Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) | 7.9 | |
Ray (2004) | 7.7 | |
La Vie en Rose (2007) | 7.6 | |
Nowhere Boy (2009) | 7.1 | |
August Rush (2007) | 7.4 |
Musician's life movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant musician's life movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, sentimental, inspirational, serious, touching and captivating films and TV shows about / with musician's life, music, artists and showbiz, singer, musician, dancing, singing, song, rock and love plots mostly in Drama, Music and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
musician's life
TOP 10 movies tagged as musician's life: Once (2007), Nowhere Boy (2009), Sing Street (2016), Almost Famous (2000), Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), Begin Again (2013), Cadillac Records (2008), The Devil's Violinist (2013), High Fidelity (2020), Walk the Line (2005).
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121K
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A vacuum repairman moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant, who earns a living selling flowers, approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. The pair decide to ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, emotional, inspirational, independent film ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
music, musician's life, pianist, street musician, friendship, love, singer, love and romance, musician, recording studio, immigrant, rock and roll ...
Time:
year 2007, year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, london, europe, czech republic
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The drama tells the story of Lennon's teenage years and the start of his journey to becoming a successful musician. The story also examines the impact on his early life and personality of the two dominant females in his childhood
Style:
sentimental, intense, emotional, sincere, witty ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
musician's life, music, rock and roll, coming of age, the beatles, follow your dream, biopic, prodigy, adolescence, rock, dysfunctional family, artist ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 60s, 1940s, 1950s ...
Place:
europe, england, liverpool, hamburg germany, new zealand
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100K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
Style:
sweet, touching, realistic, teen, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, date night, teen drama
Plot:
youth, music band, musician's life, friendship, rock and roll, coming of age, bullying, dream girl, singing, adolescence, teenager, school ...
Time:
80s, year 2016, 2010s, future, 20th century ...
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, nebraska, london, england
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292K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band Stillwater – fronted by lead guitar ...
Style:
sentimental, road movie, feel good, realistic, semi autobiographical ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, family friendly ...
Plot:
coming of age, journalism, rock and roll, musician, on the road, rock music, music, rock, musician's life, fame, road trip, manic pixie dream girl ...
Time:
70s, 2000s, year 2000, y2k, 20th century
Place:
california, san francisco, new york, seattle, phoenix arizona ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs like "Killer Queen", "Bohemian ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, rough, informative, historical drama ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
musician, lgbt, music, gay, aids, singer, rock band, rock music, musician's life, friendship between men, fame, rock concert ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 2010s, future, 70s ...
Place:
england, atlanta georgia, los angeles, edinburgh scotland, munich germany ...
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166K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A long lost music producer finds a singer-songwriter right about the moment he has given up all hope on life.
Style:
touching, romantic, inspirational, independent film, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
music, musician's life, love story, female singer, infidelity, musician, father daughter relationship, singer, love, city life, music and dance, betrayal ...
Time:
year 2013, year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
Style:
realistic, inspirational, intense, stylized, talky ...
Plot:
musician's life, music, rock and roll, blues, jazz, biopic, african american, pop music, success, music business, singer, greed ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 1950s, year 2008, 1940s ...
Place:
chicago, usa, indiana, london, mississippi
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Musical
Country: Germany, Italy
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The life story of Italian violinist and composer, Niccolò Paganini, who rose to fame as a virtuoso in the early 19th Century.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious, atmospheric, factual ...
Plot:
violinist, musician's life, rise to the top, deal with the devil, composer, genius, classical music, music, rising to stardom, womanizer, musician, ambition ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, 1830s, victorian era
Place:
italy, london
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Rob Brooks, a female record store owner in the rapidly gentrified neighborhood of Crown Heights, Brooklyn revisit past relationships through music and pop culture, while trying to get over her one true love.
Style:
inspirational, atmospheric, romantic, sincere, visually appealing ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
music, musician's life, introspection, love affair, couple relations, music fan, female protagonist, friendship, hopes, ex lover, black, lgbtq ...
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city
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265K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.
Style:
sentimental, touching, emotional, road movie, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
music, rock and roll, country music, musician's life, musician, addiction, marriage, biopic, accident, prison, drug, rise and fall ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 50s, 2000s, 1940s ...
