Movies like Paris 36

20 movies like Paris 36, ordered by similarity : Papillon(2017), Nico, 1988(2017), Walk the Line(2005), Ray(2004), I Saw the Light(2015), Chimes at Midnight(1965), Army in the Shadows(1969), Cold War(2018), The Water Diviner(2014), Born to Be Blue(2015), Miles Ahead(2016), The Winslow Boy(1999) ...

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Paris 36

In 1936 Paris, three out-of-work friends (Gérard Jugnot, Clovis Cornillac, Kad Merad) create a musical, struggling with their lack of experience and with a local thug, and they depend on the production raising enough money to buy the theater.

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Papillon

Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.

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Nico, 1988

The last year of singer Nico's life, as she tours and grapples with addiction and personal demons.

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star 7.8/10
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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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Ray

Blind since childhood, Ray Charles (Jamie Foxx) overcomes poverty, hardship and addiction and becomes an American music legend.

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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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Chimes at Midnight

Welles' adaptation of "Falstaff" and other Shakespearean works, chronicling the nobleman's relationship with Henry V.

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Army in the Shadows

An account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France.

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Cold War

In the 1950s, a music director falls in love with a singer and tries to persuade her to flee communist Poland for France.

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The Water Diviner

An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try and locate his three missing sons.

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star 6.9/10
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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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Miles Ahead

An exploration of the life and music of Miles Davis.

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star 7.3/10
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The Winslow Boy

Following the theft of a postal-order, a fourteen-year old cadet is expelled from Naval College. To save the honour of the boy and his family, the pre-eminent barrister of the day is engaged to take on the might the Admiralty.

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The Battleship Island

During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island ("Hashima Island") to mine for coal, attempt to a dramatic escape.

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Vincere

The story of Mussolini's secret lover, Ida Dalser, and their son Albino.

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Violent Summer

Summer, 1943: wealthy youth in the Riccione district of Rimini play while the war gets closer. Carlo Caremoli, a young man who follows the crowd, has found ways to avoid military service. ... See full summary »

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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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Sid & Nancy

Sid Vicious (Gary Oldman) of the punk-rock Sex Pistols self-destructs with girlfriend Nancy Spungen (Chloe Webb).

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The Army of Crime

Based on the true story of the double initial killings in Rochester, NY.

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star 6.6/10
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The Lost City of Z

A true-life drama, centering on British explorer Major Percival Fawcett, who disappeared whilst searching for a mysterious city in the Amazon in the 1920s.

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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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