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tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)
128K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
On the cusp of his 30th birthday, Jonathon Larson, a promising young theater composer, navigates love, friendship, and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City.
Style:
touching, emotional, sincere, sweet, inspirational, artsy, anamorphic, cult classic, powerful, semi autobiographical ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
theater, believe in yourself, broadway, gay interest, composer, music, musician, gay friend, male male relationship, screenwriter, lost love, best friend, sex, love, flash forward, pianist, hiv positive, gay, artist, rise to the top, perseverance, coming of age, musician's life, success, friends ...
Time:
2020s, 90s, year 1992, year 1990, 1990s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, north america, american
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, feel good, touching and captivating films with plots about singing, dancing, music, song, singer, artists and showbiz and dance mostly in Drama, Musical and Biography genres. Some movies like tick, tick... BOOM!: Rocketman (2019), La La Land (2016), Hamilton (2020), Rent (2005), The Greatest Showman (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
208K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.
Style:
inspirational, uplifting, touching, stylized, compassionate ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
musician, rock music, homosexual, homosexuality, biopic, lgbt, gay, rock and roll, addiction, pop music, rising to stardom, drug use ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, 70s, 2010s, future ...
Place:
california, england, los angeles, london, new york ...
Similarity:
100%
750K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile ...
Style:
romantic, touching, sentimental, sad, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, teens, family outing
Plot:
music, jazz, dancing, love, musician, audition, bigger dreams, jazz club, love story, destiny, traffic jam, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
year 2016, year 2015, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, paris france, california
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137K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
Presenting the tale of American founding father Alexander Hamilton, this filmed version of the original Broadway smash hit is the story of America then, told by America now.
Style:
costume drama, epic, feel good, period drama, comfort
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
friendship, hip hop, father son relationship, death, revolutionary war, american revolution, american history, stage musical, murder, george washington, dancing, violence ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, 2020s, 1780s, 1790s ...
Similarity:
100%
58K
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
This rock opera tells the story of one year in the life of a group of bohemians struggling in modern day East Village, New York, USA. The story centers around Mark and Roger, two roommates. While a former tragedy has made Roger numb to life, Mark ...
Style:
sentimental, stylized, lyrical, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, bohemian life, aids, lgbtq, gay, drug abuse, hiv, glbt, drug addiction, christmas, friendship, drag queen ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, year 2005, future, 90s ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, lower east side manhattan new york city, usa, new mexico ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Musical
Country: USA, China
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The story of American showman P.T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
Style:
inspirational, costume drama, romantic drama, captivating, motivational ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, date night, family outing
Plot:
circus, social outcast, singing, giant, success, dancing, romantic relationship, taboo, father daughter relationship, mansion, outcast, interracial love ...
Time:
year 2017, 19th century, 1800s, victorian era, 1830s ...
Place:
new york, london, buckingham palace
Similarity:
71%
6K
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Misfits in their lives back home, a group of young people live it up at musical-theater camp. While the sports counselor is completely ignored, the kids' spend all their time in rehearsal for a grueling schedule that involves a new show every ...
Style:
teen, talky, humorous, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
gay, coming of age, summer camp, dancing, lgbt, love and romance, teenage love, artists and showbiz, rock, gay teenager, glbt, friendship ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, new jersey
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Feature film adaptation of the musical about a teenager from Sheffield, England who wants to be a drag queen.
Style:
lgbt cinema, emotional, touching, psychological, social ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
lgbt, female impersonator, cross dressing, lgbtq, drag queen, gay student, gay interest, gay, life is a bitch, gay slur, mentor, prom ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
britain, england, yorkshire, united kingdom
Similarity:
42%
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:
50%
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 160 min.
Story:
After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which opens the ...
Style:
witty, talky, independent film, historical drama, cult classic ...
Plot:
music, composer, biopic, writers, rehearsal, theater, opera, dancing, samurai, valet, inspiration, playwright ...
