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Movies that feel like We Are Your Friends (2015)

If you loved We Are Your Friends, the closest films we have are Sing Street (2016), Pitch Perfect (2012) and Begin Again (2014). All three share We Are Your Friends' stylish and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

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.

🍅 40% Rotten Tomatoes6.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Max Josephcontemplativestylishromantictenderwittyplayful

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Sing Street
2016 · dir. John Carney
🍅 95%7.9romance · drama · music

Contemplative where it counts, stylish underneath

The difference: Reviewed even better

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.

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Pitch Perfect
2012 · dir. Jason Moore
🍅 81%7.1comedy · music · romance

Romantic and tender in the same breath

The difference: Missing the stillness of We Are Your Friends

College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing they have in common is how well they sing together. She takes the women of the group out of their comfort zone of traditional arrangements and into a world of amazing harmonic combinations in a fight to the top of college music competitions.

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Begin Again
2014 · dir. John Carney
🍅 83%7.4comedy · music · romance

Both land wit and play at once

Gretta, a budding songwriter, finds herself alone after her boyfriend Dave ditches her. Her life gains purpose when Dan, a record label executive, notices her talent.

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Café Society
2016 · dir. Woody Allen
🍅 70%6.6comedy · drama · romance

The same city underneath both: Los Angeles

The difference: Not nearly as stylish as We Are Your Friends

The story of a young man who arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the film industry, falls in love, and finds himself swept up in the vibrant café society that defined the spirit of the age.

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Valentine's Day
2010 · dir. Garry Marshall
🍅 18%5.8comedy · romance

Romantic romance in both cases

Intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine's Day.

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

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

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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Cold War
2018 · dir. Paweł Pawlikowski
🍅 92%7.5romance · music · drama

Music built on style, twice over

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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You, the Living
2007 · dir. Roy Andersson
🍅 98%7.4drama · comedy · music

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, deadpan vignettes that rush past. Some are just seconds long, none longer than a couple of minutes. A young woman remembers a fantasy honeymoon with a rock guitarist. A man awakes from a dream about bomber planes. A businessman boasts about success while being robbed by a pickpocket, and so on. The absurdist collection is accompanied by Dixieland jazz and similar music.

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Adventureland
2009 · dir. Greg Mottola
🍅 89%6.8comedy · drama · romance

Both lean on tenderness more than on drama

It's the summer of 1987, and recent college grad James Brennan can't wait to begin his long-anticipated dream trip to Europe. Unfortunately, James' plans come to a screeching halt when his parents announce that they are unable to subsidize his trip. Forced to take a job at the local amusement park, James prepares for the worst summer ever, until he finds love with a captivating co-worker named Em.

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

Music built on stillness, twice over

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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Pitch Perfect 2
2015 · dir. Elizabeth Banks
🍅 66%6.4comedy · music

Comedy with a pulse of play, in both cases

The Bellas are back, and they are better than ever. After being humiliated in front of none other than the President of the United States of America, the Bellas are taken out of the Aca-Circuit. In order to clear their name, and regain their status, the Bellas take on a seemingly impossible task: winning an international competition no American team has ever won. In order to accomplish this monumental task, they need to strengthen the bonds of friendship and sisterhood and blow away the competition with their amazing aca-magic! With all new friends and old rivals tagging along for the trip, the Bellas can hopefully accomplish their dreams.

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Yesterday
2019 · dir. Danny Boyle
🍅 64%6.8comedy · fantasy · music

Romance built on style, twice over

The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than We Are Your Friends does

A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate reality where the group was forgotten.

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