20 movies like Isadora, ordered by similarity : Carve Her Name With Pride(1958), Professor Marston & the Wonder Women(2017), Prick Up Your Ears(1987), The Happy Prince(2018), James Dean(2001), Nico, 1988(2017), Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love(2019), Woodpeckers(2017), The Jolson Story(1946), Beautiful Boy(2018), The Diving Bell and the Butterfly(2007), Stan & Ollie(2018) ...
7.0/10
Biography
UK|France
1968
153 Minutes
Vanessa Redgrave James Fox Jason Robards Ivan Tchenko John Fraser Bessie Love Cynthia Harris Vladimir Leskovar Tony Vogel
dancer heir lover poet son daughter emotional spirited sultry london england stage france nice, france modern dance performance fame romance rebellion isadora duncan
A biography of the 1920s dancer Isadora Duncan, who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitude and lifestyle shocked the public of her time.
7.2/10
Drama, Biography, History
UK
1958
116 Minutes
Virginia McKenna Paul Scofield Jack Warner Denise Grey Alain Saury Maurice Ronet Anne Leon Sydney Tafler
spy woman man soldier husband daughter confident emotional engaging patriotic france england germany train concentration camp espionage war love death pursuit
During World War II, a recently widowed young woman is recruited to work as a spy in France.
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.
7.3/10
Gay & Lesbian, Biography
UK
1987
108 Minutes
Gary Oldman Alfred Molina Vanessa Redgrave Wallace Shawn Julie Walters James Grant Frances Barber Lindsay Duncan Janet Dale Dave Atkins
playwright lover agent psychiatrist joe orton dark intense england london brighton, england sussex, england bathhouse love homosexuality obsession jealousy writing forbidden love fall 1960s
Biographer John Lahr is writing a book about playwright Joe Orton. Joe and Kenneth meet at drama school and live together for ten years as lovers and collaborators. Both want to be writers, but only one of them is successful.
6.2/10
Gay & Lesbian, Biography, Drama, History
UK|Belgium|Italy|Germany
2018
105 Minutes
Rupert Everett Colin Firth Emily Watson Colin Morgan Edwin Thomas Tom Wilkinson John Standing Anna Chancellor Julian Wadham André Penvern Joshua McGuire
writer dying person gay man lover artist dark witty amusing sad paris france london forbidden love gay couple death failure irony hard times forbidden love fall
The untold story of the last days in the tragic times of Oscar Wilde, a person who observes his own failure with ironic distance and regards the difficulties that beset his life with detachment and humor.
Biography
2001
96 Minutes
James Franco Michael Moriarty Valentina Cervi Enrico Colantoni Edward Herrmann Joanne Linville John Pleshette Barry Primus David Proval Sam Gould Amy Rydell
actor father girlfriend aunt mother elia kazan sad emotional indiana los angeles farm james dean father/son relationship romance fame acting hollywood love rise fall
Problems early in life fuel the actor's (James Franco) rapid ascent to legend status in spite of the brevity of his career.
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.
6.9/10
Biography, Documentary, Music
Canada|UK
2019
97 Minutes
singer-songwriter former lover muse interviewee celebrity poet fascinating engaging emotional touching moving tender america male/female relationship musicians fame muses romance documentaries love
An in-depth look at the relationship between the late musician Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen.
Drama
2017
106 Minutes
Jean Jean Ramón Emilio Candelario Judith Rodriguez Jose Cruz Manuel Raposo Karina Valdez Aleja Johnson Carlota Carretero Keunis Álvarez Orestes Amador
prison guard prisoner prisoners messenger gangsters love interest romantic interest romantic rival rival dark disturbing emotional engaging gripping intense moving passionate powerful raw tense
Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.
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.
8.0/10
Biography, Drama
France|USA
2007
114 Minutes
Mathieu Amalric Emmanuelle Seigner Marie-Josée Croze Anne Consigny Patrick Chesnais Niels Arestrup Olatz Lopez Garmendia Jean-Pierre Cassel Marina Hands Max von Sydow
editor nurse doctor patient lover emotional engaging sad hospital france car airplane illness survival stroke paralysis infidelity loneliness fall transformation
The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed.
