Movies Like To Valerie Solanas and Marilyn Monroe in Recognition of Their Desperation

If you liked To Valerie Solanas and Marilyn Monroe in Recognition of Their Desperation (2013), a movie directed by Pauline Boudry and Renate Lorenz, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
★ 7/10
In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the…
2
I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)
★ 6.2/10
The story of Valerie Solanas, a '60s radical who preached misandry in her "SCUM" manifesto. She wrote a screenplay for a film that she wanted Andy Warhol to produce, but he repeatedly ignored her. So she shot him.
3
Captain EO (1986)
★ 7.9/10
Captain EO and his crew journey to a dark, mechanical world to deliver a gift to the tyrannical Supreme Leader, using the power of music and dance to transform her realm from darkness into light.
4
A Chorus Line (1985)
★ 6.2/10
A group of dancers congregate on the stage of a Broadway theatre to audition for a new musical production directed by Zach. After the initial eliminations, seventeen hopefuls remain, among them Cassie, who once had a…
5
Maria (2024)
★ 6.5/10
Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity and life.
6
The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act (2026)
★ 8.8/10
With Caine gone and the circus dark, the cast are left with only the mistakes and traumas of their pasts to keep them company. As the prospect of eternity closes in around them, they discover the truth about the…
7
Bananas (1971)
★ 6.7/10
When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.
8
Help! (1965)
★ 6.9/10
An obscure Eastern cult that practices human sacrifice pursues Ringo after he unknowingly puts on a ceremonial ring (that, of course, won't come off). On top of that, a pair of mad scientists, members of Scotland Yard…
9
The Tales of Hoffmann (1951)
★ 7.1/10
A melancholy poet reflects on three women he loved and lost in the past: a mechanical performing doll, a Venetian courtesan, and the consumptive daughter of a celebrated composer.
10
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted (1990)
★ 6/10
After her boyfriend ends their relationship, the dreamself of a heartbroken woman floats through the air over an industrial wasteland singing ballads of love.
11
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
★ 7.4/10
After getting a flat tire in the middle of nowhere, newly engaged couple Brad and Janet encounter the eerie mansion of the flamboyant, seductive Dr Frank-N-Furter and a variety of eccentric characters. Through…
12
Elegy (2008)
★ 6.3/10
Cultural critic David Kepesh finds his life -- which he indicates is a state of "emancipated manhood" -- thrown into tragic disarray by Consuela Castillo, a well-mannered student who awakens a sense of sexual…
13
Hair (1979)
★ 7.3/10
Upon receiving his draft notice and leaving his family ranch in Oklahoma, Claude heads to New York and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to boot camp.
14
Freaked (1993)
★ 6.2/10
A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.
15
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
★ 6.2/10
Following a tragic accident that leaves him disfigured, crazed composer Erique Claudin transformed into a masked phantom who schemes to make beautiful young soprano Christine Dubois the star of the opera and wreak…
16
Licorice Pizza (2021)
★ 6.9/10
The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.
17
Rent (2005)
★ 6.8/10
In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.
18
Head (1968)
★ 6.2/10
In this surrealistic and free-form follow-up to the Monkees' television show, the band frolic their way through a series of musical set pieces and vignettes containing humor and anti-establishment social commentary.
19
A Quiet Place (2018)
★ 7.4/10
A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
20
Smithereens (1982)
★ 6.4/10
A narcissistic runaway engages in a number of parasitic relationships amongst members of New York's waning punk scene.