20 movies like Miles Ahead, ordered by similarity : Born to Be Blue(2015), Bird(1988), Walk the Line(2005), Almost Famous(2000), David Crosby: Remember My Name(2019), Nico, 1988(2017), Bohemian Rhapsody(2018), Becks(2017), Sid & Nancy(1986), Whiplash(2014), The Doors(1991), I Saw the Light(2015) ...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Documentary, Music
USA
2019
95 Minutes
david crosby musician creative emotional engaging fascinating melancholy moving powerful united states biography music music business life aging adventure quest 2010s
Meet David Crosby in this portrait of a man with everything but an easy retirement on his mind.
Biography, Music, Drama, History
Italy|Belgium
2017
94 Minutes
Trine Dyrholm Sàndor Funtek Anamaria Marinca Karina Fernandez Calvin Demba Gordon John Sinclair Thomas Trabacchi Francesco Colella
singer songwriter musician manager son rock star brooding emotional moving raw tense gripping europe stage restaurant road vehicle interview room isolation music business
The last year of singer Nico's life, as she tours and grapples with addiction and personal demons.
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).
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.
Biography, Drama, History
1986
111 Minutes
Gary Oldman Chloe Webb David Hayman Andrew Schofield Debby Bishop Tony London Perry Benson Gloria LeRoy
bassist singer girlfriend drug addict manager amusing shocking bleak london new york city stage apartment love-hate relationship drug addiction culture clash punk rock touring fall wretched excess love
Sid Vicious (Gary Oldman) of the punk-rock Sex Pistols self-destructs with girlfriend Nancy Spungen (Chloe Webb).
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.
Music, Biography, Drama, History
USA|France
1991
135 Minutes
Val Kilmer Meg Ryan Kevin Dillon Kyle MacLachlan Frank Whaley Michael Madsen Kathleen Quinlan Michael Wincott Dennis Burkley Josh Evans Paul Williams
singer girlfriend journalist band member hedonistic dreamy los angeles desert stage paris recording studio jim morrison the doors alcoholism drugs mysticism sex rise fall transformation
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band The Doors and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison, from his days as a UCLA film student in Los Angeles, to his untimely death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971.
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.
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.
Biography, Drama
UK|USA|Australia|Japan|France
2007
121 Minutes
Sam Riley Samantha Morton Craig Parkinson Alexandra Maria Lara Joe Anderson James Anthony Pearson Toby Kebbell Harry Treadaway Andrew Sheridan Robert Shelly
musician manager journalist wife dark sad brooding england household concert stage suicide marriage loneliness love triangle infidelity music fall rise love 1970s
A profile of Ian Curtis, the enigmatic singer of Joy Division whose personal, professional, and romantic troubles led him to commit suicide at the age of 23.
Drama, History
2016
141 Minutes
Lucian Teodor Rus Gabriel Spahiu Ivana Mladenovic Ilinca Harnut Bogdan Cotlet Marius Damian Alexandru Dabija Dana Voicu Andrei Rus Liliana Ghita
sick person doctor nurse patient friend amusing profound powerful inspiring touching sanatorium hospital carriage office doctor's office hospital room life illness friendship relationships
Emanuel is committed to a sanatorium for treatment of his bone tuberculosis. Little by little, as Emanuel gets accustomed to the limitations of his new life, he discovers that inside the sanatorium there is still a life to be lived to the fullest.
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, Biography, Music
Argentina
2016
83 Minutes
Rhyon Nicole Brown Curtis Hamilton Jamie Kennedy R. Marcos Taylor Kedrick Brown Hank Brock Deric Augustine Donna Biscoe Vonii Bristow
musician singer celebrity emotional engaging fascinating united states rhythm and blues fame record deal music biography transformation growing up rise 1980s
After devoting his life to publish philosophy, history and psychoanalysis, the editor Mario Zavadikner, discontented with the social and intellectual reality, decides to shoot himself at ... See full summary »
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.
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.
Documentary, Music
USA
2018
95 Minutes
singer rock star guitarist music producer woman musician emotional melodramatic intense inspiring touching creative music stage united states tour bus music hall music rock 'n' roll career women in hollywood
Documentary about rock star Joan Jett.