Desire for fame movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant desire for fame movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, humorous, entertaining, semi serious, captivating and serious films and TV shows about / with desire for fame, ambition, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, rivalry, music, singing, hopes, showbiz and youth plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Music genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as desire for fame: Rush (2013), Whiplash (2014), The King of Comedy (1982), Chicago (2002), Ford v Ferrari (2019), A Perfect Man (2015), Amadeus (1984), The L.A. Complex (2012), Spice World (1997), American Dreamz (2006).

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 8.1
 510K
Rush (2013)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A biographical drama centered on the rivalry between Formula 1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda during the 1976 Formula One motor-racing season.
Style: inspirational, realistic, motivational, suspense, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: racing, race, car race, race car, racecar driver, rise to the top, motor sport, success, formula 1, car racing, world champion, rivalry ...
Time: 70s, year 2013, 2010s, year 1976, year 1970 ...
Place: europe, britain, australia, usa, monte carlo ...
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 8.5
 976K
Whiplash (2014)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
Style: motivational, dramatic, psychological, inspirational, realistic ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, teen drama, adult
Plot: music, jazz, obsession, mentor, teachers and students, follow your dream, emotional abuse, desire for fame, drummer, musician's life, musician, public humiliation ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place: peru, manhattan new york city, new york, usa
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The King of Comedy (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.
Style: tragicomedy, dark comedy, black comedy, funny, talky ...
Plot: obsession, desire for fame, ambition, showbiz, character study, delusion, kidnapping, artists and showbiz, insanity, satire, psychology, television ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey
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 7.2
 242K
Chicago (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Musical
Country: USA, Germany, Canada, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.
Style: sexy, stylized, colorful, light, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, date night
Plot: prison, broadway, femme fatale, desire for fame, legal, jail, lawyer, jazz, musician, music, flapper, rising to stardom ...
Time: 1920s, 1900s, 2000s, 20th century, year 2002
Place: chicago, usa, illinois
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 8.1
 459K
Ford v Ferrari (2019)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story: American car designer Carroll Shelby and the British-born driver Ken Miles work together to battle corporate interference, the laws of physics, and their own personal demons to build a revolutionary race car for Ford Motor Company and take on the ...
Style: inspirational, realistic, captivating, exciting, motivational ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: racing, car, racecar driver, car racing, car race, talented, auto mechanic, rise to the top, race, race car, friendship, desire for fame ...
Time: 60s, 2010s, year 2019, year 1959, 20th century ...
Place: france, los angeles, italy
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A Perfect Man (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A struggling writer finds a shortcut to fame, but a blackmailer threatens to ruin his perfect life.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, captivating, art house ...
Plot: fall in love, writers, desire for fame, writer's life, hidden identity, love and romance, young man, cons and scams, artists and showbiz, blackmail, impostor, police ...
Time: year 2015, 21st century
Place: france, algeria
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 8.4
 425K
Amadeus (1984)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, France
Duration: 160 min.
Story: The incredible story of genius musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri – now confined to an insane asylum.
Style: inspirational, epic, costume drama, clever, period piece ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: music, classical music, composer, genius, mozart, envy, opera, musician, musician's life, mentor, obsession, bohemian life ...
Time: 18th century, 1790s, 1820s, 1800s, georgian era ...
Place: vienna, austria, eastern europe, italy, europe ...
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The L.A. Complex (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Six young performers having been dubbed “most likely to succeed” in their hometowns now face the challenges and opportunities of a lifetime in the City of Angels.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, sexy ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: desire for fame, artists and showbiz, temptation, lifestyle, hopes, follow your dream, talent agent, sex scene, roommate, dancer, showbiz, ambitious ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, southern california
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 3.7
 38K
Spice World (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The film follows the Spice Girls and their entourage (mostly fictional characters) - manager Clifford, his assistant Deborah, filmmaker Piers (who is trying to shoot a documentary on "the real Spice Girls") and others in their everyday ...
Style: feel good, humorous, entertaining, light, satirical ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, girls' night, kids
Plot: desire for fame, music, friendship, music band, stereotypes, childhood, performer's life, media, on the road, celebrity culture, paparazzi, disorder ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: england, europe, london, tower bridge london
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American Dreamz (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The new season of "American Dreamz," the wildly popular television singing contest, has captured the country's attention, as the competition looks to be between a young Midwestern gal (Moore) and a showtunes-loving young man from ...
