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A Man Called Adam (1966)
 6.5
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A Man Called Adam
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic
Plot: casino, jazz, musician's life, rising to stardom, music, relationship vs career, showbiz, ambition, society, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, racism, starting over, alcohol abuse, gambling, dishonesty, hopes, unfulfillment, couples, friends, jazz score, jazz music, activist, backstage, segregation, career, civil rights, self pity, stage, talent agent, prejudice, car, accident, musician, african american, love, death, guilt
Time: 60s
Place: cincinnati ohio

Best films like A Man Called Adam

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The Temptations
The Temptations (1998)
Biography, Drama, Music
USA
175 min.
 8.4
The Five Heartbeats
The Five Heartbeats (1991)
Drama, Music
USA
121 min.
 7.5

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Most similar movies to A Man Called Adam

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and sentimental films with plots including artists and showbiz, music, musician's life, lifestyle, ambition, showbiz and rising to stardom themes mostly in Drama, Music and Biography genres. Some movies like A Man Called Adam: Paris Blues (1961), Crazy (2008), The Five Heartbeats (1991), A Star Is Born (1976), What's Love Got to Do with It (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Paris Blues (1961)
 6.7
 2K
Paris Blues
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Style: serious, sincere, realistic
Plot: jazz, romance, musician's life, music, introspection, nightclub, friendship, nightlife, racism, relationship vs career, expatriate, composer, musician, hopes, society, couples, artists and showbiz, rising to stardom, fall in love, ambition, love and romance, friends, lifestyle, notre dame cathedral, saxophonist, blues music, frenchwoman, hipster, saying goodbye, jazz music, birdcage, nightclub owner, jazz club, jazz musician, jazz score, female singer, sheet music, gypsy, racial issues, eiffel tower paris, guitarist, tourist, casual sex, walking, best friend, male objectification, city, african american woman, cocaine, falling in love
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: europe, france, paris france
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System:   95%
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Crazy (2008)
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Crazy
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Style: sincere, serious, realistic
Plot: jazz, country, musician's life, music, rise and fall, artists and showbiz, performer's life, assassination, guitar, doctor, womanizer, desire for fame, rising to stardom, obsession, infidelity, relationship vs career, showbiz, ambition, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, couples, lifestyle, rejection, elvis presley, rock star, hitman, scandal, country music, racism, prejudice, drug addiction, legend, hospital, adultery, concert, extramarital affair, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, organized crime, cover up, corruption, panties, white panties, girl in panties, car accident, betrayal, brother brother relationship, father daughter relationship, marriage, friendship, pistol
Time: 20th century, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 1960s, 1940s, 1950s
Place: tennessee, usa, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   89%
    User:   73%
 
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The Five Heartbeats (1991)
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The Five Heartbeats
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Style: sentimental, semi serious, humorous, realistic, dramatic, road movie, touching, harsh, talky, inspirational, light, lyrical, satirical
Plot: music, friendship, music business, racism, musician's life, hip hop, rags to riches, rock and roll, corruption, segregation, ambition, mentor, hopes, unlikely friendships, artist, love and romance, creativity, nudity (full frontal - brief), society, dancing, writers, unfulfillment, greed, rise and fall, couples, catastrophe, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, prejudice, friends, dialogue, couple relations, radio, jazz, runaway, love affair, bollywood, addiction, islam, hit and run, drug abuse, showbiz, adaptation, lone hero, culture clash, alter ego, police investigation, honest, women, redemption
Time: 20th century, 60s, 1960s, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   89%
    User:   97%
 
A Star Is Born (1976)
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 6K
A Star Is Born
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Style: emotional, serious, captivating, realistic, sentimental, touching
Plot: romance, performer's life, rise and fall, rising to stardom, music, celebrity culture, showbiz, ambition, fame, rock star, self discovery, artists and showbiz, tragic love, musician's life, love affair, relationship vs career, love and romance, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, friends, couples, lifestyle, hollywood, awards show, price of fame, rock concert, unfaithful husband, music industry, star, manager, insult, washed up star, popularity, songwriter, death of husband, retirement, motorcycle, alcoholic, arrest, dysfunctional marriage, widow, grief, accident, rock music, adultery, concert, candle, musician, female nudity, drugs
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   81%
    User:   75%
 
