| The Favourite (2018) | 7.5 | |
| Barry Lyndon (1975) | 8.1 | |
| Catch Me If You Can (2002) | 8.1 | |
| Scarface (1983) | 8.3 | |
| Excalibur (1981) | 7.3 |
Rise and fall movies and TV shows – page 5
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| Vanguard (2025) | 7.1 | |
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| Toofan (2024) | 7.2 | |
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| Fighter Shiva (2025) | 8.9 |
List of rise and fall movies
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A faux documentary about the rise and fall of fictional country singer Guy Terrifico, featuring some legendary real-life performers.
Style:
humorous, mockumentary, semi documentary, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
rise and fall, ambition, musician's life, showbiz, music band, rising to stardom, music, relationship vs career, friends, addiction, celebrity culture, singer ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Martha, Inc.: The Story of Martha Stewart is a 2003 NBC TV movie starring Cybill Shepherd as Martha Stewart in which the life of Martha Stewart is outlined starting from her life in New Jersey to the scandal behind her arrest.
Style:
witty, humorous, realistic, edutainment, semi serious ...
Plot:
relationship vs career, rise to the top, rise and fall, rising to stardom, lifestyle, workplace situations, celebrity culture, boss and employee, obnoxious boss, media satire, insider trading, stock broker ...
Time:
21st century
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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:
realistic, captivating, sentimental, serious
Plot:
rising to stardom, desire for fame, actor's life, rise and fall, ambition, celebrity culture, artists and showbiz, parents and children, heart attack, death of wife, death of daughter, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 1990, year 2009, year 2004, year 2005, year 2003 ...
Place:
puerto rico, new jersey, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Casual football hooligan Mike Jacobs is going nowhere in life when he meets old friend Eddie Hill at a football match that turns nasty off the pitch. Under Eddie’s tutelage he soon finds himself inducted into the world of credit card fraud, where ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hooligan, ambition, rise and fall, gang, cons and scams, buddies, dishonesty, lifestyle, football hooligan, british gangster, credit card fraud, violent ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
england, britain
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Inspired by the incredible true story of Lucky Singh, an extremely charismatic and fearless confident man and thief who socialized with the rich, famous and influential of Delhi society and then proceeded to rob them blind. He was the bête noire of ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, offbeat, intellectual ...
Plot:
thief, betrayal, master criminal, lifestyle, rise to the top, rise and fall, double life, high society, deception, trial, impersonating, social differences ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, india
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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, bodybuilding, showbiz, relationship vs career, rise and fall, actor's life, rise to the top, athlete's life, ambition, filmmaking, hollywood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, austria, san diego california, los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Sloan McBride is an 1980s music star who is trying to hold on to her career. She hires Jenny as her assistant and Jenny seems to be the perfect employee. However, Jenny is actually planning her revenge because she blames Sloan for ruining her ...
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic ...
Plot:
psychopath, murder, vengeance, musician's life, rise and fall, rivalry, ambition, showbiz, love and romance, mentally unstable, artists and showbiz, obsession ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A failed Hollywood actor returns to his home town in Wisconsin and reminisces about his life in L.A. to a potential new girlfriend about his faults, auditions, misadventures, and confrontations with the evils of Hollywood.
Style:
cynical, semi serious, realistic, humorous, independent film ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, hollywood, filmmaking, ambition, rise to the top, rise and fall, desire for fame, showbiz, homecoming, looking for love, disorder, downfall ...
Time:
90s
Place:
wisconsin, iceland, los angeles, california, milwaukee wisconsin
Is relevant?
826
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: China
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
An actor becomes increasingly introverted and psychotic and his entire family attempts to intervene.
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, emotional, tense ...
Plot:
family in crisis, addiction, rise and fall, tragic hero, rehabilitation, actor's life, haunted by the past, rebelliousness, obsession, mentally unstable, life is a bitch, showbiz ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
china, asia, beijing china
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Fueled by original music by members of Guns N' Roses, Bad Religion, No Doubt, Skid Row, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Hootie & The Blowfish and more... The Still Life tells the story of artist Julian Lamont who struggles to pick up the pieces of ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, emotional, captivating, erotic ...
