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10 Best Movies Like Barlebas

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

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#1
Yentl

Yentl

1983★ 6.7

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

In a time when girls were forbidden to study religious scriptures, a Jewish girl masquerades as a boy to enter religious training and unexpectedly finds love along the way....

#2
Pure Country 2: The Gift

Pure Country 2: The Gift

2010★ 6.7

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

Three angels bestow the gift of song to a young girl, who must follow a series of rules in order hold on to it during her rise to fame and fortune....

#3
Star!

Star!

1968★ 6.9

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

Gertrude Lawrence rises to stage stardom at the cost of happiness....

#4
Teen Spirit

Teen Spirit

2019★ 6.0

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

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 am...

#5
Girl in the Box

Girl in the Box

2016★ 6.7

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

The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as ...

#6
Sparkle

Sparkle

2012★ 6.2

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

Musical prodigy, Sparkle struggles to become a star while overcoming issues that are tearing her family apart. From an affluent Detroit area and daughter to a single mother, she tr...

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