20 movies like La môme, ordered by similarity : Factory Girl(2006), Born to Be Blue(2015), The Thing Called Love(1993), Judy(2019), A Street Cat Named Bob(2016), I Saw the Light(2015), Rocketman(2019), Wheeler(2017), Bird(1988), Miles Ahead(2016), Becks(2017), Parched(2015) ...
Biography, Drama
France|UK|Czech Republic
2007
140 Minutes
Marion Cotillard Clotilde Courau Jean-Paul Rouve Sylvie Testud Pascal Greggory Jean-Pierre Martins Emmanuelle Seigner Gérard Depardieu Catherine Allégret Caroline Sihol Alban Casterman
friend singer musician grandmother club owner boxer engaging melodramatic incredible spectacular brothel normandy, france street hollywood, calif. city nightclub music edith piaf troubled childhood friendship
Biopic of the iconic French singer Édith Piaf. Raised by her grandmother in a brothel, she was discovered while singing on a street corner at the age of 19. Despite her success, Piaf's life was filled with tragedy.
Biography, Drama
USA
2006
90 Minutes
Sienna Miller Guy Pearce Hayden Christensen Jimmy Fallon Meredith Ostrom Beth Grant Illeana Douglas Shawn Hatosy Edward Herrmann Patrick Wilson Mary-Kate Olsen
debutante artist andy warhol fashion model musician lover engaging melodramatic hedonistic new york city club studio party music stage countryside manipulation fame art fashion drug addiction
Based on the rise and fall of socialite Edie Sedgwick, concentrating on her relationships with Andy Warhol and a folk singer.
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, Romance, Music
USA
1993
116 Minutes
River Phoenix Samantha Mathis Dermot Mulroney Sandra Bullock K.T. Oslin Anthony Clark Webb Wilder Earl Poole Ball
musician waitress singer-songwriter love interest friend owner amusing emotional spirited passionate nashville, tenn. new york city bar aspirations love triangle country music marriage fame friendship love
A group of newcomers to the country music business seek love and stardom.
Music, Biography, Drama, History
UK|France|USA
2019
118 Minutes
Renée Zellweger Jessie Buckley Finn Wittrock Rufus Sewell Gemma-Leah Devereux Michael Gambon Bella Ramsey Andy Nyman Gaia Weiss Philippe Spall Fenella Woolgar
actress singer friend fan musician husband confident emotional dreamy moving film set hotel stage nightclub stardom fame dealing with fame rise love growing up
Legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.
Biography, Drama
UK
2016
103 Minutes
Luke Treadaway Ruta Gedmintas Joanne Froggatt Anthony Head Caroline Goodall Ruth Sheen Darren Evans Beth Goddard Nina Wadia Franc Ashman
cat stray animal musician street performer love interest drug addict singer pet owner social worker emotional endearing engaging lighthearted positive london apartment animal care animal rescue relationships pet care
Based on the international best selling book. The true feel good story of how James Bowen, a busker and recovering drug addict, had his life transformed when he met a stray ginger cat.
Biography, Drama, History
USA
2015
123 Minutes
Tom Hiddleston Elizabeth Olsen Bradley Whitford David Krumholtz Cherry Jones Maddie Hasson Wes Langlois Wrenn Schmidt
singer country singer singer-songwriter womanizer american musician guitarist love interest wife child boy george girl hank williams jr. disheartening emotional engaging gripping sad united states alabama
The story of the country-western singer Hank Williams, who in his brief life created one of the greatest bodies of work in American music. The film chronicles his rise to fame and its tragic effect on his health and personal life.
Musical, Biography, Gay & Lesbian, Drama
UK|USA|Canada
2019
121 Minutes
Taron Egerton Jamie Bell Richard Madden Gemma Jones Bryce Dallas Howard Steven Mackintosh Stephen Graham Tate Donovan Charlie Rowe Matthew Illesley Kit Connor
musician singer-songwriter superstar band manager friend wild creative tense inspiring stage backstage england house stardom fame wealth music relationships rise adventure
A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's breakthrough years.
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.
Music, Biography, Drama, History
1988
161 Minutes
Forest Whitaker Diane Venora Samuel E. Wright Keith David Michael McGuire James Handy Michael Zelniker Damon Whitaker
saxophonist dizzy gillespie wife musician wealthy woman doctor cool sultry nightclub kansas city, mo. mental institution new york city los angeles music charlie parker ambition show business addiction mental illness rise
Jazz saxophonist Charlie "Bird" Parker (Forest Whitaker) lives fast and self-destructs, dead at 34 in 1955.
