20 best movies like As It Is in Heaven (2004)

List of the best movies like As It Is in Heaven (2004): Sing Street, Young Man with a Horn, The Orheim Company, God Save the King, Begin Again, La La Land, LelleBelle, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Footloose, A Summer Tale.

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Markimdb: 7.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Duration02:36

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.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genremelodrama, drama, music, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:52

Legendary trumpeter Art Hazzard teaches young Rick Martin everything he knows about playing, so Rick becomes a star musician, but a troubled marriage and the desire to play pure jazz instead of commercial swing songs cause him problems.

Markimdb: 7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
CountryNorway

A strong, human tale about a boy growing up with an alcoholic father, but also an energetic story about teenage lust, pain and passion – about liberation and redemption.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
CountrySweden

A story about a young girl who leaves her hometown to pursue her dream of becoming a famous punk artist.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

    A long lost music producer finds a singer-songwriter right about the moment he has given up all hope on life.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical, music
    CountryUSA, Hong Kong
    Duration02:16

    Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genremelodrama, drama, music
    CountryNetherlands

    19-year old Belle practices playing the violin diligently, but is unable to impart her music with a sensitive undertone. Her life changes when she discovers that sexual desire stimulates passion in her music.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:54

    The lives of two struggling musicians, who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:53

    Ren MacCormack is transplanted from Boston to the small southern town of Bomont where loud music and dancing are prohibited. Not one to bow to the status quo, Ren challenges the ban, revitalizing the town and falling in love with the minister’s troubled daughter Ariel in the process.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
    CountrySweden, Denmark

    The summer of '58, the year Sweden almost won the world championship in soccer over Brazil, Yngve Johansson accepts two children to live with him during the summer, as told through the eyes of a young boy. His name is Mårten, and the other child's name is Annika. She is a rough girl, with many problems. The three of them do not get along, and Yngve is a true dictator to the children's eyes. However, when the children discover that their new guardian has a crush on their teacher (Cecilia Nilsson), they do what they can to bring the two together. Soon enough, the three will discover that they have a lot more in common than they previously imagined, and together they can make their lives worth living again. This is a sweet story about life in Sweden in the mid 1900's. It is about family, love, hate, innocent friendship that we all can relate to, and much, much more...

    Markimdb: 5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    A girl from New York attends a college in Atlanta to join their once-famous marching band.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:35

    In the seventies Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, groupies, drugs, internal tension and an ex front man dead from an overdose. Even their demise was glamorous; when lightning struck the stage during an outdoor festival. 20 years on and these former rock gods they have now sunk deep into obscurity when the idea of a reunion tour is lodged in the head of Tony, former keyboard player of the Fruits. Tony sets out to find his former bandmates with the help of former manager Karen to see if they can recapture the magic and give themselves a second chance.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, sport
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration02:04

    A man who is suffering a mid-life crisis finds new meaning in his life as part of an all-male, middle-aged, amateur synchronised swimming team.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genremelodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA

    Rock-and-roll singer Mary Rose Foster's romantic relationships and mental health are continuously imperilled by the demands of life on the road.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genremelodrama, drama, crime, music
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:35

      All-stars from the previous Step Up installments come together in glittering Las Vegas, battling for a victory that could define their dreams and their careers.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:49

      Everyone deserves a great love story. But for seventeen-year old Simon Spier it's a little more complicated: he's yet to tell his family or friends he's gay and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate he's fallen for online.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genremelodrama, drama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:03

      The movie centers on a piano competition whose winner is assured of success. It is Paul's last chance to compete, but newcomer Heidi may be a better pianist. Can romance be far away? Will she take a dive despite the pressure to win from her teacher, Greta, or will she condemn Paul to obscurity?

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical, family, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:57

      After a talent scout spots her performing with her dog Boi at a charity gala, Sharpay Evans sets off for the bright lights of NYC, convinced instant fame and fortune are in the bag. But theatre's a dog-eat-dog world. Fortunately, Sharpay also meets Peyton, a handsome student filmmaker who finds Sharpay nearly as fascinating as she finds herself.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genredrama, music, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:48

      Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of singer Ritchie Valens whose life was cut short by a plane crash.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy, drama, family, music
      CountryFrance, Belgium
      Duration01:44

      After his crew breaks up, a gifted but insecure hip-hop dancer teaches at a top ballet school in Paris, where he falls for an aspiring ballerina.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime, music
      CountryUSA

      As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskating rink, Cascade.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      A Hollywood-set romantic tale of a guy who is content to live his life without a job yet with the love of his life, a young actress.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrefantastic, fantasy, melodrama, drama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:47

      Mia Hall, a talented young cellist, thought the most difficult decision she would ever have to make would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at prestigious Juilliard or follow her heart to be with the love of her life, Adam, a rock singer/guitarist. However, a car wreck changes everything in an instant, and now Mia's life hangs in the balance. Suspended between life and death, Mia faces a choice that will decide her future.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
      CountryAustralia, United Kingdom
      Duration01:34

      Brave new steps put Scott's career in jeopardy. With a new partner and determination, can he still succeed?

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genremelodrama, drama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:31

      David Sinclair seems to have everything going for him: he's smart, musically talented, and very successful. To top off his senior year in high school, his band is trying to get a recording session. Therefore, David's suicide leaves everyone, especially his best friend and band-mate, Chris, with a lot of questions.

