Sing Street (2016)
For even more charm, we recommend the thrilling Sing Street, a story of an Irish schoolboy Conor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) who dreams of starting a rock band an impressing the glamorous Raphina (Lucy Boynton). Luckily for us, it’s set in the 1980s, so all of the songs are inspired by the likes of Duran Duran and Hall & Oates.
The songs get better and better as Conor and his bandmates figure out their sound, culminating in the pop perfection of “Drive It Like You Stole It,” one of the bounciest, catchiest songs in any movie ever.
This is the second film on our list by the great John Carney, and we could have added more — including the recent Flora and Son, starring Eve Hewson as a single mom who bonds with her teenager through music. (Here’s our interview with Carney and his songwriting partner Gary Clark.)
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