Movies like The Buddy Holly Story

20 movies like The Buddy Holly Story, ordered by similarity : Great Balls of Fire!(1989), Professor Marston & the Wonder Women(2017), Houdini(1953), I Saw the Light(2015), The Jolson Story(1946), The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead(2015), My Left Foot(1989), Coco Before Chanel(2009), Maudie(2016), The Greatest Showman(2017), Control(2007), The Stratton Story(1949) ...

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The Buddy Holly Story

The story of the life and career of the early rock and roll singer, from his meteoric rise to stardom, to his marriage and untimely death.

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Great Balls of Fire!

The life and career of wildly controversial rock 'n' roll star Jerry Lee Lewis.

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Professor Marston & the Wonder Women

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.

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Houdini

From his beginnings as a "wildman" carnival act to the internationally famous feat of escaping from a locked trunk in an ice-jammed river, the great Harry Houdini emerged as the world's most captivating magician and escape artist.

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I Saw the Light

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.

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The Jolson Story

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 »

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The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead

A history of the influential English punk band The Damned from their inception in 1976 through to 2015.

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My Left Foot

Christy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.

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Coco Before Chanel

The story of Coco Chanel's rise from obscure beginnings to the heights of the fashion world.

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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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The Greatest Showman

Celebrates the birth of show business and tells of a visionary who rose from nothing to create a spectacle that became a worldwide sensation.

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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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The Stratton Story

Inspired by his wife (June Allyson) and son, Chicago White Soxer Monty Stratton (James Stewart) pitches with an artificial leg.

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Bound for Glory

The early life of Woody Guthrie as a vagabond folk singer.

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The Aviator

A biopic depicting the early years of legendary Director and aviator Howard Hughes' career from the late 1920s to the mid 1940s.

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A United Kingdom

The story of King Seretse Khama of Botswana and how his loving but controversial marriage to a British white woman, Ruth Williams, put his kingdom into political and diplomatic turmoil.

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The Magnificent Yankee

Biography of celebrated American jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes.

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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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Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

A romance sparks between a young actor and a Hollywood leading lady.

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The Grandmaster

The story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee.

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A Street Cat Named Bob

Based on the international best selling book. The true feel good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, had his life transformed when he met a stray ginger cat.

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