Plot:
painter, recluse, rise and fall, unfulfillment, alcohol abuse, life is a bitch, ambition, addiction, making love, art, destruction, breakup ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An in-depth biopic of Princess Margaret from the days following her father's death in 1952 until the 1970s. She was known to be a flamboyant royal but she remained a stickler for protocol. She had many controversial romances and also infamously ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, entertaining, period drama
Plot:
royal family, british royal family, royalty, rise and fall, against the rules, dishonesty, love and romance, state affairs, politics, head of state, fall in love, infidelity ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
england, europe, united kingdom
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In 1950s Alabama, the owner of the Honeydripper juke joint finds his business dropping off and against his better judgment, hires a young electric guitarist in a last ditch effort to draw crowds during harvest time.
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, captivating, psychological, cult classic ...
Plot:
blues, music, rise and fall, prodigy, friendship, follow your dream, ambition, musician's life, rising to stardom, love triangle, redneck, club ...
Time:
50s, year 2007, 1950s
Place:
alabama, usa, southern usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, captivating, sexual, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
rise and fall, writer's life, writers, couples, artists and showbiz, love affair, lifestyle, unfulfillment, car accident, novelist, society, biopic ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 21st century
Place:
paris france
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: Brazil
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
José Henrique Fonseca crafts an ambitious and long overdue homage to a central icon in Brazil’s 20th century history. Reminiscent of film noir classics, the biopic tells the glorious and tragic story of the legendary football striker Heleno de ...
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, stylized, black and white ...
Plot:
athlete's life, soccer, passionate love, lifestyle, rise and fall, womanizer, life is a bitch, rivalry, couples, bad attitude, drug abuse, contests and competitions ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil, latin america
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Voluptuous beauty Anna Nicole Smith marries an elderly millionaire and poses for Playboy, but after her husband's death, her excessive drinking, pill-popping and weight fluctuations take their toll.
Style:
sexy, realistic, serious, captivating, thought provoking
Plot:
playboy, celebrity, rise and fall, rising to stardom, ambition, desire for fame, starlet, celebrity culture, drug addiction, female protagonist, pole dancing, economist ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Update on Leo Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Ilyich," set in contemporary Hollywood.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, captivating, spiritual ...
Plot:
uncover truth, introspection, rise and fall, ambition, life is a bitch, showbiz, drug abuse, self destructing, hollywood, death, male pubic hair, spirituality ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: Finland
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Four Olympic gold medals, seven World Championship titles, four World Cup tour championships and forty six World Cup circuit victories.Once his career as a professional athlete ended, however, the other side of his personality emerged into public ...
Style:
intense, humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good ...
Plot:
skiing, domestic violence, olympic gold medalist, ambition, rise and fall, lifestyle, self control, athlete's life, contests and competitions, life is a bitch, olympics, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
80s, year 2006, 90s, 20th century, year 1984 ...
Place:
finland, bavaria, europe, helsinki finland
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Iran
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Ali is son of a well-off family who plays the santoor (an Iranian instrument) and has earned some reputation through his concerts and teaching music but is rejected by his family because of this profession, which they despise. He falls for one of ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, islamic ...
Plot:
addiction, musician, couple relations, rise and fall, drug abuse, rehabilitation, dysfunctional family, family problems, family relations, society, unfulfillment, music ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, persia, middle east, tehran iran
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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, rising to stardom, goofy hero, artists and showbiz, disorder, celebrity culture, hollywood, stoner, redneck, absurdism, satire, arrest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Musical
Country: Austria, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A 'mocumentary' on the rise and fall of Chip and Dales dancer turned martial arts action star, Francis Allen Sledgewick, AKA Frank Sledge. When fame and fortune caused Frank to lose his sense of what's truely important, he realised ...
Style:
realistic, not serious, humorous, cynical, mockumentary ...
Plot:
martial arts, fame, filmmaking, hollywood, rise and fall, desire for fame, self discovery, lifestyle, movie business, rising to stardom, actor's life, showbiz ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
31K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has ...