Time:
victorian era, year 1999, 1800s, 19th century, 1880s ...
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, paris france
Similarity:
40%
12K
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, captivating, atmospheric, sincere ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
biopic, gay, jazz, showbiz, musician's life, musician, music, lgbtq, disability, infidelity, rehearsal, terminal illness ...
Time:
1930s, year 2004, 1940s, 1920s, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, venice, usa, italy, paris france ...
Similarity:
39%
7K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.
Style:
retro, realistic, semi serious, captivating, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
stripper, burlesque, dancing, mother daughter relationship, mother, theater, fame, domineering mother, ambition, broadway, based on broadway musical, theatrical agent ...
Time:
1920s, 1930s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s ...
Place:
kansas
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
13-year-old Nate Foster has big Broadway dreams but there’s only one problem — he can’t even land a part in the school play. When his parents leave town, Nate and his best friend Libby sneak off to the Big Apple for a once-in-a-lifetime ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, feel good, entertaining, satirical ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
gay interest, nightmare, broadway, teenager, love, teenage boy, best friend, follow your dream, direction and purpose, coping, coming of age, music ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Based on the life and career of legendary entertainer, Bobby Darin, the biopic moves back and forth between his childhood and adulthood, to tell the tale of his remarkable life. Kevin Spacey did his own singing for Beyond the Sea, recreating Bobby ...
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, touching, stylized, intense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
music, biopic, musician, showbiz, singer, nightclub, musician's life, lifestyle, rise and fall, rising to stardom, ambition, dancing ...
Time:
50s, year 2004, 60s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
usa, las vegas, italy, new york, pacific ocean ...
Similarity:
38%
30K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
After the PTA of a conservative high school in Indiana bans same-sex couples from attending the annual prom, a gang of flamboyant Broadway stars try to boost their image by showing up to support two lesbian students.
Style:
sincere, thought provoking, sentimental, captivating, comedy drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, teens
Plot:
lesbian, lgbtq, lesbian teen, lgbt teen, prom, gay, high school, lesbian interest, sapphic, lesbian love, civil rights, lgbtqi ...
Time:
2000s, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
indiana, new york, ohio
Similarity:
38%
2K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A princess is thrust onto the world stage. The tabloid media is captivated by her beauty and vulnerability. The globe's most celebrated monarchy is disrupted. This is the story of the most princess woman of the modern age as she struggles to ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, thought provoking
Plot:
princess diana, broadway, historical character, historical figure, music, dancing, life, celebrity, theater, live performance, jazz, historical event ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 165 min.
Story:
Based on Puccini's opera La bohème, Rent tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create in New York City in the 1990s. This is a live recording of Rent's final performance after more than 12 ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, emotional, powerful ...
Plot:
theater, gay romance, music band, showbiz, musician's life, opera, artist, social differences, drug abuse, actor's life, music, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Hansel Schmidt, is a young East German boy, born and raised during the Cold War in communist East Berlin. In his 20s, he meets Luther Robinson, an older American soldier, who falls in love with Hansel and the two decide to marry, which will allow ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, lyrical, semi serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
gender, transvestism, transsexual, gay, gay interest, drag queen, transvestite, berlin wall, musician, self discovery, gender bending, lgbtqi ...
Time:
20th century, year 2001, 2000s, 90s, 80s
Place:
germany, east germany, berlin germany, usa, europe ...
Similarity:
38%
259K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
The life story of Elvis Presley as seen through the complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
Style:
costume drama, touching, historical drama, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot:
rock music, musician, career, based on real people, music, singer, biopic, singing, rock and roll, manager, death of protagonist, king ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 2020s, 70s, 60s ...
Place:
las vegas, memphis, nevada, germany
Similarity:
38%
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673K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line relied on ...
Style:
feel good, road movie, uplifting, funny, inspirational ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night, adult
Plot:
racism, road trip, musician, interracial friendship, travel, lgbtq, racial prejudice, journey, friendship, driver, black american, dignity ...
