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Old 06-07-07, 05:38 PM
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Movies Based on Songs?
Blue Velvet

Can't Buy Me Love

Detroit Rock City

Harper Valley PTA


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I Walk The Line(1970)
Take This Job and Shove It
The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
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Hot Child in the City
Stand by Me
Return to Innocence
Man on the Moon
Stars and Stripes Forever
Lean on Me
What's Love Got to Do with It
Sixteen Candles
American Pie
Beyond the Sea
My Girl
When a Man Loves a Woman
Only You
One Fine Day
Only the Lonely
Taking Care of Business
I Like it Like That
Bye Bye Love
Sweet Home Alabama
Addicted to Love
Why Do Fools Fall in Love
Fools Rush In
It Had to Be You
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
All About the Benjamins
Jumpin Jack Flash
Killing Me Softly
Love Potion #9
My Boyfriend's Back

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Maybe Badlands because it is inspired (not based) by Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska.
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I think there is a difference between basing a movie on a song and taking a song title and inventing a totally unrelated story. I'd only count those where the plot/narrative of the movie has a minimal resemblance to the lyrics/narrative of the song. Another:

Ode to Billy Joe
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I think there is a difference between basing a movie on a song and taking a song title and inventing a totally unrelated story. I'd only count those where the plot/narrative of the movie has a minimal resemblance to the lyrics/narrative of the song.
I thought of that too at first, but the OP didn't specify so I included unrelated stories as well.
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The Hitcher (original) is inspired by The Doors' "Riders on the Storm" The beginning of the movie has an eerie similarity between the film and the song.
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Maybe Badlands because it is inspired (not based) by Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska.
Actually Nebraska came out about 10 years after Badlands so the movie (and before that real life event) inspired Bruce
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Old 06-07-07, 11:16 PM
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Silly me.
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Sean Penn was inspired by Springsteen's Highway Patrolman (from Nebraska) when he wrote Indian Runner.
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Bergman's The Virgin Spring.
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