Blues movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant blues movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, touching, humorous, captivating, serious and feel good films and TV shows about / with blues, music, musician, singer, friendship, friends, storytelling, dancing, singing and dialogue plots mostly in Music, Drama and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
blues
TOP 10 movies tagged as blues: Blues Brothers 2000 (1998), Crossroads (1986), The Blues Brothers (1980), Ghost World (2001), Cadillac Records (2008), Honeydripper (2007), Bessie (2015), Respect (2021), The Commitments (1991), Schultze Gets the Blues (2003).
Best films
List of blues movies
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Elwood, the now lone "Blues Brother" finally released from prison, is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise funds for a children's hospital. Once again hitting the road to re-unite the band and win ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, scary, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
blues, car chase, chase, music, dancing, buddy, prison, on the road, starting over, rivalry, orphan, buddies ...
Time:
90s
Place:
louisiana, usa, chicago illinois
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Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Cult classic starring Ralph Macchio as a want-to-be blues guitar virtuoso who seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician Robert Johnson.
Style:
road movie, light, inspirational, captivating, buddy movie ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
deal with the devil, music, blues, rock and roll, destiny, coming of age, on the road, mentor, supernatural, musician, transformation, life philosophy ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
mississippi, usa, new york, california
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Jake Blues is just out of jail, and teams up with his brother, Elwood on a 'mission from God' to raise funds for the orphanage in which they grew up. The only thing they can do is do what they do best – play music – so they get their ...
Style:
funny, road movie, buddy movie, surreal, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
chase, music, blues, road trip, dancing, car, rock and roll, car chase, police chase, buddy, cult, prison ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago illinois, usa, illinois
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123K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls' ...
Style:
thought provoking, melancholic, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, age difference, friendship, older man younger woman relationship, graduation, blues, teenage life, teenage girl, best friends, youth, adolescence, misfit ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, indiana, los angeles
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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, talky, intense, stylized ...
Plot:
music, rock and roll, musician's life, blues, success, music business, african american, singer, jazz, greed, rags to riches, showbiz ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, 50s, 1940s
Place:
usa, chicago illinois, poland, london, mississippi
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In 1950s Alabama, the owner of the Honeydripper juke joint finds his business dropping off and against his better judgment, hires a young electric guitarist in a last ditch effort to draw crowds during harvest time.
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, captivating, psychological, uplifting ...
Plot:
blues, music, rise and fall, prodigy, friendship, musician's life, rising to stardom, follow your dream, ambition, love triangle, club, rivalry ...
Time:
50s
Place:
alabama, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.
Style:
realistic, emotional, serious, factual, gloomy ...
Plot:
blues, black lgbt, lesbian, rise to the top, musician's life, african american, artists and showbiz, music, life is a bitch, ambition, rising to stardom, lgbt ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s, 1930s
Place:
usa, tennessee, pennsylvania, southern usa, new york
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16K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
The rise of Aretha Franklin’s career from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to her international superstardom.
Style:
captivating, uplifting, factual, emotional, disturbing ...
Plot:
blues, showbiz, celebrity, african american, musician's life, fame, rising to stardom, racial issues, fight for justice, black history, cult figure, righting the wronged ...
Time:
60s, 70s, year 1966, year 1963, year 2005 ...
Place:
usa, paris france, detroit, atlanta georgia, amsterdam ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Jimmy Rabbitte, just a tick out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females ...
Style:
feel good, realistic, humorous, affectionate, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
music, musician, rock and roll, working class, irish, singer, friendship, rock, bittersweet, blues, dancing, small town ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, england, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Schultze is an accordion player and newly without work. When the local music club celebrates its 50th anniversary, his taste of music changes unexpectedly.
Style:
touching, humorous, melancholic, road movie, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, small town, music, blues, german, obsession, loneliness, retirement, life philosophy, self discovery, musician's life, boat ...
Place:
louisiana, germany, texas, east germany, austin texas ...
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A guitar playing car thief meets an autistic savant piano player, and together they transform a group of reluctant halfway house convicts into The Killer Diller Blues Band.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
blues, prodigy, ambition, musician's life, fish out of water, prison life, criminal heroes, partners, misfit, piano, college, autism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, missouri
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Ambitious yakuza Kenji befriends harmonica-playing bartender Chuji, who moonlights as a part-time drug-dealer for the opposing gang. Their friendship is threatened by Kenji's plans for advancement, as well as by his bodyguards growing jealousy ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, bleak, rough
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
yakuza, gangsters, blues, gay asian, samurai, nightclub, friendship, drug dealing, friends, couples, criminal heroes, gang ...
Time:
90s
Place:
asia, japan, okinawa japan
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Midler is the rock-and-roll singer Mary Rose Foster (known as the Rose to her legions of fans), whose romantic relationships and mental health are continuously imperiled by the demands of life on the road.
Style:
sexy, talky, road movie, intense, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
addiction, rock and roll, rock band, love, musician, women, alcohol abuse, rock, drug abuse, music, bittersweet, blues ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1969, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Deloris Van Cartier is again asked to don the nun's habit to help a run-down Catholic school, presided over by Mother Superior. And if trying to reach out to a class full of uninterested students wasn't bad enough, the sisters discover ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, sexy, light, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, family outing
Plot:
nun, music, teacher, women, dancing, mentor, hip hop, catholic school, blues, woman, church, teenager ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
california, las vegas, san francisco, usa
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102K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Reno singer witnesses a mob murder and the cops stash her in a nunnery to protect her from the hitmen. The mother superior does not trust her, and takes steps to limit her influence on the other nuns. Eventually the singer rescues the failing ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, light, sweet ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
nun, music, fish out of water, witness protection, convent, friendship, church choir, women, gangsters, murder witness, dancing, comedy of errors ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1968
Place:
usa, san francisco, las vegas, california, nevada
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
The story Follows Reid Morrison, a down and out musician who tries to escape his hometown mistakes and start over in New Orleans. Thinking the mistakes he has made will never be forgiven, he attempts to seclude himself from anything worth while. ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining
Plot:
confronting the past, blues, musician, musician's life, male female relationship, lifestyle, life, dealing with the past, troubled past, changing lives, new life, secret past ...
