Movies like Life Is Rosy (1987)

Salsa (1988)

Fatherless barrio Puerto Rican Rico is a menial car mechanic by day, but lives for the nights, when he dances and dates hot dancing girls, cockily convinced the title of Salsa king in fancy nightclub La Luna's upcoming contest is to be his. He encourages his best friend, courteous gentleman Ken, to date his sister Margarita so he gets a free hand with her flirtatious classmate Lola. The reigning salsa queen Luna's interest in Rico as dance-partner threatens his on-off relationship with Vicki. More jealous trouble follows when Ken and Margarita fall in true love.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music & romance

Roustabout (1964)

After losing his job at a coffee shop, Charlie Rogers finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his attempted romance with a teenager leads to friction with her father.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music & romance

Brigadoon (1954)

Americans Jeff and Tommy, hunting in Scotland, stumble upon a village - Brigadoon. They soon learn that the town appears once every 100 years in order to preserve its peace and special beauty. The citizens go to bed at night and when they wake up, it's 100 years later. Tommy falls in love with a beautiful young woman, Fiona, and is torn between staying or going back to his hectic life in New York.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music & romance

Press Play (2022)

Laura and Harrison have the picture-perfect romance built on the foundation of a shared love of music. After a deadly accident, Laura gets the chance to save the love of her life when she discovers that their mixtape can transport her back in time.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music & romance

Leila (2011)

Gab has a well-ordered life: a fiancée, a wealthy family. Leïla, who struggles to juggle her studies, odd jobs, and a brother to support, does not allow herself to live her own life... When Gab meets Leïla, it is a clash of worlds, the beginning of a great love story that will collide violently with reality.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music & romance

Runaway (2010)

A man falls in love with a half-woman/half-phoenix who fell to Earth from the sky.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music & romance

Forever in My Heart (2019)

Jenna and Charlie found love in Ireland but their dreams drove them apart. Five years later, they reunite and Jenna has to decide where her heart belongs—back home or in the Emerald Isle.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

Attraction (2001)

A writer/radio advice show host fails to heed his own advice as he stalks his ex-girlfriend and then becomes involved with an actress friend of hers.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

Apple 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

Untamable Angelique (1967)

Angelique goes in search of her husband Joffrey de Peyrac who did not die on the stake.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

Love Struck Café (2017)

Megan Quinn, an aspiring architect, faces multiple tasks – developing her hometown lake into a commercialized entertainment center, forcing Mrs. Frances Figgins, her childhood mentor, out of her family’s home, and helping out at her family café after her father breaks his leg, all while also dealing with the return of her childhood sweetheart, Joe, who broke her heart.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

Sisters of the Groom (2017)

When Sarah needs to impress a corporate bigwig in order to help her sister's catering business, she finds herself agreeing to be his son’s pretend date to a family wedding

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

Angélique (2013)

The incredible destiny of Angélique: a beautiful girl who found in her love for Joffrey Peyrac the strength to fight injustice and submission in a century plagued by power struggles, inequality and the oppression.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

All of My Heart: Inn Love (2017)

Brian and Jenny are preparing for the grand opening of their bed and breakfast, Emily's Country Inn, when a big storm hits Buck County. Brian agrees to go back to Wall Street to boost their funds, while Jenny scrambles to keep the opening on track.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

Scaramouche (1952)

In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

A Country Wedding (2015)

A famous country singer set to marry a glamorous Hollywood actress returns to his small town roots. When he crosses paths with his childhood sweetheart and finally feels inspired to write songs again he reevaluates his life, his values and his opinion of true love. As his wedding day approaches, he must decide if he has chosen the right woman to be his wife.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

Love in Winterland (2020)

Ally, a final contestant on a dating show, must face her high school sweetheart when she is chosen for the Hometown Date.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

The Nutcracker (1993)

On Christmas Eve, a little girl named Marie falls asleep and dreams herself into a fantastic world in which her toys become larger than life. She meets up with the Nutcracker Prince who takes her on a journey to his kingdom and defends her from the Mouse King.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music

Chateau Christmas (2020)

Margot, a world-renowned pianist, returns to Chateau Newhaus to spend the holidays with her family and is reunited with an ex who helps her rediscover her passion for music.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

It Was Always You (2021)

Elizabeth's engagement plans are thrown into disarray when her fiancée's free-spirited brother David returns home. David's unexpected influence prompts Elizabeth to question her life decisions.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance

The African Queen (1952)

At the start of the First World War, in the middle of Africa’s nowhere, a gin soaked riverboat captain is persuaded by a strong-willed missionary to go down river and face-off a German warship.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

Congo Boy (2026)

Bangui, Central African Republic. 17 year-old Robert dreams of a career in music, but civil war is tearing the country apart. When both his parents are thrown into prison, he is left to look after his four younger siblings on his own, juggling daily life, odd jobs, school exams and concert stages, determined to follow his dream.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

The Rhythmatist (1985)

A musical oddessy through the heart of Africa in search of the roots of Rock & Roll.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

Congo Maisie (1940)

Maisie gets lost in a jungle in Africa and the jungle of romance. The African jungle has snakes, crocodiles and witch doctors. The romantic jungle has a dedicated doctor with an un-dedicated wife and an embittered doctor who is dedicated to no one.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both romance

Fally Ipupa au Stade de France (2026)

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

GIMS à Paris la Défense Arena : le concert événement (2025)

After becoming the first French-speaking rapper to fill the Stade de France in 2019, Gims has chosen a new arena for an exceptional concert in Europe's largest venue: Paris La Défense Arena. With a career spanning twenty years, eight million albums sold, and billions of streams, Gims is an extraordinary artist, multi-award-winning and adored by more than 25 million fans around the world. In this phenomenal show, which has already attracted 800,000 spectators in France this year, Gims offers a spectacular performance with his timeless hits, such as "Sapés comme jamais," "Bella," and more recently, "Ciel."

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat (2024)

Jazz and decolonization are intertwined in a powerful narrative that recounts one of the tensest episodes of the Cold War.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

Rumba (1992)

Rumba—the musical memory of African peoples—permeates the lives of the people of Zaire and the Congo along the banks of the Congo River, where, from bars to dance halls and from sound systems to live orchestras, everyone comes to defy the letdown of tomorrow with a touch of humor and a beer.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music

Heart of Darkness (1994)

A trading company manager travels up an African river to find a missing outpost head and discovers the depth of evil in humanity's soul.

Why it matches: Similar story and style

Congo (1995)

Eight people embark on an expedition into the Congo, a mysterious expanse of unexplored Africa, where human greed and the laws of nature have gone berserk.

Why it matches: Similar story and style