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Back to Black (2024)
30K
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 deeply personal lyrics, the film explores and embraces the many layers of the iconic artist and the tumultuous love story at the center of one of the most legendary albums of all time.
Style:
f word
Plot:
skinny dipping, female nudity, singer, drug addiction, female protagonist, female singer, husband wife relationship, based on real people, toxic relationship, addiction, mental illness, alcoholism, biopic, substance abuse, sex scene, male nudity, bulimia, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, eating disorder, divorced parents, bare chested male, male pubic hair, soul music, boots ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, 80s, 2010s, 1990s
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Most similar movies to Back to Black
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, captivating, touching and emotional films with plots about biopic, singer, music, musician, musician's life, female singer and mother daughter relationship mostly in Drama, Biography and Music genres. Some movies like Back to Black: Selena (1997), Beautiful Rebel (2024), The Outrun (2024), Lea - Something About Me (2015), The Way to Mandalay (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
34K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In this biographical drama, Selena Quintanilla is born into a musical Mexican-American family in Texas. Her father, Abraham, realizes that his young daughter is talented and begins performing with her at small venues. She finds success and falls for ...
Style:
touching, sad, sincere, factual, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
music, murder, dancing, tragedy, childhood, singer, musician's life, musician, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, marriage, racial segregation ...
Time:
80s, 90s, year 1997, 20th century, year 1981 ...
Place:
texas, mexico, usa, los angeles, california
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100%
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
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47%
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:
46%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Fresh out of rehab, Rona returns to the Orkney Islands—a place both wild and beautiful, right off the Scottish coast. Now 29 and after more than a decade of living life on the edge in London, where she both found and lost love, Rona attempts to ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, independent film
Plot:
addiction, young woman, troubled past, alcoholic, skinny dipping, female protagonist, island, confronting the past, tragic past, life is a bitch, homecoming, religion ...
Place:
scotland
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Lea grew up in a crime family in Calabria. The father of her daughter Denise is also a member of the Mafia. Lea, however, wants a different life for her daughter, free of violence, fear and falsehood. She decides to cooperate with justice, to ...
Style:
suspense, tense, contemplative, disturbing
Plot:
trial, husband wife relationship, mafia, female protagonist, courtroom, police, mother daughter relationship, murder, biopic, daughter, train station, arrest ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, 80s, 2010s
Place:
italy, milan italy
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Denmark
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The Way to Mandalay tells the story of one of Denmark's greatest and most beloved musicians. The film takes us on a journey from Mogenson's childhood to manhood and throughout his career which spanned more than twenty years, first with ...
Style:
touching, sincere, melancholic, thought provoking, sentimental ...
Plot:
marital problem, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship, musician, singer, stage fright, marriage, baptism, bartender, alcoholic, telephone call, sex scene ...
Time:
70s, 60s
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
37%
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:
34%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In the effervescent Spain of the 80s, Xavi Font, an artistic misfit, together with his friend Lurdes Iribar and her lover Manolo Arjona, founds Locomía. Although he achieves success, he also experiences the dark reality of the industry at the hands ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating
Plot:
gay, gay interest, biopic, pop music, music band, music, musician, pop culture, culture, male nudity, group, lgbt ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
ibiza
Similarity:
33%
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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:
31%
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, 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
Similarity:
30%
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:
30%
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:
30%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Sadie looks up to her older sister Georgia, a successful folk singer who's happily married with children, but can't break out of the bar-band circuit and hit the big time she desperately covets. It's in part due to her attraction to ...
Style:
emotional, sincere, melancholic, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
music, addiction, drug addiction, sister sister relationship, dysfunctional family, musician's life, sisters, redemption, female singer, sister sister conflict, eccentricity, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s
Place:
seattle, oregon, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Argentina
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A young man with charisma and magnetism enters the atmosphere of tropical music as a romantic singer and undertakes a vertiginous ascent to fame.
Style:
melancholic, captivating, disturbing, exciting, sentimental
Plot:
fame, death of father, father son relationship, male protagonist, music manager, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, car crash, horse, sex scene, singer, female nudity, pregnant woman ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s
Similarity:
28%
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:
26%
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The true life story of famed singer Natalie Cole, daughter of Nat 'King' Cole. Gripping drama of her struggle with addiction and living in her father's shadow while still maintaining her own celebrity status.
Style:
captivating, christian film, inspirational
Plot:
musician's life, performer's life, addiction, female singer, life, celebrity, blaxploitation, biopic, drug, christian, limousine, african american ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
las vegas
Similarity:
26%
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, bleak ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
musician's life, price of fame, pop star, music, rising to stardom, ambition, desire for fame, couple relations, addiction, celebrity culture, fall in love, showbiz ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
usa, indiana
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Sweden
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
"Monica Z" is a biopic about the Swedish singer and actress Monica Zetterlund focusing on her journey from a job as a telephone operator in a small town in Sweden to stardom in the clubs of New York and Stockholm.
Style:
realistic, emotional, factual, uplifting, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
jazz singer, single mother, jazz, female singer, father daughter relationship, rising to stardom, ambition, nightclub singer, fame, follow your dream, drinking problem, family problems ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
stockholm sweden, new york, europe, usa, eastern europe
Similarity:
26%
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14K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
Saxophone player Charlie Parker comes to New York in 1940. He is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, factual, stylized, realistic ...
Plot:
jazz, music, biopic, drug abuse, addiction, heroin, drug addict, musician, childhood, character study, musician's life, showbiz ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, year 1988, 20th century, 50s
Place:
usa, brooklyn new york city, africa
Similarity:
26%
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:
26%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Biopic detailing the tumultuous story of pop icon Britney Spears' rise to fame, fall from grace and eventual triumphant resurrection, firmly securing her position as one of the world's greatest entertainers.
Style:
sexy, mumblecore, realistic, rough, psychological ...
Plot:
musician, woman, idol, cult figure, musician's life, artists and showbiz, female singer, against the rules, fame, rise and fall, rise to the top, desire for fame ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Argentina, Uruguay
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The life and death of the tropical singer Gilda.
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
romantic relationship, female protagonist, fame, female singer, desire for fame, historical character, price of fame, ambitious woman, music, direction and purpose, musician's life, historical figure ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
26%
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, touching, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
music, biopic, showbiz, addiction, greed, music business, dialogue, music band, black, drug addiction, rise and fall, rising to stardom ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 50s, 80s, 1950s ...
Place:
new york, los angeles, usa, california, new jersey
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Pop-singer and actress Madonna's rise to fame is chronicled in this made-for-television movie. Terumi Matthews stars as the dancer-turned-musician, who came to New York City in search of fame and fortune. Based on the book "Madonna: ...
Style:
inspirational
Plot:
pop music, female musician, biopic, struggle, glory, music industry, ambition, perseverance, urban, dance, female empowerment, recording studio ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
24%
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:
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
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The story of the personal lives and professional careers of the show-business family The Osmonds, and how the stresses and strains of their careers and the turbulent '70s and '80s affected their relationships with each other and their ...
Style:
period piece
Plot:
biopic, career, fame, siblings, brothers, showbiz, relationships, entertainment industry, celebrity, singer, rise and fall, nostalgia ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Similarity:
23%
58K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.
Style:
sad, period piece, tragic ending, emotional, stylized ...
Plot:
concert, hollywood, musician, biopic, female singer, actress, drug addict, life is a bitch, life & death, women, female musician, singer ...
Time:
60s, 1930s, year 1968, year 1969, year 2019
Place:
london
Similarity:
23%
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:
23%
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:
23%
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