Movies like George Jessel and His Russian Art Choir (1931)
The best movies like George Jessel and His Russian Art Choir (1931) are The Fighting Temptations (2003), Military Wives (2020) and The Choral (2025). If George Jessel and His Russian Art Choir hooked you, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedFiddler on the Roof (1971)7.7/10 from 689 votes
- NewestThe Choral (2025)Released 2025
The Fighting Temptations (2003)
Darrin Hill, a slick-talking but down-on- his-luck NYC advertising exec, returns to his hometown in Georgia to claim the inheritance his aunt left him. But before Darrin can collect the money, he must fulfill his aunt's final wish -- to create a local choir.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisMilitary Wives (2020)
Inspired by global phenomenon of military wives choirs, the story celebrates a band of misfit women who form a choir on a military base. As unexpected bonds of friendship flourish, music and laughter transform their lives, helping each other to overcome their fears for loved ones in combat.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Choral (2025)
As World War I rages on, Dr Henry Guthrie takes over a British choral society that's lost most of its men to the army. The community soon discovers that the best response to the chaos of war is to make beautiful music together.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFiddler on the Roof (1971)
In a pre-revolutionary Russia, a poor Jewish milkman struggles with the challenges of a changing world as his daughters fall in love and antisemitism grows.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisO Lucky Man! (1973)
An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to challenge his naive idealism.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAnna Karenina (1997)
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978)
The story of the rise and fall of the Pre-Fab Four.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMoscow on the Hudson (1984)
A Russian circus visits the US. A clown wants to defect, but doesn't have the nerve. His saxophone playing friend however comes to the decision to defect in the middle of Bloomingdales. He is befriended by the black security guard and falls in love with the Italian immigrant from behind the perfume counter. We follow his life as he works his way through the American dream and tries to find work as a musician.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMagical Mystery Tour (1967)
While on a coach tour, The Beatles and a few dozen friends experience strange happenings caused by magicians.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHelp! (1965)
An obscure Eastern cult that practices human sacrifice pursues Ringo after he unknowingly puts on a ceremonial ring (that, of course, won't come off). On top of that, a pair of mad scientists, members of Scotland Yard, and a beautiful but dead-eyed assassin all have their own plans for the Fab Four.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNimic (2020)
A professional cellist has an encounter with a stranger on the subway which has unexpected and far-reaching ramifications on his life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Late Quartet (2012)
When the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet is diagnosed with a life threatening illness, the group's future suddenly hangs in the balance as suppressed emotions, competing egos and uncontrollable passions threaten to derail years of friendship and collaboration. As they are about to play their 25th anniversary concert — quite possibly their last — only their intimate bond and the power of music can preserve their legacy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAnna Karenina (2012)
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe American (2023)
American ballet dancer Joy Womack is accepted into Moscow's infamously tough Bolshoi Ballet Academy, with the dream of becoming a great ballerina.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Ladykillers (2004)
An eccentric, if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino, all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord – a sharp old woman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAnna Karenina (1948)
In Imperial Russia, Anna, wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets charming cavalry officer Vronsky, to whom she's immediately attracted— but in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDestino (2003)
Short film to a song of love lost and rediscovered, a woman sees and undergoes surreal transformations. Her lover's face melts off, she dons a dress from the shadow of a bell and becomes a dandelion, ants crawl out of a hand and become Frenchmen riding bicycles. Not to mention the turtles with faces on their backs that collide to form a ballerina, or the bizarre baseball game.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRasputin (1996)
Into an era seething with war and revolution, a man comes with an incredible power to heal a nation...or destroy it. Based on the true story of one of the most powerful and mysterious figures in Russian history.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSing: Thriller (2024)
Buster Moon dreams up a star-studded spectacle set to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in this animated short featuring characters from the hit "Sing" films.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Mighty Wind (2003)
Three eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following the death of their manager to put on an reunion concert in his honor, at the request of his son.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Last Cannibal (2011)
Who dares to venture into the forests of Silschede, is in deadly danger! It seems that some of the stories that inspired our earlier works are true. In the forests of Silschede not only a bloodthirsty creature is up to no good, it seems that perhaps the last cannibal in Germany is living here...
Why it matches: Similar story and style
37/78: Tree Again (1978)
At the center are takes which do not change - a tree in a field in Vermont, U.S.A. Since the film was shot over a period of fifty days, the single frame shots create a storm of pictures.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Indústrias Reunidas Machiavelli (2019)
Agripino and Sandoval roam around their workplace, Machiavelli Incorporated, a venture which they plan to expand whatever the costs.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
VeggieTales: King George and the Ducky (2000)
King George, unlike most kings, spends most of his time in the bathtub, playing with his favorite toy - a rubber ducky. But George isn't satisfied with just his rubber ducky - he wants all the duckies! The king learns a lesson in humility from his brave soldier Thomas, whose ducky George had stolen. Eventually, George faces his sin and learns that it's always important to share with others.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play (2002)
Bert, Ernie, and friends put on a new play and some of your favorite words are the stars.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Le Théâtre National Populaire (1956)
The T.N.P., the Théâtre National Populaire, an important experimental theater directed by Jean Vilar. Franju combines sequences from theatrical performances with documentary images, creating links and confrontations between theater and the real world.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Piss (2010)
Kurtis Conner and his friends embark on a pissy adventure through the piss forest to find Prague and Lucifer to see how particular he actually is about his cheese.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays (2022)
Hungry for sun, light and warmth, a group of teenagers embark on a dream trip to the Balearic Islands.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
La noirceur souterraine des racines (2022)
Shot in Quebec, Canada, The Subterranean Blackness of Roots is a 16mm film triptych which uses several processes specific to analog cinema (hand processing, optical printing, photochemical alteration). The film seeks to show the sensory experience of the invisible life of stones, plants and the nature that surrounds us. It’s a dive into the heart of matter, the essence of the vegetal world and the nourishing earth.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like George Jessel and His Russian Art Choir?
The closest matches to George Jessel and His Russian Art Choir are The Fighting Temptations (2003), Military Wives (2020) and The Choral (2025). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after George Jessel and His Russian Art Choir?
Start with The Fighting Temptations (2003), the closest match to George Jessel and His Russian Art Choir.
What is the highest-rated movie like George Jessel and His Russian Art Choir?
Fiddler on the Roof (1971), rated 7.7/10 by 689 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like George Jessel and His Russian Art Choir?
The Choral (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like George Jessel and His Russian Art Choir?
Yes: The Fighting Temptations (2003), Military Wives (2020) and The Choral (2025).
How are movies similar to George Jessel and His Russian Art Choir chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside George Jessel and His Russian Art Choir, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.