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Any movies like American Graffiti

posted 11 years ago by thatmoviecritic101
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I've been looking around for movies like American Graffiti. The closest thing I can come to is That 70s Show even though it's set in the 70s.

PLEASE DON'T SUGGEST MORE AMERICAN GRAFFITI BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY BAD.

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[–] heyuactor 10 years ago

Try 'Aloha Bobby and Rose' (1975), it has Paul LeMat (John Milner) in it and a fast car and a couple of races, and lots of rock-and-roll on the soundtrack.

It doesn't take place in the early 60's, though, if that's what you are looking for...

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[–] darryl-tahirali 10 years ago

I've been looking around for movies like American Graffiti. The closest thing I can come to is That 70s Show even though it's set in the 70s. - thatmoviecritic101

The Big Chill. It is not the same as American Graffiti in terms of style and narrative, but I've always considered them kindred spirits emotionally because they both evoke nostalgic memories and are driven by their pop-music soundtracks, which evoke the era of which they are nostalgic.

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[–] warnerchild 10 years ago

if you like the 80s - you should watch - modern girls - similar one night vibes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdTmT3wVBxM "someone should remake hollywood"

[–] darryl-tahirali 10 years ago

if you like the 80s - you should watch - modern girls - similar one night vibes - warnerchild

Where did I say that I liked the '80s? Unless you're inferring that from my suggestion of The Big Chill, which was made in the 1980s and may be set in that then-contemporary time, but its theme is 1960s nostalgia.

I've not seen Modern Girls, but from the synopsis I just read, it doesn't look nostalgic. In fact, the description reminded me of After Hours and similar urban-misadventure films. Maybe a similar narrative of one-night hijinks such as American Graffiti, but its setting is contemporary, not in a previous time, and thus there is no nostalgic feeling evoked as in American Graffiti or The Big Chill.

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"We hear very little, and we understand even less." - Refugee in Casablanca

[–] warnerchild 10 years ago

lol wasn't talking to you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdTmT3wVBxM "someone should remake hollywood"

[–] darryl-tahirali 10 years ago

lol wasn't talking to you - warnerchild

Then why did you respond to my post? I got the email notification that you had responded to it. How was I supposed to know you weren't "talking" to me?

These boards are not always clear about conversational threads. That's why I usually quote the person's remarks, all or in part, to whom I'm responding so there's no confusion.

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[–] warnerchild 10 years ago

haha yeah and i didn't quote you sooooo

i use inline and just respond to the last post - so the OP can go in order of time

you must not use this website much if you still have email notifications turned on lmao

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdTmT3wVBxM "someone should remake hollywood"

[–] SandyBeach46 9 years ago

Try "There goes my Baby" Rick Schroder Noah Wylie and Dermot Mulroney were the main actors when they were young. If you can find it rent it, it's way over priced to buy it. Not as good as AG, but in the same vain, supposed in the LA area, I would imagine Santa Monica or near there for the beach scenes. It was on the other night on THIS TV.

[–] Marmadukebagelhole 9 years ago

Diner

Glasgow's FOREMOST authority Italics = irony. Infer the opposite please.

[–] mattypark 9 years ago

Baby It's You (1983)

[–] mrmathexpert 9 years ago

the last picture show

[–] lunkerstool 8 years ago

"I Wanna Hold Your Hand" from 1978. It's well done, funny, and captures the very begining of Beatle Mania.

[–] quinnum 8 years ago

Diner (1982)--also a sort of "buddy" movie that uses adults as life-lesson foils, and also
semi-reliant on it's song-soundtrack backdrop
The Deer Hunter (1978)--believe it or not, yes, also for its buddy-interdependence vein,
as well as a sort of "epilogue", this one without the character
cards. Like AG, the characters learn to/will have to grow up and
face harsh sh*t

[–] magpieskye 8 years ago

The Sandlot
Stand By Me
Beaches
Peggy Sue Got Married
Dead Poets Society
La Bamba
The Buddy Holly Story
Pleasantville

The Wonder Years

[–] PopperTheKungFu-Dragon 8 years ago

I think The Wonder Years is more like American Graffiti than anything else.

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