
10 Best Movies Like Billy Elliot
If you loved Billy Elliot, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

The Jazz Singer
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Billy Elliot for fans of Drama & Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer. This is the first full length feature film to u...

Pride
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Billy Elliot for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
In 1984, a group of LGBT activists decide to raise money to support the National Union of Mineworkers during their lengthy strike. There is only one problem: the Union seems embarr...

The White Crow
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Billy Elliot for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
The story of Rudolf Nureyev, whose escape to the West stunned the world at the height of the Cold War. With his magnetic presence, Nureyev emerged as ballet’s most famous star, a w...

Frances Ha
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Billy Elliot for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks....

Bravetown
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Billy Elliot for fans of Drama & Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
After an accidental drug overdose, a talented teenage DJ goes to live with his estranged father in a small Army town, where he gets to the bottom of his own pain and learns empathy...

Giant Little Ones
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Billy Elliot for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th...