20 best movies like The Polka King (2017)

List of the best movies like The Polka King (2017): The Wolf of Wall Street, ATL, Kid Cannabis, The Night We Called It a Day, Bound for Glory, Green Book, Cantinflas, Made in Dagenham, Steve Jobs, Patti Cake$.

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Markimdb: 8.2
Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
CountryUSA
Duration03:00

    A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

    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: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:45

    An eighteen year old high school drop out and his twenty-seven year old friend start trafficking marijuana across the border of Canada in order to make money and their lives are changed forever.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrecomedy, drama, music, biography
    CountryAustralia, USA
    Duration01:37

    Based on the true events surrounding Frank Sinatra's tour of Australia. When Sinatra calls a local reporter a "two-bit hooker", every union in the country black-bans the star until he issues an apology.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, music, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:27

    A biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, discovering the suffering and strength of America's working class.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genrecomedy, drama, biography
    CountryUSA, China
    Duration02:10

    Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, biography
    CountryMexico

    Mike Todd is a Broadway producer struggling to produce the film. Around the World in 80 Days. In Mexico, Mario Moreno, a young entertainer is struggling to get some respect, and he manages to become a star. A twist of faith makes them partners. Together they won the Oscar for Best Picture.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:53

    A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:31

      Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy, drama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:00

      Straight out of Jersey comes Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, an aspiring rapper fighting through a world of strip malls and strip clubs on an unlikely quest for glory.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime, military, biography
      CountryUSA, Cambodia, Romania
      Duration02:11

        Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genredrama, music, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:22

        Growing up in Texas, Bart Millard suffers physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his father. His childhood and relationship with his dad inspires him to write the hit song "I Can Only Imagine" as singer of the Christian band MercyMe.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrefantasy, drama, music, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:42

        The story follows 19-year-old Renee who has always loved fairy tales: the idea of a princess, a hero and a happily ever after. But Renee’s life is that of a darker tale: she’s a young woman battling addiction, depression and self-injury. In a creative blend of artistic fantasy balanced with harsh reality, the movie follows Renee on her courageous journey towards recovery.

        Markimdb: 7.6
        Genremelodrama, drama, music
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:24

        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.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA

        More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-stone-unturned search to discover what really happened to long lost rock god, Matt Smith, who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend. Teaming up with an eccentric amateur documentary filmmaker, Ellie hits the road in search of answers.

        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: 4.7
        Genredrama, biography, sport
        CountryUSA

        A combination "before the rage" and "after the rage" of world middleweight boxing champion Jake LaMotta's tumultuous life and times.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genredrama, music, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:35

        All Eyez on Me chronicles the life and legacy of Tupac Shakur, including his rise to superstardom as a hip-hop artist, actor, poet and activist, as well as his imprisonment and prolific, controversial time at Death Row Records. Against insurmountable odds, Tupac rose to become a cultural icon whose career and persona both continue to grow long after his passing.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genredrama, music
        CountryUSA

        During the Great Depression, identical twins are separated at birth. One, Drexel Hemsley becomes a wildly successful '50s rock star, while the other, Ryan Wade, struggles to balance his passion for music and pleasing his parents, who want him to become a preacher. Finally, Ryan rebels against his parents' wishes and launches his own music career -- performing the hits of Drexel Hemsley. Ryan later learns the truth about Drexel when their fates tragically collide.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrecomedy, drama, music, biography, history
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:00

        The story of Elliot Tiber and his family, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the famed Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the happening that it was. When Elliot hears that a neighboring town has pulled the permit on a hippie music festival, he calls the producers thinking he could drum up some much-needed business for his parents' run-down motel. Three weeks later, half a million people are on their way to his neighbor’s farm in White Lake, New York, and Elliot finds himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life–and American culture–forever.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:24

        When new kid in town Ed Wallis is given an assignment to interview an older person, he turns to his mysterious neighbor, Ashby Holt for help. That new connection leads to unexpected journeys for both of them, as Ashby – who turns out to be a retired CIA assassin – deals with a terminal prognosis, and Ed deals with adjusting to life with his newly single mom and developing relationship with a brainy classmate, Eloise.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrecomedy, drama, music
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:57

        G.G. Sparrow faces off with her choir's newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, over the group's direction as they head into a national competition.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:43

        This film follows the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genredrama, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA

        A young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be a transgender writer named JT Leroy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrecomedy, drama, music
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France

        In 1987, during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family, and find his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrecomedy, drama, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:20

        The story of Swiss painter and sculptor Alberto Giacometti.

        Markimdb: 8
        Genredrama, short, music
        CountryHungary

        Quiet 10-year-old Zsofi has just changed schools. Feeling out of place at first, she is quickly admitted to the school’s famous choir and befriends her popular classmate Liza. Soon, they have to stand up united against their choir master, who isn’t quite the friendly and inspirational teacher they first thought she was.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genredrama, music, biography
        CountryUSA, France
        Duration02:20

        The story of the famous and influential 1960's rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genrecomedy, drama, music
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:02

        Perry is a happily married father of two living a comfortable but sedate life in the suburbs. On the occasion of his 40th birthday, he seeks to revisit his former life as the lead singer in a popular punk band though his middle-aged reality quickly (and hilariously) clashes with the indulgences of his youth.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genredrama, music, biography, history
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Australia
        Duration02:05

        Author P.L. Travers travels from London to Hollywood as Walt Disney Pictures adapts her novel Mary Poppins for the big screen.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrecomedy, drama, music, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:44

        The story of Mötley Crüe and their rise from the Sunset Strip club scene of the early 1980s to superstardom.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrecomedy, drama, music, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom, France
        Duration02:24

        The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress, who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genremelodrama, drama, music, biography
        CountryBelgium, Italy

        The true story of Rocco Granata, an Italian coal miner's son who followed his passion for music against his father's wishes and social barriers.

        Markimdb: 7.8
        Genredrama, music, biography, history
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:35

          In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genredrama, music, biography
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, USA
          Duration01:56

          A drama based on Jimi Hendrix's life as he left New York City for London, where his career took off.

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genredrama, music, biography
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration02:35

          The story of the late jazz musician and classical pianist Nina Simone including her rise to fame and relationship with her manager Clifton Henderson.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genremelodrama, drama, music, biography
          CountryCanada, United Kingdom

          Jazz legend Chet Baker finds love and redemption when he stars in a movie about his own troubled life to mount a comeback.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genredrama, music, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:14

          From director Clint Eastwood comes the big-screen version of the Tony Award-winning musical Jersey Boys. The film tells the story of four young men from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey who came together to form the iconic 1960s rock group The Four Seasons. The story of their trials and triumphs are accompanied by the songs that influenced a generation, including “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Walk Like a Man,” “Rag Doll,” and many more.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genredrama, music, biography
          CountryUSA

          The daughter of jazz pianist Joe Albany witnesses her beloved father's struggle -- and failure -- to kick his heroin habit.

          Markimdb: 6.6
          Genredrama, music, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:30

          The story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.

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