Movies like The King Is Dancing: 20 to watch next
If you loved The King Is Dancing (2000) — a drama, history and music film directed by Gérard Corbiau — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The King Is Dancing most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like gay theme. 5 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Bolero 1981★ 6.9
Shares: Drama, Music
The film follows four families, with different nationalities (French, German, Russian and American) but with the same passion for music, from the 1930s to the 1960s. The various story lines cross each other time and again in different places and times, with their own theme scores that evolve as time passes. The main event in the film is the Second World War, which throws the stories of the four musical families together and mixes their fates. Although all characters are fictional, many of them are loosely based on historical musical icons (Édith Piaf, Josephine Baker, Herbert von Karajan, Glenn Miller, Rudolf Nureyev, etc.) The Boléro dance sequence at the end brings all the threads together.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Django 2017★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, History, Music
The story of Django Reinhardt, famous guitarist and composer, and his flight from German-occupied Paris in 1943.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould 1993★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, Music
A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Grace Unplugged 2013★ 6.0
Shares: Drama, Music
A talented young singer and aspiring songwriter’s Christian faith and family ties are tested when she defies her worship-pastor father and pursues pop-music stardom in GRACE UNPLUGGED, a moving and inspiring new film that explores the true meaning of success.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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Coda 2020★ 6.1
Shares: Music, Drama
A famous pianist at the twilight of his career meets a free-spirited music critic who soon becomes his rock as his mental state deteriorates.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Mr. Turner 2014★ 6.6
Shares: History, Drama
Eccentric British painter J.M.W. Turner lives his last 25 years with gusto and secretly becomes involved with a seaside landlady, while his faithful housekeeper bears an unrequited love for him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Dalida 2017★ 6.6
Shares: Music, Drama
Based on the true story of acclaimed music icon "Dalida" born in Cairo, who gained celebrity in the 50s, singing in French, Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew, German, Italian, playing in awarded Youssef Chahine's picture "Le Sixième Jour", and who later committed suicide in 1987 in Paris, after selling more than 130 million records worldwide.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Chouans ! 1988★ 5.8
Shares: Drama, History
Directed by Philippe de Broca, the film recounts a bloody episode of the French Revolution. 1793, the Terror . In Vendée and in Bretagne, the chouans are revolting against the young Republic and fight for the monarchy restauration. The civil war divides also the family of the Count Savinien de Kerfadec, a liberal and generous noble and a flying machines inventor.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Stavisky... 1974★ 5.9
Shares: Drama, History
Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent assist small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French politics. But when his great scam involving millions is exposed, he brings the government to the verge of collapse and the country to the brink of civil war.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Scarlet and the Black 1983★ 7.1
Shares: Drama, History
Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large that the Nazis decide to assassinate him the next time he leaves the Vatican.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Austerlitz 1960★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, History
A return to the life of the Little Corporal with a dramatisation of the decisive 1805 conflict between French forces and the armies of Austria and Russia. An epic reconstruction of the battle of Austerlitz, where Bonaparte had the greatest victory of his career.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Respect 2021★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, Music, History
The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Maria 2024★ 6.5
Shares: History, Drama, Music
Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity and life.
Stream in India on Lionsgate Play, Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel, Lionsgate Play Amazon Channel
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Teen Spirit 2019★ 6.0
Shares: Music, Drama
A shy teenager living on the Isle of Wight dreams of pop stardom. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a singing competition that will test her integrity, talent, and ambition.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Edge of the Blade 2023★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, History
In 1887, at a time when duels are in vogue in Paris, Clément Lacaze and Marie-Rose Astié meet. He's a charismatic master of arms; she's a feminist, far ahead of her time. Clément gets caught in a spiral of violence and decides to initiate Marie-Rose in the art of dueling. The two must work together to save face. How far will they go to defend their honor?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Wake of the Red Witch 1948★ 5.9
Shares: Drama, History
Captain Ralls fights Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye for the woman he loves, Angelique Desaix, and for a fortune in gold aboard the Red Witch.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Young Karl Marx 2017★ 6.8
Shares: History, Drama
26 year-old Karl Marx embarks with his wife, Jenny, on the road to exile. In 1844 in Paris, he meets Friedrich Engels, an industrialist’s son, who has been investigating the sordid birth of the British working class. Engels, the dandy, provides the last piece of the puzzle to the young Karl Marx’s new vision of the world. Together, between censorship and the police’s repression, riots and political upheavals, they will lead the labor movement during its development into a modern era.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Ideal Palace 2019★ 6.9
Shares: History, Drama
Follows Joseph Ferdinand Chavel a French postman who built a palace in the French countryside over 33 years.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Shattered Glass 2003★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, History
Stephen Glass is a staff writer for the respected current events and policy magazine The New Republic and a freelance feature writer for publications such as Rolling Stone, Harper's and George. By the mid-90s, Glass' articles had turned him into one of the most sought-after young journalists in Washington, but a bizarre chain of events - chronicled in Buzz Bissinger's September 1998 Vanity Fair article - suddenly stopped his career in its tracks.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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Mary 2024★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, History
A miraculous conception. A merciless king. A murderous pursuit. Mary's journey to give birth to Jesus unfolds in this biblical coming-of-age epic.
Stream in India on Netflix