Movies Like It's Only Rock
If you liked It's Only Rock (1984), a drama and music movie directed by Paweł Karpiński, 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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Hounddog (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and musicA drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
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Grace Unplugged (2013)
★ 6/10Also drama and musicA talented young singer and aspiring songwriter’s Christian faith and family ties are tested when she defies her worship-pastor father and pursues pop-music stardom in GRACE UNPLUGGED, a moving and inspiring new film…
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Too Late Blues (1961)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and musicGhost is an ideological musician and leader of a jazz band who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds than compromise himself. His peripatetic performances lead him to cross paths with a singer, while his…
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Honeydripper (2007)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and musicIn 1950s Alabama, the owner of the Honeydripper juke joint finds his business dropping off and against his better judgment, hires a young electric guitarist in a last ditch effort to draw crowds during harvest time.
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Coda (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also music and dramaA famous pianist at the twilight of his career meets a free-spirited music critic who soon becomes his rock as his mental state deteriorates.
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Clika (2026)
★ 8.3/10Also music and dramaAspiring 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…
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Mo' Better Blues (1990)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and musicTalented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend…
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Teen Spirit (2019)
★ 6/10Also music and dramaA shy teenager living on the Isle of Wight dreams of pop stardom. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a singing competition that will test her integrity, talent, and ambition.
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Taurus (2022)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and musicA rising but troubled musician searches for the inspiration to record one last song, pushing himself deep into the void.
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Battle of the Year (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also music and dramaA 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.
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Honey: Rise Up and Dance (2018)
★ 6.9/10Also music and dramaStreet dancer Skyler comes out of the shadow of her trained dancer sister, Tosha, & joins a dance competition with the Honey dance studio; the prize is a college scholarship.
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Cadillac Records (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and musicThe story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta…
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Almost Famous (2000)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and musicIn 1973, a precocious 15-year-old aspiring rock journalist lands a dream assignment from Rolling Stone to tour with a rising rock band, embarking on a coming-of-age journey as he discovers the exhilarating and…
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Jailhouse Rock (1957)
★ 6.3/10Also music and dramaYoung 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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Crossroads (1986)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and musicA wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.
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A (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and musicA young alcoholic ambient musician locks himself in his apartment on a dangerous seven day bender as he attempts to finish his upcoming album.
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Beats (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and musicAn agoraphobic hip-hop prodigy and a disgraced former music manager cross paths in Chicago’s South Side and help each other face demons of their pasts.
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Backbeat (1994)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and musicChronicles the early days of The Beatles in Hamburg, Germany. The film focuses primarily on the relationship between Stuart Sutcliffe, John Lennon, and Sutcliffe's girlfriend Astrid Kirchherr.
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Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and musicBruce Springsteen, a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggles to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past.
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Sturgill Simpson Presents Sound & Fury (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also musicIn this anime visual album, a mysterious driver heads deep into a postapocalyptic hellscape toward a ferocious showdown with two monstrous opponents.