Movies like Bye Bye Birdie
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Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
10K
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A singer goes to a small town for a performance before he is drafted
Style:
funny, retro, black and white, hilarious, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, satirical, vintage ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick
Plot:
cheerleader, teenager, broadway, love, small town, dancing, theater, dating, musician, music, rock, singer, rock and roll, secretary, social differences, turtle, trippy, generation, satire, coming of age, songwriter, beat generation, revolutionary war, ballet, farce ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 20th century, 1960s
Place:
ohio, usa, new york, washington d.c., columbus ohio, russian
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Most similar movies to Bye Bye Birdie
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and feel good films with plots about love and romance, dancing, singer, music, song, singing and lifestyle mostly in Comedy, Musical and Romance genres. Some movies like Bye Bye Birdie: Cry-Baby (1990), Beach Party (1963), Viva Las Vegas (1964), Spectacular! (2009), Grease 2 (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
68K
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her mother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.
Style:
humorous, sentimental, satirical, light, parody ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
rock and roll, gang, forbidden love, youth, satire, music, couples, juvenile delinquency, teenage love, biker, juvenile delinquent, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, year 1954, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
maryland, baltimore, usa
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Anthropology Professor Robert Orwell Sutwell and his secretary Marianne are studying the sex habits of teenagers. The surfing teens led by Frankie and Dee Dee don't have much sex but they sing, battle the motorcycle rats and mice led by Eric ...
Style:
grindhouse, psychotronic, cult classic, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
surfing, beach, beach party, motorcycle, rock and roll, culture clash, surf, summer, young lovers, teenager, dancing, dating ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 80s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, new jersey, hawaii
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Rock-and-roll icon Conrad Birdie is about to go into the Army, and plans are being made to arrange his final going-away concert.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
dancing, theater, couples, friends, teenage life, rock, musician's life, lifestyle, contests and competitions, ambition, artists and showbiz, performer's life ...
Time:
20th century, 50s
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Lucky Jackson arrives in town with his car literally in tow ready for the first Las Vegas Grand Prix - once he has the money to buy an engine. He gets the cash easily enough but mislays it when the pretty swimming pool manageress takes his mind off ...
Style:
retro, psychotronic, hilarious, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
racing, dancing, rock and roll, elvis presley, gambling, music, auto racing, dance, race, rock, car, casino ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1964, 80s
Place:
las vegas, nevada, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A high school choir is fading in popularity, as it continues to lose most of its' members one by one. A wannabe rock singer is convinced to join the choir, in hopes of winning the upcoming competition and cash prize.
Style:
humorous, entertaining, captivating, feel good, light ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
contests and competitions, youth, music band, music, rivalry, rock, ambition, teenager, choir, teenage girl, contest, high school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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27%
41K
Genre: Comedy, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
It's 1961, two years after the original Grease gang graduated, and there's a new crop of seniors and new members of the coolest cliques on campus, the Pink Ladies and T-Birds. Michael Carrington is the new kid in school - but he's ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, cult classic, period piece, retro ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
high school, motorcycle, dancing, teenage girl, love, biker, greaser, opposites attract, secret identity, dance, teenage boy, cheerleader ...
Time:
year 1961, year 1982, 60s, 20th century, 1950s ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
27%
324K
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?
Style:
romantic, sexy, feel good, sentimental, cult classic ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, teens, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
high school, opposites attract, coming of age, dancing, dance, makeover, summer romance, teenage love, love story, first love, teenager, teenage girl ...
Time:
1950s, year 1959, year 1978, 20th century, year 1958 ...
Place:
california, australia, los angeles, bronx new york city, usa ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Matchmaker, Dolly Levi takes a trip to Yonkers, New York to see the "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire," Horace Vandergelder. While there, she convinces him, his two stock clerks and his niece and her beau to go to New York City.
Style:
period piece, retro, feel good, hilarious, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
dancing, broadway, music, love, music and dance, dance, matchmaker, widow, merchant, gilded age, theater, railway ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, 1800s, year 1969, 60s
Place:
new york, america, usa, london
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Edd Byrnes tries to get an ethnic-music-studies grant to buy instruments for his rock and roll group.
