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Céline (2008)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A biopic on singer Céline Dion.
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, captivating
Plot: desire for fame, rise to the top, prodigy, relationship vs career, ambition, musician's life, showbiz, couples, rising to stardom, lifestyle, fall in love, tragic love ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.7
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Ragamuffin (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story: RAGAMUFFIN is based on the true story of Rich Mullins, a musical prodigy who rose to Christian music fame and fortune only to walk away and live on a Navajo reservation. An artistic genius raised on a tree farm in Indiana by a weathered, callous ...
Style: realistic, serious
Plot: faith, prodigy, ambition, musician's life, celebrity culture, religions or cults, youth, rising to stardom, society, church, farm, christian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: indiana, tennessee
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 8.2
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Stupid Hype (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Story: When the dopest white break dancer of the 1990's tries to bust a move but ends up busting an ankle instead, he seeks the wise counsel of a hip-hop grand master (Flavor Flav) to reinvent himself as an MC and rapper.
Style: humorous, realistic, not serious, parody, captivating
Audience: teens
Plot: goofy hero, hip hop culture, musician's life, ambition, rising to stardom, desire for fame, follow your dream, silly humor, performer's life, career change, music, hip hop ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
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 5.9
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Incognito (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: This offbeat musical drama stars Lucas (Bénabar), an up-and-coming singer ready to do anything to be on top of the French pop scene.
Style: witty, semi serious, humorous, realistic
Plot: desire for fame, musician's life, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, rising to stardom, disorder, dishonesty, rock, hopes, cons and scams, hidden identity, friends ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: france, europe
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Goddess (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Elspeth Dickens dreams of finding her "voice" despite being stuck in an isolated farmhouse with her twin toddlers. A web-cam becomes her pathway to fame and fortune, but at a price.
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, sentimental, rom com ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: follow your dream, lifestyle, ambition, rising to stardom, musician's life, showbiz, twins, hopes, artists and showbiz, parents and children, theater, girl ...
Time: 21st century
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Punching the Clown (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A satirical songwriter comes to Los Angeles and puts his life's work in jeopardy.
Style: humorous, satirical, captivating, entertaining, cult classic ...
Plot: mistaken identity, showbiz, rising to stardom, media, ambition, musician's life, overnight success, farce, comedian, folklore, down on your luck, music ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
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 6.5
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Sister Smile (2009)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A biography of the Belgian nun Jeannine Deckers, who became a popular singer in the early 1960s and struggled with the contradiction between the church and her true self.
Style: sincere, realistic, serious, emotional, captivating ...
Plot: nun, convent, ambition, musician's life, follow your dream, showbiz, mother superior, society, against the rules, rising to stardom, life is a bitch, rise and fall ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: belgium, europe
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 4.9
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See Arnold Run (2005)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: This biographical docu-drama alternates between two parallel threads in the life of Arnold Schwarzenegger: his formative early years as the repeat winner of the Mr. Olympia body-building championship; and his modern foray into the world of politics, ...
Style: serious, realistic, captivating
Plot: politics, campaign, ambition, actor's life, rise to the top, athlete's life, rise and fall, showbiz, relationship vs career, bodybuilding, couple relations, rising to stardom ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, austria, san diego california, los angeles
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 6.4
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Lucy (2003)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: MOW about the life of Lucille Ball, focusing on the loving yet tumultuous relationship with Desi Arnaz.
Style: captivating, light, emotional, humorous, realistic ...
Plot: infidelity, gambling, actor's life, couple relations, couples, artists and showbiz, rising to stardom, musician's life, jealousy, love, girl, hollywood ...
Time: 21st century
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M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 184 min.
Story: The film is based on the life of Indian cricketer and the current captain of the Indian national cricket team, Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Style: uplifting, captivating, serious, realistic, patriotic ...
Plot: cricket, rags to riches, biopic, athlete's life, rise to the top, ambition, sport team, rivalry, contests and competitions, rising to stardom, patriot, meaning of life ...
Time: year 2011, 2000s, 21st century
Place: india
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 6.1
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Out of Tune (2008)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: Brazil
Duration: 139 min.
Story: 'Slightly Out Of Tune' is about a group of friends who come of age during the political turmoil that plagued Brazil in the 1960's and 70's. Together, these musicians form a band called "Os Desafinados" and become a part ...
