Movies like The Idolmaker

20 movies like The Idolmaker, ordered by similarity : Rocketman(2019), Crossover Dreams(1985), Crooner(1932), Footlight Parade(1933), Shine On, Harvest Moon(1944), Expresso Bongo(1959), I Dream Too Much(1935), Dreamgirls(2006), Trolls World Tour(2020), Sparkle(1976), Purple Rain(1984), Two Girls and a Sailor(1944) ...

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The Idolmaker

Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marcucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalon and Fabian.

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Rocketman

A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's breakthrough years.

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Crossover Dreams

Salsa singer screws over everybody on his way to the top; when his latest record flops, his career starts doing downhill.

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Crooner

Story of a saxophonist and his rise to fame as a singing star.

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Footlight Parade

Chester Kent struggles against time, romance, and a rival's spy to produce spectacular live "prologues" for movie houses.

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Shine On, Harvest Moon

Biographical movie about the early 20th century Broadway stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.

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Expresso Bongo

Johnny Jackson, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager Bert Rudge singing in a coffee house. Despite Bert's protestation that he really is only interested in playing bongos, Johnny ... See full summary »

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I Dream Too Much

Jonathan Street is a struggling composer when he meets and marries Annette. The problem is that Jonathan was drunk and does not want to be married. Annette does go with him to Paris and ... See full summary »

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Dreamgirls

A trio of black female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.

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Trolls World Tour

When the Queen of the Hard Rock Trolls tries to take over all the Troll kingdoms, Queen Poppy and her friends try different ways to save all the Trolls.

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Sparkle

Three sisters form a singing group in 1950s Harlem, but success threatens to ruin their relationship forever.

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Purple Rain

A young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise.

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Two Girls and a Sailor

A sailor (Van Johnson) from a rich family meets a nightclub-singing sister act (June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven) in wartime New York.

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Lady Be Good

A composer and his songwriter wife clash as they succeed in working together, writing hit Broadway shows, but fail in their marriage to the point of getting divorced twice.

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Stormy Weather

The relationship between an aspiring dancer and a popular songstress provides a retrospective of the great African American entertainers of the early 1900s.

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Coney Island

Set at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job at friend and rival Joe Rocco's Coney Island night spot. Eddie meets the club's star ... See full summary »

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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains

Corrine Burns retreats far into plans for her band, The Fabulous Stains, after her mother's death. So far that she gets them (she and two cousins) on a tour with a washed-out glam-rock ... See full summary »

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Hollywood Hotel

Ronny Bowers, a saxophonist in Benny Goodman's band has won a talent contest an got a ten week contract with a film studio. On his first evening he is supposed to go with the studio's star ... See full summary »

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Give a Girl a Break

The star of an upcoming Broadway production, Janet Hallson, walks out during rehersals. The producers of the show, Ted Sturgis, Leo Belney and Bob Dowdy begin to search a replacement. After... See full summary »

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Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!

A Montreal construction worker joins a band and turns out to be a long-lost rock star from 1960s New Jersey - none other than Eddie Wilson, who mysteriously disappeared after a road accident.

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Saturday Church

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.

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