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Movies like Love Is Dead (2021)

The best movies like Love Is Dead (2021) are Cover Girl (1944), The Harvey Girls (1946) and Pal Joey (1957). If Love Is Dead hooked you with its music, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Cover Girl (1944)

    A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

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  2. The Harvey Girls (1946)

    On a train trip out west to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young women traveling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

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  3. Pal Joey (1957)

    An opportunistic singer woos a wealthy widow to boost his career.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

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  4. Begin Again (2014)

    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.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

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  5. A 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.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

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  6. A Star Is Born (1976)

    Has-been singing idol John Norman Howard falls in love with young, up-and-coming songstress Esther Hoffman in Frank Pierson's version of the classic love story updated to the rock and roll era.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

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  7. Carefree (1938)

    Dr. Tony Flagg's friend Steven has problems in the relationship with his fiancée Amanda, so he persuades her to visit Tony. After some minor misunderstandings, she falls in love with him. When he tries to use hypnosis to strengthen her feelings for Steven, things get complicated.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

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  8. Grease Live (2016)

    After enjoying a holiday romance, high school students Danny and Sandy are unexpectedly reunited when she transfers to Rydell High, where she must contend with cynical Rizzo and the Pink Ladies.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

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  9. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)

    When his new album fails to sell records, pop/rap superstar Conner4real goes into a major tailspin and watches his celebrity high life begin to collapse. He'll try anything to bounce back, anything except reuniting with his old rap group The Style Boyz.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

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  10. Country Strong (2010)

    Soon after the rising young singer-songwriter Beau Williams gets involved with a fallen, emotionally unstable country star Kelly Canter, the pair embark on a career resurrection tour helmed by her husband/manager James and featuring a beauty queen-turned-singer Chiles Stanton. Between concerts, romantic entanglements and old demons threaten to derail them all.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

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  11. The Idea of You (2024)

    40-year-old single mom Solène begins an unexpected romance with 24-year-old Hayes Campbell, the lead singer of August Moon, the hottest boy band on the planet. As they begin a whirlwind romance, it isn't long before Hayes' superstar status poses unavoidable challenges to their relationship, and Solène soon discovers that life in the glare of his spotlight might be more than she bargained for.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

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  12. Walk the Line (2005)

    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.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

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  13. Loving You (1957)

    Deliveryman Deke Rivers is discovered by publicist Glenda Markle and country-western musician Tex Warner who want to promote him to fame and fortune, giving him every break he deserves. Romantic complications arise as Susan, another singer in the group, offers him devoted admiration as Glenda leads him on with promises of a golden future.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

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  14. Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden (2011)

    Lady Gaga Presents The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden is a 2011 concert special documenting the February 21 and 22, 2011 shows of Lady Gaga's The Monster Ball Tour. It features concert footage as well as pre-concert and backstage content.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

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  15. Romance & Cigarettes (2006)

    Ironworker Nick lives with his wife, Kitty, and three daughters. When he meets a significantly younger woman, Tula, he starts an affair with her, much to the chagrin of his wife, and his life is thrown into upheaval. Kitty kicks Nick out of the house, and he is forced to make some difficult decisions.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

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  16. Taylor Swift: Speak Now World Tour Live (2011)

    Recorded during her Speak Now World Tour in 2011, this live recording collects 18 performances from the country-pop starlet, including almost all songs from her 2010 studio album "Speak Now".

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

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  17. Connie and Carla (2004)

    After accidentally witnessing a mafia hit in the Windy City, gal pals Connie and Carla skip town for L.A., where they go way undercover as singers working the city's dinner theater circuit ... disguised as drag queens. Now, it's not enough that they become big hits on the scene; things get extra-weird when Connie meets Jeff -- a guy she'd like to be a woman with.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

  18. A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish (2019)

    Kat is an aspiring singer-songwriter who dreams of making it big. However, her dreams are stalled by her reality: a conniving and cruel stepfamily and a demoralizing job working as a singing elf at billionaire Terrence Wintergarden’s Santa Land.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

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  19. High Society (1956)

    With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - has 48 hours to convince her that she really still loves him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

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  20. Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)

    Millie Dillmount, a fearless young lady fresh from Salina, Kansas, determined to experience Life, sets out to see the world in the rip-roaring Twenties. With high spirits and wearing one of those new high hemlines, she arrives in New York to test the "modern" ideas she had been reading about back in Kansas: "I've taken the girl out of Kansas. Now I have to take Kansas out of the girl!"

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

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  21. Dan Bárta & Illustratosphere – Zvířený prach tour 2022 (2024)

    The unmistakable voice of the eleven-time Anděl Award winner, first-class musicians, and songs that flow across musical genres in a concert experience from Brno's Sono Music Club... The concert, recorded on November 28, 2022, at the SONO Music Club in Brno, is the culmination of Dan Bárta & Illustratosphere's concert tour for their joint fifth studio album, Kráska a zvířený prach (Beauty and Stirred Dust). This mutually inspiring and authentically creative community of musicians included not only new songs in the program, but also a selection of some older atmospheric hits from their more than twenty-year musical career. Enjoy Bárta's refined vocal performance and a fusion of virtuosically played original compositions on the domestic scene, combining pop rock, jazz, soul, and funk with intimate poetry in the lyrics, just like hundreds of fans in one of the most acoustically perfect halls in the country.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

  22. Peter Maffay: Sechsundneunzig - Das Club Concert (2005)

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

  23. Peter Maffay - Begegnungen (2005)

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

  24. Roy Sings Orbison (1975)

    Roy Orbison sings some of his greatest hits, including Only the Lonely, Crying, Penny Arcade, Blue Bayou, Running Scared, Candy Man, In Dreams, Mean Woman Blues, It's Over and Oh, Pretty Woman.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

  25. 9 Songs (2004)

    Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall - London's Brixton Academy. They are in bed at night's end. Together, over a period of several months, they pursue a mutual sexual passion whose inevitable stages unfold in counterpoint to nine live-concert songs.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

  26. Billy Elliot (2000)

    County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

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  27. Darkthrone: Preparing for War (2005)

    Rare live performances, gallery and interviews about the re-releases of "Soulside Journey", "A Blaze in the Northern Sky", "Under a Funeral Moon" and "Transilvanian Hunger". Tracks 1-2 recorded live at television in Oslo, Norway, 1989. Tracks 3-11 recorded live in Riihimaki, Finland, 1991. Tracks 12-15 recorded live in Lahti, Finland, 1991. Tracsk 16-18 recorded live in Oslo, Norway, 1996.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

  28. Qlimax 2013: Immortal Essence (2014)

    Qlimax is an annual event held by the Dutch entertainment enterprise, Q-dance. It is considered one of the leading hardstyle events on the calendar and a major attraction of Q-dance and contains some of the most sophisticated production and setup as well as sound system for any event.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

  29. Dalida - Pour Toujours (1993)

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

  30. John Mayall - Live in London (2011)

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Love Is Dead?

The closest matches to Love Is Dead are Cover Girl (1944), The Harvey Girls (1946) and Pal Joey (1957). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Love Is Dead?

Start with Cover Girl (1944), the closest match to Love Is Dead.

What is the highest-rated movie like Love Is Dead?

Billy Elliot (2000), rated 7.6/10 by 4,228 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Love Is Dead?

The Idea of You (2024) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Love Is Dead?

Yes: Cover Girl (1944), The Harvey Girls (1946) and Pal Joey (1957).

How are movies similar to Love Is Dead chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Love Is Dead, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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