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The Beach Boys: An American Family (2000)
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The Beach Boys: An American Family (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story: This movie re-creates the life stories of the members of the rock group "The Beach Boys. The film focuses primarily on the Wilson brothers and their parents, but also includes stories about the rest of members of the band. A two-part television movie special.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating
Plot: music band, musician's life, rising to stardom, teenage love, friends, life is a bitch, ambition, artists and showbiz, listener, beach boys, rock band, rock and roll, music, militant, surfing, siblings relations, biopic, father son relationship, nervous breakdown, physical abuse, argument, drug abuse, recording studio, strict father, drinking ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: california, usa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and sentimental films and TV series with plots about artists and showbiz, ambition, music, musician's life, rising to stardom, biopic and lifestyle mostly in Drama, Music and Biography genres. Some movies like The Beach Boys: An American Family: Elvis (2005), Sinatra (1992), Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998), The Temptations (1998), Jersey Boys (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Elvis (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 173 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: biopic, rise and fall, ambition, musician's life, desire for fame, success, rising to stardom, life is a bitch, artists and showbiz, folk hero, lifestyle, comeback ...
Time: 60s, 50s, 1950s
Place: las vegas, usa, beverly hills, memphis
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Sinatra (1992)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 250 min.
TV show
Story: An extensive biopic of one of the most famous entertainers of the 20th century - Frank Sinatra. The only thing that could engage the public more than his songs and films was his sometimes controversial private life.
Style: captivating, touching, sentimental, realistic, serious ...
Plot: art history, jazz, art, dancing, singer, friendship, celebrity, biopic, couples, relationship vs career, showbiz, musician's life ...
Time: 1940s, 70s, 60s, 20th century, 50s ...
Place: new jersey, usa
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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, melancholic, inspirational, touching, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: music, biopic, showbiz, addiction, music business, greed, music band, black, drug addiction, rising to stardom, rise and fall, human nature ...
Time: 20th century, year 1998, 60s, 50s, 80s ...
Place: new york, los angeles, usa
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The Temptations (1998)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 175 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: captivating, realistic, serious, black cinema, rockumentary ...
Plot: african american, biopic, black, pop music, music, rock, r&b, flashback, singer, black girl, blaxploitation, black cast ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s, 60s, 50s ...
Place: michigan, detroit, usa
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The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story: The Jacksons are your average working-class family in Gary, Indiana; but when their father discovers the kids have an extraordinary musical talent they form a band. Winning talent show after talent show they soon hit it big when Motown calls. From ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, controversial
Plot: music, musician's life, music band, desire for fame, follow your dream, performer's life, youth, family problems, working class, black, crumbling marriage, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 1940s, 60s, 50s ...
Place: indiana, harlem, alabama, usa
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Jersey Boys (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: From director Clint Eastwood comes the big-screen version of the Tony Award-winning musical Jersey Boys. The film tells the story of four young men from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey who came together to form the iconic 1960s rock group ...
Style: stylized, intense, sentimental, realistic, serious ...
Plot: music, biopic, music band, broadway, rock and roll, musician, life philosophy, desire for fame, rising to stardom, ambition, showbiz, friends ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 50s, 1950s
Place: new jersey, usa
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In His Life: The John Lennon Story (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A film about the early life of the rock musician and his burgeoning career as a member of the Beatles.
Style: captivating, sincere, serious, realistic, rockumentary
Plot: musician, the beatles, prodigy, musician's life, rise to the top, ambition, against the odds, rock music, rising to stardom, lifestyle, youth, working class ...
Time: 60s, 50s, 1950s
Place: england, europe
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Daydream Believers: The Monkees' Story (2000)
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: realistic, semi serious, sentimental, captivating
Plot: overnight success, desire for fame, lifestyle, rising to stardom, showbiz, daydreamer, artists and showbiz, ambition, music band, bittersweet, music, music industry ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
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Elvis (1979)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 168 min.
Story: Biographical movie about the famous rock singer Elvis Presley.
Style: realistic, touching, emotional, serious, sentimental ...
