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Being Maria (2024)
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Original name: Maria
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Maria is a young, struggling actress with promise. When an emerging Italian director casts her to headline a new film alongside an American superstar, her dreams are coming true. But what seems like a big breakthrough turns out to be the start of a living hell.
Style:
period piece, sexploitation film, period drama
Plot:
filmmaker, female nudity, filmmaking, actress, sexploitation, biopic, life, career, actor, single mother, mother daughter relationship, daughter, interview, heroin addict, activist, 16 year old, film set, movie actress, mother daughter conflict, based on real people, lesbian love, female protagonist
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1972
Place:
paris france
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, period piece, captivating and historical drama films with plots about biopic, based on real people, life, career, husband wife relationship, female nudity and female protagonist mostly in Drama, Biography and History genres. Some movies like Being Maria: I'm Still Here (2024), Cobweb (2023), Joy (2024), Buya Hamka Vol. 1 (2023), Hamka & Siti Raham Vol. 2 (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Brazil, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
In Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, during the dictatorship, former deputy Rubens Paiva was taken from his home by soldiers to be interrogated. He was never found again. The search for truth lasts 30 long years. And when the answers begin to appear, ...
Style:
historical drama, realistic, independent film, hood, factual ...
Plot:
brazilian military dictatorship, dictatorship, military dictatorship, based on real people, loss, missing father, female nudity, loss of husband, widow, husband, wrongful arrest, female protagonist ...
Time:
year 1971, 20th century, year 2014, year 1996, 70s ...
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro, sao paulo, brazil, sao paulo brazil
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
In the 1970s, Director Kim is obsessed by the desire to re-shoot the ending of his completed film Cobweb, but chaos and turmoil grip the set with interference from the censorship authorities, and the complaints of actors and producers who can't ...
Style:
art house, intense, black comedy, tense, experimental ...
Plot:
director, filmmaking, obsession, ambition, film set, behind the scenes, power, claustrophobia, bureaucracy, tragedy, repression, surrealism ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1970
Place:
south korea
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
3 trailblazers: a young nurse, a visionary scientist and an innovative surgeon face opposition from the church, state, media and medical establishment, in their pursuit of the world's first 'test tube baby', Louise Joy Brown.
Style:
inspirational, medical drama, dramatic, emotional, period piece ...
Plot:
hospital, controversy, parenthood, perseverance, ethics, women's rights, legacy, biopic, hopes, social change, sacrifice, social issues ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1978
Place:
united kingdom
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Discover the life of renowned Muslim scholar Buya Hamka, from his humble West Sumatra origins to his political achievements.
Style:
political, period piece, indonesian, period drama
Plot:
journalist, national hero, activist, biopic, politics, religious, husband wife relationship, school teacher, father son relationship, affection, skin, book ...
Time:
year 1942, 1920s, 20th century, 1930s, 1940s ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Siti Raham loyally supported Buya Hamka when he fought for independence and preached. Especially when Hamka was desperate because he was living in prison, Siti Raham continued to support him with sincerity. Thanks to Siti Raham's support, Hamka ...
Style:
political, indonesian, period drama
Plot:
national hero, politics, religious, activist, biopic, journalist, school teacher, funeral, wife, jail, river, blood ...
Time:
year 1943, year 1972, year 1970, year 1975, year 1966 ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Italy, Germany, Chile, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity and life.
Style:
period piece, cerebral, emotional, period drama
Plot:
opera, singing, dog, flashback, wealth, cafe, loneliness, based on real people, flash forward, butler, mother daughter relationship, interview ...
Time:
70s, year 1977, 20th century, year 1941, 1940s ...
Place:
paris france
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23%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sir Laurence Olivier is making a movie in London. Young Colin Clark, an eager film student, wants to be involved and he navigates himself a job on the set. When film star Marilyn Monroe arrives for the start of shooting, all of London is excited to ...
Style:
sentimental, period piece, romantic, melancholic, factual ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
movie star, historical figure, fame, biopic, impossible love, actress, hollywood, celebrity, actor's life, love story, nervous breakdown, ambition ...
Time:
50s, year 2011, 1900s, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, london, california
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23%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, Belgium, Bulgaria
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Secretary of the most influential Communist Party in the Western world, Enrico Berlinguer challenged the international balance by seeking to bring the Communists to government in Italy and achieve socialism in a democratic country. From 1973, when ...
Style:
informative, tragic, political drama
Plot:
based on real people, communist party, politics, communism, italian politics, kidnapping, career, communist, newspaper, life, blackmail, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 1973, year 1984, 20th century, 80s, year 1975 ...
