Films like American Pop (1981)

American Pop (1981) is animation, drama, history, music. These 24 films share its genres, ordered by how much overlap they have and how well they are rated.

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Inu-Oh (2022)

Also animation and drama. 7.4/10

A cursed dancer and a blind musician — both ostracized by society — become business partners and inseparable friends as their larger-than-life concerts propel them to stardom in…
Soul (2020)

Also animation and drama. 8.1/10

Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul…
David (2025)

Also animation and drama. 8.0/10

From the songs of his mother’s heart to the whispers of a faithful God, David’s story begins in quiet devotion. When the giant Goliath rises to terrorize a nation, a young…
Amadeus (1984)

Also drama and history. 8.0/10

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus…
Blue Moon (2025)

Also drama and history. 6.6/10

On the evening of March 31, 1943, legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart confronts his shattered self-confidence in Sardi’s bar as his former collaborator, Richard Rodgers, celebrates the…
The Wind Rises (2013)

Also animation and drama. 7.8/10

A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.
Straight Outta Compton (2015)

Also drama and history. 7.8/10

In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful…
Elvis (2022)

Also drama and history. 7.4/10

The life story of Elvis Presley as seen through the complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
Belle (2021)

Also animation and drama. 7.6/10

Suzu is a 17-year-old high-school student living in a rural town with her father. Wounded by the loss of her mother at a young age, Suzu one day discovers the massive online world…
Miles Ahead (2016)

Also drama and history. 6.4/10

An exploration of the life and music of Miles Davis.
Back to Black (2024)

Also drama and history. 6.7/10

The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black that catapulted Winehouse…
Primavera (2025)

Also drama and history. 7.1/10

In 18th-century Venice, 20-year-old violin virtuoso Cecilia lives at the Pièta orphanage, where, despite her talent, she remains confined, knowing that marriage is the only way…
The Rose of Versailles (2025)

Also animation and drama. 7.0/10

In an age of revolution, Marie Antoinette and her protector Oscar François de Jarjayes face tough choices as women growing into their distinct roles.
Loving Vincent (2017)

Also animation and drama. 8.0/10

A young man arrives at the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.
Barefoot Gen (1983)

Also animation and drama. 7.6/10

A story about the effect of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on a boy's life and the lives of the Japanese people.
The Colors Within (2024)

Also animation and drama. 6.8/10

Totsuko is a high school student with the ability to see the 'colors' of others. Colors of bliss, excitement, and serenity, plus a color she treasures as her favorite. Kimi, a…
Maria (2024)

Also drama and history. 6.5/10

Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity and life.
The Testament of Ann Lee (2025)

Also drama and history. 6.4/10

The extraordinary true legend of Ann Lee, founder of the devotional sect known as the Shakers, who preached gender and social equality and was revered by her followers as the…
Liz and the Blue Bird (2018)

Also animation and drama. 7.5/10

In their last year of high school, two girls in the brass band club perform a song inspired by a fairy tale that parallels their friendship.
COLORFUL STAGE! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing (2025)

Also animation and drama. 8.2/10

Ichika is a high school musician who can enter a mysterious place called “SEKAI,” where she and her friends express their innermost emotions through music alongside Hatsune Miku…
The Peasants (2023)

Also animation and drama. 7.5/10

Peasant girl Jagna is forced to marry the much older, wealthy farmer Boryna, despite her love for his son Antek. With time, Jagna becomes the object of envy and disdain with the…
Bob Marley: One Love (2024)

Also drama and history. 6.6/10

Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley overcomes adversity to become the most famous reggae musician in the world.
Blue Giant (2023)

Also animation and drama. 7.8/10

High school student Dai Miyamoto has his life is turned upside down the day he discovers jazz. Picking up a saxophone and leaving his sleepy hometown for the bustling nightclubs…
Love & Mercy (2015)

Also drama and history. 7.1/10

In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, under the sway of a controlling…