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The Playlist (2022)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Sweden
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
How Swedish tech entrepreneur Daniel Ek and business partner Martin Lorentzon revolutionized the music industry through free and legal music streaming when they launched Spotify.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating
Plot:
music, musician, entrepreneur, partner, music industry, music business, technology, corporation, historical event, record producer, corporate world, record company, hacker, jazz, real life, drug, economist, job, media, industry, business, netflix
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, disturbing, thought provoking and period drama films and TV series with plots about musician, music, musician's life, biopic, ambition, music industry and lifestyle mostly in Drama, Biography and Music genres. Some movies like The Playlist: The Billion Dollar Code (2021), WeCrashed (2022), Sun Records (2017), Bosé (2022), The Dropout (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1990s Berlin, an artist and a hacker invented a new way to see the world. Years later, they reunite to sue Google for patent infringement on it.
Style:
thought provoking, suspense, captivating, disturbing, intellectual ...
Plot:
computer, investor, technology, courtroom, legal action, lawsuit, corporation, court, politics, psychology, business, entrepreneur ...
Time:
90s
Place:
berlin germany
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100%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Each season of this anthology series explores a story that rocked the business world to its core and changed culture. The first season tells the story of Uber, one of Silicon Valley’s most successful and most destructive unicorns.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, intense, fast paced ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
taxi, entrepreneurship, businessman, silicon valley, scandal, sex scandal, ambition, moral ambiguity, power struggle, arrogance, greed, rise and fall ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
100%
25K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story:
Inspired by actual events — and the love story at the center of it all. WeWork grew from a single coworking space into a global brand worth $47 billion in under a decade. Then, in less than a year, its valuation dropped $40 billion. What happened?
Style:
exciting, captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, tense ...
Plot:
greed, biopic, entrepreneur, rise and fall, ambition, arrogance, couple relations, escapades, couples, love, love affair, relationships ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in Memphis during the tumultuous early days of the civil rights movement, Sun Records tells the untold story of nothing less than the birth of rock ‘n’ roll. Guided by Sam Phillips, young musicians like Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Carl ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, entertaining, period drama
Plot:
recording studio, music business, music history, music industry, record company, record producer, music, rising to stardom, rags to riches, music band, celebrity, business ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 20th century
Place:
memphis
Similarity:
33%
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463
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Spain
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
The fascinating life of Miguel Bosé: an artist whose passion and unique personality were destined to break the mold in a Spain on the verge of change.
Style:
entertaining, exciting, thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot:
musician, singing, singer, male nudity, love, musician's life, music business, artists and showbiz, pop music, performer's life, career, music ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Elizabeth Holmes, the enigmatic Stanford dropout who founded medical testing start-up Theranos. Lauded as a Steve Jobs for the next tech generation and once worth billions of dollars, the myth crumbled when it was revealed that none of ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, disturbing, tense, medical drama
Plot:
medical, business, hospital, technology, doctor, women, ambition, public health, job, corporate world, female protagonist, direction and purpose ...
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32%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 39 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of entrepreneur Don Cornelius, who developed the Soul Train show, which rose to prominence in the 1970s.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, entertaining
Plot:
black, entrepreneur, desire for fame, tv host, celebrity culture, rising to stardom, celebrity, pop music, ambitious man, historical figure, music industry, ambition ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
Story:
In the 80s, the beginnings of french hip hop told through the birth of the french rap band NTM and the ascension of dancer and graffiti artist Lady V and DJ Dee Nasty.
Style:
captivating, period piece
Plot:
hip hop, ambition, musician, music band, rising to stardom, rap star, culture, rap, music business, music, desire for fame, biopic ...
Time:
80s
Place:
france
Similarity:
30%
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26K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in 1970s New York, Vinyl is a ride through the sex- and drug-addled music business at the dawn of punk, disco, and hip-hop. The show is seen through the eyes of a record label president, Richie Finestra, who is trying to save his company and his ...
