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Cold War (2018)
65K
Original name: Zimna wojna
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Poland, UK, France, Belgium, India
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A Cold War-era love story follows the passionate love affair between a mismatched couple.
Style:
black and white, romantic, thought provoking, sad, art film, sincere, captivating, melancholic, tragic ending, retro ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
cold war, musician, love story, communism, audition, female singer, loveless marriage, poet, older man younger woman relationship, border crossing, concert, marriage, jazz, folklore, defector, tragic love, sex scene, sex, iron curtain, desire, lovers, prison, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, male female relationship, relationships ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1957, year 1952, year 1959, year 1964, year 1949 ...
Place:
poland, paris france, former yugoslavia, east berlin, warsaw poland, german democratic republic, eastern europe ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and emotional films with plots about musician, singing, singer, music, love, kiss and drinking alcohol mostly in Drama, Music and Romance genres. Some movies like Cold War: Ida (2013), Phoenix (2014), On Chesil Beach (2017), A Heart in Winter (1992), Leto (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland, Denmark, France, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Anna, a young novitiate in 1960s Poland, is on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a family secret dating back to the years of the German occupation.
Style:
art house, emotional, visually stunning, cerebral, melancholic ...
Plot:
nun, family secret, faith, world war two, anti semitism, judaism, holocaust, religion, suicide, character study, confronting the past, orphan ...
Time:
60s, post world war two, 2010s, year 2016, 90s ...
Place:
poland, eastern europe, israel, europe, denmark
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100%
22K
Genre: Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: Germany, Poland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A disfigured concentration-camp survivor, unrecognizable after facial reconstruction surgery, searches ravaged postwar Berlin for the husband who might have betrayed her to the Nazis.
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, noir, neo noir, social ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, world war two, nazi, hospital, brutality, holocaust, haunted by the past, genocide, surgery, survivor, violence against women, holocaust survivor ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century, year 1938, year 1944 ...
Place:
europe, berlin germany, west germany, switzerland, tel aviv israel ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In 1962 England, a young couple finds their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, novela, serious, sensitive ...
Plot:
wedding night, sexual revolution, frigidity, beach, awkwardness, asexual, male virgin, honeymoon, newlyweds, brain damage, virgin, marriage ...
Time:
year 1962, year 2007, year 1975, 60s
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Beautiful violin virtuoso Camille has two obsessions: the music of Ravel, and a friend of her husband's who crafts violins. But his heart seems to be as cold as her playing is passionate.
Style:
psychological, heartbreaking, anthology, art house, sincere ...
Plot:
love, classical music, violin, passion, unrequited love, music, obsession, violinist, love story, passionate love, glamour, asexual ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
france, paris france, europe, amsterdam, vienna ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: Russia, France
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Leningrad, one summer in the early eighties. Smuggling LP’s by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Perestroika. Mike and his beautiful wife Natasha meet with young Viktor Tsoï. Together with friends, they ...
Style:
inspirational, romantic, art house, art film, black and white ...
Plot:
rock, musician's life, youth, destiny, skinny dipping, rock music, musician, male pubic hair, male nudity, husband wife relationship, drinking, love triangle ...
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80s
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Vacations in the French countryside. Daphne, three months pregnant, finds herself alone to welcome Maxime, her boyfriend François’ cousin. François had to leave in a hurry for Paris to cover for a sick colleague. For four days, while waiting ...
Style:
romantic, captivating, entertaining
Plot:
tourism, in love, love, love affair, romantic relationship, love and romance, pregnant woman, male female relationship, fall in love, relationships, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, older man younger woman relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south of france, france, paris france
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125K
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A vacuum repairman moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant, who earns a living selling flowers, approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. The pair decide to ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, sexy, independent film, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
music, musician's life, love, street musician, pianist, love and romance, musician, friendship, singer, young lovers, love story, recording studio ...
Time:
year 2007, year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe, london, czech republic
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers-and falls in love with-struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer – until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the ...
Style:
sad, romantic drama, romantic, uplifting, touching ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
singer, country music, fame, showbiz, friendship, brother brother relationship, alcoholic, alcoholism, addiction, concert, musician, drinking problem ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
los angeles, america, memphis, boston, arizona
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In this modern love story set against the Austin, Texas music scene, two entangled couples — struggling songwriters Faye and BV, and music mogul Cook and the waitress whom he ensnares — chase success through a rock ‘n’ roll landscape of ...
