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Love & Mercy

Movies Like Love & Mercy (2015)

Love & Mercy is a 2015 drama, history, music film from Bill Pohlad with a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Heaven Adores You and What's Love Got to Do with It.

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Heaven Adores You

2014

Heaven Adores You is an intimate, meditative inquiry into the life and music of Elliott Smith. By threading the music of Elliott Smith through the dense, yet often isolating landscapes of the three major cities he lived in -- Portland, New York City, Los Angeles -- Heaven Adores You presents a visual journey and an earnest review of the singer's prolific songwriting and the impact it continues to have on fans, friends, and fellow musicians.

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What's Love Got to Do with It

1993

Singer Tina Turner rises to stardom while mustering the courage to break free from her abusive husband Ike.

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Phantom of the Paradise

1974

Singer-songwriter Winslow Leach seeks revenge on the nefarious music producer Swan, who steals both Winslow's music and his favorite singer for the grand opening of Swan's new rock palace, the Paradise.

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Spinning Gold

2023

A biopic of 1970s record producer Neil Bogart, co-founder of Casablanca Records.

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Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)

2010

The life and work of the enigmatic singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson.

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The Wrecking Crew

2008

A celebration of the musical work of a group of session musicians known as "The Wrecking Crew." a band that provided back-up instrumentals to such legendary recording artists as Frank Sinatra, The Beach Boys, and Bing Crosby.

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Blaze

2018

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 together three periods in Blaze's life, exploring his love affair with Sybil Rosen; his last, dark night on Earth; and the impact his songs and his death had on his fans, friends, and foes.

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This Is It

2009

A compilation of interviews, rehearsals and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold-out shows in London.

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Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

2022

The joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, the greatest female R&B pop vocalist of all time. Tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.

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Get on Up

2014

A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

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The Sparks Brothers

2021

Take a musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with brothers Ron & Russell Mael, celebrating the inspiring legacy of Sparks: your favorite band’s favorite band.

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Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions

2020

An intimate concert film, in which Taylor Swift performs each song from her album 'folklore' in order, as she reveals the meaning and the stories behind all 17 tracks for the very first time.

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Le Bal

1983

In a French nightclub, choreographed song and dance routines are performed, rather than a streamlined narrative. They tell the story of Parisian culture and politics from the 1920s—1980s. A disparate, anachronistic series of characters, including an ordinary waiter, a Nazi collaborator, resistance fighters, and 1960s student protestors gather to celebrate and satirize 20th century France's icons, demons, and social changes.

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Better Man

2024

Follow Robbie Williams' journey from childhood, to being the youngest member of chart-topping boyband Take That, through to his unparalleled achievements as a record-breaking solo artist – all the while confronting the challenges that stratospheric fame and success can bring.

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Artifact

2012

Follow 30 Seconds to Mars as they record their latest album, This Is War, and their battle against record label EMI.

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Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405

2016

56-year-old artist Mindy Alper has suffered severe depression and anxiety for most of her life. For a time she even lost the power of speech, and it was during this period that her drawings became extraordinarily articulate.

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Bye Bye Birdie

1963

A singer goes to a small town for a performance before he is drafted.

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The Young in Heart

1938

A family of confidence tricksters sets their sights on a very rich, very lonely old lady named Miss Fortune.

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Back to Black

2024

The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black that catapulted Winehouse to global fame. Told through Amy’s eyes and inspired by her deeply personal lyrics, the film explores and embraces the many layers of the iconic artist and the tumultuous love story at the center of one of the most legendary albums of all time.

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A Wife's Nightmare

2014

Liz, just returned home after a mental breakdown, has to welcome a relative stranger into her home when Caitlin, a young, vivacious woman, claims to be her husband's daughter.

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Love & Mercy?

The top films similar to Love & Mercy by MovieMagicScore are Heaven Adores You (6.8), What's Love Got to Do with It (7.1), Phantom of the Paradise (7.5). Each shares drama/history/music themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Love & Mercy worth watching?

Love & Mercy holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.1/10 from 719 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Love & Mercy?

Love & Mercy (2015) is a drama, history, music film directed by Bill Pohlad, starring Paul Dano, John Cusack, Elizabeth Banks.

Where can I find more recommendations like Love & Mercy?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more drama recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Love & Mercy

This ranked list pairs Love & Mercy (2015), a drama and history and music film from Bill Pohlad, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Paul Dano take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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