Movies Like Hibari's Tale of Pathos
If you liked Hibari's Tale of Pathos (1962), a music and romance movie directed by Kunio Watanabe, 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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Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
★ 6.9/10Also music and romanceJohnny 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…
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Center Stage: Turn It Up (2008)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and musicAll 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…
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Pure Country 2: The Gift (2010)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and musicThree angels bestow the gift of song to a young girl, who must follow a series of rules in order hold on to it during her rise to fame and fortune.
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I Still Believe (2020)
★ 7.6/10Also music and dramaThe true-life story of Christian music star Jeremy Camp and his journey of love and loss that looks to prove there is always hope.
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Ruth & Boaz (2025)
★ 7.4/10Also romance and dramaA 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.
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High Strung Free Dance (2018)
★ 7.3/10Also music and romanceZander Raines, a dazzling and tempestuous young choreographer, gives the break of a lifetime to two hopeful artists when he casts a stunning contemporary dancer, Barlow, and innovative pianist, Charlie, in New York’s…
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Star! (1968)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and musicGertrude Lawrence rises to stage stardom at the cost of happiness.
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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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Purple Hearts (2022)
★ 8/10Also romance and dramaAn aspiring musician agrees to a marriage of convenience with a soon-to-deploy Marine, but a tragedy soon turns their fake relationship all too real.
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StreetDance 3D (2010)
★ 6.5/10Also music and romanceIn order to win the Street Dance Championships, a dance crew is forced to work with ballet dancers from the Royal Dance School in exchange for rehearsal space.
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Listen to Your Heart (2010)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and musicStruggling 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…
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StreetDance 2 (2012)
★ 6.2/10Also music and romanceAfter suffering humiliation by the crew Invincible, street dancer Ash looks to gather the best dancers from around the world for a rematch.
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Revenge Porn: PAIN OF LOVE (2019)
★ 8.4/10Also romance and dramaRei is a college student in the midst of finding a job. She confesses her love to Mikio, a senior whom she admires. Mikio soon demands that she perform perverted acts.
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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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The Lost Husband (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and romanceTrying to put her life back together after the death of her husband, Libby and her children move to her estranged Aunt's goat farm in central Texas.
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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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High Strung (2016)
★ 7/10Also music and romanceWhen a hip hop violinist busking in the New York subway encounters a classical dancer on scholarship at the Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts, sparks fly. With the help of a hip hop dance crew they must find a common…
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His Motorbike, Her Island (1986)
★ 7.7/10Also romance and dramaKo, a motorbike enthusiast from the city wandering the Japanese countryside, falls for the carefree local Miyo and teaches her how to ride. When Miyo proves herself a biker prodigy, Ko begins to fear she's destined to…
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Save the Last Dance (2001)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceAfter the death of her mother, Sara moves to the South Side of Chicago to live with her father and gets transferred to a majority-black school. Her life takes a turn for the better when befriends Chenille and her…
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A Star Is Born (1976)
★ 6/10Also drama and musicHas-been singing idol John Norman Howard falls in love with young, up-and-coming songstress Esther Hoffman in Frank Pierson's version of the classic love story updated to the rock and roll era.