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Movies Like The Ballet of Othello

If you liked The Ballet of Othello (1960), a drama and music movie directed by Vakhtang Chabukiani, 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. 1Star!

    Star! (1968)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and music

    Gertrude Lawrence rises to stage stardom at the cost of happiness.

  2. 2Broadway Melody of 1940

    Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)

    ★ 6.9/10Also music and romance

    Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the…

  3. 3Battle of the Year

    Battle of the Year (2013)

    ★ 6.8/10Also music and drama

    A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years.

  4. 4Center Stage: Turn It Up

    Center Stage: Turn It Up (2008)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and music

    All self-taught dancer Kate Parker has ever wanted to do was perform with the American Academy of Ballet. But when she doesnt make it after auditioning, she learns that it takes more than precision and perfection to…

  5. 5Purple Hearts

    Purple Hearts (2022)

    ★ 8/10Also romance and drama

    An aspiring musician agrees to a marriage of convenience with a soon-to-deploy Marine, but a tragedy soon turns their fake relationship all too real.

  6. 6West Side Story

    West Side Story (1961)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and romance

    In Manhattan’s Upper West Side, rival gangs of Polish-Americans and newly arrived Puerto Ricans clash for control of the neighborhood, even as two young members from opposite sides fall dangerously in love.

  7. 7Pure Country 2: The Gift

    Pure Country 2: The Gift (2010)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and music

    Three angels bestow the gift of song to a young girl, who must follow a series of rules in order hold on to it during her rise to fame and fortune.

  8. 8Clika

    Clika (2026)

    ★ 8.3/10Also music and drama

    Aspiring small-town musician Chito is determined to make it big. When a clip of him performing one of his songs goes viral, he seizes the opportunity and pushes to carve out a place for himself in the new wave of…

  9. 9Coda

    Coda (2020)

    ★ 6.1/10Also music and drama

    A famous pianist at the twilight of his career meets a free-spirited music critic who soon becomes his rock as his mental state deteriorates.

  10. 10Save the Last Dance

    Save the Last Dance (2001)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and romance

    After the death of her mother, Sara moves to the South Side of Chicago to live with her father and gets transferred to a majority-black school. Her life takes a turn for the better when befriends Chenille and her…

  11. 11I Still Believe

    I Still Believe (2020)

    ★ 7.6/10Also music and drama

    The true-life story of Christian music star Jeremy Camp and his journey of love and loss that looks to prove there is always hope.

  12. 12Teen Spirit

    Teen Spirit (2019)

    ★ 6/10Also music and drama

    A shy teenager living on the Isle of Wight dreams of pop stardom. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a singing competition that will test her integrity, talent, and ambition.

  13. 13Romeo + Juliet

    Romeo + Juliet (1996)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and romance

    In this contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly…

  14. 14Ruth & Boaz

    Ruth & Boaz (2025)

    ★ 7.4/10Also romance and drama

    A talented singer leaves the Atlanta music scene and starts over in small-town Tennessee, where she finds love and new purpose but can't escape the past.

  15. 15Young at Heart

    Young at Heart (1954)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and drama

    The lives and romances of three sisters in a musical family; the youngest daughter's life is complicated by the subsequent arrival of a charming composer and a cynical music arranger.

  16. 16Love Me Love Me

    Love Me Love Me (2026)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and drama

    After her brother's death, June moves to Milan for a fresh start, finding comfort in Will, the perfect honor student at her new international school. But when his troubled best friend James—hiding a dangerous life in…

  17. 17Not Easily Broken

    Not Easily Broken (2009)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and romance

    A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple.

  18. 18A Star Is Born

    A Star Is Born (1976)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and music

    Has-been singing idol John Norman Howard falls in love with young, up-and-coming songstress Esther Hoffman in Frank Pierson's version of the classic love story updated to the rock and roll era.

  19. 19Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet (1968)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance

    Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.

  20. 20Honey: Rise Up and Dance

    Honey: Rise Up and Dance (2018)

    ★ 6.9/10Also music and drama

    Street dancer Skyler comes out of the shadow of her trained dancer sister, Tosha, & joins a dance competition with the Honey dance studio; the prize is a college scholarship.

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