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Movies Like Rotary

If you liked Rotary (2023), a movie directed by Rob Patrick, 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. 1One Chance

    One Chance (2013)

    ★ 6.7/10

    This film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night.

  2. 2I Know That Voice

    I Know That Voice (2014)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Filmmaker Lawrence Shapiro discusses voice-over acting with the talented people behind the characters.

  3. 3Come See Me in the Good Light

    Come See Me in the Good Light (2025)

    ★ 7.1/10

    In an intimate and joyful story of love in the face of loss, celebrated poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley find strength—and unexpected hilarity—in what might be their final year together.

  4. 4Pamela, a love story

    Pamela, a love story (2023)

    ★ 7/10

    In her own words, through personal video and diaries, Pamela Anderson shares the story of her rise to fame, rocky romances and infamous sex tape scandal.

  5. 5Coffee and Cigarettes

    Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)

    ★ 6.9/10

    An anthology of eleven vignettes featuring star-studded casts of extremely unique individuals who all share the common activities of conversing while drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes.

  6. 6In a World...

    In a World... (2013)

    ★ 6.3/10

    An underachieving vocal coach is motivated by her father, the king of movie-trailer voice-overs, to pursue her aspirations of becoming a voice-over star. Amidst pride, sexism and family dysfunction, she sets out to…

  7. 7Dead Again

    Dead Again (1991)

    ★ 6.4/10

    In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes across a mute amnesiac woman who is somehow linked to the Strauss murder.

  8. 8Maria

    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.

  9. 9Private Parts

    Private Parts (1997)

    ★ 6.5/10

    The life and career of shock-jock superstar Howard Stern is recounted from his humble beginnings to his view from the top. Possessing a desire to be an on-air personality since childhood, Stern meanders through the…

  10. 10Lovelace

    Lovelace (2013)

    ★ 6/10

    Story of Linda Lovelace, who is used and abused by the porn industry at the behest of her coercive husband, before taking control of her life.

  11. 11Hollywood or Bust

    Hollywood or Bust (1956)

    ★ 6.2/10

    The last movie with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin together, is a satire of the life in Hollywood. Steve Wiley is a deceiver who cheats Malcolm Smith when he wins a car, claiming that he won it too. Trying to steal the…

  12. 12Worth

    Worth (2021)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Kenneth Feinberg, a powerful D.C. lawyer appointed Special Master of the 9/11 Fund, fights off the cynicism, bureaucracy, and politics associated with administering government funds and, in doing so, discovers what…

  13. 13The Naked City

    The Naked City (1948)

    ★ 7.2/10

    After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

  14. 14Take Shelter

    Take Shelter (2011)

    ★ 7/10

    Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.

  15. 15Broken Flowers

    Broken Flowers (2005)

    ★ 6.9/10

    An introverted man receives an anonymous letter from an ex-lover informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him. A freelance sleuth neighbor motivates the man to embark on a cross-country search for his…

  16. 16Looking for Richard

    Looking for Richard (1996)

    ★ 6.8/10

    Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III."

  17. 17Love Happy

    Love Happy (1949)

    ★ 5.8/10

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

  18. 18Insomnia

    Insomnia (2002)

    ★ 7/10

    Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

  19. 19Stranger Than Fiction

    Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

    ★ 7.3/10

    Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.

  20. 2042 Up

    42 Up (1999)

    ★ 7.6/10

    Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.

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