20 movies like My Gal Sal, ordered by similarity : Nico, 1988(2017), Man of a Thousand Faces(1957), Till the Clouds Roll By(1946), Goodbye Christopher Robin(2017), I Can Only Imagine(2018), Rocketman(2019), Professor Marston & the Wonder Women(2017), I Saw the Light(2015), A Tale of Love and Darkness(2015), The Jolson Story(1946), Beautiful Boy(2018), I'll See You in My Dreams(1951) ...
6.3/10
Biography
USA
1942
103 Minutes
Rita Hayworth Victor Mature John Sutton Carole Landis James Gleason Phil Silvers Mona Maris Walter Catlett
songwriter musician singer girlfriend countess publisher charming indiana family home countryside stage new york city office show business vaudeville medicine show songwriting ambition paul dresser love
Chronicles the early life of gay nineties-era songwriter Paul Dresser as he outgrows his job as carnival entertainer and moves up into New York society, writing one hit song after another. ... See full summary »
6.7/10
Biography, Music, Drama, History
Italy|Belgium
2017
94 Minutes
Trine Dyrholm Sàndor Funtek Anamaria Marinca Karina Fernandez Calvin Demba Gordon John Sinclair Thomas Trabacchi Francesco Colella
singer songwriter musician manager son rock star brooding emotional moving raw tense gripping europe stage restaurant road vehicle interview room isolation music business
The last year of singer Nico's life, as she tours and grapples with addiction and personal demons.
7.2/10
Biography
USA
1957
122 Minutes
James Cagney Dorothy Malone Jane Greer Marjorie Rambeau Jim Backus Robert Evans Celia Lovsky Jeanne Cagney Jack Albertson Roger Smith Robert Lyden
actor wife son movie star father mother emotional powerful stage hollywood, calif. family home backstage san francisco show business marriage child custody mental illness lon chaney love transformation
The life and career of vaudevillian and silent screen horror star Lon Chaney, including his contentious relationship with his neurotic wife and his premature death.
6.4/10
Musical, Biography
USA
1946
132 Minutes
Robert Walker Van Heflin Lucille Bremer Dorothy Patrick Judy Garland Kathryn Grayson Lena Horne Tony Martin Dinah Shore Frank Sinatra June Allyson
composer mentor daughter producer sweetheart singer charming confident moving new york city theater ship london countryside nightclub songwriting ambition broadway romance competition
Biography of songwriter and Broadway pioneer, Jerome Kern (Robert Walker). Unable to find immediate success in the U.S., Kern sought recognition abroad. He journeyed to England where his dreams of success became real and where he met his future wife Eva Leale (Dorothy Patrick).
7.1/10
Biography, Drama, History
UK
2017
107 Minutes
Domhnall Gleeson Margot Robbie Kelly Macdonald Alex Lawther Will Tilston Stephen Campbell Moore Vicki Pepperdine Richard McCabe Geraldine Somerville Phoebe Waller-Bridge
christopher robin writer piglet father son winnie the pooh cheery charming creative endearing heartwarming playful london english countryside woods postwar britain children's book parent/child relationship writing success
The relationship between writer AA Milne and his son, Christopher Robin, and how this became the inspiration for Winnie the Pooh.
7.3/10
Biography, Drama, Music
USA
2018
110 Minutes
J. Michael Finley Madeline Carroll Dennis Quaid Trace Adkins Cloris Leachman Jason Burkey Mark Furze Randy McDowell Cole Marcus Alexander Dominguez Brody Rose
musician father son band member teacher friend incredible inspiring heartwarming emotional creative tense texas stage recording studio house auditorium coming of age family father/son relationship
The inspiring and unknown true story behind MercyMe's beloved, chart topping song that brings ultimate hope to so many is a gripping reminder of the power of true forgiveness.
