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10 Best Movies Like Rising Stars

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

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#1
Spectacular!

Spectacular!

2009★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rising Stars for fans of Drama & Family & Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A high school choir is fading in popularity, as it continues to lose most of its' members one by one. A wannabe rock singer is convinced to join the choir, in hopes of winning the ...

#2
Spin

Spin

2021★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rising Stars for fans of Family & Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Rhea lives with her tight-knit multigenerational family. After her mother’s death, she has been her father’s emotional rock, and her life revolves around her family’s restaurant, h...

#3
Pure Country 2: The Gift

Pure Country 2: The Gift

2010★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rising Stars 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....

#4
Save the Last Dance

Save the Last Dance

2001★ 6.5

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

After the death of her mother, Sara moves to the South Side of Chicago to live with her father and gets transferred to a majority-black school. Her life takes a turn for the better...

#5
Preacher's Kid

Preacher's Kid

2010★ 6.2

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

Longing to experience more of life, twentysomething preacher's daughter Angie strikes out on her own for the very first time and joins a traveling gospel show....

#6
Sneakerella

Sneakerella

2022★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rising Stars for fans of Family & Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When El, an aspiring sneaker designer from Queens, meets Kira King, the fiercely independent daughter of legendary basketball star and sneaker tycoon Darius King, sparks fly as the...

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