Movies like 24 Hour Party People
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24 Hour Party People (2002)
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In 1976, Tony Wilson sets up Factory Records and brings Manchester's music to the world.
Style:
witty, psychedelic, satirical, atmospheric, sincere, humorous, absurd, cult classic, clever, stylized ...
Plot:
music, clubbing, rock and roll, punk, party, rave, biopic, skinny dipping, rock, businessman, musician, profanity, music business, suicide, marijuana, dancer, ecstasy, ambition, lifestyle, nightclub, music band, punk rock, drug, rise and fall, buddies ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 2002, 90s, 20th century, year 1976
Place:
england, manchester, europe, northern england, united kingdom, london, manchester england
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, interesting, weird and harsh films with plots about music, artists and showbiz, musician, rock and roll, singer, lifestyle and ambition mostly in Music, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like 24 Hour Party People: Human Traffic (1999), The Commitments (1991), The Doors (1991), Sid and Nancy (1986), I'm Not There (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, independent film, semi serious, realistic, dark comedy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
clubbing, nightlife, weed, music, party, rave, paranoia, caught masturbating, drug, lifestyle, society, friendship ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, wales, amsterdam, london
Similarity:
100%
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:
independent film, cult classic, realistic, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
musician, working class, music, rock and roll, profanity, singer, friendship, rock, blues, bittersweet, rock music, young couple ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, england, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France, USA, Netherlands
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, musician, drug addiction, addiction, musician's life, life philosophy, music, biopic, drug abuse, rise and fall, hippie ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s, year 1965, year 1969 ...
Place:
california, paris france, los angeles, usa, miami ...
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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:
captivating, serious, psychedelic, bloody, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
punk, rock and roll, addiction, drug abuse, heroin, punk rock, drug addiction, musician, heroin addict, punk music, drug, music history ...
Time:
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Place:
paris france, england, europe, usa, new york ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, France, Germany, Canada, USA
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:
meditative, stylized, lyrical, talky, philosophical ...
Plot:
music, musician, actor, biopic, poet, rock, brutality, musician's life, art, african american, music history, drug ...
Time:
70s, year 1964, year 2007, 90s, 2000s ...
Place:
usa, minnesota, new york, manhattan new york city, california ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
period piece, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot:
nightclub, dj, friendship, nightlife, obsession, youth, society, teenage life, music, coming of age, drug abuse, subculture ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
england, northern england
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100%
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:
rave, drug dealing, gangster, ambition, friendship, dream come true, buddies, partner, clubbing, dj, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, party ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
england, amsterdam, europe, ibiza, manchester
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When a rock band at the top of their game suddenly loses their leader, their direction suddenly becomes questionable. All the band members know is that the leader's clothes were found at the edge of a waterfront and he had not been seen since. ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
musician, culture clash, friends, music band, society, artists and showbiz, disorder, power relations, misfit, love and romance, social differences, fish out of water ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
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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, dark comedy, touching, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
pre-teens
Plot:
dj, music, disability, party, clubbing, recording studio, mute or deaf, addiction, rave, comeback, musician's life, lifestyle ...
Time:
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Place:
ibiza, canada
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
36K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Shane, a Jersey boy with big dreams, crosses the river in hopes of finding a more exciting life at Studio 54. When Steve Rubell, the mastermind behind the infamous disco, plucks Shane from the sea of faces clamoring to get inside his club, Shane not ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, atmospheric, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
disco, nightclub, gay, drug abuse, clubbing, addiction, lesbian, father son relationship, party, drug, lifestyle, sex ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1979
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, bahamas, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
100%
71K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, France, Australia, Japan, USA
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, sad, cult classic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
music, suicide, punk, singer, musician's life, depression, musician, punk rock, rock and roll, biopic, epilepsy, music band ...
Time:
70s, year 2007, y2k, year 1980, year 1973 ...
Place:
england, london, manchester, northern england, europe
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23%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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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:
38%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A biography of Ian Dury, who was stricken with polio at a young age and defied expectations by becoming one of the founders of the punk-rock scene in Britain in the 1970s.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, cult classic, teen ...
Plot:
disability, biopic, rock and roll, human spirit, desire for fame, follow your dream, ambition, lifestyle, couples, musician's life, hopes, rising to stardom ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 60s, 50s, 20th century ...
Place:
england, ireland, europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Ireland, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A drama based on Jimi Hendrix's life as he left New York City for London, where his career took off.
