Lyrical movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant lyrical movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out lyrical, serious, realistic, stylized, emotional and touching films and TV shows about / with family relations, love and romance, love, couples, dancing, death, husband wife relationship, singing, fire and singer plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Musical genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as lyrical: Wings of Desire (1987), The Phantom of the Opera (2004), The Vanishing of Sidney Hall (2017), 3-Iron (2004), Paris, Texas (1984), I Named Her Feriha (2011), Song of the Sea (2014), The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964), Baahubali: The Beginning (2015), Sing Street (2016).

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Wings of Desire (1987)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Wings of Desire is Wim Wender’s artistically beautiful film about the lonely and immortal life of angels during a post-war Berlin. It’s a poetic journey from the perspective of the angels of which one falls in love with a living woman and wants ...
Style: atmospheric, surreal, meditative, lyrical, cerebral ...
Audience: date night
Plot: angel, immortality, dream, circus, love, existentialism, philosophy, mortality, library, loneliness, love story, visceral ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1987
Place: germany, berlin germany, west germany, east germany, europe
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The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: Deformed since birth, a bitter man known only as the Phantom lives in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with the obscure chorus singer Christine, and privately tutors her while terrorizing the rest of the opera house and ...
Style: gothic, stylized, gothic horror, sentimental, breathtaking ...
Audience: chick flick, teens, kids, girls' night, date night ...
Plot: obsession, opera, disfigurement, musician's life, dangerous attraction, destructive relationship, theater, disguise, love and romance, fall in love, prodigy, broadway ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s, year 2004, 18th century ...
Place: paris france, france, europe
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The Vanishing of Sidney Hall (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Over the course of 12 years, and three stages of life, Sidney Hall falls in love, writes the book of a generation and then disappears without a trace.
Style: lyrical, captivating, melancholic, meditative, romantic drama ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: writers, abusive parent, investigator, coming of age, best friend, disappearance, transformation, depression, marriage, memory, pain, choice ...
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 7.9
 58K
3-Iron (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A young man, whose only possession is a motorcycle, spends his time riding around the city looking for empty apartments. After finding one, he hangs out for a while, fixing himself something to eat, washing laundry or making small repairs in return. ...
Style: lyrical, contemplative, surreal, romantic, philosophical ...
Audience: date night
Plot: golf, loneliness, motorcycle, relationships, abusive husband, jealousy, love triangle, art, love story, love, existentialism, destiny ...
Time: year 2004, y2k, 21st century
Place: korea, east asia, south korea, asia
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 8.1
 117K
Paris, Texas (1984)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany, France, UK, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.
Style: road movie, surreal, touching, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot: desert, father son relationship, on the road, road trip, amnesia, relationships, storytelling, parenthood, loneliness, drifter, sibling relationship, reconciliation ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 20th century
Place: texas, los angeles, america, nebraska, midwest ...
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I Named Her Feriha (2011)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Adını Feriha Koydum is a Turkish television drama series produced by Med Yapım. The series broadcast on Show TV and it is written by duo Melis Civelek and Sırma Yanık.
Style: romantic, serious, touching, lyrical, realistic ...
Plot: love and romance, family relations, jealousy, unlikely couple, friends, male female relationship, rich and poor, love interest, love story, love affair, relationships, fall in love ...
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Song of the Sea (2014)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When they resolve to return to their home by the sea, their journey becomes a race against time as ...
Style: touching, emotional, stylized, fairy tale, captivating ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, date night, pre-teens ...
Plot: folklore, young heroes, children, supernatural, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, ocean, getting home, celtic, legends and myths, lighthouse, seal the animal ...
Time: year 2014, 2010s, 80s, 20th century
Place: ireland, europe
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The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story: This simple romantic tragedy begins in 1957. Guy Foucher, a 20-year-old French auto mechanic, has fallen in love with 17-year-old Geneviève Emery, an employee in her widowed mother's chic but financially embattled umbrella shop. On the evening ...
Style: sentimental, visual, colorful, romantic, lyrical ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: love, love triangle, unfulfilled love, young lovers, marriage, separation, teenage girl, pregnancy, relationships, first love, love and romance, couple relations ...
Time: 1950s, 60s, 20th century, 50s, year 1957 ...
Place: france, algeria, normandy, europe
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Baahubali: The Beginning (2015)
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 159 min.
Story: The young Shivudu is left as a foundling in a small village by his mother. By the time he’s grown up, it has become apparent that he possesses exceptional gifts. He meets the beautiful warrior/princess Avanthika and learns that her queen has been ...
Style: epic, lyrical, colorful, scenic, cult classic ...
Plot: hinduism, beautiful scenery, medieval, kingdom, politics, vengeance, dual role, warrior, love interest, battles, save the kingdom, love and romance ...