Style:
captivating, tense, realistic, sensual, dark drama ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
music, music business, musician, showbiz, rock band, mafia, blackmail, historical character, disco, murder, racism, concert ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
new york, usa, las vegas
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In 2000, VH-1 produced the television biopic Daydream Believers: The Monkees' Story. In 2002, the movie was released on DVD, and featured both commentaries and interviews with Dolenz, Jones and Tork. The aired version did differ from the DVD ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, sentimental, captivating
Plot:
musician, music industry, overnight success, lifestyle, desire for fame, rising to stardom, showbiz, daydreamer, artists and showbiz, music band, ambition, bittersweet ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
From their humble beginnings in Boston to their chart topping super status, The New Edition Story chronicles the storied journey of one of America's most beloved boy bands.
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, disturbing, dramatic, emotional ...
Plot:
celebrity culture, biopic, black, music history, price of fame, music band, music, rising to stardom, musician's life, boy band, music industry, fame ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s
Place:
boston
Similarity:
28%
694
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The birth of a music label and three characters fighting for their dreams inside the complex inside the music industry.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, dramatic, historical drama ...
Plot:
music industry, music business, ambition, love triangle, fight, pop music, recording studio, fight for supremacy, music band, musician's life, social problems, musician ...
Time:
60s
Place:
spain, madrid
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Argentina, USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
No one can and should live without love. This biographical series chronicles the life and career of passionate, iconic Argentine rock star Fito Páez.
Style:
atmospheric, exciting, captivating, entertaining
Plot:
music, concert, rock, rock music, career, singing, rock musician, romantic relationship, musician, rock star, musician's life, love ...
Time:
90s, year 1992
Similarity:
28%
10K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
TV show
Story:
The story of a band of spotty, noisy, working-class kids with “no future,” who shook the boring, corrupt Establishment to its core, threatened to bring down the government and changed music and culture forever.
Style:
disturbing, semi autobiographical, psychological, captivating
Plot:
punk, punk rock, musician, punk rocker, punk band, rock, career, music, punk music, musician's life, music band, lifestyle ...
Time:
70s
Place:
england
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Finland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The rise and fall of Love Records record label in 1960s and 1970s Finland.
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, suspense
Plot:
drug, father son relationship, epilepsy, friendship, friend, sex scene, illness, business, love, musician, music industry, music business ...
Time:
60s, 70s
Place:
helsinki finland
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
TV show
Story:
The true story of The Temptations, the Soul vocal group of the 1960s, as seen from the viewpoint of the last surviving member, Otis Williams. Beginning from their humble origins in the late 50s and continuing through the 90s and the deaths of the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, period drama, black cinema ...
Plot:
african american, biopic, black, pop music, music, rock, r&b, black american, flashback, singer, rock and roll, black girl ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s, 60s, 50s ...
Place:
detroit, michigan, usa
Similarity:
27%
194
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Russia
Duration: 62 min.
TV show
Story:
Biography of the most famous Russian chansonnier of the 20th century. The story of the artist who left Russia in 1919 and returned to the USSR in 1943, in the midst of World War II. Vertinsky lived, sang, and was popular in Constantinople, Paris, ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, sincere, thought provoking, historical drama ...
Plot:
biopic, music, compassion, empathy, musician's life, musician, performer's life, celebrity culture, life philosophy, classical music, artist, historical figure ...
Place:
moscow russia, paris france, berlin germany, new york, constantinople ...
Similarity:
27%
3K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story of the late jazz musician and classical pianist Nina Simone including her rise to fame and relationship with her manager Clifton Henderson.
Style:
captivating, serious, touching, controversial, thought provoking ...
