Movies like Clouds (2020)

8 films to watch after Clouds, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

Young musician Zach Sobiech discovers his cancer has spread, leaving him just a few months to live. With limited time, he follows his dream and makes an album, unaware that it will soon be a viral music phenomenon.

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tick, tick... BOOM! (2021)

Fit 74%

Shares Drama and Music with Clouds.

On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.
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Back to Black (2024)

Fit 69%

Shares Music and Drama with Clouds.

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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Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025)

Fit 65%

Shares Drama and Music with Clouds.

Bruce Springsteen, a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggles to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past.
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Coda (2020)

Fit 60%

Shares Music and Drama with Clouds.

A famous pianist at the twilight of his career meets a free-spirited music critic who soon becomes his rock as his mental state deteriorates.
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Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

Fit 59%

Shares Drama and Music with Clouds.

In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future.
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Beyond the Sea (2004)

Fit 59%

Shares Drama and Music with Clouds.

Based on the life and career of legendary entertainer, Bobby Darin, the biopic moves back and forth between his childhood and adulthood, to tell the tale of his life.
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Teen Spirit (2019)

Fit 54%

Shares Music and Drama with Clouds.

A shy teenager living on the Isle of Wight dreams of pop stardom. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a singing competition that will test her integrity, talent, and ambition.
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If I Stay (2014)

Fit 48%

Shares Drama with Clouds.

Mia Hall, a talented young cellist, thought the most difficult decision she would ever have to make would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at prestigious Juilliard or follow her heart to be with the love of her life, Adam, a rock singer/guitarist. However, a car wreck changes everything in an instant, and now Mia's life hangs in the balance. Suspended between life and death, Mia faces a choice that will decide her future.