Movies like Passion 1999

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Passion (1999)
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Passion (1999)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Passion concentrates on Grainger's unusual relationship with his mother and his sexual peculiarities (especially his obsessive self-flagellation, though homosexuality is also hinted at) which affect his relationship with a woman who comes to love him. It is set mainly in London in 1914, when Grainger's mother Rose was ill (she would later jump to her death in New York, upset by ill-founded rumours of incest with her son).
Style: independent film
Plot: composer, piano, oedipus complex, pianist, domineering mother, incest, genius, musician, passion, friendship, bdsm, obsession, female nudity, love triangle, mother, suicide, sadist, steam train, mental illness, photograph, manager, older woman younger man relationship, sewing, male female relationship, mama's boy ...
Time: year 1914, 1910s, pre world war one, edwardian era
Place: new york, london, australia, melbourne
Keyword: melbourne australia

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and captivating films with plots about musician, pianist, piano, biopic, artists and showbiz, composer and singer mostly in Drama, Music and Romance genres. Some movies like Passion: Blue Note (1991), Shine (1996), Dreams of Love - Liszt (1970), Scott Joplin (1977), The Portrait of a Lady (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Blue Note (1991)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 135 min.
Story: If you’re a fan of Ken Russell’s particular brand of stylistically dizzy biographies covering the lives of old-school classical composers, then you’re going to love The Blue Note, Zulawski’s outré ode to Frédéric Chopin (played here by ...
Style: experimental, avant garde
Plot: composer, female nudity, classical composer, musician, teenage girl, love triangle, pianist, feminist, picnic, mother daughter relationship, nudity, dying man ...
Time: 19th century, 1840s
Place: france
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Shine (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.
Style: inspirational, emotional, feel good, intense, realistic ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: music, classical music, piano, biopic, pianist, prodigy, schizophrenia, child prodigy, psychology, father son relationship, mental illness, genius ...
Time: year 1996, 20th century, 1950s, 60s, 70s
Place: australia, middle east, oceania, london, south australia
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Dreams of Love - Liszt (1970)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: Hungary, Soviet Union
Duration: 171 min.
Story: This is a romantic biographical film about Franz Liszt. In a distinguished saloon of Paris, the unknown composer, Liszt, defeats the renown Thalberg at a piano competition. Through his playing, he wins the favours and later the hand of the countess ...
Style: period piece
Plot: composer, musician, biopic, male female relationship, jealousy, adultery, love, concert, piano, passion, pianist
Time: 19th century
Place: soviet union, paris france, russia, hungary
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Scott Joplin (1977)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Details the life story of Scott Joplin and how he became the greatest ragtime composer of all time.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, period piece
Plot: composer, jazz, piano, art history, art, blaxploitation, syphilis, biopic, interracial relations, music, society, musician's life ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s, 1900s
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The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Ms. Isabel Archer isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhearted cousin writes her into his fatally ill father's will. Suddenly rich and independent, Isabelle ventures into the world, along the way ...
Style: psychological, period piece, costume drama, talky, atmospheric ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: friendship, depression, multiple storylines, couple relations, fall in love, infidelity, relationships, art, women, male female relationship, unhappy marriage, impossible love ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, year 1996, 1870s
Place: europe, england, florence, london, italy ...
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65%
Chopin: Desire for Love (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Music
Country: Poland
Duration: 134 min.
Story: The biography of world famous Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot: composer, biopic, prodigy, musician's life, lifestyle, love affair, couples, destructive relationship, fall in love, society, chess, friendship ...
Time: 19th century, ancient times, 1830s
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The Linda McCartney Story (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In a dramatization of her life, Linda Eastman, takes a job snapping pictures for Rolling Stone Magazine, despite the objections of her straight-laced father, Lee Eastman. As Linda rubs elbows with music royalty, she bumps into rock star Paul ...
Style: realistic, touching, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
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Time: 20th century, 90s, 60s, year 1996, year 1969
Place: japan, new york, london, manhattan new york city, scotland
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Bride of the Wind (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Austria
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A biopic of Alma Mahler, the wife of composer Gustav Mahler (as well as Walter Gropius and Franz Werfel), and the mistress of Oskar Kokoschka.
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, atmospheric, heartbreaking ...
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Time: edwardian era, year 2001, 1900s, 19th century, 20th century ...
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Villa-Lobos: A Life of Passion (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Brazil
Duration: 132 min.
Story: The film tells the story of an intuitive, adventurous man who loved his country and being Brazilian. This man fought to be loyal to himself. His music is a transparent portrait of his genius, intuition, freedom, adventure and passion for Brazil.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Mozart's Sister (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
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Style: serious, realistic, touching, captivating, entertaining ...
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47%
Hammers Over the Anvil (1993)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Set in the summer of 1910 in Australia the film follows the story of 14 year old Alan Marshall (Alexander Outhread) as he stumbles out of childhood towards the exciting yet forbidding world of adulthood. For Alan, despite the effects of polio, ...
Style: erotic, realistic, serious, emotional, sincere ...
Plot: horse, older woman younger man relationship, youth, true love, sex scene, making love, infidelity, love triangle, disability, family relations, love affair, tragic love ...
Time: year 1993, 1900s
Place: australia, south australia
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44%
The Piano Teacher (2001)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, Austria, Germany
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.
Style: sexual, disturbing, psychological, controversial, bleak ...
Audience: adult
Plot: bdsm, older woman younger man relationship, age difference, teacher, mother daughter relationship, sexual relations, desire, rape, masochism, fetish, sex, perversion ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: germany, france, austria, europe, vienna
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44%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Australia, France, New Zealand
Duration: 121 min.
Story: After a long voyage from Scotland, pianist Ada McGrath and her young daughter, Flora, are left with all their belongings, including a piano, on a New Zealand beach. Ada, who has been mute since childhood, has been sold into marriage to a local man ...
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Place: new zealand, oceania
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Genre: Biography, Music, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 102 min.
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Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2009)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
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Style: touching, disturbing, atmospheric, gloomy, melancholic ...
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The Touch (1992)
Genre: Drama, Music
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Duration: 96 min.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
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Style: independent film, realistic, serious, rough, sincere ...
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The Sapphires (2012)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min.
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Style: humorous, sweet, captivating, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: adult
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 169 min.
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Style: touching, breathtaking, sincere, inspirational, sentimental ...
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Time: 1900s, victorian era, year 1998, 90s, 1920s ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
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Duration: 76 min.
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Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
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Style: existential, independent film, anthology, spiritual, realistic ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
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Immortal Beloved (1994)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: The life and death of the legendary Ludwig van Beethoven. Beside all the work he is known for, the composer once wrote a famous love letter to a nameless beloved and the movie tries to find out who this beloved was. Not easy as Beethoven has had ...
Style: emotional, visual, costume drama, informative, dramatic ...
Plot: composer, classical music, biopic, music, classical composer, musician, artist, art, deafness, piano, life, dialogue ...
Time: 19th century, 18th century, regency period, 1820s, 1800s ...
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Clara (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Germany, France, Hungary
Duration: 107 min.
Story: No overview found.
Plot: composer, classical composer, artist, napoleon bonaparte, world history, german history, age-gap relationship, headache, loss of husband, orchestra, female musician, suicide attempt ...
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The Captive (2000)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
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Duration: 118 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Callas Forever (2002)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
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Duration: 108 min.
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Style: realistic, sincere, sentimental, touching, serious ...
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34%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
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Style: stylized, realistic, factual, cult classic, entertaining ...
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Time: 70s, 80s, year 2013, 2000s, year 1979 ...
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