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Movies Like Soul lover

If you liked Soul lover (1955), a movie directed by Helmy Rafla, 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. 1Footloose

    Footloose (1984)

    ★ 6.7/10

    When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.

  2. 2You Were Never Lovelier

    You Were Never Lovelier (1942)

    ★ 7.1/10

    An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.

  3. 3Shall We Dance?

    Shall We Dance? (2004)

    ★ 6.4/10

    A bored estate lawyer spots a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves dancing. His wife…

  4. 4Blue Valentine

    Blue Valentine (2010)

    ★ 7/10

    Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause…

  5. 5Save the Last Dance

    Save the Last Dance (2001)

    ★ 6.6/10

    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…

  6. 6Duplex

    Duplex (2003)

    ★ 6.1/10

    When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!

  7. 7Band Aid

    Band Aid (2017)

    ★ 6.3/10

    A couple who can't stop fighting embark on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage: turning their fights into songs and starting a band.

  8. 8Like Sunday, Like Rain

    Like Sunday, Like Rain (2014)

    ★ 7.4/10

    A struggling musician becomes a 12-year-old musical prodigy's guardian for a summer.

  9. 9Paddleton

    Paddleton (2019)

    ★ 7/10

    An unlikely friendship between two neighbors becomes an unexpectedly emotional journey when the younger man is diagnosed with terminal cancer.

  10. 10Trick

    Trick (1999)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Gabriel is a young, aspiring musical composer whose life seems stuck in the First Act. When his new musical number gets a critical reception, a theatre colleague, Perry, tells Gabriel that he needs to get a life before…

  11. 11The Beat Beneath My Feet

    The Beat Beneath My Feet (2014)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Teenage boy Tom lives with his single mum in a flat in South London. Into the flat below moves Steve, an anti-social former Rock God who faked his death 8 years ago. Tom agrees not to reveal his secret on condition…

  12. 12Bootmen

    Bootmen (2000)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Sean Odkin loves to dance—much to his fathers distain. When the woman he loves cannot return his love, he goes in search of the only thing that can make him whole again—dancing.

  13. 13The Seven Year Itch

    The Seven Year Itch (1955)

    ★ 7/10

    When his family goes away for summer vacation, a hitherto faithful publishing executive with an overactive imagination is tempted by an attractive new neighbor.

  14. 14Little Men

    Little Men (2016)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Jake is a quiet, sensitive middle schooler with dreams of being an artist. He meets the affably brash Tony at his grandfather's funeral, and the unlikely pair soon hit it off. The budding friendship is put at risk…

  15. 15Keeping Up with the Joneses

    Keeping Up with the Joneses (2016)

    ★ 6.1/10

    An ordinary suburban couple finds it’s not easy keeping up with the Joneses – their impossibly gorgeous and ultra-sophisticated new neighbors – especially when they discover that Mr. and Mrs. “Jones” are covert…

  16. 16Entergalactic

    Entergalactic (2022)

    ★ 7.7/10

    Ambitious artist Jabari attempts to balance success and love when he moves into his dream Manhattan apartment and falls for his next-door neighbor.

  17. 17Whiplash

    Whiplash (2014)

    ★ 8.4/10

    Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

  18. 18The Goodbye Girl

    The Goodbye Girl (1977)

    ★ 7/10

    After being dumped by her live-in boyfriend, an unemployed dancer and her 10-year-old daughter are reluctantly forced to live with a struggling off-Broadway actor.

  19. 19The Soloist

    The Soloist (2009)

    ★ 6.7/10

    A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.

  20. 20The Young One

    The Young One (1960)

    ★ 7/10

    A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.

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