20 best movies like The Piano (1993)

List of the best movies like The Piano (1993): Cold War, Juliet, Naked, Carmen, La La Land, Burlesque, We Are Your Friends, L'ennui, House of Fools, Sing Street, Mademoiselle Chambon.

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Markimdb: 7.5
Genremelodrama, drama, music, history
CountryPoland, United Kingdom, France, Belgium
Duration02:02

A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:34

Annie is stuck in a long-term relationship with Duncan – an obsessive fan of obscure rocker Tucker Crowe. When the acoustic demo of Tucker's hit record from 25 years ago surfaces, its discovery leads to a life-changing encounter with the elusive rocker himself.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genremelodrama, drama, music
CountryFrance, Italy

A film version of the famous Bizet opera, where a soldier (Don Jose) falls in love with a beautiful factory worker (Carmen), but she does not reciprocate his feelings.

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: 6.4
Genremelodrama, drama, musical, music
CountryUSA
Duration01:59

The Burlesque Lounge has its best days behind it. Tess, a retired dancer and owner of the venue, struggles to keep the aging theater alive, facing all kinds of financial and artistic challenges. With the Lounge's troupe members becoming increasingly distracted by personal problems and a threat coming from a wealthy businessman's quest to buy the spot from Tess, the good fortune seems to have abandoned the club altogether. Meanwhile, the life of Ali, a small-town girl from Iowa, is about to change dramatically. Hired by Tess as a waitress at the Lounge, Ali escapes a hollow past and quickly falls in love with the art of burlesque. Backed by newfound friends amongst the theater's crew, she manages to fulfill her dreams of being on stage herself. Things take a dramatic turn though when Ali's big voice makes her become the main attraction of the revue

Markimdb: 6.2
Genremelodrama, drama, music
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, USA
Duration03:21

    Young Cole Carter dreams of hitting the big time as a Hollywood disc jockey, spending his days and nights hanging with buddies and working on the one track that will set the world on fire. Opportunity comes knocking when he meets James Reed, a charismatic DJ who takes the 23-year-old under his wing. Soon, his seemingly clear path to success gets complicated when he starts falling for his mentor's girlfriend, jeopardizing his new friendship and the future he seems destined to fulfill.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryFrance, Portugal
    Duration02:02

    A philosophy teacher restless with the need to do something with his life meets a young woman suspected of driving an artist to his death. He finds the very simple Cecilia irritating but develops a sexual rapport with her. Obsessed with the need to own and tormented by her inability to respond to him, he becomes increasingly violent in a quest he can't name - a quest that slowly begins to undermine his certainties.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genremelodrama, drama, military, music
    CountryRussia, France
    Duration01:59

    The war film that's not a war film. A film about the mental institution which backdrop is the Chechen war. A story about the patients living in an institution during the war on the border of Chechnia and Russia during the war. The patients have to continue living their day to day life after being invaded twice over, and they have to deal with their sicknesses.

    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: 6.9
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryFrance

    Véronique Chambon (Sandrine Kiberlain), a single schoolteacher and Jean (Vincent Lindon), discover an unexpected bond that causes them to question the direction of their lives. They move in different social circles but their relationship develops and their lives begin gradually to unravel.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryAustralia, France
    Duration01:51

    Lil and Roz are two lifelong friends, having grown up together as neighbors in an idyllic beach town. As adults, their sons have developed a friendship as strong as that which binds their mothers. One summer, all four are confronted by simmering emotions that have been mounting between them, and each find unexpected happiness in relationships that cross the bounds of convention.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genremelodrama, drama, music, biography
    CountryUSA

    The true-life story of Christian music star Jeremy Camp and his journey of love and loss that looks to prove there is always hope.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryFrance
    Duration02:03

    Rémi is a man trapped in a deteriorating marriage. When his wife is unexpectedly killed in a car accident, Rémi is left with his stepdaughter, Marion, who chooses to stay with him rather than live with her birth father. After the initial shock passes, Rémi is caught off-guard when Marion begins expressing her attraction to him. Initially repulsed, Marion's mature beauty wears him down as he finally caves to her seductions.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
    CountryIsrael, USA, France
    Duration01:27

    A small Egyptian police band travels to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts center, only to find themselves stuck in the wrong town.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrefantastic, comedy, melodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:35

