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Plot Summary:
When a volatile young street tough with a talent for singing and dancing is tapped by the high school music teacher to lead the upcoming senior "Sing," he is forced to come to terms with his defiant self-destructive lifestyle and his growing attraction to his co-star.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 930
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: cult classic, cult film
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Music (2021)
Plot Summary:
Zu, a free spirit estranged from her family, suddenly finds herself the sole guardian of her half-sister, Music, a teenager on the autism spectrum whose whole world order has been beautifully crafted by her late grandmother. The film soon challenges whether it is Zu or Music who has a better view of the world, and that love, trust, and being able to be there for each other is everything.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sincere, captivating, cult classic, touching, non-verbal, sentimental, uplifting, realistic, emotional
Similar in 86%
Beauty (2012)
Plot Summary:
Set in the north of Argentina. Yolanda, a young girl of Wichi origin, tells in her native language (Wichi Lhämtes), the story of how, as a family maid in a "criollo" home, she has her hair unjustly cut: this is her most particular trait, her beauty. This event jeopardizes her cultural ties with the "criollo" world and defines her destiny.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 68
Genere: Drama
Country: Argentina
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags:
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The Color Purple (2023)
Plot Summary:
An adaptation of the Broadway musical The Color Purple, based on the acclaimed novel and its film adaptation.
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Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min
Plot tags:
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Downfalls High (2021)
Plot Summary:
When reserved and lonely teenager Fenix meets popular high school girl Scarlett, the two form a bond that shapes the rest of his life.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: teen
Similar in 82%
Acropole (1996)
Plot Summary:
Akropol is a musical by Pantelis Voulgaris about the set of a theatre in Athens and the people trying to make their way in the show business. The movie claimed the Music Award in the Valencia Festival, and also the Directing Award in the Cairo Festival.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Musical, Drama
Country: Italy, Germany, Bulgaria, Greece
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags:
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NY Export: Opus Jazz (2010)
Plot Summary:
Shot on location in New York City and starring an ensemble cast of New York City Ballet dancers, NY Export: Opus Jazz takes Jerome Robbins‘ 1958 “ballet in sneakers” and reimagines it for a new generation in this scripted adaptation. After winning an Audience Award at the 2010 South by Southwest Film Festival, the film aired nationally on PBS’ Great Performances series and was nominated for the Rose d’Or Award.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 104
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags:
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Rough Winds (2009)
Plot Summary:
Three devastating teenage stories fuse beneath the calm of a quiet, average neighborhood.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: teen
Similar in 89%
Yeh Ballet (2020)
Plot Summary:
Discovered by an eccentric ballet master, two gifted but underprivileged Mumbai teens face bigotry and disapproval as they pursue their dancing dreams.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: India
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: motivational, inspirational, disturbing, colorful, spiritual, colourful
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Hurt (2016)
Plot Summary:
Mandy White is a cheerleader. Dan LaCoy is a football player. Jason Dobbs is a bully. Eli Barker is an artist. Asia Borg is a foster kid. What they all have in common however, is that they are hurting. Each one deals with their own personal issues including depression, alcoholic parents, peer pressure, academic pressures and thoughts of suicide. All the while the school counselor Professor Shepard is doing his best to meet their needs and see that their futures are well prepared for. However, despite all the direction, the right questions are not asked and one of the students slips through the cracks. Mandy, Dan, Jason, Eli or Asia commits to a school shooting...and despite their hardships, no one sees it coming.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 13
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags:
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Tango, the Exile of Gardel (1985)
Plot Summary:
Some Argentinians, exiled in Paris, decide to put on a tango-ballet, dedicated to Carlos Gardel, a legendary Argentinian tango star.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 681
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: Argentina, France
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: cult classic, weird
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Circle of Lies (2012)
Plot Summary:
Once the most popular girl at Short Beach High, Denise Dixon finds her life turned upside-down after one night of terror. Rumours and violent backstabbing run rife. Life in Short Beach will never be the same.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags:
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Justine (2019)
Plot Summary:
A woman dealing with the loss of her husband, the struggle of parenthood and finding work in a new state finds solace in her relationship with an 8 year old physically disabled girl named Justine who she takes care of.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 868
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags:
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Dear Evan Hansen (2021)
Plot Summary:
Film adaptation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. The story follows Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety. He unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family of a classmate who committed suicide mistakes one of Hansen’s letters for their son’s suicide note.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: USA, Japan, China
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, interactive
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Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (2018)
Plot Summary:
The award-winning show is re-imagined as a live concert event, featuring an all-star cast of recording artists, set during the last week of Jesus' life as he deals with betrayal, love and jealousy, and told from the perspective of Judas.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, captivating
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Fast Forward (1985)
Plot Summary:
Eight young people from Ohio who are dancers, come to New York, to compete in a major talent competition. But when they get there, they learn that they have to wait some time before they take part in it. So they try to do their best to survive in the Big Apple before competition, and get some lessons about the real World.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 772
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, campy, cult film
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Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001)
Plot Summary:
