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Cornelis (2010)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Sweden
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
”Cornelis” is the unique chronicle about one of Sweden’s greatest music legends - Cornelis Vreeswijk. An honest and gripping account of an exceptionally talented, but self-destructive artist’s intense life both on and behind the stage. A man who during his whole life was searching for love and confirmation.
Style:
captivating, contemplative, atmospheric, psychological, factual, sincere, touching, serious, realistic, gloomy
Plot:
musician's life, looking for love, ambition, artists and showbiz, music, couples, society, couple relations, private vs public, biopic, rivalry, nordic, musician, love and romance, life is a bitch, refugee, radical, weakness, prison, world war two, prisoner, alcoholic, singer, jealousy, childhood ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s, 60s, year 1943, 1940s, year 1986 ...
Place:
rio de janeiro, eastern europe, stockholm sweden, netherlands
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, captivating, serious and touching films with plots about musician's life, biopic, artists and showbiz, music, ambition, musician and rising to stardom mostly in Biography, Drama and Music genres. Some movies like Cornelis: Bird (1988), King of Salsa (2006), Waltz for Monica (2013), Blood, Sweat and Tears (2015), Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Russian poet, singer and actor Vladimir Vysotsky was an idol of the 1970s and '80s. In 1980, at the age of 42, he passed away during the Moscow Olympic Games. This is the story of his last great love as handed down to his son from a family ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, dramatic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
drug addiction, musician's life, artists and showbiz, society, addiction, life is a bitch, kgb, songwriter, actor, concert, writers, biopic ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s, year 1979
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
Saxophone player Charlie Parker comes to New York in 1940. He is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, factual, stylized, realistic ...
Plot:
jazz, music, biopic, drug abuse, addiction, heroin, drug addict, musician, childhood, character study, musician's life, showbiz ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, year 1988, 20th century, 50s
Place:
usa, brooklyn new york city, africa
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52%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 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:
serious, realistic, captivating, disturbing, dramatic ...
Plot:
music, artists and showbiz, ambition, musician's life, showbiz, dancing, biopic, lifestyle, rise and fall, life is a bitch, drug abuse, salsa ...
Time:
70s, year 2006, 60s
Place:
usa, new york, puerto rico
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Sweden
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
"Monica Z" is a biopic about the Swedish singer and actress Monica Zetterlund focusing on her journey from a job as a telephone operator in a small town in Sweden to stardom in the clubs of New York and Stockholm.
Style:
realistic, emotional, factual, uplifting, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
jazz singer, single mother, jazz, female singer, father daughter relationship, rising to stardom, ambition, nightclub singer, fame, follow your dream, drinking problem, family problems ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
stockholm sweden, new york, europe, usa, eastern europe
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41%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Blood, Sweat and Tears is a story about the life of Andre Hazes, a Dutch popular singer. It shows three crucial phases in the life of Hazes: his youth (in the 1960s), his breakthrough (1980s) and the last year of his life (early 2000s).
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
biopic, singer, musician's life, ambition, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, music, cultural icon, music industry, portrait, pop music, family drama ...
Time:
80s, 60s, 70s, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place:
netherlands, amsterdam, holland
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A biography of Ian Dury, who was stricken with polio at a young age and defied expectations by becoming one of the founders of the punk-rock scene in Britain in the 1970s.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, cult classic, teen ...
Plot:
disability, biopic, rock and roll, human spirit, desire for fame, follow your dream, ambition, lifestyle, couples, musician's life, hopes, rising to stardom ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 60s, 50s, 20th century ...
Place:
england, ireland, europe
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40%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the days leading up to Jeff Buckley's performance at his father's tribute concert in 1991.
Style:
captivating, realistic, atmospheric, gloomy, serious ...
