Movies Like Joyful Noise (2012)

Joyful Noise is a 2012 comedy, music film from Todd Graff with a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Shrek the Musical and Annie: A Royal Adventure.

Comedy Music

Shrek the Musical

2013

Put out of his swamp solitude by a wicked tyrant's order, grumpy ogre Shrek goes on a journey – accompanied by a chatterbox donkey – to retrieve a beautiful princess from a tower, unaware that she has secrets all her own.

7.1

MagicScore

Annie: A Royal Adventure

1995

Annie is back! Along with her friends Molly, Hannah, her dog Sandy, and her wealthy father Oliver Warbucks. They take a trip to England where Warbucks is going to be Knighted by the King. Annie and the gang stumbles onto a wicked scheme led by an evil noblewoman who plans to blow up Buckingham Palace so she can become Queen and claim the throne for herself! And now it is up to Annie and her friends to stop her!

6.0

MagicScore

Schultze Gets the Blues

2003

Schultze is an accordion player and newly without work. When the local music club celebrates its 50th anniversary, his taste of music changes unexpectedly.

6.5

MagicScore

The Color Purple

2023

A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.

7.0

MagicScore

Praise This

2023

When aspiring musical superstar Sam is forced to join her cousin's struggling, underdog praise team in the lead-up to a national championship competition, she sees an opportunity to finally make her dreams come true.

7.1

MagicScore

Amazing Grace

2018

A behind-the-scenes documentary about the recording of Aretha Franklin's best-selling album finally sees the light of day more than four decades after the original footage was shot.

7.2

MagicScore

Preacher's Kid

2010

Longing to experience more of life, twentysomething preacher's daughter Angie strikes out on her own for the very first time and joins a traveling gospel show.

6.1

MagicScore

Sitaare Zameen Par

2025

A disgraced basketball coach is given the chance to coach a team of players who are intellectually disabled as part of community services. Gulshan has apprehensions at first and feels out of place but soon realizes they just might have what it takes to make it to the national championships.

7.1

MagicScore

There's Something About Mary

1998

For Ted, prom night went about as bad as it’s possible for any night to go. Thirteen years later, he finally gets another chance with his old prom date, only to run up against other suitors including the sleazy detective he hired to find her.

6.6

MagicScore

#10

Pumpkin

2002

Carolyn's sorority sisters set their sights on the Sorority of the Year award and coaching challenged athletes is their ticket to the trophy. But when the queen of formals finds herself mentoring Pumpkin, a disabled athlete, their two worlds collide.

5.8

MagicScore

#11

Sling Blade

1996

Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man, has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, he is deemed fit to be released into the outside world.

7.5

MagicScore

#12

Marvellous

2014

Dramatisation of the true story of the life of Neil "Nello" Baldwin. Born with a mild learning disability but without the burden of social embarrassment & how his inexhaustible ability to see the good in any situation overcame any stigma society tried to label him with.

7.1

MagicScore

#13

Dominick and Eugene

1988

Dominick and Eugene are twins, but Dominick is a little bit slow due do an accident in his youth. They live together, with Dominick working as garbage man to put Eugene through medical school. Their relationship becomes strained when Eugene must decide between his devotion to his brother, or his need to go away to complete his training. Things are also not helped by Dominick's co-worker, or Eugene's budding romance.

6.8

MagicScore

#14

Square Dance

1987

An awkward 13-year-old leaves her cranky grandfather in rural Texas, to live with her mother in Fort Worth.

4.5

MagicScore

#15

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

2024

The Herdman kids are undeniably the worst kids in the history of the world. They lie, steal, cheat, bully and overall terrorize their small community. But this Christmas, they're taking over their local church Pageant – and they just might unwittingly teach a shocked little town the true meaning of Christmas.

6.9

MagicScore

#16

Paddington in Peru

2024

Paddington travels to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey through the Amazon rainforest and up to the mountain peaks of Peru.

6.8

MagicScore

#17

Monsoon Wedding

2001

As the romantic monsoon rains loom, the extended Verma family reunites from around the globe for a last-minute arranged marriage in New Delhi. This film traces five intersecting stories, each navigating different aspects of love as they cross boundaries of class, continent and morality.

6.8

MagicScore

#18

Dibu: La película

1997

When Caro and Marce go on vacation they find a new friend, Buji, and just like Dibu, she is a cartoon animated kid. Abu, Pepe, Víctor, Leo and Dibu are left alone at home and they have quite an adventure when they decide to sign-up Dibu in a go-cart race.

6.7

MagicScore

#19

Tre di troppo

2023

Suddenly and inexplicably Marco and Giulia wake up with three children aged 10, 9 and 6 who call them mum and dad. Getting rid of it and returning to the happy "previous" life will become their only goal.

6.5

MagicScore

#20

Family Switch

2023

When the Walker family members switch bodies with each other during a rare planetary alignment, their hilarious journey to find their way back to normal will bring them closer together than they ever thought possible.

6.4

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Joyful Noise?

The top films similar to Joyful Noise by MovieMagicScore are Shrek the Musical (7.1), Annie: A Royal Adventure (6.0), Schultze Gets the Blues (6.5). Each shares comedy/music themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Joyful Noise worth watching?

Joyful Noise holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10 from 162 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Joyful Noise?

Joyful Noise (2012) is a comedy, music film directed by Todd Graff, starring Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer.

Where can I find more recommendations like Joyful Noise?

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 Joyful Noise

This ranked list pairs Joyful Noise (2012), a comedy and music film from Todd Graff, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Queen Latifah 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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