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10 Best Movies Like 1989

If you loved 1989, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Coyote Ugly

Coyote Ugly

2000★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1989 for fans of Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and no...

#2
Black Is King

Black Is King

2020★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1989 for fans of Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

This visual album from Beyoncé reimagines the lessons of "The Lion King" (2019) for today's young kings and queens in search of their own crowns....

#3
Kid Galahad

Kid Galahad

1962★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1989 for fans of Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After completing his military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter—and takes him...

#4
Hounddog

Hounddog

2008★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1989 for fans of Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley....

#5
Suburbia

Suburbia

1984★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1989 for fans of Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like...

#6
Mo' Better Blues

Mo' Better Blues

1990★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 1989 for fans of Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Talented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to the aid o...

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