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10 Best Movies Like Sounds Like the 80s

If you loved Sounds Like the 80s, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me

Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me

2022★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sounds Like the 80s for fans of Documentary & Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

After years in the limelight, Selena Gomez achieves unimaginable stardom. But just as she reaches a new peak, an unexpected turn pulls her into darkness. This uniquely raw and inti...

#2
WHAM!

WHAM!

2023★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sounds Like the 80s for fans of Documentary & Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Through archival interviews and footage, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley relive the arc of their Wham! career, from 70s best buds to 80s pop icons....

#3
Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon

Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon

2011★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sounds Like the 80s for fans of Documentary & Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

See Michael Jackson, one of the most recognizable and popular entertainers of all time, like never before in the feature-length tribute Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon. Known ...

#4
Bad 25

Bad 25

2012★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sounds Like the 80s for fans of Documentary & Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Spike Lee pays tribute to Michael Jackson's Bad on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the epochal album, offering behind-the-scenes footage of Jackson recording the album and intervie...

#5
Justin Bieber's Believe

Justin Bieber's Believe

2013★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sounds Like the 80s for fans of Documentary & Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A backstage and on-stage look at Justin Bieber during his rise to super stardom....

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Thriller 40

Thriller 40

2023★ 8.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sounds Like the 80s for fans of Documentary & Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Forty years after the release of Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller,’ the best-selling album of all-time, director Nelson George takes fans back in time to the making of a pop masterpiece...

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