Movies like The Benny Goodman Story

20 movies like The Benny Goodman Story, ordered by similarity : Southside With You(2016), Born to Be Blue(2015), La môme(2007), Klimt(2006), I Can Only Imagine(2018), Young Tom Edison(1940), The Iron Mistress(1952), James Dean(2001), Rocketman(2019), Maudie(2016), Control(2007), Scott Walker: 30 Century Man(2006) ...

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The Benny Goodman Story

The young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a Chicago music professor. He is advised by bandleader Kid Ory to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny begins by joining the Ben Pollack traveling band.

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Southside With You

Chronicles the 1989 summer afternoon when the future President of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady, Michelle Obama, on a first date across Chicago's South Side.

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Born to Be Blue

A re-imagining of jazz legend Chet Baker's musical comeback in the late '60s.

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La môme

Biopic of the iconic French singer Édith Piaf. Raised by her grandmother in a brothel, she was discovered while singing on a street corner at the age of 19. Despite her success, Piaf's life was filled with tragedy.

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Klimt

A portrait of Austrian artist Gustav Klimt, whose lavish, sexual paintings came to symbolize the art nouveau style of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

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I Can Only Imagine

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.

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Young Tom Edison

Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments usually end up causing disastrous results. As a result, the towns ... See full summary »

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The Iron Mistress

The life of nineteenth-century pioneer Jim Bowie is portrayed.

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James Dean

Problems early in life fuel the actor's (James Franco) rapid ascent to legend status in spite of the brevity of his career.

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Rocketman

A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's breakthrough years.

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Maudie

An arthritic Nova Scotia woman works as a housekeeper while she hones her skills as an artist and eventually becomes a beloved figure in the community.

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Control

A profile of Ian Curtis, the enigmatic singer of Joy Division whose personal, professional, and romantic troubles led him to commit suicide at the age of 23.

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Scott Walker: 30 Century Man

A documentary on the influential musician Scott Walker.

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Walk the Line

A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.

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Get On Up

A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

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Nowhere Boy

A chronicle of John Lennon's first years, focused mainly in his adolescence and his relationship with his stern aunt Mimi, who raised him, and his absentee mother Julia, who re-entered his life at a crucial moment in his young life.

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Cloud 9

A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.

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Carve Her Name With Pride

During World War II, a recently widowed young woman is recruited to work as a spy in France.

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A Song to Remember

Biography of Frederic Chopin.

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Cross Creek

In 1930's Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editor and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.

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The Blind Side

The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All-American football player and first-round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.

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