Movies like Crazy Heart
Crazy Heart (2009) is a music movie directed by Scott Cooper. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. A Star Is Born (2018)
★ 7.5 · 12,438 votes · Music, Drama, Romance
Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer — until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.
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2. Walk the Line (2005)
★ 7.5 · 3,232 votes · Drama, Music, Romance
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.
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3. Forever My Girl (2018)
★ 7.6 · 1,426 votes · Romance, Drama, Music
Years after leaving his fiancée at the altar to pursue fame and fortune, country music star Liam Page returns home hoping to win her back.
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4. Ray (2004)
★ 7.5 · 2,323 votes · Drama, Music
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 musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.
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5. Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
★ 7.2 · 2,481 votes · Drama, Romance, Fantasy
A depressed musician reunites with his lover. However, their romance, already played over several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.
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6. Rocketman (2019)
★ 7.3 · 5,107 votes · Music, Drama
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.
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7. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
★ 7.9 · 18,131 votes · Music, Drama
Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess.
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8. The Spectacular Now (2013)
★ 6.7 · 3,096 votes · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sutter, a popular party animal, unexpectedly meets the introverted Aimee after waking up on a stranger's lawn. As Sutter deals with the problems in his life and Aimee plans for her future beyond school, an unexpected romance blossoms between them.
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9. Hustle & Flow (2005)
★ 7.2 · 475 votes · Crime, Drama, Music
With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
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10. The Doors (1991)
★ 7.1 · 1,664 votes · Music, Drama
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
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11. Purple Rain (1984)
★ 6.7 · 440 votes · Drama, Music, Romance
A victim of his own anger, the Kid is a Minneapolis musician on the rise with his band, the Revolution, escaping a tumultuous home life through music. While trying to avoid making the same mistakes as his truculent father, the Kid navigates the club scene and a rocky relationship with a captivating singer, Apollonia. But another musician, Morris, looks to steal the Kid's spotlight -- and his girl.
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12. Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
★ 7.2 · 1,734 votes · Drama, Romance
Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
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13. Better Man (2024)
★ 7.6 · 946 votes · Music, Drama
Follow Robbie Williams' journey from childhood, to being the youngest member of chart-topping boyband Take That, through to his unparalleled achievements as a record-breaking solo artist – all the while confronting the challenges that stratospheric fame and success can bring.
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14. Time Is Up (2021)
★ 6.5 · 740 votes · Romance, Drama
Vivien, an accomplished student with a passion for physics, and Roy, a troubled young man, are involved in an accident that forces them to reclaim their lives one minute at the time.
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15. I'm Not There (2007)
★ 6.5 · 806 votes · Drama, Music
Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented himself.
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