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Sound of Metal (2019)
183K
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 him adapt to his new life. After being welcomed and accepted just as he is, Ruben must choose between his new normal and the life he once knew.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, tense, captivating, melancholic, realistic, philosophical, touching, offbeat, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
musician, drummer, deafness, music, sign language, anger, drums, deaf man, emotional abuse, heavy metal, deaf, drug addict, addiction, disability, twists and turns, moving, ambition, musician's life, loneliness, art, rock music, music band, life is a bitch, changing lives, social problems ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
missouri, paris france
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and touching films with plots about musician, music, singing, dancing, singer, artists and showbiz and musician's life mostly in Drama, Music and Biography genres. Some movies like Sound of Metal: Whiplash (2014), Inside Llewyn Davis (2013), The Cat and the Moon (2019), Rock Star (2001), The Runaways (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
1.1M
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
Style:
dramatic, realistic, psychological, motivational, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama, adult
Plot:
music, jazz, obsession, emotional abuse, mentor, musician, teachers and students, drummer, follow your dream, desire for fame, musician's life, public humiliation ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, north america, peru, new york, usa
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83%
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:
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Place:
new york, usa, indiana, chicago, somalia ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Nick comes to New York to temporarily live with a jazz musician friend of his late father's named Cal while his mom is in rehab. During his time in the city, he befriends a group of kids who show him what New York has to offer.
Style:
captivating, contemplative, unusual plot structure, melancholic, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
18 year old, friendship, teenage boy, underage drinking, teenager, loss of father, musician, black american, love triangle, male camaraderie, drug dealer, african american ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
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:
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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:
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Place:
los angeles, california, japan, usa, tokyo
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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:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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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:
38%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
high school, music, classical music, mentor, composer, school, musician, teacher, teaching, honest, high school teacher, sign language ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 60s, 20th century, year 1965 ...
Place:
oregon, portland oregon
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the early years of the hard rock band, Def Leppard, the group faces both success and personal tragedies such as drummer, Rick Allen losing his arm in a car accident and guitarist Steve Clark's alcohol addiction.
Style:
captivating, disturbing
Plot:
heavy metal, musician, rock music, music band, hard rock, rehearsal, desire for fame, musician's life, alcohol abuse, ambition, coping, direction and purpose ...
Time:
80s
Place:
britain
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The daughter of jazz pianist Joe Albany witnesses her beloved father's struggle -- and failure -- to kick his heroin habit.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, historical drama ...
Plot:
asthma, jazz, addiction, music, heroin, pianist, coming of age, artists and showbiz, daughter, parents and children, family relations, musician ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 2014, year 1988, year 1974 ...
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
37%
348K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The setting is Detroit in 1995. The city is divided by 8 Mile, a road that splits the town in half along racial lines. A young white rapper, Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. summons strength within himself to cross over these arbitrary ...
Style:
inspirational, sexy, realistic, serious, harsh ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
hip hop, underdog, music, rap, follow your dream, musician, urban ghetto life, success, urban ghetto, street gang, musician's life, trailer park ...
Time:
year 2002, 90s, year 1995, y2k, 2000s ...
Place:
detroit, michigan, los angeles, america, usa
Similarity:
37%
21K
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:
37%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It's got that Purple Rain feeling through and though. And it's got The Kid, too! For the first time since Purple Rain, Prince is back as The Kid. And where he goes , there's music! With Thieves in the Temple, New Power Generation, ...
Style:
sexy, serious, realistic, offbeat, sentimental
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
minnesota, minneapolis minnesota, usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, sincere, touching, serious, sad ...
Plot:
country music, friendship, redemption, starting over, rise and fall, musician's life, road trip, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, downfall, rising to stardom, society ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, year 2010, year 1952, 2010s ...
Place:
west virginia, usa, alabama, ohio, virginia
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114K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: South Korea, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, inspirational, feel good, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
music, musician, orphan, prodigy, child prodigy, child protagonist, dancing, childhood, boy, youth, chance meeting, cellist ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 80s, year 1995, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, chicago, greenwich village manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs like "Killer Queen", "Bohemian ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, rough, sexy, period piece ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
musician, music, lgbt, gay, aids, rock band, singer, rock music, musician's life, friendship between men, music industry, rock concert ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, year 1982, year 1975 ...
Place:
atlanta georgia, england, britain, edinburgh scotland, munich germany ...
Similarity:
37%
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:
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Place:
usa, new jersey, new york
Similarity:
37%
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:
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Plot:
rock music, addiction, drug use, friendship, husband wife relationship, nervousness, chaos, photographer, punk, punk rocker, drinking alcohol, guru ...
Place:
europe, new york state
Similarity:
37%
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164K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, sincere, emotional, inspirational, dramatic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
jazz, addiction, musician, musician's life, music, african american, blindness, biopic, blind character, heroin, blind boy, disability ...
Time:
year 2004, 20th century, 1930s, 50s, 2000s ...
Place:
georgia, new york, california, indianapolis indiana, usa ...
Similarity:
37%
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:
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Place:
paris france, vancouver, ontario canada, france, canada ...
Similarity:
37%
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:
37%
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:
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Place:
glasgow scotland, scotland, edinburgh scotland
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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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:
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Place:
north carolina, usa, charleston south carolina
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York.
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, family relations, family problems, friends, parents and children, youth, lifestyle, black, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, blaxploitation ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
new york, usa, pennsylvania, russia, toronto ontario canada ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
rock star, musician's life, homecoming, friendship, on the road, rock, small town, music band, artists and showbiz, ego clash, rock and roll, entertainment industry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
36%
826
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: China
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
An actor becomes increasingly introverted and psychotic and his entire family attempts to intervene.
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, emotional, tense ...
Plot:
family in crisis, addiction, rise and fall, tragic hero, rehabilitation, actor's life, haunted by the past, rebelliousness, obsession, mentally unstable, life is a bitch, showbiz ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
china, asia, beijing china
Similarity:
36%
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:
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Place:
berlin germany, southeast asia, the philippines, manhattan new york city, new york ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, gloomy, touching, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
jazz, musician, music, addiction, alcoholism, art, friendship, saxophonist, bittersweet, drug addiction, biopic, alcoholic ...
Time:
year 1986, 50s, 20th century, year 1959, 60s ...
Place:
france, paris france, usa, europe, new york
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Mambo Kings tells the story of César and Nestor Castillo, brothers and aspiring musicians who flee from Cuba to America in search of the American Dream.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, melancholic, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
music, true love, musician's life, rags to riches, performer's life, family relations, immigrant, brother brother relationship, sibling rivalry, fame, love story, dancing ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1952, year 1992
Place:
cuba, new york, havana cuba, america, usa ...
Similarity:
36%
14K
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
Similarity:
36%
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