Movies Like Cazuza: Time Doesn't Stop
If you liked Cazuza: Time Doesn't Stop (2004), a drama and music movie directed by Walter Carvalho and Sandra Werneck, 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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Hounddog (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and musicA drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
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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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Respect (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and musicThe rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.
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Suffragette (2015)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and historyBased on true events about the foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State.
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Radium Girls (2020)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and historyYoung women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.
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Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and historyLoosely based on the true-life tale of Ron Woodroof, a drug-taking, women-loving, homophobic man who in 1986 was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and given thirty days to live.
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A Talking Picture (2003)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and historyA meditation on civilization. July, 2001: friends wave as a cruise ship departs Lisbon for Mediterranean ports and the Indian Ocean. On board and on day trips in Marseilles, Pompeii, Athens, Istanbul, and Cairo, a…
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All Eyez on Me (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also history and dramaAll Eyez on Me chronicles the life and legacy of Tupac Shakur, including his rise to superstardom as a hip-hop artist, actor, poet and activist, as well as his imprisonment and prolific, controversial time at Death Row…
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Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
★ 7/10Also drama and musicA film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.
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Back to Black (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also music and historyThe extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black that catapulted Winehouse to global fame. Told through Amy’s…
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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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Valentino (1977)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and historyThe untimely death of silent screen star Rudolph Valentino prompts the many women in his past to reminisce about his troubled rise to superstardom.
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Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B (2014)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and musicThe story of R&B singer and actress Aaliyah; namely, the highs and lows of her career, her romantic pursuits, and the events leading up to her death in 2001 at the age of 22.
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Judy (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and historyThirty years after starring in 'The Wizard of Oz', beloved actress and singer Judy Garland arrives in London to perform sold-out shows at the Talk of the Town nightclub. While there, she reminisces with friends and…
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Grace Unplugged (2013)
★ 6/10Also drama and musicA 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…
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The Current War (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and historyElectricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people.
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Oranges and Sunshine (2010)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and historyThe story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom to Australia and…
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Maria (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also history and dramaMaria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity and life.
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The Testament of Ann Lee (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also history and dramaThe extraordinary true legend of Ann Lee, founder of the devotional sect known as the Shakers, who preached gender and social equality and was revered by her followers as the female Christ.