20 movies like Turn It Up, ordered by similarity : Straight Outta Compton(2015), All Eyez on Me(2017), Whiplash(2014), Secret Superstar(2017), I Can Only Imagine(2018), A Star Is Born(2018), Wheeler(2017), Patti Cake$(2017), Blue Story(2019), Junction 48(2016), Miles Ahead(2016), Feel the Noise(2007) ...
Drama, Music
USA
2000
86 Minutes
Pras Ja Rule Vondie Curtis-Hall Tamala Jones Jason Statham Eugene Clark John Ralston Chris Messina
rapper manager drug trafficker mother father girlfriend engaging brutal gritty brooklyn, n.y. nightclub recording studio stage warehouse mansion street life rap music drug trade theft aspirations
Trying to bootstrap his way out of Brooklyn's mean streets is Diamond, a rap musician. With his long-time pal Gage acting as his manager, he's trying to lay down a demo tape with cut-rate ... See full summary »
Biography, Music, Drama
USA
2015
147 Minutes
O'Shea Jackson Jr. Corey Hawkins Jason Mitchell Neil Brown Jr. Aldis Hodge Marlon Yates Jr. R. Marcos Taylor Alexandra Shipp Paul Giamatti Elena Goode Keith Powers
rapper manager fan rival woman gang member brash brooding intense south central house recording studio street car restaurant gangs hip-hop business friendship rivalry
The rap group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood.
Biography, Drama, Music
USA
2017
140 Minutes
Demetrius Shipp Jr. Danai Gurira Katerina Graham Dominic L. Santana Jamal Woolard Jarrett Ellis Harold House Moore Lauren Cohan Hill Harper Annie Ilonzeh Chris Clarke
rapper musician police officer mother friend bleak brooding chilling gripping gritty street projects club park house racism police brutality rap music discovery rise
Tells the true and untold story of prolific rapper, actor, poet and activist Tupac Shakur.
Drama, Music
USA
2014
106 Minutes
Miles Teller J.K. Simmons Melissa Benoist Paul Reiser Austin Stowell Nate Lang Max Kasch Damon Gupton Chris Mulkey Suanne Spoke Charlie Ian
jazz musician drummer teacher friend family member band member confident emotional intense auditorium stage house car concert stage conservatory music drumming obsession life teaching
A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.
Drama, Music
India
2017
150 Minutes
Zaira Wasim Meher Vij Raj Arjun Tirth Sharma Farrukh Jaffar Aamir Khan Manuj Sharma Nikita Anand Mona Ambegaonkar
father mother young girl mentor aspiring singer emotional endearing sad disheartening inspiring incredible india city house room street chasing dreams aspirations conservatism domineering father
A talented teenage singer-songwriter living amid domestic abuse becomes a YouTube sensation after a video in which she hides her identity goes viral.
Biography, Drama, Music
USA
2018
110 Minutes
J. Michael Finley Madeline Carroll Dennis Quaid Trace Adkins Cloris Leachman Jason Burkey Mark Furze Randy McDowell Cole Marcus Alexander Dominguez Brody Rose
musician father son band member teacher friend incredible inspiring heartwarming emotional creative tense texas stage recording studio house auditorium coming of age family father/son relationship
The inspiring and unknown true story behind MercyMe's beloved, chart topping song that brings ultimate hope to so many is a gripping reminder of the power of true forgiveness.
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, 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.
Drama, Music
USA
2017
108 Minutes
Danielle Macdonald Bridget Everett Cathy Moriarty Siddharth Dhananjay Mamoudou Athie Patrick Brana Sahr Ngaujah MC Lyte McCaul Lombardi Wass Stevens Nick Sandow
rapper young woman grandmother friend emotional heartwarming inspiring moving bar house neighborhood rap music glory family friendship misfortune alcohol escape love pursuit
PATTI CAKE$ is centered on aspiring rapper Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, who is fighting an unlikely quest for glory in her downtrodden hometown in New Jersey.
Crime, Drama
UK
2019
91 Minutes
Stephen Odubola Micheal Ward Rohan Nedd Kadeem Ramsay Khali Best Junior Afolabi Salokun Karla-Simone Spence Eric Kofi Abrefa Jo Martin
friend rival gang member teenage mother love interest best friend bleak dreamy gripping intense uneasy gritty london inner city high school neighborhood street subway city life gang war
Feature adaptation of Rapman's YouTube series about two young friends who become rivals in a street war.
Drama, Music
Israel|Germany|USA
2016
96 Minutes
Tamer Nafar Samar Qupty Salwa Nakkara Saeed Dassuki Adeeb Safadi Tarik Kopty Michael Moshonov Ayed Fadel
rapper singer girlfriend police officer intense frenetic gripping fiery club apartment building slum city neighborhood middle east aspirations rap music aimless youth discovery love growing up
Set against a backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian rapper Kareem and his singer girlfriend Manar struggle, love and make music in their crime-ridden ghetto and Tel Aviv's hip-hop club scene.