What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
 7.2
 15K
What's Love Got to Do with It
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Style: emotional, serious, sincere, realistic, dramatic, captivating, intense, inspirational, entertaining, light, talky, melancholic, interesting, heartbreaking, earnest
Plot: music, drugs/alcohol, musician's life, rock and roll, love, violence, mentor, crumbling marriage, divorce, rising to stardom, runaway, couple relations, violent, redemption, destructive relationship, drinking, showbiz, brutality, childhood, adaptation, black family, black woman, price of fame, ambition, hopes, catastrophe, women, justice, love and romance, starting over, unfulfillment, culture clash, hip hop, demons, couples, dialogue, segregation, family problems, classic car, corruption, artists and showbiz, storytelling, friends, transformation, visceral, destiny, creativity, music band, courage, fall in love
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s, 80s, 1930s, 1960s
Place: tennessee, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   80%
    User:   78%
 
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King of Salsa (2006)
 5.5
 4K
King of Salsa
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Style: serious, sentimental, captivating, realistic
Plot: music, latin, musician's life, performer's life, romance, rise and fall, couple relations, addiction, celebrity culture, drug abuse, showbiz, ambition, unfulfillment, dancing, couples, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, rising to stardom, love and romance, friends, lifestyle, dance, pot smoking, beer drinking, puerto rican, marijuana, city, street, heroine, sex in car, sex scene, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, musician, coitus, drugs, artist, cigarette smoking, singer, alcohol
Time: 60s, 70s
Place: new york, usa, puerto rico
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   80%
    User:   81%
 
The Rose (1979)
 7.0
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The Rose
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Style: emotional, serious, touching, realistic, gloomy, captivating, road movie, sincere, intense, melancholic, harsh, talky, dramatic, bleak, light, stylized, sentimental
Plot: music, addiction, drug abuse, drugs, drugs/alcohol, musician's life, rock, depression, rock and roll, rise and fall, blues, alcohol abuse, life philosophy, ambition, loneliness, mentor, fall in love, destiny, runaway, catastrophe, alter ego, childhood, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, storytelling, life, performer's life, rock band, gangsters, dialogue, desire for fame, culture clash, character study, downfall, rising to stardom, happy ending, showbiz, dance, unlikely friendships, love and romance, nudity (full frontal - brief), family, unfulfillment, couples, brutality, friends, broadway, natural disaster, first contact, lone hero
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1969
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   79%
    User:   91%
 
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The Mambo Kings (1992)
 6.4
 5K
The Mambo Kings
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Style: sentimental, serious, captivating, realistic, intense, romantic, interesting, melancholic, fairy tale, dramatic, sexy, talky, earnest, harsh, emotional
Plot: music, rags to riches, immigrants, latin, musician's life, dance, love, male nudity, brothers, performer's life, nightclub, family, rising to stardom, romance, betrayal, love triangle, death, couple relations, destiny, dialogue, nudity (full frontal - brief), culture clash, rock and roll, adaptation, redemption, parents and children, mentor, police investigation, rich and poor, dancing, ambition, violence, nudity (topless - notable), chase, siblings relations, time, happy ending, storytelling, showbiz, gangsters, brutality, catastrophe, fall in love, transformation, love story, true love, creativity, vengeance, love and romance, fantasy world
Time: 1950s, 20th century, 50s
Place: new york, cuba, latin america, usa, havana cuba, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   76%
    User:   62%
 
Elvis (1979)
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Elvis
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Style: captivating, serious, emotional, realistic, sentimental, touching
Plot: musician's life, rock, rising to stardom, music, relationship vs career, showbiz, family life, power relations, washed up star, artists and showbiz, music band, performer's life, desire for fame, celebrity culture, ambition, love and romance, unfulfillment, friends, lifestyle, price of fame, star, elvis presley, rags to riches, songwriter, country music, rock music, concert, mother son relationship
Time: 50s, 60s, 1960s, 1950s
Place: mississippi
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   75%
    User:   89%
 
