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Movies Like Hootenanny Hoot!

If you liked Hootenanny Hoot! (1963), a music movie directed by Gene Nelson, 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. 1Battle of the Year

    Battle of the Year (2013)

    ★ 6.8/10Also music

    A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years.

  2. 2Star!

    Star! (1968)

    ★ 6.9/10Also music

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

  3. 3The Big Store

    The Big Store (1941)

    ★ 6.3/10Also 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.

  4. 4Hounddog

    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.

  5. 5Broadway Melody of 1940

    Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)

    ★ 6.9/10Also music

    Johnny 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…

  6. 6Make Mine Music

    Make Mine Music (1946)

    ★ 5.8/10Also music

    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…

  7. 7Save the Last Dance

    Save the Last Dance (2001)

    ★ 6.6/10Also music

    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…

  8. 8Too 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…

  9. 9Sneakerella

    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…

  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. 11Ghosts

    Ghosts (1997)

    ★ 8.1/10Also music

    In the town of Normal Valley, an eccentric magician named Maestro entertains the local children every day in his spooky mansion. One stormy night, the town's mayor leads a group of angry citizens to the mansion in an…

  12. 12Brigadoon

    Brigadoon (1954)

    ★ 6.6/10Also music

    Americans Jeff and Tommy, hunting in Scotland, stumble upon a village - Brigadoon. They soon learn that the town appears once every 100 years in order to preserve its peace and special beauty. The citizens go to bed at…

  13. 13A

    A (2017)

    ★ 6.2/10Also music

    A young alcoholic ambient musician locks himself in his apartment on a dangerous seven day bender as he attempts to finish his upcoming album.

  14. 14Apple Music Live: Lady Gaga MAYHEM Requiem

    Apple Music Live: Lady Gaga MAYHEM Requiem (2026)

    ★ 8.3/10Also music

    For Apple Music Live, Gaga presents MAYHEM Requiem, a celebration and musical reimagining of MAYHEM.

  15. 15Coyote 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…

  16. 16Grace Unplugged

    Grace Unplugged (2013)

    ★ 6/10Also 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. 17Teen Spirit

    Teen Spirit (2019)

    ★ 6/10Also music

    A shy teenager living on the Isle of Wight dreams of pop stardom. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a singing competition that will test her integrity, talent, and ambition.

  18. 18Pure Country 2: The Gift

    Pure Country 2: The Gift (2010)

    ★ 6.7/10Also music

    Three 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.

  19. 19High Strung Free Dance

    High Strung Free Dance (2018)

    ★ 7.3/10Also music

    Zander Raines, a dazzling and tempestuous young choreographer, gives the break of a lifetime to two hopeful artists when he casts a stunning contemporary dancer, Barlow, and innovative pianist, Charlie, in New York’s…

  20. 20Make 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.

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