This looks pretty perfect. For some reason I always had a notion of it being a weird film and ignored it, though I remember it had such acclaim when it came out. I’m recently unemployed and mopey and am just looking for a day or two of emo comfort indulgence. I’m so grateful I’ve gotten so many great looking suggestions so far. Thank you <3
The ONLY thing with this movie is to prepared for the accents if you're not used to it. Personally, I love sing-songyness of the Irish accent. (It is Irish, right?)
My worst memory of this was playing it at a theater and a little girl asking who Beckham was, and she said a spice girl.
I wanted to soccer her face.
Ffffuuuuuu.
Bloody female empowered film and you say a spice girl.
I saw this so long ago and basically forgot about it, though I remember loving it. Thank you for taking me back to that time. I will happily rewatch : )
I haven’t seen this in so long, probably since high school and it totally fits the requested theme, I’m sad I forgot it, thank you for bringing it back, will def watch it again soon
I wouldn’t initially consider this my cup of tea but I hadn’t realized Daniel Radcliffe was Al, and his role choices usually intrigue me. Side note, I had so many… thoughts, after his farting corpse film. But I bet that role had something to do with his viability for pulling off Weird A
This theme in action mode will be a new spin for me, but I love some action movies featuring top skill, and this one rates 7.1 on IMDB! Never would have considered watching it otherwise, thank you for clueing me in!
To be fair, at the time, everyone wondered how Jamaicans had a bobsled team. If I was Junior Bevil's father, I'd also think my kid lost his mind.
(Although the movie took quite a few liberties with the truth... good movie, though.)
Ooo haven’t seen it, LOVE the premise. Singing/dancing movies always grab me, the Step Up franchise, Drumline which this reminds me of, Stomp the Yard. Whiplash is really highly rated too, though that doesn’t always matter to me. Thank youuu
Iconic film, to me a true gem where a lot of Anderson’s films sadly wind up boring me. I’m not that cool enough I guess. I still wish the sort of siblings just went for it : /
lol, right? A sequel could have been interesting. And the more I thought about it, the more I realized it wasn't the parents deciding to like what the kids were passionate about, here it's just the dad becoming slightly less of an asshole and nothing more.
I already love the other two and I’m super tickled by the google description of Strictly Ballroom:
“A top ballroom dancer pairs with a plain, left-footed local girl when his maverick style earns him the disdain of his more conventionally-minded colleagues. Together, the team gives it their all and makes dreams of the National Championship title come true.”
Hell yeah, get it plain left-footed local girl. Thank you : )
Strictly Ballroom is a great suggestion and definitely what you’re looking for OP! I went into it with some cynicism but by the end I was an absolute convert. I only saw it last year. I adore it.
Cloak and Dagger (1984) might fit. Classic.
Hackers (1995) smaller sub theme of this in the movie.
Stand and Deliver (1988) been a long time but it’s along the same lines as your example of teachers convincing parents school is important.
Dangerous Minds (1995) similar vibes as Stand and Deliver.
Oooo just because I’ve already seen and love Hackers and Dangerous Minds, this lends credence to your other mentions, both OG Cloak and Dagger (as opposed to Marvel’s) and Stand and Deliver seem very enticing. Much appreciated
Since I haven’t watched it the premise reminds me of Lean On Me, which always makes me happy cry. It’s the fucking groups that overcome and sing together. Just gets me. I’ve heard Stand and Deliver mentioned a lot over time and never really paid it mind, I see now I should
Somehow this one has always escaped me, but looking at the cast and that it’s from the makers of Role Models, I do really want to pay it attention now. Thank you for the related adult comedy suggestion : )
Let me tell you of a magical place called… THE DISNEY CHANNEL!!! *cue fireworks*
lol jkjk but it does seem like a common trend for this to be the case in Disney movies
Edit: had to add the “no dad/mom, it’s *your* dream, not mine” line. It’s used a lot
I loved so many of the late 90s early 00s made for Disney channel movies : )P
I’m not exactly a wholesome person overall but I still grew up loving characters based around doing the right thing and following their heart. I take in enough real life dark content that I love escaping back to that time. I’m still YA lit at heart.
Saint Ralph (2004) might be similar to what you're looking for.