Selena (1997)
 6.7
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Selena
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Style: sentimental, touching, uplifting, serious, realistic, sincere, emotional, captivating, inspirational, light, road movie, dramatic, sad, factual, sexy, melancholic
Plot: music, latin, murder, musician's life, dancing, tragedy, rags to riches, performer's life, music business, hip hop, family, rising to stardom, rock and roll, elopement, singer, showbiz, catastrophe, ambition, childhood, death, mentor, dreams, life & death, unfulfillment, creativity, radio, artists and showbiz, life, bollywood, rise and fall, human spirit, culture clash, chase, couple relations, dialogue, destiny, interracial relations, latinx lead, stereotypes, parents and children, transformation, relationship vs career, hopes, women, love and romance, society, courage, natural disaster, runaway, couples
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s, 1960s
Place: texas, usa, california, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   75%
    User:   65%
 
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The Temptations (1998)
 8.4
 3K
The Temptations
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 175 min.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic
Plot: music band, music, musician's life, performer's life, rise and fall, rising to stardom, celebrity culture, flashback, showbiz, reunion, artists and showbiz, tragic hero, addiction, pop music, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, ambition, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, friends, loss of son, overnight success, r&b, lifestyle, soul music, fame, tour bus, black american, loss of friend, nightclub, suicide, rock music, argument, concert, band, drugs, african american, funeral, singer, marriage, wheelchair
Time: 20th century, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 1960s, 1950s
Place: detroit, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   74%
    User:   78%
 
Sparkle (1976)
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 1K
Sparkle
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Style: serious, sentimental, touching, realistic
Plot: musician's life, performer's life, urban, showbiz, desire for fame, girl group, rising to stardom, siblings relations, nightlife, singer, ambition, artists and showbiz, music band, alcohol abuse, family in crisis, relationship vs career, love and romance, society, unfulfillment, couples, family problems, family relations, r&b, lifestyle, performer, drug addiction, show business, musician, drugs, female protagonist, singing, price of fame, fame, backstage, star, domestic violence, sister sister relationship, concert, female nudity, african american, song
Time: 20th century, 50s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   70%
    User:   65%
 
All Night Long (1962)
 7.1
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All Night Long
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Style: atmospheric, serious, offbeat, realistic, tense, british noir
Plot: jazz, music band, music, musician's life, nightclub, betrayal, couple relations, infidelity, interracial relations, dishonesty, couples, mind game, artists and showbiz, blind ambition, downfall, manipulations, rising to stardom, vengeance, showbiz, ambition, love and romance, rivalry, society, unfulfillment, friends, breaking point, shakespeare's othello, plan, business manager, jazz music, interracial couple, jazz score, pianist, competition, interracial marriage, drum, drummer, wager, rival, business, interracial romance, miscegenation, racist, dysfunctional marriage, jealousy, saxophone, musician, african american, singer, husband wife relationship
Time: 60s
Place: england, london, east end london
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   70%
    User:   72%
 
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Bird (1988)
 7.2
 10K
Bird
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 161 min.
Style: atmospheric, serious, gloomy, realistic, reflective, bleak, captivating, dramatic, melancholic, sincere, harsh, enigmatic, emotional, dark, intense, talky, touching, light, cerebral, breathtaking, interesting, clever, depressing, psychological
Plot: jazz, music, addiction, drug abuse, drug addiction, drugs, tragedy, drugs/alcohol, musician's life, rock and roll, mozart, rags to riches, storytelling, mentor, depression, loneliness, drinking, life & death, runaway, classical music, creativity, redemption, death, life, unfulfillment, dialogue, period piece, insanity, hip hop, culture clash, life philosophy, honest, stylish, relationships, artists and showbiz, character study, childhood, artist, heroin addict, jazz music, eiffel tower paris, death of daughter, moral ambiguity, life is a bitch, fighting the system, classic car, violent, adaptation, love, downfall
Time: 20th century, 40s, 50s, 1940s, 1950s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   69%
    User:   83%
 
