Movies like High Waters (1929)
The best movies like High Waters (1929) are Ghosts (1997), I Am Easy to Find (2019) and Keith Richards: Under the Influence (2015). If High Waters 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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- Highest ratedGhosts (1997)8.1/10 from 305 votes
- NewestStart the Show (2026)Released 2026
Ghosts (1997)
In the town of Normal Valley, an eccentric magician named Maestro entertains the local children every day in his spooky mansion. One stormy night, the town's mayor leads a group of angry citizens to the mansion in an attempt to run Maestro out of town.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisI Am Easy to Find (2019)
A life in one-hundred-sixty-four moments.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKeith Richards: Under the Influence (2015)
A portrait of Keith Richards that takes us on a journey to discover the genesis of his sound as a songwriter, guitarist and performer.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBattle of the Year (2013)
A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMake Mine Music (1946)
In the tradition of Fantasia, Make Mine Music is a glorious collection of musically charged animated shorts featuring such fun-filled favorites as "Peter and the Wolf", narrated by the beloved voice behind Winnie the Pooh. In addition you'll enjoy such classic cartoon hits as "Casey at the Bat," "The Whale Who Wanted to Sing at the Met" and "Johnnie Fedora and Alice Bluebonnet."
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
SnoozefestMovies like thisApple Music Live: Lady Gaga MAYHEM Requiem (2026)
For Apple Music Live, Gaga presents MAYHEM Requiem, a celebration and musical reimagining of MAYHEM.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisMichael Jackson Video Greatest Hits: HIStory (1995)
This compilation features 10 of Michael Jackson's greatest video hits, including "Billie Jean," "The Way You Make Me Feel," "Black or White," "Rock With You" and others. -Includes the never before seen 18 minute version of "Bad". Directed by Martin Scorsese. Featuring Wesley Snipes. -9:30 Long Version of "The Way You Make Me Feel". -"Black Or White"- short film "Panther" version -"thriller"- "monstrous masterpiece" the ultimate "music movie" 14 minutes of horrific fun by director John Landis. -"remember The Time"- directed by John Singleton (Higher Learning, Boyz N The Hood, Shaft),features Eddie Murphy and Magic Johnson.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisAnima (2019)
In a short musical film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, Thom Yorke of Radiohead stars in a mind-bending visual piece. Best played loud.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Cat Came Back (1988)
A pesky yellow cat becomes the bane of Mr. Johnson's life as it constantly outsmarts his increasingly desperate attempts to get rid of it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLet It Shine (2012)
A teenage rapper must use his musical talent to help a friend and win the girl of his dreams while overcoming self-doubt and the expectations of his strict religious parents.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDrumline: A New Beat (2014)
A girl from New York attends a college in Atlanta to join their once-famous marching band.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUnder the Sea: A Descendants Story (2018)
Mal emerges from the shadows of a mystical forest onto a dark coastline where she crosses paths with Dizzy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMetallica: Through the Never (2013)
Trip, a young roadie for Metallica, is sent on an urgent mission during the band's show. But what seems like a simple assignment turns into a surreal adventure.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMake Your Move (2013)
A pair of star-crossed dancers in New York find themselves at the center of a bitter rivalry between their brothers' underground dance clubs.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
SnoozefestMovies like thisToo Late Blues (1961)
Ghost is an ideological musician and leader of a jazz band who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds than compromise himself. His peripatetic performances lead him to cross paths with a singer, while his masculinity is thrown into question following a violent brawl.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBee Gees: One Night Only (1998)
The brothers Gibb perform their greatest hits from the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's including many songs written for and made hits by other artists but never recorded by the Bee Gees themselves.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisDaybreak Express (1957)
Set to a classic Duke Ellington recording "Daybreak Express", this is a five-minute short of the soon-to-be-demolished Third Avenue elevated subway station in New York City.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCoyote Ugly (2000)
Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her "day" job as a barmaid at Coyote Ugly. The "Coyotes" as they are affectionately called tantalize customers and the media alike with their outrageous antics, making Coyote Ugly the watering hole for guys on the prowl.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNeil Young: Heart of Gold (2006)
In March 2005, Neil Young was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. Four days before he was scheduled for a lifesaving operation, he headed to Nashville, where he wrote and recorded the country folk album Prairie Wind with old friends and family members. After the successful operation and recovery period, he returned to Nashville that August to play at the famed Ryman Auditorium, once again gathering together friends and family for this special performance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Work of Director Michel Gondry (2003)
A look at the work of director Michel Gondry, through his music videos, short films, and commercials.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisSO ALIVE! (2026)
A fictional boy aims to become a non-fictional rapper. His label has other plans.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
Coming SoonMovies like thisXavier Cugat and His Gigolos (1928)
A Vitaphone musical performance featuring Xavier Cugat and his ensemble.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
Ruby Keeler (1928)
A ten-minute musical Movietone short featuring dancer Ruby Keeler.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
The Serenade (1923)
An early De Forest Phonofilm performance short exhibited as part of a sound-film presentation at Riesenfeld's Rivoli Theatre in New York.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
Benny Rubin in Seven Minutes of Your Time (1928)
Sound short featuring comedian Benny Rubin.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
Washboard Blues (TBA)
An early sound musical short featuring blues singer Mamie Smith, produced in association with RLA Talking Picture Corporation.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
Start the Show (2026)
A horror musical short centering on a 1930s starlet as she fights for agency and survival in a cyclical Betty Boop inspired hell.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
The Ascent of Mont Blanc (1907)
Joseph Vallot and his team of guides and porters climb Mont Blanc in 1906. Their ascent will take three days. They spent their nights at the Grands Mulets refuge and the Grand Plateau refuge. This is the very first successfully filmed ascent. Joseph Vallot (1854-1925), rich heir of Lodève in Occitania. He devotes part of his fortune to the observation of the Alps, sometimes opposing the scientific community. He built an observatory, still standing today.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Psycho Hillbilly Cabin Massacre! (2007)
When Sophie is kidnapped by the popular, rich kids at school, she begins her initiation into the Snake & Skulls secret society at her Ivy League University. A detour leads the kids to an isolated cabin full of poor, illiterate hillbillies. When Brad guns down a hillbilly in cold blood, pandemonium erupts in the cabin and Sophie realizes that she needs to join the killing spree or become a victim. When the plan goes awry and a young hillbilly fights back, Sophie seizes the chance to run for her life into the woods. When she's chased by the She-Devil group leader Gillian, the two end up in a bloody fight in a mud puddle. But even when the fight is over, there's someone else waiting to settle the score.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Stag! (2026)
When a surly bachelor arrives at his stag do in Alicante, he discovers that no one has turned up apart from one estranged university friend. Will his ego get in the way of salvaging the weekend along with their friendship?
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like High Waters?
The closest matches to High Waters are Ghosts (1997), I Am Easy to Find (2019) and Keith Richards: Under the Influence (2015). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after High Waters?
Start with Ghosts (1997), the closest match to High Waters.
What is the highest-rated movie like High Waters?
Ghosts (1997), rated 8.1/10 by 305 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like High Waters?
Start the Show (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like High Waters?
Yes: Ghosts (1997), I Am Easy to Find (2019) and Keith Richards: Under the Influence (2015).
How are movies similar to High Waters chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside High Waters, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.