20 best movies like The Rocker (2008)

List of the best movies like The Rocker (2008): Rock Star, Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Lemonade Mouth, That Thing You Do!, The Fighting Temptations, When Inge Is Dancing, Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam, Bandslam, Spike Island, Joyful Noise.

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Markimdb: 6.3
Genredrama, music
CountryUSA
Duration01:45

Rock Star tells the story of Chris Cole and a rock band called Steel Dragon. Cole is a photocopier technician by day, and the lead singer of a Steel Dragon tribute band called "Blood Pollution" by night.Internal struggles between the Steel Dragon band members culminate with the firing of the lead singer, Bobby Beers and the starting of recruitment sessions to find a new vocalist. Loosely inspired by the true story of the heavy metal band Judas Priest.

Markimdb: 4.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, family, music
CountryGermany, USA
Duration01:29

    When the teenager Mary Elizabeth Steppe, a.k.a. Lola, moves with her mother and two younger twin sisters from New York to the suburb of Dellwood, New Jersey, she has the feeling that her cultural and entertaining world ended. While in school, the displaced Lola becomes close friend of the unpopular Ella, who is also a great fan of the her favorite rock band Sidarthur. However, the most popular girl in the school, Carla Santini, disputes the lead role in an adaptation of Pygmalion with Lola and also the leadership of their mates. When the last concert of Sidarthur is sold-out, Lola plans with Ella to travel to New York and buy the tickets from scalpers. However, the girls get into trouble while helping the lead singer and Lola's idol Stu Wolf, changing their lives forever.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrecomedy, drama, musical, family, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:43

      The story follows five disparate high school students - Olivia, Mo, Charlie, Stella, and Wen who meet in detention. They realize they are destined to rock, and ultimately form a band that becomes a champion for students sidelined by the high school elite.

      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: 5.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:03

      Darrin Hill, a slick-talking but down-on- his-luck NYC advertising exec, returns to his hometown in Georgia to claim the inheritance his aunt left him. But before Darrin can collect the money, he must fulfill his aunt's final wish -- to create a local choir.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrecomedy, music
      CountryGermany
      Duration01:38

      The ambitious punk rocker Max and the eco-activist Inge cannot stand each other, ever since Max publicly exposed her by singing the offensive song "When Inge is Dancing" in front of the whole school. But for Max and his classmates Fabio, Joscha and Lukas this song in particular has become a real hit at school as well as in the regional music scene: Their band called Systemfehler is on the verge of a breakthrough. But just before the important gig, which could get them a record deal, guitarist Josha is injured and can't play. Inge happens to be an excellent guitarist, and the only person who can fill in at such short notice. But when Max asks for her help, she imposes one non-negotiable condition: If she decides to play with the band, they will not perform the song "Wenn Inge tanzt".

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, musical, family, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:44

      Mitchie can't wait to go back to Camp Rock and spend the summer making new music with her friends and superstar Shane Gray. But the slick new camp across the lake, Camp Star, has drummed up some serious competition — featuring newcomers Luke (Matthew "Mdot" Finley) and Dana (Chloe Bridges). In a sensational battle of the bands, with Camp Rock's future at stake, will Camp Star's flashy production and over-the-top antics win out, or will Camp Rockers prove that music, teamwork, and spirit are what truly matter?

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:51

      A high school social outcast and the popular girl bond through a shared love of music.

      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: 5.7
      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: 4.9
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical, family, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:52

      It's almost graduation day for high school seniors Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Chad, Ryan and Taylor ― and the thought of heading off in separate directions after leaving East High has these Wildcats thinking they need to do something they'll remember forever. Together with the rest of the Wildcats, they stage a spring musical reflecting their hopes and fears about the future and their unforgettable experiences growing up together. But with graduation approaching and college plans in question, what will become of the dreams, romances, and friendships of East High's senior Wildcats?

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrecomedy, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:29

      It's Friday and everyone is going to the hot new disco. The Commodores are scheduled to play if Floyd shows up with the instruments and Nicole dreams of becoming a disco star. Other characters are there to win the dance contest, or to put a little excitement into a fifth anniversary.

      Markimdb: 8.3
      Genrecomedy, music
      CountryUSA

      New Zealand’s 4th Most Popular Parody Duo are back for a mutha-uckin’ special concert live at the London Apollo.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrecomedy, crime, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:32

      The Lone Rangers have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an AM rock station and hold the deejays hostage until they agree to broadcast the band's tape.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrecomedy, musical, family
      CountryCanada, USA

      A high school choir is fading in popularity, as it continues to lose most of its' members one by one. A wannabe rock singer is convinced to join the choir, in hopes of winning the upcoming competition and cash prize.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrecomedy, drama, music
      CountryJapan

      A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the schools brass band.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:44

      If they missed Beatles' first appearance in the U.S.A. they would hate themselves for the rest of their lives! So six young girls from New Jersey set off even though they don't have tickets for the show! The journey is full of surprises and misfortunes but the young ladies are determined to reach their idols.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, musical
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:03

        A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genredrama, music, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:56