Plot: elvis presley, music, rock music, biopic, musician's life, price of fame, celebrity culture, rags to riches, rock and roll, desire for fame, music band, showbiz ...
Time: 50s, 60s, 1950s
Place: las vegas, mississippi
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Whitney (2015)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Chronicles Whitney Houston's rise to fame and turbulent relationship with husband Bobby Brown.
Style: realistic, emotional, serious, touching, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: musician's life, music, rising to stardom, desire for fame, ambition, couple relations, fall in love, addiction, celebrity culture, showbiz, price of fame, pop star ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: usa, indiana
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What We Do Is Secret (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A biopic of punk legend Darby Crash and his band, the Germs.
Style: serious, realistic, tense, suspense, informative ...
Plot: punk rock, punk, music, rock, biopic, musician's life, lifestyle, rising to stardom, drug abuse, celebrity culture, nightlife, ambition ...
Time: 70s
Place: los angeles, usa, california
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King of Salsa (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The rise and fall of salsa singer, Héctor Lavoe (1946-1993), as told from the perspective of his wife Puchi, who looks back from 2002.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, disturbing, informative ...
Plot: music, ambition, musician's life, artists and showbiz, showbiz, dancing, biopic, lifestyle, life is a bitch, rise and fall, drug abuse, salsa ...
Time: 70s, year 2006, 60s
Place: usa, new york, puerto rico
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Gloria (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Mexico
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Gloria never imagined that an audition for the music producer Sergio Andrade was going to change her life so drastically. King Midas not only brought her to stardom, but also to a dramatic story of love, heartbreak and betrayal. Based on the life ...
Style: realistic, captivating, emotional, serious
Plot: ambition, musician's life, desire for fame, downfall, artists and showbiz, rising to stardom, biopic, girl, pop singer, strong female presence, unfulfillment, music ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: latin america, mexico
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Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 170 min.
TV show
Story: The film, which chronicles Garland's life from her first public performance in 1924 until her death in 1969, is divided into two parts: the first part depicts her rise to fame in the 1930s, her descent into drugs, and her fall from grace in the ...
Style: realistic, touching, captivating, serious, emotional ...
Plot: addiction, biopic, filmmaking, showbiz, rising to stardom, actor's life, singer, ambition, lifestyle, celebrity culture, family problems, musician's life ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s
Place: usa, california, new york, london, manhattan new york city
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Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013)
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, retro ...
Plot: musician, music, biopic, rock, musician's life, rising to stardom, rock star, artists and showbiz, infidelity, drug use, guitarist, rock music ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: england, seattle, new york, london
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Céline (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A biopic on singer Céline Dion.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, captivating
Plot: desire for fame, rise to the top, prodigy, relationship vs career, ambition, musician's life, showbiz, couples, rising to stardom, lifestyle, fall in love, tragic love ...
Time: 21st century
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The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
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: captivating, serious, realistic, feel good, touching ...
Plot: biopic, music, musician, rock, rock music, singer, showbiz, musician's life, pop music, price of fame, rags to riches, art ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, year 1978, 20th century
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
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39%
Wu-Tang: An American Saga (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story: Tracks the Wu-Tang Clan's formation, a vision of Bobby Diggs, who strives to unite a dozen young, black men that are torn between music and crime but eventually rise to become the unlikeliest of American success stories.
Style: realistic, suspense, exciting, sincere
Plot: rapper, urban ghetto life, medieval, hip hop, hip hop culture, music, musician's life, artists and showbiz, ambition, life is a bitch, rise to the top, celebrity culture ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
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INXS : Never Tear Us Apart (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: The story of INXS, their personal lives and their rise to fame from Australian pubs to stadiums all around the world.
Style: emotional, captivating, atmospheric, psychological, entertaining ...
Plot: rock, biopic, music band, rise and fall, music, friendship, celebrity culture, rising to stardom, showbiz, ambition, fame, musician's life ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: australia
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Worried About the Boy (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: In 1980 young George O'Dowd baffles his parents with his love of frocks and make-up and moves into a squat with kindred spirit Peter, who dresses as Marilyn Monroe and calls himself Marilyn. They make a splash at Steve Strange's trendy ...
