Movies like August Rush
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August Rush (2007)
111K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A drama with fairy tale elements, where an orphaned musical prodigy uses his gift as a clue to finding his birth parents.
Style:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, feel good, romantic, sad, emotional, spiritual, crying, uplifting ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, kids, family outing, girls' night, family friendly, teen drama ...
Plot:
music, musician, childhood, prodigy, orphan, child prodigy, dancing, child protagonist, genius, youth, chance meeting, children, guitarist, boy, family reunited, musician's life, love, adoption, cellist, life philosophy, love and romance, orphanage, fall in love, destiny, composer ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 80s, year 1995, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, usa, chicago, san francisco, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city, xian
Keyword:
irish, compilation, bruise, salute
Most similar movies to August Rush
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, serious and sentimental films with plots about music, musician, dancing, family relations, artists and showbiz, singer and love mostly in Drama, Music and Romance genres. Some movies like August Rush: Once (2007), Songcatcher (2000), Boychoir (2014), Vitus (2006), Crossroads (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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121K
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A vacuum repairman moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant, who earns a living selling flowers, approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. The pair decide to ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, emotional, inspirational, independent film ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
music, musician's life, pianist, street musician, friendship, love, singer, love and romance, musician, recording studio, immigrant, rock and roll ...
Time:
year 2007, year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, london, europe, czech republic
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100%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
After being denied a promotion at the university where she teaches, Doctor Lily Penleric, a brilliant musicologist, impulsively visits her sister, who runs a struggling rural school in Appalachia. There she stumbles upon the discovery of her life - ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, lyrical, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
lesbian, culture clash, music, self discovery, fish out of water, social differences, love and romance, opposites attract, human nature, isolation, writers, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
1900s, 20th century
Place:
scotland, appalachia, england, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Stet, a troubled and angry 11-year-old orphan from a small Texas town, ends up at a Boy Choir school back East after the death of his single mom. Completely out of his element, he finds himself in a battle of wills with a demanding Choir Master who ...
Style:
sentimental, serious, realistic, touching
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
boy, music, music school, choir, boarding school, boys' choir, teachers and students, dedicated educator, orphan, classical music, troubled teen, death of mother ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
5K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Vitus tells the story of a highly-gifted boy (played by real-life piano prodigy Teo Gheorghiu) whose parents have demanding and ambitious plans for him.
Style:
sincere, semi serious, realistic, feel good, touching ...
Plot:
child prodigy, prodigy, boy, youth, music, coming of age, childhood, family relations, pianist, parents and children, overbearing parent, friendship ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
switzerland, europe, zurich switzerland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Cult classic starring Ralph Macchio as a want-to-be blues guitar virtuoso who seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician Robert Johnson.
Style:
road movie, light, captivating, offbeat, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
deal with the devil, blues, music, on the road, rock and roll, destiny, coming of age, mentor, supernatural, storytelling, transformation, life philosophy ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
mississippi, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Films like The Notebook
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
touching, romantic, serious, teen, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama ...
Plot:
fall in love, love, teenage love, teenage life, father daughter relationship, youth, teen romance, love and romance, parents and children, love story, cancer, family relations ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
georgia, north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
157K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, sincere, emotional, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
jazz, addiction, musician, musician's life, music, african american, blindness, biopic, pianist, disability, blind character, heroin ...
Time:
year 2004, 1930s, 20th century, 60s, 50s ...
Place:
georgia, new york, indianapolis indiana, california, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
The story of a virtuoso piano player who lives his entire life aboard an ocean liner. Born and raised on the ship, 1900 (Tim Roth) learned about the outside world through interactions with passengers, never setting foot on land, even for the love of ...
Style:
touching, breathtaking, sincere, inspirational, sentimental ...
Plot:
jazz, music, genius, ship, prodigy, musician, child prodigy, pianist, cruise ship, orphan, piano, trumpet player ...
Time:
1900s, victorian era, year 1998, 90s, 1920s ...