Ralph, a young boy at a Catholic school, is training to run in the 1954 Boston Marathon with the help of the school's track and field coach. Ralph was forced to join the track and field team as a form of punishment for misbehavior from the school's strict headmaster, who at first disapproves of the marathon training but ends up cheering on Ralph on the day of the marathon while listening to a broadcast of the race on the radio when >!it's reported that against all odds, Ralph is leading in the race and approaching the finish line!<.
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Well, if you're including Bill & Ted, let's also include Stepbrothers.
After all, the parents were not cool with their adult son's dream of The Catalina Wine Festival and their "band" or their song "Boats & Hoes".
Oh!
I just saw something like that. It was a hearing girl living with deaf parents and her Dad was a fisherman and she wanted to go to college on a singing scholarship?
I can’t remember the title, sorry.
Maybe someone else knows. It was a more recent film. Within the last 5 yrs?
It's been a long time since I've seen it, but isn't Dead Poets Society about a guy who loves a (career?) , but his dad forbids it?
There's also Toy Soldiers - another old one. The problem child becomes the hero.
Akeelah and The Bee.
And I really couldn't understand the mom because it's not like the girl's hobby was in the arts, which I could understand a parent's worry if a child concentrated on painting, singing, dancing, musician and not the rest of their education.
It was a Spelling Bee! Learning! Oooof.
Sorry - not related to movies, but this was my life!
I was hugely into computers in the 90s when I was a teenager. This was the time in history where people who even owned a computer were ridiculed at school for being nerds or geeks..
I taught myself programming, Photoshop, 3D graphics and animation.. all kinds of high end stuff. My parents told me to quit it because "computers were a fad that would never amount to anything" and they basically forced my hand when it came to my A Level final exams. I picked subjects that were supposed to get me a great job but ultimately I hated.
Thanks parents.. its taken me 20 years of various high paid office jobs that I truly hated to come full circle and follow my dreams.. doing work I love but would have been frowned upon by parents in the 90s for being a dead end.
The Queen film (Bohemian Rhapsody) from some years ago. Parts are wildly inaccurate, but at least that the guitarist (Brian May) just got acceptance from his dad for playing in a band when they at last played Royal Albert Hall seems to be correct. He also later got a doctorate in astrophysics, so can be called an overachiever...
Billy Elliot
This looks pretty perfect. For some reason I always had a notion of it being a weird film and ignored it, though I remember it had such acclaim when it came out. I’m recently unemployed and mopey and am just looking for a day or two of emo comfort indulgence. I’m so grateful I’ve gotten so many great looking suggestions so far. Thank you <3
This one makes me cry my face off. Like it's so good. I watch it often. Get tissue.
Hope u also watched the 2014 stage musical
No. But august rush makes me cry like a bitch. Pirating now.
The ONLY thing with this movie is to prepared for the accents if you're not used to it. Personally, I love sing-songyness of the Irish accent. (It is Irish, right?)
First movie that came to mind!
Coco (2017)
Moana (2016)
I lovve Moana : ) it was my night time movie for a while. I haven’t seen Coco, thank you!
Hehehehehe....
Oh you are in for a ride.
School of Rock
The newer Harry Potter “Al” Yakovich movie also.
Loved that movie, and loved Daniel Radcliffe in it
Bend it Like Beckham
My worst memory of this was playing it at a theater and a little girl asking who Beckham was, and she said a spice girl. I wanted to soccer her face. Ffffuuuuuu. Bloody female empowered film and you say a spice girl.
I saw this so long ago and basically forgot about it, though I remember loving it. Thank you for taking me back to that time. I will happily rewatch : )
October Sky
I haven’t seen this in so long, probably since high school and it totally fits the requested theme, I’m sad I forgot it, thank you for bringing it back, will def watch it again soon
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
I wouldn’t initially consider this my cup of tea but I hadn’t realized Daniel Radcliffe was Al, and his role choices usually intrigue me. Side note, I had so many… thoughts, after his farting corpse film. But I bet that role had something to do with his viability for pulling off Weird A
"Daniel Radcliffe was AI" 🤖
A perfect example of the eternal struggle between uppercase i and lowercase L
As a huge fan of weird al, I was sorely disappointed by the delivery of this film 😕
Gran Turismo was a solid example of this. And it inspired a new hobby for my 8 y/o, to boot!