Style:
stylized, serious, atmospheric, art house, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
love triangle, music, love and romance, ambition, rivalry, love, concert, nightclub, restaurant, party, sexual attraction, infidelity ...
Time:
year 2017, future, year 2015, 21st century
Place:
austin texas, texas, usa, mexico
Similarity:
19%
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:
19%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A swirling, impressionistic portrait of an artist who regretted nothing, writer-director Olivier Dahan's La Vie en Rose stars Marion Cotillard in a blazing performance as the legendary French icon Edith Piaf. From the mean streets of the ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, disturbing, gloomy, period piece ...
Plot:
music, musician's life, singer, biopic, musician, love story, death, life philosophy, childhood, art, artist, rising to stardom ...
Time:
20th century, year 2007, 1940s, 90s, 1950s ...
Place:
france, europe, paris france, new york, montmartre paris ...
Similarity:
18%
175K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A long lost music producer finds a singer-songwriter right about the moment he has given up all hope on life.
Style:
inspirational, romantic, sincere, sentimental, independent film ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
music, musician's life, love story, female singer, musician, infidelity, love, singer, father daughter relationship, relationships, music and dance, coping ...
Time:
year 2013, year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
The story of a virtuoso piano player who lives his entire life aboard an ocean liner. Born and raised on the ship, 1900 (Tim Roth) learned about the outside world through interactions with passengers, never setting foot on land, even for the love of ...
Style:
touching, breathtaking, sincere, inspirational, sentimental ...
Plot:
jazz, music, ship, genius, musician, prodigy, pianist, child prodigy, loneliness, cruise ship, trumpet player, piano ...
Time:
1900s, victorian era, 90s, year 1998, 1920s ...
Place:
america, italy, new york, new orleans
Similarity:
18%
101K
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: New Zealand, Australia, France
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 ...
Style:
period piece, sexy, psychological, erotic, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
piano, desire, sexual relations, adultery, couple relations, mother daughter relationship, love triangle, feminist, love, love affair, couples, infidelity ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1850s, year 1993, 90s ...
Place:
new zealand, oceania, scotland
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When reporter Jean Craddock interviews Bad Blake -- an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend -- they connect, and the hard-living crooner sees a possible saving grace in a life with Jean and her young son. But can he leave behind an ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sincere, romantic, depressing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
musician, country music, loneliness, character study, music, happy ending, addiction, redemption, country singer, love and romance, alcoholism, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, texas, austin texas, usa, nashville tennessee ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Poland, Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Julie is haunted by her grief after living through a tragic auto wreck that claimed the life of her composer husband and young daughter. Her initial reaction is to withdraw from her relationships, lock herself in her apartment and suppress her pain. ...
Style:
cerebral, sexy, philosophical, visual, art house ...
Plot:
grief, classical music, musician, solitude, loss of child, sex, mourning, trauma, loneliness, depression, stripper, car accident ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, poland, eastern europe, europe
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
When a young woman meets an aspiring saxophonist in her father’s record shop in 1950s Harlem, their love ignites a sweeping romance that transcends changing times, geography, and professional success.
Style:
captivating, romantic, emotional, entertaining, period drama
Plot:
music, musician, african american, black, black history, illicit affair, black romance, fall in love, male female relationship, dancing, romantic relationship, love and romance ...
Time:
2020s, year 1957, year 1967, year 1968, 60s ...
Place:
harlem, new york, detroit, atlanta georgia, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The loss of their young daughter threatens to destroy the love and faith of two married musicians.
Style:
heartbreaking, touching, sad, sentimental, sexy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
love story, musician, grief, terminal illness, love, depression, atheism, relationships, coping, cancer, passion, child cancer ...
Time:
year 2012, near future, 90s, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place:
belgium, scandinavia, europe, san francisco
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A young actor from Texas tries to make it in New York while struggling in his relationship with a beautiful singer/songwriter.
Style:
sentimental, realistic, touching, semi serious, contemplative ...
Plot:
musician, young lovers, sexuality, love affair, youth, couple relations, fall in love, actor's life, musician's life, lifestyle, actor, living together ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
texas, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, connecticut ...
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Finland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A celebrated violin player, Karin, has to end her stellar career after a car accident makes her fingers stop working their magic. She starts teaching students who are twenty years younger than her, only to find herself falling in love with Antti, ...