        In the mid-80s, three women (each with an attorney) arrive at the office of New York entertainment manager, Morris Levy. One is an L.A. singer, formerly of the Platters; one is a petty thief from Philly; one teaches school in a small Georgia town. Each claims to be the widow of long-dead doo-wop singer-songwriter Frankie Lyman, and each wants years of royalties due to his estate, money Levy has never shared. During an ensuing civil trial, flashbacks tell the story of each one's life with Lyman, a boyish, high-pitched, dynamic performer, lost to heroin. Slowly, the three wives establish their own bond.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrecomedy, music
        CountryUSA

        The new season of "American Dreamz," the wildly popular television singing contest, has captured the country's attention, as the competition looks to be between a young Midwestern gal (Moore) and a showtunes-loving young man from Orange County (Golzari). Recently awakened President Staton (Quaid) even wants in on the craze, as he signs up for the potential explosive season finale.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genredrama, music
        CountryUSA, Belgium

        Metal drummer Ruben begins to lose his hearing. When a doctor tells him his condition will worsen, he thinks his career and life is over. His girlfriend Lou checks the former addict into a rehab for the deaf hoping it will prevent a relapse and help him adapt to his new life. After being welcomed and accepted just as he is, Ruben must choose between his new normal and the life he once knew.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrecomedy, drama, music
        CountryJapan

        Only three days before their high school festival, guitarist Kei, drummer Kyoko, and bassist Nozomi are forced to recruit a new lead vocalist for their band. They choose Korean exchange student Son, though her comprehension of Japanese is a bit rough! It’s a race against time as the group struggles to learn three tunes for the festival’s rock concert—including a classic '80s punk-pop song by the Japanese group The Blue Hearts called “Linda Linda”...

        Markimdb: 4
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, music
        CountryUSA

        A pair of high school rappers have two major goals - make music and get hot girls. The best way to get both is to throw the biggest and best house party ever! The night of the party, one of the boys is grounded by his parents, so it's up to his best friend to break him out of his house confinement and get the party started.

        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: 3.5
        Genrecomedy, family, music
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:33

        Zany adventure that follows The Spice Girls and their entourage (mostly fictional characters) - manager Clifford, his assistant Deborah, and filmmaker Piers (who is trying to shoot a documentary on "the real Spice Girls").

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, family, music
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:30

          Jessica Olsen goes to Los Angeles with nothing more in mind that visiting her grandparents while her sister tries to meet Christopher Wilde. One night she meets Christopher Wilde. They go an an adventure around Los Angeles and start to like each other. When Jessica returns home, Christopher, on national TV, says he doesn't know her, and never met her.

          Markimdb: 8.1
          Genredocumentary, music, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration03:28

          Director Martin Scorsese profiles former Beatle George Harrison in this reverent portrait that mixes interviews and archival footage, featuring commentary from the likes of Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr and Yoko Ono.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrecomedy, family, music
          CountryUSA, Canada

          In Big Time Movie, the guys must tap their inner spy as their adventure finds them driving exotic cars and jumping out of helicopters, while trying to make it to their first world tour concert on time. Hot on their trail are evil henchmen named Maxwell, British secret agents and Swedish spies as well as billionaire businessman, Sir Atticus Moon who wants back his precious device code named: “The Beetle,” an anti-gravitational device with enormous power. Once they learn they’re carrying this precious cargo, the guys get pulled into a madcap mission throughout London, which threatens the onset of their world tour. With the help of teen spy Penny Lane, the guys set out to save Penny’s father MI6 Agent Simon Lane and stop Sir Atticus Moon’s plot to use “The Beetle” to gain world domination (Nickpress).

          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: 6.9
          Genrecomedy
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:33

          A comedy that follows a group of friends as they navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrecomedy, drama, music
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:37

          Russell Walker is a young, successful manager of rap performers, handling acts for the Krush Groove label, including Run-DMC and The Fat Boys. When Run-D.M.C. has a hit record and Russell needs more money to press more copies, he borrows it from a street hustler and soon regrets his decision.

          Markimdb: 2.8
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:31

          Johnny, a freewheeling, motorcycle-riding musician, rolls into a small town with his band, and meets Kathy, an honor student who catches his eye. Meanwhile, Kathy's father, after being in the Witness Protection Program, is finally found by the two corrupt cops he escaped from years ago, who claim he owes them a lot of money.

          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: 5.9
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, family
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:29

          High school senior Tara is so painfully shy that she dreads speaking to anyone in the hallways or getting called on in class. But in the privacy of her bedroom with her iPod in hand, she rocks out -- doing mock broadcasts for Miami's hottest FM radio station, which happens to be owned by her stepfather. When a slot opens up at The SLAM, Tara surprises herself by blossoming behind the mike into confident, "Radio Rebel" -- and to everyone's shock, she's a hit!

          Markimdb: 5.6
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
          CountryFrance

          A comedy that follows the break-up of a French rock group.

