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Movies Like Lisbon Story

If you liked Lisbon Story (1946), a music and thriller movie directed by Paul L. Stein, 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. 1Battle of the Year

    Battle of the Year (2013)

    ★ 6.8/10Also music

    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.

  2. 2Make Mine Music

    Make Mine Music (1946)

    ★ 5.8/10Also music

    In the tradition of Fantasia, Make Mine Music is a glorious collection of musically charged animated shorts featuring such fun-filled favorites as "Peter and the Wolf", narrated by the beloved voice behind Winnie the…

  3. 3Song for Marion

    Song for Marion (2012)

    ★ 6.8/10Also music

    Arthur is a grumpy pensioner who can't understand why his wife Marion would want to embarrass herself singing silly songs with her unconventional local choir. But choir director Elizabeth sees something special in the…

  4. 4Clika

    Clika (2026)

    ★ 8.3/10Also music

    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…

  5. 5The Big Store

    The Big Store (1941)

    ★ 6.3/10Also music

    A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.

  6. 6Animal Crackers

    Animal Crackers (1930)

    ★ 6.9/10Also music

    The well-known explorer and hunter Captain Spaulding has just returned from Africa, and is being welcomed home with a lavish party at the estate of influential society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse when a valuable painting…

  7. 7Star!

    Star! (1968)

    ★ 6.9/10Also music

    Gertrude Lawrence rises to stage stardom at the cost of happiness.

  8. 8Broadway Melody of 1940

    Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)

    ★ 6.9/10Also music

    Johnny 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…

  9. 9Coda

    Coda (2020)

    ★ 6.1/10Also music

    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.

  10. 10Newsies

    Newsies (2017)

    ★ 8/10Also music

    A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When their publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, tries to squeeze a little more profit out of their labours, they organize a strike…

  11. 11Godspell

    Godspell (1973)

    ★ 6.7/10Also music

    In modern-day New York City, John the Baptist calls out to a group of young men and women to learn from the teachings of Jesus. Through song and dance, they relive Christ's crucifixion.

  12. 12Save the Last Dance

    Save the Last Dance (2001)

    ★ 6.6/10Also music

    After 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…

  13. 13Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical

    Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2006)

    ★ 6.6/10Also music

    From an ominous Lecturer, a small 1930s middle American community learns of the Harper Affair, in which young Jimmy Harper finds his life of promise turn into a life of debauchery and murder thanks to the new drug…

  14. 14Babes in Toyland

    Babes in Toyland (1961)

    ★ 5.9/10Also music

    All roads lead to magical, merry Toyland as Mary Contrary and Tom Piper prepare for their wedding! But villainous Barnaby wants Mary for himself, so he kidnaps Tom, setting off a series of comic chases, searches, and…

  15. 15Drumline: A New Beat

    Drumline: A New Beat (2014)

    ★ 6.8/10Also music

    A girl from New York attends a college in Atlanta to join their once-famous marching band.

  16. 16A Very Jonas Christmas Movie

    A Very Jonas Christmas Movie (2025)

    ★ 6.2/10Also music

    Kevin, Nick, and Joe Jonas face a series of escalating obstacles as they struggle to make it from London to New York in time to spend Christmas with their families.

  17. 17Sunshine on Leith

    Sunshine on Leith (2013)

    ★ 6.6/10Also music

    Davy and Ally have to re-learn how to live life in Edinburgh after coming home from serving in Afghanistan. Both struggle to learn to live a life outside the army and to deal with the everyday struggles of family, jobs…

  18. 18Les 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…

  19. 19Ghosts

    Ghosts (1997)

    ★ 8.1/10Also music

    In the town of Normal Valley, an eccentric magician named Maestro entertains the local children every day in his spooky mansion. One stormy night, the town's mayor leads a group of angry citizens to the mansion in an…

  20. 20Pure Country 2: The Gift

    Pure Country 2: The Gift (2010)

    ★ 6.7/10Also music

    Three 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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