Movies Like Viola and Sebastian

If you liked Viola and Sebastian (1972), a movie directed by Ottokar Runze, 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.

1
24 Hour Party People (2002)
★ 7/10
Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by a band known as the Sex Pistols, he persuades his…
2
A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
★ 6.6/10
Despite being well into adulthood, brothers Doug and Steve Butabi still live at home and work in the flower shop owned by their dad. They exist only to hit on women at discos, though they're routinely unsuccessful…
3
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
★ 6.1/10
An all-girl rock band moves to Hollywood in the hope of achieving success, only to fall into a whirlpool of wickedness and decadence.
4
Dazed and Confused (1993)
★ 7.3/10
The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking…
5
The Boys in the Band (2020)
★ 6.8/10
At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths.
6
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
★ 6.8/10
A group of Southern-California high school students ignore their studies in favor of indulging in their teenage distractions.
7
Go (1999)
★ 7/10
A supermarket clerk decides to step in for an absent drug dealer, setting off an explosive, comedic chain of events.
8
The Dirt (2019)
★ 7.4/10
The story of Mötley Crüe and their rise from the Sunset Strip club scene of the early 1980s to superstardom.
9
How High (2001)
★ 6.4/10
Jamal 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…
10
Love at First Bite (1979)
★ 6.1/10
Dracula and Renfield relocate to '70s era New York in search of Cindy Sondheim, the reincarnation of Dracula's one true love, Mina Harker. "Trouble adjusting" is a wild understatement for the Count as he battles…
11
Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2006)
★ 6.6/10
From an ominous Lecturer, a small 1930s middle American community learns of the Harper Affair, in which young Jimmy Harper finds his life of promise turn into a life of debauchery and murder thanks to the new drug…
12
Danny Collins (2015)
★ 6.7/10
An 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.
13
How to Be Single (2016)
★ 6.3/10
New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions…
14
Pineapple Express (2008)
★ 6.6/10
A stoner and his dealer are forced to go on the run from the police after the pothead witnesses a cop commit a murder.
15
Hair (1979)
★ 7.3/10
Upon receiving his draft notice and leaving his family ranch in Oklahoma, Claude heads to New York and befriends a tribe of long-haired hippies on his way to boot camp.
16
Freaky Tales (2025)
★ 6.4/10
In 1987 Oakland, a mysterious force guides The Town's underdogs in four interconnected tales: teen punks defend their turf against Nazi skinheads, a rap duo battles for hip-hop immortality, a weary henchman gets a shot…
17
Much Ado About Nothing (2013)
★ 6.8/10
A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.
18
The Hangover Part III (2013)
★ 6.2/10
This time, there's no wedding. No bachelor party. What could go wrong, right? But when the Wolfpack hits the road, all bets are off.
19
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008)
★ 6.4/10
Nick cannot stop obsessing over his ex-girlfriend, Tris, until Tris' friend Norah suddenly shows interest in him at a club. Thus begins an odd night filled with ups and downs as the two keep running into Tris and her…
20
Metal Lords (2022)
★ 6.8/10
For teenage misfits Hunter and Kevin, the path to glory is clear: Devote themselves to metal. Win Battle of the Bands. And be worshipped like gods.