Films and TV shows that feel like Rock Around The Clock by Bill Haley & His Comets

A joyful, all-night dance-floor stampede that announced teenage freedom and the birth of rock and roll.

1. Blackboard Jungle (1955): The film that made the song a phenomenon, playing over its opening credits amid delinquent high school unrest.
2. Happy Days (1974): Its original theme was this song, and it's built on the same sock-hop, jukebox 1950s nostalgia.
3. American Graffiti (1973): One long night of cruising, dancing and radio rock and roll in 1962 small-town California.
4. Grease (1978): High school romance, T-Birds rebellion and a dance-floor spirit that echoes the song's energy.
5. Back to the Future (1985): Marty brings rock and roll to the 1955 Enchantment Under the Sea dance.
6. Hairspray (1988): Teens dance their way through the 1960s, with rock and roll upending the establishment.
7. Rock, Rock, Rock! (1956): A period teen musical from the same era, showcasing the early rock and roll craze.
8. La Bamba (1987): The story of Ritchie Valens, a young star in the same 1950s rock and roll explosion.