Movies like Adventures of Power
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Adventures of Power (2008)
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In his quest to become the world's greatest air-drummer, a small-town dreamer must overcome obstacles and ridicule to save the day.
Style:
humorous, not serious, realistic, captivating, funny, offbeat, cult film
Plot:
youth, working class, contests and competitions, musician's life, underdog, against the odds, on the road, family relations, parents and children, follow your dream, rivalry, social misfits, farce, small town life, artists and showbiz, hopes, father son relationship, drums, protest, deaf, music, rock, misfit, mine, society ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
new jersey, new mexico, usa, new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, captivating and semi serious films with plots about artists and showbiz, music, ambition, musician's life, rivalry, friends and music band mostly in Comedy, Music and Drama genres. Some movies like Adventures of Power: Joyful Noise (2012), Steppin : The Movie (2009), A Mighty Wind (2003), Authors Anonymous (2014), Dealin' with Idiots (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
G.G. Sparrow faces off with her choir's newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, over the group's direction as they head into a national competition.
Style:
humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious, funny
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
teenage love, music band, rivalry, artists and showbiz, contests and competitions, musician's life, follow your dream, youth, chorus girl, unlikely partners, social relations, odd couple ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, georgia
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Every college campus has its rivalries and UTS is no different. At this university, the Geeks run the campus and the greatest Steppers are king of the hill. When a local radio station announces the beginning of the step competition season, the ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
ambition, fall in love, love and romance, buddies, rivalry, youth, prank, underdog, contests and competitions, college, disorder, gangsters ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In "A Mighty Wind", director Christopher Guest reunites the team from "Best In Show" and "Waiting for Guffman" to tell tell the story of 60's-era folk musicians, who inspired by the death of their former manager, ...
Style:
humorous, light, talky, funny, lyrical ...
Plot:
music, satire, musician, folk singer, singer, love and romance, music band, showbiz, lifestyle, buddies, musician's life, lovers reunited ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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66%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a dysfunctional group of unpublished writers accept Hannah into their fold, the last thing they expect is her overnight success. Can these lovable misfits achieve their artistic dreams and avoid killing one another in the process?
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humorous, light, captivating, feel good, realistic ...
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writers, rivalry, overnight success, follow your dream, writer's life, ambition, misfit, couples, friendship, artists and showbiz, uninhibited rivalry, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Faced with the absurd competitiveness surrounding his son's youth league baseball team, Max Morris, a famous comedian, decides to get to know the colorful parents and coaches of the team better in an attempt to find the inspiration for his next ...
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witty, humorous, not serious, realistic, funny ...
Plot:
family relations, baseball, artists and showbiz, contests and competitions, social relations, ambition, writer's life, parents and children, baseball team, satire, father son relationship, mother son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Endetté jusqu'au cou dans une affaire de water bed, Didier Travolta, 40 ans, vit au Havre dans le quartier populaire du Grand Large chez sa maman : Madame Graindorge. Il reçoit une lettre de la mère de son fils Brian, 8 ans, qui vit en ...
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semi serious, feel good, humorous, stylized, realistic ...
Plot:
disco, follow your dream, self discovery, ambition, dancer's life, rise and fall, love and romance, rivalry, contests and competitions, best friends, rising to stardom, starting over ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, europe, normandy
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51%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: India, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A ruthless philantrophist. A bhangra rapper. An over-protected prodigy. A reckless actress. A lovelorn businessman. An entrepreneurial yogi. And a Loin King. Enter a roller-coaster world of seven strangers whose lives collide during a singing ...
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semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, offbeat
Plot:
immigrants, ambition, hotshot hero, contests and competitions, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, hip hop culture, music, gays and lesbians, hip hop, competition, singer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, india, asia, usa, punjab
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A Quebecois Elvis impersonator is disillusioned to find a Chinaman participating in an Elvis contest. He later takes his wife on vacation to the island of Santa Banana.
Style:
realistic, not serious, humorous, surprise ending, offbeat ...