Place:
tennessee, memphis, usa, arkansas, west germany ...
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99K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France, USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The story of the famous and influential 1960's rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
Style:
psychedelic, factual, realistic, serious, cult classic ...
Plot:
rock and roll, music band, drug addiction, life philosophy, musician's life, addiction, music, biopic, musician, drug abuse, singer, hippie ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s, year 1949, year 1967 ...
Place:
california, paris france, los angeles, usa, new mexico ...
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68K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA, Australia, Japan, France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Control is the biography of Joy Division lead singer Ian Curtis, taking his story from schoolboy days of 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band's first American tour in 1980.
Style:
depressing, atmospheric, black and white, stylized, sad ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
music, punk, singer, depression, suicide, musician's life, punk rock, musician, rock and roll, biopic, epilepsy, music band ...
Time:
70s, y2k, year 2007, year 1980, year 1973 ...
Place:
england, manchester, london, northern england, europe
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318K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The setting is Detroit in 1995. The city is divided by 8 Mile, a road that splits the town in half along racial lines. A young white rapper, Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. summons strength within himself to cross over these arbitrary ...
Style:
inspirational, serious, realistic, harsh, hood ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
hip hop, underdog, music, follow your dream, rap, urban ghetto life, success, urban ghetto, musician, rapper, poverty, street gang ...
Time:
90s, year 2002, y2k, 2000s, year 1995 ...
Place:
detroit, michigan, america, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Music, Musical
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story:
The trials and tribulations of a two man, digi-folk band who have moved from New Zealand to New York in the hope of forging a successful music career. So far they've managed to find a manager (whose "other" job is at the New Zealand ...
Style:
surreal, sitcom, humorous, funny, atmospheric ...
Plot:
musician's life, musician, aspiring singer, folklore, roommate, buddies, music band, artists and showbiz, goofy hero, lifestyle, odd couple, rock ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, new zealand, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A swirling, impressionistic portrait of an artist who regretted nothing, writer-director Olivier Dahan's La Vie en Rose stars Marion Cotillard in a blazing performance as the legendary French icon Edith Piaf. From the mean streets of the ...
Style:
touching, disturbing, atmospheric, gloomy, melancholic ...
Plot:
music, musician's life, singer, biopic, death, musician, childhood, art, artist, love story, rising to stardom, loss of child ...
Time:
20th century, year 2007, 1940s, 90s, 1910s ...
Place:
france, europe, paris france, new york, montmartre paris ...
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36K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of singer Ritchie Valens whose life was cut short by a plane crash.
Style:
inspirational, touching, hispanic, intense, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
musician's life, biopic, music, rock and roll, interracial romance, rock, music business, musician, happy ending, love story, racism, audition ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
los angeles, usa, southern california, new york, tijuana mexico
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157K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern ...
Style:
inspirational, touching, sincere, emotional, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
jazz, addiction, musician, musician's life, music, african american, blindness, biopic, pianist, disability, blind character, heroin ...
Time:
year 2004, 1930s, 20th century, 60s, 50s ...
Place:
georgia, new york, indianapolis indiana, california, usa ...
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8K
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: Russia, France
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Leningrad, one summer in the early eighties. Smuggling LP’s by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Perestroika. Mike and his beautiful wife Natasha meet with young Viktor Tsoï. Together with friends, they ...
Style:
romantic, inspirational, art house, art film, black and white ...
Plot:
rock, musician's life, youth, male pubic hair, skinny dipping, destiny, drinking, husband wife relationship, music band, bare breasts, rock music, autobiography ...
Time:
80s
Place:
ussr, soviet union, russia
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In this modern telling of the classic tale, aspiring singer Katie Gibbs falls for the new boy at her performing arts high school. But Katie's wicked stepmother and stepsister are scheming to crush her dream before she can sing her way into his ...
Style:
modern fairy tale, romantic, fairy tale, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, family outing, date night ...
Plot:
cinderella, cinderella story, teenager, high school, teenage love, youth, follow your dream, teenage life, musician's life, love and romance, teen romance, orphan ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant ?
37K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When Mitchie gets a chance to attend Camp Rock, her life takes an unpredictable twist, and she learns just how important it is to be true to yourself.
