Movies like MALICE MIZER: Bel Air ～Kuuhaku no Toki no Naka de～ de l'image (1997)
The best movies like MALICE MIZER: Bel Air ～Kuuhaku no Toki no Naka de～ de l'image (1997) are Mo' Better Blues (1990), Taurus (2022) and Too Late Blues (1961). If MALICE MIZER: Bel Air ～Kuuhaku no Toki no Naka de～ de l'image hooked you with its drama and music, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedWhiplash (2013)7.8/10 from 447 votes
- NewestClika (2026)Released 2026
- In JapaneseBECK (2010)Also in Japanese
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTaurus (2022)
A rising but troubled musician searches for the inspiration to record one last song, pushing himself deep into the void.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & 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 drama & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGrace Unplugged (2013)
A talented young singer and aspiring songwriter’s Christian faith and family ties are tested when she defies her worship-pastor father and pursues pop-music stardom in GRACE UNPLUGGED, a moving and inspiring new film that explores the true meaning of success.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA (2017)
A young alcoholic ambient musician locks himself in his apartment on a dangerous seven day bender as he attempts to finish his upcoming album.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & 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 & drama
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 · both drama & music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHoneydripper (2007)
In 1950s Alabama, the owner of the Honeydripper juke joint finds his business dropping off and against his better judgment, hires a young electric guitarist in a last ditch effort to draw crowds during harvest time.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & music
SnoozefestMovies like thisThirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)
A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLike Sunday, Like Rain (2014)
A struggling musician becomes a 12-year-old musical prodigy's guardian for a summer.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisClika (2026)
Aspiring small-town musician Chito is determined to make it big. When a clip of him performing one of his songs goes viral, he seizes the opportunity and pushes to carve out a place for himself in the new wave of Mexican-American music... and ultimately gets caught in a game more dangerous than anticipated.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music & drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisAaliyah: The Princess of R&B (2014)
The story of R&B singer and actress Aaliyah; namely, the highs and lows of her career, her romantic pursuits, and the events leading up to her death in 2001 at the age of 22.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBeats (2019)
An agoraphobic hip-hop prodigy and a disgraced former music manager cross paths in Chicago’s South Side and help each other face demons of their pasts.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhiplash (2013)
A ferocious, bullying music teacher teaches a dedicated student.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBECK (2010)
Yukio is your average high school student who spends his days going to class and avoiding bullies. That is until he meets Ryusuke, a guitar prodigy. Together with Taira, Chiba, and Saku they form the rock band BECK. As their popularity increases so does the danger as Ryusuke's past catches up with him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSturgill Simpson Presents Sound & Fury (2019)
In this anime visual album, a mysterious driver heads deep into a postapocalyptic hellscape toward a ferocious showdown with two monstrous opponents.
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 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 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 thisThe Most Hated Woman in America (2017)
The true story of Madalyn Murray O'Hair -- iconoclast, opportunist, and outspoken atheist -- from her controversial rise to her untimely demise.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJunk Story (2015)
A look back at the life and career of Japanese guitarist hide, who died under questionable circumstances in 1998.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
3rd Anniversary ONEMAN TOUR FINAL "This is “LIVE”" 2018.03.21 Tokyo Kinema Club. (2018)
26 songs.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
DADAROMA ONE MAN TOUR "POINT OF NO RETURN" Emergency Live Streaming No Audience Live (2020)
the final concert tour by the Japanese visual kei band DADAROMA. It concluded with their final performance on May 20, 2020, marking the start of the band's indefinite hiatus, which was later confirmed to be a permanent disbandment.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
Bridal of Rose ~The Promise Exchanged at Midnight~ (2002)
A silent film retelling of Bram Stoker's Dracula starring and soundtracked by Malice Mizer. Jonathan (Klaha), engaged to Cecil (Terumi Nagayoshi) has received a letter from the Earl of Dracula (Yu~ki) who asks him to travel to Transylvania to finalize the purchase of a manor which causes him to push back his wedding, soon after he arrives Dracula imprisons Jonathan and travels to London to meet Cecil. Meanwhile, the resident Vampire in London (Közi) is not happy that Dracula has gone there to hunt and attempts to thwart Dracula's wishes but is prevented by his sister the Nun (Mana) who is a minion of Dracula.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
MALICE MIZER: Bara ni Irodorareta Akui to Higeki no Makuake (2000)
A home video release of a two-day live concert played by Malice Mizer on August 31 & September 1, 2000 at the Nippon Budōkan Hall in Tokyo, Japan — the band’s first performances with lead vocalist Klaha. Malice Mizer performs their fourth studio album, "Bara no Seidou" in its entirety using the gothic cathedral from the album’s cover as an enormous set piece alongside pyrotechnics and a choir of veiled nuns.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
BUCK-TICK Climax Together on Screen 1992-2016 (2017)
BUCK-TICK's "CLIMAX TOGETHER" which was done on the same date, the same place in 1992, 2004, 2016 and 12 years cycle. It is a track of "BUCK - TICK" evolution that will continue to operate in major scenes from the dawn of Japanese rock industry. Death of familiar people, global terrorism, threat of nature. A deep bond and affection with fans who keep closing together no matter how many years passed. By sharing sorrows that never can resist and the joy that anyone can not take, a message was born and a song was born. The work now approaches the core of "CLIMAX TOGETHER" and "BUCK - TICK", by interviewing the members, and re - editing the images released as works until now as unpublished scenes, for 32 years since the formation It became a work that can recognize the growth and ties of the members who have been walking.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
Requiem et Reminiscence (Shuuen to Seijyaku) (2001)
Peaking at 10 on Japan's Oricon video charts, the live concert DVD of Gackt's 2001 tour Requiem et Reminiscence.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
MALICE MIZER: No Return Voyage "Final" ~one more time~ (1997)
A home video release documenting Malice Mizer's last indie live before signing with Columbia, at Shibuya Kokaido on 4/1/1997.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
X JAPAN RETURNS 1993.12.30 Tokyo Dome 2 Days Live (2008)
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
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What are the best movies like MALICE MIZER: Bel Air ～Kuuhaku no Toki no Naka de～ de l'image?
The closest matches to MALICE MIZER: Bel Air ～Kuuhaku no Toki no Naka de～ de l'image are Mo' Better Blues (1990), Taurus (2022) and Too Late Blues (1961). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after MALICE MIZER: Bel Air ～Kuuhaku no Toki no Naka de～ de l'image?
Start with Mo' Better Blues (1990), the closest match to MALICE MIZER: Bel Air ～Kuuhaku no Toki no Naka de～ de l'image.
What is the highest-rated movie like MALICE MIZER: Bel Air ～Kuuhaku no Toki no Naka de～ de l'image?
Whiplash (2013), rated 7.8/10 by 447 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like MALICE MIZER: Bel Air ～Kuuhaku no Toki no Naka de～ de l'image?
Clika (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like MALICE MIZER: Bel Air ～Kuuhaku no Toki no Naka de～ de l'image?
Yes: BECK (2010), Junk Story (2015) and 3rd Anniversary ONEMAN TOUR FINAL "This is “LIVE”" 2018.03.21 Tokyo Kinema Club. (2018).
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First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside MALICE MIZER: Bel Air ～Kuuhaku no Toki no Naka de～ de l'image, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.