Movies Like The United States vs. Billie Holiday
If you liked The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021), a music and drama movie directed by Lee Daniels, 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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Bird (1988)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and musicSaxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.
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Get On Up (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and musicA chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
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Born to Be Blue (2015)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and musicJazz legend Chet Baker finds love and redemption when he stars in a movie about his own troubled life to mount a comeback.
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Cadillac Records (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and historyThe story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta…
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The Doors (1991)
★ 7.1/10Also music and dramaThe story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
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Blaze (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and musicInspired by the life of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas outlaw country movement that spawned the likes of Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson. The film weaves together three periods in Blaze's life…
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The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and historyFormer major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services in World War II Europe.
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Bessie (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and musicThe story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.
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Rocketman (2019)
★ 7.3/10Also music and dramaThe story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.
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J. Edgar (2011)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and historyAs the face of law enforcement in the United States for almost 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover was feared and admired, reviled and revered. But behind closed doors, he held secrets that would have destroyed his image, his…
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Live by Night (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and historyA group of Boston-bred gangsters set up shop in balmy Florida during the Prohibition era, facing off against the competition and the Ku Klux Klan.
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The Smashing Machine (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and historyIn the late 1990s, up-and-coming mixed martial artist Mark Kerr aspires to become the greatest fighter in the world. However, he must also battle his opioid dependence and a volatile relationship with his girlfriend…
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Chevalier (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also music and dramaThe illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Joseph Bologne rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer, complete with an ill-fated love affair…
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Ray (2004)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and musicBorn on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano…
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By Any Means (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also history and dramaIn 1960s Mississippi, a young Black FBI agent is forced to partner with a notorious mafia hitman to investigate a wave of brutal civil rights murders.
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Taurus (2022)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and musicA rising but troubled musician searches for the inspiration to record one last song, pushing himself deep into the void.
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Being the Ricardos (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and historyLucille Ball and Desi Arnaz face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage.
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Straight Outta Compton (2015)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and musicIn 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us…
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Kill the Messenger (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and historyA reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the…