Movies like S.P.K. Despair (1982)
The best movies like S.P.K. Despair (1982) are Scorpio Rising (1964), Ghosts (1997) and Keith Richards: Under the Influence (2015). If S.P.K. Despair hooked you with its music, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedTaylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour (2018)8.2/10 from 442 votes
- NewestApple Music Live: Lady Gaga MAYHEM Requiem (2026)Released 2026
Scorpio Rising (1964)
A gang of bikers prepares for a race as sexual, sadistic, and occult images are cut together.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGhosts (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 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 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 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 thisMichael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films (1993)
Michael Jackson's Dangerous album once again rocketed the global superstar to mega-platinum success! "Dangerous - The Short Films" captures the visual and musical highlights of his most recent string of hit singles. As well as extensive behind the scenes profiles of the making of Michael's state of the art short films.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium (2023)
Filmed at LA's SoFi Stadium, The Weeknd brings down the house – and your living room – in this epic concert event.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDaft Punk Unchained (2015)
Daft Punk Unchained is the first film about the pop culture phenomenon that is Daft Punk, the duo with 12 million albums sold worldwide and seven Grammy Awards. Throughout their career Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo have always resisted compromise and the established codes of show business. They have remained determined to maintain control of every link in the chain of their creative process. In the era of globalisation and social networks, they rarely speak in public and neither do they show their faces on TV. This documentary explores this unprecedented cultural revolution revealing a duo of artists on a permanent quest for creativity, independence and freedom.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Worth the HypeMovies 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 thisJohn & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky (2018)
Film telling the untold story of John Lennon's 1971 album Imagine, exploring the creative collaboration between Lennon and Yoko Ono and featuring interviews and never-seen-before footage.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Worth the HypeMovies 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 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 thisKing of Jazz (1930)
A large-scale revue musical built around Paul Whiteman and his orchestra, presenting a series of musical performances, sketches, and staged tableaux in early two-color Technicolor, emblematic of Hollywood’s early sound-era “all-star” musical productions.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisTaylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour (2018)
Taylor Swift takes the stage in Dallas for the Reputation Stadium Tour and celebrates a monumental night of music, memories and visual magic.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisShakira In Concert: El Dorado World Tour (2019)
Shakira is a global superstar who, by the age of 18, had taken Latin America by storm. Now, she celebrates her triumphant return to the stage in 2018 with a thrilling concert film documenting her acclaimed El Dorado World Tour.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Absolute CinemaMovies 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 thisThe Last Waltz (1978)
Martin Scorsese's documentary intertwines footage from The Band's incredible farewell tour with probing backstage interviews and featured performances by Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, and other rock legends.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMetallica and San Francisco Symphony: S&M (1999)
Michael Kamen conducts the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra in support of metal rockers Metallica in this 1999 concert performance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisEnd of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (2003)
A years-in-the-making documentary on the legendary punk band the Ramones. Through a mixture of archival footage, archival and new interviews with all members of the band's various lineups, and new interviews with a number of their contemporaries, the film traces the peaks and valleys the band experienced over the course of its 20-plus year career before disbanding in 1995.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisClassic Albums: Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (') Over-Nite Sensation (2007)
This episode focuses on Zappa's early 70s albums, Overnight Sensation (1973) and Apostrophy (') (1974). Together they encapsulate Zappa's extraordinary musical diversity and were also the 2 most commercially successful albums that he released in his prolific career. Included are interviews, musical demonstrations, rare archive & home movie footage, plus live performances to tell the story behind the conception and recording of these groundbreaking albums. Extras include additional interviews and demonstrations not included in the broadcast version, 2 full performances from the Roxy in 1973 and Saturday Night Live in 1976, and new full live performance done specially for these Classic Albums.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