Cadillac Records (2008)
 7.0
 17K
Cadillac Records
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Style: realistic, serious, sentimental, sincere, dramatic, factual, captivating, intense, melancholic, harsh, inspirational, entertaining, talky, stylized
Plot: music, music business, segregation, blues, musician's life, rock and roll, rags to riches, hip hop, jazz, chess, artist, drug abuse, performer's life, rising to stardom, chase, brutality, mentor, creativity, showbiz, drugs, ambition, brothers, runaway, artists and showbiz, drug addiction, catastrophe, couple relations, storytelling, sexualized violence, interracial relations, corruption, radio, society, classic car, stylish, writers, couples, culture clash, gangsters, classical music, violence, addiction, period piece, crime gone awry, prejudice, greed, organized crime, doctors, adaptation, dialogue
Time: 1950s, 20th century, 40s, 50s, 60s, 1960s
Place: usa, poland, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   67%
    User:   71%
 
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Ray (2004)
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Ray
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Style: sincere, epic, serious, dramatic, captivating, realistic, road movie, sentimental, intense, interesting, reflective, emotional, earnest, touching, inspirational
Audience: date night
Plot: music, jazz, disability, rags to riches, drug abuse, addiction, childhood, drug addiction, music business, blindness, segregation, genius, drugs, redemption, drinking, musician's life, adultery, death, rising to stardom, overdose, storytelling, mentor, life, rock and roll, race issues, life & death, destiny, creativity, ambition, hopes, corruption, runaway, honest, culture clash, transformation, artist, life philosophy, tragedy, greed, depression, art, flashbacks, justice, recording studio, country music, courage, couples, mental illness, revenge, catastrophe
Time: 1930s, 20th century, 30s, 50s, 60s, 70s, year 1949, year 1961, year 1963, year 1965, year 1964, year 1954, year 1960, year 1959, year 1962, year 1979, 1960s, 1940s, 1950s
Place: usa, georgia, montreal quebec canada, atlanta georgia, harlem manhattan new york city, dallas texas, rome italy, st. louis missouri, seattle washington, houston texas, berlin germany, manhattan new york city, florida, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   67%
    User:   58%
 
Your Cheatin' Heart (1964)
 6.6
 560
Your Cheatin' Heart
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, sentimental, sincere, touching
Plot: country, musician's life, performer's life, music, prodigy, rise and fall, alcohol abuse, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, tragic hero, rising to stardom, relationship vs career, showbiz, remarry, new year, lifestyle, country music, musician, singer
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: alabama
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   66%
    User:   60%
 
Payday (1973)
 7.2
 598
Payday
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Style: serious, biting, talky, clever, realistic, witty, tense, sincere, psychological
Plot: country, musician's life, on the road, performer's life, music, rehabilitation, rise and fall, rising to stardom, infidelity, addiction, alcohol abuse, celebrity culture, drug abuse, relationship vs career, friendship, showbiz, ambition, couples, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, parents and children, love and romance, unfulfillment, friends, lifestyle, music business, mistress, drug addiction, deep south, price of fame, american dream, groupie, songwriter, country music, breasts, musician, singer, friend, mother son relationship
Time: 70s
Place: tennessee, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   64%
    User:   71%
 
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Stardust (1974)
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Stardust
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Style: stylized, serious, realistic
Plot: rock, music band, musician's life, performer's life, music, rise and fall, unfulfillment, artists and showbiz, celebrity culture, drug abuse, relationship vs career, showbiz, ambition, couples, life is a bitch, friends, lifestyle, rock music, drugs, singer
Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   63%
    User:   73%
 
'Round Midnight (1986)
 7.4
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'Round Midnight
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, France
Duration: 133 min.
Style: serious, touching, realistic, captivating, melancholic, breathtaking, compassionate, sentimental, talky, gloomy, light, cerebral, enigmatic, harsh, dramatic, atmospheric, meditative
Plot: jazz, music, friendship, addiction, solitude, drugs/alcohol, drinking, artists and showbiz, obsession, life is a bitch, artist, hip hop, rock and roll, relationships, redemption, friends, unlikely friendships, character study, segregation, radio, aging, french, art, transformation, creativity, dialogue, destiny, unfulfillment, mentor, wine, depression, alcohol abuse, musician's life, music business, racism, life, human nature, loneliness, catastrophe, alter ego, drug abuse, crime gone awry, love, classic car, life philosophy, showbiz, culture clash, gunfight, bollywood, nudity (full frontal - brief)
Time: 20th century, 50s, 1930s, 1960s
Place: france, europe, usa, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   63%
    User:   55%
 