Biography, Music, Drama, History
USA
2016
96 Minutes
Don Cheadle Ewan McGregor Emayatzy Corinealdi LaKeith Stanfield Michael Stuhlbarg Austin Lyon Morgan Wolk Christina Karis
musician trumpeter journalist lover manager girlfriend muse ex-wife amusing cheeky fascinating gritty hilarious melodramatic new york new york city life life story life's work music
An exploration of the life and music of Miles Davis.
Drama, Music
USA
2007
87 Minutes
Omarion Grandberry Giancarlo Esposito Victor Rasuk Zulay Henao James McCaffrey Melonie Diaz Kellita Smith Malik Yoba Pras Charles Duckworth Cisco Reyes
rapper estranged father half brother young woman mother music executive powerful melodramatic inspiring bronx, n.y. puerto rico club airport beach studio aspirations new life family music industry dancing
A young man from the South Bronx dreams of making it as a rapper, until a run-in with local thugs forces him to hide in Puerto Rico with the father he never knew.
Drama, Music
USA
1991
122 Minutes
Robert Townsend Michael Wright Leon Harry Lennix Tico Wells Chuck Patterson Diahann Carroll Hawthorne James Harold Nicholas
singer manager record producer groupie friend gritty moving rousing detroit recording studio record store concert stage backstage ghetto rags to riches music industry african-americans racism performance jealousy
The story of the rise and fall of an African American vocal group.
Drama, History, Biography, Music, Gay & Lesbian
UK|USA
2018
135 Minutes
Rami Malek Lucy Boynton Gwilym Lee Ben Hardy Joseph Mazzello Aidan Gillen Tom Hollander Allen Leech Mike Myers Aaron McCusker Dermot Murphy
musician band frontman band member band manager singer gay man brash wild unrestrained sultry tense creative stage backstage hotel stadium family home mansion stardom freddie mercury
The story of the legendary British rock band Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury, leading up to their famous performance at Live Aid (1985).
Comedy, Drama, Music
USA
2000
122 Minutes
Billy Crudup Frances McDormand Kate Hudson Jason Lee Patrick Fugit Anna Paquin Fairuza Balk Noah Taylor Zooey Deschanel John Fedevich Bijou Phillips
journalist young boy musician rock star mother groupie touching tender amusing bus concert stage hotel hospital tour bus musicians music road trip romance drugs jealousy
A high-school boy is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone Magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour.
Drama, Music, Comedy
UK|USA|France
2019
114 Minutes
Viveik Kalra Hayley Atwell Rob Brydon Kulvinder Ghir Nell Williams Aaron Phagura Meera Ganatra Dean-Charles Chapman Sally Phillips
teenager father mother friend love interest teacher powerful uplifting inspiring hilarious cheeky england high school house bedroom new york city bruce springsteen music growing up culture
In England in 1987, a teenager from an Asian family learns to live his life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of American rock star Bruce Springsteen.
Drama
UK|Germany|Spain
2002
106 Minutes
Martin Compston William Ruane Annmarie Fulton Michelle Abercromby Michelle Coulter Gary McCormack Tommy McKee
teen boy stepfather mother grandfather prisoner drug dealer tense gutsy emotional greenock, scotland port city prison street house apartment imprisonment drugs ambition theft teenage rebellion
Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
USA|Mexico
2018
122 Minutes
Benicio Del Toro Josh Brolin Isabela Moner Jeffrey Donovan Catherine Keener Manuel Garcia-Rulfo Matthew Modine Shea Whigham Elijah Rodriguez Howard Ferguson Jr. David CastaƱeda
attorney father hostage drug enforcement agent drug trafficker fbi agent brash gutsy gripping gritty unrestrained mexican-american border mexico office house car truck drug cartel drug trade revenge
The drug war on the U.S.-Mexico border has escalated as the cartels have begun trafficking terrorists across the US border. To fight the war, federal agent Matt Graver re-teams with the mercurial Alejandro.
Drama, Music
USA|Germany
2002
110 Minutes
Eminem Kim Basinger Brittany Murphy Mekhi Phifer Evan Jones Omar Benson Miller Eugene Byrd De'Angelo Wilson Anthony Mackie Taryn Manning Chloe Greenfield
model friend gang member police officer single mother rapper dark gritty detroit trailer factory car abandoned building eviction self-destruction violence interracial romance pregnancy arson discovery
A young rapper, struggling with every aspect of his life, wants to make it big but his friends and foes make this odyssey of rap harder than it may seem.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
2017
97 Minutes
Harris Dickinson Madeline Weinstein Kate Hodge Nicole Flyus Anton Selyaninov Frank Hakaj David Ivanov Harrison Sheehan Erik Potempa Neal Huff
teenager dying person father mother friend lover dreamy emotional moving intense brooklyn beach house street teenage rebellion teen romance death of father sex relationships summer love
A Brooklyn teenager spends his days experimenting with drugs and looking online for older men to meet with.