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10 Best Movies Like Rising Stars

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

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#1
Spin

Spin

2021★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rising Stars for fans of Family & Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Rhea lives with her tight-knit multigenerational family. After her mother’s death, she has been her father’s emotional rock, and her life revolves around her family’s restaurant, h...

#2
Preacher's Kid

Preacher's Kid

2010★ 6.2

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

Longing to experience more of life, twentysomething preacher's daughter Angie strikes out on her own for the very first time and joins a traveling gospel show....

#3
Let It Shine

Let It Shine

2012★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rising Stars for fans of Family & Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A young teenage rapper must use his musical talent to help his friend out and win the girl of his dreams by going through several events of betrayal, trust and agreement while his ...

#4
Teen Spirit

Teen Spirit

2019★ 6.0

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

A shy teenager living on the Isle of Wight dreams of pop stardom. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a singing competition that will test her integrity, talent, and am...

#5
Make Mine Music

Make Mine Music

1946★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rising Stars for fans of Family & Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In the tradition of Fantasia, Make Mine Music is a glorious collection of musically charged animated shorts featuring such fun-filled favorites as "Peter and the Wolf", narrated by...

#6
Suburbia

Suburbia

1984★ 6.7

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

When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like...

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