Bajrangi Bhaijaan
2015India★ 7.85 pt match
What ties these together is belonging and the family you choose. The feel is the same: warm, hopeful, episodic, and escalating.
School of Rock
2003USALanguage: EnglishDirected by Richard Linklater★ 7.1
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his straight-A students the finer points of rock 'n' roll and the power of sticking it to the man. But as the school’s stern principal closes in and the Battle of the Bands looms, Dewey risks everything to prove that rock 'n' roll can change lives.
Themes and style
Tone
warmwhimsicaldark comedyhopeful
Pacing
escalatingepisodic
Story
con deceptioncompetitionjourney
Emotion
belongingfiguring out who you arethe family you chooseredemptionloss of innocence
Themes
class and moneyfamily wounds passed downfamily dutycorrupt institutions
Feel
crowd pleaserfun scarycatharticrewatchable
Violence
noneWhere to watch
Foreign films like School of Rock
These foreign films share the same emotional core, themes, and structural feel as School of Rock. Every one of them has confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
About a Boy
2002UK★ 6.74.5 pt match
Both films sit with belonging, the family you choose, and figuring out who you are. Both circle the same ground: class and money, family duty, and family wounds passed down. Both move the same way too, warm, dark comedy, episodic, and escalating.
Nothing to Declare
2010France★ 5.94.5 pt match
What ties these together is belonging and the family you choose. Both circle the same ground: class and money. Same energy: dark comedy, warm, episodic, and escalating.
Wimbledon
2004UK★ 6.24.5 pt match
Like School of Rock, this one is rooted in redemption and figuring out who you are. Both circle the same ground: class and money and family wounds passed down. The feel is the same: warm, hopeful, escalating, and episodic.
Champions
2018Spain★ 7.54.5 pt match
Both films sit with redemption, belonging, and the family you choose. The world both films live in revolves around corrupt institutions, class and money, and family duty. Both move the same way too, warm, dark comedy, escalating, and episodic.
Chalet Girl
2011Germany★ 6.44.5 pt match
Like School of Rock, this one is rooted in belonging and figuring out who you are. Both circle the same ground: class and money and family duty. The feel is the same: warm, whimsical, episodic, and escalating.
French Fried Vacation 2
1979France★ 7.34 pt match
What ties these together is belonging and the family you choose. The world both films live in revolves around class and money and family wounds passed down. Same energy: whimsical, warm, and episodic.