7.3/10
Musical, Biography, Gay & Lesbian, Drama
UK|USA|Canada
2019
121 Minutes
Taron Egerton Jamie Bell Richard Madden Gemma Jones Bryce Dallas Howard Steven Mackintosh Stephen Graham Tate Donovan Charlie Rowe Matthew Illesley Kit Connor
musician singer-songwriter superstar band manager friend wild creative tense inspiring stage backstage england house stardom fame wealth music relationships rise adventure
A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's breakthrough years.
7.1/10
Drama, History, Biography
USA
2017
108 Minutes
Luke Evans Rebecca Hall Bella Heathcote Connie Britton Monica Giordano JJ Feild Chris Conroy Oliver Platt Maggie Castle Alexa Havins Sharon Kubo
professor writer inventor lover wife emotional sultry powerful passionate intricate inspiring harvard university massachusetts house stage classroom womanhood comic books threesome marriage
The story of psychologist William Moulton Marston, and his polyamorous relationship with his wife and their mistress who would inspire his creation of the superheroine, Wonder Woman.
5.8/10
Biography, Drama, History
USA
2015
123 Minutes
Tom Hiddleston Elizabeth Olsen Bradley Whitford David Krumholtz Cherry Jones Maddie Hasson Wes Langlois Wrenn Schmidt
singer country singer singer-songwriter womanizer american musician guitarist love interest wife child boy george girl hank williams jr. disheartening emotional engaging gripping sad united states alabama
The story of the country-western singer Hank Williams, who in his brief life created one of the greatest bodies of work in American music. The film chronicles his rise to fame and its tragic effect on his health and personal life.
6.0/10
Biography, Drama, History
Israel|USA
2015
98 Minutes
Natalie Portman Gilad Kahana Amir Tessler Ohad Knoller Makram J. Khoury Neta Riskin Alexander Peleg Rotem Keinan Tomer Kapon Vladimir Friedman Henry David
child mother father writer son friend tender sultry striking somber moving brooding jerusalem israel palestine family home city community depression childhood
The story of Amos Oz's youth, set against the backdrop of the end of the British Mandate for Palestine and the early years of the State of Israel. The film details the young man's relationship with his mother and his beginnings as a writer, while looking at what happens when the stories we tell become the stories we live.
7.2/10
Biography
USA
1946
128 Minutes
Larry Parks Evelyn Keyes William Demarest Bill Goodwin Ludwig Donath Tamara Shayne John Alexander Jo-Carroll Dennison Ernest Cossart Scotty Beckett William Forrest
cantor singer actor vaudevillian performer entertainer charming endearing playful rousing synagogue theater nightclub movie studio washington, d.c. backstage al jolson father/son relationship show business career vs. family
This movie shows the idealized career of the singer Al Jolson, a little Jewish boy who goes against the will of his father in order to be in showbiz. He becomes a star, falls in love with a... See full summary »
7.3/10
Biography, Drama
USA
2018
112 Minutes
Steve Carell Timothée Chalamet Maura Tierney Amy Ryan Timothy Hutton Kaitlyn Dever Andre Royo LisaGay Hamilton
father son ex-wife drug addict doctor addict emotional intense melancholy raw tender powerful united states new york city los angeles school home addiction father/son relationship love
Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years.
Biography
1951
110 Minutes
Doris Day Danny Thomas Frank Lovejoy Patrice Wymore James Gleason Julie Oshins
lyricist songwriter wife producer composer star creative amusing moving chicago office household new york city theater hollywood, calif. gus kahn songwriting show business marriage family
Songwriter Gus Kahn (Danny Thomas) and his wife (Doris Day) have problems as he pens hit tunes like "It Had to Be You."
7.1/10
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Biography, Drama
USA
2018
106 Minutes
Melissa McCarthy Richard E. Grant Dolly Wells Ben Falcone Gregory Korostishevsky Jane Curtin Stephen Spinella Christian Navarro Pun Bandhu Marc Evan Jackson Erik LaRay Harvey
celebrity biographer friend writer storyteller amusing creative emotional new york city office park bookstore street writing creative process unemployment forgery celebrities pop culture transformation
When Lee Israel falls out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.
