Movies Like Vlada Goes to London

If you liked Vlada Goes to London (2020), a drama and music movie directed by Arti Savchenko, 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
Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and music
A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
2
Paid in Full (2002)
★ 6.9/10Also action and drama
Ace is an impressionable young man working for a dry cleaning business. His friend, drug dealer Mitch, goes to prison. In an unrelated incident, he finds some cocaine in a pants pocket. Soon, Ace finds himself dealing…
3
Run (1991)
★ 6/10Also action and drama
When a law student accidentally kills the son of a mob boss in a fight, he finds himself relentlessly pursued by the mob and the police.
4
Kicks (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and action
When his hard-earned kicks get snatched by a local hood, fifteen-year old Brandon and his two best friends go on an ill-advised mission across the Bay Area to retrieve the stolen sneakers.
5
Beat Street (1984)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and music
An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.
6
Shaft (1971)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and action
Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
7
You Got Served (2004)
★ 6.4/10Also music and drama
At Mr. Rad's Warehouse, the best hip-hop crews in Los Angeles compete for money and respect. But when a suburban crew crashes the party, stealing their dancers — and their moves — two warring friends have to pull…
8
The Baker (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also action and drama
A quiet, stoic man, lives a monk-like existence in self-imposed exile. When his estranged son is killed in a drug deal gone bad, he is left to look after a granddaughter he never knew existed, and he is forced back…
9
King Creole (1958)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and music
Delinquent Danny Fisher flunks out of high school, quits his job as a nightclub busboy, and one night gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and local crime boss Maxie Fields wants to hire him to perform at…
10
Hustle & Flow (2005)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and music
With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
11
Thrashin' (1986)
★ 6.3/10Also action and drama
Corey and his band of skater buddies sometimes make mischief, but they're more interested in girls and having fun on their boards than in getting into any real trouble. Notorious enemy crew the Daggers, led by Tommy…
12
The Smashing Machine (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and action
In the late 1990s, up-and-coming mixed martial artist Mark Kerr aspires to become the greatest fighter in the world. However, he must also battle his opioid dependence and a volatile relationship with his girlfriend…
13
Dead Man Down (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also action and drama
In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution.
14
The Substitute (1996)
★ 7/10Also action and drama
When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon…
15
Final Score (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also action and drama
When a stadium is seized by a group of heavily armed criminals during a major sporting event, an ex-soldier must use all his military skills to save both the daughter of a fallen comrade and the huge crowd unaware of…
16
The Doors (1991)
★ 7.1/10Also music and drama
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
17
Savage Streets (1984)
★ 6.3/10Also action and drama
Brenda, vivacious leader of the "Satins", a fun-loving group of pretty high school girls, searches for deadly vengeance against the gang members who assaulted her deaf-mute sister.
18
One Night in Bangkok (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also action and drama
A hit man named Kai flies into Bangkok, gets a gun, and orders a cab. He offers a professional female driver big money to be his all-night driver. But when she realizes Kai is committing brutal murders at each stop…
19
Best of the Best 2 (1993)
★ 6/10Also action and drama
In an underground fight club, blackbelt Travis Brickley is killed after losing to the evil martial arts master Brakus. Travis' death is witnessed by Walter Grady, the son of his best friend Alex Grady. Alex and his…
20
Colombiana (2011)
★ 6.7/10Also action and drama
After witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, Cataleya Restrepo grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante…