Movies like Spin (2021)
The best movies like Spin (2021) are The J Team (2021), World's Best (2023) and Let It Shine (2012). If Spin hooked you with its tv movie and family, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedSoul (2020)8.1/10 from 11,897 votes
- NewestZ-O-M-B-I-E-S 4: Dawn of the Vampires (2025)Released 2025
The J Team (2021)
The story follows a young girl named JoJo whose life is turned upside down when her beloved dance coach decides to retire and is replaced by a sparkle-hating instructor named Poppy. Wanting to stay in the running for an upcoming dance competition, JoJo and her best friends, The Rubies, must try their hardest to abide by Poppy’s new, harsh rules. Realizing she cannot hide her sparkle or bow anymore, JoJo is kicked out of her dance troupe and must rediscover what dancing means to her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & family
World's Best (2023)
Twelve-year-old mathematics genius Prem discovers his recently deceased father was a famous rapper and immediately sets out to learn more about his father’s life and passions. Empowered by imaginative hip-hop music-fueled fantasies, Prem is determined to find out if hip-hop truly is in his DNA.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & family
Let 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: Fans watch both · both family & music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCamp Rock (2008)
When Mitchie gets a chance to attend Camp Rock, her life takes an unpredictable twist, and she learns just how important it is to be true to yourself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHigh School Musical (2006)
A popular high school athlete and an academically gifted girl get roles in the school musical and develop a friendship that threatens East High's social order.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBreaking Brooklyn (2018)
A 12 year old boy with a passion for dance and his brother are rescued from the streets by an old showman who takes them to live with his estranged former dancing partner/brother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & music
Honey Girls (2021)
Mega pop star, Fancy G, hosts a contest to find the next big solo artist. But the young contestants realize they are "better together" and secretly form a band called Honey Girls and become a huge hit cloaked in mystery.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & family
August Rush (2007)
Evan, a musically gifted orphan, runs away from his orphanage and searches New York City for his birth parents. On his journey, he's taken under the wing of the Wizard, a homeless man who lives in an abandoned theater. After discovering his talent, the Wizard gives Evan the name "August Rush" and devises a plan to profit from his talent. Little does Evan know that his parents, Lyla and Louis, are searching for him too.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe One I Wrote for You (2014)
A songwriter who deferred his dreams to support his family gets a second chance when his 10-year-old daughter, Gracie, secretly enters his name into a song writing contest/reality show.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & family
Honey 3: Dare to Dance (2016)
While attending college in Cape Town, Melea Martin feels constrained by the school's strict policies, and decides to set out on her own. Searching for a way to use her talents as a dancer and inspire the community around her, Melea rents a failing theater in order to put on a Hip-Hop Romeo and Juliet performance. But much like the Capulets and Montagues, conflicts between cast members threaten to bring the whole performance to a halt...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBazodee (2016)
Set in beautiful Trinidad and Tobago, BAZODEE is a Bollywood style Caribbean musical about being true to yourself and honest in love at all costs.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music
Bandslam (2009)
A new kid in town assembles a fledgling rock band — together, they achieve their dreams and compete against the best in the biggest event of the year, a battle of the bands.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe School of Rock (2003)
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his straight-A students the finer points of rock 'n' roll and the power of sticking it to the man. But as the school’s stern principal closes in and the Battle of the Bands looms, Dewey must risk everything to prove that rock 'n' roll can change lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPraise This (2023)
When aspiring musical superstar Sam is forced to join her cousin's struggling, underdog praise team in the lead-up to a national championship competition, she sees an opportunity to finally make her dreams come true.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBetter Nate Than Ever (2022)
13-year-old Nate Foster has big Broadway dreams but there’s only one problem — he can’t even land a part in the school play. When his parents leave town, Nate and his best friend Libby sneak off to the Big Apple for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to prove everyone wrong. A chance encounter with Nate’s long-lost Aunt Heidi turns his journey upside-down, and together they must learn that life’s greatest adventures are only as big as your dreams.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music & family
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHigh Strung (2016)
When a hip hop violinist busking in the New York subway encounters a classical dancer on scholarship at the Manhattan Conservatory of the Arts, sparks fly. With the help of a hip hop dance crew they must find a common ground while preparing for a competition that could change their lives forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music
Worth the HypeMovies 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 music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSecret Superstar (2017)