7.1/10
Biography, Drama, History
Sweden|Denmark
2018
123 Minutes
Alba August Maria Bonnevie Trine Dyrholm Magnus Krepper Henrik Rafaelsen Björn Gustafson Sofia Karemyr Liv LeMoyne Mira Mitchell Maria Alm Norell
son lover adoptive mother author young woman doctor suspenseful emotional inspiring office copenhagen small town field family home sweden struggle life story unplanned pregnancy courage absence
Biopic of Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren, the author of numerous children's books and creator of Pippi Longstocking.
6.3/10
Biography
USA
1940
81 Minutes
Miriam Hopkins Claude Rains Richard Ainley Laura Hope Crews Helen Westley John Litel Victor Jory
actress actor producer socialite ex-husband son melodramatic powerful chicago new york city courtroom theater boarding house divorce child custody adultery theater ambition mother/son relationship love
A messy divorce leaves Mrs. Leslie Carter shunned by Chicago society for being an adulteress and forbidden from having custody of her son. She's determined to return to her hometown in a ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Biography
USA
1949
100 Minutes
June Haver Ray Bolger Gordon MacRae Charles Ruggles Rosemary DeCamp Lee Wilde Lyn Wilde
dancer vaudevillian husband songwriter broadway star parent emotional inspiring spectacular ohio london stage new york city broadway theater backstage family broadway show business world war i tragic death
This musical biopic chronicles the vaudeville-to-Broadway story of 1920s' star Marilyn Miller (June Haver). From her start on the boards in Findlay, Ohio, Marilyn sings and dances her way ... See full summary »
7.6/10
Musical, Biography, Drama, History
USA
2017
105 Minutes
Hugh Jackman Zac Efron Michelle Williams Rebecca Ferguson Zendaya Keala Settle Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Paul Sparks Natasha Liu Bordizzo Austyn Johnson Cameron Seely
showman circus owner circus performer acrobat performer trapeze artist dreamy creative lighthearted charming amusing spectacular connecticut new york city circus office stage tent p.t. barnum circus life
Celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.
Biography, Drama, History
1986
111 Minutes
Gary Oldman Chloe Webb David Hayman Andrew Schofield Debby Bishop Tony London Perry Benson Gloria LeRoy
bassist singer girlfriend drug addict manager amusing shocking bleak london new york city stage apartment love-hate relationship drug addiction culture clash punk rock touring fall wretched excess love
Sid Vicious (Gary Oldman) of the punk-rock Sex Pistols self-destructs with girlfriend Nancy Spungen (Chloe Webb).
7.5/10
Biography, Drama
USA
1980
125 Minutes
Sissy Spacek Tommy Lee Jones Beverly D'Angelo Levon Helm Phyllis Boyens William Sanderson Robert Elkins Bob Hannah Jennifer Beasley Jessica Beasley
singer husband father musician producer patsy cline emotional endearing butcher's hollow, ky. nashville, tenn. record store stage family home grand ole opry country music show business marriage poverty loretta lynn rise
The life of legendary Loretta Lynn, the dirt poor Appalachian Mountains girl who rose from humble beginnings to become the "Queen of Country Music."
7.2/10
Biography, Drama
UK|USA
2015
121 Minutes
Michael Fassbender Kate Winslet Seth Rogen Jeff Daniels Michael Stuhlbarg Katherine Waterston John Ortiz Sarah Snook Adam Shapiro Makenzie Moss Ripley Sobo
visionary computer programmer partner ex-girlfriend daughter genius brash brooding confident california office house auditorium stage car computers business ambition reunion success
Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution, to paint a portrait of the man at its epicenter. The story unfolds backstage at three iconic product launches, ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac.
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