Time: year 2015, medieval times
Place: india
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 7.9
 100K
Sing Street (2016)
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
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The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The loss of their young daughter threatens to destroy the love and faith of two married musicians.
Style: heartbreaking, sad, touching, depressing, sentimental ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: grief, terminal illness, depression, relationships, love story, love, cancer, musician, character study, honest, mental illness, parenthood ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, near future, 90s, 2000s ...
Place: belgium, scandinavia, europe
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Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink in 'the Bathtub', a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink’s tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe – for a time when he’s no ...
Style: independent film, sad, surreal, emotional, touching ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: poverty, climate change, children, global warming, father daughter relationship, childhood, community, magic realism, child protagonist, coming of age, flood, single father ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place: louisiana, new orleans, usa, southern usa
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The Secret of Kells (2009)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: Ireland, Belgium, France
Duration: 71 min.
Story: Adventure awaits 12 year old Brendan who must fight Vikings and a serpent god to find a crystal and complete the legendary Book of Kells. In order to finish Brother Aiden's book, Brendan must overcome his deepest fears on a secret quest that ...
Style: fairy tale, stylized, anime, lyrical, scenic ...
Audience: family outing, kids, date night, pre-teens
Plot: good versus evil, magic, legends and myths, medieval, monastery, imaginary, heroic mission, self discovery, fairy, viking, children, art ...
Time: middle ages, year 2009, medieval times, 2000s, 9th century
Place: ireland, europe
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 6.6
 77K
Dreamgirls (2006)
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Three young women – Deena Jones, Effie White and Lorrell Robinson – dream of becoming pop stars and they get their wish when they're chosen to be backup singers for the legendary James 'Thunder' Early.
Style: stylized, emotional, lyrical, melancholic, sentimental ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: african american, performer's life, showbiz, music, fame, dancing, broadway, jazz, manager, black, unlikely friendships, dance ...
Time: 60s, 70s, year 2006, 2000s, 20th century
Place: michigan, los angeles, detroit, usa, new york ...
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 7.4
 2K
Broken Wings (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Daphne and her four children try to cope with the abrupt death of husband/father. As the family seems to fall apart, a sudden incident gives them a chance to heal their 'broken wings'.
Style: emotional, touching, lyrical, depressing, stylized ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, hopes, children, couple relations, human nature, midlife crisis, family life, innocence lost, love and romance, single parent, life is a bitch, fall in love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east
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 6.1
 12K
Heartburn (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Rachel is a food writer at a New York magazine who meets Washington columnist Mark at a wedding and ends up falling in love with him despite her reservations about marriage. They buy a house, have a daughter, and Rachel thinks they are living ...
Style: melancholic, lyrical, sentimental, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: journalism, pregnancy, dysfunctional family, divorce, journalist, battle of the sexes, cheating, marriage, writers, infidelity, crumbling marriage, fall in love ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, washington d.c., usa
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The Tree of Life (2011)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his ...
Style: philosophical, surreal, artsy, atmospheric, visually stunning ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: philosophy, childhood, grief, coming of age, spirituality, father son relationship, parenthood, existentialism, family relations, domineering father, hopes, religion ...
Time: 1950s, 2010s, year 2011, prehistory, 20th century ...
Place: texas, america, usa, china
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 7.1
 8K
Summer Hours (2008)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Two brothers and a sister witness the disappearance of their childhood memories when they must relinquish the family belongings to ensure their deceased mother's succession.
Style: enigmatic, atmospheric, lyrical, stylized, sincere ...
Plot: art, summer, irreverent, life philosophy, family problems, family gatherings, parents and children, uncover truth, artist, family drama, family relations, loneliness ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place: france, europe
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 6.8
 13K
Snow Angels (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Waitress Annie has separated from her suicidal alcoholic husband, Glenn. Glenn has become an evangelical Christian, but his erratic attempts at getting back into Annie's life have alarmed her. High school student Arthur works at Annie's ...
Style: melancholic, meditative, independent film, depressing, heartbreaking ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: small town life, small town, depression, dysfunctional family, abusive husband, teenage love, loneliness, life philosophy, snow, family problems, parents and children, first love ...
Time: year 2007
Place: nova scotia
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 6.6
 32K
Paranoid Park (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The teenager and skateboarder Alex is interviewed by Detective Richard Lu that is investigating the death of a security guard in the rail yards severed by a train who was apparently hit by a skate board. While dealing with the separation process of ...
Style: surreal, depressing, independent film, lyrical, emotional ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: skateboarder, coming of age, skateboard, high school, teenager, police investigation, cheerleader, depression, fatal accident, adolescence, childhood, existentialism ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: portland oregon, oregon, usa
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The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In Depression-era Winnipeg, a legless beer baroness hosts a contest for the saddest music in the world, offering a grand prize of $25,000. Contestants flock in from around the globe. Representing America is Chester Kent, a theatre producer who ...
