Movies like School of Rock
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School of Rock (2003)
355K
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' roll. The school's hard-nosed principal is rightly suspicious of Finn's activities. But Finn's roommate remains in the dark about what he's doing.
Style:
feel good, funny, entertaining, inspirational, humorous, teen, hilarious, sexy, realistic, cult classic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, chick flick, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens, date night ...
Plot:
music, teacher, teachers and students, musician, children, rock music, student, school, fish out of water, music band, rock concert, rock band, substitute teacher, music history, high school, rock and roll, music competition, child, guitarist, youth, rock, underdog, singer, anti authority, battle of the bands ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, y2k, 80s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
america, new york, usa, los angeles, north america, california
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Most similar movies to School of Rock
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, realistic and funny films with plots about friendship, music, friends, musician, artists and showbiz, runaway and mentor mostly in Comedy, Music and Drama genres. Some movies like School of Rock: Bandslam (2009), Dazed and Confused (1993), Almost Famous (2000), Wayne's World (1992), The Boat That Rocked (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
16K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A high school social outcast and the popular girl bond through a shared love of music.
Style:
romantic, teen, humorous, semi serious, light ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, high school, music, teenage love, hopes, friends, love and romance, rock and roll, rock, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, adolescence ...
Time:
year 2009, 70s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, california, texas, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum ...
Style:
teen, cult classic, feel good, sentimental, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, high school, adolescence, teenager, friendship, stoner, adolescence vs adulthood, party, last day of school, bullying, student, drug ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 90s, year 1993, 20th century ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, midwest, seattle, usa ...
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.
Style:
grindhouse, teen, cult classic, hilarious, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rock and roll, high school, rock, music, punk rock, punk, school, youth, adolescence, rebellion, rock music, college ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, north america, california
Similarity:
100%
313K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band Stillwater – fronted by lead guitar ...
Style:
sentimental, feel good, teen, road movie, semi autobiographical ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
coming of age, journalism, rock and roll, rock music, on the road, musician, musician's life, music, rock, fame, manic pixie dream girl, road trip ...
Time:
70s, 2000s, year 2000, y2k, 20th century ...
Place:
california, new york, san francisco, phoenix arizona, seattle ...
Similarity:
90%
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Music, Musical
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In Venice Beach, naive Midwesterner JB bonds with local slacker KG and they form the rock band Tenacious D. Setting out to become the world's greatest band is no easy feat, so they set out to steal what could be the answer to their prayers... a ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, funny, stylized, lyrical ...
Plot:
rock, music, musician, heavy metal, rock star, rock and roll, stoner, weed, road trip, farce, stupidity, obsessive quest ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, venice beach california
Similarity:
83%
181K
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When a sleazy TV exec offers Wayne and Garth a fat contract to tape their late-night public access show at his network, they can't believe their good fortune. But they soon discover the road from basement to big-time is a gnarly one, fraught ...
Style:
funny, cult classic, spoof, parody, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, date night
Plot:
rock and roll, heavy metal, music, musician, dumb, satire, rock, basement, hard rock, stoner, sarcasm, rock music ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
chicago, illinois, milwaukee wisconsin, seattle, wisconsin ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The Boat that Rocked is an ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It's about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing the music that defines a generation and standing up to a government ...
Style:
humorous, sentimental, funny, light, colorful ...
Plot:
rock, radio, music, hippie, rock and roll, rock music, boat, musician, friendship, rebellion, marijuana, counterculture ...
Time:
year 2009, 20th century, 60s
Place:
london, britain, england
Similarity:
100%
222K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A lazy, incompetent middle school teacher who hates her job and her students is forced to return to her job to make enough money for a boob job after her rich fiancé dumps her.
Style:
funny, not serious, humorous, rom com, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, chick flick, adult ...
Plot:
selfish woman, school, bribery, profanity, sex scene, school teacher, teachers and students, sex, female protagonist, compulsive liar, female teacher, sexy teacher ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, illinois, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a young rock group called The Mystery gets its first gig at a club, it's an opportunity to see what life is all about! Fresh out of high school, the rockers are hired by an exclusive beach resort thanks to a faded '60s songwriter. ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
rock and roll, friendship, women, rock, music, coming of age, teenager, teen angst, sexual content, profanity, friends, teenage life ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
hawaii, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert ...
Style:
mockumentary, parody, funny, independent film, spoof ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heavy metal, satire, musician, music, rock music, rock and roll, profanity, concert tour, singer, dating, chauffeur, friendship ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, 70s
Place:
seattle, middle east, austin texas, atlanta georgia, north carolina ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA, Iceland, Canada
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Two small-town aspiring musicians chase their pop star dreams at a global music competition, where high stakes, scheming rivals and onstage mishaps test their bond.
Style:
feel good, romantic, funny, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
musician, contest, father son relationship, small town, rivalry, competition, ambition, fisherman, love, ethnic stereotype, one night stand, underdog ...
Time:
2020s, future, 21st century
Place:
iceland, edinburgh scotland, europe, reykjavik iceland
Similarity:
100%
349K
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, realistic, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, family outing, teen drama ...
Plot:
youth, music, competition, female friendship, college life, rivalry, college, female protagonist, singing competition, music band, audition, friends ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In 1978, a Kiss concert was an epoch-making event. For the three teen fans in Detroit Rock City getting tickets to the sold-out show becomes the focal point of their existence. They'll do anything for tickets -- compete in a strip club's ...
Style:
period piece, road movie, funny, teen, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
rock and roll, virginity, heavy metal, coming of age, youth, friendship, high school, road trip, domineering mother, telephone call, runaway, music ...
Time:
70s, year 1999, 90s, 20th century, year 1978 ...
Place:
michigan, detroit, ohio, usa, cleveland ohio
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The Bellas are back, and they are better than ever. After being humiliated in front of none other than the President of the United States of America, the Bellas are taken out of the Aca-Circuit. In order to clear their name, and regain their status, ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, teen, melancholic, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
music band, teenager, music, girl band, friendship, singing competition, twists and turns, college life, competition, dancing, music business, stereotypes ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, georgia
Similarity:
75%
161K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Glee is an American teen musical comedy-drama television series that airs on the Fox network in the United States. It focuses on the reconstituted William McKinley High School glee club, New Directions, which competes on the show choir competition ...
Style:
stylized, feel good, sexy, teen, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot:
high school, gay, cheerleader, youth, teenage life, contests and competitions, teenage girl, outcast, singing, sapphic, gay teenager, coach ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
ohio, idaho, usa
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A high school slacker pretends to be sick to skip school and have an exciting day off alongside his girlfriend and his best buddy through Chicago, while trying to outwit his obsessive school principal and his unconformited sister along the way.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, funny, teen, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot:
coming of age, high school, teenager, friendship, school, teacher, teenage girl, teen angst, teenage angst, teenage boy, rebel, skipping school ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois, north america, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Tenacious D: The Greatest Band on Earth is a TV series that ran on HBO in 1997, 1999 and 2000. It featured the fictional accounts of the real band Tenacious D, which is composed of members Jack Black and Kyle Gass. All of the episodes of the show ...
Style:
cult classic, not serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat ...
Plot:
entertainment, heavy metal, partner, profanity, singer, disorder, musician, friends, performer's life, odd couple, buddies, musician's life ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
1970's made-for-TV movies about high school teens embroiled in rock band drama have formed a sub-genre that holds immeasurable hypnotic powers over a lot of my generation. Worn copies of these types of movies are often traded amongst fans like ...
Style:
feel good, retro, period piece, lighthearted
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, battle of the bands, friendship, underdog, coming of age, high school friends, rock band, rivalry, youth culture, live performance, self discovery, competition ...
Time:
70s, year 1978
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up poisoning and replacing the schools brass band.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, uplifting, sad ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, jazz, hardcase students, weight loss, supermarket, summer school, friendship, against the odds, mischievous children, music band, rebellion, youth ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Rob "Fish" Fishman is the drummer in '80s hair metal band Vesuvius. He's unceremoniously booted as the group signs a big record deal, is out of the music world for 20 years - and then receives a second chance with his ...