    Miles buys himself a state-of-the-art computer that starts expressing thoughts and emotions after a having champagne spilled down on him. Things start getting out of hand when both Miles and Edgar, how the computer calls himself, fall in love with Madeline, an attractive neighbour.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genremelodrama, drama, music
    CountryFrance, Japan, Luxembourg
    Duration02:00

    Paris 1913. Coco Chanel is infatuated with the rich and handsome Boy Capel, but she is also compelled by her work. Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring is about to be performed. The revolutionary dissonances of Igor's work parallel Coco's radical ideas. She wants to democratize women's fashion; he wants to redefine musical taste. Coco attends the scandalous first performance of The Rite in a chic white dress. The music and ballet are criticized as too modern, too foreign. Coco is moved but Igor is inconsolable.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genremelodrama, drama, crime, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:56

    The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:44

    A witty, romantic, and very dangerous love story about chance meetings, instant attractions, and casual betrayals. Two couples disintegrate when they begin destructive adulterous affairs with each other.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genremelodrama, drama, history
    CountryFrance, Germany
    Duration02:19

    Set in the high courts of 16th Century France, where the wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants are raging. Marie de Mézières, a beautiful young aristocrat, is in love with Henri de Guise, but her hand in marriage is promised to the Prince of Montpensier.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genremelodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:10

    Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into adulthood and forms his own band - The Bleek Gilliam Quartet. The story of Bleek's and Shadow's friendly rivalry on stage which spills into their professional relationship and threatens to tear apart the quartet.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, detective, music
    CountryFrance, Poland, Norway
    Duration01:38

    Véronique is a beautiful young French woman who aspires to be a renowned singer; Weronika lives in Poland, has a similar career goal and looks identical to Véronique, though the two are not related. The film follows both women as they contend with the ups and downs of their individual lives, with Véronique embarking on an unusual romance with Alexandre Fabbri, a puppeteer who may be able to help her with her existential issues.

    Markimdb: 5
    Genremelodrama, drama, detective, music
    CountryRussia

    The popular rapper comes on tour in St. Petersburg. His fans adore and wait, he is at the peak of fame, he is confident in himself. Together with the star, his manager, musicians and a girl come. Suddenly an attempt is made on a musician. He miraculously manages to escape death, but his manager decides to hire a security guard. It turns out that the guard is ... a girl. She is a professional in her field, but in the brutal world of rap, a woman has a difficult time.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genremelodrama, drama, music, biography
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:01

    The life and death of the legendary Ludwig van Beethoven. Beside all the work he is known for, the composer once wrote a famous love letter to a nameless beloved and the movie tries to find out who this beloved was. Not easy as Beethoven has had many women in his life.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genremelodrama, drama, for adults, music
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:11

    Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall - London's Brixton Academy. They are in bed at night's end. Together, over a period of several months, they pursue a mutual sexual passion whose inevitable stages unfold in counterpoint to nine live-concert songs.

    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: 6.1
    Genremelodrama, drama, music
    CountryGermany, Italy
    Duration01:57

    The life story of Italian violinist and composer, Niccolò Paganini, who rose to fame as a virtuoso in the early 19th Century.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genremelodrama, drama, music
    CountryVietnam, France

    A Vietnamese servant girl, Mui, observes lives within two different Saigon families: the first, a woman textile seller with three boys and a frequently absent husband; the second, a handsome young pianist with his fiancée.

    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: 5.2
      Genremelodrama, drama, music
      CountryFrance, Canada
      Duration01:49

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      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryAustralia, France

      After a one-night stand a couple is faced with the terrifying possibility of what they really want.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
      CountryLuxembourg, France, USA
      Duration01:37

      A struggling young musician and devoted fan of Ricky Nelson wants to be just like his idol and become a rock star.

      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
      Genremelodrama, drama, family, music
      CountryAustralia, Germany
      Duration01:45

      This 2017 movie follows the original dance academy TV show and tracks where the characters are in their lives now.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genremelodrama, drama, music
      CountryRepublic of Ireland
      Duration01:25

      A vacuum repairman moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant, who earns a living selling flowers, approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. The pair decide to collaborate, and the songs that they compose reflect the story of their blossoming love.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Italy, France, USA
      Duration01:45

      A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genremelodrama, drama, music, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:58

      Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France
      Duration01:51

      The life of a respected British politician at the height of his career crumbles when he becomes obsessed with his son's lover.

