Movies Like Golden Years
If you liked Golden Years (1999), a movie directed by Blake Bedford, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013)
★ 6.2/1086-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion: his 8 year-old grandson, Billy.
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Night of the Living Dead (1990)
★ 6.9/10A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.
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Like a Boss (2020)
★ 6.2/10Two female friends with very different ideals decide to start a beauty company together. One is more practical, while the other wants to earn her fortune and live a lavish lifestyle.
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Danny Collins (2015)
★ 6.7/10An ageing hard-living 1970s rock star decides to change his life when he discovers a 40-year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon.
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Uptown Girls (2003)
★ 7.1/10Molly Gunn, the freewheeling daughter of a deceased rock legend, is forced to get a job when her manager steals her money. As nanny to Ray - the precocious, oft-ignored daughter of a music executive - she learns what…
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Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025)
★ 6.6/10Bruce Springsteen, a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggles to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past.
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The Spectacular Now (2013)
★ 6.7/10Sutter, a popular party animal, unexpectedly meets the introverted Aimee after waking up on a stranger's lawn. As Sutter deals with the problems in his life and Aimee plans for her future beyond school, an unexpected…
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Hounddog (2008)
★ 6.5/10A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
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Suck (2009)
★ 6.1/10The film follows a petty rock band called the Winners, consisting of vocalist Joey Winner, bassist Jennifer, guitarist Tyler, drummer Sam, and French-Canadian roadie Hugo, along with their sleazy manager Jeff, as they…
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Kill Shot (2023)
★ 8/10Posing as hunters, a group of terrorists are in search of $100 million that was stolen and lost in a plane crash en route from Afghanistan.
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Michael Jackson's Thriller (1983)
★ 8.3/10A night at the movies turns terrifying when Michael and his date are attacked by zombies.
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How High (2001)
★ 6.4/10Jamal and Silas, two ordinary guys who smoke something magical, pass their college entrance exams with flying colors and end up at Harvard. Ivy League ways are strange but Silas and Jamal take it in a stride -- until…
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The Big Store (1941)
★ 6.3/10A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.
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Overnight (2003)
★ 6.4/10Alternately hilarious and horrifying, Overnight chronicles one man's misadventures of making a Hollywood movie. It starts out as a rags to riches story as Troy Duffy, a Boston-bred bartender, sells his first screenplay…
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Babes (2024)
★ 6/10After getting pregnant from a one-night stand, a single woman leans on her married best friend and mother of two to guide her through gestation and beyond.
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Blue Hawaii (1961)
★ 6/10Just discharged GI Chad Gates returns to Hawaii, where he becomes a tour guide, defying his mother's wishes for him to join the family business.
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Battle of the Year (2013)
★ 6.8/10A 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.
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Like Sunday, Like Rain (2014)
★ 7.4/10A struggling musician becomes a 12-year-old musical prodigy's guardian for a summer.
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The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985)
★ 7.4/10Cecilia is a waitress in New Jersey, living a dreary life during the Great Depression. Her only escape from her mundane reality is the movie theatre. After losing her job, Cecilia goes to see 'The Purple Rose of Cairo'…