Style: humorous, feel good, parody, light, melancholic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: satire, desire for fame, contests and competitions, disorder, rising to stardom, fish out of water, showbiz, media, artists and showbiz, music, state affairs, head of state ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: iraq, usa, ohio, manhattan new york city, new york
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 6.4
 93K
Burlesque (2010)
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: The Burlesque Lounge has its best days behind it. Tess, a retired dancer and owner of the venue, struggles to keep the aging theater alive, facing all kinds of financial and artistic challenges. With the Lounge's troupe members becoming ...
Style: sexy, romantic, light, teen, entertaining ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot: dancing, performer's life, desire for fame, cabaret, ambition, burlesque, love and romance, happy ending, dancer, nightlife, sexy woman, nightclub ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, iowa, usa
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Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs like "Killer Queen", "Bohemian ...
Style: inspirational, touching, rough, informative, historical drama ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: musician, lgbt, music, gay, aids, singer, rock band, rock music, musician's life, friendship between men, fame, rock concert ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 2010s, future, 70s ...
Place: england, atlanta georgia, los angeles, edinburgh scotland, munich germany ...
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Eastbound & Down (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story: Years after he turned his back on his hometown, a burned-out major league ballplayer returns to teach phys ed at his old middle school.
Style: humorous, sitcom, not serious, realistic, funny ...
Audience: teens
Plot: baseball, desire for fame, teacher, ambition, lifestyle, ex athlete, obsession, stupidity, dark humor, loser, delusion, coach ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: north carolina, hawaii, mexico, usa
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 5.7
 120K
Coyote Ugly (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her "day" job as a barmaid at ...
Style: entertaining, romantic, stylized, exciting, sexy ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: dancing, music, nightclub, ambition, dancer's life, love affair, father daughter relationship, nightlife, parents and children, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, employer employee relationship, dance ...
Time: 2000s, year 2000, y2k, 21st century
Place: new york, new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city
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 6.3
 7K
Killing Bono (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Neil and Ivan McCormick, two Irish brothers who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as their high school friends U2 become the biggest band in the world.
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty ...
Plot: desire for fame, follow your dream, friends, ambition, teenage life, teenage boy, brother brother relationship, rivalry, rock and roll, family relations, youth, hopes ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1976, 70s
Place: europe, dublin ireland, ireland
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Before I Self Destruct (2009)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: A coming of age story about an inner-city youth raised by a hardworking single mother. When his dream of becoming a basketball player fails to materialize, he finds himself employed in a supermarket. After his mother is tragically gunned down, ...
Style: hood, serious, rough, realistic, crime drama ...
Plot: desire for fame, hip hop, life is a bitch, youth, family relations, basketball, hopes, rivalry, urban, gang, black, criminal heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After a talent scout spots her performing with her dog Boi at a charity gala, Sharpay Evans sets off for the bright lights of NYC, convinced instant fame and fortune are in the bag. But theatre's a dog-eat-dog world. Fortunately, Sharpay also ...
Style: humorous, sentimental, realistic, semi serious, teen ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: artists and showbiz, showbiz, lifestyle, rivalry, human animal relationship, actor's life, desire for fame, follow your dream, love and romance, teenager, disorder, musician's life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil (2010)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil is an Emmy Nominated animated television series created by animator Sandro Corsaro, about a young boy named Clarence "Kick" Buttowski, who aspires to become the world's greatest daredevil. It became ...
Style: exciting, slapstick comedy, humorous, not serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids
Plot: follow your dream, desire for fame, young heroes, brother brother relationship, male protagonist, heroes, superhero, skateboard, best friend, adventurer, 14 year old boy, young boy ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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Any Given Sunday (1999)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story: A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance and forces the aging coach to reevaluate his game plans and life. A new co-owner/president adds to ...
Style: inspirational, intense, stylized, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, manly, adult
Plot: american football, football, underdog, coach, sport team, nudity, desire for fame, success, ambition, fame, business, entrepreneur ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: boston, usa, florida, los angeles, dallas texas ...
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 4.5
 170
Our song (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Musical, Mystery, Romance
Country: Israel
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: HaShir Shelanu is an Israeli daily comical musical drama that had finished its 4th season airing on the yes-5 Israeli Movie Channel and repeating on Channel 2. The last episode aired in April 2007.