Plot:
silly humor, contests and competitions, follow your dream, nothing goes right, performer's life, rivalry, ambition, artists and showbiz, disorder, rock, r&b, island ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Recently dumped by his girlfriend, underachiever Alex (O'Nan) embarks on an impromptu road trip with his new bandmate, the eccentric Jim (Michael Weston). By channeling their inner children and giving a new meaning to the term ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
musician's life, direction and purpose, self discovery, odd couple, partners, introspection, artists and showbiz, folk, down on your luck, unsuccessful, cross country, music ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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50%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert ...
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parody, funny, humorous, satirical, cynical ...
Plot:
music, musician, satire, cult, rock and roll, heavy metal culture, singer, rock, music band, fame, musical tour, concert tour ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, 70s
Place:
austin texas, memphis, philadelphia, tokyo, los angeles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' ...
Style:
funny, feel good, entertaining, humorous, sexy ...
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teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, girls' night ...
Plot:
teacher, music, teachers and students, school, rock music, musician, high school, music band, rock band, children, student, battle of the bands ...
Time:
2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
california, new york, usa, los angeles
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48%
Genre: Comedy, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Big Hair. Guyliner. Someone lamenting by crashing waves on a beach or to their reflection in a fountain. Yes, we're talking about the 80s! Todd and BJ, two lonely wannabe artists, find one another and create the not-so-dynamic R&B duo ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
friendship, desire for fame, rise and fall, artists and showbiz, ambition, showbiz, hopes, buddies, follow your dream, music band, music, friendship between men ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
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47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
At nearly 400 pounds, Tracy Orbison is a wide target. When he sets out to pursue his dream of acting, the grocery clerk finds an assortment of people waiting to dash his dreams. Through it all, Tracy remains irrepressibly upbeat, convinced he's ...
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semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous, whimsical
Plot:
rise to the top, optimism, follow your dream, humble, society, youth, family relations, hopes, social misfits, teenage love, physical appearance, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Left brain and right brain duke it out and then belt out a tune in comedian Bo Burnham's quick and clever one-man show. As intelligent as he is lanky, Burnham cynically pokes at pop entertainment while offering unadulterated showmanship of his ...
Style:
funny, witty, not serious, humorous, captivating ...
Plot:
music, stand up special, satire, musician, stand up comedian, humour, comedian, performance, celebrity, public speaking, joke, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A girl from New York attends a college in Atlanta to join their once-famous marching band.
Style:
realistic, exciting
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, rivalry, musician's life, music band, ambition, youth, music, contests and competitions, follow your dream, college life, love and romance, competition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Street dancer, Thomas Uncles is from the wrong side of the tracks, but his bond with the beautiful Megan White might help the duo realize their dreams as they enter in the mother of all dance battles.
Style:
parody, not serious, humorous, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
hip hop, youth, dancer's life, contests and competitions, teenage love, follow your dream, lifestyle, rivalry, love and romance, ambition, couple relations, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
This film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night.
Style:
uplifting, feel good, humorous, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
follow your dream, self fulfillment, against the odds, lifestyle, musician's life, ambition, bullying, talent show, couples, opera, audition, wannabe ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, venice, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Tony gets fired from his job. He's not really sad about this because he prefers writing songs and playing the guitar. He meets the drummer Charlie and they decide to start a band, although Tony is afraid of playing in front of other people. He ...
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat
Plot:
rock and roll, monkey, coming of age, rivalry, friendship, music band, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, ambition, ego clash, buddies ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
north carolina, usa, south carolina, mississippi, tennessee ...
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43%
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Neil and Ivan McCormick, two Irish brothers who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as their high school friends U2 become the biggest band in the world.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty
Plot:
rivalry, desire for fame, follow your dream, teenage life, friends, ambition, teenage boy, brother brother relationship, rock and roll, family relations, youth, hopes ...