7.2/10
Comedy, Biography, Drama, History
UK|Canada|USA
2018
97 Minutes
Steve Coogan John C. Reilly Shirley Henderson Nina Arianda Rufus Jones Danny Huston Susy Kane Ella Kenion Harry Hepple Bentley Kalu Roger Ringrose
comedian laurel and hardy audience fan partner playful heartwarming tense emotional stage backstage theater dressing room hotel friendship partnership performance comedy team love
Laurel and Hardy, the world's most famous comedy duo, attempt to reignite their film careers as they embark on what becomes their swan song - a grueling theatre tour of post-war Britain.
6.3/10
Romance, Biography, Drama
USA
2016
81 Minutes
Tika Sumpter Parker Sawyers Vanessa Bell Calloway Jerod Haynes Alex Zelenka Donald Paul Gabrielle Lott-Rogers Jeremy Michael Pereira Deanna Reed-Foster Phillip Edward Van Lear TayLar
couple law student president adviser first lady man woman african-american african-american woman family charming cheeky emotional endearing heartwarming lighthearted chicago city romance first date
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.
6.7/10
Biography, Drama
France|Belgium
2009
105 Minutes
Audrey Tautou Benoît Poelvoorde Alessandro Nivola Marie Gillain Emmanuelle Devos Régis Royer Etienne Bartholomeus Yan Duffas Fabien Béhar Roch Leibovici Jean-Yves Chatelais
fashion designer seamstress cabaret performer businessman lover engaging emotional passionate orphanage cabaret paris france household fashion innovation creative process social climbing coco chanel class distinctions love
The story of Coco Chanel's rise from obscure beginnings to the heights of the fashion world.
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 »
5.2/10
Biography, Drama
Austria|France|Germany|UK
2006
95 Minutes
John Malkovich Veronica Ferres Stephen Dillane Saffron Burrows Nikolai Kinski Aglaia Szyszkowitz Annemarie Düringer Marion Mitterhammer Sandra Ceccarelli Gunther Gillian Paul Hilton
artist john malkovich man woman painter austrian charming creative melodramatic inspiring lighthearted fascinating austria vienna art studio artist's studio art gallery art art history relationships
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.
7.7/10
Biography, Drama
UK|USA|Australia|Japan|France
2007
121 Minutes
Sam Riley Samantha Morton Craig Parkinson Alexandra Maria Lara Joe Anderson James Anthony Pearson Toby Kebbell Harry Treadaway Andrew Sheridan Robert Shelly
musician manager journalist wife dark sad brooding england household concert stage suicide marriage loneliness love triangle infidelity music fall rise love 1970s
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.
Biography, Drama, History
2016
99 Minutes
Natalie Portman Peter Sarsgaard Greta Gerwig Billy Crudup John Hurt Richard E. Grant John Carroll Lynch Beth Grant Max Casella Caspar Phillipson
jacqueline kennedy john f. kennedy lyndon baines johnson lady bird johnson president husband brooding dreamy emotional gripping washington, d.c. government offices home assassination mourning death single mothers legacy regret fall
The assassination of JFK is seen through the eyes of Jackie Kennedy. The days leading up to the tragedy and the immediate aftermath are chronicled, as experienced by the First Lady, wife of the charismatic president and mother of two small children.
6.6/10
Romance, Drama
Germany
2008
98 Minutes
Ursula Werner Horst Rehberg Horst Westphal Steffi Kühnert
woman man couple lover cheeky confident emotional engaging heartwarming germany home apartment lake love love triangle loveless marriage lovers old age love forbidden love
A romantic drama about a woman who enters into an affair after 30 years of marriage.
7.8/10
Music, Biography, Drama, History
USA|Germany
2005
136 Minutes
Joaquin Phoenix Reese Witherspoon Ginnifer Goodwin Robert Patrick Dallas Roberts Dan John Miller Larry Bagby III Shelby Lynne Tyler Hilton Waylon Payne Shooter Jennings
musician elvis presley wife mother father jerry lee lewis gripping emotional memphis, tenn. household farm concert stage hotel prison johnny cash country music drug addiction infidelity performance family
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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