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Rock Follies (1976)
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Rock Follies (1976)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
TV show
Story: Rock Follies, and its sequel, Rock Follies of '77, was a musical drama shown on British television in the 1970s. The storyline, over 12 episodes and two series, followed the ups and downs of a fictional female rock band called the "Little Ladies" as they struggled for recognition and success. The series starred Rula Lenska, Charlotte Cornwell and Julie Covington as the Little Ladies, with support from Emlyn Price, Beth Porter, Sue Jones-Davies, Stephen Moore and Little Nell among others. The series was made with a very low budget for Thames Television, with a style inspired by fringe theatre. The series was a success, winning three BAFTA Awards and the soundtrack album reaching No.1 in the UK Charts.
Plot: fictional band, pop music, rock band, rock music, actress, female protagonist, music industry, british, female singer, girl group, girl band
Time: 20th century, 70s

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, realistic, serious and entertaining films and TV series with plots about music, musician, rock music, music band, musician's life, rock and ambition mostly in Drama, Music and Biography genres. Some movies like Rock Follies: Cilla (2014), IDOL: The Coup (2021), The Heights (1992), Vinyl (2016), The Idol (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Cilla (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 138 min.
TV show
Story: Three-part biopic of the Liverpudlian songbird who would later find fame and fortune. It tells of her rocky road to fame and captures the essence of 1960s Liverpool.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, sentimental, entertaining ...
Plot: pop singer, desire for fame, ambition, musician's life, artists and showbiz, rising to stardom, friendship, fame, biopic, post war, dating, redheaded woman ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place: liverpool, england
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IDOL: The Coup (2021)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Portrays the last story of “doomed idols” who need a single “success” in order to “disband.” The story of young people who confidently let go of their dreams as they grow through their failures and take courageous steps towards their new ...
Style: entertaining, exciting, dramatic, captivating
Plot: entertainment industry, female friendship, music and dance, music band, music, band manager, pop group, idol, pop music, music industry, girl group, music business ...
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The Heights (1992)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Heights is an American musical drama series that aired on the Fox network from August to November 1992.
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, sentimental
Audience: teens
Plot: teenager, suburbs, bittersweet, suburban life, friends, teenage life, rock, buddies, artists and showbiz, follow your dream, lifestyle, music band ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
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87%
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Vinyl (2016)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set in 1970s New York, Vinyl is a ride through the sex- and drug-addled music business at the dawn of punk, disco, and hip-hop. The show is seen through the eyes of a record label president, Richie Finestra, who is trying to save his company and his ...
Style: stylized, captivating, tense, realistic, erotic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: music, music business, showbiz, mafia, blackmail, historical character, disco, musician, rock band, murder, racism, concert ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place: usa, new york, las vegas
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The Idol (2023)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 276 min.
TV show
Story: After a nervous breakdown derailed Jocelyn's last tour, she’s determined to claim her rightful status as the greatest and sexiest pop star in America. Her passions are reignited by Tedros, a nightclub impresario with a sordid past. Will her ...
Style: entertaining, captivating, exciting, controversial, interesting ...
Plot: nudity, strip club, female nudity, skinny dipping, music industry, sex scene, sexual assault, sexual abuse, music and dance, pop star, pop music, female singer ...
Place: los angeles
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Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll (1999)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story: Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll is a six-part television mini-series which was written and created by Debbie Horsfield and directed by John Woods. It was produced by Wall to Wall for BBC One. Originally shown in 1999, it was later adapted into a ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous
Plot: twins, music, performer's life, fall in love, coming of age, artists and showbiz, couples, family relations, friends, small town life, siblings relations, workplace romance ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: england
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71%
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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
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60%
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Infamy (2023)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Poland
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Caught between her Roma roots and pressure from her friends, a 17-year-old girl aspires to become a hip-hop musician despite her parents' strict rules.
Style: psychological, thrilling, captivating
Audience: teen drama
Plot: music, teenage girl, aspiring musician, female protagonist, hip hop, coping, teenage life, ambitious woman, musician, adolescence, hip hop culture, ambition ...
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45 RPM (2019)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: The birth of a music label and three characters fighting for their dreams inside the complex inside the music industry.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: fight, fight for supremacy, music industry, music band, music business, female singer, music, musician, record producer, musician's life, desire for fame, social problems ...
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American Soul (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 39 min.
