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The Last Showgirl (2024)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When the glittering Las Vegas revue she has headlined for decades announces it will soon close, a glamorous showgirl must reconcile with the decisions she’s made and the community she has built as she plans her next act.
Style:
poignant, sentimental, feel good
Plot:
female protagonist, showgirl, mother daughter relationship, showbiz, glamour, legacy, aging, nostalgia, entertainment industry, character study, memory, community, backstage, acceptance, identity crisis, resilience, retirement, bittersweet, friendship, cabaret, urban, loss, regret, female empowerment, hopes ...
Place:
las vegas, nevada
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Most similar movies to The Last Showgirl
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out melancholic, emotional, reflective and poignant films with plots about bittersweet, intimate, loss, friendship, nostalgia, urban and character study mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like The Last Showgirl: Flowers for Fannie (2013), Black and White (2010), Falling (2006), Camera Store (2017), Gemini Affair (1975). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Fannie Fairchild locked up her heart when her beloved George was killed in the Great War. But now she faces her own mortality and realizes that she has no one to maintain her grave with flowers.
Style:
reflective, melancholic, romantic drama, emotional, spiritual ...
Plot:
mortality, loss, loneliness, elderly man, intimate, bittersweet, acceptance, character study, aging, friendship, memory, compassion ...
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A painter with a turbulent history, fiercely committed to his ideals and still averse to settling down despite his 70 years; a lawyer who packed in his job after suffering a heart attack and now pursues a quiet life looking after his pet snail; a ...
Style:
poignant, reflective
Plot:
friendship, companionship, aging, loneliness, nostalgia, slice of life, community, realism, melancholy, intimacy, humanism, intimate ...
Similarity:
77%
311
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Five former high school friends reunite for an evening of fun, remembrance and sadness in this Altmanesque portrait of female friendship. A look at how youthful idealism turns into adult pragmatism, and how one can fight such changes, from the ...
Style:
emotional, touching, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
bittersweet, friendship, friends, best friend, introspection, haunted by the past, strong female presence, midlife crisis, unfulfillment, female friendship, bereavement, nostalgia ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
On the eve of the transition from film to digital, the longtime denizens of a camera store confront their personal issues in this darkly comic story.
Style:
dark comedy, independent film, reflective, poignant, satirical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
photograph, store, nostalgia, adaptation, small business, bittersweet, intimate, midlife crisis, loss, legacy, identity crisis, photographer ...
Similarity:
68%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A hopeful young actress is lured to Hollywood by the seduction of fame and fortune. A friend she lives with while in Hollywood becomes her lover, and they both soon come to realize that the seedy Hollywood lifestyle is not for them.
Style:
romantic drama, melancholic, period piece, erotic, independent film
Plot:
hollywood, female protagonist, young woman, showbiz, frustration, aspiring actress, ambition, coming of age, young adult, backstage, bittersweet, character study ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An octogenarian woman transitions to life in assisted living as she contends with her conflicting relationship to herself and her caregivers amidst her shifting memory, age identity, and desires.
Style:
melancholic, contemplative
Audience:
adult
Plot:
elderly man, aging, character study, loneliness, compassion, bittersweet, identity crisis, memory loss, slice of life, resilience, regret, nostalgia
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Strip-tease has a pleasing Paris setting and a convincing strip club atmosphere, where a roster of exotic dancers do their thing. Making the club atmosphere work is the animated Dany Saval, as a charming gossip and outspoken cheerleader for the art ...
Style:
retro, period piece, lighthearted
Plot:
striptease, nightclub, dance, intimate, cabaret, burlesque, showgirl, seduction, sensuality, choreography, glamour, gossip ...
Time:
60s
Place:
paris france, france
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When her teenagers head off to camp and her husband abruptly leaves her to begin a new family, Lila is left to her own curious and chaotic devices for a summer in her rural home in the Catskill mountains.
Style:
sincere, melancholic, sentimental, light, disturbing ...
Plot:
friendship, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, adultery, father daughter relationship, marital separation, domestic drama, character study, infidelity, loss, grief, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jane (Bernadette Peters) has a dizzy spell while at home. As her condition does not improve, she consults a doctor who finds that she is very ill and that she has no family to help her through this very trying time. He enlists the help of a ...
