Movies Like Polêmica

If you liked Polêmica (1999), a comedy and music movie directed by André Sampaio, 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
A Song Is Born (1948)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and music
The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson. But Honey's gangster boyfriend doesn't want…
2
The After Party (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and music
When an aspiring rapper goes viral for the wrong reasons, he thinks his career is sunk. But a wild party gives him one more chance to make it right.
3
Footlight Parade (1933)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and music
A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife when he tries to produce live musicals for movie-going audiences.
4
Soul Men (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and music
Two former backup soul singers, Louis and Floyd, have not spoken to each other in 20 years, and reluctantly agree to travel across the country together to a reunion concert to honor their recently-deceased lead singer…
5
The Big Store (1941)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and 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
A Mighty Wind (2003)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and music
Three eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following the death of their manager to put on an reunion concert in his honor, at the request of his son.
7
Bo Burnham: Make Happy (2016)
★ 8/10Also comedy and music
Combining his trademark wit and self-deprecating humor with original music, Bo Burnham offers up his unique twist on life in this stand-up special about life, death, sexuality, hypocrisy, mental illness and Pringles…
8
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and 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.
9
A Day at the Races (1937)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and music
Doctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's sanitarium by winning a big race with a finicky horse owned by Judy's boyfriend Gil. There are a few problems. Hackenbush, who was recently put in charge of…
10
Back to the Beach (1987)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and music
A former beach boy and his wife go to California to visit their daughter and become part of the new beach scene.
11
Love Happy (1949)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and music
The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of sardines containing Romanoff diamonds.
12
Babes in Arms (1939)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and music
Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wants to make a comeback and replace Patsy both professionally and as…
13
Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.
14
Pitch Perfect 3 (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also music and comedy
After the highs of winning the world championships, the Bellas find themselves split apart and discovering there aren't job prospects for making music with your mouth. But when they get the chance to reunite for an…
15
Die Hart (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy
Kevin Hart - playing a version of himself - is on a death-defying quest to become an action star. And with a little help from John Travolta, Nathalie Emmanuel, and Josh Hartnett - he just might pull it off.
16
Bo Burnham: Words, Words, Words (2010)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and music
Bo Burnham is back with a new one-man show full of his patented songs and wordplay, as well as haikus, dramatic readings, blasphemy, and so much more in his first hour-long special, shot live in his home town of Boston.
17
Dave Chappelle: Sticks & Stones (2019)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy
Dave Chappelle takes on gun culture, the opioid crisis and the tidal wave of celebrity scandals in this defiant stand-up special.
18
Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and music
A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.
19
Shane Gillis: Beautiful Dogs (2023)
★ 7/10Also comedy
In a rowdy stand-up set, Shane Gillis riffs on his girlfriend's Navy SEAL ex, touring George Washington's house and being bullied by an Australian Goth.
20
Get Crazy (1983)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and music
Mega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year's 1983 concert of small-time operator Max Wolfe. Wolfe's assistants Neil Allen and Willie Loman find romance while trying to save the drugs, violence, and rock…