Movies like 24 Hour Party People

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24 Hour Party People (2002)
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24 Hour Party People (2002)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In 1976, Tony Wilson sets up Factory Records and brings Manchester's music to the world.
Style: witty, atmospheric, sincere, humorous, absurd, clever, stylized, sexy, psychedelic, enigmatic ...
Plot: party, music, rock and roll, clubbing, drugs, punk, drug addiction, music business, suicide, rock, businessman, ambition, lifestyle, success, music band, british, rise and fall, buddies, artists and showbiz, life changing experience, dancer, ecstasy, nightlife, artist, singer ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 90s, 20th century, year 1976
Place: england, manchester, london, europe, northern england, united kingdom, manchester england

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, weird, melancholic and harsh films with plots about storytelling, music, runaway, dialogue, artists and showbiz, mentor and catastrophe mostly in Music, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like 24 Hour Party People: Human Traffic (1999), Control (2007), The Commitments (1991), Northern Soul (2014), It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Human Traffic (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 99 min.
Story: All that exists now is clubs, drugs, pubs and parties. I've got 48 hours off from the world, man I'm gonna blow steam out of my head like a screaming kettle. I'm gonna talk cods hit to strangers all night. I'm gonna lose the plot ...
Style: entertaining, semi serious, realistic, spectacular, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: clubbing, party, nightlife, drugs, music, lifestyle, weed, society, paranoia, loneliness, addiction, insanity ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: england, london, amsterdam, wales
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Control (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA, Australia, Japan, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Control is the biography of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis, taking his story from schoolboy days of 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band's first American tour in 1980.
Style: atmospheric, depressing, stylized, sad, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, pre-teens
Plot: depression, music, suicide, singer, musician's life, musician, punk rock, epilepsy, rock and roll, punk, music band, performance ...
Time: 70s, 80s, year 1973, year 1980, 20th century
Place: england, london, northern england, manchester, europe
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The Commitments (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Jimmy Rabbitte, just a tick out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females ...
Style: feel good, realistic, humorous, affectionate, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens, pre-teens
Plot: music, musician, rock and roll, working class, irish, singer, friendship, rock, bittersweet, blues, dancing, small town ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: ireland, dublin ireland, england, europe
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Northern Soul (2014)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Set in 1974, an authentic and uplifting tale of two friends whose horizons are opened up by the discovery of black American soul music.
Style: semi serious, humorous, sentimental, sincere, realistic ...
Plot: friendship, nightclub, nightlife, dj, society, youth, obsession, teenage life, coming of age, music, drug abuse, subculture ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: england, northern england
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It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Its All Gone Pete Tong is a comedy following the tragic life of legendary Frankie Wilde. The story takes us through Frankie's life from one of the best DJ's alive, through subsequent battle with a hearing disorder, culminating in his ...
Style: humorous, feel good, touching, semi serious, stylized ...
Audience: pre-teens
Plot: music, dj, disability, party, clubbing, recording studio, drugs, mute or deaf, addiction, comeback, musician's life, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ibiza, canada
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Ray (2004)
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: date night
Plot: jazz, musician, african american, addiction, music, musician's life, blindness, pianist, heroin, blind character, disability, drugs ...
Time: 1930s, 60s, 50s, 70s, 20th century ...
Place: new york, california, georgia, usa, los angeles ...
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La Vie en Rose (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A swirling, impressionistic portrait of an artist who regretted nothing, writer-director Olivier Dahan's La Vie en Rose stars Marion Cotillard in a blazing performance as the legendary French icon Edith Piaf. From the mean streets of the ...
Style: touching, disturbing, atmospheric, gloomy, melancholic ...
Plot: music, musician's life, french, singer, death, destiny, childhood, art, artist, love story, rising to stardom, loss of child ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s ...
Place: france, paris france, europe, new york, normandy ...
