Movies like Beck 2010

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Beck (2010)
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Beck (2010)
Original name: BECK
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Yukio is your average high school student who spends his days going to class and avoiding bullies. That is until he meets Ryusuke, a guitar prodigy. Together with Taira, Chiba, and Saku they form the rock band BECK. As their popularity increases so does the danger as Ryusuke's past catches up with him.
Style: light, unusual plot structure, captivating, visually appealing, uplifting
Audience: teens
Plot: rock band, teenage girl, teenage boy, high school, teenager, youth, superhero, music, dog, student, singing, profanity, drums, canine, guitarist, guitar, band, long haired male, live action, electric guitar, male with long hair
Place: japan

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Most similar movies to Beck

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, realistic, semi serious and light films with plots about teenager, youth, coming of age, teenage girl, music, friendship and high school mostly in Drama, Music and Comedy genres. Some movies like Beck: Secret Superstar (2017), So What (1988), We Are Little Zombies (2019), Kids on the Slope (2018), Miss Blue Jeans (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Secret Superstar (2017)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: Insia Malik is a talented 15-year-old school girl from Baroda whose spirit is ripped because her mother is in a troubled and violent marriage. Of course she still dares to pursue her dream of becoming a singer and she also valiantly attempts to free ...
Style: sincere, touching, captivating, serious, feel good ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: teenage girl, father daughter relationship, secret, mother daughter relationship, teenager, husband wife conflict, family secret, follow your dream, longing, unsupportive parent, coming of age, women ...
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So What (1988)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In a small town, high school students in their final year try to balance their studies while also playing together in a rock band.
Plot: rock band, high school, friends, final exam, concert, cow, countryside, youth, teenager, young
Time: 80s
Place: japan, asia
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38%
We Are Little Zombies (2019)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Their parents are dead. They should be sad, but they can't cry. So they form a kick-ass band. This is the story of four 13-year-olds in search of their emotions.
Style: captivating, sincere
Plot: musician's life, teenage life, music band, group of friends, teenager, friendship, youth, friends, musician, team, lifestyle, rock music ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Kids on the Slope (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Two different students—a successful but aloof academic and a rebellious but kindhearted delinquent—form a friendship through their love of jazz music.
Style: emotional, light, realistic, captivating, anime
Plot: friendship, jazz, school, love, music, teenager, rivalry, youth, society, asian, childhood friend, love at first sight ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Miss Blue Jeans (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Year 1977. Punk and new wave rock´n roll has arrived to remote Finland and a bleak small town Oulu where increasingly odd-looking youths began to appear in the street with a message. Their rebellion speaks to Välde (17). Välde dreams of joining a ...
Style: light, captivating, entertaining, feel good
Audience: teens
Plot: musician, adolescence, first love, teenager, outcast, mother son relationship, age-gap relationship, beauty pageant, songwriter, teenage girl, teenage boy, youth ...
Time: year 1977, 70s
Place: finland
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
We Are the Best! (2013)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Sweden, Denmark
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Three girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band -- despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead.
Style: touching, stylized, lyrical, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: music, punk, teenager, coming of age, teenage girl, friendship, punk rock, rebellion, adolescence, children, girl power, teenage life ...
Time: 80s, year 1982, year 2013, 20th century
Place: seattle, europe, eastern europe, scandinavia, stockholm sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Solanin (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. Her boyfriend Shigeo is permanently crashing at her apartment because his job as a freelance illustrator doesn't pay enough for rent. And her parents in the ...
Style: psychological, captivating, realistic, sentimental, sweet ...
Plot: death of boyfriend, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, coming of age, road accident, rock music, unemployment, music band, unfulfillment, couples, society, friendship, love story ...
Place: tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Our Shining Days (2017)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: China
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A youth inspirational film, about how a group of high school students try to revive Chinese orchestra ensemble. They face many challenges along the way to compete nationally, including a rivalry with the more popular Western orchestra club.
Style: captivating, disturbing, entertaining
Plot: high school student, high school, orchestra, coping, school club, musician, student, problem solving, ambition, high school life, school, contest ...
