History Film / SingStreet

* PercussiveShutdown: When the school principal attempts to stop the school dance by turning on the lights, the bully smashes the switch to keep it from happening.

* CoverVersion: Conor and his band Sing Street starts out by doing covers of popular songs during that time such as Rio by Music/DuranDuran. Brendan thinks they stink and gives the Rock n Roll is a risk speech to convince him to drop covers and develop an original style.

* TokenMinority: Lampshaded when Darren suggests getting the only black guy in the area in their band. Luckily Ngig plays keyboard.

''Sing Street'' is a 2016 Irish musical comedy-drama film directed written and produced by John Carney. In [[TheEighties 1985]] Dublin, 15-year-old Conor Lalor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo)'s family is facing financial troubles that lead them to transfer him from a private Jesuit school to a publicly-funded [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Christian Brothers]] one where he forms a band to impress an arising model named Raphina (Lucy Boynton). The film's soundtrack features songs from the era by artists like Music/DuranDuran, Music/TheCure, Music/JoeJackson, and Music/HallAndOates.

** Sing Street's style and musical direction is greatly influenced by whatever bands Conor and Eamon listened to most recently. For starters, "The Riddle of the Model" sees them imitating Music/DuranDuran, "A Beautiful Sea" carries a heavy Music/TheCure influence, and "Drive It Like You Stole It" follows the lead of Music/HallAndOates.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Raphina is only sixteen, but the way she does her hair, makeup and clothes makes her look several years older so that she'll get more attention for modeling. [[spoiler:When Conor bumps into her after she's apparently gone to London, she's not wearing makeup or chic clothes and looks almost younger than sixteen; she even tries to pass herself off as her own younger sister.]]

* EstablishingCharacterShot: The movie opens with Conor sitting in his room, strumming a guitar, and quietly singing improvised lyrics taken directly from his parents' loud marital spat.

* ImagineSpot: Conor has a lengthy one when shooting the HighSchoolDance themed video. He imagines Raphina walking into a suddenly crowded dance, his parents happily dancing together, and Brendan fighting off Evan (while dressed as Creator/JamesDean).

* SadistTeacher: Brother Baxter [[spoiler: Very strict about the black shoe policy and intolerant of students wearing makeup]].

** Other artists from the period get references as well. Music/TheVillagePeople and Music/AdamAnt get referenced during the first video shoot, Brother Baxtor invokes Music/DavidBowie when he says "No more Ziggy Stardust", and so on.

** Other artists from the period get references as well. Music/TheVillagePeople and Music/AdamAnt get referenced during the video shoot, Brother Baxtor invokes Music/DavidBowie when he says "No more Ziggy Stardust", and so on.

** Other artists from the period get references as well. Music/TheVillagePeople gets referenced during the video shoot, Brother Baxtor invokes Music/DavidBowie when he says "No more Ziggy Stardust", and so on.

* AwardBaitSong: Go Now by Adam Levine, especially considering it doesn't sound like a song from the time period of the movie.

* TheAce: Eamon can play any instrument. Including xylophone and bongo drums.

* XMeetsY: ''Film/TheCommitments'' meets ''Film/HighSchoolMusical''.

** Inverted with Conor's dad. He'll be getting all the architectural commissions he can handle in the [UsefulNotes/TheCelticTiger Celtic Tiger] years, but by then it'll be too late to save his home, his marriage or his original plan for Conor's schooling.

** Inverted with Conor's dad. He'll be getting all the architectural commissions he can handle in the [UsefulNotes/TheCelticTiger Celtic Tiger]] years, but by then it'll be too late to save his home, his marriage or his original plan for Conor's schooling.

''Sing Street'' is a 2016 Irish musical comedy-drama film directed written and produced by John Carney. In [[TheEighties 1985]] Dublin, 15-year-old Conor's (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo)family is facing financial troubles that lead them to transfer him from a private Jesuit school to a publicly-funded [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Christian Brothers]] one where he forms a band to impress an arising model named Raphina (Lucy Boynton). The film's soundtrack features songs from the era by artists like Music/DuranDuran, Music/TheCure, Music/JoeJackson, and Music/HallAndOates.

''Sing Street'' is a 2016 Irish musical comedy-drama film directed written and produced by John Carney. Set in [[TheEighties 1985]] Dublin, the film is about a Boy named Conor (Ferida Walsh-Peelo), who after moving to new school due to family financial troubles forms a band to impress an arising model named Raphina (Lucy Boynton). The film's soundtrack features songs from the era by artists like Music/DuranDuran, Music/TheCure, Music/JoeJackson, and Music/HallAndOates.

* TitleDrop: Sing Street is the name of the band, taken from the school district 'Synge Street'.

** Conor's parents aren't able to divorce, as it's still illegal in Ireland around the time the film takes place. What's more is that they are described as only marrying just to be able to sleep together.

* TakeThat: [[spoiler:the song brown shoes which mocks Brother Baxter]].

* HollywoodKissing: Averted during Conor and Raphina's first makeout session. She even makes him wait while she swallows a biscuit before going in for more.

** Creator/AidenGillen and Creator/MariaDoyleKennedy barely feature in the film.

* AbusiveParents: Barry has an alcoholic father who physically and emotionally abuses him. Raphina has a blink-and-you'll-miss-it line implying that [[spoiler: her father may have sexually abused her while her mother was committed]].

* TheBully: Barry who picks on Conor on his first day at Synge Street CBS

* NoEnding: The movie ends with Conor and Raphina head out to sea, following the ferry across the rough Irish Sea to a new life in London. Will they make it?
* OscarBait: Go Now by Adam Levine, especially considering it doesn't sound like a song from the time period of the movie.
* SadistTeacher: Brother Baxter [[spoiler: Very strict about the black shoe policy and intolerant of students wearing makeup]]

* TakeThat: [[spoiler:the song brown shoes which mocks Brother Baxter]]

* AbusiveParents: Barry has an alcoholic father who physically and emotionally abuses him.

* TheIngenue: Raphina plays this role in the "Riddle of the Model" Music Video

''Sing Street'' is a 2016 Irish musical comedy-drama film directed written and produced by John Carney. Set in [[TheEighties '80s]] Dublin, the film is about a Boy named Conor (Ferida Walsh-Peelo), who after moving to new school due to family financial troubles forms a band to impress an arising model named Raphina (Lucy Boynton). The film's soundtrack features songs from the era by artists like Music/DuranDuran, Music/TheCure, Music/JoeJackson, and Music/HallAndOates.