Movies like Maria
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Maria (2024)
25K
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, loneliness, restaurant, singer, wealth, mother daughter relationship, butler, cafe, interview, flash forward, flashback, sister sister relationship, based on real people, female protagonist, music, opera singer, surrealism, biopic, life, death, divorce, career, yacht ...
Time:
70s, year 1941, 1940s, 20th century, year 1977, year 1949
Place:
paris france
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Most similar movies to Maria
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out period drama, captivating, realistic and touching films with plots about biopic, singer, singing, musician, concert, song and life mostly in Drama, Biography and Music genres. Some movies like Maria: Elvis (2022), Monsieur Aznavour (2024), Spencer (2021), Piaf: The Early Years (1974), Respect (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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
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95%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
From his poor childhood to his rise to fame, from his triumphs to his failures, from Paris to New York, discover the exceptional journey of an artist. Intimate, intense, fragile and indestructible, devoted to his art until the very end, here is one ...
Plot:
songwriter, singer, biopic, marriage, concert tour, wealth, pop music, drag queen, suicide, rags to riches, depression, death ...
Time:
1940s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, montreal, french riviera, new york
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89%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, USA, Chile
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
During her Christmas holidays with the royal family at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, England, Diana decides to leave her marriage to Prince Charles.
Style:
historical drama, cerebral, philosophical, visual, sentimental ...
Plot:
royal family, christmas, unhappy marriage, mental disorder, british royal family, women, slice of life, female protagonist, adultery, mistress, royalty, marriage ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, 2020s
Place:
england, house of windsor
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Édith Giovanna Gassion is born in 1915. As a young girl she sings on the streets of Paris until a nightclub owner, Louis Leplée, discovers her. When he is murdered the composer Raymond Asso takes care of her and lets her perform at the ABC ...
Style:
historical drama, period drama
Plot:
singer, biopic, female protagonist, street performer, cabaret, resilience, ambition, melancholy, poverty, coming of age, loneliness, street life ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
85%
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19K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.
Style:
captivating, uplifting, period piece, factual, disturbing ...
Plot:
musician, rape, preacher, abusive husband, concert, showbiz, black history, biopic, blues, celebrity, african american, black ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 1950s, year 1960, year 1969 ...
Place:
usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city, los angeles, atlanta georgia, detroit ...
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Italy
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The origin story of one of Italy's greatest rock stars, Gianna Nannini, who chased her dream despite obstacles from her family and the music industry.
Style:
iconic
Plot:
biopic, based on real people, performer, smoking, female protagonist, rock, father daughter relationship, poetry, singer, autobiography, life, career ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1983
Place:
italy, germany
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The Federal Bureau of Narcotics launches an undercover sting operation against jazz singer Billie Holiday.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, suspense, tense, political ...
Plot:
jazz singer, musician, racism, war on drugs, jazz, segregation, civil rights, substance abuse, fbi, heroin, undercover, addiction ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, year 1957, year 1949, year 1954 ...
Place:
new york, new orleans, baltimore, philadelphia, washington d.c.
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of acclaimed music icon "Dalida" born in Cairo, who gained celebrity in the 50s, singing in French, Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew, German, Italian, playing in awarded Youssef Chahine's picture "Le Sixième ...
Style:
sentimental, realistic, disturbing, sincere, crying ...
Plot:
female singer, biopic, husband wife relationship, suicide, musician's life, music, woman, girl, gay, art, eating disorder, airport ...
Time:
50s, year 1933, 60s, 70s, year 1956 ...
Place:
paris france, montmartre paris, france, cairo egypt, india ...
Similarity:
76%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and revolutionary talent, destined to change the course of ...
Style:
period drama
Plot:
musician, concert, motorcycle, singer, cuban missile crisis, folk singer, biopic, harmonica, career, disagreement, punched in the face, female singer ...
Time:
year 1961, 60s, year 1965, year 1963, year 1962 ...
Place:
new york, north america, monterey california
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The daughter of jazz pianist Joe Albany witnesses her beloved father's struggle -- and failure -- to kick his heroin habit.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, historical drama ...
Plot:
asthma, jazz, addiction, music, heroin, pianist, coming of age, artists and showbiz, daughter, parents and children, family relations, musician ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 2014, year 1988, year 1974 ...
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: Czech Republic, Italy, Slovakia
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
The year is 1764. For over a year, Josef has been leading a precarious life in Venice. He hopes to become an opera composer. The city, full of talented and already-established composers, seems closed to him. Looking for work as a violinist, he comes ...
Plot:
male nudity, based on real people, nudity, italian history, music, biopic, music composer, mozart, wealth, male pubic hair, bare chested male, musician ...
Time:
18th century, 1770s
Place:
venice, central europe
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black that catapulted Winehouse to global fame. Told through Amy’s eyes and inspired by her ...
Style:
f word
Plot:
skinny dipping, female nudity, female singer, female protagonist, husband wife relationship, drug addiction, toxic relationship, singer, based on real people, addiction, substance abuse, alcoholism ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 80s, 90s
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley overcomes adversity to become the most famous reggae musician in the world.
