20 movies like Battle for Music, ordered by similarity : Brassed Off(1996), Only Lovers Left Alive(2013), Allied(2016), Vacation From Marriage(1945), The Small Back Room(1949), The Accompanist(1993), Lovers, Happy Lovers!(1954), The Pianist(2002), A Star Is Born(2018), Stella Maris(1918), Born to Be Blue(2015), Wheeler(2017) ...
Drama
UK
1945
87 Minutes
Hay Petrie Joss Ambler Mavis Clarke
musician conductor music lover businessman government official emotional powerful melodramatic london concert hall england office london philharmonic orchestra world war ii blitz of london survival music perseverance quest sacrifice
A docu-drama about the troubles of the London Philharmonic Orchestra during World War II.
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
1996
109 Minutes
Pete Postlethwaite Tara Fitzgerald Ewan McGregor Jim Carter Philip Jackson Peter Martin Stephen Tompkinson Sue Johnston Mary Healey Lill Roughley Melanie Hill
miner musician conductor government official amusing emotional raw tender grimley, england coal mine village london music business competition love investigation quest underdog love
The coal mine in a northern English village may be closing, which would also mean the end of the miners' brass band.
Sci-Fi, Romance, Drama, Horror, Fantasy
UK|Germany|Greece|France
2013
122 Minutes
Tilda Swinton Tom Hiddleston Anton Yelchin Mia Wasikowska John Hurt Jeffrey Wright Slimane Dazi Carter Logan Yasmine Hamdan Aurélie Thépaut
vampire musician married woman married man author sister bleak emotional melodramatic creative intense dark united states tangiers, morocco detroit house vampires relationships love depression
A depressed musician reunites with his lover. Though their romance, which has already endured several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.
Romance, Mystery & Thriller, War, Drama, History, Action
UK|USA
2016
119 Minutes
Brad Pitt Marion Cotillard Jared Harris Simon McBurney Lizzy Caplan Daniel Betts Matthew Goode Camille Cottin August Diehl Thierry Frémont Marion Bailey
intelligence officer resistance fighter frenchwoman nazi commander child brooding emotional intense suspenseful powerful north africa london apartment headquarters park car world war ii love spying
In 1942, a Canadian intelligence officer in North Africa encounters a female French Resistance fighter on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. When they reunite in London, their relationship is tested by the pressures of war.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1945
92 Minutes
Robert Donat Deborah Kerr Glynis Johns Ann Todd Roland Culver Elliott Mason Eliot Makeham Brefni O'Rorke Edward Rigby Muriel George Allan Jeayes
sailor wife friend nurse lover melodramatic emotional england london marriage war romance separation infidelity love transformation discovery 1940s
A dull married couple, separated by their enlistment during World War II, reunite after three years to find that they have become very different people.
Drama
1949
106 Minutes
Emeric Pressburger David Farrar Kathleen Byron Jack Hawkins Anthony Bushell Michael Gough Leslie Banks Robert Morley Cyril Cusack Renee Asherson
scientist assistant military officer alcoholic girlfriend patriotic emotional laboratory london office world war ii bomb daunting task alcoholism workplace romance quest transformation 1940s
Brilliant but tormented bomb expert Sammy Rice (David Farrar) works for the British government during World War II, but his increasingly problematic alcoholism and a recent injury threaten his ability to work.
Drama
France
1993
111 Minutes
Richard Bohringer Elena Safonova Romane Bohringer Laurence Monteyrol Samuel Labarthe Julien Rassam Bernard Verley Nelly Borgeaud Niels Dubost Sacha Briquet Claude Rich
pianist singer businessman nazi resistance fighter lover brooding paris family home stage backstage office london infidelity love triangle ambition world war ii french resistance transformation quest
In Nazi-occupied Paris, a young accompanist named Sophie Vasseur gets a job with famed singer Irene Brice. As Irene's husband Charles, a businessman collaborating with the Nazis, wrestles ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
France|UK
1954
85 Minutes
Gérard Philipe Natasha Parry Valerie Hobson Joan Greenwood Margaret Johnson Germaine Montero Julie Anslow Mae Bacon
husband wife boss best friend young woman wealthy woman witty amusing emotional london apartment household bus office england infidelity marriage romance deception sexual conquests
A philanderer fakes suicide with unexpected consequences.
War, Drama, History
UK|France|Poland|Germany|USA
2002
148 Minutes
Adrien Brody Thomas Kretschmann Frank Finlay Maureen Lipman Emilia Fox Ed Stoppard Julia Rayner Jessica Kate Meyer Ruth Platt
musician pianist military officer jew bleak powerful disturbing warsaw radio station attic holocaust music world war ii adaptation escape pursuit 1940s
A Polish Jewish musician struggles to survive the destruction of the Warsaw ghetto of World War II.
Romance, Drama, Music
USA
2018
135 Minutes
Bradley Cooper Lady Gaga Sam Elliott Andrew Dice Clay Rafi Gavron Anthony Ramos Dave Chappelle Ron Rifkin Barry Shabaka Henley Michael D. Roberts Michael J. Harney
musician artist love interest couple band member emotional incredible inspiring tense passionate creative stage concert hall backstage recording studio house fame music stardom relationships
A musician helps a young singer find fame as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Drama
USA
1918
84 Minutes
Mary Pickford Conway Tearle Ida Waterman Herbert Standing Marcia Manon Josephine Crowell
disabled person journalist orphan aunt wife maid melodramatic dark shocking emotional london mansion house jail england city isolation jealousy abuse disillusionment
Two young women - a paraplegic girl sheltered by her wealthy guardians and a more experienced orphan - fall in love with a man separated from his violent wife.
