Movies like Her Smell
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Her Smell (2018)
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Greece, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.
Style:
psychological, rough, captivating, art house, f word
Plot:
rock music, addiction, friendship, drug use, husband wife relationship, photographer, chaos, nervousness, punk, punk rocker, drinking alcohol, curse, guru, lesbian, women, mental disorder, art, rock, illness, feminism, feminist, punk rock, self destructing, gays and lesbians, mission ...
Place:
europe, new york state
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Most similar movies to Her Smell
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, independent film, serious and cult classic films with plots about singing, musician, dancing, cigarette smoking, music, singer and song mostly in Drama, Music and Biography genres. Some movies like Her Smell: A Slipping-Down Life (1999), Last Days (2005), Love & Mercy (2014), The Runaways (2010), The Doors (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A young woman becomes obsessed with a small-time North Carolina rock singer.
Style:
feel good, touching, sincere, captivating, romantic drama ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
groupie, artists and showbiz, love and romance, love affair, lifestyle, rock, musician's life, opposites attract, singer, infatuation, art, obsession ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
north carolina, usa, charleston south carolina
Similarity:
100%
25K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The life and struggles of a notorious rock musician seeping into a pit of loneliness whose everyday life involves friends and family seeking financial aid and favors, inspired by rock music legend Kurt Cobain and his final hours.
Style:
psychedelic, art house, bleak, lyrical, intense ...
Plot:
musician, music, rock, rock music, depression, isolation, addiction, drug abuse, biopic, rock and roll, suicide, drug addiction ...
Time:
year 2005, 90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
seattle, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The life of reclusive and eccentric Beach Boys songwriter and musician Brian Wilson.
Style:
emotional, factual, intense, talky, melancholic ...
Plot:
musician, mental illness, pop music, music, biopic, songwriter, psychotherapist, drug abuse, medical malpractice, hearing voices, nervous breakdown, relationships ...
Time:
60s, year 1939, year 1992, year 1971, year 1995 ...
Place:
california, los angeles, malibu california, usa, southern california ...
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100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, two rebellious teenagers from Southern California, become the frontwomen for the Runaways -- the now-legendary group that paved the way for future generations of female rockers. Under the Svengalilike influence of ...
Style:
sexy, teen, stylized, emotional, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
rock music, lesbian, music band, music, teenage girl, coming of age, lesbian love, sex scene, teenage sexuality, teenager, biopic, revisionist history ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, japan, usa, tokyo
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100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France, USA, Netherlands
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The story of the famous and influential 1960's rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
Style:
psychedelic, sexy, factual, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
rock and roll, music band, musician, drug addiction, addiction, musician's life, life philosophy, music, biopic, drug abuse, rise and fall, hippie ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s, year 1965, year 1969 ...
Place:
california, paris france, los angeles, usa, miami ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Brazil, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Straight out of Jersey comes Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, an aspiring rapper fighting through a world of strip malls and strip clubs on an unlikely quest for glory.
Style:
sincere, disturbing, captivating, sad, independent film ...
Plot:
musician, rap, mother daughter relationship, grandmother granddaughter relationship, black american, aspiring musician, fat woman, rapper, loneliness, friendship, aspiration, overweight woman ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
new jersey, new york
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In 1999, teenage sisters Celeste and Eleanor survive a seismic, violent tragedy. The sisters compose and perform a song about their experience, making something lovely and cathartic out of a catastrophe - while also catapulting Celeste to stardom. ...
Style:
inspirational, thought provoking, visually stunning, rough, suspense ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
pop star, transformation, female singer, musician, mother daughter relationship, school massacre, illness, friendship, family relations, hopes, parents and children, music ...
Time:
90s, 1940s, year 2017, year 1999, 2000s ...
Place:
usa, los angeles, eastern europe, new york, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Metal drummer Ruben begins to lose his hearing. When a doctor tells him his condition will worsen, he thinks his career and life is over. His girlfriend Lou checks the former addict into a rehab for the deaf hoping it will prevent a relapse and help ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, tense, melancholic, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
musician, drummer, deafness, music, sign language, anger, drums, deaf man, emotional abuse, heavy metal, deaf, drug addict ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
missouri, paris france
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Two ill-matched teenage girls form a punk band and soon have New York by its ears.