Style: realistic, serious, touching, sentimental
Plot: music, friendship, love triangle, fall in love, rise to the top, ambition, desire for fame, love and romance, society, rising to stardom, youth, rivalry ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: rio de janeiro, brazil, new york
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Anatomy of a Love Seen (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: From Writer/Director Marina Rice Bader (Executive Producer Elena Undone, A Perfect Ending) comes this film within a film that explores love in all its painful and messy glory. Six months ago Zoe and Mal fell for each other while filming a love ...
Style: serious, touching, captivating, sexy, erotic ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbianism, lesbian romance, couples, lesbian love, love affair, love and romance, lgbt, woman woman relationship, gays and lesbians, rising to stardom, lesbian couple ...
Time: 21st century
Place: indiana
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The Blackout (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A rag tag band of idiots on the verge of signing a recording contract is sandbagged by their lead singer, Chas Knopfler, into throwing the mother of all parties the night before they embark on a world tour. Eddie Mesmer, the rhythm guitarist, ...
Style: teen sex comedy, semi serious, humorous, realistic, feel good ...
Audience: adult
Plot: drug abuse, artists and showbiz, musician's life, rising to stardom, desire for fame, sexual relations, celebrity culture, friends, music band, ambition, student life, masturbation ...
Time: 21st century
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Cilla (2014)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 138 min.
TV show
Story: Three-part biopic of the Liverpudlian songbird who would later find fame and fortune. It tells of her rocky road to fame and captures the essence of 1960s Liverpool.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, sentimental, entertaining ...
Plot: pop singer, desire for fame, ambition, musician's life, artists and showbiz, rising to stardom, friendship, fame, biopic, post war, dating, redheaded woman ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place: liverpool, england
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 5.6
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Cowboy Up (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: "Cowboy Up" is a celebration of the risk-taking, daredevil personalities of modern rodeo. In the world of professional bull riding, newcomer Ely Braxton (Marcus Thomas) is the craziest guy around; his brother Hank (Kiefer Sutherland) is a ...
Style: realistic, serious, sincere, touching, sex comedy
Plot: love affair, love triangle, friendship, rivalry, family relations, couples, relationship vs career, parents and children, fish out of water, unfulfilled love, redemption, fall in love ...
Time: 90s
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Eight Miles High (2007)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Achim Bornhak's movie focuses on the restless life of Uschi Obermaier, the icon of the 1968 movement in Germany and groupie. At the age of 16, Uschi is bored by her job in a photo lab, but soon becomes the "it girl" of Munich's ...
Style: serious, psychological, realistic, melancholic, captivating ...
Plot: revolution, hippie, politics, rising to stardom, addiction, prodigy, music band, love and romance, rise and fall, destructive relationship, musician's life, couples ...
Time: 60s, year 1968, 20th century
Place: germany, europe, hamburg germany, berlin germany, munich germany ...
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Finding Rin Tin Tin (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The true story of the legendary German Shepherd who was found by American pilot Lee Duncun in France during World War I, and later became the most famous animal star in Hollywood history.
Style: realistic, semi serious, captivating, touching, exciting
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: dog, world war one, german shepherd, family relations, escapades, rising to stardom, animal life, danger, daring rescue, save the day, battle zone, filmmaking ...
Time: 1910s
Place: france, europe, usa
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One Man Up (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The debut feature by acclaimed Italian director Paolo Sorrentino (Il Divo) is a stylish and blackly comic look at the dark side of fame. Evocatively set during the eighties, the film charts the decline of two men both named Antonio Pisapia who lead ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, sincere, touching ...
Plot: follow your dream, rising to stardom, musician's life, starting over, ambition, rise and fall, vengeance, destiny, showbiz, career change, lifestyle, athlete's life ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 2001, year 1984, year 1980
Place: italy, naples italy, europe
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In His Life: The John Lennon Story (2000)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A film about the early life of the rock musician and his burgeoning career as a member of the Beatles.
Style: captivating, sincere, serious, realistic, rockumentary
Plot: musician, the beatles, prodigy, musician's life, rise to the top, ambition, against the odds, rock music, rising to stardom, lifestyle, youth, working class ...
Time: 60s, 50s, 1950s
Place: england, europe
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Out of Sync (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Roger Deacon, a down-and-out record producer, is given the job of making a singing star out of an industry mogul's girlfriend, an attractive but talentless starlet. He discovers a housewife with a powerful singing voice and decides to secretly ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, entertaining, realistic ...