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26%
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Nodame Cantabile: The Movie II (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Nodame and Chiaki mutually decide that it would be for the best if they parted ways for a while so Nodame can practice for an upcoming competition. However, when things don’t go her way, she gets impatient and depressed. While Nodame is away, ...
Style: satirical, captivating, disturbing, semi serious, romantic ...
Plot: relationship vs career, relationships, music, couple relations, musician, couples, social climber, satire, love interest, male female relationship, love story, romantic relationship ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Cherry Orchard (1990)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story: At an all girl school, a group of girls annually stages a play. This year they pick Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard." After vigorous rehearsals the play faces cancellation because one student gets caught smoking after school.
Plot: lesbian, high school, lgbtq, superhero, theatre play, friendship between girls, girl, teenager, japanese schoolgirl, girls' school, gay
Place: japan
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24%
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Hunky Dory (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Musical film about the trials and tribulations of an idealistic drama teacher as she tries to put on the end of year show.
Style: captivating, sincere, sentimental, touching, period piece ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, dedicated educator, self confidence, idealism, teenage life, society, youth, teachers and students, rock, teacher, rehearsal, music ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place: europe, england, united kingdom, wales
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Bandslam (2009)
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: high school, teenager, music, teenage love, friends, love and romance, rock and roll, hopes, rock, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, adolescence ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Nana (2005)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Based on the popular manga, this follows the adventures of two girls named Nana who depend on each other's help to realize their dreams. The two meet on a train to Tokyo, where Nana K. aims to reunite with her boyfriend and Nana O. hopes to ...
Style: feel good, touching, shoujo, sweet, manga ...
Plot: music, punk band, music band, youth, hopes, lolita, rock, punk rock, friendship, goth girl, superhero, girl ...
Time: 2000s
Place: japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
The Cat and the Moon (2019)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Nick comes to New York to temporarily live with a jazz musician friend of his late father's named Cal while his mom is in rehab. During his time in the city, he befriends a group of kids who show him what New York has to offer.
Style: captivating, suspense, psychological, contemplative, melancholic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: 18 year old, friendship, teenage boy, underage drinking, love triangle, african american, drug dealer, teenager, loss of father, black american, male camaraderie, musician ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Your Lie in April (2016)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story: Arima Kousei won numerous piano competitions while under the strict watch of his mother. He was known as the human metronome during that time. Since the death of his mother, Kousei has been unable to hear the sound of his piano. He then meets ...
Style: shoujo, anime, shounen
Plot: disability, classical music, teen romance, youth, tragedy, friendship, star crossed lovers, love, japanese girl, japanese schoolgirl, pianist, piano ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Teen Spirit (2018)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Violet, a shy teenager living on the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England dreams of pop stardom and with the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a singing competition that will test her integrity, talent and ambition.
Style: captivating, light, entertaining
Audience: teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: musician, singing, music, coming of age, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, audition, singing competition, singer, love and romance, schoolgirl, fictional reality show ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Seto and Utsumi (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Utsumi and Seto's daily routine is to spend their afterschool hours just jabbering with one another along a riverbed. Getting excited over trivial word play, agonizing over the content of an email to be sent to a girl, and, at times, talking ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating
Plot: high school student, high school, routine, meeting, teenage life, adolescence, lifestyle, society, teenager, high school life, teenage boy, school ...
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22%
Kaiji 2: The Ultimate Gambler (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 133 min.
Story: 3 years after the ultimate life-or-death game with Teiai Group, Kaiji was entrapped by Teiai and again back in the underground, forced to do hard labour. One day, Kaiji wins a bet to get out of the underground with 1 million yen, and promises the ...
Style: anime, tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing
Plot: game of death, gambling, debt, gambler, financial problem, bandit, organized crime, criminal, crime boss, money problems, runaway, gambling debt ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Linda Linda Linda (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A group of four high school girls decide to put together a band for their school cultural festival. Three days before they are to play the festival, the guitarist and singer quit the band. The remaining members must figure out what to do or risk ...
Style: touching, sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: japanese schoolgirl, japanese girl, music band, musician's life, teenage life, youth, love and romance, lifestyle, music, contests and competitions, artists and showbiz, high school life ...