Style:
cult classic, independent film, serious, realistic, cynical ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
punk, punk rock, rock, punk rocker, teenage girl, urban, teenager, older man younger woman relationship, lgbtq, tomboy, adolescent girl, bare breasts ...
Time:
year 1980, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
22%
109K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Renowned musician Lydia Tár is days away from recording the symphony that will elevate her career. However, Lydia's elaborate facade begins to unravel, revealing dirty secrets and the corrosive nature of power.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, dark drama, dorama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lgbt, classical music, orchestra, lesbian, music conductor, composer, musician, massage parlor, narcissism, orchestra conductor, music, female protagonist ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
berlin germany, southeast asia, the philippines, manhattan new york city, new york ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two women retreat to a lake house to get a break from the pressures of the outside world, only to realize how disconnected from each other they have become, allowing their suspicions to bleed into reality.
Style:
cerebral, captivating, tense, enigmatic, suspense ...
Plot:
lesbian subtext, mental breakdown, jealousy, friendship, vacation, depression, promise, party, mental disorder, memory, doctor, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Corrine Burns retreats far into plans for her band, The Fabulous Stains, after her mother's death.
Style:
independent film, retro, psychotronic, thinking, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
punk, punk rock, punk rocker, girl band, punk band, feminist, rock and roll, rock, fictional band, taunting, teenager, girl group ...
Time:
80s, year 1982, 20th century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania
Similarity:
21%
36K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Shane, a Jersey boy with big dreams, crosses the river in hopes of finding a more exciting life at Studio 54. When Steve Rubell, the mastermind behind the infamous disco, plucks Shane from the sea of faces clamoring to get inside his club, Shane not ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, atmospheric, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
disco, nightclub, gay, drug abuse, clubbing, addiction, lesbian, father son relationship, party, drug, lifestyle, sex ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1979
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, bahamas, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
21%
952
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Set in Montreal during the disco phenomenon some 35 years ago, Funkytown follows the life of a group of colorful characters. We follow their lives and tribulations as everyone converges on a regular basis at Montreal's hot disco spot: ...
Style:
serious, captivating, disturbing, suspense, sexual ...
Plot:
disco, gay husband, gay relationship, nightclub, lifestyle, addiction, nightlife, actor's life, society, artists and showbiz, social decay, social relations ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1971, year 1982 ...
Place:
montreal, canada, toronto ontario canada, quebec, new york
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Prey for Rock & Roll is set in the Los Angeles club scene of the late 1980s and follows the story of Jacki (Gershon) and her all-girl punk rock band, Clam Dandy. On the verge of turning 40, Jacki decides that if the band's one last shot ...
Style:
realistic, cynical, captivating, serious, sexual ...
Plot:
lesbian, female musician, revenge, concert, rape, musician's life, music band, ambition, rise and fall, inspiration, life is a bitch, lifestyle ...
Time:
80s, year 2003, y2k, 90s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Anger rages in Philip as he awaits the publication of his second novel. He feels pushed out of his adopted home city by the constant crowds and noise, a deteriorating relationship with his photographer girlfriend Ashley, and his own indifference to ...
Style:
sexy, cerebral, independent film, stylized, atmospheric ...
Plot:
sarcasm, loneliness, arrogance, self pity, writer's life, couples, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, solitude, writer's block, infidelity, isolation, suicide ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york state, brooklyn new york city, usa, new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A narcissistic runaway engages in a number of parasitic relationships amongst members of New York's waning punk scene.
Style:
sexy, independent film, indie film, psychological thriller, grim ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
transgression, punk rock, punk, feminist, rock, rock and roll, coming of age, loneliness, price of fame, visceral, satire, young heroes ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An ageing rock star decides to change his life when he discovers a 40-year-old letter written to him by John Lennon.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
musician, rock star, aging, musician's life, elderly, midlife crisis, transformation, family relations, starting over, introspection, cancer, love and romance ...
Time:
70s, year 2014, year 1971, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, los angeles, usa, new york
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An intersectional narrative of two families in Brooklyn and the unraveling of unspoken unhappiness that occurs when a young foreign girl spending time abroad upsets the balance on both sides.
Style:
unusual plot structure, psychological, tense, suspense, art house ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, family relations, therapy, loneliness, multiple storylines, sibling relationship, yankee, pretty girl, slim, girl, foreigner, archive ...