      Markimdb: 4.1
      Genremelodrama, drama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:28

      Chance Harris looks to find a balance between his school, work, relationships and opportunity to perform at the nationally televised step competition during homecoming weekend at Truth University.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genremelodrama, drama, music, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada
      Duration01:38

      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

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genremelodrama, drama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:52

      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 existence playing in the shadow of Tommy, the upstart kid he once mentored?

      Markimdb: 6
      Genremelodrama, drama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:47

        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.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genremelodrama, drama, music
        CountryItaly
        Duration02:00

        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 his life. Years later, the ship may be destroyed, and a former band member fears that 1900 may still be aboard, willing to go down with the ship.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrecomedy, drama, music
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        Teenage musicians travel to England's Spike Island in the hope of attending an outdoor performance by their favorite band, the Stone Roses.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genremelodrama, drama, music
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:29

        A new music teacher in a 1955 West Texas home for wayward boys brings new vision and hope for many of the interned boys.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrecomedy, drama, family, music
        CountryUnited Kingdom

        Ten fisherman from Cornwall are signed by Universal Records and achieve a top ten hit with their debut album of Sea Shanties. Based on the true-life story of Cornish folk band, Fisherman's Friends.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
        CountryTaiwan, USA

        Aga, a band singer, returns to Hengchun with frustration. Tomoko is a Japanese model assigned to organize a local warm-up band for the Japanese super star beach concert. Together with other five ordinary Hengchun residents who were not expected to be great or anything, they formed an impossible band.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountrySweden
        Duration02:04

        Despite grumpy 59 year-old Ove being deposed as president of his condominium association, but he keeps looking over the neighbourhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove and she accidentally back into Ove’s mailbox, it sets off a series of unexpected changes in his life.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, biography
        CountryItaly, France, Belgium

        Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical, western, music
        CountryUSA

        A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genremelodrama, drama, detective, music
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:39

        Cult classic starring Ralph Macchio as a want-to-be blues guitar virtuoso who seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician Robert Johnson.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genremelodrama, drama, music
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:20

        Drunken, has-been rock star John Norman Howard falls in love with unknown singer, Esther Hoffman, after seeing her perform at a club. He lets her sing a few songs at one of his shows and she becomes the talk of the music industry. Esther's star begins to rise, while John's continues to fall. She tries desperately to get John to sober up and focus on his music, but it may be too late to save him.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:46

        Upon first sight of a beautiful instructor, a bored and overworked estate lawyer signs up for ballroom dancing lessons.

        Markimdb: 4.9
        Genremelodrama, drama, music
        CountryUSA

        Street dancer Skyler comes out of the shadow of her trained dancer sister, Tosha, & joins a dance competition with the Honey dance studio; the prize is a college scholarship.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genremelodrama, drama, music
        CountrySweden
        Duration01:59

        Pål dreams about becoming successful with his music, but he has one major obstacle: himself. He's a diamond in the rough, and the only things greater than his musical talent are his obsessions, which constantly get him into trouble. We follow Pål on an emotional journey one summer in Gothenburg where he is thrown between passion and deceit; love, reconciliation and deliverance.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:39

          A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryAustralia

          After a "white lie" which spirals out of control, a neurotic, naive and musically gifted Muslim cleric's eldest son must follow through with an arranged marriage, except he is madly in love with an Australian born-Lebanese girl.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genremelodrama, drama, musical, music
          CountryFrance, Germany, Czech Republic
          Duration01:56

          A star is born in a time of both celebration and instability in this historical drama with music from director Christophe Barratier. In the spring of 1936, Paris is in a state of uncertainty; while the rise of the Third Reich in Germany worries many, a leftist union-oriented candidate, Léon Blum, has been voted into power, and organized labor is feeling its new power by standing up to management.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genredrama, music, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:07

          In this biographical drama, Selena Quintanilla is born into a musical Mexican-American family in Texas. Her father, Abraham, realizes that his young daughter is talented and begins performing with her at small venues. She finds success and falls for her guitarist, Chris Perez, who draws the ire of her father. Seeking mainstream stardom, Selena begins recording an English-language album which, tragically, she would never complete.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genrecomedy, drama, music
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:29

          A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryTaiwan, USA
          Duration04:38

          A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marriage of convenience to a Chinese woman in order to keep his parents off his back and to get the woman a green card. Chaos follows when his parents arrive in New York for the wedding.

          Markimdb: 8.1
          Genremelodrama, drama, music
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration02:13

          In this classic drama, Vicky Page is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious instructor, Boris Lermontov, urges to her to forget anything but ballet, Vicky begins to fall for the charming young composer Julian Craster. Eventually Vicky, under great emotional stress, must choose to pursue either her art or her romance, a decision that carries serious consequences.

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genremelodrama, drama, music
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:06

          Young Cuban Rafael just buried his mother, and comes to Houston to meet his father John for the first time. The difficult part is that John doesn't know he is Rafael's father. John runs a dance studio, and everyone prepares for the World Open Dance championship in Las Vegas. It soon becomes clear Rafael is a very good dancer, and Ruby is the biggest hope for the studio at the championship.




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