Movies like Popular Music
If you like "Popular Music" you are looking for humorous, touching and sentimental movies about / with friendship, small town, coming of age, follow your dream, teenage sexuality, gay subtext and parent child relationship themes of Comedy and Drama genre shot in Sweden or Finland.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps:
1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below).
2. Look for them in the presented list.
Popular Music (2004)
5K
Original name: Populärmusik från Vittula
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, Finland, Denmark
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Two boys grow up together in town of Pajala at 60's united by rock-n-roll music.
Style:
humorous, touching, sentimental, atmospheric, funny, clever, satirical, surreal, absurd, talky ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
friendship, small town, coming of age, follow your dream, teenage sexuality, gay subtext, parent child relationship, youth, music band, rebellion, dysfunctional family, teenage life, family problems, rebelliousness, grownups, adolescence vs adulthood, boy, friendship between boys, childhood friend, bittersweet, father son relationship, sauna, abusive father, rock and roll, teenager ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century, 50s, 1960s, 1950s
Place:
sweden, himalaya, finland, europe, eastern europe
Movie in categories
Most similar movies to Popular Music
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, melancholic, humorous and semi serious films with plots about dialogue, runaway, mentor, storytelling, catastrophe, redemption and brutality mostly in Comedy, Drama and Family genres. Some movies like Popular Music: Terri (2011), Crooklyn (1994), Housekeeping (1987), Adult World (2013), My Life as a Dog (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Subscribe for new and better recommendations:
10K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Terri, a pajama-clad, disaffected high school student learns how to engage the world with the help of Mr. Fitzgerald, his assistant principal.
Style:
melancholic, compassionate, sexy, clever, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, friendship, coming of age, small town, cheerleading, school, loneliness, bullying, existentialism, teenage life, eccentricity, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
11K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.
Style:
humorous, sentimental, touching, stylized, light ...
Plot:
coming of age, parenthood, dysfunctional family, poverty, family relations, child's point of view, parents and children, black people, couple relations, single parent, family problems, school ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, africa, tokyo, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In the Pacific Northwest during the 1950s, two young sisters whose mother has abandoned them wind up living with their Aunt Sylvie, whose views of the world and its conventions don't quite live up to most people's expectations.
Style:
sad, realistic, atmospheric, sexy, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
small town, coming of age, suicide, orphan, self discovery, friendship, bdsm, eccentricity, crime gone awry, childhood, moral ambiguity, complex characters ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Amy, a naive college graduate who believes she's destined to be a great poet, begrudgingly accepts a job at a sex shop while she pursues a mentorship with reclusive writer Rat Billings.
Style:
sexy, melancholic, sincere, funny, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
art, poetry, workplace, self discovery, coming of age, sex shop, loneliness, writers, creativity, adolescence vs adulthood, workplace situations, transsexual ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Movie in collections
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The Great Depression hits home for nine year old Kit Kittredge when her dad loses his business and leaves to find work. Oscar nominee Abigail Breslin stars as Kit, leading a splendid cast in the first ever "American Girl" theatrical movie. ...
Style:
feel good, sentimental, touching, melancholic, stylized ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, girls' night, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
friendship, children, coming of age, youth, teacher, school, teenager, family relations, life philosophy, follow your dream, family life, child ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1934
Place:
ireland, ohio, usa, chicago illinois, cincinnati ohio ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
Also search:
Movies like The Way Way Back
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A boy, obsessed with comparing himself with those less fortunate, experiences a different life at the home of his aunt and uncle in 1959 Sweden.
Style:
realistic, touching, sentimental, sexy, philosophical ...
Plot:
coming of age, children, small town, tomboy, childhood, boxing, nude model, boy, friendship, female nudity, loneliness, youth ...
Time:
50s, 20th century
Place:
sweden, europe, eastern europe, scandinavia
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Story of the relationships between two sons and their father, who moves the family to California and becomes a tv horror show host after the death of his wife.
Style:
emotional, sentimental, touching, feel good, visually appealing ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
coming of age, children, bittersweet, dysfunctional family, redemption, hospital, single father, betrayal, farce, monster, child abduction, middle school ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, california, usa, oakland california
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Steven Lidz, unhappy with his home life since his mother got sick, goes and lives with his two crazy Uncles. There he changes and gets closer to his Uncles, but his parents want him home even though he is finally happy and popular. Written by Todd ...
Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, light, atmospheric ...
Plot:
coming of age, dysfunctional family, jewish, youth, mental illness, terminal illness, eccentricity, cancer, insanity, twists and turns, first contact, segregation ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1962
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Movie in collections
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The Inkwell is about a 16-year-old boy coming of age on Martha's Vineyard in the summer of 1976.
Style:
touching, humorous, sexy, clever, stylized ...
Audience:
date night, teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, gangsters, blaxploitation, imaginary friend, friendship, african american, dysfunctional family, teenager, corruption, children, redemption, race issues ...
Time:
70s
Place:
africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When Michael McCann is thrown over by the woman he loves, he becomes something of a misanthrope and a miser, spending all of his spare money on collectible gold coins. Living in the same town is an affluent family with two sons: John and Tanny. ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, feel good, sexy, stylized ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night
Plot:
single father, adoption, redemption, hopes, teacher, time, life & death, identity, happy ending, first contact, fight scenes, hospital ...
Time:
80s, 19th century, 70s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
virginia, usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Also search:
Movies similar to The Breakfast Club
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It's 1987 and Danielle, the high school 'Dirty Girl', is running away. With her is chubby, gay Clarke, a bag of flour called Joan and a Walkman full of glorious '80s tunes.
Style:
road movie, touching, melancholic, sweet, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, high school, friendship, gay, friends, female protagonist, on the road, happy ending, honest, teenage girl, sexpot ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
usa, oklahoma, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In this adaptation of the Mona Simpson novel, single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high school student with Ivy League aspirations. When ...
Style:
feel good, touching, sexy, light, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, coming of age, women, teen angst, mother, love, teenager, bittersweet, small town, friendship, nude, interracial romance ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
los angeles, california, beverly hills, usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce and lovable loser Snork are happy with life the way it is. When ...
Style:
witty, inspirational, stylized, feel good, funny ...
Plot:
small town, coming of age, friendship, friends, runaway, old love, relationships, love, destiny, society, love and romance, social differences ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A group of Catholic school friends, after being caught drawing an obscene comic book, plan a heist that will outdo their previous prank and make them local legends.
Style:
realistic, talky, harsh, touching, compassionate ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, coming of age, youth, prank, friendship, boy, dark humor, adaptation, juvenile delinquency, friends, high school life, kids in trouble ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A minor car accident drives two rival aluminum-siding salesmen to the ridiculous extremes of man versus man in 1963 Baltimore.
Style:
realistic, witty, humorous, sexy, talky ...
Plot:
car, business, bittersweet, marketing, friendship, revenge, adultery, car accident, obsession, runaway, relationships, redemption ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 50s, year 1963
Place:
baltimore, maryland, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Also search:
Movies like Submarine
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A bureaucratic snafu sends Marco Tullio Sperelli, a portly, middle-aged northern Italian, to teach third grade in a poor town outside Naples
Style:
sexy, stylized, thought provoking, feel good, allegory ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
coming of age, school, friendship, culture clash, rich and poor, teacher, poverty, adolescence, innocence lost, bullying, life philosophy, first contact ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
italy, europe, naples italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Matt Hobbs is a talented but unsuccessful actor. When estranged (and strange) ex-wife Beth dumps their daughter Jeannie on Matt, father and daughter have a lot of adjusting to do. His budding relationship with attractive production assistant Cathy ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, witty, satirical, sad ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
satire, unsuccessful, female nudity, nude, father daughter relationship, parallel universe, creativity, greed, music business, twists and turns, musician, farce ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
australia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In June, 1983, in Dutchess County, New York, Sebastian Cole joins his mother, step-father, and sister for dinner. Hank, Sebastian's step-father, drops a bomb: he announces he's changing sexes. Sebastian's sister splits immediately for ...
Style:
sexy, reflective, enigmatic, bleak, harsh ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, high school, gay, transsexual, lgbt, small town, lgbtq, teenager, hospital, father son relationship, loneliness, sexualized violence ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, 70s
Place:
england, new york state, chicago illinois, usa, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Movie in collections
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Over the course of his summer break, a teenager comes into his own thanks in part to the friendship he strikes up with one of the park's managers.