Style:
psychotronic, independent film, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot:
rock and roll, surfing, beach party, racing, music and dance, pop music, beach, music festival, silly humor, disorder, friends, buddies ...
Time:
60s
Place:
long beach california
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.
Style:
sexy, entertaining, feel good, visually appealing, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
rock, teenager, broadway, rock and roll, sex scene, dancing, music, nightclub, love story, fall in love, rock star, musician ...
Time:
80s, year 2012, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A teenager whose father is a millionaire radio station owner secretly records a song and plays it on one of his father's stations. It becomes a hit.
Style:
psychotronic, semi serious, realistic, sexual, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rock and roll, teenager, radio station, youth, follow your dream, rising to stardom, artists and showbiz, ambition, musician's life, buddies, love and romance, friends ...
Time:
year 1961, 60s
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Chad Gates has just gotten out of the Army, and is happy to be back in Hawaii with his surf-board, his beach buddies, and his girlfriend.
Style:
stylized, intense, melancholic, light, feel good ...
Audience:
date night, kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
surfing, beach, elvis presley, dancing, happy ending, tour guide, family business, love and romance, partner, parents and children, fall in love, starting over ...
Time:
60s, year 1961, 20th century, future, 80s
Place:
hawaii, usa, oceania, polynesia, honolulu hawaii ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Following five couples and their friend Robert (Neil Patrick Harris), the perpetual bachelor, Company explores the true meaning of being in a relationship through a series of vignettes. Winner of the 1971 Tony Award for Best Musical, Neil Patrick ...
Style:
semi serious, stylized, realistic, humorous, feel good
Plot:
live performance, theater, friends, redheaded woman, friendship, concert, bachelor, couple relations, artists and showbiz, love and romance, broadway, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A young but bright former window cleaner rises to the top of his company by following the advice of a book about ruthless advancement in business.
Style:
funny, stylized, humorous, witty, technicolor ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
business, broadway, satire, advertising, greed, marketing, economics, workplace, ambition, workplace romance, book, dance ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The assistant stage manager of a small-time theatrical company is forced to understudy for the leading lady at a matinée performance at which an illustrious Hollywood director is in the audience scouting for actors to be in his latest ...
Style:
romantic comedy, semi serious, realistic, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
showbiz, dancing, broadway, choreography, choreographer, love, morality, past, couples, filmmaking, fall in love, ambition ...
Time:
1920s, year 1971, 1930s, 20th century
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
A con man comes to an Iowa town with a scam using a boy's marching band program, but things don't go according to plan.
Style:
period piece, sentimental, entertaining, retro, aesthetic ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, family outing, date night
Plot:
librarian, small town, dance, library, dancing, broadway, con artists, love, traveling salesman, fall in love, american history, town ...
Time:
1910s, year 1962, 20th century
Place:
iowa, indiana, america, midwest, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
It's almost graduation day for high school seniors Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Chad, Ryan and Taylor ― and the thought of heading off in separate directions after leaving East High has these Wildcats thinking they need to do something ...
Style:
teen, feel good, humorous, semi serious, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, pre-teens ...
Plot:
high school, prom, teenage love, love and romance, teenage girl, friendship, high school life, teenager, high school hunk, friends, music, buddies ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, black and white, mockumentary, not serious ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
the beatles, music, musician, rock and roll, adolescence, artists and showbiz, rock, culture clash, fame, irreverence, disguise, price of fame ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
london, britain, europe, united kingdom, england
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Cowabunga! The surfing '60s ride into the new wave as Frankie and Annette star in this hip update of their old-time, good-time beach movies. With special appearances by Bob Denver, Tony Dow, Pee-Wee Herman, Jerry Mathers and other familiar ...
Style:
spoof, humorous, realistic, not serious, witty ...
Audience:
kids, teens, date night
Plot:
surfing, beach party, satire, surf, young lovers, storytelling, camp, beach, valet, wild party, dancing, friends ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 50s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
california, usa, colorado, los angeles, ohio ...
Similarity:
23%
145K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Pleasantly plump teenager, Tracy Turnblad and her best friend, Penny Pingleton audition to be on The Corny Collins Show – and Tracy wins. But when scheming Amber Von Tussle and her mother plot to destroy Tracy, it turns to chaos.