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80s, 20th century, year 1976, 70s
Place:
europe, dublin ireland, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Rob "Fish" Fishman is the drummer in '80s hair metal band Vesuvius. He's unceremoniously booted as the group signs a big record deal, is out of the music world for 20 years - and then receives a second chance with his ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, melancholic, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
music, heavy metal culture, youth, rock, musician's life, rock and roll, music band, teenage life, high school, mentor, drums, desire for fame ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
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Garfunkel and Oates stars Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci as both themselves and their musical comedy alter-egos, "Garfunkel and Oates," following the pair as they try to expand the reaches of their meager celebrity. Well-known on the ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, captivating, light, feel good ...
Plot:
artists and showbiz, music, musician's life, music band, friends, folk, comedian, women, rivalry, society, girl power, folk singer ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, los angeles
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40%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Electric Apricot is a spoof of jam bands centered around the band, Electric Apricot, in the style of "This Is Spinal Tap"
Style:
realistic, cynical, humorous, semi serious, offbeat
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music, lifestyle, partners, music band, performer's life, friends, disorder, rock, on the road, filmmaking, heavy metal culture, musician's life ...
Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a famous band called the Silver Boulders break up, Nat and Alex Wolff go into depression.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, exciting, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
youth, family life, family relations, musician's life, music band, artists and showbiz, siblings relations, lifestyle, ambition, buddies, music, desire for fame ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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38%
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The raunchy, spunky tale of the rise and fall of an all-girl rock band from Portland, Oregon.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous, erotic ...
Plot:
rock, rise and fall, punk, music band, partners, ambition, rivalry, music, lifestyle, best friends, buddies, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, oregon, portland oregon
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38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A progressive graduate student finds success and sparks outrage when his interest in battle rap as a thesis subject becomes a competitive obsession.
Style:
psychological, captivating, lyrical, humorous, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, college, musician's life, society, rivals, stereotypes, contests and competitions, singer, underdog, performance, ambition, african american ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Films like Joyful Noise
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After a big-time country singer brags that she can turn anybody in to a country-singin' star, she's out to prove she can live up to her talk when she recruits a cab-driver as a country singer. He's scheduled to sing at a big-time NYC ...
Style:
humorous, light, entertaining, semi serious, inspirational ...
Plot:
fish out of water, music business, happy ending, odd couple, against the odds, musician's life, love and romance, artists and showbiz, teaching the ways of the world, nightclub, taxi, music ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When Mangus Spedgwick suffers an unforeseen tragedy that causes him to lose the role of Jesus in his high school's production of Jesus Christ Superstar, he fights with all he's got to get back the part, and carry on the family tradition.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating, offbeat
Plot:
family relations, small town, follow your dream, dark humor, redemption, hopes, youth, teenage life, on the road, disability, religions or cults, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
austin texas, texas, southern usa
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38%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
She seems like your ordinary overweight middle-aged wife & mom except her dream of being a rock star still weighs heavy on her soul, "they" say she can't do it, watch her transform and over come life's brutal obstacles to ...
Style:
uplifting, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
against the odds, follow your dream, musician's life, ambition, lifestyle, underdog, rock, friends, music, music band, artists and showbiz, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Its Barbershop for Rednecks. Bill is a bait shop owner who has to make a balloon payment of $15,000 or else the bank will close his shop. Unable to make the payment from the proceeds of the shop, Bill must compete in the annual Bass Tournament, ...
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humorous, captivating, light, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot:
fishing, rivalry, save the day, bait, contests and competitions, workplace, family business, friends, working class, small town, store, ambition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida
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37%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Brilliant trivia whiz Paul Tarson is great at answering little questions but horrible at answering the big ones – like what’s he going to do after grad school? When his father withdraws his funding, Paul is forced to confront his future and much ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous, captivating
Audience:
teens
Plot:
adolescence vs adulthood, college, contests and competitions, rivalry, family relations, introspection, youth, goofy hero, college life, university, hopes, underdog ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
michigan
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36%
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