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10 Best Movies Like Wake Up and Live

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

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#1
A Song Is Born

A Song Is Born

1948★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wake Up and Live for fans of Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson. But Hon...

#2
The Rocker

The Rocker

2008★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wake Up and Live for fans of Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In the 1980s, a drummer is abandoned by his band just before they become rock superstars. Twenty years later, the drummer sees his second chance at stardom arise when he is asked t...

#3
Watching the Detectives

Watching the Detectives

2007★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wake Up and Live for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life fem...

#4
Let's Make Love

Let's Make Love

1960★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wake Up and Live for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful...

#5
Babes in Arms

Babes in Arms

1939★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wake Up and Live for fans of Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wants to make a comeback and rep...

#6
Wayne's World

Wayne's World

1992★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wake Up and Live for fans of Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The adventures of two amiably aimless metal-head friends, Wayne and Garth. From Wayne's basement, the pair broadcast a talk-show called "Wayne's World" on local public access telev...

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