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The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (2009)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In this film, childhood friends come face to face with the demons of rock and roll (lust, drugs, and passion) on a cross-country road trip that compels them to face their past, present, and future. Rocker Spyder, whose debut album was a huge hit saw ...
Style: realistic, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: rock star, musician's life, homecoming, on the road, rock, friendship, small town, music band, ego clash, artists and showbiz, entertainment industry, rock and roll ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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I Am Not a Hipster (2012)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Things are not looking good for Brook, a young, talented singer/songwriter who has become the clichéd tortured artist. Slow to come to terms with the death of his mother, Brook is self-absorbed, aggressive, and the major obstruction to his own ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, sincere, atmospheric ...
Plot: musician's life, music, rock, siblings relations, parents and children, family problems, artists and showbiz, coping, creative block, estrangement, family relations, twentysomething life ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: california, usa, san diego california
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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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 6.5
 1K
Itsi Bitsi (2014)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 109 min.
Story: 1962 is the year when an entire generation lives life as though it was their last day. Young activist Eik Skaløe has his entire life turned upside down when he falls head over heels in love with the beautiful peace activist Iben Nagel Rasmussen, ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, touching, sexy
Plot: love triangle, dysfunctional relationship, love affair, fighting the system, musician's life, ambition, music band, rebellion, drug use, rock, love and romance, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: denmark, europe
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 438
Terror on Tour (1980)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Music, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A rock band called "The Clowns" comes under suspicion of murder when several prostitutes are killed by individuals made up like members of the band.
Style: slasher, satanic, horror musical, independent film, scary ...
Plot: killer clown, rock, hard rock, murder, rock and roll, clown, satan, musician, teenager, amusement park, punk, prostitute ...
Time: 70s
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 6.1
 4K
Lucky Them (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-stone-unturned search to discover what really happened to long lost ...
Style: realistic, touching, independent film, feel good, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick, date night
Plot: journalism, love and romance, on the road, media, artists and showbiz, filmmaking, rock, looking for love, road trip, musician, friendship, art ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, seattle
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Absolute Beginners (1986)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A musical adaptation of Colin MacInnes' novel about life in late 1950s London. Nineteen-year-old photographer Colin is hopelessly in love with model Crepe Suzette, but her relationships are strictly connected with her progress in the fashion ...
Style: offbeat, cult classic, realistic, serious, sentimental ...
Audience: date night
Plot: fashion, rock, jazz, fashion show, british, dancing, gay, model, musician, fashion model, pop music, photographer ...
Time: 1950s, 20th century, 50s, post world war two, year 1958
Place: london, england, europe, mount everest
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 7.1
 5K
Hipsters (2008)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 130 min.
Story: In this hit Russian musical, a group of friends flaunts Soviet authority in 1950s Moscow by embracing jazz. When Communist Mels falls for Polly, a free-spirited jazz fan, he risks losing his party membership by associating with her rebellious crew.
Style: captivating, stylized, humorous, realistic, cult classic ...
Audience: date night, teens, chick flick
Plot: singing, youth, politics, coming of age, love and romance, rebellion, rock, state affairs, subculture, communism, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, conformity ...
Time: 50s, 1950s
Place: moscow russia, soviet union
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 6.5
 24K
Purple Rain (1984)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A young man with a talent for music meets an aspiring singer, Apollonia, and finds that talent alone isn't all that he needs.
Style: exciting, captivating, realistic, sentimental, cult classic ...
Plot: rivalry, musician, music, african american, motorcycle, dysfunctional family, singer, redemption, dancing, human spirit, rock and roll, aspiring singer ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: minnesota, minneapolis minnesota, usa
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The Wedding Singer (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Robbie, a local rock star turned wedding singer, is dumped on the day of his wedding. Meanwhile, waitress Julia finally sets a wedding date with her fiancée Glenn. When Julia and Robbie meet and hit it off, they find that things are more ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, romantic comedy, light, feel good ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot: wedding, love story, fall in love, marriage proposal, infidelity, relationships, destiny, looking for love, best friend, couple relations, friends, rock ...