Style:
captivating
Plot:
violinist, music teacher, teacher student relationship, extramarital affair, older woman younger man, older woman younger man relationship, teacher student sex, male female relationship, older woman younger man sex, infidelity, marital problem, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
helsinki finland, copenhagen, denmark, finland
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Eve is a catastrophe—low on self-esteem but high on fantasy, especially when it comes to music. Over the course of one Glasgow summer, she meets two similarly rootless souls: posh Cass and fastidious James, and together they form a group.
Style:
uplifting, realistic, serious, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
anorexia, mental illness, blonde, songwriter, friendship, music band, pop music, music, friends, musician's life, self discovery, lifestyle ...
Time:
year 1969, year 1981, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
glasgow scotland, scotland, edinburgh scotland
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Jazz legend Chet Baker finds love and redemption when he stars in a movie about his own troubled life to mount a comeback.
Style:
touching, exciting, captivating, thought provoking, colorful ...
Plot:
jazz musician, jazz, trumpet player, musician, biopic, historical figure, promise, trust, drinking, flashback, friendship, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 90s, year 1954, year 1988 ...
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, oklahoma, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
17%
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 ...
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
adultery, tragic love, music, bare breasts, arizona desert, tragic romance, female nudity, arrest, rock and roll, women, dancing, drug addiction ...
Time:
year 1976, 20th century, 70s
Place:
arizona, california, usa
Similarity:
17%
Movie in collections
5K
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Canada, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After losing her husband to a heroin overdose, Emily Wang fights to overcome her own addictions and to be reconciled with her estranged son.
Style:
stylized, atmospheric, touching, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
addiction, drug overdose, prison, redemption, road trip, loneliness, life is a bitch, going straight, rock star, musician's life, custody, estranged son ...
Time:
year 2004, 70s
Place:
paris france, vancouver, ontario canada, france, canada ...
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A Russian woman living in Memphis with a much older rock-n-roll legend experiences a personal awakening when her husband's estranged son comes to visit.
Style:
emotional, sincere, realistic, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
love affair, sex with stepmother, infidelity, love triangle, family relations, family problems, crumbling marriage, couples, estrangement, parents and children, fall in love, love and romance ...
Place:
usa, tennessee, memphis, russia
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: China, Hong Kong, South Korea
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
Abandoned by his prostitute mother in 1920, Douzi was raised by a theater troupe. There he meets Shitou and over the following years the two develop an act entitled, "Farewell My Concubine," that brings them fame and fortune. When Shitou ...
Style:
visually stunning, visual, epic, retro, realistic ...
Plot:
homosexuality, lgbtq, gays and lesbians, gender bending, theater, suicide, homoerotic friendship, crazy love, cultural revolution, chinese history, boy, sexual abuse ...
Time:
1940s, 1920s, 1930s, ancient times, 20th century ...
Place:
china, beijing china, tibet, asia, japan ...
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
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:
disturbing, sexual, controversial, psychological, erotic drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bdsm, older woman younger man relationship, masochism, age difference, perversion, rape, desire, teacher, obsession, sex scene, sex, sexual relations ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
vienna, france, germany, austria, europe ...
Similarity:
17%
279K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.
Style:
sentimental, touching, inspirational, period piece, road movie ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
music, rock and roll, country music, musician's life, musician, marriage, addiction, biopic, accident, prison, drug, concert ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 50s, 1950s, 2000s ...
Place:
memphis, tennessee, southern usa, usa, arkansas ...
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future following the suicide of his singing partner.
Style:
atmospheric, depressing, black comedy, meditative, contemplative ...
Plot:
music, homeless, musician, loneliness, musician's life, cat, character study, depression, financial problem, aspiring singer, road trip, melancholy ...
Time:
60s, year 2013, 2010s, year 1961, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, indiana, chicago, somalia ...
Similarity:
17%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Martin, conductor of a symphonic orchestra, meet Barbara, violine player and they start a relationship. Five years later Martin starts to develop loss of memory and becomes more and more confused. Finally he is diagnosed with Alzheimer's ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, emotional, sentimental ...
Plot:
alzheimer's disease, violin, family relations, infidelity, couple relations, couples, love affair, lifestyle, musician's life, crumbling marriage, fall in love, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
17%
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