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10 Best Movies Like Burning the City

If you loved Burning the City, 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 Burning the City 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
A Time for Dancing

A Time for Dancing

2002★ 6.7

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

Their love of dance, and their friendship, is challenged for two high school girls when one is diagnosed with cancer....

#3
Take the Lead

Take the Lead

2006★ 6.9

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

A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create ...

#4
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould

1993★ 7.0

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

A collection of vignettes highlighting different aspects of the life, work, and character of the acclaimed Canadian classical pianist....

#5
Honey: Rise Up and Dance

Honey: Rise Up and Dance

2018★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Burning the City 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....

#6
Grace Unplugged

Grace Unplugged

2013★ 5.9

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

A talented young singer and aspiring songwriter’s Christian faith and family ties are tested when she defies her worship-pastor father and pursues pop-music stardom in GRACE UNPLUG...

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