Movies Like Saving Dreams

If you liked Saving Dreams (2017), a romance and drama movie directed by Isioro Tokunbo Jaboro, 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
Ruth & Boaz (2025)
★ 7.4/10Also romance and drama
A 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.
2
Country Strong (2010)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance
Soon after the rising young singer-songwriter Beau Williams gets involved with a fallen, emotionally unstable country star Kelly Canter, the pair embark on a career resurrection tour helmed by her husband/manager James…
3
Teen Spirit (2019)
★ 6/10Also music and drama
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
The Thing Called Love (1993)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance
A group of newcomers to the country music business seek love and stardom.
5
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)
★ 7/10Also music and drama
The joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, the greatest female R&B pop vocalist of all time. Tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.
6
Dreamgirls (2006)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and music
A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.
7
New York, New York (1977)
★ 6.5/10Also romance and drama
An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.
8
Loving You (1957)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and music
Deliveryman Deke Rivers is discovered by publicist Glenda Markle and country-western musician Tex Warner who want to promote him to fame and fortune, giving him every break he deserves. Romantic complications arise as…
9
Beyond the Lights (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also romance and drama
Noni Jean is a hot new rising star. But not all is what it seems, and the pressure causes Noni to nearly fall apart - until she meets Kaz Nicol, a promising young cop and aspiring politician who's been assigned to her…
10
Clika (2026)
★ 8.3/10Also music and drama
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
Hounddog (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and music
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
12
Purple Rain (1984)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and music
A victim of his own anger, the Kid is a Minneapolis musician on the rise with his band, the Revolution, escaping a tumultuous home life through music. While trying to avoid making the same mistakes as his truculent…
13
Life Itself (2018)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and romance
As a young New York couple goes from college romance to marriage and the birth of their first child, the unexpected twists of their journey create reverberations that echo over continents and through lifetimes.
14
Star! (1968)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and music
Gertrude Lawrence rises to stage stardom at the cost of happiness.
15
A Star Is Born (2018)
★ 7.5/10Also music and drama
Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer — until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as…
16
Listen to Your Heart (2010)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and music
Struggling 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…
17
A Star Is Born (1954)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and music
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
18
I Still Believe (2020)
★ 7.6/10Also music and drama
The true-life story of Christian music star Jeremy Camp and his journey of love and loss that looks to prove there is always hope.
19
Young at Heart (1954)
★ 6.1/10Also romance and drama
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.
20
A Star Is Born (1976)
★ 6/10Also drama and music
Has-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.