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Movies Like Swing Era - Louis Jordan

If you liked Swing Era - Louis Jordan (2003), a music movie, 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. 1Respect

    Respect (2021)

    ★ 6.8/10Also music

    The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.

  2. 2Soul Men

    Soul Men (2008)

    ★ 6.2/10Also 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…

  3. 3'Round Midnight

    'Round Midnight (1986)

    ★ 7.1/10Also music

    Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian too broke to buy a glass of wine strains to hear those notes. Soon…

  4. 4Muscle Shoals

    Muscle Shoals (2013)

    ★ 7.2/10Also music

    In a tiny Alabama town with the curious name of Muscle Shoals, something miraculous sprang from the mud of the Tennessee River. A group of unassuming, yet incredibly talented, locals came together and spawned some of…

  5. 5Paris Blues

    Paris Blues (1961)

    ★ 6.5/10Also music

    During the 1960s, two American jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls and must decide between music and love.

  6. 6Too Late Blues

    Too Late Blues (1961)

    ★ 6.4/10Also music

    Ghost is an ideological musician and leader of a jazz band who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds than compromise himself. His peripatetic performances lead him to cross paths with a singer, while his…

  7. 7Honeydripper

    Honeydripper (2007)

    ★ 5.9/10Also music

    In 1950s Alabama, the owner of the Honeydripper juke joint finds his business dropping off and against his better judgment, hires a young electric guitarist in a last ditch effort to draw crowds during harvest time.

  8. 8One Chance

    One Chance (2013)

    ★ 6.7/10Also music

    This film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night.

  9. 9Hounddog

    Hounddog (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10Also music

    A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.

  10. 10Footlight Parade

    Footlight Parade (1933)

    ★ 6.8/10Also 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.

  11. 11King of Jazz

    King of Jazz (1930)

    ★ 6.5/10Also music

    A large-scale revue musical built around Paul Whiteman and his orchestra, presenting a series of musical performances, sketches, and staged tableaux in early two-color Technicolor, emblematic of Hollywood’s early…

  12. 12Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

    Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)

    ★ 7/10Also music

    The joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, the greatest female R&B pop vocalist of all time. Tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.

  13. 13Make Your Move

    Make Your Move (2013)

    ★ 5.8/10Also music

    A pair of star-crossed dancers in New York find themselves at the center of a bitter rivalry between their brothers' underground dance clubs.

  14. 14Born to Be Blue

    Born to Be Blue (2015)

    ★ 6.5/10Also music

    Jazz legend Chet Baker finds love and redemption when he stars in a movie about his own troubled life to mount a comeback.

  15. 15Bee Gees: One Night Only

    Bee Gees: One Night Only (1998)

    ★ 8.2/10Also music

    The brothers Gibb perform their greatest hits from the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's including many songs written for and made hits by other artists but never recorded by the Bee Gees themselves.

  16. 16Sneakerella

    Sneakerella (2022)

    ★ 5.9/10Also music

    When El, an aspiring sneaker designer from Queens, meets Kira King, the fiercely independent daughter of legendary basketball star and sneaker tycoon Darius King, sparks fly as the two bond over their mutual affinity…

  17. 17Coyote Ugly

    Coyote Ugly (2000)

    ★ 6.3/10Also music

    Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her "day" job…

  18. 18Jailhouse Rock

    Jailhouse Rock (1957)

    ★ 6.3/10Also music

    Young convict Vince Everett, serving time for manslaughter, discovers his musical talent in prison and becomes a rock and roll star after his release, navigating fame and relationships.

  19. 19The Rocker

    The Rocker (2008)

    ★ 6.1/10Also music

    In the 1980s, a drummer is abandoned by his band just before they become rock superstars. Twenty years later, the drummer sees his second chance at stardom arise when he is asked to perform with his teenage nephew's…

  20. 20The Doors

    The Doors (1991)

    ★ 7.1/10Also music

    The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.

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