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Movies Like Habanera

If you liked Habanera (1958), a drama and comedy movie directed by José María Elorrieta, 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. 1Grace Unplugged

    Grace Unplugged (2013)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and music

    A talented young singer and aspiring songwriter’s Christian faith and family ties are tested when she defies her worship-pastor father and pursues pop-music stardom in GRACE UNPLUGGED, a moving and inspiring new film…

  2. 2Too Late Blues

    Too Late Blues (1961)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and music

    Ghost is an ideological musician and leader of a jazz band who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds than compromise himself. His peripatetic performances lead him to cross paths with a singer, while his…

  3. 3Tini: The New Life of Violetta

    Tini: The New Life of Violetta (2016)

    ★ 7.3/10Also comedy and drama

    A teen star ventures out to the Italian countryside for a summer and emerges a new artist.

  4. 4The Big Store

    The Big Store (1941)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and music

    A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.

  5. 5Love Happy

    Love Happy (1949)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy and music

    The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of sardines containing Romanoff diamonds.

  6. 6Sneakerella

    Sneakerella (2022)

    ★ 5.9/10Also music and comedy

    When El, an aspiring sneaker designer from Queens, meets Kira King, the fiercely independent daughter of legendary basketball star and sneaker tycoon Darius King, sparks fly as the two bond over their mutual affinity…

  7. 7Sunshine on Leith

    Sunshine on Leith (2013)

    ★ 6.6/10Also music and comedy

    Davy and Ally have to re-learn how to live life in Edinburgh after coming home from serving in Afghanistan. Both struggle to learn to live a life outside the army and to deal with the everyday struggles of family, jobs…

  8. 8Drumline: A New Beat

    Drumline: A New Beat (2014)

    ★ 6.8/10Also music and comedy

    A girl from New York attends a college in Atlanta to join their once-famous marching band.

  9. 9Camp Rock 3

    Camp Rock 3 (2026)

    ★ 6.5/10Also music and comedy

    When pop group Connect 3 returns to Camp Rock to search for an opening act for their reunion tour, rising tensions and fierce competition among campers test old friendships and spark unexpected romances.

  10. 10Honeydripper

    Honeydripper (2007)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and music

    In 1950s Alabama, the owner of the Honeydripper juke joint finds his business dropping off and against his better judgment, hires a young electric guitarist in a last ditch effort to draw crowds during harvest time.

  11. 11Feel the Beat

    Feel the Beat (2020)

    ★ 7.5/10Also comedy and music

    After failing to make it on Broadway, April returns to her hometown and reluctantly begins training a misfit group of young dancers for a competition.

  12. 12Beyond the Sea

    Beyond the Sea (2004)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and music

    Based on the life and career of legendary entertainer, Bobby Darin, the biopic moves back and forth between his childhood and adulthood, to tell the tale of his life.

  13. 13Blood Wedding

    Blood Wedding (1981)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and music

    A dance troupe prepares for and completes a dress rehearsal of Federico García Lorca's tragic play "Blood Wedding," which is about a bride who runs away from her wedding with a former boyfriend.

  14. 14Go! The Unforgettable Party

    Go! The Unforgettable Party (2019)

    ★ 7.5/10Also music and drama

    Mia is happy to be able to spend a vacation with her dad, but Lupe, Mercedes, Juanma and Alvaro arrive by surprise at the same resort... and bring the school drama with them!

  15. 15Arlo the Alligator Boy

    Arlo the Alligator Boy (2021)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and music

    Upon learning that he is from New York City, a wide-eyed boy, who is half human and half alligator, decides to leave his sheltered life in the swamp and search for his long lost father. A musical adventure.

  16. 16The Happiest Millionaire

    The Happiest Millionaire (1967)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and drama

    A happy and unbelievably lucky young Irish immigrant, John Lawless, lands a job as the butler of an unconventional millionaire, Biddle. His daughter, Cordelia Drexel Biddle, tires of the unusual antics of her…

  17. 17Lemonade Mouth

    Lemonade Mouth (2011)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and comedy

    When five ragtag freshman first meet in detention, it seems they have nothing in common. But, through music, they form an unbreakable bond and discover they have the makings of the greatest high school garage band in…

  18. 18Godspell

    Godspell (1973)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and music

    In modern-day New York City, John the Baptist calls out to a group of young men and women to learn from the teachings of Jesus. Through song and dance, they relive Christ's crucifixion.

  19. 19Chang Can Dunk

    Chang Can Dunk (2023)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama

    Chang, a 16-year-old, Asian American, bets the high school basketball star that he can dunk by Homecoming. The bet leads 5' 8" Chang on a quest to learn to dunk—not only to impress his crush, Kristy, but to gain the…

  20. 20Footlight Parade

    Footlight Parade (1933)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and music

    A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.

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