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Movies that feel likeA Star Is Born (2018)

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.

If you loved A Star Is Born, the closest films we have are Cold War (2018), Tender Mercies (1983) and Once (2007). All three share A Star Is Born's stylish and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Leto (2018).

🍅 90% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Bradley Cooperstylishcontemplativeromantictender
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Cold War
2018 · dir. Paweł Pawlikowski
🍅 92%★ 7.5romance · music · dramaPrime Video

Musicians in love, magnetic and doomed in equal measure

The difference: Black-and-white Polish austerity — decades compressed into fragments

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.

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Tender Mercies
1983 · dir. Bruce Beresford
🍅 83%★ 7.3drama · music · romancePrime Video

A broken country singer given one more shot at grace

The difference: Hushed and tiny — redemption without the stadium lights

Alcoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.

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Once
2007 · dir. John Carney
🍅 97%★ 7.8drama · music · romance

Two musicians falling for each other through the songs they make

The difference: Micro-budget Dublin intimacy — fame never enters the picture

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.

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Walk the Line
2005 · dir. James Mangold
🍅 83%★ 7.8drama · music · romanceMax

Country stardom, addiction and a love that steadies the spiral

The difference: Biopic structure — Cash's real life dictates where it goes

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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CODA
2021 · dir. Sian Heder
🍅 94%★ 8drama · music · romanceApple TV+

A gifted singer torn between family obligation and her voice

The difference: A family dramedy — warm uplift instead of tragic undertow

As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.

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Leto
2018 · dir. Kirill Serebrennikov
🍅 78%★ 7.3music · drama

Musicians, love and ambition circling each other in smoky rooms

The difference: Soviet-era rock scene in black and white — languid and elliptical

Leningrad, one summer in the early eighties. Smuggling LPs by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Perestroika. Mike and his beautiful wife Natasha meet with young Viktor Tsoi. Together with friends, they will change the destiny of rock’n’roll in the Soviet Union.

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A Beautiful Life
2023 · dir. Mehdi Avaz
🍅 33%★ 6.4drama · music · romanceNetflix

A raw voice discovered and pulled toward the spotlight

The difference: A Danish streaming take — smoother and shallower with similar beats

When a young fisherman with a hidden talent gets discovered by a music producer, he must decide if he's ready to open himself up to stardom — and love.

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Beyond the Universe
2022 · dir. Diego Freitas
★ 6.6romance · drama · musicNetflix

Both land style and stillness at once

While waiting for a kidney transplant, a young pianist finds an unexpected connection with her doctor — and the courage to fulfill her musical dreams.

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Step Up
2006 · dir. Anne Fletcher
🍅 21%★ 6.5music · drama · romance

The same mix in both: romance, then tenderness

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Delinquent Tyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with up-and-coming dancer Nora.

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Moulin Rouge!
2001 · dir. Baz Luhrmann
🍅 75%★ 7.6drama · romance · music

A doomed showbiz romance sung at maximum intensity

The difference: Frenetic collage camp — sincerity dressed in glitter and whiplash cuts

A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.

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Rocketman
2019 · dir. Dexter Fletcher
★ 7.3music · dramaParamount+

Stardom and addiction rendered with full musical flourish

The difference: A fantasy jukebox biopic — spectacle over intimacy

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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Sound of Metal
2020 · dir. Darius Marder
🍅 97%★ 7.7drama · musicPrime Video

A musician watching the life he built slip through his fingers

The difference: No romance arc — addiction and deafness faced in stark quiet

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.

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