Movies Like Life Goes On
If you liked Life Goes On (1969), a drama and music movie directed by Eugenio Martín, 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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The Blue Star (2024)
★ 7.4/10Also music and dramaThe 90s. A famous Spanish rock star travels around Latin America in the endeavour to reconnect with his vocation. There he meets an old musician down on his luck, prompting the birth of an unlikely duo with every…
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Havana Blues (2005)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and musicWhen Spanish record producers express interest in Cuban musicians Ruy and Tito, the longtime friends are faced with the prospect of leaving their loved ones behind. After years of hoping and dreaming, they've finally…
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Band Together (2025)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and musicTwo years after the tragic sinking of a fishing boat that shook a small seaside town, members of the rondalla, a traditional Galician music band, decide to get back together in the endeavour to recover their enthusiasm…
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A (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and musicA young alcoholic ambient musician locks himself in his apartment on a dangerous seven day bender as he attempts to finish his upcoming album.
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Goal II: Living the Dream (2007)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaTempted away from Newcastle United to join Real Madrid, rising star Santiago Munez finds this latest change of fortune the greatest challenge yet - personally as well as professionally. He is reunited with Gavin…
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El encanto (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaBruno is thirty years old and has a girlfriend, Juliana, with whom he is about to celebrate a decade of love.He loves her, but feels that she no longer captivates him. She wants to be a mother. He doesn't know if he…
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Disco, Ibiza, Locomía (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and musicIn the effervescent Spain of the 80s, Xavi Font, an artistic misfit, together with his friend Lurdes Iribar and her lover Manolo Arjona, founds Locomía. Although he achieves success, he also experiences the dark…
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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.
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Battle of the Year (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also music and dramaA down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years.
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Clika (2026)
★ 8.3/10Also music and dramaAspiring small-town musician Chito is determined to make it big. When a clip of him performing one of his songs goes viral, he seizes the opportunity and pushes to carve out a place for himself in the new wave of…
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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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Grace Unplugged (2013)
★ 6/10Also drama and musicA 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…
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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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Hounddog (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaA drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
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Take the Lead (2006)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and musicA former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance. Based…
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My Dinner with Hervé (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaAn unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-changing consequences for both.
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Taurus (2022)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and musicA rising but troubled musician searches for the inspiration to record one last song, pushing himself deep into the void.
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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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The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaA washed-up filmmaker gets a second chance at stardom when he discovers stunning peasant Maria Vargas dancing in a Madrid nightclub. Goaded by his producer, the director convinces Maria to screen test for, and then…