Movies like Rory Gallagher - The BBC Concert Films 1973 - 1977 (2024)
The best movies like Rory Gallagher - The BBC Concert Films 1973 - 1977 (2024) are Five Minutes of Heaven (2009), The Commitments (1991) and Nina's Heavenly Delights (2006). If Rory Gallagher - The BBC Concert Films 1973 - 1977 hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedCrossroads (1986)7.4/10 from 504 votes
- NewestThe Ballad of Wallis Island (2025)Released 2025
Five Minutes of Heaven (2009)
The story of former Ulster Volunteer Force member Alistair Little. Twenty-five years after Little killed Joe Griffin's brother, the media arrange an auspicious meeting between the two.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Commitments (1991)
Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNina's Heavenly Delights (2006)
A feisty young woman returns to Glasgow to run her deceased father's curry house.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBessie (2015)
The story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFifty Dead Men Walking (2008)
It's 1989, and in a Belfast torn apart by conflict and terrorism, petty criminal Marty McGartland is recruited by the British police to infiltrate the IRA. Guided by Special Forces officer 'Fergus', McGartland gains unparalleled insight into the organisation's dealings, providing his British handler with priceless, life-saving information. Based on a true story.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Guard (2011)
When a small-town Irish cop with a crass personality is partnered with a straight-laced FBI agent to bust an international drug-trafficking ring, they must settle their differences in order to take down a dangerous gang.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like this54 (1998)
When the mastermind behind New York's infamous Studio 54 disco plucks young Shane from the sea of faces clamoring to get inside his club, he not only gets his foot in the door, but lands a coveted job behind the bar — and a front-row ticket to the most legendary party on the planet!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads (2019)
Robert Johnson was one of the most influential blues guitarists ever. Even before his early death, fans wondered if he'd made a pact with the Devil.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Quiet Man (1952)
An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRun of the Arrow (1957)
When the South loses the war, Confederate veteran O'Meara goes West, joins the Sioux, takes a wife and refuses to be an American but he must choose a side when the Sioux go to war against the U.S. Army.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDay of the Outlaw (1959)
Blaise Starrett is a rancher at odds with homesteaders when outlaws hold up the small town. The outlaws are held in check only by their notorious leader, but he is diagnosed with a fatal wound and the town is a powder keg waiting to blow.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTrue History of the Kelly Gang (2019)
Set against the badlands of Australia where the English rule with a bloody fist and the Irish endure, Ned Kelly discovers he comes from a line of Irish rebels — an uncompromising army of cross dressing bandits immortalised for terrorising their oppressors back in Ireland. Fuelled by the unfair arrest of his mother, Kelly recruits a wild bunch of warriors to plot one of the most audacious attacks of anarchy and rebellion the country has ever seen.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Ballad of Wallis Island (2025)
An eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island tries to make his fantasies come true by getting his favourite musicians to perform at his home.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBarquero (1970)
Jake Remy leads a gang of outlaw cutthroats making their escape toward Mexico from a successful robbery. Barring their way is a river--crossable only by means of a ferry barge. The barge operator, Travis, refuses to be bullied into providing transport for the gang and escapes across river with most of the local populace--leaving Remy and his gang behind, desperately seeking a way across. A river-wide stand-off begins between the gang and the townspeople, both groups of which have left people on the wrong side of the river.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCrossroads (1986)
A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Man in the White Suit (1951)
The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like this'71 (2014)
A young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the streets of Belfast.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOnce (2007)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLost Command (1966)
After being freed from a Vietnamese war prison, French Lt. Col. Pierre Raspeguy is sent to help quell resistance forces in Algeria. With the help of the Capt. Esclavier, who has grown weary of war, and Capt. Boisfeuras, who lives for it, Raspeguy attempts to convert a rugged band of soldiers into a formidable fighting unit, with the promise of marrying a beautiful countess if he's made a general.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDarby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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What are the best movies like Rory Gallagher - The BBC Concert Films 1973 - 1977?
The closest matches to Rory Gallagher - The BBC Concert Films 1973 - 1977 are Five Minutes of Heaven (2009), The Commitments (1991) and Nina's Heavenly Delights (2006). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Rory Gallagher - The BBC Concert Films 1973 - 1977?
Start with Five Minutes of Heaven (2009), the closest match to Rory Gallagher - The BBC Concert Films 1973 - 1977.
What is the highest-rated movie like Rory Gallagher - The BBC Concert Films 1973 - 1977?
Crossroads (1986), rated 7.4/10 by 504 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Rory Gallagher - The BBC Concert Films 1973 - 1977?
The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Rory Gallagher - The BBC Concert Films 1973 - 1977?
Yes: Five Minutes of Heaven (2009), The Commitments (1991) and Nina's Heavenly Delights (2006).
How are movies similar to Rory Gallagher - The BBC Concert Films 1973 - 1977 chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Rory Gallagher - The BBC Concert Films 1973 - 1977, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.