Movies Like Paradise Island

If you liked Paradise Island (1969), a romance and music movie directed by Anusorn Mongkolkarn, 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 High Note (2020)
★ 7/10Also romance and comedy
Set in the dazzling world of the LA music scene comes the story of Grace Davis, a superstar whose talent, and ego, have reached unbelievable heights. Maggie is Grace’s overworked personal assistant who’s stuck running…
2
Girl (1998)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama
A sheltered, straight-A high school senior, Andrea Marr, becomes infatuated with a local rock singer, Todd Sparrow, and dives into the underground music scene, neglecting her friends and academic life in the process.
3
Coyote Ugly (2000)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama
Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her "day" job…
4
Dance-Off (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also romance and music
Two cross-town rival dance teams go head to head for the National Nationals Championship.
5
Center Stage: Turn It Up (2008)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and music
All self-taught dancer Kate Parker has ever wanted to do was perform with the American Academy of Ballet. But when she doesnt make it after auditioning, she learns that it takes more than precision and perfection to…
6
Ruth & Boaz (2025)
★ 7.4/10Also romance and drama
A talented singer leaves the Atlanta music scene and starts over in small-town Tennessee, where she finds love and new purpose but can't escape the past.
7
Suck Seed (2011)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and music
When his boyhood crush Ern returns, Ped forms a band with his friend to impress her. Romantic rivalries bloom after the talented Ern joins the group.
8
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
★ 6.9/10Also music and romance
Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who thinks he is one of the people they lent money to, gives him the…
9
ATL (2006)
★ 7/10Also drama and comedy
As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskating rink, Cascade.
10
I Met a Girl (2020)
★ 6.4/10Also romance and drama
An aspiring musician struggling with schizophrenia falls for a mysterious woman who may be all in his head. When she suddenly vanishes, he takes off on a cross-country journey across Australia to find her, forcing his…
11
Song for Marion (2012)
★ 6.8/10Also music and comedy
Arthur is a grumpy pensioner who can't understand why his wife Marion would want to embarrass herself singing silly songs with her unconventional local choir. But choir director Elizabeth sees something special in the…
12
L.A. Without a Map (1999)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and comedy
An aspiring Hollywood actress, on a visit to a charming North England town, has a brief fling with the town undertaker, who also writes obituaries for the local paper. Returning home, where she works as a waitress at a…
13
XX/XY (2002)
★ 6/10Also drama and comedy
Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later.
14
(Untitled) (2009)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and comedy
A fashionable contemporary art gallerist in Chelsea, New York falls for a brooding new music composer in this comic satire of the state of contemporary art.
15
Madame (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also romance and comedy
Anne and Bob, a well-to-do American couple, have just moved to a beautiful manor house in romantic Paris. To impress their sophisticated friends, they decide to host a lavish dinner party, but must disguise their maid…
16
Greenfingers (2001)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama
Prison inmate Colin Briggs is introduced to gardening, and when his thriving prison garden attracts the attention of flamboyant gardening expert Georgina Woodhouse, she offers to sponsor the inmates in an upcoming…
17
Pure Country (1992)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and music
Dusty Chandler is a super star in the country music world, but his shows have the style of a '70s rock concert. One day he takes a walk - out of his overdone concerts to find his real country roots. He's helped and…
18
Chéri (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and comedy
The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.
19
Made in Heaven (1987)
★ 6.5/10Also romance and comedy
Deceased drifter Mike arrives in Heaven and quickly falls for newborn soul Annie, soon to start her assignment on Earth. When Annie leaves, Mike follows. They spend the next three decades drifting back together.
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Listen to Your Heart (2010)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and music
Struggling New York City singer/songwriter Danny falls in love with Ariana, a wealthy girl from Connecticut who tragically cannot hear the music she inspires him to write. After falling in love against the wishes of…