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Movies Like Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites

If you liked Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites (2019), a drama and music movie directed by Gary Halvorson and John Dexter, 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. 1Grace Unplugged

    Grace Unplugged (2013)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and music

    A 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…

  2. 2Barbara

    Barbara (2017)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and music

    An actress will play Barbara, the French singer. The shoot will soon start. The actress works on her character, her voice, the songs, scores, the gestures, knitting, scenes she has to learn, things are going okay…

  3. 3Taurus

    Taurus (2022)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama and music

    A rising but troubled musician searches for the inspiration to record one last song, pushing himself deep into the void.

  4. 4Coda

    Coda (2020)

    ★ 6.1/10Also music and drama

    A famous pianist at the twilight of his career meets a free-spirited music critic who soon becomes his rock as his mental state deteriorates.

  5. 5Mozart, l'Opéra Rock

    Mozart, l'Opéra Rock (2009)

    ★ 7.9/10Also music and drama

    The show is a dramatization of the life of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart beginning from the age of 17 and culminating with his death in 1791 at the age of 35.

  6. 6Battle of the Year

    Battle of the Year (2013)

    ★ 6.8/10Also music and drama

    A 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.

  7. 7A

    A (2017)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and music

    A young alcoholic ambient musician locks himself in his apartment on a dangerous seven day bender as he attempts to finish his upcoming album.

  8. 8Journey from Greece

    Journey from Greece (2017)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and music

    Djam, a young Greek woman, is sent to Istanbul by her uncle Kakourgos, a former sailor with a passion for Rebetiko, to find a rare part that will repair their boat. In Istanbul, she encounters Avril, a…

  9. 9Too Late Blues

    Too Late Blues (1961)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and music

    Ghost 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…

  10. 10Maria

    Maria (2024)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and 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.

  11. 11The Sound of Music Live!

    The Sound of Music Live! (2013)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and music

    The Sound of Music Live! is a television special that was originally broadcast by NBC on December 5, 2013. Produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, the special was an adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway…

  12. 12My Way

    My Way (2012)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and music

    A biopic of French pop star Claude Francois, most famous for co-writing the song 'My Way'. Tracing his life from his childhood in Egypt through his success in France to his untimely death in Paris in 1978.

  13. 13Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert

    Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert (2010)

    ★ 8.3/10Also music

    This concert, recorded to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the landmark musical Les Miserables, gathers the casts of the show's 2010 original production at the Queen's Theatre, the 1985 original production by the…

  14. 14Bolero

    Bolero (1981)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and music

    The film follows four families, with different nationalities (French, German, Russian and American) but with the same passion for music, from the 1930s to the 1960s. The various story lines cross each other time and…

  15. 15Jesus Christ Superstar - Live Arena Tour

    Jesus Christ Superstar - Live Arena Tour (2012)

    ★ 7.3/10Also music

    This contemporary re-imagining of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's legendary rock musical Jesus Christ Superstar presents the story of the last seven days of Christ leading up to his crucifixion as seen through the…

  16. 16Prodigies

    Prodigies (2024)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and music

    Claire and Jeanne are twin sisters, united by the same passion: the piano. Coached by their father like athletes, they join the prestigious Karlsruhe Conservatory. They are now competing to be soloists and training for…

  17. 17Beyond the Sea

    Beyond the Sea (2004)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and music

    Based on the life and career of legendary entertainer, Bobby Darin, the biopic moves back and forth between his childhood and adulthood, to tell the tale of his life.

  18. 18Mo' Better Blues

    Mo' Better Blues (1990)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and music

    Talented 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…

  19. 19Dalida

    Dalida (2017)

    ★ 6.6/10Also music and drama

    Based on the true story of acclaimed music icon "Dalida" born in Cairo, who gained celebrity in the 50s, singing in French, Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew, German, Italian, playing in awarded Youssef Chahine's picture "Le…

  20. 20Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

    Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and music

    A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.

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