A talented teenage singer-songwriter living amid domestic abuse becomes a YouTube sensation after a video in which she hides her identity goes viral.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPitch Perfect (2012)
College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing they have in common is how well they sing together. She takes the women of the group out of their comfort zone of traditional arrangements and into a world of amazing harmonic combinations in a fight to the top of college music competitions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSoul (2020)
Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to get back to Earth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & music
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisMúsica (2024)
A young man, plagued by the music in his head, has to come to terms with an uncertain future while balancing love, family and Brazilian culture in Newark, New Jersey.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLemonade Mouth (2011)
When five ragtag freshman first meet in detention, it seems they have nothing in common. But, through music, they form an unbreakable bond and discover they have the makings of the greatest high school garage band in history! In the face of incredible odds, Olivia, Stella, Wen, Mohini and Charlie find they can make a real difference when they learn to lean on each other and let go of everything holding back their dreams.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music
Worth the HypeMovies like thisYesterday (2019)
A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate reality where the group was forgotten.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJhankaar Beats (2003)
Deep and Rishi, best friends and passionate musicians, navigate the challenges of their personal and professional lives while preparing for the annual music contest, "Jhankaar Beats." Deep enjoys a stable life with his wife, Shanti, and young daughter, but faces pressures from a demanding job, a quirky client, and a meddlesome mother-in-law. Rishi, on the other hand, is grappling with a failing marriage to his headstrong wife, Nicki, and the emotional toll of living apart. When Neel, a talented guitarist with his own romantic troubles, joins their advertising agency, he becomes an unlikely ally. Together, the trio juggles work chaos, relationship conflicts, and their unyielding dream of winning the competition. Set against a backdrop of music, camaraderie, and laughter, their journey is one of self-discovery, forgiveness, and the pursuit of harmony both on and off the stage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both music
Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure (2011)
After a talent scout spots her performing with her dog Boi at a charity gala, Sharpay Evans sets off for the bright lights of NYC, convinced instant fame and fortune are in the bag. But theatre's a dog-eat-dog world. Fortunately, Sharpay also meets Peyton, a handsome student filmmaker who finds Sharpay nearly as fascinating as she finds herself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & music
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Disney Family Singalong (2020)
Ryan Seacrest hosts a nationwide singalong event featuring celebrities and their families as they take on their favorite Disney tunes from their homes; onscreen lyrics allow viewers to sing along.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both family & music
The Cheetah Girls 2 (2006)
Best friends Galleria, Chanel, Dorinda, and Aqua, A.K.A. the girl band "The Cheetahs," get the opportunity of a lifetime when they strut their way to Barcelona, Spain, to perform in an international music festival. Along the way, the "amigas Cheetahs" learn that, although their paths are not the same, they are lucky to have one another for the journey.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDolly Parton's Christmas on the Square (2020)
A rich and nasty woman returns to her hometown to evict everyone but discovers the true meaning of Christmas thanks to the local townsfolk – and an actual angel. Features 14 original songs with music and lyrics by Dolly Parton!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music & family
SnoozefestMovies like thisStuck in the Suburbs (2004)
Brittany Aarons is one of the many girls who has a crush on popular singer and boy-toy Jordan Cahill. However, she is bored of living a suburban existence and seeks a little something more.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both family & music
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisZ-O-M-B-I-E-S 4: Dawn of the Vampires (2025)
A new adventure dawns for Zed and Addison when their summer road trip takes an unexpected detour, landing them in the middle of yet another monster rivalry: Daywalkers vs. Vampires. Tensions flare when Zed and Addison find themselves acting as camp counselors between the two opposing supernatural factions. With the help of Eliza and Willa, they must convince sworn enemies Nova and Victor to try to unite their warring worlds before an even greater threat endangers them all.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both music & family
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Spin?
The closest matches to Spin are The J Team (2021), World's Best (2023) and Let It Shine (2012). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Spin?
People who watched Spin most often go on to The J Team (2021), World's Best (2023) and Let It Shine (2012).
What is the highest-rated movie like Spin?
Soul (2020), rated 8.1/10 by 11,897 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Spin?
Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 4: Dawn of the Vampires (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Spin?
Yes: The J Team (2021), World's Best (2023) and Let It Shine (2012).
How are movies similar to Spin chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Spin, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.