Plot:
jazz, love affair, music, biopic, musician, musician's life, racism, discrimination, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, society, love and romance ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Mexico, Puerto Rico
TV show
Story:
The Story behind the the iconic boy band Menudo according to the creator and manager of the band
Style:
captivating, emotional, period drama
Plot:
boy band, ambition, biopic, fame, success, management, musician, music business, desire for fame, musician's life, aspiration, singer ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
puerto rico, miami
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Sweden
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Chronicling the beautiful and tragic life and career of Ted Gärdestad, this biopic tells the story of the great highs and lows of one of Sweden's most loved artists.
Style:
disturbing, semi autobiographical, psychological, captivating, thought provoking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
pop music, music industry, celebrity, musician, biopic, musician's life, social problems, life, music, historical figure, lifestyle, rise and fall ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
stockholm sweden, scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A chronicle of the country music power couple George Jones and Tammy Wynette, whose complicated-but-enduring relationship inspired some of the most iconic music of all time.
Style:
captivating, dramatic, entertaining, exciting, semi autobiographical ...
Plot:
musician, love affair, female singer, country, lifestyle, couple relations, singer, country singer, love, musician's life, couples, music ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Follows the biopic of Vicente Fernández, the indisputable king of traditional Mexican ranchera music.
Style:
dramatic, thrilling, serious, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
biopic, family relations, musician, lifestyle, singer, social problems, life is a bitch, singing, musician's life, music, ambition, passion ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
TV show
Story:
The life and career of R&B singer Bobby Brown, who left the pop group New Edition to score eight consecutive top-10 pop singles as a solo artist before his life began to unravel after his marriage to pop icon Whitney Houston.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, intense, emotional, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
musician, singer, fame, biopic, musician's life, black, rise and fall, substance abuse, glory, addiction, celebrity, music ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Biography
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Go inside the lives of legendary music artists—through the lens of their own music.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, reflective, sentimental
Plot:
music history, celebrity, musician's life, musician, music, record producer, showbiz, lifestyle, country music, music business, american history, historical figure ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Born with a serious eye condition that eventually leads to his blindness, Bocelli nevertheless rises above the challenges, driven by great ambitions towards his passion. The silent pursuit of his daily mission continues.
Style:
psychological, captivating, sincere, disturbing, inspirational
Plot:
musician, blindness, pianist, singer, blind man, ambition, musician's life, direction and purpose, aspiration, music, coping, blindness and impaired vision ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 70s
Place:
tuscany
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The true story of the Emerson family and the tumult that followed the success of their self-recorded pop-funk album of the same name, which went largely unnoticed until critics rediscovered and reappraised it decades later. Now, as an adult, Donnie ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, poignant, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family drama, music, life is a bitch, problem, showbiz, music band, music business, musician, brothers, biopic, ambition, music industry ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When Brian Epstein set foot in the Cavern Club in November 1961 to watch The Beatles perform, he saw something no one else could – a glimmer of gold. Sharply dressed and well-spoken, Brian was hardly the most obvious radical – but being Jewish, ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, thrilling, historical drama, dramatic ...
Plot:
music industry, the beatles, biopic, musician, music business, record producer, musician's life, music, ambition, music history, backstage, identity ...
Time:
60s
Place:
liverpool, london, new york
Similarity:
26%
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:
26%
4K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 87 min.
TV show
Story:
A chronicle of the life of Elvis Presley (Rhys Meyers), from his humble beginnings to his rise to international stardom.
Style:
realistic, captivating, sentimental, touching, serious ...
Plot:
singer, biopic, desire for fame, rise and fall, musician's life, musician, success, artists and showbiz, folk hero, rising to stardom, life is a bitch, lifestyle ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 60s
Place:
las vegas, usa, beverly hills, memphis
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Russia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The music label that rapper Drumma'K works with is reminiscent of a dysfunctional family in which everyone pursues only their own interests. The concept of "Sold Out" is a landmark for every artist. This is not just a successful ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, disturbing, light, realistic ...
Plot:
rap, hip hop, rapper, musician's life, creative block, hearing voices, musician, music, crisis, male protagonist, music business, music fan ...
Similarity:
26%
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