Top 10 awesome movies like A Man Called Adam that you will enjoy watching

You just finished watching A Man Called Adam and you can't get over how good this movie was. Now you want to watch more of such masterpieces. We have curated a list of similar movies which are created by the likes of Leo Penn, Sammy Davis Jr. and Louis Armstrong . Here goes the list -

Expresso Bongo
Lisbon Story
The Touch
That'll Be the Day
One-Trick Pony
Distant Voices, Still Lives
Heaven Tonight
Songwriter
The Right Approach
The Blue Angel

1. Expresso Bongo

   Johnny Jackson, a sleazy talent agent, discovers teenager Bert Rudge singing in a coffee house. Despite Bert's protestation that he really is only interested in playing bongos, Johnny starts him on the road to stardom. The deal they cut, however, is highly exploitative of the young singer, and their relationship soon begins to go bad.

   This movie, created by Val Guest, Laurence Harvey and Sylvia Syms, scores 6.2 on IMDb.

   Genres - Drama | Music

2. Lisbon Story

   The director Friedrich Monroe has trouble with finishing a silent b&w movie about Lisbon. He calls his friend, the sound engineer Phillip Winter, for help. As Winter arrives Lisbon weeks ...

   This movie, created by Wim Wenders, Rüdiger Vogler and Patrick Bauchau, scores 7.2 on IMDb.

   Genres - Music | Drama

3. The Touch

   Henry Kesdi is a silenced classical composer and a survivor of the Holocaust. He is coaxed out from retirement by an inspired musicologist, Stefan, who convinces him to compose a complex symphony on his neglected piano. As a help Kesdi gets his new musical secretary. His loyal wife reluctantly accepts her as his young lover.

   This movie, created by Krzysztof Zanussi, Max von Sydow and Lothaire Bluteau, scores 6.3 on IMDb.

   Genres - Drama | Music

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4. That'll Be the Day

   Abandoned by his father at an early age, Jim MacLaine (David Essex) seems to have inherited the old man's restlessness. Despite his apparent intelligence, Jim decides not to take the exams that would pave his way to university. He lives, for a time, a life consisting of dead-end jobs and meaningless sex, before returning home to work in his mother's shop. But still he can't settle down. He begins to think that the life of a pop musician might be the thing for him.

   This movie, created by Claude Whatham, David Essex and Ringo Starr, scores 6.6 on IMDb.

   Genres - Drama | Music

5. One-Trick Pony

   Jonah (Paul Simon) is an aging rock star trying to put together a new album in the face of an indifferent record label and a talentless producer. At the same time, he's struggling to save his failing marriage.

   This movie, created by Robert M. Young, Paul Simon and Blair Brown, scores 6.1 on IMDb.

   Genres - Drama | Music

   You can watch this on Youtube, Microsoft Store, Amazon Video, Vudu, Google Play Movies and Apple Itunes.

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6. Distant Voices, Still Lives

   The second film in Terence Davies's autobiographical series ('Trilogy', 'The Long Day Closes') is an impressionistic view of a working-class family in 1940s and 1950s Liverpool, based on ...

   This movie, created by Terence Davies, Freda Dowie and Pete Postlethwaite, scores 7.4 on IMDb.

   Genres - Music | Drama

   You can watch this on Tubi Tv.

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7. Heaven Tonight

   The film covers the conflict between a father and his son both being musicians. The father is the leader of a band making rock-music from the 60s but his son becomes a star of techno-pop music.

   This movie, created by Pino Amenta, John Waters and Rebecca Gilling, scores 6.3 on IMDb.

   Genres - Drama | Music

8. Songwriter

   Doc Jenkins is a singer/songwriter who tries to leave his singer/songwriter roots to be a music "mogul", and gets tangled up in a bad publishing deal. He enlists a team of cronies, including a young singer and his former singing partner, Blackie Buck, and together they execute his plan to get out of the deal. He gets help from a stereotypical small-time concert promoter. Honey Carder is the love interest/ex-wife.

   This movie, created by Alan Rudolph, Willie Nelson and Kris Kristofferson, scores 6.3 on IMDb.

   Genres - Drama | Music

   You can watch this on Amazon Prime Video and Tubi Tv.

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9. The Right Approach

   The story of five fun-loving young bachelors who live together in a converted nightclub in the Hollywood Hills. Newcomer Leo Mack is a young Hollywood hopeful who stirs up trouble when he arrives, using his brother and their roommates and anyone else he can as stepping stones in his climb for fame and fortune as a singing and acting star.

   This movie, created by David Butler, Frankie Vaughan and Martha Hyer, scores 5.7 on IMDb.

   Genres - Drama | Music

10. The Blue Angel

    An elderly professor's ordered life spins dangerously out of control when he falls for a nightclub singer.

    This movie, created by Josef von Sternberg, Emil Jannings and Marlene Dietrich, scores 7.7 on IMDb.

    Genres - Music | Drama

    You can watch this on Amazon Video.

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