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Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story (1982)
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story of singer Rosemary Clooney's rise to fame, her marriage to Jose Ferrer, and her nervous breakdown.
Style:
touching, serious, realistic
Plot:
biopic, showbiz, friends, prodigy, couples, rise and fall, actor's life, musician's life, tragic hero, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, performer's life, rising to stardom, relationship vs career, road not taken, divorce, addiction, doctor, singer, celebrity, hollywood, pills, mental illness, mother daughter relationship, catholic ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s
Place:
kentucky
Most similar movies to Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and touching films with plots about biopic, artists and showbiz, showbiz, ambition, lifestyle, rising to stardom and unfulfillment mostly in Biography, Drama and Music genres. Some movies like Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story: Whitney (2015), The Audrey Hepburn Story (2000), Norma Jean & Marilyn (1996), The Buddy Holly Story (1978), Your Cheatin' Heart (1964). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Chronicles Whitney Houston's rise to fame and turbulent relationship with husband Bobby Brown.
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, touching, bleak ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
musician's life, price of fame, pop star, music, rising to stardom, ambition, desire for fame, couple relations, addiction, celebrity culture, fall in love, showbiz ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
usa, indiana
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
The film spans from Hepburn's early childhood to the 1950s which details her life as a Dutch ballerina, coming to grips with her parents' divorce, and enduring life in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II. She then settles in ...
Style:
uplifting, serious, feel good, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
hollywood, actor's life, world war two, showbiz, celebrity culture, childhood, performer's life, rising to stardom, filmmaking, haunted by the past, artists and showbiz, human spirit ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1940s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
usa, new york, holland, europe, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
91%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
This film follows Norma Jean from her simple, ambitious youth to her sex star pinnacle and back down. She moves from lover to lover in order to further her career. She finds fame but never happiness, only knowing seduction but not love.
Style:
contemplative, psychological, realistic, serious, gloomy ...
Plot:
playboy, female nudity, biopic, filmmaking, skinny dipping, actress, female protagonist, rape, abuse, john f. kennedy, hollywood, lgbt ...
Time:
60s, 1940s, 50s, 1950s
Similarity:
80%
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:
serious, realistic, captivating, touching, feel good ...
Plot:
biopic, music, musician, rock, rock music, singer, showbiz, musician's life, pop music, real life, subculture, art ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1978, 20th century, 70s ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, new york
Similarity:
78%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
This is the story of actress Frances Farmer, her struggles with mental illness and involuntary confinement in an insane asylum.
Style:
captivating, emotional, gloomy, realistic, serious
Plot:
biopic, hollywood, mental illness, mental patient, insane asylum, couples, politics, unfulfillment, life is a bitch, mentally unstable, state affairs, performer's life ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s
Place:
washington d.c., seattle
Similarity:
78%
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:
78%
6K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 168 min.
Story:
Biographical movie about the famous rock singer Elvis Presley.
Style:
realistic, emotional, touching, serious, sentimental ...
Plot:
elvis presley, music, rock music, biopic, musician's life, price of fame, rags to riches, rock and roll, celebrity culture, desire for fame, music band, showbiz ...
Time:
50s, 60s, 1950s
Place:
las vegas, mississippi
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The gaudy rise and dizzy fall of the last great Hollywood blonde bombshell: Jayne Mansfield.
Style:
serious, realistic, uplifting, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
big breasts, hollywood, actor's life, biopic, behind the scenes, price of fame, femme fatale, fame, publicity, movie business, publicity stunt, desire for fame ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 60s
Place:
mississippi
Similarity:
76%
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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.
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
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The fairy tale story of the actress who became a princess is told in this biography that traces her rise from Philadelphia socialite to Hollywood movie star.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious
Audience:
date night
Plot:
hollywood, biopic, love, psychic, fortune telling, wedding, historical figure, cinderella story, social differences, relationship vs career, media, actor's life ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1940s
Place:
philadelphia, europe, monaco
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Ray Danton plays the title role in director Joseph M. Newman's 1961 film biography of the nightclub dancer-turned-movie star. The cast also includes Jayne Mansfield, Barrie Chase, Julie London, Neville Brand and Frank Gorshin.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, stylized, psychotronic ...
Plot:
hollywood, biopic, al capone, actor's life, revolution, casino, gambling, gangster, movie star, couples, fashion, nightclub ...
Time:
1940s, year 1961, 1920s, 1930s, 50s ...
Place:
new york, cuba, california, las vegas
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 210 min.
Story:
The story of the life of the actress Elizabeth Taylor.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, romantic drama, period drama
Plot:
hollywood, divorce, mother daughter relationship, biopic, fame, celebrity culture, ambition, glamour, showbiz, legacy, identity crisis, actress ...
Time:
1940s, 60s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
67%
921
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Crazy is the story of a legendary guitar player who emerged from Nashville in the 1950s. Blessed with incomparable, natural talent, Hank Garland quickly established his reputation as the finest sessions player in Nashville.
Style:
sincere, realistic, serious, contemplative, independent film
Plot:
public sex, infidelity, womanizer, rise and fall, ambition, desire for fame, musician's life, lifestyle, obsession, rising to stardom, relationship vs career, showbiz ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, y2k, 60s, 70s ...
