Movies Like The Pain In My Heart
If you liked The Pain In My Heart (1983), a drama and music movie directed by Natuk Baytan, 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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Center Stage: Turn It Up (2008)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and musicAll self-taught dancer Kate Parker has ever wanted to do was perform with the American Academy of Ballet. But when she doesnt make it after auditioning, she learns that it takes more than precision and perfection to…
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Pure Country 2: The Gift (2010)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and musicThree 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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Listen to Your Heart (2010)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and musicStruggling 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…
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UFO (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and romanceWhen aspiring musician and student Deniz falls for a rough-hewn motorbike racer, tragedy and family opposition obstruct their path to love.
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Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
★ 6.9/10Also music and romanceJohnny 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…
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Fire with Fire (1986)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and romanceA tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison…
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Save the Last Dance (2001)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and romanceAfter 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…
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Maria's Lovers (1984)
★ 6/10Also drama and romanceA World War II prisoner returns home to his childhood sweetheart. However, back home, he discovers that he has to compete to win her love.
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Time Is Up (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also romance and dramaVivien, an accomplished student with a passion for physics, and Roy, a troubled young man, are involved in an accident that forces them to reclaim their lives one minute at the time.
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Blind (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and romanceA novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.
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Star! (1968)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and musicGertrude Lawrence rises to stage stardom at the cost of happiness.
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Killer Heat (2024)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and romanceAn expat PI is hired to investigate a suspicious death in Crete, Greece, where jealousies run deep amongst the victim's powerful family.
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Ruth & Boaz (2025)
★ 7.4/10Also romance and dramaA 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.
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Muslum (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and musicA biopic about the Turkish vocal artist Müslüm Gürses. Born into a poor household, Muslum found his redemption in music from the initial trauma that lingered over his musical and personal life as internalizing the…
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Gabriel's Inferno (2020)
★ 8.4/10Also romance and dramaAn intriguing and sinful exploration of seduction, forbidden love, and redemption, Gabriel's Inferno is a captivating and wildly passionate tale of one man's escape from his own personal hell as he tries to earn the…
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Two Worlds One Wish (2025)
★ 7.3/10Also romance and dramaTwenty-one years after a magical meeting at a children's hospital, Bilge and Can suddenly begin hearing each other's voices telepathically. What seems like a miracle soon reveals a hidden secret, as fate-reuniting them…
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What's Left of You (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and romanceOn his 18th birthday, wealthy but spoiled Ozgur(Ekin Koc) gets a surprise from his deceased grandfather's will. He has to leave his luxurious life in Istanbul and graduate from a public school in a small village on the…
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I Still Believe (2020)
★ 7.6/10Also music and dramaThe true-life story of Christian music star Jeremy Camp and his journey of love and loss that looks to prove there is always hope.
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Footloose (2011)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and musicRen MacCormack is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where loud music and dancing are prohibited. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizing the town and falling…
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Marked Men: Rule + Shaw (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also romance and dramaShaw Landon has loved Rule Archer from the moment she laid eyes on him. Rule, a fiery-tempered rebel tattoo artist, doesn’t have time for a good girl pre-med student like Shaw — even if she’s the only one who can see…