Movies like Song One (2014)
The best movies like Song One (2014) are The Glorias (2020), Dreamin' Wild (2023) and The Hero (2017). If Song One hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Longest Ride (2015)7.6/10 from 3,393 votes
- NewestSpringsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025)Released 2025
The Glorias (2020)
An equal rights crusader, journalist and activist: Gloria Steinem embodies these and more. From her role in the revolutionary women's rights movement to her travels throughout the U.S. and around the world, Steinem has made an everlasting mark on modern history. A nontraditional chronicle of a trailblazing life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDreamin' Wild (2023)
The true story of the Emerson family and the tumult that followed the success of their self-recorded pop-funk album of the same name, which went largely unnoticed until critics rediscovered and reappraised it decades later. Now, as an adult, Donnie is forced to confront the ghosts from the past and grapple with the emotional toll his dreams have taken on the family who supported him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Hero (2017)
Lee, a former Western film icon, is living a comfortable existence lending his golden voice to advertisements and smoking weed. After receiving a lifetime achievement award and unexpected news, Lee reexamines his past, while a chance meeting with a sardonic comic has him looking to the future.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMonica (2023)
After years of estrangement, a trans woman returns home to help care for her dying mother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisBeyond the Lights (2014)
Noni Jean is a hot new rising star. But not all is what it seems, and the pressure causes Noni to nearly fall apart - until she meets Kaz Nicol, a promising young cop and aspiring politician who's been assigned to her detail. Can Kaz's love give Noni the courage to find her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPure (2010)
Katarina is 20 years old. With a troubled past in a dreary suburb, her life seems to be already set in stone - until she discovers music. Everything changes when she hears a performance of Mozart’s 'Requiem' at the Gothenburg Concert Hall that sends her reeling and opens up a beautiful new world. She feels that she has to change her life and get as far away from her ugly reality as possible. But the path she has to follow proves to be a treacherous one, filled with lies, betrayal and a dangerous liaison with the married conductor Adam. Yet Katarina is ready to do anything to gain her new identity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA 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: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWalk 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: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisShuffleton's Barbershop (2013)
Famous country singer Trey Cole is finally returning home after cruelly abandoning the town many years ago and never looking back, even when his brother died serving in the military. Now, realizing he's lost himself along the way, Trey remembers getting his first haircut in the cracked brown leather chair in Charlie's shop, and hopes to find guidance from the man who was a father to him when his own dad, General Wes Cameron, was coldly absent during his childhood.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Jackie & Ryan (2014)
A modern day train hopper fighting to be a successful musician and a single mom battling to maintain custody of her daughter defy their circumstances by coming together in a relationship that may change each other's lives forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Runaways (2010)
Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, two rebellious teenagers from Southern California, become the frontwomen for The Runaways -- the now-legendary group that paved the way for future generations of female rockers. Under the Svengali-like influence of impresario Kim Fowley, the band becomes a huge success.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpringsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025)
Bruce Springsteen, a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggles to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAlex of Venice (2015)
After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by herself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe End of the Tour (2015)
The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.'
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Last Movie Star (2018)
An aging screen icon gets lured into accepting an award at a rinky-dink film festival in Nashville, Tenn., sending him on a hilarious fish-out-of-water adventure and an unexpectedly poignant journey into his past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCharming the Hearts of Men (2021)
A romantic drama set during the politically charged early 60s where a sophisticated woman returns to her Southern home town and discovers her options are limited yet discrimination is plentiful. With the help of a Congressional ally, she inspires historic legislation which allows opportunities and protections never before afforded to women.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Longest Ride (2015)
The lives of a young couple intertwine with a much older man as he reflects back on a lost love while he's trapped in an automobile crash.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJackie (2016)
An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJuliet, Naked (2018)
Annie is stuck in a long-term relationship with Duncan – an obsessive fan of obscure rocker Tucker Crowe. When the acoustic demo of Tucker's hit record from 25 years ago surfaces, its discovery leads to a life-changing encounter with the elusive rocker himself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisInside Llewyn Davis (2013)
In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJ.T. LeRoy (2019)
A young woman named Savannah Knoop spends six years pretending to be a transgender writer named JT Leroy, the made-up literary persona of her sister-in-law.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisBehind the Candelabra (2013)
Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBegin 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: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisVox Lux (2018)
In 1999, teenage sisters Celeste and Eleanor survive a seismic, violent tragedy. The sisters compose and perform a song about their experience, making something lovely and cathartic out of catastrophe — while also catapulting Celeste to stardom. By 2017, the now 31-year-old Celeste is mother to a teenage daughter of her own and struggling to navigate a career fraught with scandals when another act of terrifying violence demands her attention.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisCarol (2015)
In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHer Smell (2019)
A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisPhantom Thread (2017)
In 1950s London, a renowned dressmaker's meticulous lifestyle begins drastically changing as his relationship with his young muse intensifies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Best of Me (2014)
A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHoly Lands (2019)
When lapsed Jew and former cardiologist Harry suddenly decides to spend his retirement as a pig farmer in Nazareth, Israel, the move deeply shocks his family and his new neighbours. Back in New York, Harry’s ex-wife Monica is trying to manage the lives of their adult children, Annabelle and David, as well as her own.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCall Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Song One?
The closest matches to Song One are The Glorias (2020), Dreamin' Wild (2023) and The Hero (2017). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Song One?
People who watched Song One most often go on to The Glorias (2020), Dreamin' Wild (2023) and The Hero (2017).
What is the highest-rated movie like Song One?
The Longest Ride (2015), rated 7.6/10 by 3,393 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Song One?
Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Song One?
Yes: The Glorias (2020), Dreamin' Wild (2023) and The Hero (2017).
How are movies similar to Song One chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Song One, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.