Style: realistic, serious, sentimental, captivating, period piece ...
Plot: gay, musician's life, lifestyle, desire for fame, rise and fall, ambition, music band, rising to stardom, love and romance, anti conformity, love affair, addiction ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: england, london
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Protecting the King (2007)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Sex, drugs and violence--they're all part of the job when you're protecting The King of Rock & Roll. And when you're only 16, the on-the-job training comes in ways that can't be taught in school. The story of David ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic
Plot: on the road, lifestyle, musician's life, artists and showbiz, celebrity culture, teaching the ways of the world, showbiz, drug abuse, rock, fame, elvis presley, rise and fall ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s
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The Heights (1992)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Heights is an American musical drama series that aired on the Fox network from August to November 1992.
Style: realistic, captivating, serious, sentimental
Audience: teens
Plot: teenager, suburbs, bittersweet, suburban life, friends, teenage life, rock, buddies, artists and showbiz, follow your dream, lifestyle, music band ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
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Filly Brown (2012)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: “Majo” Tonorio, a.k.a. Filly Brown, is a raw, young Los Angeles hip-hop artist who spits from the heart. When a sleazy record producer offers her a crack at rap stardom, Majo faces some daunting choices. With an incarcerated mother, a record ...
Style: realistic, captivating, sincere, psychological, hood ...
Plot: hip hop, rising to stardom, desire for fame, moral dilemma, ambition, follow your dream, musician's life, artists and showbiz, music, radio dj, strong female presence, producer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
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39%
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Your Cheatin' Heart (1964)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The story of the country and western singer Hank Williams.
Style: retro, captivating, realistic, serious, touching ...
Plot: biopic, musician, singer, country music, rock and roll, composer, rock, hippie, songwriter, bittersweet, remarry, country ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: alabama
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Selena: The Series (2020)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: As Mexican-American Tejano singer Selena comes of age and realizes her dreams, she and her family make tough choices to hold on to love and music.
Style: sincere, touching, uplifting, factual, historical drama
Plot: singer, dying young, performer's life, showbiz, lifestyle, embezzlement, rising to stardom, rise and fall, musician's life, life & death, unfulfillment, hopes ...
Time: 90s
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Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010)
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: realistic, semi serious, touching, teen, cult classic ...
Plot: disability, biopic, rock and roll, human spirit, lifestyle, follow your dream, desire for fame, ambition, couples, parents and children, rock, hopes ...
Time: 70s, 1940s, 20th century, 90s, 80s ...
Place: england, ireland, europe
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Nina (2016)
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, music, biopic, love affair, ambition, musician's life, rising to stardom, society, discrimination, artists and showbiz, racism, love and romance ...
Time: 20th century
Place: usa
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38%
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Halim (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Egypt
Duration: 155 min.
Story: A biopic of Egyptian singer Abdel-Halim Hafez.
Style: realistic, captivating, sentimental, emotional, serious
Plot: musician's life, rising to stardom, ambition, rise to the top, life is a bitch, love and romance, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, showbiz, biopic, singer, cop ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, 60s, 20th century, 50s ...
Place: middle east, africa, egypt
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The Doors (1991)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France, USA
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, factual, realistic, serious, cult classic ...
Plot: rock and roll, music band, drug addiction, life philosophy, musician's life, addiction, music, biopic, musician, drug abuse, singer, hippie ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 60s, year 1949, year 1967 ...
Place: california, paris france, los angeles, usa, new mexico ...
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Nicky Jam: El Ganador (2018)
Genre: Biography, Music
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Follow Reggaeton artist Nicky Jam's struggles to overcome drug addiction and rise to international success in this dramatization of his life story.
Style: rough, realistic, serious
Plot: ambition, music industry, lifestyle, musician's life, drug abuse, hopes, mentally unstable, nervous breakdown, cocaine, rise and fall, rave, record company ...
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