Style:
romantic, teen, melancholic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
teenager, summer camp, teenage girl, love and romance, singing, teenage love, camp, lifestyle, cinderella story, friends, musician's life, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
In the tradition of Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential" and Gelsey Kirkland's "Dancing on my Grave" comes an insider’s look into the secret world of classical musicians.
From her debut recital at Carnegie ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, captivating, sincere, romantic ...
Plot:
classical music, musician's life, orchestra, hotshot, prodigy, artists and showbiz, teacher, rehearsal, ego clash, rivalry, career, musician ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A washed up singer is given a couple days to compose a chart-topping hit for an aspiring teen sensation. Though he's never written a decent lyric in his life, he sparks with an offbeat younger woman with a flair for words.
Style:
feel good, light, romantic comedy, romantic, sweet ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens
Plot:
love story, musician's life, love and romance, love, music, writers, dance, relationships, mentor, opposites attract, career, romancing partners ...
Time:
year 2007, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Lange stunningly portrays Patsy Cline, the velvet-voiced country singer who died in a tragic plane crash.
Style:
factual, realistic, atmospheric, captivating, gothic ...
Plot:
biopic, musician's life, showbiz, fame, historical figure, air disaster, family problems, love and romance, country music, rising to stardom, celebrity culture, couples ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1985, 1950s, 50s ...
Place:
west virginia, virginia, nashville tennessee
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The Mambo Kings tells the story of César and Nestor Castillo, brothers and aspiring musicians who flee from Cuba to America in search of the American Dream.
Style:
sentimental, melancholic, emotional, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
music, musician's life, rags to riches, true love, performer's life, family relations, immigrant, love story, brother brother relationship, sibling rivalry, fame, love ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, year 1992, 20th century
Place:
cuba, new york, america, havana cuba, latin america ...
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189K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When record store owner Rob Gordon gets dumped by his girlfriend, Laura, because he hasn't changed since they met, he revisits his top five breakups of all time in an attempt to figure out what went wrong. As Rob seeks out his former lovers to ...
Style:
realistic, melancholic, feel good, funny, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
music, breakup, rock, musician's life, love and romance, musician, rock and roll, character study, self discovery, love story, love, dating ...
Time:
90s, year 2000, 2000s, y2k, 20th century ...
Place:
chicago, usa, seattle
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future following the suicide of his singing partner.
Style:
depressing, atmospheric, bleak, meditative, clever ...
Plot:
music, homeless, musician, loneliness, cat, musician's life, financial problem, road trip, aspiring singer, depression, art, eccentricity ...
Time:
60s, year 2013, 2010s, year 1961, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, somalia, indiana, chicago ...
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976K
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
Style:
motivational, dramatic, psychological, inspirational, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama, adult
Plot:
music, jazz, obsession, mentor, teachers and students, follow your dream, emotional abuse, desire for fame, drummer, musician's life, musician, public humiliation ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
peru, manhattan new york city, new york, usa
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Musical prodigy, Sparkle (Jordin Sparks) struggles to become a star while overcoming issues that are tearing her family apart. From an affluent Detroit area and daughter to a single mother (Whitney Houston), she tries to balance a new romance with ...
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, sentimental, inspirational ...
Plot:
musician's life, family relations, ambition, rising to stardom, desire for fame, music band, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, family problems, showbiz, black, african american ...
Time:
year 2012, 60s, 20th century
Place:
detroit, usa, michigan
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Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Deformed since birth, a bitter man known only as the Phantom lives in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with the obscure chorus singer Christine, and privately tutors her while terrorizing the rest of the opera house and ...
Style:
gothic, stylized, gothic horror, sentimental, breathtaking ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, kids, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
obsession, opera, disfigurement, musician's life, dangerous attraction, destructive relationship, theater, disguise, love and romance, fall in love, prodigy, broadway ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, year 2004, 18th century ...
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Teenage Julie finds her passion for music and life while helping the Phantoms -- a trio of ghostly guys -- become the band they were never able to be.
Style:
sweet, entertaining, feel good, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teen fantasy, girls' night
Plot:
pop star, schoolgirl, musician's life, love and romance, first love, teenage girl, friendship, music band, celebrity, female protagonist, teenager, teenage life ...
Place:
usa
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