TV show
Story: The story of entrepreneur Don Cornelius, who developed the Soul Train show, which rose to prominence in the 1970s.
Style: captivating, entertaining, thrilling
Plot: black, entrepreneur, tv host, desire for fame, historical figure, aspiration, music, music business, glory, celebrity, direction and purpose, rising to stardom ...
Time: 20th century
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54%
Daisy Jones & the Six (2023)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story: Following the rise of the rock band Daisy Jones and The Six through the '70s L.A. music scene on their quest for worldwide icon status.
Style: entertaining, captivating, dramatic, exciting, romantic drama ...
Plot: rock band, rock music, subculture, musical tour, rock concert, rock musician, rock singer, music band, musician, music, success, musician's life ...
Time: 70s
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52%
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Rude Boy (1980)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Rude Boy is a semi-documentary, part character study, part 'rockumentary', featuring a British punk band, The Clash. The script includes the story of a fictional fan juxtposed with actual public events of the day, including political ...
Style: realistic, serious, cynical, biting
Plot: punk, punk rock, rock, skinhead, rock and roll, rock music, angry, youth culture, exodus, hooligan, alienation, pop music ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place: london, england, europe
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Pistol (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
TV show
Story: The story of a band of spotty, noisy, working-class kids with “no future,” who shook the boring, corrupt Establishment to its core, threatened to bring down the government and changed music and culture forever.
Style: semi autobiographical, captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot: punk rock, punk, punk band, career, rock, punk music, musician's life, music band, music, punk rocker, musician, lifestyle ...
Time: 70s
Place: england
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51%
Sea of the Woman (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Set in the 1960's and 1970's. Soo-In is a smart student who has never missed ranking at the top of her class. Due to her poor family situation, she begins to work at a factory instead of going to college. Nevertheless, she pursues her ...
Style: captivating, dramatic, exciting, serious
Plot: female protagonist, working class, working woman, ambition, dream, strong female lead, ambitious man, strongman, factory, ambitious woman
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s
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The Temptations (1998)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 175 min.
TV show
Story: The true story of The Temptations, the Soul vocal group of the 1960s, as seen from the viewpoint of the last surviving member, Otis Williams. Beginning from their humble origins in the late 50s and continuing through the 90s and the deaths of the ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, black cinema, rockumentary ...
Plot: african american, biopic, black, pop music, music, rock, r&b, flashback, singer, black girl, blaxploitation, black cast ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s, 60s, 50s ...
Place: michigan, detroit, usa
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Shut Up Flower Boy Band (2012)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Shut Up Flower Boy Band is a 2012 South Korean television series starring Sung Joon, Jo Bo-ah, Kim Myung-soo, Jung Eui-chul, Lee Hyun-jae, Yoo Min-kyu, and Kim Min-suk. It is a coming-of-age story about a high school rock band dealing with ...
Style: light, captivating, realistic, sincere, emotional ...
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Place: south korea
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McCallum (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: McCallum is a British television series that was produced by STV Productions. Dr Iain McCallum was the original lead character, played by John Hannah. McCallum was a forensic pathologist who traveled by Triumph Motorcycle, and solved murders. The ...
Style: detective
Plot: murder mystery, nypd, investigation, scotsman, british, police detective, corpse, autopsy, forensics, police procedural, morgue, pathologist ...
Time: 20th century, future, 90s
Place: east end london, london
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40%
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Shoestring (1979)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Shoestring was a BBC television show set in Bristol. It featured a private detective with his own show on Radio West, the local radio station. The programme ran between 30 September 1979 and 21 December 1980, in two series with 21 one hour-long ...
Style: detective
Plot: police, private investigator, nervous breakdown, computer expert, radio station, landlady, british, private detective, receptionist, radio, moustache
Time: 80s, 70s
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Hotel Portofino (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: A classic whodunit mystery, as the characters go about their lives in 1920s Italy, when Benito Mussolini's brand of fascism was on the rise.
Style: captivating, disturbing, tense, period drama
Plot: hotel, seaside town, high society, british, rich, hotel receptionist, political intrigue, female protagonist, society, workplace, lifestyle, intrigue ...
Time: 1920s, 2020s, 20th century
Place: italy
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40%
England Is Mine (2017)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A portrait of Steven Patrick Morrissey and his early life in 1970s Manchester before he went on to become lead singer of seminal 1980s band The Smiths.