Time: 80s, 90s, year 1985, 20th century
Place: new jersey, middle east, usa, nevada
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Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)
Genre: Horror, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A worldwide epidemic encourages a bio-tech company to launch an organ-financing program similar in nature to a standard car loan. The repossession clause is a killer, however.
Style: gothic, dark, bloody, horror musical, visual ...
Plot: goth, medical, opera, support group, mercilessness, torture, addiction, rock, violence, powerful corporation, life is a bitch, against humanity ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: italy, venice
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A Slipping-Down Life (1999)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A young woman becomes obsessed with a small-time North Carolina rock singer.
Style: touching, feel good, captivating, sincere, romantic drama ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: groupie, love and romance, artists and showbiz, love affair, lifestyle, rock, opposites attract, musician's life, singer, infatuation, art, obsession ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Place: north carolina, usa, charleston south carolina
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Garage Days (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A young garage band in Sydney, is trying to make it big in Australia.
Style: humorous, entertaining, semi serious, feel good, exciting ...
Plot: rock music, music, loneliness, friends, lifestyle, rock and roll, rock, musician's life, music band, love and romance, punk, punk rock ...
Place: australia, sydney australia
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KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Music, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The tale of rock band KISS and their efforts to thwart a diabolical plan by mad scientist Abner Devereaux. Devereaux has found a way to clone humans into robots in his laboratory at an amusement park. It just so happens that he plans to uses the ...
Style: psychotronic, exciting, semi serious, humorous, stylized ...
Audience: teens
Plot: amusement park, superhero, rock, rock and roll, robot, heavy metal, killer clown, hard rock, punk, exploitation, disco, satan ...
Place: california, usa
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Taking Woodstock (2009)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Music
Country: USA, Taiwan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: The story of Elliot Tiber and his family, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the famed Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the happening that it was. When Elliot hears that a neighboring town has pulled the permit on a hippie music ...
Style: feel good, stylized, light, period piece, realistic ...
Plot: hippie, music festival, music, gay, small town, eccentricity, family business, free spirited, lifestyle, drug, fish out of water, rock ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, year 2009, year 1969
Place: woodstock, bangkok thailand, brooklyn new york city, new york, new york state
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 6.0
 1K
Roadie (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After 20 years of touring, a roadie for a defunct 80s hair band returns home to live with his mother.
Style: realistic, serious, sentimental, emotional, romantic drama ...
Plot: heavy metal, unfulfillment, hopes, adolescence vs adulthood, rock, homecoming, parents and children, introspection, family relations, midlife crisis, mental illness, daydreamer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york state, new york
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 5.6
 3K
Light of Day (1987)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Fox and Jett play a brother and sister who are lead performers in a rock band, The Barbusters, in Cleveland, Ohio. The sister, Patti Rasnick, is an unmarried mother and has a troubled relationship with her own mother, who is deeply religious. ...
Style: touching, independent film, captivating, serious, realistic ...
Plot: rock and roll, rock, rock band, cancer, music, working class, hospital, death, club, siblings, brother sister relationship, ambition ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: ohio, cleveland ohio
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 6.4
 2K
Rude Boy (1980)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Rude Boy is a semi-documentary, part character study, part 'rockumentary', featuring a British punk band, The Clash. The script includes the story of a fictional fan juxtposed with actual public events of the day, including political ...
Style: realistic, serious, cynical, biting
Plot: punk, punk rock, rock, skinhead, rock and roll, rock music, angry, youth culture, exodus, hooligan, alienation, pop music ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place: london, england, europe
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Filth and Wisdom (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Filth & Wisdom is a poignant view of the lives of three not quite ordinary friends settled into meaningless jobs that barely keep them afloat while helping to finance their dreams of bigger and brighter futures. Their unqiue yet universal ...
Style: semi serious, witty, humorous, realistic, stylized ...
Plot: desire for fame, buddies, introspection, rock, hopes, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, follow your dream, sex, fetish, bdsm, immigrant ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, london
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Wassup Rockers (2005)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Instead of adhering to the norms of their South Central neighborhood, a group of skater boys opt to bus into Hollywood and Beverly Hills, where they attract local rich girls - and plenty of trouble with the police, jealous boyfriends, and nervous ...