Style:
rom com, romantic, teen, cute, lyrical ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, family outing, kids ...
Plot:
dance, dancing, dream come true, teenage girl, artists and showbiz, fat girl, teenage love, interracial romance, racism, broadway, follow your dream, music ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 60s, year 1962, 2000s
Place:
baltimore, usa, maryland
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Local beach-goers find that their beach has been taken over by a businessman training a stable of body builders.
Style:
grindhouse, independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
bodybuilding, beach party, beach, surfing, bodybuilder, yacht, muscleman, wild party, revolutionary war, music and dance, rock and roll, best friend ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A spoiled rich girl who wants to be a dancer finds herself caught into between two rival dance groups set to do battle at an underground competition.
Style:
humorous, not serious, light, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dancer's life, youth, rivalry, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, dance, dance contest, competition, choreography, friendship, satire, silly humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
6K
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Misfits in their lives back home, a group of young people live it up at musical-theater camp. While the sports counselor is completely ignored, the kids' spend all their time in rehearsal for a grueling schedule that involves a new show every ...
Style:
teen, talky, humorous, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
gay, coming of age, summer camp, dancing, lgbt, love and romance, teenage love, artists and showbiz, rock, gay teenager, glbt, friendship ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, new jersey
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A teenage girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" meets a dashing rebel who teaches her a more sinister way to play social politics.
Style:
entertaining, captivating, funny, satirical, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
closeted homosexual, teenage rebellion, teen social issues, male homosexuality, adolescence, teenage life, satire, schoolgirl, teenager, music, teenage girl, lifestyle ...
Time:
80s
Place:
west end london, ohio
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Elvis plays Ross Carpenter, a fishing guide/sailor who loves his life out on the sea. When he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, he has to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he and his father built. He is also caught between two ...
Style:
black and white, retro, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
elvis presley, boat, rock and roll, music, girl, love, nightclub, fish out of water, love triangle, family business, ship, wooing ...
Time:
60s, 80s
Place:
hawaii, usa, arizona, las vegas
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Musical, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A story which centers around Dave Katz, a journalist at a hip-hop magazine who is sent on assignment to uncover the often comedic underworld of Roc-a-Fella Records run by Damon Dash and Jay-Z.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, talky, independent film ...
Plot:
hip hop, musician's life, showbiz, lifestyle, journalism, desire for fame, artists and showbiz, ambition, media, buddies, rise and fall, satire ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
An out-of-work singer, Victoria Grant (Julie Andrews), meets a just-fired, flamboyant gay man in a diner in 1920's Paris. He convinces her to pretend to be a man who is a female impersonator in order to get a job. The act is a hit in a local ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, feel good, stylized, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
cross dressing, transvestism, gender bending, gender disguise, impresario, comedy of errors, female protagonist, lgbt, theater, singer, jazz, nightclub ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, europe, new york
Similarity:
21%
25K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Ample teen Tracy Turnblad wants nothing more than to be on the hip local TV dance program, "The Corny Collins Show" -- and when her dream comes true, her lively moves and bubbly personality meet with unexpected popularity. But after ...
Style:
light, satirical, stylized, witty, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, teen drama ...
Plot:
high school, teenager, rock and roll, racism, civil rights, fat girl, satire, dance, interracial romance, music, interracial friendship, social differences ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1962, year 1963, 80s
Place:
baltimore, usa, maryland, america, california ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Taxi dancer Charity continues to have Faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and Hope that she will finally meet the nice young man to romance her away from her sleazy life. Maybe, just maybe, handsome Oscar ...
Style:
stylized, freeze frame, funny, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
broadway, dancing, nightclub, transformation, charity, elevator, love, depression, tattoo, dancer, top hat, based on broadway musical ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Contemporary rethinking of the legendary Broadway musical and 1962 film, updated to reflect a few early twenty-first-century sensibilities: A masterful con artist tries to bilk a staid Midwestern community, with unexpected results.
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, humorous, feel good, realistic
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
small town, lifestyle, fall in love, couples, society, love and romance, artists and showbiz, racism, clergy, music, librarian, dancing ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
iowa
Similarity:
20%
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