Plot:
rock, musician's life, music, introspection, artists and showbiz, love and romance, lifestyle, ambition, art, biopic, junkie, punk ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: Thailand
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Based on the life of Luang Pradit Pairoh (Sorn Silapabanleng) the most revered traditional Thai music master who lived during the reigns of Kings Rama V to VIII, the movie traces the life of Sorn, who picked up the ra-nad ek (Thai xylophone) mallets ...
Style:
sincere, captivating, touching, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
politics, rebellion, musician's life, prodigy, lifestyle, injustice, rivalry, society, life is a bitch, biopic, international relations, countryside ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
asia, thailand
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
"Meat Loaf" Aday is an overgrown Texas youngster, the son of a gentle woman dying of cancer and an alcoholic, abusive father. Tormented by his father and schoolmates over his size, he strikes out on his own after his mother's death, ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, touching, captivating, semi serious
Plot:
showbiz, ambition, rise to the top, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, rising to stardom, love and romance, musician's life, life is a bitch, music band, lifestyle, terminal illness ...
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, texas, dallas texas
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In this biographical drama, Selena Quintanilla is born into a musical Mexican-American family in Texas. Her father, Abraham, realizes that his young daughter is talented and begins performing with her at small venues. She finds success and falls for ...
Style:
touching, sad, sincere, factual, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
music, murder, dancing, tragedy, childhood, singer, musician's life, musician, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, marriage, racial segregation ...
Time:
80s, 90s, year 1997, 20th century, year 1981 ...
Place:
texas, mexico, usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Ireland, UK
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, atmospheric, sincere, cult classic ...
Plot:
musician, rock star, music, biopic, rock, musician's life, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, infidelity, drug use, guitarist, rock music ...
Time:
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Place:
england, london, seattle, new york
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Lange stunningly portrays Patsy Cline, the velvet-voiced country singer who died in a tragic plane crash.
Style:
factual, realistic, atmospheric, captivating, sad ...
Plot:
biopic, musician's life, showbiz, fame, country music, historical figure, family problems, air disaster, love and romance, rising to stardom, couples, celebrity culture ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1950s, year 1985, 50s ...
Place:
west virginia, virginia, nashville tennessee
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Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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captivating, serious, touching, controversial, thought provoking ...
Plot:
jazz, love affair, music, biopic, musician, musician's life, racism, discrimination, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, society, love and romance ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
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Style:
surreal, atmospheric, sincere, lyrical, visually appealing ...
Plot:
musician, jazz, biopic, sex, songwriter, music, success, artist, female nudity, musician's life, art, introspection ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 20th century, 70s, 1940s ...
Place:
paris france, france, israel, europe, tokyo
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, inspirational, touching, sweet, realistic ...
Plot:
country music, music, female protagonist, biopic, poverty, rags to riches, musician, dysfunctional marriage, musician's life, teenage pregnancy, price of fame, mining ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
kentucky, usa, nashville tennessee, appalachia, washington state
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A biography of the Belgian nun Jeannine Deckers, who became a popular singer in the early 1960s and struggled with the contradiction between the church and her true self.
Style:
sincere, realistic, emotional, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
nun, convent, mother superior, ambition, musician's life, follow your dream, showbiz, clergy, rebelliousness, against the rules, society, rise and fall ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
europe, belgium
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Greece
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The story of a group of Rembetes, singers and musicians of the Greek equivalent to the blues, in the early decades of the 20th century, seen through the eyes of a young female singer.
Style:
philosophical, captivating, serious, realistic, emotional ...
Plot:
refugee, greek, musician, singer, greek history, sex crime, women, ethnicity, myth, resistance, mythology, biopic ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1940s, 1920s, 1930s
Place:
greece, europe, athens greece
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
TLC's humble beginnings in Atlanta quickly led to an unprecedented rise to fame in the 1990's as one of the world's most talented, celebrated and highest-selling female groups of all time. Through very public and high profile success, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, captivating
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
music band, rising to stardom, musician's life, hip hop, artists and showbiz, ambition, bankruptcy, music, blaxploitation, black, pop star, girl power ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story of the country and western singer Hank Williams.