Place:
italy, america, new york, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
129K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Frank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.
Style:
inspirational, touching, emotional, sweet, light ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, teens, family friendly
Plot:
mathematics, genius, child prodigy, childhood, school, friendship, happiness, teacher, girl, children, child custody, uncle niece relationship ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, year 1998
Place:
persia, boston, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: China, South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
When a violin prodigy Xiaochun and his father head to Beijing seeking fame and fortune, they soon discover a fierce world of cutthroat ambition. But when Xiaochun is "adopted" by a famous music tutor, success finally seems within reach - ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, stylized, uplifting, atmospheric ...
Plot:
father son relationship, youth, music, coming of age, prodigy, rise to the top, musician's life, teenage life, hopes, teachers and students, humanity, family relations ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
china, beijing china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like A Walk to Remember
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.
Style:
inspirational, touching, sincere, sad, intense ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
music, schizophrenia, homeless, prodigy, journalism, street musician, friendship, musician, cello, mental illness, biopic, artist ...
Time:
year 2009
Place:
los angeles, new york, usa, ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Set in 1940's France, a new teacher at a school for disruptive boys gives hope and inspiration.
Style:
touching, inspirational, uplifting, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens, teen drama
Plot:
boarding school, teacher, childhood, music, teachers and students, children, boss, boarding school life, musician, friendship, orphan, school ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 2004
Place:
france, new york, switzerland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A musical romantic tragedy about a famous composer who moves back to his small hometown after having had heart troubles. His search for a simple everyday life leads him into teaching the local church choir which is not easily accepted by the town ...
Style:
touching, sincere, emotional, lyrical, inspirational ...
Plot:
music, choir, bullying, character study, self discovery, village, musician's life, teachers and students, human nature, nordic, love, destiny ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, austria, milan italy, scandinavia, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids.
Style:
touching, sentimental, uplifting, emotional, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, girls' night
Plot:
teacher, dedicated educator, music teacher, female protagonist, school, music, violinist, biopic, happy ending, education, school teacher, fighting the system ...
Time:
20th century, year 1999, 90s, 80s
Place:
new york, harlem, new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, harlem
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When reporter Jean Craddock interviews Bad Blake -- an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend -- they connect, and the hard-living crooner sees a possible saving grace in a life with Jean and her young son. But can he leave behind an ...
Style:
touching, romantic, depressing, emotional, sincere ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
musician, country music, loneliness, alcoholism, addiction, music, journalist, country singer, alcohol abuse, love and romance, alcoholic, love ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, texas, austin texas, usa, nashville tennessee ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies similar to Gifted
976K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
Style:
motivational, dramatic, psychological, inspirational, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama, adult
Plot:
music, jazz, obsession, mentor, teachers and students, follow your dream, emotional abuse, desire for fame, drummer, musician's life, musician, public humiliation ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
peru, manhattan new york city, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance. Based on the story of ballroom ...
Style:
inspirational, sexy, entertaining, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
dancing, teacher, dance, dancer, dancer's life, dedicated educator, teenager, music, high school, respect, teachers and students, prejudice ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A fading country music star (Keith) returns to his hometown, where he reunites with his childhood sweetheart and also meets his 16-year-old daughter for the first time.
Style:
realistic, sentimental, serious, touching, independent film
Plot:
starting over, artists and showbiz, homecoming, parents and children, music, unfulfillment, musician's life, family relations, family problems, haunted by the past, country, country music ...
Time:
year 2006
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
142K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Set against the background of the 1984 Miner's Strike, Billy Elliot is an 11 year old boy who stumbles out of the boxing ring and onto the ballet floor. He faces many trials and triumphs as he strives to conquer his family's set ways, ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, feel good, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, family outing, kids, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
coming of age, ballet, working class, father son relationship, dancing, friendship, childhood, gay, audition, poverty, follow your dream, boxing ...
Time:
year 1984, 20th century, y2k, year 2000, 90s ...
