Rising to stardom movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant rising to stardom movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, captivating, entertaining, feel good and touching films and TV shows about / with rising to stardom, ambition, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, music, musician's life, female nudity, biopic, fame and singer plots mostly in Drama, Music and Biography genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as rising to stardom: Perfect Blue (1997), The Blind Side (2009), Big Time Rush (2009), Rush (2013), Notorious (2009), Burlesque (2010), Survivor's Remorse (2014), Smash (2012), Rocketman (2019), Austin & Ally (2011).
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119K
Genre: Animation, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A retired pop singer turned actress' sense of reality is shaken when she is stalked by an obsessed fan and seemingly a ghost of her past.
Style:
adult animation, suspense, suspenseful, surreal, anime ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, murder, obsession, twists and turns, stalking, actor's life, actress, violence, stalker, rising to stardom, danger, mentally unstable ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1997
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Oversized African-American, Michael Oher, the teen from across the tracks and a broken home, has nowhere to sleep at age 16. Taken in by an affluent Memphis couple, Michael embarks on a remarkable rise to play for the NFL.
Style:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, emotional, motivational ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
american football, adoption, life, african american, football, christian, interracial relations, human spirit, family drama, rising to stardom, interracial adoption, strong female character ...
Time:
year 2009, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, boston, tennessee, america, mississippi ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Four teenage friends move from Minneapolis to Los Angeles to form a potential chart-topping boy band after Kendall is inadvertently discovered by an eccentric record executive, Gustavo Rocque. As they seize this opportunity of a lifetime, these ...
Style:
sitcom, semi serious, feel good, captivating, funny ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
teenager, rising to stardom, boy band, music band, friends, ex athlete, high school, high school life, siblings relations, teenage life, love and romance, music ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, minnesota
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554K
Genre: 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, exciting, clever, visually stunning ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
racing, race car, car race, racecar driver, formula 1, success, rise to the top, motor sport, car racing, race, world champion, rivalry ...
Time:
70s, year 2013, 2010s, year 1970, year 1976 ...
Place:
europe, britain, vienna, japan, mount fuji ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
NOTORIOUS is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (once selling crack to pregnant women) to one of the greatest rappers of all time; THE NOTORIOUS ...
Style:
hood, sincere, melancholic, factual, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, african american, urban ghetto life, music, biopic, rising to stardom, musician, fame, success, ghetto, female singer, sacrifice ...
Time:
year 2009, 20th century, 80s, year 1983, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, los angeles, brooklyn new york city, new jersey
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99K
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:
romantic, sexy, entertaining, light, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
dancing, performer's life, desire for fame, cabaret, dancer, burlesque, ambition, love and romance, happy ending, sexy woman, nightlife, nightclub ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, iowa, usa, canada
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Cam Calloway is about to find out the price he'll pay for stardom, love and loyalty. A basketball star in his early 20s, Calloway's life changes after he signs a multimillion-dollar contract with a team in Atlanta. He arrives in Georgia ...
Style:
humorous, touching, realistic, semi serious, sitcom ...
Plot:
athlete's life, rising to stardom, friendship, celebrity culture, black, glory, family life, wealthy family, price of fame, success, family problems, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania
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19K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Smash is an American musical drama television series created by playwright Theresa Rebeck and developed by Robert Greenblatt for NBC. Steven Spielberg served as one of the executive producers. The series was broadcast in the US by NBC and produced ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, stylized, teen ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
dancer, showbiz, actor's life, young woman, producer, actor, ambition, desire for fame, follow your dream, lifestyle, rising to stardom, starlet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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208K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.
Style:
inspirational, uplifting, touching, stylized, compassionate ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
musician, rock music, homosexual, homosexuality, biopic, lgbt, gay, rock and roll, addiction, pop music, rising to stardom, drug use ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, 70s, 2010s, future ...
Place:
california, england, los angeles, london, new york ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
A comedy about the unique relationship between a young songwriter, Ally Dawson, and Austin Moon, the overnight internet sensation who gains sudden notoriety after performing one of Ally's songs. Austin and Ally struggle with how to maintain and ...
