Movies Like Guava Island (2019)

Guava Island is a 2019 comedy, music, thriller film from Hiro Murai with a MovieMagicScore of 6.7/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Our 30-Minute Sessions and Yesterday.

Comedy Music Thriller

Our 30-Minute Sessions

2020

College student Sota picks up a cassette tape left behind by musician Aki when he died a year ago. When the tape is played back, Aki takes over Sota's body for just 30 minutes. They share the same body and rush to reunite a band that split up and bring a smile to Aki's girlfriend Kana's face.

7.6

MagicScore

Yesterday

2019

A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate reality where the group was forgotten.

6.7

MagicScore

Believer

2017

Imagine Dragons’ Mormon frontman Dan Reynolds is taking on a new mission to explore how the church treats its LGBTQ members. With the rising suicide rate amongst teens in the state of Utah, his concern with the church’s policies sends him on an unexpected path for acceptance and change.

6.6

MagicScore

You Instead

2011

Two feuding rock stars get handcuffed together for 24 hours at a music festival where they are both due to perform.

6.4

MagicScore

The Cheetah Girls 2

2006

Best friends Galleria, Chanel, Dorinda, and Aqua, A.K.A. the girl band "The Cheetahs," get the opportunity of a lifetime when they strut their way to Barcelona, Spain, to perform in an international music festival. Along the way, the "amigas Cheetahs" learn that, although their paths are not the same, they are lucky to have one another for the journey.

6.3

MagicScore

Taking Woodstock

2009

The story of Elliot Tiber and his family, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the famed Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the happening that it was. When Elliot hears that a neighboring town has pulled the permit on a hippie music festival, he calls the producers thinking he could drum up some much-needed business for his parents' run-down motel. Three weeks later, half a million people are on their way to his neighbor’s farm in White Lake, New York, and Elliot finds himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life–and American culture–forever.

6.2

MagicScore

The Festival

2018

After Nick's girlfriend dumps him, his best mate Shane has the perfect antidote to his break-up blues: three days at an epic music festival.

5.9

MagicScore

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

2010

As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors.

7.5

MagicScore

The Big Short

2015

The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.

7.4

MagicScore

#10

Ninjababy

2021

When Rakel finds out she's six months pregnant after a one-night stand, her world changes. She is absolutely not ready to be a mother, but since abortion is no longer an option, adoption is the only answer. That's when Ninjababy, an animated character who makes Rakel's life a living hell, turns up.

7.0

MagicScore

#11

Little Shop of Horrors

1986

Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's; a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker, Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik daily. One day, Seymour finds a very mysterious unidentified plant which he calls Audrey II. The plant seems to have a craving for blood and soon begins to sing for his supper.

7.0

MagicScore

#12

Creepshow

1982

Five grisly tales from a 1950s-style comic, including a murdered father rising from beyond, a bizarre meteor, a vengeful husband, a mysterious crate's occupant, and a plague of cockroaches.

6.9

MagicScore

#13

Mary Poppins Returns

2018

Mary Poppins returns to the Banks family and helps them evade grave dangers by taking them on magical, musical adventures.

6.5

MagicScore

#14

Millions

2004

Two boys, still grieving the death of their mother, find themselves the unwitting benefactors of a bag of bank robbery loot in the week before the United Kingdom switches its official currency to the Euro. What's a kid to do?

6.4

MagicScore

#15

Scary Movie

2026

Twenty-six years after outrunning a suspiciously familiar masked killer, the Core Four are back in the killer's crosshairs and no horror movie IP is safe.

6.4

MagicScore

#16

The Incredible Mr. Limpet

1964

Milquetoast Henry Limpet experiences his fondest wish and is transformed into a fish. As a talking fish he assists the US Navy in hunting German submarines during World War II.

6.2

MagicScore

#17

Invitation to the Dance

1956

Three completely different stories are told through dance.

5.9

MagicScore

#18

TOMORROW X TOGETHER: OUR LOST SUMMER

2023

TOMORROW X TOGETHER are back post-pandemic and are ready to embark on their first world tour from Seoul to North America. The band's nerves and excitement are kicking in, but they have challenged themselves to give the performance of a lifetime.

9.5

MagicScore

#19

After Last Season

2009

Two neurology students create a telepathy experiment together to visualize a murderer, who recently knifed another student.

3.2

MagicScore

#20

HIStory on Film, Volume II

1997

Nearly 2 hours of the short films that made HIStory... Including never before released short films.

8.6

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Guava Island?

The top films similar to Guava Island by MovieMagicScore are Our 30-Minute Sessions (7.6), Yesterday (6.7), Believer (6.6). Each shares comedy/music/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Guava Island worth watching?

Guava Island holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.7/10 from 336 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Guava Island?

Guava Island (2019) is a comedy, music, thriller film directed by Hiro Murai, starring Donald Glover, Rihanna, Letitia Wright.

Where can I find more recommendations like Guava Island?

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

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About movies like Guava Island

This ranked list pairs Guava Island (2019), a comedy and music and thriller film from Hiro Murai, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Donald Glover 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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