Place:
rome italy, soviet union
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Gie is a 2005 Indonesian film directed by Riri Riza. The film tells the story of Soe Hok Gie, a graduate from University of Indonesia who is known as an activist and nature lover. The film is based on a diary Catatan Seorang Demonstran written by ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, political, indonesian ...
Plot:
idealism, teen rebel, love triangle, power struggle, demonstration, campus, political activist, university, lgbt, gay subtext, activist, biopic ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, 20th century, year 1959, year 1969 ...
Place:
southeast asia, indonesia, bali
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In Berlin 1942, Hilde is a member of an anti-Nazi group. She falls in love with another member, Hans. The two spend a summer together until they get caught by the Gestapo and Hilde is imprisoned, eight months pregnant.
Style:
period piece, period drama
Plot:
gestapo, world war two, male female relationship, world war, prison, based on real people, husband, husband wife relationship, fall in love, bare chested male, parents, summer ...
Time:
year 1942, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
germany, berlin germany
Similarity:
23%
172
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
In 1912, Javanese activist Omar Said Tjokroaminoto co-founds the Sarekat Islam party to fight injustices of the Dutch East Indies' colonial regime.
Style:
political, historical drama, serious, inspirational, costume drama ...
Plot:
biopic, colonialism, activism, social justice, nationalism, oppression, resistance, leader, male protagonist, identity, national hero, based on real people ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1912
Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After writing for Cahiers du cinéma, a young Jean-Luc Godard decides making films is the best film criticism. He convinces producer Georges de Beauregard to fund a low-budget feature, and creates a treatment with fellow New Wave filmmaker François ...
Style:
experimental, art house, black and white, period drama
Plot:
film history, filmmaking, improv, voice over narration, moral ambiguity, boxer, husband wife relationship, actor, bare chested male, cinema, actress, film producer ...
Time:
year 1959
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The life of Henri Grouès, known as Abbé Pierre, from his time in the Resistance in WWII to his fights against poverty and for the homeless.
Style:
period piece, psychological, thrilling, captivating, social documentary
Plot:
world war, life, freedom, homelessness, world war two, abbey, storytelling, problem, famous people, kindness, human rights, humanitarian ...
Time:
year 1949, 20th century, 1940s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Returning from Mecca, Darwis changes his name to Ahmad Dahlan as he is disturbed by the trend of Islamic laws in his society; that borders on heresy, Syrik (polytheism), and Bid’ah (wrong innovation). Using a compass, he proves that the direction ...
Style:
inspirational, indonesian
Plot:
muslim, national hero, education, biopic, religious, wife, boarding school, school, teacher, student, community, love ...
Time:
1900s, year 1912, year 1914, 1910s, 20th century
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, Denmark
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
1983. The biggest architectural competition in history, both anonymous and open, is launched under the impetus of a new socialist president, François Mitterrand. Coveted by all the biggest international architectural firms, the competition is ...
Style:
historical drama, intellectual, period piece, inspirational
Plot:
architect, architecture, biopic, ambition, modernism, anonymity, legacy, french president, cold war era, perfectionist, bare chested male, fishing ...
Time:
80s
Place:
paris france, france, italy
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 210 min.
Story:
The story of the life of the actress Elizabeth Taylor.
Style:
period piece, costume drama, romantic drama, period drama
Plot:
hollywood, divorce, mother daughter relationship, biopic, fame, celebrity culture, ambition, glamour, showbiz, legacy, identity crisis, actress ...
Time:
1940s, 60s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A revolutionary militant, a thug, an underground writer, a butler to a millionaire in Manhattan. But also a switchblade-waving poet, a lover of beautiful women, a warmonger, a political agitator, and a novelist who wrote of his greatness. Eduard ...
Style:
black and white, period drama, f word
Plot:
female nudity, poet, novelist, prison, voice over narration, sex scene, based on real people, blood, biopic, sick woman, writers, homeless man ...
Time:
year 1989, 20th century, year 1972, year 1976, year 1975 ...
Place:
new york, moscow russia, paris france
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Rudy met Ilona. Their different visions made it hard to be together. Ilona wants Rudy to stay in Germany and is opposed to his love for Indonesia.
Style:
period piece, indonesian, period drama
Plot:
life, college, university, love, biopic, exploration, dinner, weapons, sister, travel, dance, handgun ...
Time:
20th century, year 1960, 60s
Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, Belgium, Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
We are with Pasolini during the last hours of his life, as he talks with his beloved family and friends, writes, gives a brutally honest interview, shares a meal with Ninetto Davoli, and cruises for the roughest rough trade in his gun-metal gray ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, realistic, intellectual, independent film ...