Style: realistic, sincere, independent film, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage life, skateboard, friends, society, rock, social differences, buddies, life is a bitch, coming of age, teenager, cultural difference, punk ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, south central los angeles, southern california, beverly hills
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Get Him to the Greek (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Pinnacle records has the perfect plan to get their sinking company back on track: a comeback concert in LA featuring Aldous Snow, a fading rockstar who has dropped off the radar in recent years. Record company intern Aaron Green is faced with the ...
Style: funny, humorous, not serious, hilarious, road movie ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, boys' night
Plot: showbiz, marijuana, rock and roll, musician's life, lifestyle, plan gone awry, celebrity culture, alcohol abuse, escapades, friends, road trip, intern ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, year 2009, 21st century
Place: las vegas, los angeles, california, new york, usa ...
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Breaking Glass (1980)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Breaking Glass is the story of punk singer Kate and her meteoric rise to stardom. Starting out in the rock pubs of London, Kate, assisted by her manager Danny, becomes a huge star overnight. Once at the top the pressure is immense as Kate's ...
Style: thinking, psychotronic, serious, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot: punk, punk rock, rock, rock and roll, club, unsettling, rock music, rock star, music business, satire, rocker, alienation ...
Time: year 1980, 80s, 20th century
Place: london, europe, england
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Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Having written the music and screenplay for this film, Paul McCartney also plays himself in the leading role. When the mastertape of McCartney's latest album is misplaced, he must discover its whereabouts in less than 24 hours or else risk ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, captivating, humorous
Plot: the beatles, rock, music, rock and roll, gangster, friends, showbiz, heist, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, musician's life, ambition ...
Time: 80s
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Dazed and Confused (1993)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum ...
Style: feel good, talky, teen, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, adolescence, stoner, adolescence vs adulthood, friendship, weed, party, bullying, drug, summer ...
Time: 70s, year 1976, 90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: texas, seattle, midwest, austin texas, usa
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Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A biography of Ian Dury, who was stricken with polio at a young age and defied expectations by becoming one of the founders of the punk-rock scene in Britain in the 1970s.
Style: realistic, semi serious, touching, teen, cult classic ...
Plot: disability, biopic, rock and roll, human spirit, lifestyle, follow your dream, desire for fame, ambition, couples, parents and children, rock, hopes ...
Time: 70s, 1940s, 20th century, 90s, 80s ...
Place: england, ireland, europe
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Hansel Schmidt, is a young East German boy, born and raised during the Cold War in communist East Berlin. In his 20s, he meets Luther Robinson, an older American soldier, who falls in love with Hansel and the two decide to marry, which will allow ...
Style: emotional, cult classic, enigmatic, lyrical, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: transsexual, gender, gay, transvestism, transgender, drag queen, berlin wall, self discovery, singer, rock and roll, musician's life, musician ...
Time: 20th century, year 2001, 90s, 2000s, 80s
Place: germany, east germany, berlin germany, europe, usa ...
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 5.8
 53K
Footloose (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Ren MacCormack is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where loud music and dancing are prohibited. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizing the town and falling in love with the minister’s ...
Style: feel good, romantic, teen, sincere, serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: dancing, dance, teenage love, small town, teenager, dancer's life, music, love and romance, love, dancer, youth, teenage girl ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: georgia, usa, southern usa
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 6.3
 37K
Evita (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-movie Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president and dictator Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.
Style: intense, lyrical, emotional, serious, sentimental ...
Plot: politics, dancing, rise to power, political unrest, broadway, music, biopic, redemption, ambition, female protagonist, hopes, rock ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 1930s, 1950s, year 1996 ...
Place: argentina, latin america, buenos aires argentina, spain, south america ...
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Electric Apricot (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Electric Apricot is a spoof of jam bands centered around the band, Electric Apricot, in the style of "This Is Spinal Tap"
Style: realistic, cynical, humorous, mockumentary, semi serious ...
Plot: partner, music band, performer's life, lifestyle, music, friends, disorder, filmmaking, on the road, rock, artists and showbiz, musician's life ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.3
 15K
Bandslam (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A high school social outcast and the popular girl bond through a shared love of music.
Style: romantic, teen, humorous, semi serious, light ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: high school, teenager, music, teenage love, friends, love and romance, rock and roll, hopes, rock, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, adolescence ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa
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