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Hearts Beat Loud (2018)
12K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In the hip Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook, single dad and record store owner Frank is preparing to send his hard-working daughter Sam off to college while being forced to close his vintage shop. Hoping to stay connected through their shared musical passions, Frank urges Sam to turn their weekly jam sessions into a father-daughter live act. After their first song becomes an internet breakout, the two embark on a journey of love, growing up and musical discovery.
Style:
feel good, light, sincere, touching, indie film, queer cinema, weird
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
father daughter relationship, coming of age, lesbian, musician, music, teenage daughter, interracial family, lgbt, lgbtq, lesbian love, love and romance, lesbian relationship, youth, dialogue, rock and roll, lesbian daughter, marijuana, widower, dead mother, teenager, gay, father, rock music, in love, mission ...
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city
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Most similar movies to Hearts Beat Loud
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, touching, humorous and realistic films with plots about friendship, drinking alcohol, coming of age, friend, drinking, kiss and family relations mostly in Drama, Comedy and Music genres. Some movies like Hearts Beat Loud: Begin Again (2013), CODA (2021), The Half of It (2020), The House of Tomorrow (2017), Blinded by the Light (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
175K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A long lost music producer finds a singer-songwriter right about the moment he has given up all hope on life.
Style:
inspirational, romantic, sincere, sentimental, independent film ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
music, musician's life, love story, female singer, musician, infidelity, love, singer, father daughter relationship, relationships, music and dance, coping ...
Time:
year 2013, year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, new jersey
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204K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
Style:
sexy, psychological, teen, sad, sincere ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
deaf, deafness, sign language, coming of age, teenager, mute or deaf, musician, fishing boat, fisherman, disability, women, parents and children ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
persia, hawaii, massachusetts
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Shy, straight-A student Ellie is hired by sweet but inarticulate jock Paul, who needs help wooing the most popular girl in school. But their new and unlikely friendship gets tricky when Ellie discovers she has feelings for the same girl.
Style:
lgbt cinema, touching, compassionate, feel good, teen ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, lesbian teen, high school life, gay, love, lgbt teen, unrequited love, lgbtq, shy girl, sapphic, teenager ...
Time:
near future, 2020s
Place:
washington state
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school.
Style:
enigmatic, light, captivating, semi serious, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenage boy, punk rock, friendship, tour guide, first kiss, grandmother grandson relationship, single father, architecture, mother daughter relationship, lie, drinking, father daughter relationship ...
Place:
minnesota
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An adventurous love story between two young women of different social and economic backgrounds who find themselves going through all the typical struggles of a new romance.
Style:
teen, independent film, touching, sincere, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, date night
Plot:
lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lgbt, sapphic, lesbian teen, love and romance, lesbianism, lesbian sex, sex, self discovery, interracial lesbian sex ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
indiana, new jersey
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In 1987, during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family, and find his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen.
Style:
captivating, humorous, touching, feel good, tense ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, teenage protagonist, father son relationship, friendship, aspiring writer, diary, neighbor, friendship between boys, interracial friendship, pain, college student ...
Time:
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Place:
new jersey, england, london, america
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51%
18K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Self-described misanthrope Elle Reid has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sage, shows up needing help. The two of them go on a day-long journey that causes Elle to come to terms with her past and Sage to confront her ...
Style:
road movie, depressing, suspense, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
road trip, abortion, lgbtq, lesbian, grandmother granddaughter relationship, pregnancy, writers, aging, grandparent grandchild relationship, friendship, lesbian relationship, death of partner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A sudden loss disrupts Carol’s orderly life, propelling her into the dating world for the first time in 20 years. Finally living in the present tense, she finds herself swept up in not one, but two unexpected relationships that challenge her ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, sentimental, touching, melancholic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
elderly lovers, relationships, friendship, life, aging, solitude, depression, dating, weed, lone hero, drinking, love triangle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Reena is a young Indian American lesbian who lives and works in New York. Her sister Sarita, who is happily married, discovers that she is infertile. Reena offers to be a surrogate mother for her sister's baby, hoping to improve her ...
Style:
multicultural, independent film, semi serious, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, lgbtq, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, male homosexuality, gay, surrogate mother, lgbt, woman, woman woman relationship, sapphic, family relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
asia, usa, india, new york
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Follows two New York city couples -- one heterosexual and one gay who explore the peaks and the valleys of their respective relationships.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, clever, realistic, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
gay relationship, gay, gay interest, gay marriage, lgbtq, couples, gay club, nothing goes right, love and romance, lgbt, gay bashing, gay son ...
Time:
80s, year 2004, year 1987
Place:
greenwich village manhattan new york city, new york, usa, new jersey, brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
50%
11K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Lee, a former Western film icon, is living a comfortable existence lending his golden voice to advertisements and smoking weed. After receiving a lifetime achievement award and unexpected news, Lee reexamines his past, while a chance meeting with a ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, sincere, touching, thought provoking ...
Plot:
cancer, marijuana, old man, actor, drug dealer, beach house, dying, father daughter relationship, audition, sex scene, aging, friendship ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
50%
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:
50%
107K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
Style:
sweet, teen, touching, lyrical, sentimental ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night, teens, girls' night, kids ...
Plot:
friendship, youth, coming of age, music band, musician's life, rock and roll, teenager, singing, bullying, dream girl, adolescence, teenage boy ...
Time:
80s, year 2016, 2010s, year 1985, future ...
