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10 Best Movies Like The Bluesman

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

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#1
Crossroads

Crossroads

1986★ 7.3

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

A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson....

#2
A Street Cat Named Bob

A Street Cat Named Bob

2016★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Bluesman for fans of Family. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

James Bowen, a homeless busker and recovering drug addict, has his life transformed when he meets a stray ginger cat....

#3
Easy Money

Easy Money

1983★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Bluesman for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard living gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before it gets the best of him....

#4
Crazy Heart

Crazy Heart

2009★ 6.9

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

When reporter Jean Craddock interviews Bad Blake—an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend—they connect, and the hard-living crooner sees a possible saving grace in a lif...

#5
I Saw the Light

I Saw the Light

2016★ 6.2

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

Singer and songwriter Hank Williams rises to fame in the 1940s, but alcohol abuse and infidelity take a toll on his career and marriage to fellow musician Audrey Mae Williams....

#6
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

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

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of gettin...

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