IN THE SAME KEY
Movies like That Thing You Do! (1996)
That Thing You Do! runs on bittersweet, crowd-pleaser, and joyful exuberance. We scored our full corpus against that fingerprint: the films below sit closest to the same key.
The Five Heartbeats
1991
Strike!
1998
Bandslam
2009
Barking at the Stars
1998
Heaven Help Us
1985
Viva High School Musical: Mexico
2008
Brown Sugar
2002
Empire Records
1995
The Boat That Rocked
2009
Montevideo, God Bless You!
2010
Our Shining Days
2017
Stage Door
1937
Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938
A League of Their Own
1992
Grace of My Heart
1996
Sparkle
2012
When Inge Is Dancing
2013
The Strawberry Blonde
1941
Starter for 10
2006
Loving You
1957
Killing Bono
2011
Keeping the Faith
2000
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940
Sounds Like Love
2021