Movies Like To live on the Moon (For Lorca)
If you liked To live on the Moon (For Lorca) (2023), a music and history movie directed by Marcel Dzama, 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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Respect (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also music and historyThe rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.
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Django (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also history and musicThe story of Django Reinhardt, famous guitarist and composer, and his flight from German-occupied Paris in 1943.
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Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert (2010)
★ 8.3/10Also history and musicThis concert, recorded to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the landmark musical Les Miserables, gathers the casts of the show's 2010 original production at the Queen's Theatre, the 1985 original production by the…
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Whitney (2018)
★ 7.3/10Also musicExamines the life and career of singer Whitney Houston. Features never-before-seen archival footage, exclusive recordings, rare performances and interviews with the people who knew her best.
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Supersonic (2016)
★ 7.4/10Also music and historySupersonic charts the meteoric rise of Oasis from the council estates of Manchester to some of the biggest concerts of all time in just three short years. This palpable, raw and moving film shines a light on one of the…
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Selena (1997)
★ 7.7/10Also music and historyIn this biographical drama, Selena Quintanilla is born into a musical Mexican-American family in Texas. Her father, Abraham, realizes that his young daughter is talented and begins performing with her at small venues…
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Bolero (1981)
★ 6.9/10Also musicThe film follows four families, with different nationalities (French, German, Russian and American) but with the same passion for music, from the 1930s to the 1960s. The various story lines cross each other time and…
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)
★ 6.1/10Also historyA story set in 19th century China and centered on the lifelong friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid cultural norms imposed on women.
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The Last Waltz (1978)
★ 7.7/10Also musicMartin Scorsese's documentary intertwines footage from The Band's incredible farewell tour with probing backstage interviews and featured performances by Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, and other…
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The Duke (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also historyIn 1961, a 60-year-old taxi driver steals Goya’s portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery in London. It was the first (and remains the only) theft in the Gallery’s history. What happens next becomes…
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Daft Punk Unchained (2015)
★ 7.2/10Also musicDaft Punk Unchained is the first film about the pop culture phenomenon that is Daft Punk, the duo with 12 million albums sold worldwide and seven Grammy Awards. Throughout their career Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel…
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Shattered Glass (2003)
★ 7/10Also historyStephen Glass is a staff writer for the respected current events and policy magazine The New Republic and a freelance feature writer for publications such as Rolling Stone, Harper's and George. By the mid-90s, Glass'…
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Munich - The Edge of War (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also historyAt the tense 1938 Munich Conference, former friends who now work for opposing governments become reluctant spies racing to expose a Nazi secret.
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Adventures of a Mathematician (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also historyThe warmhearted story of Polish immigrant and mathematician Stan Ulam, who moved to the U.S. in the 1930s. Stan deals with the difficult losses of family and friends all while helping to create the hydrogen bomb and…
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Back to Black (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also music and historyThe 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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Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)
★ 7/10Also musicThe joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, the greatest female R&B pop vocalist of all time. Tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.
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Stavisky... (1974)
★ 5.9/10Also historyBiarritz, 1933. Charm and talent assist small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French politics. But when his great scam involving millions is exposed, he brings the…
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Airheads (1994)
★ 6.2/10Also musicThe Lone Rangers have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an FM rock radio station and hold the deejays hostage until they agree to broadcast the band's tape.
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What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
★ 7.1/10Also music and historySinger Tina Turner rises to stardom while mustering the courage to break free from her abusive husband Ike.
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Make Your Move (2013)
★ 5.8/10Also musicA pair of star-crossed dancers in New York find themselves at the center of a bitter rivalry between their brothers' underground dance clubs.