Style:
heartfelt, medical drama, tear jerker, sentimental, period piece
Audience:
adult
Plot:
terminal illness, female friendship, cancer, character study, acceptance, empathy, therapy, bittersweet, reconciliation, grief, loss, psychotherapy ...
Time:
90s
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A railway stationmaster at a dying end-of-the-line village in Hokkaido is haunted by memories of his dead wife and daughter. When the railroad line is scheduled to be closed, he is offered a job at a hotel, but he is emotionally unable to part with ...
Style:
art house, melancholic, reflective, poignant
Plot:
winter, grief, mourning, nostalgia, bittersweet, loneliness, loss, character study, memory, regret, aging, family tragedy ...
Place:
japan, hokkaido
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: China, France, Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Years after her boyfriend left her for the big city and promised to bring her there after he’s settled down, a Chinese woman sets out on a journey to be reunited with him.
Style:
heartfelt, romantic drama, emotional, melancholic, sentimental ...
Plot:
longing, nostalgia, journey, female protagonist, resilience, unrequited love, self discovery, promise, reminiscence, introspection, intimate, bittersweet ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Tobias Jacobsen is 42. When the doctors tell him he is fatally ill, the earth opens up beneath him and he finds himself plunging into the abyss. It makes him think of the time he was 13 and his girlfriend got him to jump off the balcony of her ...
Style:
reflective, emotional, existential, poignant, melancholic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
illness, dark humor, life & death, terminal illness, coming of age, midlife crisis, memory, bittersweet, flashback, intimate, tragedy, nostalgia ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Antonia, a young, beautiful, intelligent and successful executive, is in deep depression, she's dealing with an unwanted pregnancy from his previous relationship with his partner Sebastian, a young and dreamer, renowned photographer, who will ...
Style:
emotional, romantic drama, realistic, melancholic
Plot:
unwanted pregnancy, female protagonist, relationships, second chance, mature, personal growth, self discovery, identity crisis, career woman, resilience, bittersweet, nostalgia ...
Place:
chile, santiago chile
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An aerialist rehearsing for a rock tour battles age, injury, and a young director scheming to end her career, while a mysterious reporter digs into the ghosts of her past.
Style:
emotional, independent film, suspense, psychological, intense ...
Plot:
character study, resilience, ageism, female protagonist, showbiz, circus, mature, performance art, female empowerment, trauma, redemption, manipulation ...
Similarity:
50%
919
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
TUCKED is a raw and tender drama about an aging 80 year old drag queen who forms an unlikely friendship with a younger queen, both struggling with their own issues of gender identity and mortality. As they discover more about each other, they ...
Style:
compassionate, emotional, feel good, reflective, independent film ...
Plot:
lgbtq, drag queen, desire for fame, friendship, mortality, slice of life, gay, self discovery, terminal illness, identity, aging, acceptance ...
Similarity:
49%
113
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Heidi M. is in her late forties and has a small store in the pulsating center of Berlin. She goes out in the evenings with her friend Jacqui, but when she is unexpectedly confronted with romantic love, old wounds are opened.
Style:
poignant, melancholic, art house, contemplative
Plot:
character study, female protagonist, longing, introspection, city life, urban, bittersweet, loneliness, desire, self discovery, confrontation, realism ...
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
When a middle-aged woman family business is robbed, she turns to her hometown for help, and plans for a city-wide talent show begin. Two young, performers both face the harsh reality of bullying.
Style:
uplifting, feel good, inspirational, dramatic, sentimental ...
Plot:
talent show, bullying, community, small town, hometown, competition, personal growth, second chance, audition, friendship, homecoming, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Five childhood friends from a small Montenegrin town have gradually moved away to different corners of the former Yugoslavia, yet they remain in contact, aware that their long-time friendship continues to play a fundamental role in their lives.
Style:
melancholic, emotional
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, nostalgia, small town, introspection, diaspora, migration, slice of life, bittersweet, intimate, social change, memory ...
Place:
montenegro
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The appetizer is an introduction, the dessert is a farewell in this story of an indelible bond forged between a promising young filmmaker and an iconic actress.
Style:
reflective, emotional, contemplative, art house, life affirming ...
