Movies like Painting The Town (1992)
The best movies like Painting The Town (1992) are A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006), Sly (2023) and American Graffiti (1973). If Painting The Town hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedAlmost Famous (2000)7.5/10 from 3,300 votes
- NewestPriscilla (2023)Released 2023
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006)
Dito Montiel, a successful author, receives a call from his long-suffering mother, asking him to return home and visit his ailing father. Dito recalls his childhood growing up in a violent neighborhood in Queens, N.Y., with friends Antonio, Giuseppe, Nerf and Mike.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSly (2023)
His love of film began as an escape from a rocky childhood. From underdog to Hollywood legend, Sylvester Stallone tells his story in this documentary.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAmerican Graffiti (1973)
A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPriscilla (2023)
When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStan & Ollie (2018)
With their golden era long behind them, comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy embark on a variety hall tour of Britain and Ireland. Despite the pressures of a hectic schedule, and with the support of their wives Lucille and Ida – a formidable double act in their own right – the pair's love of performing, as well as for each other, endures as they secure their place in the hearts of their adoring public
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhere the Truth Lies (2005)
An ambitious reporter probes the reasons behind the sudden split of a 1950s comedy team.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMan on the Moon (1999)
The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Hard Day's Night (1964)
Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and wit to avoid the pursuing fans and press to reach their scheduled television performance, in spite of Paul's troublemaking grandfather and Ringo's arrest.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFilm Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)
Liverpool, 1978: What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme-fatale, the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame, and her young lover, British actor Peter Turner, quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner being the person Gloria turns to for comfort.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAlmost Famous (2000)
In 1973, a precocious 15-year-old aspiring rock journalist lands a dream assignment from Rolling Stone to tour with a rising rock band, embarking on a coming-of-age journey as he discovers the exhilarating and heartbreaking realities behind rock stardom.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWhere the Buffalo Roam (1980)
Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisEd Wood (1994)
The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRichard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979)
Richard Pryor delivers monologues on race, sex, family and his favorite target—himself, live at the Terrace Theatre in Long Beach, California.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFactory Girl (2006)
In the mid-1960s, wealthy debutant Edie Sedgwick meets artist Andy Warhol. She joins Warhol's famous Factory and becomes his muse. Although she seems to have it all, Edie cannot have the love she craves from Andy, and she has an affair with a charismatic musician, who pushes her to seek independence from the artist and the milieu.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStill Crazy (1998)
In the 1970s, Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, groupies, drugs, internal tension and an ex front man dead from an overdose. Even their demise was glamorous; when lightning struck the stage during an outdoor festival. Twenty years on, these former rock gods they have now sunk deep into obscurity when the idea of a reunion tour is lodged in the head of Tony, former keyboard player of the Fruits. Tony sets out to find his former bandmates with the help of former manager Karen to see if they can recapture the magic and give themselves a second chance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Joker is Wild (1957)
A Prohibition-era nightclub crooner has his career is cut short when his throat is slashed by a mob boss.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisDriving Miss Daisy (1989)
The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters, in a time when those types of relationships were shunned.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRichard Pryor: Omit the Logic (2013)
Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. and others recount the culture-defining influence of Richard Pryor - one of America's most brilliant, iconic comic minds.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBeaches (1988)
A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Wanderers (1979)
The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Painting The Town?
The closest matches to Painting The Town are A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006), Sly (2023) and American Graffiti (1973). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Painting The Town?
Start with A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006), the closest match to Painting The Town.
What is the highest-rated movie like Painting The Town?
Almost Famous (2000), rated 7.5/10 by 3,300 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Painting The Town?
Priscilla (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Painting The Town?
Yes: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006), Sly (2023) and American Graffiti (1973).
How are movies similar to Painting The Town chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Painting The Town, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.