Broken dream movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant broken dream movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, crying, suspense, disturbing and captivating films and TV shows about / with broken dream, female protagonist, desire for fame, murder, death, sex, exploitation, brutality, woman and dancing plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Thriller genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as broken dream: Last Night in Soho (2021), The Substance (2024), Requiem for a Dream (2000), Mugavari (2000), Babylon (2022), Girl in Trouble (1963), Inside Daisy Clover (1965), Mulholland Drive (2001), Christine (2016), Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999).
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List of broken dream movies
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, China
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But 1960s London is not what it seems, and time seems to be falling apart with shady consequences.
Style:
gothic, suspense, postmodern, psychological horror, psychotronic ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
murder, time travel, fashion designer, rape, nostalgia, nightmare, brothel, female serial killer, plot twist, grandmother granddaughter relationship, female teacher, suicide of mother ...
Time:
60s, 2020s, year 1960, year 1969, year 1965 ...
Place:
london, england
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402K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, France
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
Style:
atmospheric, dark comedy, grim, psychological horror, absurd ...
Plot:
experimental drug, fountain of youth, body horror, celebrity, drug, disfigurement, female monster, dark secret, narcissism, moral dilemma, rivalry, fight to the death ...
Place:
california, los angeles
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, bleak, depressing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
addiction, drug abuse, heroin, drug addiction, insanity, drug, junkie, loneliness, mental illness, depression, dream, subculture ...
Time:
year 2000, future, y2k, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
britain, america, new york, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 156 min.
Story:
Sridhar, an aspiring music director, has been struggling to get a foothold in the music industry for many years. He falls in love but is willing to put his relationship on a backburner for success.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, suspenseful
Plot:
composer, ambition, dream, frustration, family relations, love affair, problem, love interest, husband wife relationship, musician's life, battles, fight ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, tracing the rise and fall of multiple characters in an era of unbridled decadence and depravity during Hollywood's transition from silent films and to sound films in the late 1920s.
Style:
costume drama, visual, thrilling, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
film history, filmmaking, hedonism, orgy, party, hollywood, movie star, film industry, gambling, profanity, sex scene, graphic violence ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 2020s, 1930s, year 1932 ...
Place:
los angeles, california, new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Bored farmer's daughter sets out to make it in the big city. She gets mixed up with freaks, perverts and degenerates and winds up a stripper in New Orleans.
Style:
independent film, grindhouse
Plot:
sexual assault, rape victim, sexploitation, model, attempted rape, teenage girl, runaway, stripper, loss of innocence, on the run, voyeurism, exploitation ...
Place:
new orleans
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Two aging film actresses live as virtual recluses in an old Hollywood mansion. Jane Hudson, a successful child star, cares for her crippled sister Blanche, whose career in later years eclipsed that of Jane. Now the two live together, their ...
Style:
gothic, psychological, psychological horror, black comedy, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
mental illness, female protagonist, sister sister relationship, beach, sibling rivalry, child star, jealousy, actress, filmmaking, dysfunctional family, murder, rat ...
Time:
year 1935, 20th century, 1930s, year 1917, 1910s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, america, usa
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A girl on the road to stardom fights the dehumanizing effects of Hollywood life.
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, emotional, cult classic ...
Plot:
hollywood, coming of age, tomboy, secret relationship, marriage proposal, nervous breakdown, movie star, rags to riches, showbiz, naive young woman, mental breakdown, gay husband ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1936
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, arizona
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
Style:
surreal, psychological, neo noir, art house, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
surrealism, twists and turns, amnesia, lesbian, obsession, dream, alternate reality, parallel universe, hollywood, filmmaking, lesbian sex, nightmare ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, 20th century, future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, persia, usa, california, mulholland drive
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18K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Christine is an ambitious 29-year-old news reporter, in Sarasota, FL, circa 1974. Relentlessly motivated to succeed, she knows she has talent, but being a driven career woman in the 1970s comes with its own challenges, especially when competition ...
Style:
sad, melancholic, depressing, disturbing, independent film ...
Plot:
suicide, depression, female reporter, loneliness, female journalist, television reporter, television, employer employee relationship, workplace, existentialism, self discovery, journalism ...
Time:
70s, year 1970, year 1974, 20th century
Place:
florida, new jersey
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds she beat out many more famous rivals for the role of "Carmen ...
Style:
crying, cult classic, contemplative, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
racial discrimination, abuse, racism, swimming pool, desire, white male black female relationship, interracial love, racial prejudice, movie star, rape, filmmaking, biopic ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 20th century, 60s, 50s
Place:
usa, miami beach, los angeles, las vegas, miami ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Colombia
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
13-year-old Monica leads a street life, making her living by selling flowers to couples in local nightspots, she is joined by 10-year-old Andrea who runs out of her house after her mother beats her.
Style:
social, rough, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
gang, children, poverty, homeless, homelessness, juvenile delinquent, teenage girl, dysfunctional family, prostitution, feminist, hobo, tramp ...
Time:
90s, future
Place:
south america, colombia
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Brazil, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.
Style:
tense, bleak, harsh, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
friendship, street gang, favela, slum, coming of age, betrayal, brutality, relationships, drug lord, society, gang war, best friend ...
Time:
year 2008, year 2007, future, 70s, 21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil, south america, latin america
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position.
Style:
depressing, bleak, suspense, realistic, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
abuse, feminist, obnoxious boss, routine, office worker, employer employee relationship, office work, corporation, workplace, employee employee relationship, boss, secretary ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
greenwich village manhattan new york city, london, beverly hills, salt lake city utah, los angeles ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A young girl comes to Hollywood to try to break into the movies, but winds up being taken advantage of by sleazy producers, and is forced to become a stripper.
