Bandleader movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant bandleader movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out humorous, realistic, feel good, independent film, sentimental and semi serious films and TV shows about / with bandleader, band, husband wife relationship, musician, friendship, singer, drinking, ambition, drinking alcohol and music plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as bandleader: Mallrats (1995), American Blue Note (1989), All Night Long (1962), The Muppet Movie (1979), Doctor Detroit (1983), Judy (2019), A Muppet Family Christmas (1987), The Hobbit (1977), Wild in the Streets (1968), Night of Evil (1962).

List of bandleader movies

Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter (1991)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter is described by CBS as "a dramatic love story" about the lives of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
Style: dramatic, sentimental, period drama
Plot: hollywood, marriage, showbiz, actor, biopic, divorce, entertainment industry, behind the scenes, love story, ambition, family life, bandleader ...
Time: 1950s, 1930s, 1940s
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 7.0
 134K
Mallrats (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Both dumped by their girlfriends, two best friends seek refuge in the local mall.
Style: entertaining, humorous, funny, talky, hilarious ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: slacker, jay and silent bob, friendship, weed, youth, life philosophy, bare butt, videotaped sex, dumped by girlfriend, superhero, coming of age, one day ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: minnesota, seattle, usa, north america, new jersey ...
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American Blue Note (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Jack, Nat, Jerry, Lee and Tommy play jazz in small clubs, but only one of them will reach success.
Style: independent film, psychedelic
Plot: jazz, success, price of fame, struggle, self discovery, music business, musician, friendship, nightclub, on the road, wedding, bride and groom ...
Time: year 1961, 60s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city
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All Night Long (1962)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Over the course of one eventful evening, the anniversary celebration of the musical and romantic partners Aurelius Rex and Delia Lane, a jealous, ambitious drummer, Johnny Cousin, attempts to tear the interracial couple apart.
Style: neo noir, grindhouse, noir, realistic, serious ...
Plot: jazz, shakespeare, musician, jazz musician, shakespeare's othello, drummer, interracial marriage, interracial couple, tragic love, opera, african, underground ...
Time: 60s
Place: britain, london, england, east end london, africa
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The Muppet Movie (1979)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Kermit the Frog is persuaded by agent Dom DeLuise to pursue a career in Hollywood. Along the way, Kermit picks up Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, and a motley crew of other Muppets with similar aspirations. Meanwhile, Kermit must elude the grasp of ...
Style: funny, humorous, slasher, fantasy adventure, aesthetic ...
Audience: family outing, family friendly, kids, adult, preschool
Plot: muppets, road trip, mad scientist, puppet, friendship, pig, desert, bear, inventor, children, eternal love, puppetry ...
Time: 70s, year 1979, 20th century, 80s
Place: california, florida, georgia, usa, los angeles ...
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Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge (1994)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge is a BBC Television series of six episodes, and a Christmas special in 1995. It is named after the song "Knowing Me, Knowing You" by ABBA, which was used as the show's title music. Steve ...
Style: parody, sitcom, witty, humorous, cynical ...
Plot: satire, christmas, talk show, sketch, humour, comedian, self involved, humiliation, guest, socially awkward, ambition, showbiz ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: europe, england
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Doctor Detroit (1983)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A shy but gentle man named Clifford Skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financially-strapped fictional Monroe College in Chicago. A chance encounter with four beautiful women at a restaurant changes his life forever.
Style: sexy, teen sex comedy, sex comedy, raunchy comedy, cult classic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: medical, prostitution, college professor, pimp, prostitute, sex worker, blonde, bare breasts, voyeur, nude, voyeurism, female nudity ...
Time: year 1983, 80s
Place: chicago, detroit, usa
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 6.8
 58K
Judy (2019)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Legendary performer Judy Garland arrives in London in the winter of 1968 to perform a series of sold-out concerts.
Style: sad, period piece, tragic ending, emotional, stylized ...
Plot: concert, hollywood, musician, biopic, female singer, actress, drug addict, life is a bitch, life & death, women, female musician, singer ...
Time: 60s, 1930s, year 1968, year 1969, year 2019
Place: london
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A Muppet Family Christmas (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
Story: In this one-hour Christmas special, Fozzie Bear surprises his mother Emily on Christmas Eve by bringing the entire Muppet gang to her farm to celebrate the holidays. Doc and his dog Sprocket, who had planned a quiet Christmas, end up joining the ...
Style: christmas special, not serious, humorous, feel good
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: christmas, puppet, muppets, holiday, xmas, new year, weirdo, christmas time, christmas season, blizzard, puppetry, sesame street ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: usa
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 6.7
 19K
The Hobbit (1977)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Bilbo Baggins the Hobbit was just minding his own business, when his occasional visitor Gandalf the Wizard drops in one night. One by one, a whole group of dwarves drop in, and before he knows it, Bilbo has joined their quest to reclaim their ...
