Movies Like Sweet Love, Bitter
If you liked Sweet Love, Bitter (1967), a drama and music movie directed by Herbert Danska, 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.
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Born to Be Blue (2015)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and musicJazz legend Chet Baker finds love and redemption when he stars in a movie about his own troubled life to mount a comeback.
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The Basketball Diaries (1995)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaA high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
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All Eyez on Me (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and musicAll Eyez on Me chronicles the life and legacy of Tupac Shakur, including his rise to superstardom as a hip-hop artist, actor, poet and activist, as well as his imprisonment and prolific, controversial time at Death Row…
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The Doors (1991)
★ 7.1/10Also music and dramaThe story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
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Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and musicA tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
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Ragtime (1981)
★ 7/10Also dramaA young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
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Motherless Brooklyn (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaNew York City, 1957. Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, tries to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend, armed only with vague clues and the strength of his obsessive mind.
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Whiplash (2014)
★ 8.4/10Also drama and musicUnder the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
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Passing (2021)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaIn 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white.
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Judy (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and musicThirty years after starring in 'The Wizard of Oz', beloved actress and singer Judy Garland arrives in London to perform sold-out shows at the Talk of the Town nightclub. While there, she reminisces with friends and…
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Cadillac Records (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and musicThe story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta…
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Rocketman (2019)
★ 7.3/10Also music and dramaThe story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.
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Beautiful Boy (2018)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaAfter he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.
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A Complete Unknown (2024)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and musicNew York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his guitar and revolutionary talent…
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Valley of the Dolls (1967)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaLured by their dreams of fame and fortune, three ambitious young women enter the world of show business and discover how easy it is to sink into a celebrity nightmare of ego, alcohol and pills — the beloved "dolls."
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Köln 75 (2025)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and musicThe true story of Vera Brandes, teenage patron saint of the 1970s Cologne music scene, who risked everything to organize the greatest solo concert in music history: Keith Jarrett’s legendary Köln Concert.
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Back to Black (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also music and dramaThe extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black that catapulted Winehouse to global fame. Told through Amy’s…
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The Soloist (2009)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and musicA Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.
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Mo' Better Blues (1990)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and musicTalented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend…
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Coda (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also music and dramaA famous pianist at the twilight of his career meets a free-spirited music critic who soon becomes his rock as his mental state deteriorates.