Style:
feel good, teen, humorous, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
music, heavy metal, music band, youth, rock, musician, rock and roll, musician's life, teenage life, drummer, mentor, high school ...
Time:
year 2008, 70s, 80s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
ohio, usa, cleveland ohio
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Music, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Italy, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A pair of failing high school students -- Bill S. Preston, Esquire and Ted "Theodore" Logan -- are visited by a time traveler from the future who takes them on an adventure through time to gather up actual historical figures to help them ...
Style:
cult classic, funny, hilarious, feel good, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, date night ...
Plot:
time travel, time machine, medieval, changing the past or future, sent to the past, high school, introvert, rock and roll, teenager, dumb, classmate classmate relationship, castle ...
Time:
80s, middle ages, 20th century, future, medieval times ...
Place:
ancient greece, california, washington d.c., athens greece, new mexico ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Finland, Norway, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Turo is stuck in a small village and the best thing in his life is being the lead vocalist for the amateur metal band Impaled Rektum. He and his bandmates have practiced for 12 years without playing a single gig. The guys get a surprise visitor from ...
Style:
road movie, humorous, captivating, feel good, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
heavy metal, rock, rock band, rock music, border, black metal, viking, small town, grave robbing, friendship, entertainment industry, punk ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
europe, scandinavia, eastern europe, finland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Pinnacle records has the perfect plan to get their sinking company back on track: a comeback concert in LA featuring Aldous Snow, a fading rockstar who has dropped off the radar in recent years. Record company intern Aaron Green is faced with the ...
Style:
funny, humorous, not serious, teen, hilarious ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
intern, friends, showbiz, marijuana, rock and roll, satire, musician's life, lifestyle, plan gone awry, disorder, escapades, celebrity culture ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, las vegas, new york, california, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.
Style:
sexy, sentimental, humorous, period piece, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, date night, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
music, rock and roll, drummer, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, recording studio, fictional band, small town, showbiz, rock band, dentist, music industry, breakup ...
Time:
60s, year 1996, 90s, 50s, 20th century
Place:
pennsylvania, los angeles, wisconsin, illinois, pittsburgh ...
Similarity:
50%
183K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Music, Romance
Country: UK, China, Japan, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles.
Style:
feel good, romantic, humorous, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
the beatles, musician, rock star, alternate reality, music, plagiarism, alternate dimension, moral dilemma, fame, male female friendship, concert, parallel universe ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, year 2004, 21st century
Place:
liverpool, england, united kingdom, los angeles, moscow russia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.
Style:
surreal, funny, stylized, touching, absurd ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
video store, jazz, filmmaking, nothing goes right, eccentricity, friendship, creativity, dialogue, art, sabotage, buddy, workplace ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
100%
15K
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Martin Freeman is lovelorn teacher Mr Maddens, a former am-dram star whose girlfriend (Ashley Jensen) dumped him over Christmas five years ago and upped sticks, inexplicably, to La-La Land. Yuletide cheer is not his forte, but he's forced to ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, light, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, holiday, youth, school, ambition, desire for fame, disorder, mischievous children, artists and showbiz, nativity, christmas season, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When a rock band at the top of their game suddenly loses their leader, their direction suddenly becomes questionable. All the band members know is that the leader's clothes were found at the edge of a waterfront and he had not been seen since. ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
musician, culture clash, friends, music band, society, artists and showbiz, disorder, power relations, misfit, love and romance, social differences, fish out of water ...
Time:
year 2002
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
304K
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore -- whose unconventional approach and antics on the grass courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin -- is determined to win a PGA tournament so he can save his granny's house with the prize ...
Style:
funny, feel good, hilarious, slapstick, slapstick comedy ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
golf, dumb, underdog, rivalry, anger, hockey, sarcasm, jealousy, grandmother grandson relationship, stupidity, hotshot, happy ending ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1996
Place:
usa, north america, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
59K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The Lone Rangers have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an AM rock station and hold the deejays hostage until they agree to broadcast the band's tape.
Style:
funny, light, entertaining, not serious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hostage, heavy metal, music, rock and roll, stupidity, farce, satire, radio, rock band, hard rock, music band, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
27%
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