Style: humorous, semi serious, sentimental, feel good, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: desire for fame, musician's life, ego clash, lifestyle, rivalry, ambition, couples, social differences, love and romance, fall in love, society, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: middle east, israel
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 7.4
 187
The Buzz (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story: Brazilian telenovela based on the 1985 telenovela of the same name.
Style: sexy, novela, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: couples, fashion, rivalry, love and romance, uninhibited rivalry, contests and competitions, desire for fame, hopes, fall in love, blind ambition, rivals, fashion model ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil, latin america
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The Bogus Witch Project (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A series of short films spoofing "The Blair Witch Project."
Style: parody, humorous, witty, not serious, light ...
Plot: buddies, desire for fame, filmmaking, escapades, nothing goes right, disorder, obsessive quest, artists and showbiz, media satire, danger, woods, found footage ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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Showgirls 2: Penny's from Heaven (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Las Vegas stripper, Penny Slot (Rena Riffel), sets out on an adventure to become the star dancer on a dance television show. With stars in her eyes, she tries to find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow but instead finds danger in a town more ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, sexy, captivating, parody ...
Plot: betrayal, desire for fame, interracial relations, ambition, sex scene, nightlife, artists and showbiz, seduction, dancer, interracial romance, topless woman, erotica ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, los angeles
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Everybody's Famous! (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Belgium, Netherlands, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Jean is a family man and factory worker who dreams of becoming a songwriter. Pinning his hopes on his teenage daughter, Marva, he takes her to singing contests in which the awkward and overweight girl struggles to belt out a tune. When Jean is ...
Style: touching, satirical, feel good, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot: kidnapping, father daughter relationship, working class, farce, obsession, crime gone awry, showbiz, unemployment, unlikely criminals, desire for fame, obsessive quest, teenage life ...
Time: 90s
Place: belgium, europe
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Bicycling with Molière (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Serge Tanneur (Fabrice Luchini) is at the pinnacle of his acting career when he decides to turn his back on show business and become a hermit living off of France’s Atlantic coast. Three years later, Gauthier Valence (Lambert Wilson), a beloved TV ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, touching, witty, art house ...
Plot: cycling, comeback, friendship, desire for fame, lifestyle, ambition, actor's life, odd couple, partner, love triangle, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, retirement ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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 6.1
 4K
Trust Me (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Trust Me follows flailing Hollywood agent Howard, who seemingly strikes gold after signing the next big child star. What results is an unexpected ride through the nasty inner workings of Hollywood, as Howard desperately tries to make it in an ...
Style: humorous, cynical, semi serious, realistic, independent film ...
Plot: starlet, showbiz, desire for fame, ambition, lifestyle, prodigy, intrigue, artists and showbiz, youth, rivalry, celebrity culture, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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Not Fade Away (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Set in suburban New Jersey in the 1960s, a group of friends form a rock band and try to make it big.
Style: sincere, captivating, sentimental, touching, realistic ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: music band, rivalry, follow your dream, desire for fame, lifestyle, ambition, rebelliousness, friendship, social relations, youth, buddies, ego clash ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 1967, year 1963
Place: new jersey, usa, los angeles, pacific ocean, california
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 5.7
 7K
Sparkle (2012)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: Musical prodigy, Sparkle (Jordin Sparks) struggles to become a star while overcoming issues that are tearing her family apart. From an affluent Detroit area and daughter to a single mother (Whitney Houston), she tries to balance a new romance with ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental, inspirational ...
Plot: musician's life, family relations, ambition, rising to stardom, desire for fame, music band, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, family problems, showbiz, black, african american ...
Time: year 2012, 60s, 20th century
Place: detroit, usa, michigan
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 8.2
 37K
Party Down (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Party Down is an American comedy television series that follows a Los Angeles, California, catering team for the titular company. The sextet of aspiring Hollywood actors and writers, as well as drifting lost souls, work small-time catering gigs ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, witty, not serious, cynical ...
Plot: party, comedian, workplace, actor, desire for fame, friendship, workplace situations, partner, disorder, team, hollywood, staff ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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The Beautiful Life: TBL (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The daily lives of young models living together in a models' residence in New York, while struggling to deal with the cutthroat competition and fleeting fame of the fashion world.
Style: sexy, realistic, serious, captivating, contemplative
Audience: teens
Plot: young adult, rise to the top, desire for fame, ambition, lifestyle, intrigue, teenage life, dishonesty, youth, rivalry, haunted by the past, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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