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The Identical (2014)
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The Identical
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic
Plot: twins, musician's life, jazz, music, rock, follow your dream, family relations, artists and showbiz, supportive spouse, musician, rising to stardom, adoption, ambition, twin brother, roadhouse, talent contest, serenade, reverend, family secret, identical twins, adopted son, midget, death, great depression
Time: 20th century, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   61%
    User:   53%
 
Dreamgirls (2006)
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Dreamgirls
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Style: emotional, captivating, serious, sentimental, realistic, dramatic, talky, melancholic, lyrical, entertaining, stylized, colourful, earnest, light
Plot: dancing, rags to riches, musician's life, drugs/alcohol, singer, music business, music, broadway, performer's life, manager, jazz, desire for fame, hip hop, rising to stardom, rock and roll, race issues, segregation, showbiz, dreams, ambition, happy ending, mentor, dance, adultery, extramarital affair, show business, singing, storytelling, couples, destiny, redemption, dialogue, artists and showbiz, bollywood, culture clash, adaptation, creativity, couple relations, catastrophe, family, love affair, siblings relations, stereotypes, black people, single, drug addiction, alcoholic, music band, period piece, relationships
Time: 1960s, 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place: detroit, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   61%
    User:   70%
 
The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
 7.2
 7K
The Buddy Holly Story
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Style: humorous, serious, dramatic, captivating, realistic, factual, sentimental, feel good, interesting, touching, suspense, light, entertaining, talky, intense, clever, earnest, melancholic, enigmatic
Plot: music, rock and roll, musician's life, rock, fighting the system, mozart, performer's life, mentor, runaway, death, tragic hero, creativity, radio, desire for fame, music business, tragedy, rising to stardom, culture clash, family, life & death, corruption, relationship vs career, storytelling, dialogue, hip hop, blizzard, price of fame, star, disc jockey, rags to riches, redemption, showbiz, chase, ambition, childhood, catastrophe, dancing, police investigation, unfulfillment, honest, artists and showbiz, greed, transformation, memory, brothers, lone hero, music band, human spirit, rich and poor, addiction
Time: 1950s, 20th century, 50s
Place: texas, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   57%
    User:   61%
 
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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999)
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 3K
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Style: serious, sentimental, sincere, realistic, emotional, captivating, thought provoking
Plot: actor's life, hollywood, performer's life, music, jazz, desire for fame, rise and fall, discrimination, rising to stardom, racism, showbiz, ambition, society, artists and showbiz, destructive relationship, love affair, love and romance, unfulfillment, overdose, lifestyle, frigidity, racial segregation, lesbian rape, wife abuse, racial discrimination, sadness, mental retardation, movie star, autism, tap dancer, tap dancing, custody, chauvinism, marriage engagement, interracial love, suicide note, career, bankruptcy, abusive boyfriend, brain damage, tragic event, bigotry, archival footage, film within a film, civil rights, racial prejudice, white male black female relationship, filmmaking, wedding dress, rags to riches
Time: 20th century, 40s, 50s, 60s, 1960s, 1940s, 1950s
Place: usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   57%
    User:   48%
 
This Is Elvis (1981)
 7.5
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This Is Elvis
Genre: Biography, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, sweet, romantic, melancholic, road movie, talky, light, dramatic, clever, entertaining, sentimental, humorous, sad
Plot: music, rock and roll, rock, musician's life, death, hospital, blues, performer's life, life philosophy, oldies, rise and fall, childhood, runaway, rising to stardom, relationships, life, life & death, alcohol abuse, culture clash, greed, celebrity culture, honest, elvis presley, concert, love, showbiz, chase, catastrophe, ambition, mentor, transformation, family, coming-of-age, tragic hero, unlikely friendships, loneliness, animals, segregation, unfulfillment, movie business, rock concert, live performance, music business, television, redemption, artists and showbiz, kids and family, life is a bitch, dialogue, talking animals
Time: 60s, 70s, 1950s
Place: hawaii, new jersey, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   56%
    User:   45%
 