      Markimdb: 4.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:27

      A washed up Vegas lounge singer, Jack Satin (Hamilton von Watts), has no money, no job, and delusional aspirations of fame. When Jack is forced to leave Vegas, he packs up his old Cadillac and hits the road for Atlantic City. But his car dies in the desert and Jack is left stranded in the small town of Lost Springs. There, Jack meets jazz legend turned mechanic, Doc Bishop (Robert Guillaume), who helps him with his car trouble. Although Jack is far from the stage, he begins to find himself feeling at home in the small town. When he meets local bar owner, Lauren Wells (Melissa Joan Hart), Jack starts to see there is more to life than chasing fame and fortune. Doc encourages Jack to explore his true love of music, while Lauren provides the audience he has always wanted. But as Jack realizes this town has more to offer him than the bright lights of the big city, his Vegas past catches up with him -- what unfolds is comedy at the crossroads of life.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genremelodrama, drama, detective
      CountryFrance, Spain, Italy
      Duration01:56

      A stylish suspense thriller that confounds the audience while presenting them with an extraordinary and elusive mystery. Max is a former playboy who has decided to settle down by marrying his current love, Muriel. However, during a business trip, Max catches a glimpse of the great lost love of his life, reviving his wanderlust and sending him off on a chase of the elusive Lisa, whom he had overheard suggesting to a friend that her lover, Daniel, had killed someone for her. Soon, Max is trying to unravel the mystery behind the suspicious death of Daniel's wife, which he hopes will lead him closer to Lisa.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genremelodrama, drama, music
      CountryUSA

      A young actor from Texas tries to make it in New York while struggling in his relationship with a beautiful singer/songwriter.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genremelodrama, drama, military, history
      CountryFrance, Germany
      Duration02:05

      In the aftermath of WWI, a young German who grieves the death of her fiancé in France meets a mysterious French man who visits the fiance’s grave to lay flowers.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryFrance, Austria
      Duration01:34

      A young unemployed man finds work at a nuclear power plant and begins an illicit affair with the fiancée of one of his senior workmates.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genrecomedy, drama, music
      CountryUSA

      In the tradition of Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential" and Gelsey Kirkland's "Dancing on my Grave" comes an insider’s look into the secret world of classical musicians. From her debut recital at Carnegie Recital Hall to the Broadway pits of "Les Miserables" and "Miss Saigon," Blair Tindall has played with some of the biggest names in classical music for twenty-five years. Now in "Mozart in the Jungle," Tindall exposes the scandalous rock and roll lifestyles of the musicians, conductors, and administrators who inhabit the insular world of classical music.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryFrance, Italy

      A man vacationing in the country with his wife and children finds ideas he has of himself unexpectedly challenged in director Zabou Breitman's intimate drama.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genremelodrama, drama, music
      CountryBelgium, Netherlands
      Duration01:51

      The loss of their young daughter threatens to destroy the love and faith of two married musicians.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genremelodrama, drama, music, biography
      CountryTurkey

      The movie is about the legendary Turkish "soul singer" Müslüm Gürses. Born into a poor family, Muslum found his redemption in music from the initial trauma that lingered over his musical and personal life as internalizing the grief. He rose through his ashes of shattered dreams like a phoenix. He walked in darkness, sang songs filled with sorrow which stirred people's souls and created a cult following. They were calling him "Baba" (The Father).

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genremelodrama, drama, music, biography
      CountryAustralia

      The story of Helen Reddy, who, in 1966, landed in New York with her three-year-old daughter, a suitcase, and $230 in her pocket. Within weeks, she was broke. Within months, she was in love. Within five years, she was one of the biggest superstars of her time and an icon of the 1970s feminist movement who wrote a song which galvanized a generation of women to fight for change.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryCanada, France
      Duration02:00

      Jacqueline is a young mother living in 1960s Paris with her disabled son Laurent. Abandoned by her husband, Jacqueline sacrifices everything to care for her son and vows to give Laurent a “normal” life full of happiness. Antoine, is a successful DJ in present day Montreal who seems to have it all: a thriving career, two beautiful daughters, partner Rose, with whom he is passionately in love. However, nothing is perfect and Antoine’s ex-wife Carole remains devastated by their recent separation.

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genremelodrama, drama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:54

      A singer in New York gets a grim diagnosis that puts her life and dreams into perspective.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:28

      After being gone for a decade, a country star returns home to the love he left behind.




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