Movies like Absolute Beginners
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Absolute Beginners (1986)
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model Crepe Suzette, but her relationships are strictly connected with her progress in the fashion world. So Colin gets involved with a pop promoter and tries to crack the big time. Meanwhile, racial tension is brewing in Colin's Notting Hill housing estate...
Style:
light, clever, colourful, melancholic, satirical, stylized, visually appealing, sentimental, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
fashion, jazz, rock, gay, dancing, musician, rock and roll, fashion show, british, catastrophe, race, teenager, distopia, relationships, music, writers, depression, photographer, lone hero, fantasy world, brutality, corruption, runaway, memory, happy ending ...
Time:
50s, 80s, 1930s, 20th century, post world war two, year 1958, 1950s
Place:
london, england, new york, europe, mount everest, california
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, melancholic, sexy and visually appealing films with plots about catastrophe, mentor, storytelling, dialogue, love and romance, runaway and adaptation mostly in Drama, Romance and Musical genres. Some movies like Absolute Beginners: Nine (2009), Rock of Ages (2012), Rent (2005), Pennies from Heaven (1981), Fame (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Arrogant, self-centered movie director Guido Contini finds himself struggling to find meaning, purpose, and a script for his latest film endeavor. With only a week left before shooting begins, he desperately searches for answers and inspiration from ...
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Place:
italy, europe, rome italy, vatican
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95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.
Style:
entertaining, feel good, humorous, sexy, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
rock, dancing, music, rock and roll, gay, teenager, music business, ambition, nostalgia, young love, betrayal, love story ...
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Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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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 ...
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emotional, sentimental, stylized, lyrical, semi serious ...
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girls' night, chick flick
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lesbian, bohemian life, aids, gay, drug abuse, friendship, musician, drugs, addiction, music, christmas, drug addiction ...
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new york, manhattan new york city, lower east side manhattan new york city, usa, new mexico ...
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A musical set in the great Busby Berkeley style. In Chicago during the depression, sheet music salesman, Arthur Parker, is trying to sell his products, but it's not easy to convince unwilling music store owners to buy them. Although he's ...
Style:
surreal, stylized, gloomy, sexy, sexual ...
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dancing, bittersweet, melancholy, murder, artist, british, art, lone hero, police investigation, female protagonist, musician, fighting the system ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
chicago illinois, england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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17K
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
An updated version of the 1980 musical, which centered on the students of the New York Academy of Performing Arts.
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romantic, melancholic, intense, semi serious, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, date night, chick flick
Plot:
dancing, teacher, high school, music, teenager, music business, reality, desire for fame, follow your dream, youth, dream come true, showbiz ...
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80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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52%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A romantic comedy centered on Dexter and Emma, who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to keep in touch regularly. The film follows what they do on July 15 annually, usually doing something together.
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romantic, sentimental, emotional, touching, sweet ...
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london, england, paris france
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48%
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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, ...
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date night
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Time:
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venice, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, indiana ...
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45%
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, stylized, intense, road movie ...
Plot:
jazz, music, musician, saxophonist, dancing, fall in love, world war two, obsession, mentor, paranoid, culture clash, redemption ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 70s, 20th century, 50s ...
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, harlem, manhattan new york city
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43%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Superficial people are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck in this a tale of death, seduction, blackmail and theft among British and Americans in Florence in the turbulent days just before World War II.
Style:
serious, stylized, suspenseful, atmospheric, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
widow, blackmail, infidelity, refugee, vacation, destructive relationship, fall in love, couples, false accusation, dishonesty, seduction, loveless marriage ...
Time:
1930s, 19th century, 20th century, year 1938, pre world war two
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italy, england, florence, europe, rome italy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
133K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Pleasantly plump teenager, Tracy Turnblad and her best friend, Penny Pingleton audition to be on The Corny Collins Show – and Tracy wins. But when scheming Amber Von Tussle and her mother plot to destroy Tracy, it turns to chaos.
Style:
feel good, humorous, romantic, lyrical, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, family outing, chick flick, kids ...
Plot:
dancing, artists and showbiz, dream come true, teenage love, teenager, racism, teenage girl, follow your dream, fat girl, interracial romance, music, high school ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In Victorian England, wealthy patriarch Sir Harald Alabaster invites an impoverished biologist, William Adamson, into his home. There, William tries to continue his work, but is distracted by Alabaster's seductive daughter, Eugenia. William and ...