Style:
sitcom, not serious, novela, realistic, humorous
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
teenage life, rising to stardom, youth, artists and showbiz, shyness, music, conservative, singer, friends, friendship, group of friends, songwriter ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
miami, florida, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A new-wave extravaganza in which a young woman wants to become the next big singer with the help of her friends and despite the wishes of her working class family.
Style:
erotic, realistic, laugh out loud, psychotronic, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
couples, hopes, friends, cinderella story, love and romance, follow your dream, artists and showbiz, ambition, showbiz, rising to stardom, musician's life, rock and roll ...
Time:
80s, year 1982
Place:
australia, sydney australia, new south wales
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Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young girl is plucked from small-town obscurity and thrust into the spotlight of the glamorous world of super-models.
Style:
clever, stylized, realistic, captivating, cynical ...
Plot:
fashion, obsession, model, rise and fall, rags to riches, lifestyle, rising to stardom, rise to the top, desire for fame, showbiz, celebrity culture, fame ...
Time:
90s
Place:
paris france, canada, europe, france, montreal ...
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Italy, Japan, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
With the use of flashback, an elderly Charlie Chaplin discusses his autobiography with his editor, who urges him to be more vulnerable and emotionally honest with his memoirs while journeying through his poverty-stricken childhood, closest ...
Style:
sentimental, inspirational, period piece, costume drama, factual ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
biopic, rising to stardom, mccarthyism, childhood, filmmaker, flashback, actor's life, hollywood, female nudity, success, film history, filmmaking ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 70s, 1930s, 1800s ...
Place:
london, california, england, los angeles, switzerland
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 85 min.
TV show
Story:
The film, which chronicles Garland's life from her first public performance in 1924 until her death in 1969, is divided into two parts: the first part depicts her rise to fame in the 1930s, her descent into drugs, and her fall from grace in the ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
longing, addiction, biopic, filmmaking, showbiz, rising to stardom, actor's life, singer, lifestyle, ambition, family problems, celebrity culture ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 1930s, 50s
Place:
usa, california, london, new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Documentary, Biography, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
With the help of her mother, family, friends, and fellow musicians, Aiyana Elliott reaches for her father, legendary cowboy troubadour, Ramblin' Jack Elliott. She explores who he is and how he got there, working back and forth between archival ...
Style:
melancholic, suspenseful, touching, sincere, serious ...
Plot:
music, father daughter relationship, rising to stardom, musician's life, prodigy, character study, family relations, estrangement, relationship vs career, showbiz, parents and children, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
50s, 1930s
Place:
usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city, new york ...
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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
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16K
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Bored with Bollywood movies but fascinated with their Hollywood counterparts from his youth, Ram dreams to become a singer and actor in America, the country where dreams are made. He is encouraged when his American-based close friend, Vijay Rao, ...
Style:
feel good, sex comedy, humorous, rom com, witty ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
guru, porn industry, secret life, rising to stardom, lifestyle, fish out of water, new love, society, misfit, disorder, dancer's life, sexual dysfunction ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s
Place:
new york, india, usa, asia, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 186 min.
Story:
The true story of the "Flying Sikh" world champion runner and Olympian Milkha Singh who overcame the massacre of his family, civil war during the India-Pakistan partition, and homelessness to become one of India's most iconic athletes.
Style:
cult classic, inspirational, patriotic, realistic, meditative ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
rise to the top, olympics, biopic, talented, running, life, athlete's life, indians, lifestyle, rising to stardom, army, ambition ...
Time:
year 2013, 60s, 50s, 20th century, 1940s ...
Place:
india, middle east, asia, pakistan, rome italy
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Hungary
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Biography of the African-American who became a major performer in the Paris cabarets of the 1920's and 1930's. The film follows her life beginning as a struggling performer in 1917 St. Louis, her frustrations leading to her move to France, ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, emotional, serious, entertaining ...