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Sid and Nancy (1986)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Following their breakout success in England, flagship punk rock band the Sex Pistols venture out on their first U.S. tour. Temperamental bassist Sid Vicious takes his troubled girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, along for the ride. Along the way, the ...
Style: bloody, disturbing, sexy, captivating, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: punk, rock and roll, addiction, heroin, drug abuse, drug addiction, drugs, punk music, musician, cult, love affair, couples ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, london, paris france, new jersey, england ...
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Weekender (2011)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: 1990. The rave scene has arrived from Ibiza and warehouse parties are exploding across the UK bringing phenomenal wealth to the organisers. In Manchester, best mates Matt and Dylan are in their early 20's and long to be more than just punters. ...
Style: exciting, sentimental, realistic, serious
Plot: drug dealing, gangsters, rave, ambition, dream come true, friendship, partners, buddies, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, party, clubbing, stoned ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place: england, amsterdam, europe, ibiza, manchester
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The Doors (1991)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, France
Duration: 140 min.
Story: The story of the famous and influential 1960's rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
Style: psychedelic, sexy, factual, realistic, serious ...
Plot: rock and roll, music band, drug addiction, musician, music, addiction, drug abuse, singer, drugs, life philosophy, hippie, rock ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 60s, year 1949, year 1969 ...
Place: california, paris france, los angeles, usa, miami ...
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A Cock and Bull Story (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Steve Coogan, an arrogant actor with low self-esteem and a complicated love life, is playing the eponymous role in an adaptation of "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" being filmed at a stately home. He constantly spars ...
Style: humorous, cynical, talky, witty, ironic ...
Plot: filmmaking, adaptation, art, creativity, artists and showbiz, couples, showbiz, couple relations, nothing goes right, buddies, actor's life, nosy ...
Time: 18th century, 21st century
Place: england, london
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The Boat That Rocked (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The Boat that Rocked is an ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It's about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing the music that defines a generation and standing up to a government ...
Style: humorous, feel good, funny, sentimental, light ...
Plot: rock, radio, music, rock music, hippie, drugs, boat, musician, friendship, rebellion, rock and roll, coming of age ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: london, england, britain
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Cadillac Records (2008)
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.
Style: realistic, inspirational, talky, intense, stylized ...
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Time: 20th century, 60s, 50s, 1940s
Place: usa, chicago illinois, poland, london, mississippi
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Bird (1988)
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, gloomy, sexy, factual ...
Plot: jazz, music, heroin, addiction, childhood, drug abuse, showbiz, musician, tragedy, rock and roll, character study, african american ...
Time: 1940s, 50s, 20th century
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The Trip (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: When Steve Coogan is asked by The Observer to tour the country's finest restaurants, he envisions it as the perfect getaway with his beautiful girlfriend. But, when she backs out on him, he has no one to accompany him but his best friend and ...
Style: road movie, humorous, melancholic, funny, thought provoking ...
Plot: on the road, road trip, eccentricity, existentialism, friendship, food, sarcasm, loneliness, midlife crisis, restaurant, lifestyle, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london, northern england
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Hard Core Logo (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Bruce Macdonald follows punk bank Hard Core Logo on a harrowing last-gasp reunion tour throughout Western Canada. As magnetic lead-singer Joe Dick holds the whole magilla together through sheer force of will, all the tensions and pitfalls of life on ...
Style: talky, humorous, intense, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: music, punk, punk rock, on the road, existentialism, rock music, music band, rock and roll, artists and showbiz, friends, musician's life, ambition ...
Time: 90s
Place: canada, vancouver, los angeles, british columbia
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Frank (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young wannabe musician who discovers he has bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank.
Style: melancholic, surreal, lyrical, tragicomedy, semi serious ...
Plot: music, music band, suicide, mental illness, identity, eccentricity, musician, creativity, character study, deadpan, loneliness, depression ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, usa, britain, austin texas
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I'm Not There (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Germany, Canada, USA, France
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented himself.
Style: non-linear, stylized, meditative, talky, lyrical ...
