Movies Like Old Songs about the Main Thing 2

If you liked Old Songs about the Main Thing 2 (1997), a music and tv movie movie directed by Dzhanik Fayziev, 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
Battle of the Year (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also music
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.
2
Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B (2014)
★ 6.5/10Also music and tv movie
The story of R&B singer and actress Aaliyah; namely, the highs and lows of her career, her romantic pursuits, and the events leading up to her death in 2001 at the age of 22.
3
Cheaters (2000)
★ 6.3/10Also tv movie
In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition.
4
Ray Donovan: The Movie (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also tv movie
A showdown decades in the making brings the Donovan family legacy full circle. As the events that made Ray who he is today finally come to light, the Donovans find themselves drawn back to Boston to face the past. Each…
5
Grace of My Heart (1996)
★ 6/10Also music
Philadelphia teenager Edna Buxton wins a talent contest during the early rock 'n' roll era, changes her name to Denise Waverly and moves to New York City to make it big. Though she flops as a recording artist…
6
American Son (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also tv movie
Time passes and tension mounts in a Florida police station as an estranged interracial couple awaits news of their missing teenage son.
7
Jailhouse Rock (1957)
★ 6.3/10Also music
Young convict Vince Everett, serving time for manslaughter, discovers his musical talent in prison and becomes a rock and roll star after his release, navigating fame and relationships.
8
Shawn Mendes: In Wonder (2020)
★ 8.1/10Also music
A portrait of singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes' life, chronicling the past few years of his rise and journey.
9
A Man from the Boulevard des Capucines (1987)
★ 7.1/10Also music
Mr. Johnny First goes to the Wild West to present the art of the Cinematograph, and the lives of everyone in the frontier town of Santa Carolina change as a result of this.
10
Clika (2026)
★ 8.3/10Also music
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…
11
Young at Heart (1954)
★ 6.1/10Also music
The lives and romances of three sisters in a musical family; the youngest daughter's life is complicated by the subsequent arrival of a charming composer and a cynical music arranger.
12
Barbarians at the Gate (1993)
★ 6.9/10Also tv movie
F. Ross Johnson decides to buyout his own tobacco firm RJR Nabisco after the plans of the launch of his new product, a smokeless cigarette Premier, fail on account of market rumours.
13
Clear History (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also tv movie
Nathan Flomm, in order to avoid the humiliation of having missed out on a hugely successful business, assumes a new identity on Martha's Vineyard. He plots revenge when his former business partner moves to the same town.
14
Miss Marple: The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1992)
★ 7.4/10Also tv movie
A town busybody is poisoned at a busy reception in the home of famous film star Marina Gregg. The poisoned drink seemed intended for Marina, but Miss Marple is not so sure. She sets out to discover the true identity of…
15
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise (2015)
★ 6.6/10Also tv movie
Police Chief Jesse Stone now presides over the quiet, seaside village of Paradise, Massachusetts. When the facts don't add up in a brutal Boston-area murder case, Jesse opens an investigation filled with surprises…
16
Dr. Strange (1978)
★ 6/10Also tv movie
A psychiatrist becomes the new Sorcerer Supreme of the Earth in order to battle an evil Sorceress from the past.
17
Girl in the Bunker (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also tv movie
When Elizabeth is abducted by a fugitive sexual predator, she realizes she must take matters into her own hands and plot her escape. Based on a true story.
18
Girl (1998)
★ 6.3/10Also music
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.
19
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1989)
★ 6.7/10Also tv movie
While on vacation at a resort hotel in the West Indies, Miss Marple correctly suspects that the apparently natural death of a retired British major is actually the work of a murderer planning yet another killing.
20
Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
★ 6.8/10Also tv movie
Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.