Romance, Drama, History, Biography, Music
Canada|UK
2015
97 Minutes
Ethan Hawke Carmen Ejogo Callum Keith Rennie Tony Nappo Janet-Laine Green Dan Lett Kedar Brown Kevin Hanchard Stephen McHattie
musician jazz musician trumpeter love interest moving emotional engaging charming brooding united states music jazz music business comeback romance biography rise 1960s
A re-imagining of jazz legend Chet Baker's musical comeback in the late '60s.
Drama, Music
USA
2017
100 Minutes
aspiring musician texan friend musician townsperson cowboy charming confident emotional engaging inspiring positive texas nashville, tenn. town stage music stage aspirations country music big break
An aspiring musician from Kaufman, Texas travels to Nashville with the lifelong dream of trying his hand at country music.
Romance, Drama
Italy
2009
119 Minutes
Tilda Swinton Flavio Parenti Edoardo Gabbriellini Alba Rohrwacher Pippo Delbono Maria Paiato Diane Fleri Gabriele Ferzetti Marisa Berenson Mattia Zaccaro Waris Ahluwalia
grandfather businessman son chef mother immigrant emotional gripping intense melodramatic milan, italy nice, france restaurant seaside cathedral london wealth family business family bloodline affair
Emma left Russia to live with her husband in Italy. Now a member of a powerful industrial family, she is the respected mother of three, but feels unfulfilled. One day, Antonio, a talented chef and her son's friend, makes her senses kindle.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2018
80 Minutes
Charlene deGuzman John Hawkes Melissa Leo Paul James Ellen Geer Jake McDorman Josh Fadem Josh Ruben
ex-boyfriend sex addict musician recluse friend sponsor heartwarming hilarious emotional tense house garage party car group therapy sex addiction love friendship lifestyle changes music
A sex and love addicted woman learns what real intimacy is when she starts making music with a reclusive man.
Drama
1944
126 Minutes
Irene Dunne Alan Marshal Frank Morgan Roddy McDowall Peter Lawford Dame May Whitty C. Aubrey Smith Gladys Cooper Van Johnson John Warburton Jill Esmond
pretty woman father british soldier son colonel girlfriend melodramatic moving london hotel hospital romance world war i world war ii mother/son relationship loss love growing up sacrifice 1940s
A woman (Irene Dunne) from Oklahoma marries an English aristocrat (Alan Marshal) and raises a son between World War I and World War II.
Drama
USA
1947
102 Minutes
Dana Andrews Merle Oberon Ethel Barrymore Hoagy Carmichael Jacqueline White Donald Curtis Walter Reed Jane Jones Whit Bissell Leonard Bremen
composer socialite best friend older woman blind man conductor melodramatic passionate san francisco nightclub apartment beach concert hall new york city blindness music contest impersonation friendship deception
When phony stage mentalist Triton mysteriously acquires supernatural powers of precognition, he becomes frightened and abandons his act to live of anonymity.
Drama
UK
2018
96 Minutes
Marcus Rutherford Sophie Kennedy Clark Sam Gittins T'Nia Miller James Atwell Wil Coban Taurean Steele Jasmine Jobson Joshua Blisset Daniel Akilimali Christine Taetz
love interest man boxer trainer friend police officer brash brutal raw emotional unrestrained apartment boxing ring london street party jealousy obsession riots boxing
As London slides towards a time of violent social unrest, on the estates of East London, a young man's life is torn apart by a love for a girl from a different place.
Drama
1964
99 Minutes
Andrew Mollo Pauline Murray Sebastian Shaw Nicolette Bernard
nurse friend ss officer rebel patient disturbing bleak eerie emotional ireland london hospital village alternate reality world war ii fascism grief brainwashing rebellion medicine
A British nurse (Pauline Murray) joins the underground after a supposed Nazi takeover of England in 1943.
Comedy, Drama
UK|USA
2005
103 Minutes
Judi Dench Bob Hoskins Will Young Kelly Reilly Thelma Barlow Christopher Guest Anna Brewster Rosalind Halstead Sarah Solemani Natalia Tena Doraly Rosen
theater owner theatrical producer actress pregnant woman soldier widow amusing inspiring moving london theater world war i blitz of london bravery performance competition sacrifice transformation 1940s
Laura Henderson (Dame Judi Dench) buys an old London theater and opens it up as the Windmill, a performance hall which goes down in history for, amongst other things, its all-nude revues.
Drama
USA
1935
110 Minutes
Fredric March Merle Oberon Herbert Marshall Janet Beecher John Halliday Henrietta Crosman Frieda Inescort Claude Allister George Breakston Fay Chaldecott Dennis Chaldecott
soldier cousin girl friend engaging emotional passionate london france england countryside cottage devotion pride love war blindness jealousy love transformation
The close relationship between a woman and her two male childhood friends is tested when she accepts a marriage proposal from one of them, while the burgeoning First World War threatens to change their lives forever.