Plot:
death, sex scene, gay, female nudity, filmmaker, artists and showbiz, murder, interview, society, biopic, writers, nudity ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
rome italy, italy
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The inspiring true story of Richard Montañez, the Frito Lay janitor who channeled his Mexican American heritage and upbringing to turn the iconic Flamin’ Hot Cheetos into a snack that disrupted the food industry and became a global pop culture ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, dramatic, serious, realistic
Plot:
food, businessman, janitor, career, journey, business, job, life, industry, phenomenon, economist, factory worker ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987, year 1974, year 1985 ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Austria, Luxembourg, Germany, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Empress Elizabeth of Austria is idolized for her beauty and renowned for inspiring fashion trends. But in 1877, ‘Sisi’ celebrates her 40th birthday and must fight to maintain her public image by lacing her corset tighter and tighter. While ...
Style:
period piece, disturbing, captivating, psychological, period drama ...
Plot:
royalty, hand job, revisionist history, empress, middle aged woman, aging, female protagonist, royal family, woman, identity crisis, middle aged, lifestyle ...
Time:
19th century, 1870s, victorian era
Place:
germany, vienna, england, bavaria, italy
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Shirley Chisholm makes a trailblazing run for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination after becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress.
Style:
realistic, captivating, disturbing, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
politics, african american, convention, president, conversation, strategy, media, election, black history, martin luther king, underdog, social issues ...
Time:
70s, year 1972, 20th century
Similarity:
21%
416
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In the years between WWI and the rise of Fascism, legendary thespian Eleonora Duse shocks everyone by getting back onstage at over 60 years of age. Struggling with the brutality of historical events unfolding and clinging to the possibility of ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, existential, philosophical, art house ...
Plot:
theater, biopic, character study, political unrest, sacrifice, mortality, resilience, legacy, social change, illness, memory, slow burn ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Covers the love affair between French actress Arletty and a high-ranking German officer during WWII in occupied France.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, historical drama, romantic drama, poignant ...
Plot:
world war two, german soldier, actress, nazi occupied france, german occupation, forbidden love, soldier, nazi occupation, fall in love, in love, love affair, male female relationship ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Spain
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A recently discovered conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and his friend Linda Rosenkrantz in 1974 reveals a glimpse into New York City’s downtown art scene and the personal struggles and epiphanies that define an artist’s life.
Style:
reflective, art house, avant garde, experimental, period drama
Plot:
gay, gay interest, interview, artist, photography, intimate, creative process, introspection, conversation, urban, memory, epiphany ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: UK, USA
Story:
Michael Jackson biopic from child stardom to adult solo artist.
Style:
period drama
Plot:
fashion, street dance, mannequin, performer, career, life, singing, pop music, dance, based on real people, male protagonist, singer ...
Time:
year 1982, year 1985, 20th century, year 1969, 90s ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Nina (Melina Mercouri) is a former silent-film star from Russia who abandons her career to care for her son. She is a single mother -- the boy's father is a famous actor who wants nothing to do with either Nina or her child. She joins an acting ...
Style:
emotional, poignant, family saga, historical drama, dramatic ...
Plot:
single mother, mother son relationship, struggle, biopic, ambition, migration, identity, coming of age, resilience, survival, immigration, illegitimate child ...
Place:
france, eastern europe, paris france
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20%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Simone Veil's life story through the pivotal events of Twentieth Century. Her childhood, her political battles, her tragedies. An intimate and epic portrait of an extraordinary woman who eminently challenged and transformed her era defending a ...
Style:
non-linear, political drama
Plot:
concentration camp, neo nazi, biopic, political activist, auschwitz, holocaust survivor, legacy, humanism, european union, political intrigue, french politics, shoah ...
Time:
1940s, year 1968, year 1994, 1950s, year 1975 ...
Place:
france, algeria, paris france
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France, UK, Belgium, USA, Russia, Saudi Arabia
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The life of Jeanne Bécu, who was born as the illegitimate daughter of an impoverished seamstress in 1743 and went on to rise through the Court of Louis XV to become his last official mistress.
Style:
captivating, psychological, period drama
Plot:
king of france, king, royalty, royal court, biopic, life, female protagonist, historical figure, based on real people, courtesan, gold, sex scene ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
france, versailles
Similarity:
20%
752
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Rome. The 1980s. After the magnum opus The Art of Joy she has been working on for a decade is rejected by the Italian publishing world, writer Goliarda Sapienza commits a desperate theft that costs her her reputation and social position. ...
Style:
reflective, melancholic, period drama
Plot:
character study, writers, feminism, biopic, self discovery, intimate, rejection, hopes, redemption, women's rights, resilience, outcast ...
Time:
80s, year 1980, 20th century
Place:
italy, rome italy
Similarity:
19%
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