Movies like The Band (2024)
The best movies like The Band (2024) are The Hot Spot (1990), True Romance (1993) and given the Movie: Hiiragi Mix (2024). If The Band hooked you with its romance, these 22 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedDedicated to my ex (2019)8.3/10 from 515 votes
- NewestCheck på den: En saga om Korslagda Kukar (2025)Released 2025
The Hot Spot (1990)
Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTrue Romance (1993)
Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisgiven the Movie: Hiiragi Mix (2024)
given gains buzz after a failed audition, but things get complicated when Ritsuka is asked to play for Mafuyu’s old friends’ debut show.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
The Tribunal (2016)
The stakes are much higher than life or death in The Tribunal, a courtroom drama set in a Catholic Marriage Tribunal. On the surface, it appears that the struggle between Tony and Joe, two best friends who both love Emily, hinges on Joe obtaining an annulment of his first marriage, so Emily, a devout Catholic, can marry him. As they each fight for whom they love, the Tribunal slowly answers the ever-present question hanging over the proceedings, "What does God want?" Why it matters to these three is the reason it matters to every person. Our souls will not rest until they rest in the arms of the Lord.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
The Rose (1979)
Rock-and-roll singer Mary Rose Foster's romantic relationships and mental health are continuously imperilled by the demands of life on the road.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Love You, Man (2009)
Peter Klaven is a successful real estate agent who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey, discovers, to his dismay and chagrin, that he has no male friend close enough to serve as his Best Man. Peter immediately sets out to rectify the situation, embarking on a series of bizarre and awkward "man-dates."
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCan't Hardly Wait (1998)
It's graduation day at Huntington Hills High, and you know what that means - time to party. And not just any party, either. This one will be a night to remember, as the nerds become studs, the jocks are humiliated, and freshman crushes blossom into grown-up romance.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpinout (1966)
Band singer/race driver Mike McCoy must choose between marrying a beautiful girl and driving her father's car in a prestigious race.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisToo Young To Die! (2016)
After dying in a bus crash and falling to hell, high schooler Daisuke joins a demonic rock band so he can be reincarnated back into the mortal world.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
given the Movie: To the Sea (2024)
Mafuyu doubts his place in the band, but a familiar face could be the spark that brings him back to the stage.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Questa notte è ancora nostra (2008)
When a producer refuses to cut Massimo and his band a record unless they hire an "ethnic" singer to spice up the act, he tries to seduce Jing, a Chinese girl with a beautiful voice disinterested in both him and rock, to get her on board. She pretends to cave in in order to escape an arranged marriage, but in the weeks preceding the concert the two begin to grow closer, complicating the secretly fake nature of their relationship.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisHow Could I Live Without You? (2024)
Lili is a typical girl of our time: she's lonely and tries to convince herself that this is what's good for her. But one day, she finds an old package of letters in her parents' apartment, which her mother apparently didn't want to show her at all. Of course, she doesn't hesitate much, she starts reading, and the past comes alive... an unforgettable summer in the early 1990s, when three good friends are on vacation at Lake Balaton, and of them, only Eszter wants to stay faithful to her boyfriend who left her at home, who swallowed a stake. But her plans, which she usually follows with engineering precision, are slightly messed up when she meets Gergo, easygoing, funny and has another very good quality: he plays in a band and performs with his friends on the beach in Szigliget in the evenings.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Rock n' Roll Cowboys (1988)
Working as a roadie for a high decibel rock band, young Mickey Lagrange, fantasizes about someday playing his own songs up on stage. He also longs for the sexy lead singer and is jealous of the spotlight clamoring Guitarist. Desperate and frustrated Mickey is at his wits end as to a solution, until a neighbour supplies him with a synthesizer that creates music through pure thought.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Modern Life Is Rubbish (2018)
Brought together by their shared love of music, Liam and Natalie reach a breaking point after ten years together, but as they attempt to separate and divide their prized record collection, the very soundtrack of their relationship continually draws them back to one another.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMaybe yes, maybe no. (2022)
A modern love story to the rhythm of rock in Mexico City.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Play Me a Love Song (2007)
Wanting to publish their first solo album, an up and coming rock band decides to give up on following the unwritten "Rock and Roll Code" in order to play a few cheesy love songs for the upcoming wedding of Siniša, a corrupt and violent police officer. What they don't know is that Siniša's bride-to-be is none other than Anja, the ex-girlfriend of their founder Stream, and that the ceremony won't be just a wedding, nor merely a moneymaking opportunity, but, rather, a high-stakes rescue operation, started by a reignited flame.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Summer Love (1958)
A neighborhood rock band gets a job playing at a summer camp.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
God Forbid a Worse Thing Should Happen (2002)
The adventures of a small town Croatian family during the 1960s. The decade will leave eternal marks on all of their members, but most of the story focuses on the youngest one, a boy, Frula, who discovers the love and fashion of the time.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance
Still Crazy (1998)
In the 1970s, Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, groupies, drugs, internal tension and an ex front man dead from an overdose. Even their demise was glamorous; when lightning struck the stage during an outdoor festival. Twenty years on, these former rock gods they have now sunk deep into obscurity when the idea of a reunion tour is lodged in the head of Tony, former keyboard player of the Fruits. Tony sets out to find his former bandmates with the help of former manager Karen to see if they can recapture the magic and give themselves a second chance.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCheck på den: En saga om Korslagda Kukar (2025)
The film tells the unique story of the founding of the band Korslagda Kukar (now known simply as Korslagda) and their journey toward the dream of performing at Sweden Rock. It is a journey marked by sorrow, deep friendship, and a quest for vindication. It also serves as proof that one should never give up on one’s dreams—regardless of age.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Dedicated to my ex (2019)
The film tells the story of Ariel, a 21-year-old who decides to form a rock band to compete for a prize of ten thousand dollars in a musical band contest, this as a last option when trying to get money to save their relationship and reunite with his ex-girlfriend, which breaks due to the trip she must make to Finland for an internship. Ariel with her friend Ortega, decides to make a casting to find the other members of the band, although they do not know nothing about music, thus forming a band with members that have diverse and opposite personalities.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisRoxette: It All Begins Where It Ends (2013)
As one of Europe's most successful bands, Roxette have scored more international hits, rolled out bigger tours and received more airplay than any other Scandinavian band. When Marie Fredriksson was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2002, it seemed like the Roxette saga had reached its tragic end. But Marie got well against all odds, and during 2009 and 2010 the group step by step laid the ground for a comeback that again created modern music history. In February 2011 Roxette kicked off their return to the world's stages with a tour that soon was dubbed "The Never Ending Tour", since the bookings never ceased to drop in. The world hadn't forgotten Roxette and before the group played their final show in Mexico City in September 2012, they had performed their classic song catalog in front of 1.5 million singing, screaming and crying people in 46 countries. A film team joined the tour and captured one of the most unexpected and moving returns any band has ever done.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Band?
The closest matches to The Band are The Hot Spot (1990), True Romance (1993) and given the Movie: Hiiragi Mix (2024). Below are 19 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Band?
Start with The Hot Spot (1990), the closest match to The Band.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Band?
Dedicated to my ex (2019), rated 8.3/10 by 515 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Band?
Check på den: En saga om Korslagda Kukar (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Band?
Yes: The Hot Spot (1990), True Romance (1993) and The Tribunal (2016).
How are movies similar to The Band chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Band, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.