Movies like Howl 2010
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Howl (2010)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
It's San Francisco in 1957, and an American masterpiece is put on trial. Howl, the film, recounts this dark moment using three interwoven threads: the tumultuous life events that led a young Allen Ginsberg to find his true voice as an artist, society's reaction (the obscenity trial), and mind-expanding animation that echoes the startling originality of the poem itself. All three coalesce in a genre-bending hybrid that brilliantly captures a pivotal moment-the birth of a counterculture.
Style:
thought provoking, sexy, atmospheric, surreal, sincere, realistic, intellectual, sexual, art house, stylized ...
Plot:
gay, poet, poetry, writers, literature, freedom, courtroom drama, lgbt, art, writer's life, twists and turns, courtroom, society, artist, homosexuality, gay interest, counterculture, sex, lawyer, death, homosexual, philosophy, insanity, surrealism, nude ...
Time:
50s, 1920s, post world war two, year 1957, year 1955, 60s, 1950s ...
Place:
san francisco, new jersey, new york, california, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city, colorado ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, melancholic and thought provoking films with plots about mentor, storytelling, life philosophy, dialogue, drinking alcohol, loneliness and pornography mostly in Drama, Biography and Romance genres. Some movies like Howl: Kill Your Darlings (2013), Sylvia (2003), Wilde (1997), J. Edgar (2011), Before Night Falls (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
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A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.
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captivating, bleak, serious, intellectual, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
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gay, poet, obsession, friendship, youth, writers, coming of age, sexual tension, mental illness, murder, friends, lifestyle ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 2005, year 1944, post world war two ...
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usa, new jersey, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city, harlem ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
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Story of the relationship between the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath.
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emotional, depressing, realistic, psychological, serious ...
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suicide, depression, writers, mental illness, adultery, death, poet, art, tragic love, writer's life, artist, couple relations ...
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50s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
england, london, europe, new york
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Japan, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
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The story of Oscar Wilde, genius, poet, playwright and the First Modern Man. The self-realisation of his homosexuality caused Wilde enormous torment as he juggled marriage, fatherhood and responsibility with his obsessive love for Lord Alfred ...
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homoerotic, touching, witty, sexual, sexy ...
Plot:
gay, homosexuality, writers, homosexual, hypocrisy, lgbt, male homosexuality, gay lead character, courtroom drama, gays and lesbians, obsession, writer's life ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, edwardian era, 90s
Place:
ireland, england, london, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
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As the face of law enforcement in America for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his career and his life.
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factual, political, melancholic, compassionate, realistic ...
Plot:
gay, fbi, surveillance, corruption, politics, gangsters, investigation, homosexual, ambition, notoriety, gays and lesbians, career ...
Time:
1920s, 60s, 1940s, 1930s, 70s ...
Place:
usa, washington d.c., new jersey
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 133 min.
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Spanning several decades, this powerful biopic offers a glimpse into the life of famed Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, an artist who was vilified for his homosexuality in Fidel Castro's Cuba.
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bleak, atmospheric, lyrical, realistic, serious ...
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gay, revolution, writers, aids, childhood, artist, gays and lesbians, homosexual, writer's life, idealism, freedom, exile ...
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80s, 60s, 70s, 20th century, year 1980 ...
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cuba, latin america, havana cuba, florida, caribbean ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
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Neal Cassady is living the beat life during the 1940s, working at The Tire Yard and and philandering around town. However, he has visions of a happy life with kids and a white picket fence. When his girlfried, Joan, tries to kill herself he gets ...
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talky, stylized, bloody, reflective, ironic ...
Plot:
writers, friendship, suicide, writer's life, male nudity, depression, sexualized violence, life, adaptation, life philosophy, literature, mentor ...
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1940s, 20th century, 50s, 60s, post world war two
Place:
new jersey, tokyo, colorado, usa, denver colorado ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK, Belgium
Duration: 111 min.
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Young, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance while feeling the effects of a hellish artistic lifestyle.
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sexy, serious, erotic, psychological, sexual ...
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gay, poet, lgbt, melancholy, gay teenager, male nudity, older man younger man relationship, writer's life, writers, art, age difference, infidelity ...
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19th century, 1870s, victorian era
Place:
europe, paris france, africa, france, london ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Japan, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Biography of the British painter Francis Bacon. The movie focuses on his relationship with George Dyer, his lover. Dyer was a former small time crook.
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sexy, controversial, surreal, enigmatic, talky ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
art, artist, painter, lgbt, subculture, psychology, lgbtq, death, erotica, loneliness, male nudity, violence ...
Time:
90s, 60s, 70s
Place:
paris france, new york, east end london, london
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In 1958 New York Diane Arbus is a housewife and mother who works as an assistant to her husband, a photographer employed by her wealthy parents. Respectable though her life is, she cannot help but feel uncomfortable in her privileged world. One ...
