Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Beggar’s Opera

If you loved The Beggar’s Opera, 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 The Beggar’s Opera 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
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 The Beggar’s Opera 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....

#3
Too Late Blues

Too Late Blues

1961★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Beggar’s Opera for fans of Drama & 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...

#4
A Time for Dancing

A Time for Dancing

2002★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Beggar’s Opera 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....

#5
Pure Country 2: The Gift

Pure Country 2: The Gift

2010★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Beggar’s Opera 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....

#6
Grace Unplugged

Grace Unplugged

2013★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Beggar’s Opera 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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