Place:
tennessee, usa, chicago, florida, new york ...
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Renowned writer F. Scott Fitzgerald is living the last months of his life with his youthful secretary, confidant, and protégé who later wrote a memoir of their time together.
Style:
serious, clever, realistic, emotional, contemplative ...
Plot:
prodigy, life is a bitch, showbiz, crumbling marriage, split personality, mental illness, family problems, lifestyle, love and romance, couples, terminal illness, writers ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
64%
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:
63%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Chronicles the rise and fall of pop king Michael Jackson.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching
Plot:
rise and fall, performer's life, music, rising to stardom, ambition, showbiz, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, musician's life, singer, pop star, reputation ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A look at Brittany Murphy's rise to Hollywood fame in the 1990s, her struggles with celebrity and self-esteem, and her mysterious death in 2009 at the age of 32.
Style:
realistic, captivating, sentimental, serious
Plot:
rising to stardom, desire for fame, actor's life, rise and fall, ambition, celebrity culture, artists and showbiz, parents and children, heart attack, death of wife, death of daughter, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 1990, year 2009, year 2004, year 2005, year 2003 ...
Place:
puerto rico, new jersey, usa
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The story of the 10-year rocky relationship between Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, sexual, slapstick ...
Plot:
rise and fall, desire for fame, ambition, rising to stardom, friendship, actor's life, showbiz, buddies, breakup, rise to the top, lifestyle, celebrity culture ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 50s, 60s, 1950s
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The man behind the legend and a knowing look at the 1950's Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic bioepic of the meteoric star whose troubled life echoed his gut-grabbing performances in East of Eden, Rebel Without A Cause and Giant.
Style:
sentimental, realistic, serious, captivating, clever ...
Plot:
hollywood, actor, father son relationship, filmmaking, actor's life, death of mother, sports car, gay, voice over narration, biopic, dying young, rising to stardom ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, 1930s, 1940s
Place:
usa, malibu california, indiana, new york, santa monica california
Similarity:
59%
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
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An unauthorized chronicle of the life of Roman Polanski.
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, serious, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
celebrity culture, prodigy, ambition, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, lifestyle, filmmaking, biopic, scandal, controversy, celebrity, fame ...
Time:
70s, 60s
Place:
usa, europe
Similarity:
58%
474
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 250 min.
TV show
Story:
An extensive biopic of one of the most famous entertainers of the 20th century - Frank Sinatra. The only thing that could engage the public more than his songs and films was his sometimes controversial private life.
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
art history, art, jazz, dancing, singer, friendship, celebrity, biopic, couples, relationship vs career, showbiz, ambition ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 1940s, 20th century, 50s ...
Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
56%
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, 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
Similarity:
56%
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864
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A biopic on singer Céline Dion.
Style:
realistic, captivating, sincere, serious
Plot:
desire for fame, rise to the top, ambition, musician's life, prodigy, relationship vs career, tragic love, fall in love, artists and showbiz, love and romance, lifestyle, rising to stardom ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
55%

Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Bettie Page was America's number one pin-up girl in the 1950s and became a cult icon. This biopic tells the story of the last 3 years of her short-lived career, recreating the incriminating bondage films which gave her the nickname "Dark ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sexual, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
desire for fame, actor's life, rise and fall, showbiz, celebrity culture, friendship, workplace romance, fashion, workplace, against the rules, artists and showbiz, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
new york, tennessee, florida
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A biopic of punk legend Darby Crash and his band, the Germs.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspense, informative ...
Plot:
punk rock, punk, music, rock, biopic, lifestyle, musician's life, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, ambition, rise and fall ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
54%

Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This biographical docu-drama alternates between two parallel threads in the life of Arnold Schwarzenegger: his formative early years as the repeat winner of the Mr. Olympia body-building championship; and his modern foray into the world of politics, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
politics, campaign, bodybuilding, showbiz, relationship vs career, rise and fall, actor's life, rise to the top, athlete's life, ambition, filmmaking, hollywood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, austria, san diego california, los angeles
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
The story of how Norma Jean, once an orphan in Hollywood California, becomes Marilyn Monroe, the movie star and celebrity.
Style:
iconic
Plot:
hollywood, lie, insanity, mother daughter relationship, marriage, husband wife relationship, divorce, rehearsal, mental illness, acting class, pills, baseball player ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 1950s, 60s, 50s
Place:
new york, big ben london, japan, connecticut
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In the early 1970s, Cuban trumpeter Arturo Sandoval (Andy Garcia) is torn between his own musical dreams and the dreams of his wife, Marianela (Mía Maestro), a fervent supporter of the ideals of the Castro revolution. Also starring Charles S. ...
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
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A tell-all story of what happened behind the scenes of the 70s hit TV series "The Brady Bunch." Based on the book written by Barry Williams, the actor who played Greg Brady.
Style:
sitcom, semi serious, sentimental, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
actor's life, relationship vs career, showbiz, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, workplace, alcohol abuse, movie studio, love, family relations, sexual content, hollywood ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 60s
Similarity:
48%
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