Style:
dramatic, absurd, romantic, earnest
Plot:
reggae, based on real people, rastafarian, cannabis, cancer, musician, political unrest, singing, pioneer, assassination attempt, biopic, weed ...
Time:
year 1976, 20th century, year 1972, 70s
Place:
jamaica, london
Similarity:
63%
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
Similarity:
62%
53K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Italy, USA, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, absurd, period drama
Plot:
life, career, male female relationship, friendship, love affair, couple relations, relationships, friends, husband wife relationship, rock and roll, female protagonist, dog ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s, year 1960, year 1967 ...
Place:
los angeles, memphis, las vegas, west germany
Similarity:
60%
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:
58%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Bruce Springsteen, a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggles to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past.
Style:
melancholic, period piece, period drama
Plot:
biopic, character study, legacy, loneliness, music industry, reconciliation, nostalgia, interview, adaptation, depression, mental health, bare chested male ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, atlantic city
Similarity:
57%
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 ...
Style:
period piece, sexploitation film, period drama
Plot:
filmmaker, filmmaking, female nudity, actress, sexploitation, biopic, daughter, mother daughter relationship, career, 16 year old, single mother, film set ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1972
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
The joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, the greatest female R&B pop vocalist of all time. Tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.
Style:
captivating, historical drama, spiritual, iconic
Plot:
biopic, musician, pop music, african american, female protagonist, record producer, concert, dancing, female singer, celebrity, rising to stardom, musician's life ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, year 2012, 2020s, year 2009 ...
Place:
new jersey, italy, new york
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The life of reclusive and eccentric Beach Boys songwriter and musician Brian Wilson.
Style:
emotional, factual, intense, talky, melancholic ...
Plot:
musician, mental illness, pop music, music, biopic, songwriter, psychotherapist, drug abuse, medical malpractice, hearing voices, nervous breakdown, relationships ...
Time:
60s, year 1939, year 1992, year 1971, year 1995 ...
Place:
california, los angeles, malibu california, usa, southern california ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A film about the singer Tina Turner and how she rose to stardom with her abusive husband Ike Turner and how she gained the courage to break free.
Style:
inspirational, sincere, intense, serious, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
music, musician, domestic violence, african american, black woman, biopic, singer, violence against women, abusive husband, rape victim, african american woman, female protagonist ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s, 60s, year 1993 ...
Place:
usa, tennessee, california, africa, new york ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Italy, France, Spain, UK, Romania
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A fictionalized account of the last days of opera singer Maria Callas (Ardant).
Style:
sincere, realistic, sentimental, touching, serious ...
Plot:
opera singer, starting over, musician's life, classical music, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, aging, showbiz, friendship, celebrity culture, hopes, opera ...
Time:
year 2002, year 1977, 70s
Place:
greece, paris france
Similarity:
51%
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:
50%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A swirling, impressionistic portrait of an artist who regretted nothing, writer-director Olivier Dahan's La Vie en Rose stars Marion Cotillard in a blazing performance as the legendary French icon Edith Piaf. From the mean streets of the ...
Style:
touching, inspirational, disturbing, gloomy, period piece ...
Plot:
music, musician's life, singer, biopic, musician, love story, death, life philosophy, childhood, art, artist, rising to stardom ...
Time:
20th century, year 2007, 1940s, 90s, 1950s ...
Place:
france, europe, paris france, new york, montmartre paris ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A director wants to make a biopic about the female singer Barbara.
Plot:
girl, biopic, female nudity, male nudity, photograph, singing, rehearsal, female singer, piano, filmmaking, actress, singer ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Turkey
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Born into a poor family with eight children in Kahramanmaraş, Dilber Ay endured many sorrows and hardships in the life she began in a tent. At the age of 13, she was sold to an older man for money, they married, and had children. She was beaten and ...
Style:
inspirational, disturbing, captivating, psychological, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
female protagonist, biopic, singer, violence, perseverance, domestic abuse, child marriage, musician's life, resilience, survival, musician, poverty ...
Time:
20th century
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Hungary
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Karoly Makk's heartbreaking story of two unmarried sisters who cast wistful glances back at their lives, but still believe in hope and love, earned an Academy Award Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in 1974. In this follow-up to the ...
Plot:
shopping, unfaithfulness, fate, wooing, grief, sleeping pill, hopes, basement, director, grandmother grandson relationship, lost, dream ...
Place:
frankfurt germany, hungary, west germany, munich germany, budapest
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Starting from the determination and great desire to create a music concert to embrace peace in Ambon City, Glenn ultimately gave up all his income to hold the concert.
Plot:
jazz, biopic, jazz singer, married, manager, sister, friend, church, pregnancy, social issues, children, wedding ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2003, 2000s, year 2008, 2010s ...
Similarity:
46%
2K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Brazil
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of the energetic and pulsating singer Elis Regina since her arrival in Rio de Janeiro at age 19 until her tragic and early death. Despite all the difficulties, success comes fulminant and the life of Elis Regina gained ...
Style:
tragic ending, dramatic, intense, emotional, period drama
Plot:
biopic, singer, career, legacy, celebrity, tragedy, female protagonist, cultural icon, music industry, tribute, showbiz, addiction ...
Time:
60s, 70s
Place:
rio de janeiro
Similarity:
46%
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:
45%
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