Style:
erotic, thought provoking, stylized, twist ending, sexy ...
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incest, brother sister sex, erection, brother sister incest, sex with brother, destructive relationship, sex, family secret, sex with sister, male nudity, erotica, victorian england ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 18th century
Place:
england, europe
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41%
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Hank and Frannie don't seem to be able to live together anymore. After a five-year relationship, lustful and dreamy Fanny leaves down-to-earth Hank on the anniversary of their relationship. Each one of them meets their dream mate, but as bright ...
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41%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Ms. Isabel Archer isn't afraid to challenge societal norms. Impressed by her free spirit, her kindhearted cousin writes her into his fatally ill father's will. Suddenly rich and independent, Isabelle ventures into the world, along the way ...
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psychological, intellectual, talky, atmospheric, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
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manipulation, friendship, depression, multiple storylines, couple relations, infidelity, fall in love, relationships, art, women, male female relationship, impossible love ...
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europe, england, california, london, florence ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In New York, a struggling actress and a successful writer sing about their failed marriage from two perspectives.
Style:
melancholic, lyrical, surreal, romantic, sentimental ...
Audience:
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Plot:
love affair, marriage, husband wife relationship, writer's life, depression, artists and showbiz, wife, bittersweet, marital problem, breakup, aspiring writer, living together ...
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usa, new york, new jersey, manhattan new york city, ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and the object of a religious cult.
Style:
surreal, stylized, clever, parody, enigmatic ...
Plot:
surrealism, rock and roll, music, rock, dancing, drugs, deaf, satire, misfit, mute, christmas party, murder ...
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Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 196 min.
Story:
In the sixties, Eddie and the cruisers was the hottest band around. But the tragic death of its lead singer broke the band up. Only Eddie is not dead. He works as a carpenter in Montreal. His love of music forces him to create a new band which will ...
Style:
sexy, humorous, unusual plot structure, feel good, intense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
music, redemption, musician, rock and roll, destiny, alternate reality, adaptation, brutality, death, justice, catastrophe, life philosophy ...
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80s
Place:
new jersey, usa, montreal, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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
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the beatles, music, rock and roll, artist, rock, art, musician, friendship, rock music, lgbt, unlikely friendships, destiny ...
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hamburg germany, england, california, australia, germany ...
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40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him.
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clever, witty, humorous, sexy, intellectual ...
Audience:
girls' night
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writers, poverty, advertising, satire, literature, poetry, money, working class, artist, twists and turns, hospital, male nudity ...
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Place:
england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA, Netherlands
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
As society hostess Clarissa Dalloway prepares for another of her legendary parties, she finds herself haunted by figures and scenes from her passionate adolescence.
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talky, sexy, romantic, enigmatic, clever ...
Audience:
girls' night
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mental illness, gender, world war one, lesbian, friendship, british, life philosophy, multiple storylines, adaptation, wartime, beautiful scenery, mentor ...
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Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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36%
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Genre: Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Two rural teens sing and dance their way through a forbidden romance and a dangerous travelling carnival.
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feel good, lyrical, semi serious, humorous, sexy ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel set in 19th-century France, in which a paroled prisoner named Jean Valjean seeks redemption.
Style:
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Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with ...
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Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
love story, cabaret, showbiz, tragic love, jealousy, love, dancing, nightclub, music, performer's life, love and romance, seduction ...
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Place:
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35%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Ensemble drama centered around a group of ballet dancers, with a focus on one young dancer who's poised to become a principal performer.
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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 ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A beautiful but amoral model sleeps her way to the top of the London fashion scene at the height of the Swinging Sixties.
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
As Constance (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette) gather at the deathbed of their mother, Ann (Vanessa Redgrave), they learn for the first time that their mother lived an entire other lifetime during one evening 50 years ago. In vivid ...
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33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Liverpool. 1947. A star-struck young girl learns about the grown-up world of the theater.
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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32%
Genre: Drama, Music, 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:
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Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
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Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Based on Evelyn Waugh's 1945 classic British novel, Brideshead Revisited is a poignant story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in England prior to the Second World War.
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