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The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack (2000)
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Genre: Documentary, Biography, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
With the help of her mother, family, friends, and fellow musicians, Aiyana Elliott reaches for her father, legendary cowboy troubadour, Ramblin' Jack Elliott. She explores who he is and how he got there, working back and forth between archival and contemporary footage. Born in 1932 in Brooklyn, busking through the South and West in the early 50s, a year with Woody Guthrie, six years flatpicking in Europe, a triumphant return to Greenwich Village in the early 60s, mentoring Bob Dylan, then life on the road, from gig to gig, singing and telling stories. A Grammy and the National Medal of Arts await Jack near the end of a long trail. What will Aiyana find for herself?
Style:
melancholic, suspenseful, sincere, touching, serious, road movie, enigmatic, bleak, unusual plot structure, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
music, father daughter relationship, prodigy, ambition, musician's life, rising to stardom, character study, family relations, parents and children, showbiz, estrangement, artists and showbiz, relationship vs career, alcohol abuse, folk, travel, search for father, musician, catastrophe, artist, relationships, violence, life, holocaust, jewish ...
Time:
1930s, 50s
Place:
canada, california, san francisco, usa, new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, dramatic and melancholic films with plots about runaway, mentor, music, musician, storytelling, artists and showbiz and musician's life mostly in Music, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack: Bird (1988), Sweet Dreams (1985), This Is Elvis (1981), Coal Miner's Daughter (1980), The Buddy Holly Story (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, Netherlands, Portugal, Finland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.
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bleak, thought provoking, unusual plot structure, visually appealing, poignant ...
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music, musician, obsession, classical music, radio, artist, culture clash, redemption, creativity, crime gone awry, corruption, dark humor ...
Place:
canada
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 161 min.
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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.
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atmospheric, psychological, gloomy, sexy, factual ...
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jazz, music, heroin, addiction, childhood, drug abuse, showbiz, musician, tragedy, rock and roll, character study, african american ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 20th century
Place:
africa, usa, brooklyn new york city
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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.
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factual, realistic, sexy, atmospheric, captivating ...
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musician's life, showbiz, fame, air disaster, historical figure, family problems, love and romance, women, ambition, country music, rising to stardom, couples ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 50s, year 1956, year 1961 ...
Place:
nashville tennessee, west virginia, virginia
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Genre: Documentary, Biography, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Though several actors portray Elvis Presley at different stages of his life, this documentary is comprised mostly of actual performance footage and interviews with Elvis, his fans and those close to him. This biographical docu-drama features rare ...
Style:
melancholic, road movie, entertaining, sad, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
rock and roll, music, elvis presley, musician, hospital, singer, death, loneliness, marriage, unlikely friendships, childhood, natural disaster ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 50s, 80s
Place:
new jersey, hawaii, germany, las vegas, memphis
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80%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Biography of Loretta Lynn, a country and western singer that came from poverty to fame.
Style:
sentimental, touching, emotional, realistic, feel good ...
Plot:
country music, music, female protagonist, poverty, singer, musician, rags to riches, music business, rising to stardom, women, human spirit, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
usa, kentucky, nashville tennessee, washington state, appalachia
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80%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A film about the life and career of the early rock and roll star.
Style:
humorous, feel good, enigmatic, talky, entertaining ...
Plot:
music, musician, rock, singer, rock music, showbiz, air disaster, tragedy, runaway, life & death, lone hero, suspense ...
Time:
50s, 70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
texas, austin texas, new york, usa
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77%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
A biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, discovering the suffering and strength of America's working class.
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realistic, road movie, compassionate, talky, sentimental ...
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music, great depression, character study, depression, friendship, artists and showbiz, americana, couple relations, musician's life, love and romance, labor union, life philosophy ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 70s
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texas, california, oklahoma, usa, los angeles ...
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Sadie looks up to her older sister Georgia, a successful folk singer who's happily married with children, but can't break out of the bar-band circuit and hit the big time she desperately covets. It's in part due to her attraction to ...
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emotional, melancholic, serious, sincere, realistic ...
Plot:
music, addiction, dysfunctional family, drugs, musician's life, redemption, eccentricity, life is a bitch, artists and showbiz, human nature, estrangement, sisters ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle, usa
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72%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
Style:
emotional, talky, heartbreaking, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
music, friendship, showbiz, african american, musician, creativity, ambition, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, rising to stardom, musician's life, blind ambition ...
Time:
50s, 70s, 80s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
usa, boston, new jersey, south carolina, georgia
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72%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A film about the singer Tina Turner and how she rose to stardom with her abusive husband Ike Turner and how she gained the courage to break free.
Style:
inspirational, sincere, intense, emotional, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
music, domestic violence, black woman, musician, rock and roll, african american woman, showbiz, african american, childhood, musician's life, women, singer ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s, 80s, 1930s ...
Place:
usa, africa, tennessee
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through his successful song-writing years in the 1960s to his death in 1991 at the age of 62.
Style:
surreal, atmospheric, lyrical, visually appealing, captivating ...
Plot:
musician, music, jazz, success, artist, art, musician's life, songwriter, lifestyle, desire for fame, introspection, ambition ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 1930s, 50s, 70s ...
