Movies Like Michael McDonald: Live & A Tribute to Motown
If you liked Michael McDonald: Live & A Tribute to Motown (2008), a music movie, 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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Bee Gees: One Night Only (1998)
★ 8.2/10Also musicThe brothers Gibb perform their greatest hits from the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's including many songs written for and made hits by other artists but never recorded by the Bee Gees themselves.
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Coyote Ugly (2000)
★ 6.3/10Also musicGraced 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…
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Footlight Parade (1933)
★ 6.8/10Also musicA fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.
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Don't Say Good Luck (2026)
★ 7.3/10Also musicSophie Birenbaum is ready for the spotlight as the lead in her high school musical—until she's suddenly facing more drama at home than on the stage.
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Love Happy (1949)
★ 5.8/10Also musicThe Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of sardines containing Romanoff diamonds.
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Apple Music Live: Lady Gaga MAYHEM Requiem (2026)
★ 8.3/10Also musicFor Apple Music Live, Gaga presents MAYHEM Requiem, a celebration and musical reimagining of MAYHEM.
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Sunshine on Leith (2013)
★ 6.6/10Also musicDavy and Ally have to re-learn how to live life in Edinburgh after coming home from serving in Afghanistan. Both struggle to learn to live a life outside the army and to deal with the everyday struggles of family, jobs…
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Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour (2018)
★ 8.2/10Also musicTaylor Swift takes the stage in Dallas for the Reputation Stadium Tour and celebrates a monumental night of music, memories and visual magic.
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Jailhouse Rock (1957)
★ 6.3/10Also musicYoung 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.
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One Chance (2013)
★ 6.7/10Also musicThis film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night.
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A Day at the Races (1937)
★ 7.1/10Also musicDoctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's sanitarium by winning a big race with a finicky horse owned by Judy's boyfriend Gil. There are a few problems. Hackenbush, who was recently put in charge of…
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Song for Marion (2012)
★ 6.8/10Also musicArthur 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…
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Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
★ 6.6/10Also musicWhen his new album fails to sell records, pop/rap superstar Conner4real goes into a major tailspin and watches his celebrity high life begin to collapse. He'll try anything to bounce back, anything except reuniting…
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Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also musicExploring every facet of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic’s life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like ‘Eat It’ and ‘Like a Surgeon’ to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle, this biopic…
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Respect (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also musicThe 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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We Are Your Friends (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also musicYoung Cole Carter dreams of hitting the big time as a Hollywood disc jockey, spending his days and nights hanging with buddies and working on the one track that will set the world on fire. Opportunity comes knocking…
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Soul Men (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also musicTwo former backup soul singers, Louis and Floyd, have not spoken to each other in 20 years, and reluctantly agree to travel across the country together to a reunion concert to honor their recently-deceased lead singer…
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A Mighty Wind (2003)
★ 6.8/10Also musicThree eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following the death of their manager to put on an reunion concert in his honor, at the request of his son.
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Romance & Cigarettes (2006)
★ 6.1/10Also musicIronworker Nick lives with his wife, Kitty, and three daughters. When he meets a significantly younger woman, Tula, he starts an affair with her, much to the chagrin of his wife, and his life is thrown into upheaval…
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Babes in Arms (1939)
★ 6.4/10Also musicMickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wants to make a comeback and replace Patsy both professionally and as…