Style:
realistic, captivating, atmospheric, sincere, cult classic ...
Plot:
musician, rock star, music, biopic, rock, musician's life, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, infidelity, drug use, guitarist, rock music ...
Time:
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Place:
england, london, seattle, new york
Similarity:
36%
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:
inspirational, intense, stylized, talky, sincere ...
Plot:
music, musician's life, blues, rock and roll, jazz, biopic, african american, singer, pop music, success, chess, music business ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1950s, year 2008, 1940s ...
Place:
chicago, usa, indiana, london, mississippi ...
Similarity:
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36K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two former geeks become 1980s punks, then party and go to concerts while deciding what to do with their lives.
Style:
realistic, philosophical, harsh, teen, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
punk, subculture, rock, rebelliousness, coming of age, punk rock, self destructing, drug overdose, drug, rock and roll, friendship, drug addiction ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
utah, north dakota, england, seattle, woodstock ...
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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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 ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Paul Raymond builds a porn, entertainment and real estate empire that makes him the wealthiest man in Britain, but drugs doom his beloved daughter, Debbie.
Style:
sexy, sexual, captivating, realistic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
strip club, strip show, showbiz, womanizer, nudity, female pubic hair, group sex, orgy, skinny dipping, stripper, dancer, divorce ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 50s, 20th century, year 1958 ...
Place:
london, somalia, england, britain, united kingdom
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Corrine Burns retreats far into plans for her band, The Fabulous Stains, after her mother's death.
Style:
independent film, retro, psychotronic, thinking, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
punk, punk rock, punk rocker, girl band, punk band, feminist, rock and roll, rock, fictional band, taunting, teenager, girl group ...
Time:
80s, year 1982, 20th century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania
Similarity:
35%
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:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Singer Dewey Cox overcomes adversity to become a musical legend.
Style:
funny, spoof, parody, satirical, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
musician, music, addiction, divorce, singer, marijuana, stupidity, success, rock, satire, farce, hip hop ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 80s, 90s, 60s ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
35%
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, sentimental, funny, light, colorful ...
Plot:
rock, radio, music, hippie, rock and roll, rock music, boat, musician, friendship, rebellion, marijuana, counterculture ...
Time:
year 2009, 20th century, 60s
Place:
london, britain, england
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.
Style:
sexy, sentimental, humorous, period piece, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, date night, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
music, rock and roll, drummer, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, recording studio, fictional band, small town, showbiz, rock band, dentist, music industry, breakup ...
Time:
60s, year 1996, 90s, 50s, 20th century
Place:
pennsylvania, los angeles, wisconsin, illinois, pittsburgh ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The story of music legend Terri Hooley, a key figure in Belfast's punk rock scene. Hooley founded the Good Vibrations store from which a record label sprung, representing bands such as The Undertones, Rudi and The Outcasts.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, sincere, thought provoking ...
Plot:
music, punk, punk rock, musician, lifestyle, music band, artists and showbiz, follow your dream, musician's life, state affairs, subculture, rock and roll ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, northern ireland
Similarity:
35%
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:
mockumentary, talky, humorous, intense, captivating ...
Plot:
rock music, punk, music, punk rock, on the road, existentialism, music band, rock and roll, artists and showbiz, friends, musician's life, ambition ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada, vancouver, winnipeg, los angeles, british columbia
Similarity:
35%
25K
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, bleak, lyrical, intense ...
Plot:
musician, music, rock, rock music, depression, isolation, addiction, drug abuse, biopic, rock and roll, suicide, drug addiction ...
Time:
year 2005, 90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
seattle, usa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the 1970s a music promoter plucks Siamese twins from obscurity and grooms them into a freakish rock'n'roll act. A dark tale of sex, strangeness and rock music.
Style:
semi serious, touching, realistic, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
twins, perversion, punk rock, siamese twins, family relations, music band, human nature, love and romance, friends, siblings relations, showbiz, musician's life ...
Time:
20th century, year 2005, 70s
Place:
england, los angeles, usa, europe, london
Similarity:
35%
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:
mockumentary, parody, funny, independent film, spoof ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heavy metal, satire, musician, music, rock music, rock and roll, profanity, concert tour, singer, dating, chauffeur, friendship ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, 70s
Place:
seattle, middle east, austin texas, atlanta georgia, north carolina ...
Similarity:
35%
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