Movies like The Idolmaker
If The Idolmaker's mix of musical and rock music stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what The Idolmaker's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Jersey Boys
2014 · Directed by Clint Eastwood · 134 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: musical · Also music and drama
A musical biopic of the Four Seasons—the rise, the tough times and personal clashes, and the ultimate triumph of a group of friends whose music became symbolic of a generation.
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Save the Last Dance
2001 · Directed by Thomas Carter · 113 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: musical · Also drama and romance
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.
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Clouds
2020 · Directed by Justin Baldoni · 121 min8.2
Why you'll like itAlso music and drama
Young musician Zach Sobiech discovers his cancer has spread, leaving him just a few months to live. With limited time, he follows his dream and makes an album, unaware that it will soon be a viral music phenomenon.
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Life in a Year
2020 · Directed by Mitja Okorn · 107 min8.2
Why you'll like itAlso drama and romance
A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.
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Purple Hearts
2022 · Directed by Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum · 122 min8.0
Why you'll like itAlso romance and drama
An aspiring musician agrees to a marriage of convenience with a soon-to-deploy Marine, but a tragedy soon turns their fake relationship all too real.