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10 Best Movies Like Peter Grimes

If you loved Peter Grimes, 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 Peter Grimes 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 Peter Grimes 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
Mo' Better Blues

Mo' Better Blues

1990★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Peter Grimes 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...

#4
Honey: Rise Up and Dance

Honey: Rise Up and Dance

2018★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Peter Grimes 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
Jersey Boys

Jersey Boys

2014★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Peter Grimes 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...

#6
A Late Quartet

A Late Quartet

2012★ 6.7

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

When the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet is diagnosed with a life threatening illness, the group's future suddenly hangs in the balance as suppressed emotions, c...

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