Plot:
african american, performer, dancer, racism, vaudeville, orchestra, showbiz, cabaret, lifestyle, rising to stardom, follow your dream, human spirit ...
Time:
1930s, victorian era, 1920s, 1910s, 70s ...
Place:
france, america, paris france, missouri, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A kid from the Midwest moves out to Hollywood in order to follow in his parents footsteps -- and become a porn star.
Style:
humorous, not serious, entertaining, feel good, sexual ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
sexual humor, porn industry, filmmaking, adult filmmaking, desire for fame, follow your dream, lifestyle, rising to stardom, misfit, goofy hero, showbiz, fish out of water ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, idaho, usa
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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, sentimental, emotional, inspirational ...
Plot:
musician's life, family relations, ambition, rising to stardom, desire for fame, lifestyle, music band, artists and showbiz, family problems, showbiz, black, african american ...
Time:
year 2012, 60s, 20th century
Place:
michigan, detroit, usa
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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
Plot:
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:
60s, 20th century
Is relevant?
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: France, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A cliché hunchbacked evil scientist's assistant aspires to become a scientist himself, much to the displeasure of the rest of the evil science community.
Style:
humorous, witty, 3d animation, semi serious, funny ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens, horror for children
Plot:
mad scientist, brainwashing, experiment, halloween, evil scientist, rivalry, ambition, follow your dream, rising to stardom, hunchback, plan gone awry, experiment gone awry ...
Time:
year 2008
Place:
europe
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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 ...
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
“Majo” Tonorio, a.k.a. Filly Brown, is a raw, young Los Angeles hip-hop artist who spits from the heart. When a sleazy record producer offers her a crack at rap stardom, Majo faces some daunting choices. With an incarcerated mother, a record ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, sincere, psychological, hood ...
Plot:
hip hop, ambition, moral dilemma, rising to stardom, desire for fame, radio dj, musician's life, follow your dream, artists and showbiz, music, music industry, exploitation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Instant Star is a Canadian television program which aired from September 2004 to June 2008. The series starred Alexz Johnson as adolescent music competition winner Jude Harrison. The show chronicles Harrison's experience in the recording ...
Style:
feel good, captivating, touching, humorous, teen ...
Audience:
kids, teens, teen drama
Plot:
aspiring singer, teenage life, follow your dream, desire for fame, rising to stardom, lifestyle, music, contests and competitions, love and romance, forbidden love, parents and children, teenager ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Documentary, Sport
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
A big-screen look into one of America's most successful entertainment industries, NASCAR racing.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, ambition, athlete's life, rising to stardom, contests and competitions, hotshot hero, ego clash, danger, chases and races, racing, race, sports car ...
Time:
year 1947, 21st century
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The story of Little Richard Penniman, from his poor Southern upbringing to dealing with the trials and tribulations of being a Black singer in the 1950s, to his born-again phase and brief "retirement" from rock and roll.
Style:
captivating, touching, sentimental, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
rock, singer, biopic, relationship vs career, rising to stardom, musician's life, self discovery, lifestyle, celebrity, career change, haunted by the past, society ...
Time:
1940s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
georgia, usa, sydney australia, los angeles
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Born Vickie Lynn Hogan, she had a son at 18, became a stripper at 20, and married a billionaire at 26. Sheer determination turned her into Anna Nicole Smith, playmate, model and a household name.
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
lifestyle, rising to stardom, physical appearance, celebrity culture, artists and showbiz, hollywood, rags to riches, drug, older man younger woman relationship, marriage, fame, celebrity ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
This film chronicles the life of Lane Frost, 1987 PRCA Bull Riding World Champion, his marriage and his friendships with Tuff Hedeman (three-time World Champion) and Cody Lambert.
Style:
sentimental, captivating, realistic, sincere, independent film ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
rodeo, rodeo cowboy, ambition, rivalry, rising to stardom, love, contests and competitions, human spirit, underdog, rise and fall, poetry, father son relationship ...
Time:
80s, year 1994, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, oklahoma, arizona, new jersey
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