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A Man Called Adam (1966)
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A famous jazz trumpeter finds himself unable to cope with the problems of everyday life.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic
Plot:
casino, racism, jazz, alcohol abuse, music, gambling, friends, life is a bitch, ambition, starting over, hopes, artists and showbiz, society, couples, dishonesty, musician's life, showbiz, unfulfillment, rising to stardom, relationship vs career, love, musician, car, death, career ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new york, cincinnati ohio
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and sentimental films with plots about artists and showbiz, musician's life, music, ambition, musician, couples and rising to stardom mostly in Drama, Music and Biography genres. Some movies like A Man Called Adam: Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus (1973), 'Round Midnight (1986), Shooting Livien (2005), The Five Heartbeats (1991), All Night Long (1962). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Johnny Cash appears in and narrates this version of the story of Jesus' life, death and resurrection.
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, serious, realistic, biblical
Plot:
country, music, unfulfillment, hopes, society, ambition, heroes, righting the wronged, religions or cults, crucifix, pigeon, apostle ...
Time:
ancient history
Place:
middle east, holy land, israel
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, France
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian too broke to buy a glass of wine strains to hear those notes. Soon they will form a friendship that ...
Style:
gloomy, sentimental, touching, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
jazz, alcohol abuse, friendship, music, addiction, bittersweet, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, musician's life, showbiz ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1930s, 1960s, 60s ...
Place:
paris france, france, europe, usa, new york
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61%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A dark psychological drama, Shooting Livien explores the inner psyche of John Livien, a disillusioned New York musician who deals with a childhood trauma by claiming an alter ego. His band on the brink of success, fantasy becomes dangerously blurred ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspense, bleak, psychological
Plot:
musician's life, drug abuse, addiction, life is a bitch, music, lifestyle, ambition, nightlife, showbiz, alcohol abuse, identity crisis, friends ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
new york, usa
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60%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
In the early 1960's, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky start, the group improves, turns pro, and rises to become a top flight music sensation. Along ...
Style:
sentimental, semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching ...
Plot:
friendship, hit and run, rise and fall, music, racism, unfulfillment, soul music, couple relations, love affair, addiction, r&b, drug abuse ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 1960s, 20th century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Over the course of one eventful evening, the anniversary celebration of the musical and romantic partners Aurelius Rex and Delia Lane, a jealous, ambitious drummer, Johnny Cousin, attempts to tear the interracial couple apart.
Style:
offbeat, atmospheric, serious, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
jazz, mind game, friends, breaking point, manipulation, unfulfillment, rivalry, couples, vengeance, nightclub, showbiz, interracial relations ...
Time:
60s
Place:
london, england, east end london
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Sequel to 1973's That'll Be The Day. Jim McLain is now enjoying the nomadic 'gigs and groupies' life on tour with his band. When he achieves all his wildest dreams of international stardom, the sweet taste of success begins to ...
Style:
stylized, realistic, serious
Plot:
unfulfillment, music band, musician's life, rock, drug abuse, celebrity culture, showbiz, relationship vs career, nudity (full frontal - brief), music, life is a bitch, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Three sisters (Sister and the Sisters) from Harlem who become singers Sister (Lonette McKee) becomes involved with drugs and Sparkle ends up being the one who gets famous. This movie tells about how drugs ruined Sister's relationships and ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sentimental, touching
Plot:
alcohol abuse, showbiz, girl group, singer, rising to stardom, love and romance, strong female presence, family relations, family problems, couples, soul music, family in crisis ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
new york, usa, new york state, manhattan new york city, harlem
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The rise and fall of salsa singer, Héctor Lavoe (1946-1993), as told from the perspective of his wife Puchi, who looks back from 2002.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, disturbing, sentimental
Plot:
music, dancing, showbiz, artists and showbiz, ambition, musician's life, lifestyle, romance, drug abuse, rise and fall, life is a bitch, celebrity culture ...
Time:
70s, 60s
Place:
usa, new york, puerto rico
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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728
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A cynical look at the life of a not so nice country-western singer, Maury Dann - played by Rip Torn in one of his most memorable performances. He ruthlessly manipulates every one around him to suit his selfish needs...he even gets his limo driver to ...
