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The One I Wrote For You (2014)
Genre: Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: THE ONE I WROTE FOR YOU follows a songwriter who defers his dreams to support his family. He gets a second chance when his 10-year-old daughter, Gracie, secretly enters his name into a song writing contest/reality show. Fourteen original songs help ...
Style: serious, touching, sentimental, feel good, realistic
Audience: family outing
Plot: ambition, family relations, musician's life, rising to stardom, parents and children, contests and competitions, hopes, music, artists and showbiz, songwriter, father daughter relationship, aspiring musician ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, chicago, san antonio texas, new york
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The Brittany Murphy Story (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A look at Brittany Murphy's rise to Hollywood fame in the 1990s, her struggles with celebrity and self-esteem, and her mysterious death in 2009 at the age of 32.
Style: sentimental, serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: rising to stardom, desire for fame, rise and fall, ambition, actor's life, artists and showbiz, celebrity culture, parents and children, mental illness, death of wife, death of daughter, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: year 1994, year 2004, year 2003, year 2005, year 1990 ...
Place: puerto rico, new jersey, usa
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May Allah Bless France! (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: French rapper, author, and spoken word artist Abd Al Malik makes his directorial debut with this adaptation of his 2004 autobiography, chronicling his upbringing in the crime- and drug-ridden streets of Strasbourg and his life-changing encounters ...
Style: captivating, inspirational, psychological, atmospheric, rough ...
Plot: rising to stardom, urban ghetto life, juvenile delinquency, follow your dream, religions or cults, hip hop, redemption, coming of age, ambition, life is a bitch, islam, biopic ...
Time: 20th century, year 2014, 80s
Place: france
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The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story (2014)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story delves into the experiences of six unknown young actors placed into the Hollywood spotlight, exposing the challenges of growing up under public scrutiny.
Style: serious, realistic, sentimental
Plot: rising to stardom, teenage life, showbiz, actor's life, ambition, youth, celebrity culture, hollywood, coming of age, artists and showbiz, media, film within a film
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2010s
Place: usa, california, los angeles
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Crazy Sexy Cool: The TLC Story (2013)
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: realistic, serious, sincere, captivating
Audience: girls' night
Plot: musician's life, music band, rising to stardom, ambition, hip hop, artists and showbiz, music, bankruptcy, black, blaxploitation, girl power, pop star ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
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 5.0
 660
WTF (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Rémi Gaillard is the real character of the World network, troll, provocateur, one of the biggest-selling comic actor in Europe. One and a half milliards of viewing and millions of fans. A day came, and he decided to steady down: got married, ...
Style: not serious, humorous, light, entertaining, slapstick ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: buddies, prank, desire for fame, ambition, rising to stardom, disorder, fictional reality show, escapades, sex, silly humor, friends, computers and web
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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Martin and Lewis (2002)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The story of the 10-year rocky relationship between Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, slapstick, sexual
Plot: ambition, friendship, rising to stardom, desire for fame, actor's life, rise and fall, musician's life, showbiz, breakup, rise to the top, celebrity culture, betrayal ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 60s, 50s, 1950s
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 5.6
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Filly Brown (2012)
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, rising to stardom, desire for fame, moral dilemma, ambition, follow your dream, musician's life, artists and showbiz, music, radio dj, strong female presence, producer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
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 7.5
 3K
Instant Star (2004)
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: teens, kids, teen drama
Plot: teenage life, follow your dream, ambition, rising to stardom, desire for fame, aspiring singer, music, lifestyle, contests and competitions, love and romance, parents and children, teenager ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: canada
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NASCAR: The IMAX Experience (2004)
Genre: Documentary, Sport
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 48 min.
Story: A big-screen look into one of America's most successful entertainment industries, NASCAR racing.
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, tense
Audience: boys' night
Plot: car chase, ambition, contests and competitions, rising to stardom, athlete's life, ego clash, hotshot hero, chases and races, danger, racing, race, sports car ...