Style:
emotional, breathtaking, intellectual, inspirational, atmospheric ...
Plot:
painter, artist, art, painting, biopic, genius, addiction, alcoholism, bohemian life, art history, self destructing, rise and fall ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1950s, year 1945, year 1941 ...
Place:
new york, usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, europe ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Franklin Roosevelt, left a paraplegic from polio at 39 years of age, seeks out a miracle cure in the backwoods of Georgia.
Style:
sincere, realistic, sentimental, political, captivating ...
Plot:
president, politics, disability, politician, political leader, ambition, rise and fall, rebellion, life is a bitch, hopes, introspection, world war two ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century, 1940s
Place:
georgia, usa, southern usa, new york state, washington d.c. ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In 1980 young George O'Dowd baffles his parents with his love of frocks and make-up and moves into a squat with kindred spirit Peter, who dresses as Marilyn Monroe and calls himself Marilyn. They make a splash at Steve Strange's trendy ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, period piece, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, gender bending, lifestyle, musician's life, desire for fame, ambition, rise and fall, rising to stardom, love and romance, music band, love affair, addiction ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
england, london
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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:
serious, sincere, sentimental, realistic, uplifting
Plot:
rise and fall, rise to the top, lifestyle, prodigy, athlete's life, society, rivalry, rising to stardom, hopes, rehabilitation, folk hero, addiction ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
argentina, napoli italy, naples italy
Is relevant?
4K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 87 min.
TV show
Story:
A chronicle of the life of Elvis Presley (Rhys Meyers), from his humble beginnings to his rise to international stardom.
Style:
realistic, captivating, sentimental, touching, serious ...
Plot:
singer, biopic, desire for fame, rise and fall, musician's life, musician, success, artists and showbiz, folk hero, rising to stardom, life is a bitch, lifestyle ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 60s
Place:
las vegas, usa, beverly hills, memphis
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
traight-to-video filmmaker David Payne writes and directs the docudrama Just Can't Get Enough: The True Story of the Chippendales' Murders. The movie opens with Nick DeNoia (Peter Nevargic) getting shot in his office. The bulk of the story ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspense, tense
Plot:
murder, ambition, investigation, male stripper, nightlife, rise and fall, life is a bitch, nightclub, gay, lgbt, feud, couples ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Beautiful, wild, funny, and lost, Katie Kampenfelt takes a year off before college to find herself, all the while chronicling her adventures in an anonymous blog into which she pours her innermost secrets. Eventually, Katie's fearless narrative ...
Style:
sexy, captivating, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
couples, hot and sexy, lolita, older man younger woman sex, nymphet, blog, dark secret, rise and fall, adolescence vs adulthood, sex with teenager, nude girl, secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
295
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The great battles are the backdrop for the unfolding of the Egyptian Queen's personal life. The strategy of Cleopatra is to seduce the Roman General Julius Caesar and Mark Antony to protect their civilization.
Style:
captivating, serious, emotional, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
ancient history, femme fatale, rise and fall, couples, love affair, royal court, state affairs, royal family, roman empire, cleopatra, julius caesar, seductress ...
Time:
1st century b.c.
Place:
middle east, egypt
Is relevant?
6K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Paul, a teenager in the underground scene of early-nineties Paris, forms a DJ collective with his friends and together they plunge into the nightlife of sex, drugs, and endless music.
Style:
realistic, stylized, touching, social
Plot:
dj, coming of age, youth, rise and fall, friendship, disco, nightclub, music, rave, bare breasts, debt, electronic music ...
Time:
90s, 2010s, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
paris france, france, new york, europe, usa ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A gangster, Nino, is in the Cash Money Brothers, making a million dollars every week selling crack. A cop, Scotty, discovers that the only way to infiltrate the gang is to become a dealer himself.
Style:
hood, stylized, suspense, intense, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangster, gang, gang war, organized crime, ghetto, blaxploitation, mafia, drug, hip hop, chase, urban, drug lord ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, year 1986
Place:
harlem, new york, usa, america, manhattan new york city ...
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