Movies like The Marching Band: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Marching Band (2024) — a comedy, drama and music film directed by Emmanuel Courcol — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Marching Band most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like brotherhood, marching band and adopted. 6 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Going My Way 1944★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Comedy, Music
Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy. After being appointed to a run-down New York parish, O'Malley's worldly knowledge helps him connect with a gang of boys looking for direction, eventually winning over the aging, conventional Parish priest.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Tenor 2022★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Music
While working part-time as a food deliveryman, Antoine, an aspiring young rapper from the suburbs of Paris, meets Mrs. Loiseau, an eminent teacher at the Paris Opéra. Stunned by the young man's raw talent, she introduces him to the world of opera. As Antoine becomes one of Mrs. Loiseau's students, he hides his new dream from his friends and family, fearing that they won’t understand – this double life burdens him... Somewhere in between the gilded and uptight Parisian upper-class, and the harsh yet free-spirited and familiar suburbs he grew up in, Antoine will have to find his own voice.
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The Musicians 2025★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, Music, Comedy
Astrid Thompson finally succeeds in fulfilling her father's dream: to bring together four Stradivarius for a unique concert, eagerly expected by music lovers around the world. But Lise, George, Peter and Apolline, the four virtuosos recruited for the occasion, are incapable of playing together. The rehearsals are one ego crisis after another. With no solution in sight, Astrid decides to go and find the only person who, in her eyes, can still save the event: Charlie Beaumont, the composer of the score.
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Sunshine on Leith 2013★ 6.6
Shares: Music, Comedy, Drama
Davy and Ally have to re-learn how to live life in Edinburgh after coming home from serving in Afghanistan. Both struggle to learn to live a life outside the army and to deal with the everyday struggles of family, jobs and relationships. Sunshine on Leith is based on the sensational stage hit of the same name, featuring music by pop-folk band The Proclaimers.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Bandslam 2009★ 5.8
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Music
A new kid in town assembles a fledgling rock band — together, they achieve their dreams and compete against the best in the biggest event of the year, a battle of the bands.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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Coupe de Ville 1990★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Meet the Libner brothers: Marvin, the oldest, is a sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. Buddy, the middle child, is a timid dreamer. Bobby, the youngest, is a handsome rebel in reform school. As kids, they fought a lot and as adults, they barely speak. In the summer of 1963, their tough and eccentric father, Fred, gives them a task: to bring a 1954 Cadillac, bought for their mother, Betty, from Detroit to Miami. As the trip goes on, the three brothers fight and begin to reconnect with each other, while trying to keep the Caddy in mint condition.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Drumline: A New Beat 2014★ 6.8
Shares: Music, Comedy, Drama
A girl from New York attends a college in Atlanta to join their once-famous marching band.
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Feel the Beat 2020★ 7.5
Shares: Comedy, Music, Drama
After failing to make it on Broadway, April returns to her hometown and reluctantly begins training a misfit group of young dancers for a competition.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Choral 2025★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Music
As World War I rages on, Dr Henry Guthrie takes over a British choral society that's lost most of its men to the army. The community soon discovers that the best response to the chaos of war is to make beautiful music together.
Stream in India on Netflix
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August Rush 2007★ 7.4
Shares: Drama, Music
Evan, a musically gifted orphan, runs away from his orphanage and searches New York City for his birth parents. On his journey, he's taken under the wing of the Wizard, a homeless man who lives in an abandoned theater. After discovering his talent, the Wizard gives Evan the name "August Rush" and devises a plan to profit from his talent. Little does Evan know that his parents, Lyla and Louis, are searching for him too.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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TÁR 2022★ 7.1
Shares: Music, Drama
As celebrated conductor Lydia Tár starts rehearsals for a career-defining symphony, the consequences of her past choices begin to echo in the present.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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The Concert 2009★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, Comedy
A former world-famous conductor of the Bolshoï orchestra, known as "The Maëstro", Andreï Filipov had seen his career publicly broken by Leonid Brezhnev for hiring Jewish musicians and now works cleaning the concert hall where he once directed. One day, he intercepts an official invitation from the prestigious Théâtre du Châtelet. Through a series of mad antics, he reunites his old orchestra, now composed of old alcoholic musicians, and flies to perform in Paris and complete the Tchaikovsky concerto interrupted 30 years earlier. For the concerto, he engages a young violin soloist with whom he has an unexpected connection.
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Crescendo 2026★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Music
In the ruins of a Roman amphitheatre in the South of France, the cast and crew of an ambitious staging of The Marriage of Figaro is thrown off balance when troubling accusations threaten to derail the entire production. As tensions intensify, loyalties slowly fracture and deep generational disagreement emerges, throwing their sheltered opera world into a great divide.
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Kinky Boots: The Musical 2019★ 7.8
Shares: Music, Comedy, Drama
Charlie Price is a shoe factory owner struggling to save his family business, and Lola is a fabulous entertainer with a wildly exciting idea. With a little compassion and a lot of understanding, this unexpected pair learn to embrace their differences and create a line of sturdy stilettos unlike any the world has ever seen!
Stream in India on BroadwayHD
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Half Brothers 2020★ 7.2
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Mexican aviation exec Renato is shocked to learn that he has an American half-brother he never knew about: free-spirited Asher. They are forced on a road trip together, tracing the path their father took from Mexico to the U.S.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Don't Say Good Luck 2026★ 7.2
Shares: Comedy, Music, Drama
Sophie Birenbaum is ready for the spotlight as the lead in her high school musical—until she's suddenly facing more drama at home than on the stage.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash 1978★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Music
The story of the rise and fall of the Pre-Fab Four.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Long Gray Line 1955★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy, Drama
The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer and spends his 50 year career at the United States Military Academy at West Point. This includes his job-related experiences as well as his family life and the relationships he develops with young cadets with whom he befriends. Based on the life of a real person.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Bravetown 2015★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Music
After an accidental drug overdose, a talented teenage DJ goes to live with his estranged father in a small Army town, where he gets to the bottom of his own pain and learns empathy for others.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Curly Top 1935★ 6.5
Shares: Music, Comedy
Wealthy Edward Morgan becomes charmed with a curly-haired orphan and her pretty older sister Mary and arranges to adopt both under the alias of "Mr. Jones". As he spends more time with them, he soon finds himself falling in love with Mary.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now