Perfume LIVE 2023 “CODE OF PERFUME” (2023)
Perfume returns to London after 9 years to put on their latest live show, Code of Perfume
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
Lady Gaga: Enigma - Live in Miami on Super Saturday Night (2020)
Lady Gaga performs onstage during AT&T TV Super Saturday Night at Meridian at Island Gardens on February 1, 2020 in Miami. One of the most anticipated events of the Super Bowl weekend.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
Ayumi Hamasaki Arena Tour 2009 A: Next Level (2010)
Ayumi Hamasaki Arena Tour 2009 A: Next Level is the twelfth concert tour DVD by the Japanese pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki. It was released on the April 14, 2010, the same day of the release of Rock 'n' Roll Circus. On the Oricon weekly chart, it peaked at second place and is currently still charting. The tour was a major sell out across Japan, spanning over 32 shows across the country. The tour broke attendance records, playing to 400,000 fans across Japan.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
Sasha : re-Fracted : Live (2017)
It was quite unlike anything Sasha had undertaken in his 30 year DJ career. To help him, he pulled together a team that included longtime collaborators Charlie May, Dennis White, Dave Gardner, with technical help from Barry Jamieson and behind the scenes advice from the immensely experienced Tommy D – who’s worked with everyone from Right Said Fred to Jess Glynne – and whose wife Rosie Danvers led Wired Strings for both shows. Alongside this core team, orchestral percussionist Joby Burgess and vocalist Julie Daske were added, as well as a plethora of guest singers that included John Graham and Abigail Wyles.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
Korn - Live At The Hollywood Palladium (2012)
To celebrate the release of their tenth studio album, The Path Of Totality, legendary rockers performed live to a sold-out crowd, at the famed Hollywood Palladium. With this album, changed the rock landscape again - with a genre-defying foray into electronic and dubstep music, mixed with the innovative brand of metal helped create. This performance showcases the band in top form, highlighting landmark songs such as "Freak On A Leash" and "Falling Away From Me" as well as new smash hits including "Get Up!" and "Narcissistic Cannibal." Joining onstage were several of the DJs who collaborated on The Path Of Totality, including Skrillex, 12th Planet, Flinch, Downlink, Excision, Datsik and Kill The Noise. This once in a lifetime concert was captured in 3D and recorded in 5.1 Surround Sound for Korn fans to enjoy for years to come!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
Lindsey Stirling: Live from London (2015)
Lindsey Stirling brings her futurist world of electronic big beats fused with violin, dance, and animation to London's Forum Theatre. Filmed live during her 2014 Shatter Me World Tour, the 90 minute live show features her smash single Shatter Me along with several other tracks from her sophomore album which debuted at #2 on Billboard s Top 200 album chart.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
Electronic Body Movie (2024)
A journey into Electronic Body Music’s iconic sound, featuring exclusive interviews with the original pioneers of the 80’s.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
Etienne de Crécy - Space Echo Live (2019)
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
Nena feat. Nena - Live (2003)
A double DVD called Nena feat. Nena Live was released in 2003. It contained Nena's twentieth anniversary show recorded on 11 October 2002 at Frankfurt am Main. The show ran for nearly three hours, during which Nena invited many friends and fellow musicians to sing along with her: Joachim Witt, Udo Lindenberg, Kim Wilde, Westbam, Markus, Hartmut Engler, Rosenstolz, Mike Tait, Howard Jones, and TokTok, as well as the surviving members of Nena band: Rolf Brendel, Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen and Jürgen Dehmel. The second DVD contains footage of Nena and her band on tour, interviews, and three music videos: "99 Luftballons" (2002 Version), "Wunder gescheh'n" (Red Nose Version), and "Leuchtturm" (2002 Version).
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both music
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What are the best movies like S.P.K. Despair?
The closest matches to S.P.K. Despair are Scorpio Rising (1964), Ghosts (1997) and Keith Richards: Under the Influence (2015). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after S.P.K. Despair?
Start with Scorpio Rising (1964), the closest match to S.P.K. Despair.
What is the highest-rated movie like S.P.K. Despair?
Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour (2018), rated 8.2/10 by 442 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like S.P.K. Despair?
Apple Music Live: Lady Gaga MAYHEM Requiem (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like S.P.K. Despair?
Yes: Scorpio Rising (1964), Ghosts (1997) and Keith Richards: Under the Influence (2015).
How are movies similar to S.P.K. Despair chosen?
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