Style:
retro, captivating, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
biopic, singer, musician, country music, rock and roll, hippie, composer, rock, songwriter, bittersweet, remarry, new year ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 60s, 1950s, 1930s
Place:
alabama, nashville tennessee
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
emotional, realistic, touching, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
jazz, musician's life, showbiz, politics, relationship vs career, unfulfillment, couples, political unrest, fighting the system, hopes, society, family in crisis ...
Place:
usa, cuba, latin america
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Germany
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A biography of Hildegard Knef, one of Germany's biggest post-war stars.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, sentimental, atmospheric ...
Plot:
world war two, music, post war, nazi germany, older man younger woman relationship, musician's life, artists and showbiz, performer's life, rise and fall, desire for fame, showbiz, follow your dream ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 60s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
berlin germany, germany, europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The story of music legend Terri Hooley, a key figure in Belfast's punk rock scene. Hooley founded the Good Vibrations store from which a record label sprung, representing bands such as The Undertones, Rudi and The Outcasts.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, sincere, thought provoking ...
Plot:
music, punk, punk rock, musician, lifestyle, music band, artists and showbiz, follow your dream, musician's life, state affairs, subculture, rock and roll ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, northern ireland
Similarity:
30%
792
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Portugal
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
You already know the legendary singer. For the first time, you'll get to know the woman behind the myth.
Style:
emotional, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
rise and fall, human nature, love and romance, musician's life, rising to stardom, family relations, music, lifestyle, unfulfillment, artists and showbiz, haunted by the past, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 80s, 70s, 50s ...
Place:
europe, portugal
Similarity:
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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:
captivating, realistic, serious, gloomy
Plot:
musician's life, biopic, ambition, rising to stardom, prodigy, tragic hero, music band, life is a bitch, rise and fall, artists and showbiz, drug abuse, overdose ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story:
The story of Priscilla's life with rock and roll star Elvis Presley.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
biopic, love, unhappy ending, rock and roll, famous people, married life, autobiography, singer, musician, celebrity, adaptation, couples ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Chile, Argentina, Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A portrait of famed Chilean singer and folklorist Violeta Parra filled with her musical work, her memories, her loves and her hopes.
Style:
serious, sentimental, sincere, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
museum, music, folklore, follow your dream, loss of daughter, lifestyle, musician's life, performer's life, artists and showbiz, rising to stardom, hopes, musical tour ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 1940s, 60s, 50s
Place:
chile, latin america, europe, france, paris france ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Set against a backdrop of early 60's London, Telstar is the story of the world's first independent record producer, Joe Meek. A maverick genius who enjoyed phenomenal success with Telstar - the biggest selling record of it's time - ...
Style:
serious, touching, captivating, realistic, spiritual ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, gay, recording studio, paranoia, suicide, experimental music, homosexual, prodigy, musician's life, lifestyle, rise and fall, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In the mid-80s, three women (each with an attorney) arrive at the office of New York entertainment manager, Morris Levy. One is an L.A. singer, formerly of the Platters; one is a petty thief from Philly; one teaches school in a small Georgia town. ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, touching, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
music, biopic, showbiz, addiction, greed, music business, dialogue, music band, black, drug addiction, rise and fall, rising to stardom ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 50s, 80s, 1950s ...
Place:
new york, los angeles, usa, california, new jersey
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28%
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:
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Place:
europe, germany
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Born with a serious eye condition that eventually leads to his blindness, Bocelli nevertheless rises above the challenges, driven by great ambitions towards his passion. The silent pursuit of his daily mission continues.
Style:
psychological, captivating, sincere, disturbing, inspirational
Plot:
musician, blindness, pianist, singer, blind man, ambition, musician's life, direction and purpose, aspiration, music, coping, blindness and impaired vision ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 70s
Place:
tuscany
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