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Movies Like Make-Believers

If you liked Make-Believers (2024), a music and drama movie directed by Kenjo McCurtain, 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. 1Save the Last Dance

    Save the Last Dance (2001)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and family

    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…

  2. 2Your Lie in April

    Your Lie in April (2016)

    ★ 7/10Also drama and music

    Arima Kousei won numerous piano competitions while under the strict watch of his mother. He was known as the human metronome during that time. Since the death of his mother, Kousei has been unable to hear the sound of…

  3. 3Radiance

    Radiance (2017)

    ★ 6.5/10Also romance and drama

    The story follows the social intercourse between a cameraman, Masaya, with a visual impairment, and Misako who disconnects from the world.

  4. 4The Anthem of the Heart

    The Anthem of the Heart (2015)

    ★ 7.6/10Also drama and music

    A young girl had her voice magically taken away so that she would never hurt people with it, but her outlook changes when she encounters music and friendship. Will Naruse be able to convey the anthem of her heart?

  5. 5Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration

    Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration (2022)

    ★ 6.8/10Also family and music

    In honor of the 30th anniversary of the animated classic, this animated and live-action blended special showcases the fan-favorite movie, along with new musical performances, sets and costumes inspired by the classic…

  6. 6BECK

    BECK (2010)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and music

    Yukio is your average high school student who spends his days going to class and avoiding bullies. That is until he meets Ryusuke, a guitar prodigy. Together with Taira, Chiba, and Saku they form the rock band BECK. As…

  7. 7Fruits Basket -prelude-

    Fruits Basket -prelude- (2022)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and romance

    Kyoko, who couldn't believe anything in the world and lived a desolate life, meets Katsuya Honda, who has been assigned as an educational trainee. She is at the mercy of Katsuya, who is rude and has a strong habit, and…

  8. 8I Still Believe

    I Still Believe (2020)

    ★ 7.6/10Also music and drama

    The true-life story of Christian music star Jeremy Camp and his journey of love and loss that looks to prove there is always hope.

  9. 9maboroshi

    maboroshi (2023)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and romance

    A factory explosion plunges a small town into a timeless freeze, leaving teenage Masamune and his pals to grapple with a quickly collapsing reality.

  10. 10Where the Red Fern Grows

    Where the Red Fern Grows (2003)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and family

    Set in the Ozark Mountains during the Great Depression, Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for 2 years to achieve his dream of buying two coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in God as he faces…

  11. 11Star!

    Star! (1968)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and music

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

  12. 12Blue Giant

    Blue Giant (2023)

    ★ 7.8/10Also drama and music

    High school student Dai Miyamoto has his life is turned upside down the day he discovers jazz. Picking up a saxophone and leaving his sleepy hometown for the bustling nightclubs of Tokyo, Dai will find that the life of…

  13. 13Make Mine Music

    Make Mine Music (1946)

    ★ 5.8/10Also music and family

    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…

  14. 14Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

    Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987)

    ★ 7.9/10Also family and drama

    Anne Shirley, now a schoolteacher, has begun writing stories and collecting rejection slips. She acts as Diana's maid of honor, develops a relationship with Gilbert Blythe, and finds herself at Kingsport Ladies'…

  15. 15The Colors Within

    The Colors Within (2024)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and music

    Totsuko is a high school student with the ability to see the 'colors' of others. Colors of bliss, excitement, and serenity, plus a color she treasures as her favorite. Kimi, a classmate at her school, gives off the…

  16. 16Grace Unplugged

    Grace Unplugged (2013)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and music

    A 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…

  17. 17The Last Song

    The Last Song (2010)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and family

    A drama centered on a rebellious girl who is sent to a Southern beach town for the summer to stay with her father. Through their mutual love of music, the estranged duo learn to reconnect.

  18. 18Ocean Waves

    Ocean Waves (1993)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and romance

    At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. Picking…

  19. 19Clannad: The Motion Picture

    Clannad: The Motion Picture (2007)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and romance

    Plagued by a seemingly endless stream of haunting dreams, Tomoya drifts through life with an almost overwhelming sense of anger and emptiness. Then, one fateful day, he meets the mysterious and beautiful Nagisa, and…

  20. 20Center Stage: Turn It Up

    Center Stage: Turn It Up (2008)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama and music

    All 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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