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Movies that feel likeBegin Again (2014)

Gretta, a budding songwriter, finds herself alone after her boyfriend Dave ditches her. Her life gains purpose when Dan, a record label executive, notices her talent.

If you loved Begin Again, the closest films we have are Sing Street (2016), Once (2007) and Cold War (2018). All three share Begin Again's stylish and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Tender Mercies (1983).

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Sing Street
2016 · dir. John Carney
🍅 95%★ 7.9romance · drama · musicMaxStarz

John Carney working the same nerve twice

A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.

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Once
2007 · dir. John Carney
🍅 97%★ 7.8drama · music · romance

John Carney directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Takes it somewhere less witty than Begin Again does

A vacuum repairman moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant, who earns a living selling flowers, approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. The pair decide to collaborate, and the songs that they compose reflect the story of their blossoming love.

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Cold War
2018 · dir. Paweł Pawlikowski
🍅 92%★ 7.5romance · music · dramaPrime Video

Stylish where it counts, romantic underneath

A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.

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You, the Living
2007 · dir. Roy Andersson
🍅 98%★ 7.4drama · comedy · music

Witty and playful in the same breath

In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, deadpan vignettes that rush past. Some are just seconds long, none longer than a couple of minutes. A young woman remembers a fantasy honeymoon with a rock guitarist. A man awakes from a dream about bomber planes. A businessman boasts about success while being robbed by a pickpocket, and so on. The absurdist collection is accompanied by Dixieland jazz and similar music.

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A Star Is Born
2018 · dir. Bradley Cooper
🍅 90%★ 7.6music · drama · romanceRent or buy

Both land tenderness and stillness at once

Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer — until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.

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Tender Mercies
1983 · dir. Bruce Beresford
🍅 83%★ 7.3drama · music · romancePrime Video

Music built on style, twice over

The difference: 31 years apart, and the 1980s show

Alcoholic former country singer Mac Sledge makes friends with a young widow and her son. The friendship enables him to find inspiration to resume his career.

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We Are Your Friends
2015 · dir. Max Joseph
🍅 40%★ 6.2drama · music · romance

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Young Cole Carter dreams of hitting the big time as a Hollywood disc jockey, spending his days and nights hanging with buddies and working on the one track that will set the world on fire. Opportunity comes knocking when he meets James Reed, a charismatic DJ who takes the 23-year-old under his wing. Soon, his seemingly clear path to success gets complicated when he starts falling for his mentor's girlfriend, jeopardizing his new friendship and the future he seems destined to fulfill.

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A Beautiful Life
2023 · dir. Mehdi Avaz
🍅 33%★ 6.4drama · music · romanceNetflix

Romance with a pulse of romance, in both cases

When a young fisherman with a hidden talent gets discovered by a music producer, he must decide if he's ready to open himself up to stardom — and love.

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Step Up
2006 · dir. Anne Fletcher
🍅 21%★ 6.5music · drama · romance

Tender drama in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to crime than Begin Again does

Delinquent Tyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with up-and-coming dancer Nora.

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The Chorus
2004 · dir. Christophe Barratier
🍅 68%★ 7.9drama · comedy · music

Both lean on play more than on comedy

In 1940s France, a new teacher at a school for disruptive boys gives hope and inspiration.

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Leto
2018 · dir. Kirill Serebrennikov
🍅 78%★ 7.3music · drama

Both lean on stillness more than on music

Leningrad, one summer in the early eighties. Smuggling LPs by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Perestroika. Mike and his beautiful wife Natasha meet with young Viktor Tsoi. Together with friends, they will change the destiny of rock’n’roll in the Soviet Union.

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Walk the Line
2005 · dir. James Mangold
🍅 83%★ 7.8drama · music · romanceMax

Stylish romance in both cases

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.

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