Plot: hidden identity, desire for fame, ambition, rise to the top, celebrity culture, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, performer's life, cons and scams, showbiz, disorder, music industry ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
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Child Star: The Shirley Temple Story (2001)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 95 min.
TV show
Story: As America struggled through the Great Depression in the 1930s, a little girl with big dimples and indescribable charm danced her way into the hearts of moviegoers around the world.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, independent film
Audience: family outing, preschool
Plot: hollywood, youth, showbiz, rise to the top, actor's life, lifestyle, desire for fame, ambition, family relations, rising to stardom, single parent, teenage life ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s
Place: california, usa
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Evel Knievel (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Legendary daredevil Robbie "Evel" Knievel (George Eads) is profiled in this action-packed biopic helmed by John Badham. Long before extreme sports became ubiquitous, the hard-living exhibitionist vaulted his motorcycle over steep canyons, ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting
Audience: boys' night
Plot: rise to the top, athlete's life, lifestyle, follow your dream, ambition, motorcycle race, desire for fame, hotshot hero, danger, rising to stardom, escapades, motorcycle ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: montana, usa, california
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Meat Loaf: To Hell and Back (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: "Meat Loaf" Aday is an overgrown Texas youngster, the son of a gentle woman dying of cancer and an alcoholic, abusive father. Tormented by his father and schoolmates over his size, he strikes out on his own after his mother's death, ...
Style: realistic, sincere, touching, captivating, semi serious
Plot: showbiz, ambition, desire for fame, rise to the top, love and romance, rising to stardom, life is a bitch, artists and showbiz, musician's life, lifestyle, music band, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 70s
Place: texas, usa, dallas texas
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Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: In 1973, martial arts great Bruce Lee died, his final film, Game of Death, left unfinished. With the public hungry for more Lee, movie execs decide to find a replacement. This outrageous satire looks at the entire process, from the oddball ...
Style: mockumentary, not serious, humorous, parody, realistic ...
Plot: martial arts, actor's life, rising to stardom, rise and fall, against the odds, showbiz, filmmaking, media, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, lifestyle, odd couple ...
Time: 70s
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Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Chronicles the rise and fall of pop king Michael Jackson.
Style: semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous
Plot: rise and fall, ambition, music, rising to stardom, performer's life, showbiz, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, musician's life, singer, pop star, plastic surgery ...
Place: usa
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Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: The story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.
Style: factual, melancholic, inspirational, serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: golf, underdog, biopic, rivalry, rise to the top, lifestyle, rising to stardom, ambition, human spirit, contests and competitions, temperamental, couples ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, year 2004, 1910s, 1920s
Place: europe, harvard university, georgia, atlanta georgia, scotland
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Maradona, the Hand of God (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Italy, Argentina
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Dramatizing of the many shocking highs and lows of Argentine soccer hero Diego Maradona, an extraordinary athlete and arguably the greatest player in the history of the sport.
Style: realistic, uplifting, serious, sentimental, sincere
Plot: athlete's life, rise to the top, rise and fall, lifestyle, ambition, prodigy, rising to stardom, life is a bitch, rehabilitation, hopes, folk hero, rivalry ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 20th century, 60s
Place: argentina, naples italy, napoli italy
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The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story: The story of the rise and fall of the Pre-Fab Four.
Style: parody, mockumentary, spoof, humorous, light ...
Plot: rock and roll, the beatles, music, satire, rock, found footage, monty python, stupidity, music business, musician's life, rising to stardom, music band ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1978
Place: england, europe, germany
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Basquiat (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Director Julian Schnabel illustrates the portrait of his friend, the first African-American pop artist Jean-Michel Basquiat who unfortunately died at a young age and just as he was beginning to make a name for himself in the art world. Alongside the ...
Style: stylized, factual, inspirational, atmospheric, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: art, artist, graffiti, painter, drug abuse, biopic, painting, drug addiction, art history, drug, self destructing, rising to stardom ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1996, year 1981
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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American Splendor (2003)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.
Style: realistic, stylized, dark comedy, independent film, sincere ...
Plot: artist, writer's life, biopic, depression, loneliness, superhero, art, loser, comic book, antisocial behavior, character study, childhood ...
Time: 20th century, year 2003, 2000s, 70s, 60s ...
Place: usa, ohio, new york, cleveland ohio
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