Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Mad About Music

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

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#1
Too Late Blues

Too Late Blues

1961★ 6.5

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

Ghost is an ideological musician and leader of a jazz band who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds than compromise himself. His peripatetic performances lead him t...

#2
King Creole

King Creole

1958★ 6.4

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

Danny Fisher, young delinquent, flunks out of high school. He quits his job as a busboy in a nightclub, and one night he gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and the loc...

#3
In The Mix

In The Mix

2005★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mad About Music for fans of Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A successful DJ named Darrel, managed to rescue a powerful mobster one night. In order to repay Darrell, the mobster, Frank Pacelli, gives him the task of protecting his daughter, ...

#4
A Time for Dancing

A Time for Dancing

2002★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mad About Music for fans of 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....

#5
Honey: Rise Up and Dance

Honey: Rise Up and Dance

2018★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mad About Music for fans of 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
Step Up: Year of the Dance

Step Up: Year of the Dance

2019★ 6.1

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

Two young people from different social classes put aside their differences and come together to form a dance group and win a championship in China....

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