Style:
grindhouse, cynical, independent film
Plot:
exploitation, female nudity, striptease, femme fatale, stripper, exotic dancer, casting couch, sex, junkyard, existentialism, armored car, sexploitation ...
Time:
60s
Place:
california, los angeles
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A girl tries to become the top star in the glamorous world of Go-Go Dancing.
Style:
sexy, grindhouse, cult classic, independent film, realistic ...
Plot:
go go dancer, hitchhiker, exploitation, christmas, sexy girls, hippie, beer, dancing, waitress, desire for fame, ambition, dangerous attraction ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, new mexico
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156K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Trapped on her family’s isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother. Lusting for a glamorous life like she’s seen in the movies, Pearl’s ambitions, temptations and repressions ...
Style:
slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
farm, serial killer, female protagonist, farmhouse, murder, rural setting, domineering mother, world war one, serial killer as protagonist, scarecrow, mental illness, audition ...
Time:
1910s, 2020s, year 1918, 20th century
Place:
texas, europe, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based on Sidney Sheldons novel.
Plot:
age-gap relationship, may december romance, naivete, manipulation, hollywood, womanizer, movie actress, drugged, innocence, aspiring actress, adult filmmaking, desire for fame ...
Place:
california
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, West Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Adriana, a young woman from the provinces, moves to Rome in order to become a celebrity.
Style:
depressing, black and white
Plot:
alienation, skinny dipping, women, bourgeoisie, aspiring actress, beach, sexpot, madam, naivete, frustration, emptiness, starlet ...
Time:
year 1965
Place:
italy, rome italy
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Argentina, Venezuela
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
An attractive songstress (Libertad Leblanc) lands herself a performing contract and leaves her home in Buenos Aires. She travels to Venezuela, and when arriving in Caracas, she soon discovers that her contract is a hoax made by a major drug baron. ...
Plot:
exploitation, naive young woman, nudity, broken dream, kidnapping, naive woman, stripper, kidnapped, gangster, sex, female protagonist, rape ...
Place:
south america, new york, buenos aires argentina
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An innocent and naive young woman arrives in Los Angeles to make it as a big-name actress, only to suffer though the pain and humiliation of the casting couch routine again and again thus getting a first hand look at Hollywood at its worst.
Style:
erotic, psychological, captivating, disturbing, independent film ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
casting couch, female protagonist, desire for fame, erotica, sexploitation, naive girl, naivete, aspiring actress, hollywood, seduction, female masturbation, female nudity ...
Place:
los angeles, california
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122K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican Bobsled Team.
Style:
feel good, inspirational, funny, sexy, hilarious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
underdog, childhood, reggae, olympics, winter, kids and family, heartwarming, transformation, racing, african american, profanity, winter olympics ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1987, year 1988, 80s
Place:
canada, caribbean, antarctic, jamaica, california
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Four guys plot revenge on the businessman who ripped them off.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, tense, independent film ...
Plot:
vengeance, rivalry, criminal's revenge, buddies, blind ambition, dishonesty, betrayal, murder, friendship, restaurant, dark humor, contests and competitions ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
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Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The Visa papers have arrived for stock broker, Salim Rajabali, and he is scheduled to leave in less than a week. Then everything goes wrong when he and his brother, Javed, inadvertently implicate themselves in the murder of Deputy Commissioner of ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Plot:
family relations, down on your luck, hopes, human nature, love and romance, couples, destiny, coincidence, flying, multiple storylines, poverty, panic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, india
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A cute coed leaves her mother's home and gets involved with a pastry chef who has links to the local criminal element.
Style:
crying
Plot:
robbery, murder, mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, rain, bakery, attempted robbery, diary, armed robbery, filmmaking, billiards, stealing money ...
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35K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A boy with a massive facial skull deformity and biker gang mother attempts to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.
Style:
emotional, sentimental, touching, uplifting, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, disability, fall in love, relationships, human spirit, depression, adolescence, teenager, motorcycle, teenage love, protective parent, family relations ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place:
california, usa
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76K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Japan, Poland
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Guts, a man who calls himself "The Black Swordsman" looks upon his days serving as a member of a group of mercenaries, the Band of the Hawk, nicknamed "the Grim Reaper of the Battlefield." Led by an ambitious, ruthless, and ...
Style:
anime, exciting, dark fantasy, slasher, epic ...
Audience:
manly, kids, teens
Plot:
tragic hero, destiny, battles, vengeance, sword fight, supernatural, danger, mercenary, rivalry, one man army, determination, heroes ...
Time:
middle ages, 90s, medieval times
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Jubei is a masterless ninja who travels the land alone, hiring his services to those with gold... or a worthy cause. His fearsome abilities have served him well, but a hideous plot to overthrow the government threatens to end his wandering ways and ...
Style:
anime, sexy, adult animation, exciting, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, samurai, ninja, transformation, demon, duel, good versus evil, vengeance, ninja warrior, graphic violence, master warrior, supernatural ...
Time:
middle ages, ancient times, 1800s
Place:
japan, east asia, asia, tokyo
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Clannad is set in a high-school located in some Japanese town. Okazaki Tomoya is a third-year student who doesn't take his studies seriously. Always late for class, he's seen as a delinquent by the rest of his classmates who are busy ...
Style:
anime, touching, emotional, sincere, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friendship, love and romance, teenage life, youth, broken dream, friend, male female relationship, family relations, school club, dream world, theater, surrealism ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan
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17K
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
An updated version of the 1980 musical, which centered on the students of the New York Academy of Performing Arts.
Style:
teen, romantic, melancholic, intense, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, kids, date night, chick flick
Plot:
teacher, dancing, dance, high school, music, music business, teenage life, showbiz, dream come true, high school life, desire for fame, youth ...
Time:
year 2009, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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