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Movies Like Disco King

If you liked Disco King (1984), a drama and music movie directed by Thatineni Prasad, 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. 1Grace Unplugged

    Grace Unplugged (2013)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and music

    A 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…

  2. 2Too Late Blues

    Too Late Blues (1961)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and music

    Ghost is an ideological musician and leader of a jazz band who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds than compromise himself. His peripatetic performances lead him to cross paths with a singer, while his…

  3. 3A

    A (2017)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and music

    A young alcoholic ambient musician locks himself in his apartment on a dangerous seven day bender as he attempts to finish his upcoming album.

  4. 4Beat Street

    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.

  5. 5Battle of the Year

    Battle of the Year (2013)

    ★ 6.8/10Also music and drama

    A 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.

  6. 6Honeydripper

    Honeydripper (2007)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and music

    In 1950s Alabama, the owner of the Honeydripper juke joint finds his business dropping off and against his better judgment, hires a young electric guitarist in a last ditch effort to draw crowds during harvest time.

  7. 7You Got Served

    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. 8Wild Style

    Wild Style (1982)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and music

    Legendary New York graffiti artist Lee Quinones plays the part of Zoro, the city's hottest and most elusive graffiti writer. The actual story of the movie concerns the tension between Zoro's passion for his art and his…

  9. 9Take the Lead

    Take the Lead (2006)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and music

    A 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…

  10. 10The Mambo Kings

    The Mambo Kings (1992)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and music

    The Mambo Kings tells the story of César and Nestor Castillo, brothers and aspiring musicians who flee from Cuba to America in search of the American Dream.

  11. 11Cadillac Records

    Cadillac Records (2008)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and music

    The 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…

  12. 12Mo' Better Blues

    Mo' Better Blues (1990)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and music

    Talented 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…

  13. 13To Write Love on Her Arms

    To Write Love on Her Arms (2015)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and music

    The story follows 19-year-old Renee who has always loved fairy tales: the idea of a princess, a hero and a happily ever after. But Renee’s life is that of a darker tale: she’s a young woman battling addiction…

  14. 14Clika

    Clika (2026)

    ★ 8.3/10Also music and drama

    Aspiring 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…

  15. 15Honey: Rise Up and Dance

    Honey: Rise Up and Dance (2018)

    ★ 6.9/10Also music and drama

    Street dancer Skyler comes out of the shadow of her trained dancer sister, Tosha, & joins a dance competition with the Honey dance studio; the prize is a college scholarship.

  16. 16Make Mine Music

    Make Mine Music (1946)

    ★ 5.8/10Also music

    In the tradition of Fantasia, Make Mine Music is a glorious collection of musically charged animated shorts featuring such fun-filled favorites as "Peter and the Wolf", narrated by the beloved voice behind Winnie the…

  17. 17XOXO

    XOXO (2016)

    ★ 5.9/10Also music and drama

    XOXO follows six strangers whose lives collide in one frenetic, dream-chasing, hopelessly romantic night.

  18. 18Make Your Move

    Make Your Move (2013)

    ★ 5.8/10Also music

    A pair of star-crossed dancers in New York find themselves at the center of a bitter rivalry between their brothers' underground dance clubs.

  19. 19Born to Be Blue

    Born to Be Blue (2015)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and music

    Jazz legend Chet Baker finds love and redemption when he stars in a movie about his own troubled life to mount a comeback.

  20. 20Beats

    Beats (2019)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and music

    An agoraphobic hip-hop prodigy and a disgraced former music manager cross paths in Chicago’s South Side and help each other face demons of their pasts.

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