Style:
psychological, clever, witty, sincere, talky ...
Plot:
friendship, infidelity, rise and fall, rising to stardom, love and romance, unfulfillment, musician's life, performer's life, life is a bitch, artists and showbiz, drug abuse, country ...
Time:
70s
Place:
tennessee, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
During the Great Depression, identical twins are separated at birth. One, Drexel Hemsley becomes a wildly successful '50s rock star, while the other, Ryan Wade, struggles to balance his passion for music and pleasing his parents, who want him ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, touching, exciting ...
Plot:
twins, musician, ambition, supportive spouse, musician's life, family relations, rising to stardom, jazz, artists and showbiz, follow your dream, twin brother, family secret ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 30s, 60s, 40s ...
Place:
usa, alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story of the late jazz musician and classical pianist Nina Simone including her rise to fame and relationship with her manager Clifton Henderson.
Style:
captivating, touching, serious, thought provoking, controversial ...
Plot:
jazz, ambition, love affair, musician's life, racism, discrimination, society, artists and showbiz, music, rising to stardom, love and romance, lifestyle ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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:
serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
jazz, artists and showbiz, society, rising to stardom, music, musician's life, interracial relations, americana, prodigy, unfulfillment, rise and fall, period piece ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 1900s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
610
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Crazy is the story of a legendary guitar player who emerged from Nashville in the 1950s. Blessed with incomparable, natural talent, Hank Garland quickly established his reputation as the finest sessions player in Nashville.
Style:
realistic, serious, sincere, contemplative
Plot:
jazz, infidelity, rise and fall, musician's life, ambition, desire for fame, rising to stardom, womanizer, lifestyle, relationship vs career, showbiz, obsession ...
Time:
50s, 60s, 70s, 1940s, 20th century ...
Place:
usa, tennessee, nashville tennessee, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story of the country and western singer Hank Williams.
Style:
touching, sincere, sentimental, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
alcohol abuse, country music, prodigy, rise and fall, new year, remarry, relationship vs career, country, showbiz, bittersweet, musician's life, lifestyle ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A Louisiana juke joint owner loses her star entertainer and hires a white singer to fill in.
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, atmospheric, gloomy
Plot:
interracial relations, white male black female relationship, love and romance, dangerous attraction, social differences, opposites attract, society, romance, dishonesty, couples, discrimination, racism ...
Time:
60s, 1960s
Place:
louisiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Mambo Kings tells the story of César and Nestor Castillo, brothers and aspiring musicians who flee from Cuba to America in search of the American Dream.
Style:
sentimental, serious, realistic, melancholic, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
latin, music, performer's life, musician's life, romance, true love, family relations, ambition, rags to riches, brother brother relationship, love triangle, fame ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
cuba, new york, latin america, usa, havana cuba ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Sex, drugs and violence--they're all part of the job when you're protecting The King of Rock & Roll. And when you're only 16, the on-the-job training comes in ways that can't be taught in school. The story of David ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious
Plot:
on the road, lifestyle, ambition, teaching the ways of the world, drug abuse, celebrity culture, showbiz, artists and showbiz, musician's life, rock, elvis presley, fame ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In the early 1970s, Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval (Andy Garcia) is torn between his own musical dreams and the dreams of his wife, Marianela (Mía Maestro), a fervent supporter of the ideals of the Castro revolution. Also starring Charles S. ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, touching, serious, sincere
Plot:
jazz, musician's life, unfulfillment, showbiz, couples, political unrest, human spirit, relationship vs career, politics, family problems, hopes, family in crisis ...
Place:
usa, cuba, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ram Bowen and Eddie Cook are two expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris where, unlike America at the time, Jazz musicians are celebrated and racism is a non-issue. When they meet and fall in love with two young American girls, Lillian and Connie, ...
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, contemplative
Plot:
jazz, fall in love, nightclub, friendship, composer, musician, expatriate, musician's life, ambition, rising to stardom, relationship vs career, nightlife ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Biography of rock star Jimi Hendrix chronicles his early career, including a stint with Little Richard who fired him for getting too flamboyant, to his tragic failure.
