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10 Best Movies Like Purple Rain

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

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#1
Prince and the Revolution: Live

Prince and the Revolution: Live

1985★ 8.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Purple Rain for fans of Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

“Prince and the Revolution: Live” is a legendary concert filmed toward the end of Prince's “Purple Rain” tour in Syracuse, NY on March 30, 1985. The performance has Prince at the h...

#2
Unfaithfully Yours

Unfaithfully Yours

1984★ 5.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Purple Rain for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A composer—who suspects his wife of cheating—plots to kill her and frame it on her lover, but things don't turn out as planned....

#3
Flipper

Flipper

1963★ 5.8

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

Sandy is distraught when, having saved Flipper by pulling out a spear, his father insists the dolphin be released. A grateful Flipper, however, returns the favor when Sandy is thre...

#4
Memphis

Memphis

2011★ 8.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Purple Rain for fans of Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Memphis is set in the places where rock and roll was born in the 1950s: the seedy nightclubs, radio stations and recording studios of the musically-rich Tennessee city. With an ori...

#5
Eating You Alive

Eating You Alive

2016★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Purple Rain for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

How and why what we eat is the cause of the chronic diseases that are killing us, and changing what we eat can save our lives one bite at a time....

#6
Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine Story

Fire on the Track: The Steve Prefontaine Story

1995★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Purple Rain for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Pre embodied the spirit of athletic excellence. He had a belief in self and sport that transcended all but the outer reaches of human speed and endurance. As a freshman, he appeare...