20 movies like The Jazz Singer, ordered by similarity : The Five Pennies(1959), Champagne Waltz(1937), I Could Go on Singing(1963), King Creole(1958), Syncopation(1942), La La Land(2016), Shadows(1958), The Jazz Singer(1927), Nancy Goes to Rio(1950), Night and Day(1946), State Fair(1945), The Jazz Singer(1980) ...
5.7/10
Musical
USA
1953
107 Minutes
Danny Thomas Peggy Lee Mildred Dunnock Eduard Franz Tom Tully Alex Gerry Allyn Joslyn Harold Gordon Hal Ross Justin Smith Anitra Stevens
jew jazz singer father cantor girlfriend mother emotional passionate touching philadelphia new york city jazz club synagogue family honor jazz stardom illness religion career vs. family quest
Jerry dreams of becoming a famous jazz singer, but to accomplish that, he must defy his father, a Jewish Cantor who opposes such a dream as a future for a son of his.
7.2/10
Musical
USA
1959
117 Minutes
Danny Kaye Barbara Bel Geddes Bob Crosby Harry Guardino Susan Gordon Tuesday Weld Valerie Allen Ray Anthony Shelly Manne Bobby Troup Ray Daly
jazz musician wife louis armstrong daughter coworker bandleader spirited touching cool tender new york city san francisco los angeles jazz club family home red nichols jazz musicians polio father/daughter relationship
Loring "Red" Nichols is a cornet-playing country boy who goes to New York in the 1920s full of musical ambition and principles. He gets a job playing in Wil Paradise's band, but quits to ... See full summary »
6.3/10
Musical
USA
1937
85 Minutes
Gladys Swarthout Fred MacMurray Jack Oakie Fritz Leiber Herman Bing Vivienne Osborne Frank Forest Benny Baker
musician singer grandfather club owner countess charming winsome endearing vienna consulate dance hall jazz club nightclub new york city jazz dance deception family romance business
Champagne Waltz is one of five movies produced by Paramount in the 1930s featuring Gladys Swarthout, a very popular Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano. The studio was attempting to build on ... See full summary »
7.0/10
Musical
UK|USA
1963
99 Minutes
Judy Garland Dirk Bogarde Jack Klugman Aline MacMahon Gregory Phillips Russell Waters Pauline Jameson Jeremy Burnham
singer mother doctor father son rousing melodramatic tender london england london palladium lost loves career vs. family singing mother/son relationship failed romance father/son relationship love discovery rivalry
Jenny Bowman is a successful singer who visits David Donne to see her son Matt again, spending a few glorious days with him while his father is away in Rome in an attempt to attain the family that she never had.
7.0/10
Musical
USA
1958
116 Minutes
Elvis Presley Carolyn Jones Dolores Hart Dean Jagger Liliane Montevecchi Walter Matthau Paul Stewart Vic Morrow
singer juvenile delinquent pharmacist club owner kept woman dark tense new orleans club school apartment unemployment troubled youth graduation jazz singing father/son relationship underdog temptation love
A troubled youth's singing sets New Orleans rockin'. With a sweet girl to love him and nightclubbers cheering, it seems he will shake off his past and head for the top. But will a mobster and his man-trap moll snare him in a life of crime?
6.2/10
Musical
USA
1942
88 Minutes
Jackie Cooper Adolphe Menjou Bonita Granville George Bancroft Ted North Todd Duncan Frank Jenks Jessie Grayson Mona Barrie Lindy Wade Peggy McIntyre
singer father friend son band member coronet player confident spirited unrestrained new orleans school boat chicago club dance hall jazz performance modernization father/daughter relationship romance
Covering a quarter-century of American 'syncopated" music (Ragtime, Jazz, Swing, Blues, Boogie Woogie)from prior to WWI through prohibition, the stock-market crash, the depression and the ... See full summary »
8.0/10
Musical, Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA|Hong Kong
2016
128 Minutes
Ryan Gosling Emma Stone John Legend Rosemarie DeWitt J.K. Simmons Finn Wittrock Meagen Fay Callie Hernandez Sonoya Mizuno Jessica Rothe Tom Everett Scott
pianist actress friend family member casting director singer charming emotional brooding touching heartwarming los angeles office audition observatory restaurant street dreams passion struggle
While navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future.
Drama
1958
81 Minutes
Hugh Hurd Lelia Goldoni Ben Carruthers Anthony Ray Dennis Sallas Tom Allen David Pokitillow Rupert Crosse David Jones Pir Marini Victoria Vargas
trumpeter jazz singer white man african-american brother boyfriend cool intense emotional new york city jazz club museum race family success jazz love relationships discovery transformation
Two brothers (Hugh Hurd, Ben Carruthers) and a sister (Lelia Goldoni) live in fringe worlds in Manhattan.
6.5/10
Musical
USA
1927
97 Minutes
Al Jolson May McAvoy Warner Oland Eugenie Besserer Otto Lederer William Demarest Roscoe Karns Richard Tucker Nat Carr William Walling Robert Gordon
cantor singer lover mother neighbor father melodramatic winsome uplifting lower east side manhattan, n.y. ghetto stage cabaret family home singing family traditions defiance acceptance father/son relationship
The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.
6.6/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1950
99 Minutes
Jane Powell Ann Sothern Barry Sullivan Carmen Miranda Louis Calhern Scotty Beckett Fortunio Bonanova Glenn Anders Nella Walker Hans Conried Frank Fontaine
singer mother daughter producer romantic interest actress winsome touching amusing new york city boat broadway theater rio de janeiro theater misunderstanding performance mother/daughter relationship love love sacrifice
A mother and daughter compete over the same singing role and, unbeknownst to each other, the same man.