Place: japan
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21%
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8000 Miles (2009)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Ikku, Mighty and Tomu live in Saitama, not exactly the coolest places to get involved in a wanna-be rap star lifestyle. But try they do with their freestyle rap band Sho-Gung. Yu Irie, who gained the Grand Prize at Yubari Fantastic Film Festival ...
Style: serious, realistic, stylized, captivating
Plot: dull life, hip hop, music band, youth, buddies, hopes, suburbs
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Star Watching Dog (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story: An abandoned car is discovered near a camping ground and inside it is the body of an identified middle-aged man and a dog who seems to have died months later. This is the story of the life of the loving and faithful dog and his owner told from the ...
Style: captivating, thrilling, psychological, sad, depressing ...
Plot: dog, divorced man, social problems, human dog relationship, relationships, coping, owner dog relationship, lifestyle, relationship problems, divorced father, road trip, old man ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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Swing Girls (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 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, teen, uplifting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: jazz, high school, hardcase students, japanese schoolgirl, summer school, friendship, against the odds, ambition, mischievous children, music band, youth, lifestyle ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Paradise Kiss (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Hyasaka Yukari only wants one thing: to enter the college that her mom wants. One day, she meets an extravagant group that loves fashion. They were searching for a model and Yukari fits their ideal model. From now Yukari will know the world of ...
Style: sentimental, shoujo, romantic, captivating, anime ...
Plot: fashion, fall in love, youth, social relations, love and romance, hottie, sexy brunette, fashion industry, student, fashion show, fashion designer, mannequin ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, east asia, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Moxie (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Inspired by her mom's rebellious past and a confident new friend, a shy 16-year-old publishes an anonymous zine calling out sexism at her school.
Style: teen, captivating, light, funny, rom com ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: feminist, teenager, teenage girl, high school life, teenage life, revolution, coming of age, feminism, youth, rebel, rebellious youth, rebelliousness ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
Shut Up Flower Boy Band (2012)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 45 min.
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Story: Shut Up Flower Boy Band is a 2012 South Korean television series starring Sung Joon, Jo Bo-ah, Kim Myung-soo, Jung Eui-chul, Lee Hyun-jae, Yoo Min-kyu, and Kim Min-suk. It is a coming-of-age story about a high school rock band dealing with ...
Style: light, captivating, realistic, sincere, emotional ...
Plot: music, friendship, boy band, love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love triangle, music industry, jealousy, youth, bromance, tragedy, neighbor ...
Place: south korea
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20%
Just Like Before (2006)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A movie about the Filipino rock Band The Dawn.
Style: captivating, independent film, semi autobiographical
Plot: rock band, rock music, singer, musician, fame, rocker, rock star, music band, musician's life, music, obscurity, concert ...
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20%
I Hate Tom Petty (2011)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Through music and dramatic performances, the film tells the story of the relationship between a young emerging guitar player/songwriter named Bob and a the sexy free spirited singer-songwriter Kitt. They are brought together by their friends and one ...
Plot: boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father son relationship, bassist, rock and roll, guitarist, rock band, young, band, guitar, bass, keyboard
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20%
A Gentle Breeze in the Village (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Based on a popular manga, the film is a tender coming-of-age love story set deep in Japan's countryside. When eighth grade cool guy Hiromi transfers from Tokyo to a small elementary/middle school with only six kids enrolled, wholesome and ...
Style: disturbing, sincere, captivating, romantic
Plot: schoolgirl, teenager, first love, japanese teenager, village life, true love, school, countryside, teenage girl, teenage life, love and romance, couple relations ...
Place: tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Yesterday (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Set in the 60's in a provincial town: four high school teenagers approach graduation, but all they think about are The Beatles.
Audience: teens
Plot: first love, youth, role model, suicide attempt, idol, high school, high school student, electric shock, provincial life, fan, coming of age, hair ...
Time: 60s
Place: poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Rainbow Days (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Nijiiro Days follows the colorful lives and romantic relationships of four high school boys—Natsuki Hashiba, a dreamer with delusions of love; Tomoya Matsunaga, a narcissistic playboy who has multiple girlfriends; Keiichi Katakura, a kinky sadist ...
Style: emotional, sentimental, light, touching
Plot: teenage boy, group of friends, teenage girl, teenage life, best friend, family relations, youth, teenager, love and romance, friendship
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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