500 Days of Summer (2009)
What I love about 500 Days of Summer and it's connection to record stores is how the store is used as a comic relief. Even in their break-up Ringo Starr "Stop" is used as a buffer to the awkward silence. It's wild how much a location can bring out the most intense debates over which Beatle is the best, and how digging through records with a lover really helps you get to know them.
Empire Records (1995)
This best plaid skirt to ever be worn is Liv Tyler in Empire Records. This 90s classic is based around Empire Records in its final days with the possibility of being sold to a big chain music store and how a tight knit group that works there deals with it. It really does take you back to the 90s.
High Fidelity (2000)
No movie captures record store culture like High Fidelity. Best Quotes, Best Soundtrack, Best John Cusack movie. Based off the novel, and transferred to Chicago... this movie is a must see. You can't really work at a record store unless you've seen it. They are record snobs.... which is hilarious. What came first? The Music or the Misery?