hell (1971)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Biopic about the life of the French poet Arthur Rimbaud.
Plot: biopic, writers, gay subtext, poetry, death, decadence, slave trader, poet, flashback, gunrunner, bisexual, french giallo
Place: africa, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Star 80 (1983)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Paul Snider is a narcissistic, small time hustler who fancies himself a ladies man. His life changes when he meets Dorothy Stratten working behind the counter of a Dairy Queen.
Style: disturbing, stylized, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot: murder, playboy, female nudity, obsession, crimes of passion, nude model, fame, rise and fall, movie business, couple relations, jealous husband, true crime ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, year 1978
Place: vancouver, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
The Great Houdinis (1976)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A biography of the renowned escape artist Harry Houdini, examining his fascination with the occult and his promise to his wife on her deathbed that he would speak from the beyond.
Style: psychotronic
Plot: magic, magician, escape artist, magic show, biopic, occult, illusionist, drowning
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 5.8
 219
Rock Hudson (1990)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Biography of actor Rock Hudson focuses on his struggle with his homosexuality. Based on the book by his ex-wife, Phyllis Gates, and on the court records from the civil suit brought by his former lover, Marc Christian.
Plot: gay, aids, hollywood, celebrity, male homosexuality, biopic, gay subtext, gay interest, homosexual, illness, actor, marriage of convenience ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter (1991)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter is described by CBS as "a dramatic love story" about the lives of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
Plot: hollywood, dysfunctional marriage, bandleader, actor's life, husband wife relationship, comedian, marriage, television, showbiz, womanizer, marital problem, family relations ...
Time: 1930s
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 5.1
 325
Flynn (1993)
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: touching, sentimental, serious, realistic
Plot: lgbt, filmmaking, hollywood, biopic, ambition, artists and showbiz, heroes, rise to the top, gays and lesbians, actor's life, criminal heroes, prodigy ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s
Place: australia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 156 min.
Story: The story of how Norma Jean, once an orphan in Hollywood California, becomes Marilyn Monroe, the movie star and celebrity.
Style: iconic
Plot: hollywood, movie star, insanity, lie, self destructing, makeover, jealousy, gas station, mother daughter relationship, divorce, blonde, photographer ...
Time: 1940s, 1930s, 1950s, 60s
Place: connecticut, big ben london, new york, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The George Raft Story (1961)
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, serious, realistic, stylized, psychotronic ...
Plot: hollywood, biopic, al capone, actor's life, revolution, casino, gambling, gangster, movie star, couples, fashion, nightlife ...
Time: 1940s, year 1961, 1920s, 1930s, 50s ...
Place: new york, cuba, california, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Anna Nicole Smith Story (2007)
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: rising to stardom, lifestyle, physical appearance, celebrity culture, artists and showbiz, hollywood, rags to riches, drug, older man younger woman relationship, marriage, fame, model ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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RKO 281 (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A film about the making of Citizen Kane. Orson Welles produces his greatest film, Citizen Kane, despite the opposition of the film's de facto subject, William Randolph Hearst.
Style: talky, historical drama, atmospheric, stylized, clever ...
Plot: biopic, filmmaking, screenwriter, movie business, film industry, movie studio, writers, obsession, hollywood, anti semitism, american history, bankruptcy ...
Time: 1940s
Place: wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Down on Us (1984)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The story of Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, and Janis Joplin, and how their message for their generation made them targets of a US government plot.
Style: independent film, grindhouse, psychotronic
Plot: hippie, rock and roll, alternate history, rock, punk, jealousy, concert, musician, drinking, death, hotel, television ...
Time: 70s, 60s
Place: san francisco, miami, los angeles, vietnam, woodstock ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.6
 18K
Mommie Dearest (1981)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: In this biographical film, glamorous yet lonely star Joan Crawford takes in two orphans, and at first their unconventional family seems happy. But after Joan's attempts at romantic fulfillment go sour and she is fired from her contract with MGM ...
Style: disturbing, controversial, factual, intense, talky ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: child abuse, adoption, dysfunctional family, abusive mother, single mother, bad mother, mother daughter relationship, mansion, hollywood, borderline personality disorder, mother, storytelling ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 1930s, 60s, 1950s ...
Place: usa, new york, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 139 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, realistic, serious, psychological, touching ...
Plot: biopic, female nudity, playboy, filmmaking, lgbt, john f. kennedy, sad ending, hollywood, actor's life, showbiz, actress, rape ...
Time: 60s, 1940s, 50s, 1950s
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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