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The American Letters (2015)
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Original name: Americké dopisy
Genre: Biography, Music, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Bio-pic about Czech composer Antonin Dvoraák at the height of his career. Dvorák learns that his love and lifelong muse is ill and must return to her side.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, dramatic, historical romance, period drama
Plot:
composer, love triangle, czech history, classical music, biopic, muse, character study, getting home, sacrifice, family drama, moral dilemma, illness, aristocracy, family life, spirituality, nostalgia, husband wife relationship, small town, sister in law, musician, holiday, gift, return home, mystery, wife husband relationship
Time:
1890s, 19th century
Place:
central europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, emotional, melancholic and captivating films with plots about biopic, musician, composer, classical music, music, musician's life and singer mostly in Music, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like The American Letters: Dreams of Love - Liszt (1970), Concert at the End of Summer (1980), Verdi (1982), Impromptu (1991), Immortal Beloved (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: Hungary, Soviet Union
Duration: 130 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:
romantic, emotional, period piece, period drama
Plot:
composer, passion, biopic, piano, classical music, musician, aristocracy, wooing, melancholy, infidelity, royalty, family drama ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era
Place:
russia, hungary, soviet union, paris france, ussr
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95%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A docudrama about four weeks in the life of famous Czech composer Antonin Dvorak. The drama - filled with many of Dvorak's compositions - begins when the composer suddenly decides to cut a concert in London and return home. While on the train, ...
Style:
emotional, reflective, dramatic, art house, period drama
Plot:
composer, biopic, classical music, flashback, inspiration, nostalgia, melancholy, musical performance, orchestra, creative process, memory, violinist ...
Time:
turn of the century, 19th century
Place:
central europe, london
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Italy, France, West Germany, UK, Sweden
Duration: 70 min.
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Giuseppe Verdi was born in 1813 and lived until 1901, his life spanning nearly a century of political turmoil and considerable personal turmoil. This 1982 biographical television miniseries, as seen on PBS's Great Performances, dramatizes the ...
Style:
reflective, emotional, dramatic, melancholic, historical drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
composer, biopic, opera, musician, classical music, performer's life, ambition, creative process, legacy, nationalism, grief, cleaning ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s
Place:
italy, milan italy
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In 1830s France, pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individualistic woman who uses the name George Sand.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, cult classic, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
classical music, writers, female artist, piano, music, women, older woman younger man relationship, renaissance, novelist, duchess, musician, art ...
Time:
19th century, regency period, year 1991, victorian era, 1830s ...
Place:
france, europe, london, seattle, england
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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, visually stunning, visual, dramatic, touching ...
Plot:
composer, biopic, classical music, music, musician, classical composer, artist, art, deafness, true love, beethoven, piano ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, regency period, 1820s, ancient times ...
Place:
austria, europe, hungary
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Austria
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In 1818, when Joseph Mohr is assigned to be the new assistant priest in Oberndorf, a small Austrian town near Salzburg, the young man is full of ideas and ideals. His passion to bring the church closer to the common people sets him on a collision ...
Style:
historical drama, inspirational, period piece, uplifting, dramatic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
christmas, christian, faith, religious, biopic, choir, hopes, moral dilemma, redemption, small town, sacrifice, intimate ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
southern germany
Similarity:
65%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Serbia
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Biopic about Toma Zdravkovic, the man who is remembered not only for his songs and unique way he was singing them, but also as a bohemian, both in his behavior and his soul.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
musician's life, musician, relationship vs career, rising to stardom, price of fame, folk singer, biopic, life story, historical figure, historical character, friends, lifestyle ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
former yugoslavia, belgrade
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A story of the close friendship of country music stars Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, semi autobiographical, psychological, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
country music, female friendship, biopic, female musician, female protagonist, musician, music, musician's life, relationship vs career, country singer, friendship, friends ...
Time:
60s
Place:
nashville tennessee
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Music, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The main characters are two graduates of a music school, gifted violinists. Andrei is ambitious, able-bodied, absorbed in the desire to achieve recognition. The other is Ladya Bragin, simple and reckless. On the day of the exam at the conservatory, ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, period drama
Plot:
conservatory, violin, musician, classical music, passion, talent, music school, competition, ambition, friendship, sacrifice, dedication ...