Style: surreal, atmospheric, breathtaking, black and white, visual ...
Audience: date night
Plot: beer, music, surrealism, dysfunctional family, contest, great depression, baroness, couple relations, tragic hero, rivalry, family problems, jazz ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 2003, year 1933
Place: canada, winnipeg, sarajevo, new york, belgrade serbia ...
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 6.5
 7K
Camelot (1967)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 179 min.
Story: King Arthur establishes the ideals and laws of Camelot but is tragically forced to enforce these laws against his own wife.
Style: emotional, colorful, lyrical, intense, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: medieval, king arthur, arthurian legend, sword and sorcery, betrayal, sword fight, heroes, broadway, jousting, intrigue, rivalry, mentor ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, year 1967
Place: england, europe
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 7.2
 318K
8 Mile (2002)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The setting is Detroit in 1995. The city is divided by 8 Mile, a road that splits the town in half along racial lines. A young white rapper, Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. summons strength within himself to cross over these arbitrary ...
Style: inspirational, serious, realistic, harsh, hood ...
Audience: girls' night, boys' night
Plot: hip hop, underdog, music, follow your dream, rap, urban ghetto life, success, urban ghetto, musician, rapper, poverty, street gang ...
Time: 90s, year 2002, y2k, 2000s, year 1995 ...
Place: detroit, michigan, america, los angeles, usa
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 6.8
 7K
Kandahar (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 85 min.
Story: After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she takes a perilous journey through Afghanistan to try to find her.
Style: sincere, disturbing, surreal, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot: islam, refugee, on the road, politics, desert, survival, brutality, culture clash, suicide, women, rescue, journalism ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s
Place: middle east, afghanistan, iran, canada, iraq
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The Man Who Cried (2000)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance, War
Country: UK, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A young refugee travels from Russia to America in search of her lost father and falls in love with a gypsy horseman.
Style: lyrical, intense, serious, touching, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: culture clash, gypsy, world war two, love story, anti semitism, adaptation, wartime, secrets, adoption, family relations, holocaust, love and romance ...
Time: 1930s, 1920s, 20th century
Place: russia, england, paris france, france, poland ...
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The Fantasticks (2000)
Genre: Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Two rural teens sing and dance their way through a forbidden romance and a dangerous travelling carnival.
Style: lyrical, semi serious, humorous, feel good, anamorphic ...
Plot: dancing, couple relations, couples, social relations, small town, cabaret, broadway, family feud, father son relationship, father daughter relationship, teenage boy, teenage girl ...
Time: 90s
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And the Ship Sails On (1983)
Genre: Drama, History, Music
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 132 min.
Story: In 1914, a cruise ship sets sail from Naples to spread the ashes of beloved opera singer Edmea Tetua near Erimo, the isle of her birth. During the voyage, the eclectic array of passengers discovers a group of Serbian refugees aboard the vessel. ...
Style: surreal, atmospheric, lyrical, melancholic, meditative ...
Plot: ship, world war one, tragedy, danger, celebrity culture, ocean, music, travel, war, boat, cruise, surrealism ...
Time: 20th century, year 1983, 1910s, year 1914
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 7.7
 33K
Fireworks (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A police officer leaves the force in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into a depression, he makes questionable decisions.
Style: bleak, art house, lyrical, bloody, emotional ...
Plot: yakuza, gangster, police, dying, samurai, loss, death, couple relations, life is a bitch, love and romance, loss of loved one, loss of partner ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place: japan, tokyo, asia, mount fuji
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 6.3
 37K
Evita (1996)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: The hit musical based on the life of Evita Duarte, a B-movie Argentinian actress who eventually became the wife of Argentinian president and dictator Juan Perón, and the most beloved and hated woman in Argentina.
Style: intense, lyrical, emotional, serious, sentimental ...
Plot: politics, dancing, rise to power, political unrest, broadway, music, biopic, redemption, ambition, female protagonist, hopes, rock ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, 1930s, 1950s, year 1996 ...
Place: argentina, latin america, buenos aires argentina, spain, south america ...
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Grace of My Heart (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: An aspiring singer, Denise Waverly/Edna Buxton, sacrifices her own singing career to write hit songs that launch the careers of other singers. The film follows her life from her first break, through the pain of rejection from the recording industry ...
Style: touching, lyrical, inspirational, sentimental, cult classic ...
Plot: songwriter, music, music industry, existentialism, loneliness, showbiz, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, ambition, rise and fall, self discovery, rock and roll ...
Time: year 1996, 70s, 60s, 1950s, 20th century ...
Place: new york, usa
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