Style:
touching, feel good, emotional, realistic, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, teen drama
Plot:
summer, teenager, friendship, vacation, coming of age, loneliness, shyness, youth, childhood, dysfunctional family, bittersweet, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Five college buddies from the University of Texas circa 1971 embark on a final road trip odyssey across the Mexican border before facing up to uncertain futures, in Vietnam and otherwise.
Style:
road movie, sentimental, touching, humorous, emotional ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, date night
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, travel, culture clash, adolescence, obsessive quest, young lovers, student life, adolescence vs adulthood, love and romance, buddies, on the road ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, future, 80s
Place:
texas, austin texas, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Also search:
American Graffiti related movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Ireland, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Set in "Barrytown", a fictitious working-class quarter of Dublin. "Bimbo" Reeves gets laid off from his job. With his redundancy, he buys a van and sells fish and chips with his buddy Larry. Due to Ireland's surprising ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, feel good, witty, parody ...
Plot:
friendship, food, working class, unemployment, irish, distopia, police investigation, dysfunctional family, addiction, transformation, creativity, restaurant ...
Time:
90s
Place:
ireland, london, dublin ireland, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
7K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Angus is a large, pathetic 14 year old whose thoughts are most often filled with the image of one Melissa Lefevre. Angus is shy and thinks that he has no chance of ever 'getting' her. Being especially uncool, he is incredibly surprised ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, date night
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, school, teenager, high school, cheerleading, bullying, prank, public humiliation, teenage life, misfit, love and romance ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A quirky teen with a penchant for war reenactments, Kelly Ernswiler obsesses over military tactics with his buddy Bart. The school bully is one of Kelly's regular headaches, and he also has to deal with a frustrating situation at home, where ...
Style:
intense, realistic, touching, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, teenager, coming of age, unlikely friendships, friends, human nature, contests and competitions, addiction, family relations, lifestyle, high school life, friendship ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Movie in collections
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.
Style:
humorous, disturbing, semi serious, sincere, clever ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, dysfunctional family, teenager, adolescence, family relations, eccentric family, teenage life, self discovery, single parent, sex aid, social differences, parents and children ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, tokyo, usa, beverly hills
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Flama and Moko are fourteen years old; they have been best friends since they were kids. They have everything they need to survive yet another boring Sunday: an apartment without parents, videogames, porn magazines, soft drinks and pizza delivery.
Style:
realistic, stylized, meditative, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, youth, marijuana, life philosophy, teenage boy, girl next door, dull life, buddies, disagreement, video game, lgbt ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
latin america, tokyo, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Also search:
Movies like Now and Then
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Werner Ernst is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters who are fighting over the care of their comatose father. But are they really fighting over their father's care, or over his $10 million ...
Style:
cynical, humorous, melancholic, talky, stylized ...
Plot:
hospital, medical, suspense, dark humor, satire, destiny, loneliness, fantasy world, first contact, greed, culture clash, death ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the summer of 1942 two young boys are sent to stay with their stern grandmother Kurnitz and their childlike aunt Bella in Yonkers, New York.
Style:
sentimental, touching, sexy, melancholic, talky ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
dysfunctional family, youth, grandmother, aunt, race issues, childhood, redemption, violent, corruption, mentor, crime gone awry, vengeance ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1942
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After ex-con Joe Braxton violates his probation he is given a second chance, all he has to do is drive a group of special kids across the country. What could possibly go wrong?
Style:
humorous, clever, unusual plot structure, feel good, funny ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
bus, orphan, school, teacher, gangsters, friendship, road trip, farce, satire, twists and turns, corruption, stereotypes ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Four guys, best friends, have grown up together in DANCER, TEXAS POP. 81, a tiny town in West Texas. Years ago, they made a solemn vow to leave town together as soon as they graduate. Now, it's that weekend and the time has come to "put up ...
Style:
talky, realistic, feel good, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, high school, culture clash, depression, catastrophe, corruption, beautiful scenery, character study, childhood, honest, prejudice ...
Time:
90s, 70s
Place:
texas, los angeles, california, new jersey, austin texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother and having been born and brought up in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and ...
Style:
touching, humorous, witty, realistic, dramatic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
muslim, tradition, family relations, family problems, racism, working class, dysfunctional family, british, marriage, culture clash, vengeance, race issues ...
Time:
20th century, year 1971, 70s
Place:
england, london, israel, northern england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Subscribe for new and better recommendations:
Related movie lists