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, gloomy
Plot:
musician's life, prodigy, ambition, rising to stardom, tragic hero, music band, drug abuse, artists and showbiz, rise and fall, life is a bitch, hotshot hero, overdose ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1960s
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, Australia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Young John Anderson is captivated by jazz musician, Billy Cross when he performs on the remote airstrip of his Western Australian outback hometown after his plane is diverted. Years later, now a family man and making a meagre living tracking dingoes ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, touching, serious, harsh ...
Plot:
jazz, outback, music, ambition, hopes, obsessive quest, desire for fame, follow your dream, unfulfillment, musician's life, artists and showbiz, prodigy ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1930s, 1920s, 70s
Place:
australia, paris france, europe, france, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Musical prodigy, Sparkle (Jordin Sparks) struggles to become a star while overcoming issues that are tearing her family apart. From an affluent Detroit area and daughter to a single mother (Whitney Houston), she tries to balance a new romance with ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental, gloomy ...
Plot:
musician's life, family relations, rising to stardom, ambition, music band, lifestyle, desire for fame, abusive husband, artists and showbiz, family problems, showbiz, female bonding ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1960s
Place:
detroit, michigan, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
“Majo” Tonorio, a.k.a. Filly Brown, is a raw, young Los Angeles hip-hop artist who spits from the heart. When a sleazy record producer offers her a crack at rap stardom, Majo faces some daunting choices. With an incarcerated mother, a record ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, captivating, psychological, serious
Plot:
desire for fame, rising to stardom, moral dilemma, ambition, musician's life, artists and showbiz, hip hop, music, radio dj, follow your dream, strong female presence, producer
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
Style:
sincere, realistic, sentimental, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
musician's life, singer, musician, rock and roll, music, blues, success, showbiz, lifestyle, performer's life, rising to stardom, ambition ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 60s, 40s, 1940s ...
Place:
chicago illinois, usa, poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A drama based on Jimi Hendrix's life as he left New York City for London, where his career took off.
Style:
realistic, captivating, sincere, atmospheric, serious
Plot:
musician's life, ambition, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, music, drugs/alcohol, musician, drug use, guitarist, rock star, infidelity, profanity ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A Star Is Born is a 1976 rock music film telling the story of a young woman, played by Barbra Streisand who enters show business, and meets and falls in love with an established male star, played by Kris Kristofferson, only to find her career ...
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emotional, touching, sentimental, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
romance, rise and fall, self discovery, tragic love, fame, rock star, friends, couples, showbiz, relationship vs career, celebrity culture, love affair ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Max Washington has just been released from prison after serving time for burglary. He returns to his old hangout, a hoofer club. His old girl friend, Amy, who still works at the club as a Tap instructor, is less than thrilled to see him. Her father, ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, realistic, captivating, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
music, tap dancing, dance, tap dance, destiny, friends, introspection, starting over, interracial relations, blues, r&b, couples ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york
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35%
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.
Style:
stylized, realistic, captivating, sentimental, atmospheric ...
Plot:
jazz, fall in love, saxophonist, showbiz, couple relations, relationship vs career, unsupportive spouse, artists and showbiz, ambition, crumbling marriage, rising to stardom, love and romance ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 40s, 50s, 1950s ...
Place:
new york, usa, harlem manhattan new york city, harlem, manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, sentimental, emotional, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
musician's life, jazz, musician, pianist, african american, addiction, heroin, blues, civil rights, guilt, music, blindness ...
Time:
1930s, 60s, 70s, 50s, 30s ...
Place:
usa, georgia, manhattan new york city, st. louis missouri, paris france ...
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34%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 57 min.
Story:
A fictionalized account of what may have happened when John Lennon and Brian Epstein went on holiday together to Spain in 1963.
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, talky, suspense
Plot:
friendship, artists and showbiz, gender, unfulfillment, love and romance, best friends, crumbling marriage, life is a bitch, music band, musician's life, performer's life, couple relations ...
Time:
90s, 60s, 1960s
Place:
spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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