Place:
paris france, france, tokyo, europe
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68%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Alchoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, realistic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
date night, family outing
Plot:
country music, music, character study, self discovery, small town, comeback, musician's life, starting over, divorce, love and romance, couples, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
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Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, california
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65%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
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realistic, inspirational, talky, intense, stylized ...
Plot:
music, rock and roll, musician's life, blues, success, music business, african american, singer, jazz, greed, rags to riches, showbiz ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 50s, 1940s
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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inspirational, touching, intense, serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
music, rock and roll, musician's life, death, interracial romance, musician, music business, rock, suspense, love story, happy ending, latin ...
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los angeles, california, usa, tijuana mexico, new york ...
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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, factual, emotional, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, kids, teens
Plot:
music, dancing, tragedy, childhood, women, musician's life, singer, musician, rising to stardom, rock and roll, human spirit, racial segregation ...
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texas, california, mexico, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The tragic story of world-renowned cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi.
Style:
emotional, sexy, visually appealing, bleak, feminist film ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
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music, classical music, multiple sclerosis, sisters, dysfunctional family, musician, couples, genius, sister sister relationship, sex with sister in law, physical disability, women ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
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61%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalon and Fabian.
Style:
humorous, feel good, unusual plot structure, visually appealing, dramatic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
music, showbiz, suspense, rock and roll, music business, weapons, alter ego, male nudity, artist, obsession, nude, superhero ...
Time:
80s, 50s
Place:
new jersey, los angeles
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59%
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, inspirational, melancholic, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
music, showbiz, addiction, music business, greed, music band, drug addiction, rising to stardom, rise and fall, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, ambition ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 50s, 80s
Place:
new york, los angeles, new jersey, usa, california
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59%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
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The story of Jerry Lee Lewis, arguably the greatest and certainly one of the wildest musicians of the 1950s. His arrogance, remarkable talent, and unconventional lifestyle often brought him into conflict with others in the industry, and even earned ...
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sexy, cerebral, harsh, road movie, melancholic ...
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teens
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music, musician, rock and roll, rise and fall, dancing, older man younger woman relationship, rock, scandal, prejudice, child bride, age difference, rock music ...
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80s, 50s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, usa
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58%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug addiction are featured.
Style:
gloomy, realistic, melancholic, intense, dramatic ...
Plot:
jazz, drug abuse, music, musician, african american, drug addiction, racism, blaxploitation, singer, women, rape, sexual abuse ...
Time:
1930s, 70s, 1940s, 20th century
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Genre: Documentary
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
From the team behind Man on Wire comes the story of Nim, the chimpanzee who in the 1970s became the focus of a landmark experiment which aimed to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nurtured like a human child. ...
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thought provoking, touching, sad, psychological, suspenseful ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
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music, music band, musician, rock and roll, life philosophy, rising to stardom, desire for fame, ambition, showbiz, performance, friends, buddies ...
Time:
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Place:
new jersey, usa
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55%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, France
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian too broke to buy a glass of wine strains to hear those notes. Soon they will form a friendship that ...
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sexy, cerebral, enigmatic, compassionate, breathtaking ...
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jazz, music, addiction, musician, art, dancing, friendship, alcohol abuse, bittersweet, rock and roll, drug addiction, solitude ...
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60s, 1930s, 50s, 20th century, year 1959 ...
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france, paris france, europe, usa, new york
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52%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Neil Diamond stars as Yussel in this tale of a young Jewish cantor who strives to make a career in music.
Style:
touching, intense, serious, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
jewish, father son relationship, music, tradition, family relations, showbiz, parents and children, religions or cults, follow your dream, desire for fame, estrangement, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
california, new york, los angeles, usa
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48%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Chronicles the early days of The Beatles in Hamburg, Germany. The film focuses primarily on the relationship between Stuart Sutcliffe (played by Stephen Dorff) and John Lennon (played by Ian Hart), and also with Sutcliffe's German girlfriend ...
Style:
clever, affectionate, harsh, tricky, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
the beatles, music, rock and roll, artist, rock, art, musician, friendship, rock music, lgbt, unlikely friendships, destiny ...
Time:
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hamburg germany, england, california, australia, germany ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The life of reclusive and eccentric Beach Boys songwriter and musician Brian Wilson.
Style:
factual, emotional, intense, talky, melancholic ...
Plot:
musician, mental illness, psychotherapist, music, pop music, rock music, drug abuse, showbiz, addiction, songwriter, hearing voices, musician's life ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 20th century, 70s, year 1939 ...
Place:
california, los angeles, new jersey, usa, malibu california
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Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.
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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.
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sentimental, touching, emotional, road movie, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night
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music, rock and roll, country music, musician, marriage, musician's life, addiction, drug addiction, love, accident, prison, drugs ...
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60s, 50s, 70s, 1940s, 80s ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
From Paris to Venice to Broadway to Hollywood, the lives of Cole Porter and his wife, Linda were never less than glamorous and wildly unconventional. And though Cole's thirst for life strained their marriage, Linda never stopped being his muse, ...
Style:
stylized, lyrical, atmospheric, captivating, sexy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay, showbiz, musician's life, music, disability, infidelity, rehearsal, terminal illness, ambition, lifestyle, rise to the top, couple relations ...
Time:
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venice, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, indiana ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern ...
Style:
touching, sincere, inspirational, emotional, captivating ...
Audience:
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1930s, 60s, 50s, 70s, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, california, georgia, usa, los angeles ...
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