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Movies Like Songs for Amy

If you liked Songs for Amy (2012), a music and drama movie directed by Konrad Begg, 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. 1Crossroads

    Crossroads (1986)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and music

    A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.

  2. 2Jawbone

    Jawbone (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the only family he has left: gym owner…

  3. 3The Doors

    The Doors (1991)

    ★ 7.1/10Also music and drama

    The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.

  4. 4Convict

    Convict (2014)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Set in the dark and old Parramatta prison built by the original convicts our lead character Ray a war veteran finds himself serving 18 months for manslaughter after defending his fiance. He soon realizes that the…

  5. 5Suburbia

    Suburbia (1984)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and music

    When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like a family until a tragedy tears them…

  6. 6The Rookie

    The Rookie (1990)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help…

  7. 7Lords of Chaos

    Lords of Chaos (2018)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and music

    A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the 1990s results in a very violent outcome.

  8. 8Lockdown

    Lockdown (2000)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and…

  9. 9Walking Tall: Lone Justice

    Walking Tall: Lone Justice (2007)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama

    In Dallas, witnesses against a drug-lord are murdered in a safe-house.The testimony of FBI agents becomes the only chance to keep him in prison. They are lodged in another safe-house, but the place is invaded and the…

  10. 10Mammal

    Mammal (2016)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the…

  11. 11Miles Ahead

    Miles Ahead (2016)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and music

    An exploration of the life and music of Miles Davis.

  12. 12King of Jazz

    King of Jazz (1930)

    ★ 6.5/10Also music

    A large-scale revue musical built around Paul Whiteman and his orchestra, presenting a series of musical performances, sketches, and staged tableaux in early two-color Technicolor, emblematic of Hollywood’s early…

  13. 13Luckiest Girl Alive

    Luckiest Girl Alive (2022)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    A successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life.

  14. 14Heavy Metal

    Heavy Metal (1981)

    ★ 6.5/10Also music

    The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.

  15. 15Death Wish 3

    Death Wish 3 (1985)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.

  16. 16Hustle & Flow

    Hustle & Flow (2005)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and music

    With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.

  17. 17El padrino: The Latin Godfather

    El padrino: The Latin Godfather (2004)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    In the streets of East Los Angeles, Manny is a formidable drug dealer. Impressed by his extravagant lifestyle and prowess, his young son, Kilo, yearns to follow in his footsteps. Kilo resolves to learn how to prosper…

  18. 18Rise of the Footsoldier 3

    Rise of the Footsoldier 3 (2017)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    In the late 1980s, Pat Tate journeys from peddling pills in Marbella to his time in prison, where he solidifies his power before his release to reclaim his turf.

  19. 19Fanny Lye Deliver'd

    Fanny Lye Deliver'd (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    On an isolated English farm in 1657, Fanny lives a quiet life with her oppressive husband John and their young son. One day their life is rocked with the arrival of young couple Thomas and Rebecca who claim to have…

  20. 20Fight Club

    Fight Club (1999)

    ★ 8.4/10Also drama

    A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an…

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