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Papa Hemingway in Cuba (2015)
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In 1959, a young journalist ventures to Havana, Cuba to meet his idol, the legendary Ernest Hemingway who helped him find his literary voice, while the Cuban Revolution comes to a boil around them.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
writers, cuban revolution, revolution, historical figure, social problems, lifestyle, meeting, cultural icon, skinny dipping, world war one, art, journalism, biopic, female nudity, male nudity, swimming pool, climbing out of a swimming pool, journalist, writing, buttocks, nude swimming
Place:
cuba
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, realistic and serious films with plots about biopic, writers, art, writing, lifestyle, female nudity and artists and showbiz mostly in Biography, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Papa Hemingway in Cuba: Padre Pio (2022), Set Fire to the Stars (2014), Jeremiah Terminator LeRoy (2018), Life (2015), A Funny Man (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Germany, Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
It is the end of World War I and the young Italian soldiers are making their way back to San Giovanni Rotondo, a land of poverty, with a tradition of violence and submission to the iron-clad rule of the church and its wealthy landowners. Families ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
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Duration: 97 min.
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An aspiring poet in 1950s New York has his ordered world shaken when he embarks on a week-long retreat to save his hell raising hero, Dylan Thomas.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, sincere, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
poet, writer's life, life turned upside down, artists and showbiz, disorder, writers, novelist, life philosophy, relationships, historical character, lifestyle, historical figure ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be a transgender writer named JT Leroy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law.
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, queer cinema
Plot:
writers, secret identity, gay, fraud, women, secret, ghost writer, lie, aspiring writer, con trick, deception, personality change ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, Canada, Australia, USA
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Story:
In 1955, young photographer Dennis Stock develops a close bond with actor James Dean while shooting pictures of the rising Hollywood star.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, psychological, cult classic ...
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 50s, 1950s, year 1955
Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Opening in the seductive style of the sixties, »A Funny Man« uncovers the perennial loneliness that comedian Dirch Passer (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) has found himself in after a fast-tracked rise to fame. He struggles between his own desire to gain ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, comedy drama, period piece, emotional ...
Plot:
comedian, biopic, friendship, showbiz, fame, loneliness, actor's life, lifestyle, social problems, actor, character study, identity crisis ...
Time:
60s
Place:
denmark
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
Writer Ernest Hemingway begins a romance with fellow scribe Martha Gellhorn.
Style:
serious, stylized, period piece, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
love affair, writers, war correspondent, divorce, biopic, media, spanish civil war, journalism, journalist, fame, world war two, couples ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, 1940s
Place:
europe, usa
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, Bob Zellner, grandson of a Klansman, comes of age in the Deep South and eventually joins the Civil Rights Movement.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, thought provoking, inspirational ...
Plot:
civil rights movement, ku klux klan, american history, civil rights, social issues, social problems, society, moral dilemma, social relations, family relations, fight, historical event ...
Time:
60s
Place:
alabama
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62%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Dorothy Parker remembers the heyday of the Algonquin Round Table, a circle of friends whose barbed wit, like hers, was fueled by alcohol and flirted with despair.
Style:
intellectual, talky, clever, witty, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
biopic, addiction, loveless marriage, female nudity, flapper, poetry, prohibition, women, female writer, friendship, hotel, unrequited love ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story of teen heartthrobs Corey Feldman and Corey Haim, whose lives were forever changed by the glitz, glamour, and the darker side of show business.
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, psychological, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
drug addiction, celebrity, hollywood, child star, rising to stardom, price of fame, notoriety, showbiz, relationship vs career, glory, social issues, film industry ...
Time:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Australia, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Janet Frame grows up in a poor family. She is different than the other kids. She is considered abnormal and locked away in a mental institution for eight years. Everything changes when she starts writing books.
Style:
erotic, psychological, touching, neurotic, spiritual ...
Plot:
writers, mental illness, making love, depression, biopic, schizophrenia, children, art, women, mental disorder, female writer, woman ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
What led Arthur Conan Doyle to create, and then destroy the world famous detective, Sherlock Holmes? This compelling drama explores the dark secrets that surround the author and his creation.
Style:
captivating, psychological, detective, semi autobiographical, dramatic ...
Plot:
sherlock holmes, writers, biopic, writer's life, investigation, lifestyle, private investigation, murder investigation, private detective, forensics, homicide detective, creative process ...
Time:
victorian era
Place:
edinburgh scotland
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, captivating, sexual, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
rise and fall, writer's life, writers, couples, artists and showbiz, love affair, lifestyle, unfulfillment, car accident, novelist, society, biopic ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 213 min.
Story:
Fidel Castro rises to power in Cuba.
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, sincere, edutainment
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
cuba, bolivia, caribbean, latin america
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In 2009, Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari was covering Iran's volatile elections for Newsweek. One of the few reporters living in the country with access to US media, he made an appearance on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, in a taped ...
Style:
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Plot:
prison, journalism, brutality, macabre, reporter, violent, torture, propaganda, investigation, adaptation, captivity, twists and turns ...
Time:
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Place:
iran, middle east
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, thought provoking, psychiatric
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Time:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, psychological, suspense, disturbing, historical drama
Plot:
writers, terrorist, revolutionary, writer's life, historical figure, private investigation, historical character, murder, terrorist plot, murder investigation, murderer, poet ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
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Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, dark, historical drama, cult classic, gothic ...
Plot:
writers, victorian england, novelist, sisters, female writer, publisher, women, sister, historical figure, family relations, social relations, writer's life ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
writers, biopic, friendship, rural setting, backwoods, suburbs, art, deep south, poet, past, romantic relationship, wilderness ...
Time:
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In 1962, Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl retreat to the English countryside to bring up their young family. The seemingly unlikely pair find their relationship put to the test by a tragic loss.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, depressing
Plot:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, absurd, period piece ...
Plot:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
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Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
talky, historical drama, sentimental, stylized, clever ...
Plot:
biopic, filmmaking, screenwriter, movie business, movie studio, film industry, writers, obsession, hollywood, american history, bankruptcy, movie star ...
Time:
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Place:
wisconsin, california, new jersey
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.
Style:
historical drama, satirical, independent film, period drama
Plot:
marriage, biopic, hollywood, infidelity, adultery, communist, singing, redheaded woman, comedian, writers, trailblazer, urban ...
Time:
1950s, 2020s, year 1960, year 1952, 50s
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
After an inspiring chance encounter with his idol, rookie journalist Jay Bahadur uproots his life and moves to Somalia looking for the story of a lifetime. Hooking up with a local fixer, he attempts to get embedded with the local Somali pirates, ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, factual, exciting, cult classic ...
Plot:
drug, journalist, pirate, journalism, point of view, journey, danger, village, weapons, escapades, culture clash, news report ...
Time:
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Place:
somalia, africa, canada
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