Style: stylized, adult animation, exciting, grindhouse, psychedelic ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot: medieval, middle earth, imaginary kingdom, fantasy world, supernatural ability, wizard, good versus evil, sword and sorcery, lord of the rings, hobbit, sorcery, dragon ...
Time: prehistory, prehistoric times, 70s, 80s
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Wild in the Streets (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Max Flatow is a precocious, social miscreant who has a way with home-made explosives. When he tires of these, he runs away from home only to emerge seven years later as Max Frost, the world's most popular entertainer. When Congressman John ...
Style: psychological, independent film, cynical, biting, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: counterculture, hippie, attorney, satire, lsd, juvenile delinquency, politics, concert, organist, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, blonde, singer ...
Time: 60s
Place: washington d.c., los angeles
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 5.0
 129
Night of Evil (1962)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A young woman's rise to fame after she wins a beauty contest is cut short when she marries an ex-convict.
Style: independent film, crying, psychotronic
Plot: rape victim, cheerleader, stripper, beauty pageant, reporter, singer, soccer match, diner, cocktail party, abduction, ballroom dancing, girl ...
Time: 1950s, year 1960, 50s
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Leader of the Band (1987)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Eddie is a down-on-his-luck bar pianist who has just been fired from another job. Desperate for work, he finds a school looking for a leader for its hopelessly incompetent marching band. Somehow, Eddie has to whip these kids into shape in time for ...
Style: inspirational, feel good, uplifting, lighthearted, comedy drama ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: underdog, teamwork, school, rehearsal, motivation, leadership, perseverance, heartwarming, teacher student relationship, musical performance, competition, piano ...
Place: georgia
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Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug addiction are featured.
Style: retro, realistic, intellectual, powerful, bleak ...
Plot: jazz, biopic, african american, drug abuse, music, musician, racism, blaxploitation, drug addiction, black, blues, addiction ...
Time: 1930s, year 1972, 1940s, 20th century, 70s
Place: america, harlem, new york city, usa, north america, baltimore ...
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The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984)
Genre: Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 237 min.
TV show
Story: This movie describes the founding of the modern Olympics and concentrates on the creation of the American team and their trials in getting to the Olympics in Athens.
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, crying
Plot: olympics, athletic training, competition, athlete, male nudity, mama's boy, intrigue, track and field, swimming, greek, studying, cycling ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s, 20th century, victorian era
Place: athens greece, greece, usa, pittsburgh, new york ...
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The Star Maker (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The adventures and deceptions of a photographer who travels through the small villages of Sicily pretending that he is working for the big film studios in Rome.
Style: serious, sentimental, sincere, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: erotic scene, filmmaking, love and romance, hidden identity, self discovery, disorder, hopes, village life, cons and scams, village, small town, on the road ...
Time: 20th century, 50s
Place: sicily, italy, europe, madrid, rome italy ...
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My One and Only (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A mother takes her two sons on an unusual road trip from New York. Pittsburgh, St. Louis and eventually Hollywood in her quest to find a man to take care of them all.
Style: realistic, semi serious, captivating, humorous, sincere ...
Plot: road trip, coming of age, parents and children, obsessive quest, teenage life, siblings relations, starting over, father son relationship, teenager, writers, sarcasm, stepfather stepson relationship ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, year 2009, 20th century, year 1953
Place: usa, kansas city, los angeles, boston, new york ...
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 7.2
 22K
Brassed Off (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A small Yorkshire mining town is threatened with being shut down and the only hope is for the men to enter their Grimley Colliery Brass Band into a national competition. They believe they have no hope until Gloria appears carrying her Flugelhorn. At ...
Style: sexy, feel good, emotional, touching, indie film ...
Plot: brass band, relationships, small town, music, mining, competition, working class, singer, drinking, hospital, poverty, adulthood ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1992, year 1996, 70s ...
Place: england, northern england, europe, london, yorkshire ...
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The Band's Visit (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Israel, USA, France
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Once-not long ago-a small Egyptian police band arrived in Israel. Not many remember this... It wasn't that important. A band comprised of members of the Egyptian police force head to Israel to play at the inaugural ceremony of an Arab arts ...
Style: emotional, atmospheric, sincere, humorous, feel good ...
Plot: culture clash, musician, israeli, orchestra, small town, ethnic conflict, fish out of water, society, disorder, melancholy, desert, loneliness ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: israel, middle east, palestine, maghreb, alexandria egypt ...
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Primetime Glick (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Jiminy Glick, a character first introduced on the The Martin Short Show now has his own show. His gross incompetence and clueless confidence shine in conversations with various celebrities. There's also an opening monologue with Glick that ...
Style: parody, humorous, absurd, dark comedy, spoof
Plot: talk show, interview, disorder, artists and showbiz, celebrity, tv star, monologue, fame, satire, fictional reality show, family relations, cell phone ...
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