Movies Like Teacher on a Spree

If you liked Teacher on a Spree (1941), a music movie directed by Börje Larsson, 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
Sweet and Lowdown (1999)
★ 6.8/10Also music
In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.
2
Cover Girl (1944)
★ 6.4/10Also music
A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.
3
Teen Spirit (2019)
★ 6/10Also music
A 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.
4
Funny Face (1957)
★ 7/10Also music
A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.
5
My Fair Lady (1964)
★ 7.5/10Also music
A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.
6
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
★ 7/10Also music
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.
7
Victor/Victoria (1982)
★ 7.3/10Also music
A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.
8
Pal Joey (1957)
★ 6.3/10Also music
An opportunistic singer woos a wealthy widow to boost his career.
9
Lemonade Mouth (2011)
★ 7.4/10Also music
When five ragtag freshman first meet in detention, it seems they have nothing in common. But, through music, they form an unbreakable bond and discover they have the makings of the greatest high school garage band in…
10
Flora and Son (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also music
Single mom Flora is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, Max. Her efforts to keep him out of trouble lead to a beat-up acoustic guitar, a washed-up LA musician, and harmony for this frayed Dublin…
11
K-12 (2019)
★ 7.7/10Also music
Cry Baby, a strong and sensitive girl, is sent off to a disturbing sleepaway school that’s hidden underneath a grandiose façade. Luckily, she has a sweet and unapologetic best friend who sticks up for her when she gets…
12
Music of the Heart (1999)
★ 6.7/10Also music
After Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a music teacher at the Central Park East School in East Harlem.
13
Another Cinderella Story (2008)
★ 7.3/10Also music
A guy who danced with what could be the girl of his dreams at a costume ball only has one hint at her identity: the Zune she left behind as she rushed home in order to make her curfew. And with a once-in-a-lifetime…
14
'Round Midnight (1986)
★ 7.1/10Also music
Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian too broke to buy a glass of wine strains to hear those notes. Soon…
15
Maria (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also music
Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity and life.
16
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)
★ 6.4/10Also music
Deloris Van Cartier is again asked to don the nun's habit to help a run-down Catholic school, presided over by Mother Superior. And if trying to reach out to a class full of uninterested students wasn't bad enough, the…
17
The Runaways (2010)
★ 6.5/10Also music
Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, two rebellious teenagers from Southern California, become the frontwomen for The Runaways -- the now-legendary group that paved the way for future generations of female rockers. Under the…
18
Olivia Rodrigo: GUTS World Tour (2024)
★ 7.7/10Also music
At a sold-out concert in her hometown of LA, Olivia Rodrigo pours her heart into an electrifying night of chart-topping hits and pop-rock power ballads.
19
Staying Alive (1983)
★ 5.8/10Also music
Five years later, Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever still burns. Now he's struts toward his biggest challenger yet - making it as a dancer on the Broadway stage.
20
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
★ 7.5/10Also music
A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge…