Movies like Can't Stop the Music

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Can't Stop the Music (1980)
 4.2
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Can't Stop the Music (1980)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Movie about the Village People filmed in a documentary style.
Style: humorous, retro, independent film, feel good, realistic, semi serious, double entendre, erotic, light, road movie ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: disco, music, gay, dancing, camp, male nudity, nightclub, musician, rock and roll, dance, glbt, lgbtq, teen angst, dj, lgbtqi, friendship, mugging, native american, cowboy, biker, singer, dancer, swimming pool, supermodel, pop group ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place: san francisco, new york, usa, las vegas

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Most similar movies to Can't Stop the Music

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and feel good films with plots about artists and showbiz, love and romance, lifestyle, singer, dancing, singing and friends mostly in Comedy, Musical and Drama genres. Some movies like Can't Stop the Music: Fruit Fly (2009), Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Beach Ball (1965), Naked Boys Singing! (2007), Camp (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Fruit Fly (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Filipina performance artist Bethesda moves into an art commune to search for her long missing biological mother. Along the way, she comes to realize that she just might be a fairy princess, fag hag, fruit fly.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty, independent film ...
Plot: friendship, self discovery, lifestyle, performer's life, gay, city life, gay man straight woman relationship, birth mother, gay interest, lgbt, friends, urban ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: A singer goes to a small town for a performance before he is drafted
Style: black and white, funny, retro, hilarious, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids
Plot: cheerleader, teenager, broadway, love, small town, theater, dancing, musician, generation, revolutionary war, rock and roll, beat generation ...
Time: year 1963, 20th century, 60s
Place: ohio, usa, new york, washington d.c., columbus ohio
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79%
 5.1
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Beach Ball (1965)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Edd Byrnes tries to get an ethnic-music-studies grant to buy instruments for his rock and roll group.
Style: psychotronic, independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: surfing, rock and roll, beach party, racing, music and dance, pop music, beach, music festival, friends, disorder, lifestyle, music band ...
Time: 60s
Place: long beach california
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Naked Boys Singing! (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: This whimsical Off-Broadway hit musical is aptly reworked and transferred to the screen. The self-descriptively titled Naked Boys Singing is a musical revue of songs that poke fun at gay life, body image, love, loss and yearning.
Style: humorous, realistic, sexy, semi serious, independent film ...
Plot: male nudity, dancing, nudity, porn star, singer, pianist, voyeurism, dancer, human nature, naked in public, movie star, choreography ...
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Camp (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Misfits in their lives back home, a group of young people live it up at musical-theater camp. While the sports counselor is completely ignored, the kids' spend all their time in rehearsal for a grueling schedule that involves a new show every ...
Style: talky, humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: summer camp, gay, coming of age, dancing, lgbt, love and romance, teenage love, friendship, artists and showbiz, rock, love triangle, honest ...
Time: 2000s, year 2003, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
 7.1
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Gypsy (1993)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story: Based on the autobiography of Gypsy Rose Lee, this made-for-TV movie - previously a Broadway smash and a 1962 film - depicts the life and times of a stripper and her domineering mother.
Style: humorous, stylized, semi serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: stripper, dancing, theater, burlesque, art, broadway, domineering mother, family relations, showbiz, ambition, dysfunctional family, biopic ...
Time: 20th century, 1930s, 1920s
Place: new york, texas, ohio, los angeles, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 7.1
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Gypsy (1962)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.
Style: retro, realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: stripper, burlesque, mother daughter relationship, broadway, domineering mother, ambition, biopic, dancing, sister sister relationship, striptease, motherhood, mother ...
Time: 1920s, 1930s, 20th century
Place: kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
 6.5
 64K
Cry-Baby (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her mother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.
Style: humorous, sentimental, light, parody, teen ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: rock and roll, forbidden love, youth, music, gang, teenage love, juvenile delinquent, couples, juvenile delinquency, biker, teenager, teenage life ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, 90s, 20th century, year 1954
Place: baltimore, maryland, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
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From Justin to Kelly (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A lonely, sexually repressed man. A depressed woman. A summer camp. On this fateful night, they will meet... and their hearts will become one.
Style: humorous, sexy, light, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: beach, dancing, music, lifestyle, best friend, youth, dance, vacation, teenager, relationships, spring break, singer ...
Time: year 2003
Place: usa, florida, miami, texas, pennsylvania ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The dance crew from "Breakin'" bands together to save a community center from a greedy developer bent on building a shopping center in its place.
Style: grindhouse, cult classic, anime, independent film, realistic ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: hip hop, dancing, breakdance, cannon, music, gang, urban, dance, hospital, camp, chase, street gangster ...
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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 25K
Funny Girl (1968)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story: The life of comedienne Fannie Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of the Lower East Side, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, including her marriage to and eventual divorce from her first husband, Nick Arnstein.
Style: light, witty, feel good, touching, humorous ...
Audience: kids, chick flick, girls' night, date night, adult
Plot: divorce, broadway, dancing, biopic, women, showbiz, love story, marriage, ambition, desire for fame, performer's life, couples ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, 1920s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, baltimore, new york state ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
Leave It on the Floor (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Our African-American hero , Brad is bullied by his dysfunctional mom; he flees his home and by chance tumbles down the rabbit-hole into the LA ball scene where he finds a ragtag new famiiy. With music by Beyonce music director, Kim Burse, screenplay ...
Style: realistic, humorous, emotional, independent film, captivating ...
Plot: gay, friendship, gay relationship, lgbtq, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, lgbt, society, rivalry, nightclub, ambition, gender ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Elvis plays Ross Carpenter, a fishing guide/sailor who loves his life out on the sea. When he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, he has to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he and his father built. He is also caught between two ...
Style: black and white, retro, feel good, humorous, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: elvis presley, rock and roll, music, boat, love, nightclub, girl, captain, love triangle, family business, wooing, fish out of water ...
Time: 60s
Place: hawaii, usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Viva Las Vegas (1964)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Lucky Jackson arrives in town with his car literally in tow ready for the first Las Vegas Grand Prix - once he has the money to buy an engine. He gets the cash easily enough but mislays it when the pretty swimming pool manageress takes his mind off ...
Style: retro, psychotronic, hilarious, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: date night
Plot: racing, dancing, rock and roll, elvis presley, gambling, music, auto racing, dance, race, rock, car, casino ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: las vegas, nevada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Death of a Dynasty (2003)
Genre: Musical, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A story which centers around Dave Katz, a journalist at a hip-hop magazine who is sent on assignment to uncover the often comedic underworld of Roc-a-Fella Records run by Damon Dash and Jay-Z.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, talky, independent film ...
Plot: hip hop, musician's life, showbiz, lifestyle, journalism, desire for fame, media, artists and showbiz, rise and fall, ambition, buddies, satire ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Grease (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?
Style: feel good, sentimental, romantic, light, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, teens, girls' night, date night ...
Plot: high school, opposites attract, teenage love, coming of age, makeover, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, dancing, first love, dating, teenage girl, dance, rock and roll ...
Time: year 1959, 1950s, year 1978, 20th century, year 1958 ...
Place: california, australia, los angeles, usa, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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 1K
Stepping Out (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Mavis (Liza Minnelli) was a chorus line dancer on Broadway. Just as she was on the verge of getting more prominent roles, she fell in love. Her full-of-himself boyfriend moved them to Buffalo, far from the theater scene. As a musician, he plays with ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous
Audience: kids
Plot: broadway, dancing, dancer, dance class, power relations, church, human spirit, rising to stardom, dancer's life, love and romance, underdog, artists and showbiz ...
Time: year 1991, 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Kiss Me, Guido (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: When he discovers his girlfriend having sex with his brother, Frankie (Scotti) decides to head to Manhattan, leaving his Bronx pizza shop forever for the fame and fortune of show business. But before stardom, he needs a place to stay. Looking in the ...
Style: talky, humorous, clever, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: gay, gays and lesbians, lgbt, glbt, friendship, mistaken identity, lgbtq, farce, odd couple, gay interest, lgbt teen, gay straight relations ...
Time: year 1997, 90s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: On the cusp of his 30th birthday, Jonathon Larson, a promising young theater composer, navigates love, friendship, and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City.
Style: touching, emotional, sweet, sincere, inspirational ...
Audience: date night
Plot: theater, believe in yourself, broadway, composer, music, gay interest, gay friend, screenwriter, best friend, flash forward, love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 2020s, 90s, year 1992, year 1990
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Funny Lady (1975)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story: 1930s in New York – The famous singer Fanny Brice has divorced her first husband Nicky Arnstein. During the depression she has trouble finding work as an artist but meets Billy Rose, a newcomer who writes lyrics and owns his own nightclub.
Style: humorous, sentimental, anamorphic, hilarious, captivating ...
Plot: biopic, female protagonist, singer, nightclub, cabaret, couples, actor's life, fall in love, love and romance, human nature, couple relations, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 1930s, year 1975, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Thank God It's Friday (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: It's Friday and everyone is going to the hot new disco. The Commodore's are scheduled to play if Floyd shows up with the instruments and Nicole dreams of becoming a disco star. Other characters are there to win the dance contest, or to put ...
Style: sexy, laugh out loud, grindhouse, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: disco, dj, american history, coming of age, love, rock and roll, rock, blaxploitation, generation, african, nightclub, silly humor ...
Time: year 1978, 70s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
20 Centimeters (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Colloquially-told story of a few days in the life of Marieta, who's saving money for the last operation in her change from man to woman. She works as a prostitute in Madrid and longs for a legitimate job. Whenever she builds up her savings, her ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous, erotic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: transsexual, transsexuality, male nudity, gender, male prostitute, dream, lgbt, lifestyle, friends, love and romance, fall in love, sexual relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain, europe, madrid
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Cheetah Girls (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A four-member teen girl group named the Cheetah Girls go to a Manhattan High School for the Performing Arts and try to become the first freshmen to win the talent show in the school's history. During the talent show auditions, they meet a ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, touching, teen ...
Audience: teens, family outing, chick flick, girls' night, kids ...
Plot: friendship, high school, coming of age, showbiz, teenager, follow your dream, musician's life, fashion, lifestyle, ambition, music band, rising to stardom ...
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Rocketman (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 121 min.
Story: The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.
Style: inspirational, uplifting, touching, stylized, compassionate ...
Audience: adult
Plot: musician, rock music, lgbt, biopic, homosexuality, homosexual, rock and roll, rising to stardom, pop music, addiction, gay lead character, music ...
Time: 60s, 70s, year 2019, 2010s, future ...
Place: california, england, los angeles, new york, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 5.9
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Rock of Ages (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.
Style: entertaining, feel good, sexy, visually appealing, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot: rock, broadway, rock and roll, music, dancing, gay, nightclub, dance, teenager, striptease, music business, nostalgia ...
Time: 80s, year 2012, 20th century, year 1987
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 5.8
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Fancy Dancing (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A composer finds love with a co-worker after taking a job at his uncle's advertising agency.
Style: captivating, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: going straight, starting over, lifestyle, womanizer, ambition, hopes, couples, custody, infidelity, parents and children, ex wife, performer's life ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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The Cool Ones (1967)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young, millionaire rock promoter creates a new boy/girl team for his teen TV dance show. Will the ambitious go-go dancer and has-been pop star fall in love for real?
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good
Plot: dancer, rock and roll, manipulation, unlikely couple, music, ambition, artists and showbiz, rising to stardom, youth, media, rock, showbiz ...
Time: year 1967, 60s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Broadway Damage (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Romantic comedy about aspiring writers in NY.
Style: independent film, semi serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience: date night
Plot: gay, lgbt, lgbtq, lgbtqi, glbt, lovers, friendship, gay subtext, best friend, bittersweet, friends, couples ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Victor/Victoria (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story: An out-of-work singer, Victoria Grant (Julie Andrews), meets a just-fired, flamboyant gay man in a diner in 1920's Paris. He convinces her to pretend to be a man who is a female impersonator in order to get a job. The act is a hit in a local ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous, stylized ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot: cross dressing, transvestism, gender disguise, theater, lgbt, singer, jazz, nightclub, female protagonist, comedy of errors, impresario, mobster ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: paris france, france, europe, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Teenage Millionaire (1961)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A teenager whose father is a millionaire radio station owner secretly records a song and plays it on one of his father's stations. It becomes a hit.
Style: psychotronic, semi serious, realistic, humorous, sexual
Audience: teens
Plot: rock and roll, radio station, teenager, ambition, love and romance, youth, buddies, artists and showbiz, follow your dream, fall in love, musician's life, rising to stardom ...
Time: year 1961, 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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