          Markimdb: 4.2
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, music
          CountryGermany, USA

          A group of aspiring entertainers try to establish careers for themselves in the city of Los Angeles.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genrecomedy, drama, music
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:32

          In the hip Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook, single dad and record store owner Frank is preparing to send his hard-working daughter Sam off to college while being forced to close his vintage shop. Hoping to stay connected through their shared musical passions, Frank urges Sam to turn their weekly jam sessions into a father-daughter live act. After their first song becomes an internet breakout, the two embark on a journey of love, growing up and musical discovery.

          Markimdb: 3.6
          Genrecomedy
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:35

          A pair of horny college guys get summer jobs at a sexy cheerleader camp.

          Markimdb: 5.6
          Genrecomedy, music
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:33

          Svengali tells the story of Dixie, a postman from South Wales, and a music fanatic. All his life he’s dreamed of discovering a great band and then one day, trawling through YouTube, he finds them… ‘The Premature Congratulations’. He hunts them down and offers them his management services. They are young, arrogant, sexy and utterly magnificent. Putting their demo on a cassette tape, Dixie heads out onto the streets of London…

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genrecomedy, music
          CountryUSA, Germany
          Duration01:48

          Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' roll. The school's hard-nosed principal is rightly suspicious of Finn's activities. But Finn's roommate remains in the dark about what he's doing.

          Markimdb: 5.2
          Genrecomedy
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:37

          High school senior Bobby Chrystal fails his French class, which will block him from entering Yale. His rich, authoritarian father hires an attractive 29-year-old to tutor Bobby over the summer and help him pass a make-up exam. While Bobby's friends lead him away into strange excursions aimed at losing their virginity, Bobby finds all the extracurricular activities he needs with his new tutor.

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genremelodrama, musical, family, music
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:43

          Raise Your Voice is a coming-of-age story centered around a small-town singer, brokenhearted by the death of her brother in a car crash, who had secretly submitted her for a summer session at a performing arts academy in Los Angeles. In the performing arts academy, she experiences a whole new way of life in the big city, far from the small town lifestyle she's used to.

          Markimdb: 4.6
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family, music
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:42

            When Miley Stewart (aka pop-star Hannah Montana) gets too caught up in the superstar celebrity lifestyle, her dad decides it's time for a total change of scenery. But sweet nibblets! Miley must trade in all the glitz and glamour of Hollywood for some ol' blue jeans on the family farm in Tennessee, and question if she can be both Miley Stewart and Hannah Montana. With a little help from her friends – and awesome guest stars Taylor Swift, Rascal Flatts and Vanessa Williams – will she figure out whether to choose Hannah or Miley?

            Markimdb: 7
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical, music
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:32

            'Pleasantly Plump' teenager Tracy Turnblad achieves her dream of becoming a regular on the Corny Collins Dance Show. Now a teen hero, she starts using her fame to speak out for the causes she believes in, most of all integration. In doing so, she earns the wrath of the show's former star, Amber Von Tussle, as well as Amber's manipulative, pro-segregation parents. The rivalry comes to a head as Amber and Tracy vie for the title of Miss Auto Show 1963.

            Markimdb: 6.2
            Genrecomedy, drama, music
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:48

            I'm Still Here is a portrayal of a tumultuous year in the life of actor Joaquin Phoenix. With remarkable access, the film follows the Oscar-nominee as he announces his retirement from a successful film career in the fall of 2008 and sets off to reinvent himself as a hip-hop musician. The film is a portrait of an artist at a crossroads and explores notions of courage and creative reinvention, as well as the ramifications of a life spent in the public eye.

            Markimdb: 5.6
            Genrecomedy, family, crime, music
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:47

            Deloris Van Cartier is again asked to don the nun's habit to help a run-down Catholic school, presided over by Mother Superior. And if trying to reach out to a class full of uninterested students wasn't bad enough, the sisters discover that the school is due to be closed by the unscrupulous chief of a local authority.

            Markimdb: 7.4
            Genrecomedy, drama, music
            CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Germany
            Duration02:09

            The Boat that Rocked is an ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It's about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing the music that defines a generation and standing up to a government that wanted control of popular culture via the British Broadcasting Corporation. Loosely based on the events in Britain in the 60's when the Labour government of Harold Wilson, wanted to bring the pirate stations under control, enough to see the passage of the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act on 15 August 1967

            Markimdb: 4.2
            Genrecomedy, musical, family, music
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:29

            For Beary Barrington, The Country Bears' young #1 fan, fitting in with his all-too-human family is proving im-paws-ible. When he runs away to find Country Bear Hall and his heroes, he discovers the venue that made them famous is near foreclosure. Beary hightails it over the river and through the woods to get the Bears in the Band back together for an all-out reunion concert to save Country Bear Hall.

            Markimdb: 5.7
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:37

            Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her "day" job as a barmaid at Coyote Ugly. The "Coyotes" as they are affectionately called tantalize customers and the media alike with their outrageous antics, making Coyote Ugly the watering hole for guys on the prowl.

            Markimdb: 5.5
            Genrecomedy, military, music
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:47

            A washed-up music producer finds one last shot at redemption with a golden-voiced young girl in Afghanistan. However, when jealousy gets the better of a disgruntled ex-boyfriend, he decides to oppose the young star with talent of his own.




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