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The Josephine Baker Story (1991)
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The Josephine Baker Story
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Style: emotional, serious, captivating, realistic, uplifting
Plot: oldies, musician's life, performer's life, music, follow your dream, performer, rising to stardom, racism, celebrity culture, showbiz, cabaret, vaudeville, society, adoption, unfulfillment, artists and showbiz, human spirit, infidelity, interracial relations, ambition, couples, lifestyle, nude black woman, orchestra, dancer, african american, woman, mccarthyism, burlesque, racial segregation, treehouse, altar, sicilian, nazi soldier, washing clothes, theatre production, rise and fall, eroticism, sadness, communist, talking to an animal, statue, rejection, infertility, french resistance, fame, chateau, activist, interracial love, large family
Time: 1910s, 20s, 30s, 1930s, 20th century, 1920s, 1960s, 1940s, 1950s
Place: france, europe, usa, missouri, harlem manhattan new york city, st. louis missouri, africa, manhattan new york city, paris france
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System:   55%
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Shooting Livien (2005)
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Shooting Livien
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Style: serious, realistic, psychological
Plot: rock, music band, addiction, music, alcohol abuse, drug abuse, showbiz, ambition, unfulfillment, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, friends, buddies, mentally unstable, musician's life, rise and fall, nightlife, relationship vs career, love and romance, couples, lifestyle, speed, insecurity, insanity, hallucination, mother son relationship, kiss
Time: contemporary
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   54%
    User:   61%
 
Country Strong (2010)
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Country Strong
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Style: serious, sentimental, sincere, realistic, touching, road movie, romantic, harsh, melancholic, sexy, bad ending, light, intense, surprise ending
Audience: chick flick
Plot: music, love, addiction, country, musician's life, music business, desire for fame, hip hop, rock and roll, fall in love, ambition, mentor, love and romance, artists and showbiz, biker, paparazzi, country music, suicide, van, infidelity, adultery, musician, singer, bar, alcohol, catastrophe, supportive spouse, rising to stardom, couple relations, dialogue, love triangle, showbiz, hopes, drinking, romance, couples, family relations, redemption, life philosophy, friends, natural disaster, beautiful scenery, twists & turns, happy ending, radio, brutality, first contact, marriage, culture clash, blindness
Time: contemporary, 21st century
Place: texas, usa, las vegas, austin texas, tennessee, dallas texas
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System:   54%
    User:   52%
 

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Elvis (2005)
 7.4
 3K
Elvis
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 173 min.
Style: serious, sentimental, realistic, gloomy, captivating, touching
Plot: musician's life, rock, performer's life, music, rising to stardom, ambition, artists and showbiz, folk hero, hotshot hero, desire for fame, rise and fall, parents and children, celebrity culture, drug abuse, showbiz, couples, family relations, life is a bitch, friends, r&b, humble, comeback, untimely death, manager, fame, star, actor, fan, poverty, singer, success, lifestyle, military draft, military service, obscene gesture, overprotective mother, rock star, drug addiction, concert, courtroom, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father son relationship, punched in the face, mother son relationship
Time: 50s, 60s, 1960s, 1950s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   51%
    User:   53%
 
The Last Ride (2011)
 5.9
 714
The Last Ride
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Style: sincere, serious, touching, realistic, captivating, road movie
Plot: country, musician's life, music, rise and fall, countryside, starting over, artists and showbiz, hopes, performer's life, country singer, country music, fistfight, coming of age, redemption, downfall, friendship, rising to stardom, human nature, airplane trip, road trip, americana, ambition, life is a bitch, lifestyle, partners, society, youth, friends, year 1952, doctor's office, filling station, car radio, liquor store, 19 year old, honking a car horn, state trooper, gas station attendant, moonshine, yodeling, humming, highway patrol, dice, justice of the peace, hand injury, driver's license, business manager, cadillac, headache, black eye, courthouse
Time: 20th century, 50s, year 2010
Place: usa, west virginia, ohio, alabama, virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
System:   50%
    User:   53%
 
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