Time: year 1947, 21st century
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Cantinflas (2014)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Mike Todd is a Broadway producer struggling to produce the film. Around the World in 80 Days. In Mexico, Mario Moreno, a young entertainer is struggling to get some respect, and he manages to become a star. A twist of faith makes them partners. ...
Style: serious, sentimental, captivating, realistic, crying
Plot: biopic, filmmaking, hollywood, rise to the top, rising to stardom, actor's life, showbiz, ambition, artists and showbiz, husband wife relationship, celebrity, fame ...
Time: year 1941, year 2014, year 1958, year 1955, year 1940 ...
Place: usa, los angeles, mexico city, mexico
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 6.6
 721
Gleason (2002)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The story begins at the height of Gleason's career. He has it all: women, wealth, and extraordinary power. But he is haunted by memories of his childhood. Gleason spends his formative years entering amateur contests, performing in sleazy night ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, captivating, sincere, weeping
Plot: womanizer, actor's life, ambition, rising to stardom, relationship vs career, couples, couple relations, destructive relationship, showbiz, unfulfillment, alcohol abuse, comedian ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 50s
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city
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Made in Hungaria (2009)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: Hungary
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Miklós Fenyö's parents returned to Communist Hungary in the mid sixties - when everyone else was fleeing to the West. Miki's old friends don't know what to make of his outrageous clothes, flawless American accent and collection of ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, captivating, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: rising to stardom, music band, artists and showbiz, family relations, rise and fall, youth, misfit, music, desire for fame, rock, immigrant, tough heroes ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: hungary, europe, budapest
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Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: In the Lifetime® movie, THE FANTASIA BARRINO STORY: LIFE IS NOT A FAIRYTALE, a single teenage mother overcomes all odds - sexual abuse, poverty and illiteracy - by relying on her spectacular singing voice. She ultimately gains national prominence ...
Style: uplifting, realistic, serious, touching
Audience: girls' night
Plot: sexual abuse, poverty, family relations, biopic, teenage pregnancy, ambition, rising to stardom, aspiring singer, parents and children, artists and showbiz, youth, single parent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: north carolina
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Whitney (2015)
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, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: musician's life, music, rising to stardom, desire for fame, ambition, couple relations, fall in love, addiction, celebrity culture, showbiz, price of fame, pop star ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: usa, indiana
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The Beach Boys: An American Family (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story: This movie re-creates the life stories of the members of the rock group "The Beach Boys. The film focuses primarily on the Wilson brothers and their parents, but also includes stories about the rest of members of the band. A two-part television ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating
Plot: music band, musician's life, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, life is a bitch, ambition, friends, teenage love, listener, beach boys, rock and roll, rock band ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: california, usa
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 6.8
 36K
Jersey Boys (2014)
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: stylized, intense, sentimental, realistic, serious ...
Plot: music, biopic, music band, broadway, rock and roll, musician, life philosophy, desire for fame, rising to stardom, ambition, showbiz, friends ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 50s, 1950s
Place: new jersey, usa
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The Yellow Eyes of Crocodiles (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Two sisters, their families, and sometimes complicated lives.
Style: realistic, compassionate, sincere, cynical, semi serious ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: family relations, direction and purpose, rising to stardom, disorder, aspiring writer, life turned upside down, sister sister relationship, parent child relationship, price of fame, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, working mom ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, paris france
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Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Ireland, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A drama based on Jimi Hendrix's life as he left New York City for London, where his career took off.
Style: realistic, captivating, atmospheric, sincere, retro ...
Plot: musician, music, biopic, rock, musician's life, rising to stardom, rock star, artists and showbiz, infidelity, drug use, guitarist, rock music ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: england, seattle, new york, london
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Bruce Lee, My Brother (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Bruce Lee, My Brother is an action-dramatic biopic of the eponymous martial arts legend as told by his younger brother, Robert Lee. It revolves around Bruce Lee's life as a rebellious adolescent in Hong Kong before he sets off for the USA and ...
Style: exciting, serious, realistic, captivating, mind blowing
Plot: martial arts, master warrior, actor's life, ambition, lifestyle, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, heroes, celebrity culture, showbiz, wing chun, biopic ...
