Films and TV shows that feel like Johnny B. Goode by Chuck Berry

A joyful, swaggering fable of a poor country kid who plays guitar like ringing a bell and dreams of seeing his name in lights.

1. Back to the Future (1985): Marty McFly rips this very song at the 1955 school dance, the film's most famous moment.
2. La Bamba (1987): A poor teenage kid from a humble background rockets to stardom in the birth of rock and roll.
3. Great Balls of Fire! (1989): Wild 1950s piano-pounding rock and roll swagger from Jerry Lee Lewis.
4. American Graffiti (1973): One night of 1950s-60s teenage cruising, dances, and rock and roll on the radio.
5. Hairspray (1988): Teen dance-show energy and rock and roll rebellion in an early 1960s setting.
6. Walk the Line (2005): A poor rural boy turns music into fame, with Sun Records-era 1950s energy.
7. Elvis (2022): The explosion of 1950s rock and roll, with Black blues roots feeding a new sound.
8. Happy Days (1974): Sock-hop, jukebox 1950s nostalgia in the Midwest, soaked in rock and roll.