15 Movies Like Old Songs About the Main Thing
Loved Old Songs About the Main Thing? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.
Jack Vosmyorkin, American
Jack Vosmyorkin, young American with Russian origins decides to return to Russia in order to watch October Revolution in action.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Old Songs About the Main Thing.
Hounddog
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Old Songs About the Main Thing.
Cadillac Records
The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Old Songs About the Main Thing.
O'Dessa
A farm girl is on an epic quest to recover a cherished family heirloom. Her journey leads her to a strange and dangerous city where she meets her one true love – but in order to save his soul, she must put the power of destiny and song to the ultimate test.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Old Songs About the Main Thing.
A Christmas Kiss
Wendy Walton is the best designer in Boston... but no one knows it yet. Hoping to kick-start her career, Wendy has left work with the local theatre to take a job as an assistant to Priscilla Hall, the most prestigious designer in the city. Ms. Hall works Wendy around the clock, which is how Wendy finds herself trapped in an elevator late one night with an incredibly handsome stranger. Wendy and the mystery man share an impulsive, romantic, life changing kiss before the doors open and Wendy runs out, leaving him behind. The next day at work, Wendy answers the door to find the handsome gentleman standing in front of her.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Old Songs About the Main Thing.
The Pokrovsky Gates
Stories from the lives of the tenants of the Moscow's communal apartment: Kostik, who is a college student, lives with his aunt while studying; Arkady Velyurov who is a performing artist; Khobotovs, who are a divorced couple; and Sava, who is Margarita Khobotov's new fiancé. All these people live in one apartment and their lives constantly touch each other's.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Old Songs About the Main Thing.
Battle of the Year
A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Americans haven't won in fifteen years.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Old Songs About the Main Thing.
Krush Groove
Russell Walker is a young, successful manager of rap performers, handling acts for the Krush Groove label, including Run-DMC and The Fat Boys. When Run-D.M.C. has a hit record and Russell needs more money to press more copies, he borrows it from a street hustler and soon regrets his decision.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Old Songs About the Main Thing.
Fight for Your Right Revisited
Fight for Your Right Revisited stars Danny McBride, Seth Rogen, and Elijah Wood as the "young" Beastie Boys from the past and Jack Black, John C. Reilly, and Will Ferrell as the "old" Beastie Boys from the future. The story begins where the video for "Fight for Your Right (1987)" ended. It features music from the band's album Hot Sauce Committee Part Two.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Old Songs About the Main Thing.
Jailhouse Rock
After serving time for manslaughter, young Vince Everett becomes a teenage rock star.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Old Songs About the Main Thing.
Nothing Like the Holidays
It’s Christmastime and the far-flung members of the Rodriguez family are converging at their parents’ home in Chicago to celebrate the season and rejoice in their youngest brother’s safe return from combat overseas.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Old Songs About the Main Thing.
The Adventures of Buratino
A wooden boy Buratino tries to find his place in life. He befriends toys from a toy theater owned by evil Karabas-Barabas, gets tricked by Alice the Fox and Basilio the Cat and finally discovers the mystery of a golden key given to him by kind Tortila the Tortoise.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Old Songs About the Main Thing.
Happythankyoumoreplease
Six New Yorkers navigate love, commitment, and adulthood. When struggling novelist Sam takes in an abandoned boy he meets on the subway, his life begins to intertwine with a talented singer who challenges his bachelor ways. Meanwhile, his best friend Annie battles alopecia while torn between two drastically different men, and a long-term couple faces a crossroads that could alter their future together.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Old Songs About the Main Thing.
Anchors Aweigh
Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Old Songs About the Main Thing.
The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!
A group of old friends have a tradition of going to a public bathing house on New Year's Eve. Occasionally too much vodka and beer makes two of them unconscious. The problem is that one of them (Sasha) has to go to Leningrad but another one (Zhenya) goes. Zhenya wakes up at Leningrad airport. Believing that he is still in Moscow he takes a taxi and goes home. The street name, building and even apartment number, the way an apartment complex looks the same and the key coincide completely - just typical Soviet-type 'economy' architecture. Imagine the surprise of Nadya when she enters her apartment and finds a man without trousers in her bed. What's more - Nadya's fiancé also finds him there...
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Old Songs About the Main Thing.