This theme in action mode will be a new spin for me, but I love some action movies featuring top skill, and this one rates 7.1 on IMDB! Never would have considered watching it otherwise, thank you for clueing me in!
Glad to help! Hope you like it!
it's super good. i liked the games but i had very low expectations for the movie. blew me away, made me cry multiple times. fantastic acting. :)
Cool Runnings.
To be fair, at the time, everyone wondered how Jamaicans had a bobsled team. If I was Junior Bevil's father, I'd also think my kid lost his mind. (Although the movie took quite a few liberties with the truth... good movie, though.)
Whiplash
Ooo haven’t seen it, LOVE the premise. Singing/dancing movies always grab me, the Step Up franchise, Drumline which this reminds me of, Stomp the Yard. Whiplash is really highly rated too, though that doesn’t always matter to me. Thank youuu
Fair warning - it’s more about intense obsession than a feel-good movie. Happiness doesn’t really play a part. But it’s amazing. It’s really good.
But that ending! Amazing.
It made me feel that this profession was so pointless. So much time spent for what? Getting screamed at and to do what in the future?
The Waterboy. The Royal Tenenbaum's, kind of.
Iconic film, to me a true gem where a lot of Anderson’s films sadly wind up boring me. I’m not that cool enough I guess. I still wish the sort of siblings just went for it : /
lol, right? A sequel could have been interesting. And the more I thought about it, the more I realized it wasn't the parents deciding to like what the kids were passionate about, here it's just the dad becoming slightly less of an asshole and nothing more.
Freaky Friday (the Lindsey Lohan one). Strictly Ballroom Dirty Dancing
I already love the other two and I’m super tickled by the google description of Strictly Ballroom: “A top ballroom dancer pairs with a plain, left-footed local girl when his maverick style earns him the disdain of his more conventionally-minded colleagues. Together, the team gives it their all and makes dreams of the National Championship title come true.” Hell yeah, get it plain left-footed local girl. Thank you : )
Oh if you've never seen it it's so fun. Baz Luhrmann's directorial debut film. It's silly and poignant and the music is SO good!
Strictly Ballroom is an Australian National Treasure. I send my best Vegemite blessings and genuinely hope you enjoy it.
Strictly Ballroom is a great suggestion and definitely what you’re looking for OP! I went into it with some cynicism but by the end I was an absolute convert. I only saw it last year. I adore it.
It's a great movie
Goon
I’ll take it! Thank you
Cloak and Dagger (1984) might fit. Classic. Hackers (1995) smaller sub theme of this in the movie. Stand and Deliver (1988) been a long time but it’s along the same lines as your example of teachers convincing parents school is important. Dangerous Minds (1995) similar vibes as Stand and Deliver.
Oooo just because I’ve already seen and love Hackers and Dangerous Minds, this lends credence to your other mentions, both OG Cloak and Dagger (as opposed to Marvel’s) and Stand and Deliver seem very enticing. Much appreciated
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Since I haven’t watched it the premise reminds me of Lean On Me, which always makes me happy cry. It’s the fucking groups that overcome and sing together. Just gets me. I’ve heard Stand and Deliver mentioned a lot over time and never really paid it mind, I see now I should
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Soul Skaters!!!!! Hell yeah that’s on the list, thank you
Wet Hot American Summer. Off screen Billy's parents finally accepted his magical powers
Somehow this one has always escaped me, but looking at the cast and that it’s from the makers of Role Models, I do really want to pay it attention now. Thank you for the related adult comedy suggestion : )
Role Models
CODA
this!
Luca
Let me tell you of a magical place called… THE DISNEY CHANNEL!!! *cue fireworks* lol jkjk but it does seem like a common trend for this to be the case in Disney movies Edit: had to add the “no dad/mom, it’s *your* dream, not mine” line. It’s used a lot
I loved so many of the late 90s early 00s made for Disney channel movies : )P I’m not exactly a wholesome person overall but I still grew up loving characters based around doing the right thing and following their heart. I take in enough real life dark content that I love escaping back to that time. I’m still YA lit at heart.
And to your edit, you go kid! Tell em! *Shine*
Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-off
Whiplash…..kind of.
Dead Poet's Society... kind of.
Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993)
This doesn't exactly fit the criteria, but the ending of August Rush is🤌
Owl Jolson
I wanna singa
Walk Hard
Hop. James Marsden wants to be the Easter Bunny.
Saint Ralph (2004) might be similar to what you're looking for. Ralph, a young boy at a Catholic school, is training to run in the 1954 Boston Marathon with the help of the school's track and field coach. Ralph was forced to join the track and field team as a form of punishment for misbehavior from the school's strict headmaster, who at first disapproves of the marathon training but ends up cheering on Ralph on the day of the marathon while listening to a broadcast of the race on the radio when >!it's reported that against all odds, Ralph is leading in the race and approaching the finish line!<.
This looks really feel good, I’ve never heard of it and I’m saving it. Thank you : )
Awesome, I'm glad I could help :) I hope you enjoy it!
Star Wars Luke Skywalker/Darth Vader
Gran Turismo
Billy Elliot.
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Gran Turismo
Sister Act 2 and Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Well, if you're including Bill & Ted, let's also include Stepbrothers. After all, the parents were not cool with their adult son's dream of The Catalina Wine Festival and their "band" or their song "Boats & Hoes".
Oh yeah, because the dad always wanted to be a dinosaur.
Didn't he say he was in his 20s when his father told him he couldn't be a dinosaur? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Third Man on the Mountain (1959)
Chef kinda fits the bill. A big time chef goes small time in a food truck to rebalance his life.
It's not *quite* this trope, but I am pretty certain *Whisper of the Heart* will scratch this itch for you.
Rudy. Such a good movie!
Dumplin' had a bit of this theme, especially with one of the supporting characters! I love this movie, definitely a feel-good.
Gifted (2017)
Oh! I just saw something like that. It was a hearing girl living with deaf parents and her Dad was a fisherman and she wanted to go to college on a singing scholarship? I can’t remember the title, sorry. Maybe someone else knows. It was a more recent film. Within the last 5 yrs?
Strictly Ballroom
Dirty Dancing
School of Rock! I tear up every time.
Girls Just Want to Have Fun Little Miss Sunshine
Coco - Pixar Paranorman - Laika Studios Coda (Oscar winner)
Zoolander somehow fits this description lmao
Whip It - great movie! Great cast!
Freaky Friday
Dead Poets Society. Son wants to act and the father is against it.
This definitely meets the OP’s request, just in the worst way possible
It's been a long time since I've seen it, but isn't Dead Poets Society about a guy who loves a (career?) , but his dad forbids it? There's also Toy Soldiers - another old one. The problem child becomes the hero.
Akeelah and The Bee. And I really couldn't understand the mom because it's not like the girl's hobby was in the arts, which I could understand a parent's worry if a child concentrated on painting, singing, dancing, musician and not the rest of their education. It was a Spelling Bee! Learning! Oooof.
Bohemian Rhapsody
If you were looking for the opposite I'd rec Dead Poets Society.
Third man on the mountain, a Disney film from 1959 starring a young ‘Danno’ from Hawaii 50. This movie plot is exactly as your request.
I’m 15 hrs late and no one has mentioned High School Musical?? Lol
Sorry - not related to movies, but this was my life! I was hugely into computers in the 90s when I was a teenager. This was the time in history where people who even owned a computer were ridiculed at school for being nerds or geeks.. I taught myself programming, Photoshop, 3D graphics and animation.. all kinds of high end stuff. My parents told me to quit it because "computers were a fad that would never amount to anything" and they basically forced my hand when it came to my A Level final exams. I picked subjects that were supposed to get me a great job but ultimately I hated. Thanks parents.. its taken me 20 years of various high paid office jobs that I truly hated to come full circle and follow my dreams.. doing work I love but would have been frowned upon by parents in the 90s for being a dead end.
Weird The Al Yankovic Story
The Queen film (Bohemian Rhapsody) from some years ago. Parts are wildly inaccurate, but at least that the guitarist (Brian May) just got acceptance from his dad for playing in a band when they at last played Royal Albert Hall seems to be correct. He also later got a doctorate in astrophysics, so can be called an overachiever...
The Waterboy “Fussball is the DEVIL!!!”
"All That Jazz" ,which showcases a whole other side of the dude most memed for "You're gonna need a bigger *boat!*"
Weird: the Al Yankovic story
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Save the last dance