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10 Best Movies Like Death in Venice

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

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#1
Battle of the Year

Battle of the Year

2013★ 6.8

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

A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Ame...

#2
Coda

Coda

2020★ 5.9

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

A famous pianist at the twilight of his career meets a free-spirited music critic who soon becomes his rock as his mental state deteriorates....

#3
Jersey Boys

Jersey Boys

2014★ 6.7

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

A musical biopic of the Four Seasons—the rise, the tough times and personal clashes, and the ultimate triumph of a group of friends whose music became symbolic of a generation. Far...

#4
Honey: Rise Up and Dance

Honey: Rise Up and Dance

2018★ 6.9

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

Street dancer Skyler comes out of the shadow of her trained dancer sister, Tosha, & joins a dance competition with the Honey dance studio; the prize is a college scholarship....

#5
Mo' Better Blues

Mo' Better Blues

1990★ 6.5

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

Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid o...

#6
XOXO

XOXO

2016★ 6.0

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

XOXO follows six strangers whose lives collide in one frenetic, dream-chasing, hopelessly romantic night....

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