Movies Similar to Painting the Clouds with Sunshine

Not Mozart: Letters, Riddles and Writs(1991)

Letters, Riddles and Writs is a one act opera for television by Michael Nyman broadcast in 1991.

The Chorus(2004)

In 1940s France, a new teacher at a school for disruptive boys gives hope and inspiration.

Double or Nothing(1940)

In this Broadway Brevities short, a stunt double is hit on the head and imagines himself in a series of movie scenes with doubles for various stars.

Allegiance(2016)

Inspired by the true-life experience of its star George Takei, Allegiance follows one family's extraordinary journey in this untold American story following the events of Pearl Harbor. Their loyalty was questioned, their freedom taken away, but their spirit could never be broken.

Homesick for St. Paul(1963)

A pop singer who has been successful on Broadway, is homesick and returns.

A Song for Miss Julie(1945)

Two playwrights and a former burlesque queen travel to Louisiana to research a musical they're planning on a local Southern hero.

Indak(2019)

This song-and-dance musical follows the journey of an island girl with a natural gift for dancing as she navigates through life in the city to follow her dreams and find love along the way.

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls(1970)

An all-girl rock band moves to Hollywood in the hope of achieving success, only to fall into a whirlpool of wickedness and decadence.

Julie Ganapathi(2003)

Tenkasi, the creator of a hit television show, finds himself in the house of Julie, a fan, after an accident. However, she reveals herself to be emotionally unstable and potentially dangerous.

You, the Living(2007)

In the Swedish city of Lethe, people from different walks of life take part in a series of short, deadpan vignettes that rush past. Some are just seconds long, none longer than a couple of minutes. A young woman remembers a fantasy honeymoon with a rock guitarist. A man awakes from a dream about bomber planes. A businessman boasts about success while being robbed by a pickpocket, and so on. The absurdist collection is accompanied by Dixieland jazz and similar music.

Clear the stage for Marika(1958)

A dance and music film tailored completely for Marika Rokk: After her divorce, the wife of a composer uses her wit and charm to engage Marika as a singer and dancer on the stage. This manages to give life once again to the extinguished love between her and her former husband.

Übermut im Salzkammergut(1963)

Birgit is a model from the city and sweetheart of the farmer's son Rolf. Incognito she takes a job as a maid on their farm.

Hilfe, ich liebe Zwillinge!(1969)

Young photographer Andy is commissioned to take advertising photographs of the film star Hanna Peters. She is on holiday, and to his confusion and bewilderment Andy finds that her twin sister works in Hanna's hotel. The comedy of errors that arises keeps Andy on tenterhooks until he finds his true love in sister Renate.

Beyond the Sea(2004)

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.

Gruß und Kuss vom Tegernsee(1957)

A 1957 German musical comedy heimatfilm.

Sailor Moon - La Reconquista(2013)

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon - La Reconquista was one of the most recent Sera Myu musicals. The musical ran from September 13, 2013 to September 23, 2013 at the AiiA Theater Tokyo in Shibuya-ku, Tokyo.

Love, Dance, and 1000 Songs(1955)

Sing While You Dance(1946)

Susan Kent, hoping to establish herself as a song-plugger, tries to obtain a second song from a young songwriter, Johnny Crane, after his first song becomes a hit. While pursuing her objective, she falls in love with Johnny, and lands in jail, but she acquires the song, the job, and Johnny.

Estella Scrooge(2020)

Estella Scrooge is a Wall Street tycoon with a penchant for foreclosing. A hotelier in her hometown of Pickwick, Ohio has defaulted on his mortgage and as a Christmas gift to herself, Estella decides to deliver the sad news in person. Arriving at the Harthouse Hotel on Christmas Eve, Estella discovers that the mortgage holder is none other than her childhood sweetheart, Pip Nickleby. Always the humanitarian, Pip has generously transformed the property into a refuge for the distraught, disabled and displaced. A freak snowstorm forces Estella, much to her dismay, to take refuge at Harthouse. That night, as it happened to her ancestor Ebenezer long ago, she too is haunted by three visitations. And oh what uninvited overnight houseguests they are!

Takarazuka Revue - Rurouni Kenshin - The Romantic Story of a Meiji Swordsman-(2016)

The critically acclaimed all-woman Japanese acting revue Takarazuka brings Rurouni Kenshin to life, creating a new twist on a globally loved story.