Place:
england, northern england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
15%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Like some other kids, 12-year-old Trevor McKinney believed in the goodness of human nature. Like many other kids, he was determined to change the world for the better. Unlike most other kids, he succeeded.
Style:
touching, inspirational, emotional, motivational, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, teens, teen drama
Plot:
teacher, childhood, single parent, teachers and students, alcoholic, life philosophy, good deed, disfigurement, death, boy, alcoholism, addiction ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 20th century
Place:
tibet, nevada, usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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La La Land similar movies
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A famous pianist at the twilight of his career meets a free-spirited music critic who soon becomes his rock as his mental state deteriorates.
Style:
touching, inspirational, sentimental, thought provoking, powerful
Plot:
musician, older man younger woman romance, stage fright, grieving widower, older man younger woman relationship, life philosophy, bittersweet, human relationship, hopes, society, prodigy, street musician ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
254K
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer – and unexpectedly falling in love.
Style:
feel good, sexy, sentimental, touching, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night, date night, kids ...
Plot:
love story, dancing, coming of age, couples, forbidden love, summer, summer romance, youth, love and romance, fall in love, dance, unlikely couple ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 90s, year 1963, 1950s
Place:
usa, new york, new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
100K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
Style:
sweet, touching, realistic, teen, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, date night, teen drama
Plot:
youth, music band, musician's life, friendship, rock and roll, coming of age, bullying, dream girl, singing, adolescence, teenager, school ...
Time:
80s, year 2016, 2010s, future, 20th century ...
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, nebraska, london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future following the suicide of his singing partner.
Style:
depressing, atmospheric, bleak, meditative, clever ...
Plot:
music, homeless, musician, loneliness, cat, musician's life, financial problem, road trip, aspiring singer, depression, art, eccentricity ...
Time:
60s, year 2013, 2010s, year 1961, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, somalia, indiana, chicago ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Alchoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.
Style:
touching, sentimental, realistic, atmospheric, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, date night
Plot:
country music, character study, music, self discovery, small town, alcoholism, comeback, musician's life, starting over, divorce, love and romance, couples ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1983
Place:
texas, midwest, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Movies similar to School of Rock
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York.
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, family relations, family problems, youth, lifestyle, friends, parents and children, black, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, blaxploitation ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
new york, usa, pennsylvania, russia, toronto ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The drama tells the story of Lennon's teenage years and the start of his journey to becoming a successful musician. The story also examines the impact on his early life and personality of the two dominant females in his childhood
Style:
sentimental, intense, emotional, sincere, witty ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
musician's life, music, rock and roll, coming of age, the beatles, follow your dream, biopic, prodigy, adolescence, rock, dysfunctional family, artist ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 60s, 1940s, 1950s ...
Place:
europe, england, liverpool, hamburg germany, new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Danny Foster doesn't have much: an apartment as small as his paychecks, no family, and a struggling music career. Yet for him, "every day is a great day to be alive," an attitude he gained from his mother's unwavering optimism ...
Style:
serious, touching, sentimental, realistic, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
mute or deaf, family relations, fall in love, love and romance, couple relations, lifestyle, musician's life, couples, misfit, unfulfillment, parents and children, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Beyond Silence is about a family and a young girl’s coming of age story. This German film looks into the lives of the deaf and at a story about the love for music. A girl who has always had to translate speech into sign language for her deaf ...
Style:
touching, realistic, sad, spiritual, crying ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
coming of age, father daughter relationship, sign language, deaf mute, deaf, brother sister relationship, aunt niece relationship, love, bicycle, audition, deafness, music ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
berlin germany, germany, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
36K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of singer Ritchie Valens whose life was cut short by a plane crash.
Style:
inspirational, touching, hispanic, intense, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
musician's life, biopic, music, rock and roll, interracial romance, rock, music business, musician, happy ending, love story, racism, audition ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
los angeles, usa, southern california, new york, tijuana mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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