
Movies that feel like The Sound of Music (1965)
If you loved The Sound of Music, the closest films we have are Make Mine Music (1946), My Fair Lady (1964) and Tender Mercies (1983). All three share The Sound of Music's stylish feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.
If The Sound of Music hit the spot, these will too

The same preoccupation in both: musical
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Common ground: musical
The difference: Missing the stillness of The Sound of Music

Contemplative and stylish in the same breath
The difference: Not nearly as warm as The Sound of Music

The same mix in both: warmth, then romance

Drama built on tenderness, twice over
The difference: Sits closer to comedy than The Sound of Music does

Stylish music, and it commits to that

Romantic romance in both cases

Family with a pulse of tenderness, in both cases

Both lean on stillness more than on drama
The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

Romance with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Both are built on the same subject: based on play or musical

Both lean on style more than on music
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