Top 20 movies like Local Band

Local Band

Lyla Riley is in a punk band -- Minor Illusion. They suck. Regardless, she perseveres with her best friend Rob on guitar, numbskull drummer Sean and showboat bassist Pete. Minor Illusion's pathetic existence vexes Lyla's older sister Stephanie, a former punk turned 9-to-5 suit. Through lineup changes, borrowed cash, shitty gigs and drunken nights, Lyla and the band journey through the perils of Chicago's DIY music scene to get their shot at adequacy.

Local Band is of 1 hour(s) and 17 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Triplefour Films, Local Mentality. It was released on 2023-09-03. It has the tagline: A punk rock movie about punk rock.

Genres: ComedyMusicDrama

1. Bit

Bit

A transgender teenage girl on summer vacation in LA fights to survive after she falls in with four queer feminist vampires, who try to rid the city's streets of predatory men.

It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.

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2. Los gatos del callejón (Los gatos del callejón)

Los gatos del callejón

(Los gatos del callejón)

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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3. The Front Page

The Front Page

A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.

It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.

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4. Mac DeMarco: A Pocket Party

Mac DeMarco: A Pocket Party

The Canadian Mac DeMarco is a young, fascinating, musician full of creativity. He brings his good-natured ways to this Pocket Party session to celebrate the success of his 2012 album '2'. His style of music has been creatively described as "blue wave", "slacker rock", or self-described by DeMarco as "jizz jazz".

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5. Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper and band’s first performance, organized by his friend Frank Zappa, at the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival in 1969.

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6. Scarface

Scarface

In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio "Tony" Camonte, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.

It has an average vote of 7.455 on TMDB.

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7. Policewoman (Die Polizistin)

Policewoman

Die Polizistin is a documentary by Andreas Dresen about the life of a young police woman who is faced with the difficulties between her responsibilities at work and her personal responsibilities.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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8. Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing

Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzeria's Wall of Fame exhibits only Italian actors. Buggin' Out believes a pizzeria in a black neighborhood should showcase black actors, but Sal disagrees. The wall becomes a symbol of racism and hate to Buggin' Out and to other people in the neighborhood, and tensions rise.

It has an average vote of 7.761 on TMDB.

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9. Girl in a Band: Tales from the Rock 'n' Roll Front Line

Girl in a Band: Tales from the Rock 'n' Roll Front Line

All too often, every great female rock musician has to answer a predictable question - what is it like being a girl in a band? For many, the sight of a girl shredding a guitar or laying into the drums is still a bit of a novelty. As soon as women started forming their own bands they were given labels - the rock chick, the girl band or one half of the rock 'n' roll couple. Kate Mossman aims to look beyond the cliches of fallen angels, grunge babes and rock chicks as she gets the untold stories from rock's frontline to discover if it has always been different for the girl in a band.

It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.

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10. Uma Banda Made in Brazil (Uma Banda Made in Brazil)

Uma Banda Made in Brazil

The Brazilian band Made In Brazil is featured in Guinness World Records as the group with the largest number of formations in the history of rock and roll. Also, no wonder, since the late 1960s, brothers Oswaldo and Celso Vecchioni have shared stages and studios with more than 200 groups of different musicians. This is their story, filled with rock and roll, some drugs and a lot of love for music.

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11. Hellacopters Live in Cologne, Germany 2008

Hellacopters Live in Cologne, Germany 2008

Influenced by early punk and rock bands such as MC5, Ramones, Sex Pistols, The Damned, The Stooges and The Heartbreakers as well as heavier bands such as Venom, Blue Cheer and Motorhead the bands debut album - Hellacopters have made quite a name for themselves in Europe and Australia

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12. Margins (Margini)

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Summer 2008. Three friends have the chance of a lifetime: opening for their favourite punk hardcore band. At the very last moment, the concert falls through but Edo, Iac and Miche don’t give up. To them punk is more than music, it’s a lifestyle. In a blink, they decide to bring the gig to Grosseto, the silent and conservative city where they live. Nevertheless, all the difficulties and problems they face on their way risk to blow up their lives and their friendship.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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13. D.E.B.S.

D.E.B.S.

The star of a team of teenage crime fighters falls for the alluring villainess she must bring to justice.

It has an average vote of 6.393 on TMDB.

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14. Some Like It Hot

Some Like It Hot

Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then keep their identities secret and deal with the problems this brings - such as an attractive bandmate and a very determined suitor.

It has an average vote of 8.101 on TMDB.

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15. High Fidelity

High Fidelity

When record store owner and compulsive list-compiler Rob Gordon gets dumped by his long-time girlfriend, Laura, because he hasn't changed since they met, he revisits his top five breakups of all time in order to figure out what went wrong. As he examines his failed attempts at romance and happiness, the process finds him being dragged, kicking and screaming, into adulthood.

It has an average vote of 7.136 on TMDB.

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16. Sold For Parts: A Fontaines DC Documentary

Sold For Parts: A Fontaines DC Documentary

‘Sold For Parts’ is a COLLECTIVE films documentary chronicling Fontaines DC’s journey as they write, record and release their award-winning debut album. It is a revealing and honest look at a group willing to open up the deepest parts of their process as musicians, and themselves as young men.

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17. The Boneyard Collection

The Boneyard Collection

A quirky anthology, consisting of four separate short films connected by host segments. The first one, BOOGIE WITH THE UNDEAD, has an all girl rock band booked to play a gig in a town overrun by flesh-eating zombies. In the second one, THE DEVIL'S DUE AT MIDNIGHT, a coven of beautiful witches conjure up Brad Dourif as The Devil, and endures the inept attacks of witch killer Ken Foree. In the first long segment, HER MORBID DESIRES, an actress gets the lead role in a vampire movie, only to discover that starlets are being murdered on the set. The other long segment, CRY OF THE MUMMY, has the reincarnated mummy, formerly the last Pharaoh of the 4th Dynasty, looking to sue the movie studios because he can't get work as a mummy. His new lawyer offers to represent him as an agent, but the mummy will only work in film if he can direct.

It has an average vote of 5.9 on TMDB.

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18. Punk in Africa

Punk in Africa

Three chords, three countries, one revolution...PUNK IN AFRICA is the story of the multiracial punk movement within the recent political and social upheavals experienced in three Southern African countries: South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.

It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.

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19. Airplane!

Airplane!

An ex-fighter pilot forced to take over the controls of an airliner when the flight crew succumbs to food poisoning.

It has an average vote of 7.301 on TMDB.

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20. Hate to Love: Nickelback

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Nickelback is one of the most successful acts in music history — they’re also the number one band haters love to hate. This intimate portrait surveys the Canadian stadium rockers’ rollercoaster career.

It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.

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