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.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama, Music
USA
2017
91 Minutes
Lena Hall Daniel Powell Mena Suvari Christine Lahti Dan Fogler Michael Zegen Hayley Kiyoko Darren Ritchie Sas Goldberg Morgan Weed
musician girlfriend mother lesbian ex-boyfriend housewife emotional engaging touching moving tender melodramatic los angeles st. louis going home female sexuality musicians failed romance musical performance unlikely romance
After breaking up with her girlfriend, a Brooklyn musician moves back in with her mother. Playing for tip money in an old friend's bar, an unexpected relationship begins to take shape. Based on the life and times of Alyssa Robbins.
Drama
India|UK|USA
2015
116 Minutes
Radhika Apte Sayani Gupta Adil Hussain Surveen Chawla Tannishtha Chatterjee Sumeet Vyas Mahesh Balraj Chandan Anand Riddhi Sen Lehar Khan Tanya Sachdeva
young woman indian father mother friend man intense emotional melodramatic inspiring disturbing heartwarming india big city family traditions religious traditions women's rights confrontation friendship love
In the arid landscape of Rajasthan, four women navigate their way through personal and cultural difficulties.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2013
104 Minutes
Keira Knightley Mark Ruffalo Hailee Steinfeld Adam Levine Catherine Keener James Corden CeeLo Green Yasiin Bey Maddie Corman
woman boyfriend executive singer-songwriter friend groupie charming cool creative new york city apartment recording studio concert stage club central park fame friendship music passion travel
A chance encounter between a down-and-out music-business executive and a young singer-songwriter, new to Manhattan, turns into a promising collaboration between the two talents.
Kids & Family, Comedy, Drama
2006
96 Minutes
Raven-Symone Adrienne Bailon Kiely Williams Sabrina Bryan Belinda Lori Anne Alter Abel Folk Golan Yosef
teen girl pop star singer singer-songwriter friend creative engaging passionate positive spirited uplifting barcelona manhattan music competition music stage spain coffee shop fame stardom singing
Members (Raven, Adrienne Bailon, Kiely Williams) of a teenage vocal group find adventure while participating in a music festival in Barcelona, Spain.
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.
Music, Biography, Drama, History
USA|Germany
2005
136 Minutes
Joaquin Phoenix Reese Witherspoon Ginnifer Goodwin Robert Patrick Dallas Roberts Dan John Miller Larry Bagby III Shelby Lynne Tyler Hilton Waylon Payne Shooter Jennings
musician elvis presley wife mother father jerry lee lewis gripping emotional memphis, tenn. household farm concert stage hotel prison johnny cash country music drug addiction infidelity performance family
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.
Musical, Drama
USA
2006
131 Minutes
Jamie Foxx Beyoncé Knowles Eddie Murphy Jennifer Hudson Anika Noni Rose Keith Robinson Hinton Battle Sharon Leal Danny Glover John Lithgow Dawnn Lewis
singer manager love interest friend doctor reporter emotional melodramatic new york city stage theater cemetery las vegas fame friendship betrayal divorce music christmas rise
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.
Biography, Drama
UK|Canada
2009
97 Minutes
Aaron Taylor-Johnson Kristin Scott Thomas Anne-Marie Duff David Threlfall Thomas Brodie-Sangster David Morrissey Sam Bell Ophelia Lovibond Jack McElhone Josh Bolt James Johnson
musician teen boy aunt uncle mother paul mccartney emotional amusing cheeky fascinating liverpool, england funeral stage park house family estrangement john lennon music mother/son relationship
A chronicle of John Lennon's first years, focused mainly in his adolescence and his relationship with his stern aunt Mimi, who raised him, and his absentee mother Julia, who re-entered his life at a crucial moment in his young life.
Biography, Drama
UK|USA
2014
138 Minutes
Chadwick Boseman Nelsan Ellis Dan Aykroyd Viola Davis Lennie James Fred Melamed Craig Robinson Jill Scott Octavia Spencer Josh Hopkins Brandon Smith
james brown singer entertainer musician audience mother brash confident creative jail house stage recording studio car hotel music singing entertainment abandonment prison
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
Animation, Drama
Germany|Austria
2017
96 Minutes
iranian citizen prostitute beautiful woman musician friend lover emotional passionate melodramatic engaging heartwarming spirited iran tehran, iran iranian society religious traditions attraction friendship family honor secrets
In their desperate search for freedom and happiness, four young people from Tehran, Iran are forced to break the taboos of a restrictive, islamic society.