Plot:
friendship, chemistry, intimate, healing, grief, personal growth, film industry, bittersweet, mature, loss, aging, creativity ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Following the death of his estranged father, Louis is left feeling he hasn't achieved as much as he had hoped for. A chance encounter with figures from his past triggers a set of events that shakes his perception of life.
Style:
poignant, melancholic, emotional, reflective, art house ...
Plot:
grief, coming of age, self discovery, mourning, loss, family drama, realism, male protagonist, bittersweet, chance meeting, intimate, memory ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A man must cope with the loss of his wife and the obsolescence of his job before finding redemption by becoming a role model to an equally lost 13-year-old.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, sincere, reflective ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
friendship, family relations, self discovery, teenage life, interracial relations, hopes, society, idealism, spoiled brat, quibbling, aging, death in the family ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Declan Holmes is graduating college, a hard enough time as it is, and heading out into the real world. The loss he experiences is like nothing he has ever known before. 'Potential Inertia' is the story of his journey through a very ...
Style:
serious, contemplative, independent film, black and white
Plot:
loss, coming of age, friendship, grief, mourning, personal growth, college graduate, relationships, identity crisis, intimate, bittersweet, mental health ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Cliff Raines is an up-and-coming actor who struggles with living a lonely life in Los Angeles. In his time between roles, he finds comfort in alcohol and his new found relationship with a young woman with similar baggage to his.
Style:
independent film, melancholic, realistic, existential
Plot:
character study, isolation, loneliness, intimate, slice of life, alcoholism, showbiz, self destructing, identity crisis, bittersweet, urban, personal growth ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Anna has lost her memory but she hasn’t forgotten how to cook. One night she shows up in a working-class neighborhood. There she meets Roula and gets a job as a cook and a place to stay at his shabby seaside tavern. In the kitchen, amidst the ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, independent film
Plot:
cooking, amnesia, female protagonist, food, identity, memory loss, character study, seaside, community, everyday life, friendship, working class ...
Place:
greece, europe
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Estonia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
With his last breath Uu's friend entrusts him with the secret of how to go to the past. Uu is an engineer and doesn't believe in miracles, but the trick works. In the past there is a pleasant, eternal summer, long hair, girls and Jenkki ...
Style:
poignant, existential, sentimental, reflective
Plot:
travel, nostalgia, choice, youth, coming of age, melancholy, regret, loss, memory, aging, engineer, father son relationship ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
A monologue of a woman talking on the phone with her longterm lover who is about to marry another girl.
Style:
romantic drama, poignant, emotional, art house, psychological ...
Plot:
female protagonist, monologue, heartbreak, love, regret, loss, loneliness, intimate, bittersweet, minimalism, abandoned, desperation ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Splendor is the name of an old movie theater managed by Jordan (Mastroianni), who inherited it from his father. The theater is in decay and only generates debts and trouble, but Jordan gets aid in his almost quixotian quest from projectionist Luigi ...
Style:
poignant, sentimental, period piece, tragicomedy, emotional ...
Plot:
projectionist, film history, nostalgia, loss, bittersweet, memory, melancholy, friendship, legacy, slice of life, character study, mourning ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When she's diagnosed with breast cancer, Brenda begins completing her bucket list with the help of the daughter she long ago put up for adoption.
Style:
emotional, exciting, serious, captivating, inspirational ...
Plot:
bucket list, mother daughter relationship, breast cancer, social issues, quitting job, surprise party, women, female protagonist, sick mother, daughter, cancer, fired from the job ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A chorus girl comes to the realization that she is not getting any younger and that her longtime relationship with a nightclub comedian is going nowhere. She finds herself attracted to an unassuming but attentive--and much younger--delivery boy.
Style:
romantic drama
Plot:
chorus girl, infidelity, female protagonist, relationships, club, delivery man, longing, attraction, showbiz, middle aged, cabaret, backstage ...
Time:
year 1970
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Antonio, a former shipyard worker, leads a mild and peaceful life: he plays bowls with friends, takes care of his elderly mother, has an ex-wife with whom he is on excellent terms and Emilia, his only and beloved daughter When Emilia announces to ...
Style:
sentimental, melancholic
Plot:
father daughter relationship, wedding, small town, sacrifice, working class, parenthood, slice of life, intimate, aging, humanism, bittersweet, everyday life ...
Similarity:
39%
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