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10 Best Movies Like Nico, 1988

If you loved Nico, 1988, 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 Nico, 1988 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
Cadillac Records

Cadillac Records

2008★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nico, 1988 for fans of Drama & Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Ches...

#3
Born to Be Blue

Born to Be Blue

2015★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nico, 1988 for fans of Drama & Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Jazz legend Chet Baker finds love and redemption when he stars in a movie about his own troubled life to mount a comeback....

#4
Blaze

Blaze

2018★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nico, 1988 for fans of Drama & Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Inspired by the life of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas outlaw country movement that spawned the likes of Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson. The film weaves t...

#5
Mo' Better Blues

Mo' Better Blues

1990★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nico, 1988 for fans of Drama & Music. 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
To Write Love on Her Arms

To Write Love on Her Arms

2015★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nico, 1988 for fans of Drama & Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story follows 19-year-old Renee who has always loved fairy tales: the idea of a princess, a hero and a happily ever after. But Renee’s life is that of a darker tale: she’s a yo...

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