Plot: music, musician, actor, poet, rock, drugs, art, brutality, african american, drug addiction, artist, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 60s, 70s, 50s, 20th century, year 1964 ...
Place: usa, new york, london, woodstock, harlem ...
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: "This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert ...
Style: parody, funny, humorous, satirical, cynical ...
Plot: music, musician, satire, cult, rock and roll, heavy metal culture, singer, rock, music band, fame, musical tour, concert tour ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1984, 70s
Place: austin texas, memphis, philadelphia, tokyo, los angeles ...
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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Singer Dewey Cox overcomes adversity to become a musical legend.
Style: funny, humorous, parody, stylized, melancholic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: music, rock, farce, hip hop, stupidity, drug abuse, rock and roll, success, team, lifestyle, ambition, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s, 60s, 90s ...
Place: usa
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Backbeat (1994)
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: 60s, 20th century
Place: hamburg germany, england, california, australia, germany ...
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Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A comedic biopic focused on the life of fictional jazz guitarist Emmett Ray. Ray was an irresponsible, free-spending, arrogant, obnoxious, alcohol-abusing, miserable human being, who was also arguably the best guitarist in the world.
Style: talky, atmospheric, tragicomedy, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: date night
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Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: new york, new jersey, chicago illinois, usa
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40%
Hilary and Jackie (1998)
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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Topsy-Turvy (1999)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Music, 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, sexy, unusual plot structure, allegory ...
Plot: music, writers, composer, opera, rehearsal, theater, dancing, brutality, obsession, life philosophy, filmmaking, female protagonist ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1880s, 18th century
Place: london, england, europe, paris france
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40%
 7.0
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Still Crazy (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In the seventies Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, groupies, drugs, internal tension and an ex front man dead from an overdose. Even their demise was glamorous; when lightning struck the stage during an outdoor ...
Style: humorous, feel good, clever, melancholic, harsh ...
Plot: music, rock band, rock and roll, comeback, rock, british, musician, singer, death, underdog, satire, bus ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place: tokyo, new jersey
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Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998)
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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40%
Velvet Goldmine (1998)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Almost a decade has elapsed since Bowiesque glam-rock superstar Brian Slade escaped the spotlight of the London scene. Now, investigative journalist Arthur Stuart is on assignment to uncover the truth behind the enigmatic Slade. Stuart, himself ...
Style: stylized, surreal, erotic, sexy, sexual ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: male nudity, gay, music, homosexuality, homosexual, rock and roll, rock, lgbtq, homoeroticism, recovering drug addict, rock band, nude ...
Time: 70s, 19th century, 20th century, 80s, year 1984
Place: britain, england, europe, dublin ireland, new york ...
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The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)
Genre: Music
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A rather incoherent post-breakup Sex Pistols "documentary", told from the point of view of Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, whose (arguable) position is that the Sex Pistols in particular and punk rock in general were an elaborate scam ...
Style: sexy, surreal, factual, entertaining, sexual ...
Audience: teens
Plot: punk, music, rock and roll, dancing, musician, punk rock, showbiz, bdsm, rock, music business, nude, drug abuse ...
Time: 80s, 70s
Place: new jersey, london, england
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Garage Days (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young garage band in Sydney, is trying to make it big in Australia.
Style: humorous, feel good, entertaining, absurd, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: rock music, music, loneliness, lifestyle, friends, rock and roll, music band, musician's life, love and romance, musician, rock, australian ...
Place: australia, sydney australia
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 5.7
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Last Days (2005)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The life and struggles of a notorious rock musician seeping into a pit of loneliness whose everyday life involves friends and family seeking financial aid and favors, inspired by rock music legend Kurt Cobain and his final hours.
Style: psychedelic, art house, atmospheric, bleak, lyrical ...
Plot: musician, music, depression, rock, isolation, addiction, drug abuse, suicide, rock and roll, loneliness, mental illness, art ...
Place: seattle, usa
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