Style: inspirational, factual, realistic, captivating, retro
Plot: rock band, singer, musician, rock music, biopic, depression, concert, gay, musician's life, music, experiment, rock ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, year 1982
Place: england, manchester
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38%
Velvet Goldmine (1998)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Almost a decade has elapsed since Bowiesque glam-rock superstar Brian Slade escaped the spotlight of the London scene. Now, investigative journalist Arthur Stuart is on assignment to uncover the truth behind the enigmatic Slade. Stuart, himself ...
Style: surreal, stylized, erotic, lgbt cinema, independent film ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: homosexuality, male nudity, gay, music, homosexual, rock and roll, rock, homoeroticism, lgbtq, journalism, lgbt, bare chested male ...
Time: 70s, year 1998, 19th century, 20th century, 80s ...
Place: seattle, britain, england, europe, dublin ireland ...
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37%
Rutland Weekend Television (1975)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Rutland Weekend Television was a television sketch show on BBC2, written by Eric Idle with music by Neil Innes. Two series were broadcast, the first consisting of six episodes in 1975, the second of seven in 1976. A Christmas special also aired on ...
Style: mockumentary, sketch comedy, spoof, parody, not serious ...
Plot: monty python, sketch, showbiz, silly humor, music band, music, disorder, artists and showbiz, rock, media, media satire, television studio ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: europe, england
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36%
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Antonia (2006)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story: A miniseries and a continuation of the film of the same name, it goes on to tell the story of four friends: Preta (Negra Li), Barbarah (Leilah Moreno), Mayah (Quelyna) and Lena (Cindy Mendes), who live in Vila Brasilândia, on the periphery of São ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological
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THE iDOLM@STER.KR (2017)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: THE IDOLM@STER.KR, set in the world of Korean entertainment production, stars Korean idols of course, as well as other Japanese and Thai hopefuls. Like the original game, the drama follows a group of young women as they embark on a career in the ...
Style: exciting, captivating, dramatic, entertaining
Plot: idol, friendship, music, entertainment, celebrity, aspiring singer, female singer, pop singer, celebrity culture, cultural icon, entertainment industry, adaptation
Place: south korea
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35%
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Bedtime (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Bedtime was a British comedy-drama written and directed by Andy Hamilton and broadcast by the BBC. It ran for three series for a total of fifteen episodes between August 2001 and December 2003. The first two series had six episodes each and the ...
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Bosé (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Spain
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story: The fascinating life of Miguel Bosé: an artist whose passion and unique personality were destined to break the mold in a Spain on the verge of change.
Style: thrilling, entertaining, psychological, exciting, captivating
Plot: singer, singing, love, male nudity, musician's life, musician, music, relationships, career, music industry, music business, pop music ...
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34%
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Corrine Burns retreats far into plans for her band, The Fabulous Stains, after her mother's death.
Style: psychotronic, retro, thinking, cult classic, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: punk, punk rock, rock and roll, rock, feminist, satire, coming of age, rock music, girl gang, feminism, counterculture, strong female character ...
Time: year 1982, 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, pennsylvania
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34%
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Frankie (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Frankie is a British television drama series created by Lucy Gannon. The series stars Eve Myles as the eponymous character Frankie Maddox, a district nurse more emotionally involved with her job than her personal life. The series is both set and ...
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, touching
Plot: hospital, strong female presence, redemption, hopes, workplace, supportive coworker, workplace situations, female protagonist, nurse, british, patient, medicine ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england
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34%
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Love Monkey (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Love Monkey is a television series created by Michael Rauch and based on a book of the same name, by Kyle Smith. It starred Tom Cavanagh as a 30-something, single, record executive who navigated the tumultuous and highly amusing waters of work and ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, serious, feel good, clever
Plot: dating, artists and showbiz, ambition, musician, thirtysomething life, family relations, lifestyle, new job, siblings relations, pop music, husband wife relationship, interracial friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, michigan, usa, manhattan new york city
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33%
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King & Jester (2023)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Russia
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: A fantasy drama infused with music and horror fables based on the real story of the 'King and Jester', a cult Russian punk-rock band, enormously popular in the 1990-2000s. The show goes along the band's rocky road to success and tells ...
Style: atmospheric, entertaining, witty, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: punk band, female nudity, music band, rock concert, punk music, music, musician, punk rock, rock, musician's life, rock band, rock star ...
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