Movies Like The Song of Names (2019)

The Song of Names is a 2019 drama, music film from François Girard with a MovieMagicScore of 6.7/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Humoresque and Disobedience.

Drama Music

Humoresque

1947

A classical musician from a working class background is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite.

7.0

MagicScore

Disobedience

2018

New York photographer Ronit flies to London after learning about the death of her estranged father. Ronit is returning to the same Orthodox Jewish community that shunned her decades earlier for her childhood attraction to Esti, a female friend. Their fortuitous and happy reunion soon reignites their burning passion as the two women explore the boundaries of faith and sexuality.

6.9

MagicScore

One Life

2023

British stockbroker Nicholas Winton visits Czechoslovakia in the 1930s and forms plans to assist in the rescue of Jewish children before the onset of World War II, in an operation that came to be known as the Kindertransport.

7.8

MagicScore

White Bird

2023

After being expelled from Beecher Prep for his treatment of a classmate with a facial deformity, Julian has struggled to fit in at his new school. To transform his life, Julian's grandmother finally reveals her own story of courage of her youth in Nazi-occupied France, where a classmate shelters her from mortal danger.

7.8

MagicScore

Voyage of the Damned

1976

A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.

6.0

MagicScore

Making Love

2000

Costanza is drinking a beer in a Prague pub, a summer night in 1968, while a violinist enters and starts playing a "canone inverso" for her. It is not a case, that music and that violin have a story behind that could concern her. It is the love story between Jeno Varga and the music, between Jeno and Sophie.

6.8

MagicScore

Jakob the Liar

1999

In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian troop movements. Returned to the ghetto, the shopkeeper shares his information with a friend and then rumors fly that there is a secret radio within the ghetto.

6.7

MagicScore

Sunshine

1999

The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.

6.5

MagicScore

Footnote

2011

Jerusalem, Israel. Professors Eliezer and Uriel Shkolnik, father and son, have dedicated their lives to the study of the Jewish scriptures. Eliezer is a stubborn and methodical scholar who has never been recognized for his work; Uriel is a rising star, someone admired and praised by his colleagues. The fragile balance that has kept their personal relationship almost intact is broken in an unexpected way by a simple phone call.

7.1

MagicScore

#10

As They Made Us

2022

Abigail, a divorced mother of two, is struggling to balance the dynamics within her dysfunctional family as she attempts to cultivate new love.

5.2

MagicScore

#11

Falsettos

2017

Jewish family man Marvin leaves his wife and son for a male lover during the height of the AIDS crisis in 1980s New York City.

8.2

MagicScore

#12

Shiva Baby

2021

College student Danielle must cover her tracks when she unexpectedly runs into her sugar daddy at a shiva - with her parents, ex-girlfriend and family friends also in attendance.

7.1

MagicScore

#13

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet

2013

A 10-year-old child prodigy cartographer secretly leaves his family's ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country on board a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute.

6.9

MagicScore

#14

Music of the Heart

1999

After Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a music teacher at the Central Park East School in East Harlem.

6.7

MagicScore

#15

Paganini

1990

Legendary "devil violinist" Niccolo Paganini sets all of 19th century Europe into frenzy.

5.2

MagicScore

#16

Chicken with Plums

2011

Since his beloved violin was broken, Nasser-Ali Khan, one of the most renowned musicians of his day, has lost all taste for life. Finding no instrument worthy of replacing it, he decides to confine himself to bed to await death.

7.0

MagicScore

#17

LelleBelle

2010

16-year old Belle practices playing the violin diligently, but is unable to impart her music with a sensitive undertone. Her life changes when she discovers that sexual desire stimulates passion in her music.

4.9

MagicScore

#18

D.A.R.Y.L.

1985

Daryl is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. However, unbeknown to his foster parents and friends, Daryl is actually a government-created robot with superhuman reflexes and mental abilities. Even his name has a hidden meaning -- it's actually an acronym for Data Analyzing Robot Youth Life-form. When the organization that created him deems the "super soldier" experiment a failure and schedules Daryl to be disassembled, it is up to a few rogue scientists to help him escape.

6.4

MagicScore

#19

Strung

2026

A talented violinist's prestigious new role as a music tutor for an enigmatic, elite family spirals into a psychological battle for her safety and sanity.

7.7

MagicScore

#20

The Vagabond

1916

A tramp tries to earn money by playing the violin, but he’s soon facing off against the jealous competition.

6.7

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Song of Names?

The top films similar to The Song of Names by MovieMagicScore are Humoresque (7.0), Disobedience (6.9), One Life (7.8). Each shares drama/music themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Song of Names worth watching?

The Song of Names holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.7/10 from 166 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Song of Names?

The Song of Names (2019) is a drama, music film directed by François Girard, starring Tim Roth, Clive Owen, Catherine McCormack.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Song of Names?

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About movies like The Song of Names

This ranked list pairs The Song of Names (2019), a drama and music film from François Girard, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Tim Roth 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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