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927. Adapted from August Wilson's play.
Style:
costume drama, rough, serious, suspense, period piece ...
Plot:
african american, musician, blues, black, racism, black american, lgbt, jazz, lesbian, black history, recording studio, bigger dreams ...
Time:
1920s, 2020s
Place:
chicago, harlem, atlanta georgia, birmingham alabama, georgia ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Three girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band -- despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead.
Style:
touching, lyrical, feel good, semi serious, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, girls' night
Plot:
punk, music, teenager, teenage girl, coming of age, friendship, punk rock, rebellion, friendship between girls, children, girl power, adolescence ...
Time:
80s, year 1982, year 2013, 20th century, 70s
Place:
seattle, scandinavia, eastern europe, europe, stockholm sweden ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Following their breakout success in England, flagship punk rock band the Sex Pistols venture out on their first U.S. tour. Temperamental bassist Sid Vicious takes his troubled girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, along for the ride. Along the way, the ...
Style:
captivating, serious, psychedelic, bloody, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
punk, rock and roll, addiction, drug abuse, heroin, punk rock, drug addiction, musician, heroin addict, punk music, drug, music history ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1986
Place:
paris france, england, europe, usa, new york ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A sweeping multigenerational story set against the backdrop of the raw, roaring New York City of the late 1980s; adoption, teen pregnancy, drugs, hardcore punk rock, the unbridled optimism and reckless stupidity of the young—and old—are all ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sentimental, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenage pregnancy, gay man straight woman relationship, boy, friendship, pregnancy, parents and children, punk, city life, estrangement, rehabilitation, youth ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1980
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, vermont
Similarity:
19%
47K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Rock Star tells the story of Chris Cole and a rock band called Steel Dragon. Cole is a photocopier technician by day, and the lead singer of a Steel Dragon tribute band called "Blood Pollution" by night.Internal struggles between the Steel ...
Style:
period piece, cult classic, melancholic, stylized, intense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
music, rock star, rock and roll, rock music, heavy metal, rock, rock band, orgy, rock concert, musician, success, audition ...
Time:
80s, year 2001, y2k, 20th century
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, seattle, los angeles, usa ...
Similarity:
19%
106
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Leslie (Tony Award Winner ALICE RIPLEY), a housewife and 50-plus piano teacher, decides to follow her life-long dream of being a rock 'n roll singer much to the chagrin of her husband (SAG Award Winner ROBERT CLOHESSY), who is running for ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, feel good, uplifting ...
Plot:
rock band, dream, middle aged, housewife, rock and roll, female empowerment, musician, politician, musician's life, rock music, ambitious woman, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
19%
10K
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Midler is the rock-and-roll singer Mary Rose Foster (known as the Rose to her legions of fans), whose romantic relationships and mental health are continuously imperiled by the demands of life on the road.
Style:
retro, serious, realistic, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
addiction, rock band, rock and roll, musician, singer, female singer, love, women, stalker, blues, rock, drug abuse ...
Time:
year 1979, 60s, 20th century, year 1969, 70s
Place:
usa, new jersey, new york
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada, Hungary
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A grieving woman embarks on an emotional journey after the Ioss of her baby.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, tense, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
couples, loss of child, midwife, home birth, birth, grief, pregnancy, dog, grieving, extramarital affair, marriage, illicit affair ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts
Similarity:
19%
71K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, France, Australia, Japan, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Control is the biography of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis, taking his story from schoolboy days of 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band's first American tour in 1980.
Style:
atmospheric, depressing, sad, cult classic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
music, suicide, punk, singer, musician's life, depression, musician, punk rock, rock and roll, biopic, epilepsy, music band ...
Time:
70s, year 2007, y2k, year 1980, year 1973 ...
Place:
england, london, manchester, northern england, europe
Similarity:
19%
17K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young Scottish singer, Rose-Lynn Harlan, dreams of making it as a country artist in Nashville after being released from prison.
Style:
thought provoking, sincere, humorous, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
country music, bigger dreams, musician, single mother, women's prison, working class, singer, party, mother daughter reunion, rehearsal, promise, released from prison ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s, year 1943
Place:
glasgow scotland, nashville tennessee, scotland, london
Similarity:
18%
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