Time:
60s, year 1962, 20th century, 2010s
Place:
southern usa, bronx new york city, america, birmingham alabama, new york ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Three young women – Deena Jones, Effie White and Lorrell Robinson – dream of becoming pop stars and they get their wish when they're chosen to be backup singers for the legendary James 'Thunder' Early.
Style:
lyrical, melancholic, sentimental, visually appealing, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
african american, singing, performer's life, showbiz, music, fame, dancing, broadway, musician, jazz, black, dance ...
Time:
70s, 2000s, year 2006, 20th century, 60s
Place:
michigan, detroit, los angeles, usa, las vegas ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
The life of comedienne Fannie Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of the Lower East Side, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, including her marriage to and eventual divorce from her first husband, Nick Arnstein.
Style:
touching, witty, light, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, girls' night, date night, adult
Plot:
divorce, marriage, broadway, dancing, biopic, women, showgirl, gambling debt, mother daughter relationship, gambler, theatrical producer, showbiz ...
Time:
1910s, 1920s, 20th century, 1900s, 1930s ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, baltimore, chicago ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Romantic comedy about aspiring writers in NY.
Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay, lgbt, lgbtq, gay stereotype, gay sex, gay relationship, lovers, lgbtqi, glbt, friendship, gay subtext, best friend ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
37%
164K
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, 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%
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A single mother, with dreams of becoming a writer, has a son at the age of 15 in 1965, and goes through a failed marriage with the drug-addicted father.
Style:
sentimental, emotional, sad, melancholic, teen ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
coming of age, pregnancy, pregnant teenager, teenage pregnancy, teenage girl, writers, drug addiction, single mother, small town, women, parenthood, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s, 20th century, 80s, 60s
Place:
new york, usa, connecticut, california, new jersey
Similarity:
37%
191K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, humorous, gothic, cult classic ...
Plot:
misfit, hollywood, lgbtq, drug addiction, showbiz, biopic, friendship, director, halloween, addiction, friend, transvestism ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 90s, year 1994, 50s
Place:
los angeles, california, america, usa
Similarity:
37%
34K
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, sincere, factual, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
music, murder, dancing, tragedy, childhood, singer, musician's life, musician, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, marriage, racial segregation ...
Time:
80s, 90s, year 1997, 20th century, year 1981 ...
Place:
texas, mexico, usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, UK, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Author P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood as Walt Disney Pictures adapts her novel Mary Poppins for the big screen.
Style:
sentimental, touching, factual, sad, inspirational ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, girls' night, adult
Plot:
childhood, filmmaking, biopic, hollywood, writer's life, success, love, family drama, family relations, showbiz, parents and children, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2013, edwardian era, 60s, 1900s, 20th century ...
Place:
california, los angeles, australia, usa, london ...
Similarity:
37%
39K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of singer Ritchie Valens whose life was cut short by a plane crash.
Style:
inspirational, touching, intense, suspense, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
music, musician's life, biopic, rock and roll, interracial romance, musician, happy ending, love story, rock, rock music, music business, racism ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, year 1987, 80s
Place:
los angeles, usa, southern california, new york, tijuana mexico ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Musical
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Movie about the Village People filmed in a documentary style.
Style:
humorous, retro, independent film, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
disco, camp, music, dancing, gay, nightclub, rock and roll, musician, dance, recording studio, premarital sex, biker ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place:
san francisco, new york, usa, las vegas
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by Zach (Michael Douglas). After the initial eliminations, seventeen hopefuls remain, among them Cassie (Alyson Reed), who once had a ...
Style:
sexy, stylized, lyrical, clever, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, date night, girls' night
Plot:
broadway, showbiz, audition, dancing, music, ballet school, choreography, ballet, rehearsal, rise to the top, dancer, choreographer ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
36%
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