Movies Like Moulin Rouge! (2001)

Moulin Rouge! is a 2001 drama, music, romance film from Baz Luhrmann with a MovieMagicScore of 7.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Camille and Casque d'Or.

Drama Music Romance

Camille

1936

Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and women turned courtesans exult in pleasure. One such woman is Marguerite Gautier, who begins a sumptuous romance with Armand Duval.

6.9

MagicScore

Casque d'Or

1952

At the end of the 19th century, during a ball in Joinville, on the outskirts of Paris, Georges, a former delinquent working as a carpenter, meets Marie, a young woman connected to a criminal gang.

7.3

MagicScore

Moulin Rouge

1952

In 1890 Paris, Moulin Rouge is a nightclub where crippled artist Toulouse-Lautrec feels like he fits in. In the following years, he meets two women who provide an opportunity for him to find true love.

6.6

MagicScore

Cousin Bette

1998

In 19th century Paris, Bette Fischer, a poor and homely spinster, forms an alliance with the seductive courtesan Valerie Marneffe to orchestrate revenge on her handsome and wealthy relatives.

5.5

MagicScore

Gigi

1958

A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor in Paris offers them all to Gigi. But she, who's gone from girlish gawkishness to cultured glamour before our eyes, yearns for that wonderful something money can't buy.

6.2

MagicScore

Newsies

2017

A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When their publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, tries to squeeze a little more profit out of their labours, they organize a strike, only to be confronted with the Pulitzer's hard-ball tactics.

8.0

MagicScore

Can-Can

1960

A Parisian nightclub owner known for her performances of the can-can attracts the ire of a self-righteous judge. He hatches a plot to photograph her in the act but ends up falling for her — much to the chagrin of her lawyer boyfriend.

6.6

MagicScore

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.

7.0

MagicScore

Poor Things

2023

Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.

7.7

MagicScore

#10

Rififi

1955

Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offers him, until he discovers that his old girlfriend Mado has become the lover of local gangster Pierre Grutter during Tony's absence. Expanding a minor smash-and-grab into a full-scale jewel heist, Tony and his crew appear to get away clean, but their actions after the job is completed threaten the lives of everyone involved.

7.8

MagicScore

#11

Dance First

2023

Parisian bon vivant, World War II Resistance fighter, Nobel Prize-winning playwright, philandering husband and recluse…Samuel Beckett lived a life of many parts. Titled after Beckett’s famous ethos “Dance first, think later”, the film is a sweeping account of the life of this 20th-century icon.

7.0

MagicScore

#12

Henry & June

1990

While traveling in Paris, author Henry Miller and his wife, June, meet Anais Nin, and sexual sparks fly as Nin starts an affair with the openly bisexual June. When June is forced to return to the U.S., she gives Nin her blessing to sleep with her husband. Then, when June returns to France, an unexpected, and sometimes contentious, threesome forms.

6.0

MagicScore

#13

Leopardi

2014

In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.

6.8

MagicScore

#14

Love Songs

2007

Ismael and Julie, in the hope of sparking their stalled relationship, enter a playful yet emotionally laced threesome with Alice. When tragedy strikes, these young Parisians are forced to deal with the fragility of life and love. For Ismael, this means negotiating through the advances of Julie's sister and a young college student – one of which may offer him redemption.

7.0

MagicScore

#15

Swann in Love

1984

In 19th-century Paris, Charles Swann risks his social standing in his obsessive pursuit of prostitute Odette. His overwhelming desire for her comes, in part, from Odette's complete disinterest in him. When he finally weds her, utterly compromising himself in high society, he finds to his horror that his love for her was a complete illusion. At the same time, the Baron de Charlus pursues his own ill-advised romance.

5.5

MagicScore

#16

Little Ashes

2008

About the young life and loves of artist Salvador Dalí, filmmaker Luis Buñuel and writer Federico García Lorca.

5.9

MagicScore

#17

The Immigrant

2013

1921 New York. An immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.

6.3

MagicScore

#18

Lost Illusions

2021

Lucien de Rubempré, a young, lower-class poet, leaves his family's printing house for Paris. Soon, he learns the dark side of the arts business as he tries to stay true to his dreams.

7.4

MagicScore

#19

Total Eclipse

1995

Young, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance while feeling the effects of a hellish artistic lifestyle.

6.4

MagicScore

#20

In the Land of Women

2007

After a bad breakup with his girlfriend leaves him heartbroken, Carter Webb moves to Michigan to take care of his ailing grandmother. Once there, he gets mixed up in the lives of the mother and daughters who live across the street.

5.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Moulin Rouge!?

The top films similar to Moulin Rouge! by MovieMagicScore are Camille (6.9), Casque d'Or (7.3), Moulin Rouge (6.6). Each shares drama/music/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Moulin Rouge! worth watching?

Moulin Rouge! holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.5/10 from 4,698 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Moulin Rouge!?

Moulin Rouge! (2001) is a drama, music, romance film directed by Baz Luhrmann, starring Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman, John Leguizamo.

Where can I find more recommendations like Moulin Rouge!?

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 Moulin Rouge!

This ranked list pairs Moulin Rouge! (2001), a drama and music and romance film from Baz Luhrmann, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Ewan McGregor 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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