Time:
70s
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The true story of the Emerson family and the tumult that followed the success of their self-recorded pop-funk album of the same name, which went largely unnoticed until critics rediscovered and reappraised it decades later. Now, as an adult, Donnie ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, poignant, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family drama, music, life is a bitch, problem, showbiz, music band, music business, musician, brothers, biopic, ambition, music industry ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
43%
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 ...
Plot:
painter, biopic, fall in love, artist, family relations, infidelity, passion, prodigy, lifestyle, ambition, love affair, couples ...
Time:
edwardian era, year 2001, 1900s, 20th century, 19th century ...
Place:
austria, new york, vienna, europe
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: Czech Republic, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The incredible tale of Mozart's Prague years.
Style:
period piece, sincere, stylized, romantic, captivating ...
Plot:
composer, musician, aristocrat, nobleman, love triangle, opera, love and romance, society, classical music, tragic romance, inspiration, music composer ...
Time:
18th century, 1780s, georgian era
Place:
prague, central europe
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Biography, Music
Country: West Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
"Spring Symphony" is the story of Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck. Both were music entities. Robert Schumann turns out to have been a second tier composer, if that, never rising to the heights of a Beethoven or Mozart. In contrast, Clara ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, stylized, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
composer, children, biopic, nude bathing, classical composer, musician, couples, disability, family relations, love and romance, ambition, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
europe, germany
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Biography
Country: Australia
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
The year is 1935. Frida Kahlo's husband has just begun an affair with her younger sister. A sister that had been her closest friend.
Style:
art house, melancholic, independent film, period drama
Plot:
infidelity, betrayal, female protagonist, love triangle, character study, biopic, family drama, sibling rivalry, female friendship, tragic romance, passion, identity crisis ...
Time:
1930s
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
The movie is about the legendary Turkish "soul singer" Müslüm Gürses. Born into a poor family, Muslum found his redemption in music from the initial trauma that lingered over his musical and personal life as internalizing the grief. He ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, melancholic, dark, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
singer, tragic past, dysfunctional family, biopic, childhood trauma, redemption, grief, family tragedy, historical character, life is a bitch, celebrity, musician ...
Time:
60s, 70s
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Sweden
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Chronicling the beautiful and tragic life and career of Ted Gärdestad, this biopic tells the story of the great highs and lows of one of Sweden's most loved artists.
Style:
disturbing, semi autobiographical, psychological, captivating, thought provoking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
pop music, music industry, celebrity, musician, biopic, musician's life, social problems, life, music, historical figure, lifestyle, rise and fall ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
stockholm sweden, scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Japan, Canada
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Singer and songwriter Hank Williams rises to fame in the 1940s, but alcohol abuse and infidelity take a toll on his career and marriage to fellow musician Audrey Mae Williams.
Style:
atmospheric, stylized, emotional, romantic, anamorphic ...
Plot:
country music, musician, marriage, biopic, country singer, alcoholism, husband wife relationship, singer, songwriter, infidelity, drinking, divorce ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, year 1944
Place:
usa, nashville tennessee, new york
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
It's late 17th century. The viola da gamba player Monsieur de Sainte Colombe comes home to find that his wife died while he was away. In his grief he builds a small house in his garden into wich he moves to dedicate his life to music and his ...
Style:
visually stunning, stylized, emotional, crying, mesmerizing ...
Plot:
classical music, musician, music, cello, art, artist, composer, food, shoemaker, skinny dipping, death, suffering ...
Time:
17th century, year 1991, 19th century, 70s
Place:
france, europe, versailles, paris france
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The life and loves of poet Sibilla Aleramo (Laura Morante), focusing on her relationship with Dino Campana (Stefano Accorsi).
Style:
psychological, sincere, disturbing, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
poet, love affair, relationships, biopic, female protagonist, couple relations, writer's life, writers, lifestyle, love interest, female writer, historical figure ...
Time:
turn of the century, 1910s
Place:
italy
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance, War
Country: UK
Duration: 249 min.
Story:
BBC production of 'Sergei Prokofiev (I)"s opera "War and Peace" performed by the Kirov Opera under the baton of Valery Gergiev in St. Petersburg, Russia. The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov, ...
