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10 Best Movies Like Angel

If you loved Angel, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Hounddog

Hounddog

2008★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Angel for fans of Drama & Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley....

#2
Mo' Better Blues

Mo' Better Blues

1990★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Angel for fans of Drama & Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid o...

#3
Honey: Rise Up and Dance

Honey: Rise Up and Dance

2018★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Angel for fans of Drama & Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Street dancer Skyler comes out of the shadow of her trained dancer sister, Tosha, & joins a dance competition with the Honey dance studio; the prize is a college scholarship....

#4
The Mambo Kings

The Mambo Kings

1992★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Angel for fans of Drama & Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The Mambo Kings tells the story of César and Nestor Castillo, brothers and aspiring musicians who flee from Cuba to America in search of the American Dream....

#5
Suburbia

Suburbia

1984★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Angel for fans of Drama & Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like...

#6
Battle of the Year

Battle of the Year

2013★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Angel for fans of Drama & Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Ame...

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