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sexy, atmospheric, intense, enigmatic, surreal ...
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photographer, artist, art, bdsm, fall in love, love story, couples, lifestyle, self discovery, love and romance, couple relations, friends ...
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50s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
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Kinsey is a portrait of researcher Alfred Kinsey, driven to uncover the most private secrets of a nation. What begins for Kinsey as a scientific endeavor soon takes on an intensely personal relevance, ultimately becoming an unexpected journey into ...
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thought provoking, sexual, controversial, talky, erotic ...
Plot:
scientist, gay, research, professor, sexuality, lgbt, psychology, free love, marriage, life philosophy, teaching, character study ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Stephen Frears directs this biographical drama focusing on controversial British playwright Joe Orton, revealed in flashback after his murder by lover Kenneth Halliwell. Born in 1933 in Leicester, in the English Midlands, John 'Joe' Orton ...
Style:
witty, gloomy, sexy, melancholic, depressing ...
Plot:
gay, writers, lgbt, murder, male nudity, gay cruising, playwright, homosexuality, lgbtq, art, artist, death ...
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60s, 20th century, year 1967, year 1964, 50s ...
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england, london, europe, brighton, britain ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
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Based on her acclaimed autobiographical book, THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD tells the story of Novalyne Price, an attractive feisty West Texas schoolteacher and her bittersweet, romantic and turbulent relationship with Robert E. Howard, the great pulp ...
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touching, emotional, sentimental, sexy, stylized ...
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writers, love story, destiny, friendship, bittersweet, couples, hospital, loneliness, love, summer, melancholy, creativity ...
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texas, ireland, louisiana, usa, new mexico
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
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The passionate Merchant-Ivory drama tells the story of Francoise Gilot, the only lover of Pablo Picasso who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty and move on with her life.
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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In the mid-1960s, wealthy debutant Edie Sedgwick meets artist Andy Warhol. She joins Warhol's famous Factory and becomes his muse. Although she seems to have it all, Edie cannot have the love she craves from Andy, and she has an affair with a ...
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sexy, factual, melancholic, sentimental, serious ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
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depressing, intense, factual, serious, psychological ...
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drugs, addiction, writers, heroin, drug abuse, husband wife relationship, human nature, drug addiction, lifestyle, life is a bitch, rise and fall, family problems ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
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Five years after Yippie founder Abbie Hoffman goes underground to avoid a drug-related prison sentence, he contacts a reporter to get out the story of the FBI's covert spying, harassment and inciting of violence they then blame on the Left.
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melancholic, talky, stylized, serious, captivating ...
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politics, fighting the system, depression, justice, conspiracy, revolution, mental illness, injustice, conspiracy theory, on the run, drug abuse, environmentalism ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
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The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor.
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serious, realistic, sincere, touching, romantic ...
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gay, lgbt, gay relationship, gender, gays and lesbians, church, lgbtq, preacher, introspection, society, faith, conservatism ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
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disturbing, intense, factual, stylized, touching ...
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drug abuse, addiction, writers, rise and fall, rising to stardom, lifestyle, ambition, drug addiction, prison, couple relations, society, human nature ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 121 min.
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talky, sexy, touching, emotional, sexual ...
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artist, art, writers, polyamory, world war one, painter, lgbt, gay, friendship, bittersweet, obsession, male nudity ...
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1930s, victorian era, 1910s, 1920s, 19th century ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
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The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.'
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philosophical, meditative, psychological, serious, sincere ...
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90s, 80s, 70s, 20th century, year 1996
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: France, USA, UK, Mexico, Canada, Argentina
Duration: 124 min.
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Dean and Sal are the portrait of the Beat Generation. Their search for "It" results in a fast paced, energetic roller coaster ride with highs and lows throughout the U.S.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
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Duration: 101 min.
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
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murder, writers, gay, journalism, obsession, friendship, writer's life, manipulation, justice, police investigation, human nature, gossip and rumors ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Leonard Schiller once counted among New York's Literary lions, but illness and ten years of writers block have lowered his profile, almost to the point of obscurity. When Heather Wolfe, an ambitious literature major, asks to interview him for ...
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realistic, touching, intellectual, talky, melancholic ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
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'Heights' follows five characters over 24 hours on a fall day in New York City. Isabel, a photographer, is having second thoughts about her upcoming marriage to Jonathan, a lawyer. On the same day, Isabel's mother Diana learns that ...
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realistic, stylized, serious, talky, witty ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 107 min.
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has ...
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1940s, 20th century, 50s, year 1950, year 1949 ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Valerie Solanas who was a 1960s radical preaching hatred toward men in her "Scum" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a film that she wanted Andy Warhol to produce, but he continued to ignore her. So she shot ...
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art, artist, lesbian, women, feminist, writers, lgbt, true crime, feminism, gay, painter, obsession ...
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