Place:
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50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Denmark
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Danish teens come of age in 1963. Bjorn and Erik are close friends. Bjorn is pursued by Kirsten, a future Stepford wife, but he falls for Anna, who initiates him into love and sex. Erik is somber, caring for his home-bound mentally-ill mother while ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, sincere, emotional ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
touching, independent film, emotional, teen, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, cancer, adolescence, friendship, terminal illness, teenager, coming of age, dying, leukemia, friends, teenage boy, illness ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
50%
30K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
After the PTA of a conservative high school in Indiana bans same-sex couples from attending the annual prom, a gang of flamboyant Broadway stars try to boost their image by showing up to support two lesbian students.
Style:
sincere, thought provoking, sentimental, captivating, comedy drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, teens
Plot:
lesbian, lgbtq, lesbian teen, lgbt teen, prom, gay, high school, lesbian interest, sapphic, lesbian love, civil rights, lgbtqi ...
Time:
2000s, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
indiana, new york, ohio
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A sweeping multigenerational story set against the backdrop of the raw, roaring New York City of the late 1980s; adoption, teen pregnancy, drugs, hardcore punk rock, the unbridled optimism and reckless stupidity of the young—and old—are all ...
Style:
realistic, touching, sentimental, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenage pregnancy, gay man straight woman relationship, boy, friendship, pregnancy, parents and children, punk, city life, estrangement, rehabilitation, youth ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1980
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, vermont
Similarity:
49%
139K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two academic teenage superstars realize, on the eve of their high school graduation, that they should have worked less and played more. Determined to never fall short of their peers, the girls set out on a mission to cram four years of fun into one ...
Style:
rom com, entertaining, cult classic, teen, funny ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, lesbian, lgbtq, teenager, high school, lesbian teen, teenage lesbian, last day of school, sapphic, high school student, female best friends, teen party ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, new haven connecticut
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York.
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, family relations, family problems, friends, parents and children, youth, lifestyle, black, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, blaxploitation ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 50s, 1950s
Place:
new york, usa, pennsylvania, russia, toronto ontario canada ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent with AIDS, seeking a cross-country travel partner. On their journey from New York City to Los Angeles, the two stop by Pittsburgh ...
Style:
road movie, lgbt cinema, erotic, emotional, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, family friendly, teens
Plot:
lesbian, aids, lgbtq, friendship, road trip, women, pregnancy, gay, hiv, female bonding, african american, violence ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
pittsburgh, pakistan, los angeles, new york, arizona ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Chile, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A free-spirited woman in her 50s seeks out love at L.A. dance clubs.
Style:
sexy, melancholic, semi serious, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
middle age romance, dancing, dating, middle aged man, dysfunctional relationship, drinking, ex husband ex wife relationship, breakup, friend, lie, friendship, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2019, year 1986
Place:
los angeles, las vegas
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
sentimental, emotional, touching, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
musician, rock star, aging, musician's life, elderly, midlife crisis, transformation, family relations, starting over, introspection, cancer, love and romance ...
Time:
70s, year 2014, year 1971, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, los angeles, usa, new york
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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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:
49%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Beautiful aspiring rock star Jude is stuck in a rut - relegated to recording commercial jingles and lost in a series of one night stands. When she is evicted from her Brooklyn apartment, she is forced to move into the Hamptons home of her wealthy - ...
Style:
captivating, light, humorous, sincere, grindhouse ...
Plot:
career, father, comeback, father daughter relationship, family home, mansion, music, rock and roll, art, daughter, legal battle, husband wife relationship ...
Place:
usa, brooklyn new york city, new york
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49%
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' ...
Style:
feel good, funny, entertaining, inspirational, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick, pre-teens ...
Plot:
music, teacher, teachers and students, musician, children, rock music, student, school, fish out of water, music band, rock concert, rock band ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, y2k, 80s, 21st century
Place:
america, new york, usa, los angeles, north america ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, two rebellious teenagers from Southern California, become the frontwomen for the Runaways -- the now-legendary group that paved the way for future generations of female rockers. Under the Svengalilike influence of ...
Style:
sexy, teen, stylized, emotional, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
rock music, lesbian, music band, music, teenage girl, coming of age, lesbian love, sex scene, teenage sexuality, teenager, biopic, revisionist history ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, japan, usa, tokyo
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Jessica, a Jewish copy editor living and working in New York City, is plagued by failed blind dates with men, and decides to answer a newspaper's personal advertisement. The advertisement has been placed by 'lesbian-curious' Helen ...
Style:
romantic, rom com, touching, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, lgbtq, sapphic, friendship, blind date, gays and lesbians, lesbian romance, lgbt, glbt, looking for love, lifestyle, sex ...
Time:
20th century, year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Inspired by global phenomenon of military wives choirs, the story celebrates a band of misfit women who form a choir on a military base. As unexpected bonds of friendship flourish, music and laughter transform their lives, helping each other to ...
Style:
disturbing, sincere, captivating, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot:
choir, friendship, british army, military base, rivalry, little boy, fame, mother daughter relationship, british soldier, friend, female protagonist, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2010
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
1993: after being caught having sex with the prom queen, a girl is forced into a gay conversion therapy center.
Style:
sexy, thought provoking, psychological, disturbing, touching ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick
Plot:
lgbt, lesbian, lgbtq, religion, lgbt teen, emotional abuse, teenager, lesbian love, lesbian teen, conversion therapy, teenage sexuality, sapphic ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, year 1993
Place:
indiana
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Although Brad has a satisfying career, a sweet wife and a comfortable life in suburban Sacramento, things aren't quite what he imagined during his college glory days. When he accompanies his musical prodigy son on a university tour, he ...
Style:
thought provoking, light, captivating, humorous, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
midlife crisis, musician, father son relationship, old friend, jealousy, husband wife relationship, insomnia, wealth, money, introspection, orchestra, group of friends ...
Place:
sacramento california, harvard university, boston, usa
Similarity:
49%
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