Based on Verdi's (Bizet's not Verdi's) classic opera and its all African American musical counterpart Carmen Jones, Carmen a Hiphopera is a modern retelling of the story of the tragic gypsy Carmen. The setting has been taken from the hots streets of Barcelona and is now in scorching urban Philadelphia. This time Carmen Brown is an aspiring actress who in her own words 'leaves the whole town speechless.' Her sultry looks and carefree confidence attract the attention of everyone from crooked cop Luietenant Miller to famous rapper Blaze. However Carmen has eyes on the one man she can't have- Seargeant Derrick Hill who is engaged. Yet nothing stops Carmen Brown getting what she wants- except perhaps a trip to LA and an ominous tarot cards prophecy.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: captivating, serious, realistic, stylized, black cinema
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Sunday School Musical (2008)
Plot Summary:
Two competing groups of high school students must rally together and enter a song and dance competition in order to save their church from closing.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 867
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, mockbuster, exciting, light, feel good, christian film, realistic, semi serious, teen comedy
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High School Musical: The Musical: The Holiday Special (2020)
Plot Summary:
The cast of “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” delivers an abundance of feel-good holiday cheer as they perform their favorite Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year’s songs and share their fondest holiday memories.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 459
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: sentimental, romantic, feel good, humorous
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High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (2019)
Plot Summary:
A group of East High students countdown to the opening night of their school’s first-ever production of “High School Musical.” Showmances blossom; friendships are tested while new ones are made; rivalries flare and lives are changed forever as these young people discover the transformative power that only a high school drama club can provide.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 31 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, romantic, humorous, melancholic, exciting, mockumentary, teen comedy
Similar in 75%
Fame (2009)
Plot Summary:
An updated version of the 1980 musical, which centered on the students of the New York Academy of Performing Arts.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: romantic, melancholic, intense, semi serious, sentimental, emotional, teen, realistic, exciting, inspirational
Similar in 84%
Go for It! (2011)
Plot Summary:
Carmen is a good student with a bad attitude who lives for dancing in the underground clubs of Chicago. She yearns to be 'somebody' but is afraid to believe in herself. Her immigrant Mexican, working-class parents want her to stay in school and get an education, so she attends junior college while working at a grocery store. Carmen's professor catches her performing one day in the neighborhood and challenges her to audition to a formal dance school in California. She gets into a fight with her chaotic family and runs away to her best friend Gina's place only to find out Gina's been getting beat up by her boyfriend. Meanwhile, Carmen's boyfriend, Jared wants her to commit and move in with him. Pulled apart in every direction, her dream of dancing fades. Can Carmen overcome her fears and take the biggest chance of her life, or will she succumb to her self-doubt?.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, realistic, uplifting, serious, captivating, emotional, teen, independent film
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Make It Happen (2008)
Plot Summary:
Embarking on a journey to fulfill her dreams as a dancer, a young girl discovers a new style of dance that will prove to be the source of both conflict and self-discovery.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sexy, teen, light, inspirational, uplifting, feel good, captivating, entertaining, erotic, cute
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Tommy (1975)
Plot Summary:
A psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and the object of a religious cult.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: surreal, cult classic, stylized, visual, clever, mind bending, art house, psychotronic, cerebral, twisted
Similar in 87%
Share (2019)
Plot Summary:
After discovering a disturbing video from a night she doesn’t remember, sixteen-year-old Mandy must try to figure out what happened and how to navigate the escalating fallout.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing, dark, social, cult classic
Similar in 81%
Fame (1980)
Plot Summary:
A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: inspirational, sincere, realistic, serious, captivating, teen, retro, sexual, epic, light
Similar in 77%
Battlefield America (2012)
Plot Summary:
A young businessman hires an instructor to turn a group of misfit kids into a team on the underground dance competition circuit.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: realistic, inspirational, psychological, captivating, exciting, serious
Similar in 81%
Footloose (1984)
Plot Summary:
When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 89000
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: teen, cult classic, serious, captivating, inspirational, retro, epic, emotional, romantic comedy, colorful
Similar in 86%
High School Musical (2006)
Plot Summary:
Troy (Zac Efron), the popular captain of the basketball team, and Gabriella (Vanessa Anne Hudgens), the brainy and beautiful member of the academic club, break all the rules of East High society when they secretly audition for the leads in the school's musical. As they reach for the stars and follow their dreams, everyone learns about acceptance, teamwork, and being yourself. And it's all set to fun tunes and very cool dance moves!.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 95000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: romantic, teen, sentimental, feel good, humorous, funny, mockbuster, cult classic, hilarious, realistic
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Sarafina! (1992)
Plot Summary:
The plot centers on students involved in the Soweto Riots, in opposition to the implementation of Afrikaans as the language of instruction in schools. The stage version presents a school uprising similar to the Soweto uprising on June 16, 1976. A narrator introduces several characters among them the school girl activist Sarafina. Things get out of control when a policeman shoots several pupils in a classroom. Nevertheless, the musical ends with a cheerful farewell show of pupils leaving school, which takes most of act two. In the movie version Sarafina feels shame at her mother's (played by Miriam Makeba in the film) acceptance of her role as domestic servant in a white household in apartheid South Africa, and inspires her peers to rise up in protest, especially after her inspirational teacher, Mary Masombuka (played by Whoopi Goldberg in the film version) is imprisoned.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: South Africa, UK, France, USA
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: realistic, retro, political, uplifting, touching, serious, captivating, emotional, contemplative, light
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Radio Flyer (1992)
Plot Summary:
A father reminisces about his childhood when he and his younger brother moved to a new town with their mother, her new husband and their dog, Shane. When the younger brother is subjected to physical abuse at the hands of their brutal stepfather, Mike decides to convert their toy trolley, the "Radio Flyer", into a plane to fly him to safety.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: emotional, touching, sentimental, serious, realistic, sad, suspense, scary, depressing, epic