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Movies that feel likeInside Llewyn Davis (2013)

In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future.

If you loved Inside Llewyn Davis, the closest films we have are Walk the Line (2005), We Are the Best! (2013) and tick, tick... BOOM! (2021). All three share Inside Llewyn Davis' contemplative and stylish feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is 20 Feet from Stardom (2013).

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

Both are working the same pair: rock 'n' roll, guitar

The difference: Trades the dark humor of Inside Llewyn Davis for an angle of its own

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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We Are the Best!
2013 · dir. Lukas Moodysson
🍅 97%★ 7.1drama · musicPrime Video

The same mix in both: stillness, then style

The difference: Takes it somewhere less darkly funny than Inside Llewyn Davis does

Three girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band—despite not having any instruments, and being told by everyone that punk is dead.

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tick, tick... BOOM!
2021 · dir. Lin-Manuel Miranda
🍅 87%★ 7.5drama · musicNetflix

New York City shapes both of them

On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.

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Bajrangi Bhaijaan
2015 · dir. Kabir Khan
🍅 91%★ 8.1music · dramaNetflix

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

A young mute girl from Pakistan loses herself in India with no way to head back. A devoted man with a magnanimous spirit undertakes the task to get her back to her motherland and unite her with her family.

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La Vie en Rose
2007 · dir. Olivier Dahan
🍅 50%★ 7.5music · drama

Both lean on style more than on music

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

From the mean streets of the Belleville district of Paris to the dazzling limelight of New York's most famous concert halls, Edith Piaf's life was a constant battle to sing and survive, to live and love. Raised in her grandmother's brothel, Piaf was discovered in 1935 by nightclub owner Louis Leplee, who persuaded her to sing despite her extreme nervousness. Piaf became one of France's immortal icons, her voice one of the indelible signatures of the 20th century.

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Sound of Metal
2020 · dir. Darius Marder
🍅 97%★ 7.7drama · musicPrime Video

Contemplative drama in both cases

Metal drummer Ruben begins to lose his hearing. When a doctor tells him his condition will worsen, he thinks his career and life is over. His girlfriend Lou checks the former addict into a rehab for the deaf hoping it will prevent a relapse and help him adapt to his new life. After being welcomed and accepted just as he is, Ruben must choose between his new normal and the life he once knew.

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20 Feet from Stardom
2013 · dir. Morgan Neville
🍅 99%★ 7.4documentary · music

Music built on style, twice over

The difference: Leans harder into documentary than Inside Llewyn Davis does

Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.

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Searching for Sugar Man
2012 · dir. Malik Bendjelloul
🍅 95%★ 8.2music · documentaryHulu

Both are music through and through

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock 'n' roller, Rodriguez.

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Beyond the Universe
2022 · dir. Diego Freitas
★ 6.6romance · drama · musicNetflix

Melancholy drama, and it commits to that

While waiting for a kidney transplant, a young pianist finds an unexpected connection with her doctor — and the courage to fulfill her musical dreams.

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Rocketman
2019 · dir. Dexter Fletcher
★ 7.3music · dramaParamount+

Both play drama straight

The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.

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Force Majeure
2014 · dir. Ruben Östlund
🍅 94%★ 7.2dramaRent or buy

One thread runs through both: dark comedy

While holidaying in the French Alps, a Swedish family deals with acts of cowardliness as an avalanche breaks out.

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The Legend of 1900
1998 · dir. Giuseppe Tornatore
🍅 58%★ 8drama · music

Both know what they want from music

Musician Max Tooney goes to sell his prized Conn trumpet to a music shop, where he plays the instrument one last time. The shopkeeper recognises the song as one on a record matrix he found and asks who the piece is by. Tooney tells the story of an infant found abandoned in the first class dining room of the four-stacker ocean-liner SS Virginian on 1 January 1900. Danny Boodman, a coal-man from the boiler room, names the boy Danny Boodman T. D. Lemon 1900, after himself, the fruit crate the boy was found in, and the year, and raises him as his own.

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