6.2/10
Musical, Gay & Lesbian
USA
1946
128 Minutes
Cary Grant Alexis Smith Ginny Simms Jane Wyman Eve Arden Victor Francen Alan Hale Dorothy Malone
composer nurse friend singer grandfather mother touching inspiring new haven, conn. yale indiana new york city theater hospital aspirations music world war i love cole porter show business
A fictionalized biopic of composer Cole Porter from his days at Yale in the 1910s through the height of his success to the 1940s.
7.0/10
Musical
USA
1945
100 Minutes
Jeanne Crain Dana Andrews Dick Haymes Vivian Blaine Charles Winninger Fay Bainter Donald Meek Frank McHugh Percy Kilbride Harry Morgan Jane Nigh
mother father daughter son singer reporter lighthearted heartwarming fair trailer iowa infatuation competition love triangle family growing up love quest 1940s
The Frake family attends the annual Iowa State Fair; each member of the clan has their own reason for doing so.
5.9/10
Musical
USA
1980
115 Minutes
Neil Diamond Laurence Olivier Lucie Arnaz Catlin Adams Franklin Ajaye Paul Nicholas Sully Boyar Mike Kellin James Booth Luther Waters Rod Gist
cantor father wife agent friend singer inspiring passionate brooklyn, n.y. los angeles synagogue nightclub recording studio bar father/son relationship rebellion music tradition jewish culture dreams
The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of being a popular singer.
7.7/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1988
118 Minutes
Harvey Fierstein Anne Bancroft Matthew Broderick Brian Kerwin Karen Young Charles Pierce
gay man drag queen male model teacher mother inspiring emotional endearing new york city stage homophobia homosexuality lost loves acceptance family adoption love transformation quest 1980s
Tony Award-winning actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein re-creates his role as the unsinkable Arnold Beckoff in this film adaptation of the smash Broadway play TORCH SONG TRILOGY. A very ... See full summary »
4.0/10
Musical
India
2015
128 Minutes
Mugdha Godse Sneha Ullal Nishant Malkani Darshan Jariwala Sachin Khedekar Muni Jha
young woman young man friend mother father family member emotional endearing moving amusing india city house united kingdom london friendship childhood friends love triangle values family traditions
The film has been shot in various parts of India like Jaipur, Jaisalmer and Mumbai. The film is set in a modern milieu with traditional Indian backdrop and values. It revolves around three ... See full summary »
6.8/10
Musical
USA
1941
89 Minutes
Priscilla Lane Betty Field Richard Whorf Lloyd Nolan Jack Carson Wallace Ford Howard da Silva Elia Kazan
convict jazz musician jazz singer femme fatale pianist dark quirky amusing st. louis new orleans new jersey roadhouse stage jazz ambition touring friendship scam crime rise
"Jigger' Lane forms a band that includes singer Ginger 'Character' Powell, wife of the trumpeter Leo Powell, and Nickie Haroyen and Peppi. All of them dedicate themselves to work as a unit ... See full summary »
6.4/10
Musical
USA
1941
80 Minutes
band leader trumpeter singer aunt gangster friend confident fascinating spirited new orleans household movie theater nightclub apartment boat jazz african-americans cultural differences romantic dilemma bigotry
Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots, which includes a cornet player, Memphis. ... See full summary »
6.4/10
Musical, Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
2017
82 Minutes
Luka Kain Margot Bingham Regina Taylor Marquis Rodriguez Mj Rodriguez Indya Moore Alexia Garcia Kate Bornstein Jaylin Fletcher Stephen Conrad Moore Evander Duck Jr.
teen boy mother brother aunt drag queen transgender woman emotional profound tense powerful inspiring moving new york city high school apartment club stage homeless shelter transsexuality cross-dressing
A 14 year-old-boy, struggling with gender identity and religion, begins to use fantasy to escape his life in the inner city and find his passion in the process.
7.7/10
Musical
USA
1942
126 Minutes
James Cagney Joan Leslie Walter Huston Richard Whorf George Tobias Irene Manning Rosemary DeCamp Jeanne Cagney S.Z. Sakall George Barbier Walter Catlett
george m. cohan father mother sister theatrical producer songwriter patriotic spirited new york city white house theater ambition actors show business patriotism family romance rise 1940s
The life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.
6.6/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1963
112 Minutes
Dick Van Dyke Janet Leigh Ann-Margret Maureen Stapleton Bobby Rydell Jesse Pearson Paul Lynde Mary LaRoche Michael Evans Robert Paige Gregory Morton
singer songwriter secretary fan father mother campy amusing madcap sweet apple, ohio office small town stage celebrities adolescence pop music family fame jealousy underdog
A rock singer travels to a small Ohio town to make his "farewell" television performance and kiss his biggest fan before he is drafted.
5.6/10
Musical
USA
1947
88 Minutes
Janet Blair William Lundigan Sara Allgood Arthur Shields James Flavin William Bakewell Dave Willock Bobby Warde Ann Carter Tom Dugan Jackie Searle
musician brother singer pianist father mother uplifting cheery pennsylvania small town radio station casino concert hall jazz sibling rivalry marriage reconciliation tommy dorsey song and dance love
The rise and rise of the Fabulous Dorsey brothers is charted in this whimsical step down memory lane, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey play themselves in this vehicle for their excellent music. From ... See full summary »
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