Place: china
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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: This film is a glimpse into the life, love and the unconquerable spirit of the legendary Bruce Lee. From a childhod of rigorous martial arts training, Lee realizes his dream of opening his own kung-fu school in America. Before long, he is discovered ...
Style: uplifting, captivating, realistic, serious, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, biopic, master warrior, actor's life, filmmaking, culture clash, training, father son relationship, american dream, prodigy, rising to stardom ...
Time: 1940s, year 1993, 20th century, 60s, 70s ...
Place: hong kong, los angeles, seattle, california, asia ...
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Halim (2006)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Egypt
Duration: 155 min.
Story: A biopic of Egyptian singer Abdel-Halim Hafez.
Style: realistic, captivating, sentimental, emotional, serious
Plot: musician's life, rising to stardom, ambition, rise to the top, life is a bitch, love and romance, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, showbiz, biopic, singer, cop ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, 60s, 20th century, 50s ...
Place: middle east, africa, egypt
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Interstella5555: The 5tory of The 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, France
Duration: 68 min.
Story: A sci-fi anime House-musical movie collaboration between Daft Punk--and their music--and designer Leiji Matsumoto. During the recording of their DISCOVERY album and using the themes of sci-fi celebrity, decadence and space travel, Daft Punk--with ...
Style: anime, atmospheric, lyrical, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: music, space and aliens, music business, self discovery, space travel, musician's life, rising to stardom, space, rescue, lifestyle, escapades, benign alien ...
Time: future
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The Cheetah Girls (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A four-member teen girl group named the Cheetah Girls go to a Manhattan High School for the Performing Arts and try to become the first freshmen to win the talent show in the school's history. During the talent show auditions, they meet a ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, touching, teen ...
Audience: teens, family outing, chick flick, girls' night, kids ...
Plot: friendship, high school, coming of age, showbiz, teenager, follow your dream, musician's life, fashion, lifestyle, ambition, music band, rising to stardom ...
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Run Ronnie Run (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A redneck with an uncanny knack for getting arrested becomes the star of his own reality program.
Style: humorous, not serious, absurd, cult classic, funny ...
Plot: rise and fall, goofy hero, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, disorder, celebrity culture, hollywood, stoner, absurdism, redneck, satire, beer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.1
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Blonde (2001)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, Canada, USA
Duration: 165 min.
TV show
Story: A fictional biography of Marilyn Monroe mixed with series of real events in her life.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, touching, contemplative ...
Plot: hollywood, starlet, actor's life, historical figure, showbiz, lifestyle, love and romance, rising to stardom, desire for fame, filmmaking, couples, couple relations ...
Time: 60s, 1930s, 1940s, 50s, 1950s
Place: venice beach california, usa, maine
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 6.8
 31K
Selena (1997)
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, factual, emotional, sincere ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, girls' night
Plot: biopic, music, dancing, tragedy, childhood, musician's life, singer, rising to stardom, rock and roll, human spirit, racial segregation, musician ...
Time: 90s, 80s, year 1997, 20th century, year 1995 ...
Place: texas, mexico, usa
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For Your Consideration (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Three actors learn that their respective performances in the film "Home for Purim," a drama set in the mid-1940s American South, are generating award-season buzz.
Style: mockumentary, parody, humorous, talky, not serious ...
Plot: filmmaking, hollywood, satire, dysfunctional family, thanksgiving, farce, rising to stardom, ambition, showbiz, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, actor's life ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
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 8.4
 176K
Entourage (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story: Film star Vince Chase navigates the vapid terrain of Los Angeles with a close circle of friends and his trusty agent.
Style: sitcom, witty, humorous, not serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: producer, wealth, filmmaking, actor, friendship, fame, actor's life, lifestyle, ambition, rising to stardom, showbiz, young man ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, beverly hills, usa
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8 Seconds (1994)
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
Plot: rodeo, rodeo cowboy, cowboy, rising to stardom, rivalry, ambition, love, human spirit, contests and competitions, underdog, rise and fall, father son relationship ...
Time: 80s, year 1994, 20th century
Place: las vegas, oklahoma, arizona
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