Style:
period piece, historical drama, epic, family saga, emotional ...
Plot:
napoleonic wars, literary, napoleon bonaparte, classical music, nobility, patriotism, aristocracy, sacrifice, tragedy, resistance, love triangle, transformation ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
russia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Werther loves Charlotte, but she promised her mother on her deathbed that she would marry Albert. After the marriage Charlotte suggests that Werther should travel - but not forget her. In addition to the singing and orchestral accompaniment, the ...
Style:
romantic, dramatic, emotional, poignant, melancholic ...
Plot:
opera, classical music, tragedy, unrequited love, tragic romance, love triangle, passion, heartbreak, sacrifice, loyalty, adaptation, literary ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A re-imagined account of the early life of Maria Anna 'Nannerl' Mozart, five years older than Wolfgang and a musical prodigy in her own right.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, period piece, captivating ...
Plot:
classical music, musician, gender, horse, prodigy, domineering father, family relations, against the rules, follow your dream, musician's life, composer, dishonesty ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
europe, vienna, paris france, london, english channel ...
Similarity:
31%
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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:
feel good, intense, thought provoking, realistic, poignant ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
classical music, music, piano, biopic, prodigy, pianist, schizophrenia, child prodigy, father son relationship, musician, abuse, psychology ...
Time:
1950s, 60s, year 1996, 20th century, 70s ...
Place:
australia, middle east, oceania, london, south australia ...
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31%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Music
Country: Poland
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The biography of world famous Polish composer Fryderyk Chopin.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, sentimental, emotional ...
Plot:
composer, chess, biopic, prodigy, lifestyle, musician's life, love affair, couples, destructive relationship, society, fall in love, friendship ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, 1830s
Place:
poland, paris france, mallorca, siberia, warsaw poland ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A fictionalised exploration of Beethoven's life in his final days working on his Ninth Symphony. It is 1824. Beethoven is racing to finish his new symphony. However, it has been years since his last success and he is plagued by deafness, ...
Style:
period piece, captivating, realistic, touching, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
composer, classical music, musician, horse, mute or deaf, artist, music, biopic, musician's life, contests and competitions, love and romance, obsession ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, ancient times, 1800s, year 2006 ...
Place:
germany, austria, europe, vienna
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Soviet Union, Bulgaria
Duration: 256 min.
TV show
Story:
Biopic about Niccolo Paganini. He receives training from his father in early childhood. The best teachers of Parma are unable to give him more, so Paganini turns to a daily 15 hours of rigorous self-training. He makes sensational concert tours in ...
Style:
period piece, period drama
Plot:
composer, classical music, biopic, musician, obsession, legacy, sacrifice, gambling, father son relationship, dancing, redemption, isolation ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
paris france, europe, london, vienna
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: West Germany, Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Using letters Anna Magdalena Bach wrote to her husband, seminal composer Johann Sebastian, filmmakers Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet created one of the most precise, rewarding biopics ever put to screen. CHRONICLE OF ANNA MAGDALENA ...
Style:
contemplative, spiritual, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
composer, piano, music, biopic, musician, music composer, jazz, artist, spirituality, classical composer, art, european ...
Time:
year 1968, 18th century
Place:
europe, germany
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
About the death and the 'last road' of Aleksandr Pushkin, the leading poet and writer of Russia, who was shot on a duel at age 37. Pushkin was defending the reputation of his wife and mother of his four children - Nataly. She was a center ...
Style:
melancholic, costume drama, period drama
Plot:
writers, poet, death, duel, tragedy, biopic, grief, loss, mourning, tragic hero, honor, russian empire ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
russia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Biography, Music
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
During the Joseon Dynasty, lowborn Chae-sun challenges the rule that states only men allowed to sing while navigating devotion to her teacher and the demands of the king's father.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, dramatic, costume drama ...
Plot:
joseon dynasty, musician, teacher student relationship, cross dressing, patriarchy, female empowerment, gender disguise, singer, dynasty, pretense, confined, musician's life ...
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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, nudity, feminist, pianist, picnic, teenage girl, love triangle, mother daughter relationship, dying man, male female relationship, musician ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, 1800s
Place:
france
Similarity:
28%
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