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Greetings from Tim Buckley (2012)
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the days leading up to Jeff Buckley's performance at his father's tribute concert in 1991.
Style:
captivating, realistic, atmospheric, serious, gloomy, sincere
Plot:
rock, musician's life, music, introspection, artists and showbiz, love and romance, ambition, lifestyle, junkie, musician, art, punk, rock music, subculture, biopic, church, father, father son relationship
Time:
90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, captivating and touching films with plots about music, artists and showbiz, musician's life, biopic, ambition, rock and musician mostly in Music, Drama and Biography genres. Some movies like Greetings from Tim Buckley: Jersey Boys (2014), Bound for Glory (1976), Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013), Crazy Sexy Cool: The TLC Story (2013), The Buddy Holly Story (1978). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
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Audience:
teens
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music, biopic, music band, broadway, rock and roll, life philosophy, desire for fame, rising to stardom, ambition, showbiz, friends, performer's life ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
A biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, discovering the suffering and strength of America's working class.
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musician, rock star, music, biopic, rock, musician's life, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, infidelity, drug use, guitarist, rock music ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
TLC's humble beginnings in Atlanta quickly led to an unprecedented rise to fame in the 1990's as one of the world's most talented, celebrated and highest-selling female groups of all time. Through very public and high profile success, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, sincere, captivating
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
music band, rising to stardom, musician's life, hip hop, artists and showbiz, ambition, bankruptcy, music, blaxploitation, black, pop star, girl power ...
Time:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
texas, austin texas, usa, new york
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, sincere, rockumentary
Plot:
musician, the beatles, rock music, prodigy, musician's life, rise to the top, against the odds, youth, lifestyle, rising to stardom, teenage life, working class ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 60s
Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, serious, touching, controversial, thought provoking ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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Country: USA
Duration: 168 min.
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realistic, emotional, touching, serious, sentimental ...
Plot:
elvis presley, music, rock music, biopic, musician's life, price of fame, rags to riches, rock and roll, celebrity culture, desire for fame, music band, showbiz ...
Time:
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Place:
las vegas, mississippi
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, tense, suspense, informative ...
Plot:
punk rock, punk, music, rock, biopic, lifestyle, musician's life, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, ambition, rise and fall ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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31%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Biography of rock star Jimi Hendrix chronicles his early career, including a stint with Little Richard who fired him for getting too flamboyant, to his tragic failure.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, gloomy
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musician's life, biopic, ambition, rising to stardom, prodigy, tragic hero, music band, life is a bitch, rise and fall, artists and showbiz, drug abuse, overdose ...
Time:
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30%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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serious, realistic, captivating, disturbing, dramatic ...
Plot:
music, artists and showbiz, ambition, musician's life, showbiz, dancing, biopic, lifestyle, rise and fall, life is a bitch, drug abuse, salsa ...
Time:
70s, year 2006, 60s
Place:
usa, new york, puerto rico
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Mexico
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, emotional
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ambition, desire for fame, musician's life, downfall, artists and showbiz, rising to stardom, biopic, girl, pop singer, strong female presence, music, unfulfillment ...
Time:
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Place:
mexico, latin america
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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:
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29%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
showbiz, ambition, rise to the top, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, rising to stardom, love and romance, musician's life, life is a bitch, music band, lifestyle, terminal illness ...
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, sincere, thought provoking ...
Plot:
music, punk, punk rock, musician, lifestyle, music band, artists and showbiz, follow your dream, musician's life, state affairs, subculture, rock and roll ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
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Style:
atmospheric, psychological, factual, stylized, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
biopic, love, unhappy ending, rock and roll, famous people, married life, autobiography, singer, musician, celebrity, adaptation, couples ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, atmospheric, sincere, realistic, touching ...
Plot:
coping, rock, music, musician's life, family problems, parents and children, artists and showbiz, siblings relations, family relations, estrangement, twentysomething life, urban ...
Time:
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Place:
california, usa, san diego california
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through his successful song-writing years in the 1960s to his death in 1991 at the age of 62.
Style:
surreal, atmospheric, sincere, lyrical, visually appealing ...
Plot:
musician, jazz, biopic, sex, songwriter, music, success, artist, female nudity, musician's life, art, introspection ...
Time:
60s, 80s, 20th century, 70s, 1940s ...
Place:
paris france, france, israel, europe, tokyo
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864
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A biopic on singer Céline Dion.
Style:
realistic, captivating, sincere, serious
Plot:
desire for fame, rise to the top, ambition, musician's life, prodigy, relationship vs career, tragic love, fall in love, artists and showbiz, love and romance, lifestyle, rising to stardom ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
music, biopic, musician, rock and roll, rise and fall, rock, scandal, prejudice, older man younger woman relationship, dancing, jazz, child marriage ...
Time:
1950s, year 1989, 20th century, 50s, 80s
Place:
usa, new jersey
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25%
Genre: Music, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, bleak, serious, realistic, cynical
Plot:
punk, rock, punk rock, satire, alienation, self discovery, subculture, club, music, artists and showbiz, media, destructive relationship ...
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
24%
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:
semi serious, realistic, touching, cult classic, teen ...
Plot:
disability, biopic, rock and roll, human spirit, desire for fame, follow your dream, ambition, lifestyle, couples, musician's life, hopes, rising to stardom ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 60s, 50s, 20th century ...
Place:
england, ireland, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story of the country and western singer Hank Williams.
Style:
retro, captivating, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
biopic, singer, musician, country music, rock and roll, hippie, composer, rock, songwriter, bittersweet, remarry, new year ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 60s, 1950s, 1930s
Place:
alabama, nashville tennessee
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In this film, childhood friends come face to face with the demons of rock and roll (lust, drugs, and passion) on a cross-country road trip that compels them to face their past, present, and future. Rocker Spyder, whose debut album was a huge hit saw ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
rock star, musician's life, homecoming, friendship, on the road, rock, small town, music band, artists and showbiz, ego clash, rock and roll, entertainment industry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, disturbing
Plot:
heavy metal, musician, rock music, music band, hard rock, rehearsal, desire for fame, musician's life, alcohol abuse, ambition, coping, direction and purpose ...
Time:
80s
Place:
britain
Similarity:
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, melancholic, touching ...
Plot:
classical music, ambition, musician's life, music, artists and showbiz, unfulfillment, sexual relations, violinist, composer, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, death of protagonist ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, italy, venice
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, touching, captivating, realistic, spiritual ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, gay, recording studio, paranoia, suicide, experimental music, homosexual, prodigy, musician's life, lifestyle, rise and fall, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In this purely fictional story, Paul McCartney drops by The Dakota to visit John Lennon in 1976. Paul is still on top of the music world, reaching #1 with his new band, Wings. John, however, has retired from public life, choosing to raise his son, ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, humorous, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, music, the beatles, father son relationship, lifestyle, love and romance, musician's life, assassination, rising to stardom, celebrity culture, rock, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
year 1976, 90s, 70s
Place:
usa, new york
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24%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
Style:
emotional, talky, heartbreaking, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
music, biopic, musician, musician's life, friendship, showbiz, black, creativity, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, ambition, desire for fame ...
Time:
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