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Movies similar to Whiplash
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
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Sound of Metal (2020)
It has a 39% affinity with Whiplash, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.
Metal drummer Ruben begins to lose his hearing. When a doctor tells him his condition will worsen, he thinks his career and life is over. His girlfriend Lou checks the former addict into a rehab for the deaf hoping it will prevent a relapse and help him adapt to his new life. After being welcomed and accepted just as he is, Ruben must choose between his new normal and the life he once knew.
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Motherless Brooklyn (2019)
It has a 39% affinity with Whiplash, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.
New York City, 1957. Lionel Essrog, a private detective living with Tourette syndrome, tries to solve the murder of his mentor and best friend, armed only with vague clues and the strength of his obsessive mind.
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Stomp the Yard (2007)
It has a 38% affinity with Whiplash, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and its story and themes.
After the death of his younger brother, a troubled 19-year-old street dancer from Los Angeles is able to bypass juvenile hall by enrolling in the historically black, Truth University in Atlanta, Georgia. But his efforts to get an education and woo the girl he likes are sidelined when he is courted by the top two campus fraternities, both of which want and need his fierce street-style dance moves to win the highly coveted national step show competition.
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A Late Quartet (2012)
It has a 37% affinity with Whiplash, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and country of origin.
When the beloved cellist of a world-renowned string quartet is diagnosed with a life threatening illness, the group's future suddenly hangs in the balance as suppressed emotions, competing egos and uncontrollable passions threaten to derail years of friendship and collaboration. As they are about to play their 25th anniversary concert — quite possibly their last — only their intimate bond and the power of music can preserve their legacy.
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Beats (2019)
It has a 35% affinity with Whiplash, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and country of origin.
An agoraphobic hip-hop prodigy and a disgraced former music manager cross paths in Chicago’s South Side and help each other face demons of their pasts.
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Not Without Hope (2025)
It has a 35% affinity with Whiplash, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and country of origin.
A group of friends' fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico and they're left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival.
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Cadillac Records (2008)
It has a 34% affinity with Whiplash, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and country of origin.
The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
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Woman of the Hour (2024)
It has a 33% affinity with Whiplash, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and country of origin.
An aspiring actress crosses paths with a prolific serial killer in '70s LA when they're cast on an episode of "The Dating Game."
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Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
It has a 33% affinity with Whiplash, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and country of origin.
A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
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A (2017)
It has a 33% affinity with Whiplash, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and release period.
A young alcoholic ambient musician locks himself in his apartment on a dangerous seven day bender as he attempts to finish his upcoming album.
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Mo' Better Blues (1990)
It has a 33% affinity with Whiplash, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and country of origin.
Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend, Bleek finds his world more fragile than he ever imagined.
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Fame (1980)
It has a 33% affinity with Whiplash, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and country of origin.
A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
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The Crush (1993)
It has a 32% affinity with Whiplash, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and country of origin.
A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.
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Dead Man's Wire (2026)
It has a 32% affinity with Whiplash, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and country of origin.
In 1977, former real estate developer Tony Kiritsis puts a dead man's switch on himself and the mortgage banker who did him wrong, demanding $5 million and a personal apology.
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Rope (1948)
It has a 31% affinity with Whiplash, driven mainly by TMDB relationship signals, shared genres and country of origin.
Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.
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