Place:
new orleans
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A Tennessee-set drama focused on an individual's spiritual redemption.
Style:
semi serious, atmospheric, captivating, psychological, talky ...
Plot:
friends, self discovery, on the road, music, musician's life, friendship, americana, haunted by the past, blues, journey, blaxploitation, alcohol abuse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tennessee, texas, usa, alabama, nashville tennessee
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The life of Blues and folk singer Huddie Leadbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly is recounted. Covering the good times and bad from his 20s to 40s. Much of that time was spent on chain gangs in the south. Even in prison he became well known for the songs he ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, emotional, rough ...
Plot:
blues, blaxploitation, civil rights, singer, racism, rock and roll, injustice, musician's life, music, life is a bitch, society, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927. Adapted from August Wilson's play.
Style:
uplifting, serious, rough, queer cinema
Plot:
musician, african american, blues, racism, black american, lgbt, stuttering, suspense, female protagonist, promise, fired from the job, pianist ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
chicago illinois, harlem, washington d.c., memphis, atlanta georgia ...
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3K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
She is a scientist. He is a Lebanese doctor. They meet at a banquet and fall into a carefree, passionate relationship. But difficulties abound because of his heritage and her loveless marriage. She flies to Havana to sort things out on the beach and ...
Style:
witty, stylized, lyrical, philosophical, sincere ...
Plot:
infidelity, culture clash, love affair, racism, social differences, crumbling marriage, society, couple relations, exile, husband wife relationship, islam, death ...
Place:
london, cuba, latin america, europe, england ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. On their journey they come across many comical characters and incredible situations. Based upon Homer's ...
Style:
road movie, funny, entertaining, surreal, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
prison escape, on the run, small town, music, great depression, treasure hunt, obsessive quest, country music, runaway, dark humor, buddies, satire ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1937
Place:
mississippi, ancient greece, usa, southern usa
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he lives in 1960s Lackawanna, New York.
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, family relations, family problems, lifestyle, youth, parents and children, friends, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, mother son relationship, rock and roll ...
Time:
50s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
new york, africa, usa, pennsylvania, new york yankees ...
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Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
This is the story of Mr. Brochu, whose friends like to call "the Boss". He runs his gas station the best he can and tries to stay happy no matter what happens. This movie relates all the small tragedies surrounding the gaz bar, such as ...
Style:
semi serious, sincere, realistic, humorous, contemplative
Plot:
family business, hopes, single parent, human nature, introspection, family problems, family in crisis, working class, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, father daughter relationship, gas station ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, quebec, berlin germany, germany, east berlin
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the sordid life and suspicious death of Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones, who was found in the bottom of his swimming pool weeks after being let go from the band.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, erotic, retro ...
Plot:
rock, music, drug abuse, musician's life, showbiz, life is a bitch, rock star, rise and fall, rock and roll, addiction, artists and showbiz, music band ...
Time:
60s
Place:
munich germany, london, paris france, morocco
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Genre: Documentary, Biography, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Though several actors portray Elvis Presley at different stages of his life, this documentary is comprised mostly of actual performance footage and interviews with Elvis, his fans and those close to him. This biographical docu-drama features rare ...
Style:
melancholic, road movie, entertaining, sad, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
rock and roll, music, elvis presley, musician, hospital, singer, death, loneliness, marriage, unlikely friendships, childhood, natural disaster ...
Time:
70s, 60s, 50s, 80s
Place:
new jersey, hawaii, germany, las vegas, memphis
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When an unhappy young woman disappears, her worried sister desperately searches the internet for a clue to her missing sibling's whereabouts.
Style:
serious, psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, mind bending ...
Plot:
missing person, riddles and clues, woman in danger, investigation, mind game, amateur detective, dangerous attraction, haunted by the past, dishonesty, voyeurism, rivalry, blues ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful gig at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls ...
Style:
touching, sincere, philosophical, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
self discovery, meaning of life, afterlife, life, lifestyle change, acceptance, life & death, life after death, jazz, musician, following a dream, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time:
future
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, is looking everywhere for love, but never quite finding it.
Style:
psychological, sexy, emotional, melancholic, rough ...
Plot:
sex scene, captive, redemption, nymphomaniac, drugs, unfaithful girlfriend, promiscuous woman, friendship, sex addict, psychology, going straight, nervous breakdown ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tennessee, southern usa, usa, mississippi
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Memphis Beat is an American drama series that debuted on TNT on June 22, 2010 and ended on August 16, 2011. Memphis Beat was officially canceled on October 14, 2011.
Style:
serious, sentimental, realistic, humorous, offbeat
Plot:
police detective, police investigation, policewoman, police station, blues, family relations, law enforcement, workplace, parents and children, chief of police, officer, living with parents ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
memphis, southern usa, usa, tennessee
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A naive Canadian barber who knows US popular culture inside and out meets a flamboyant roadie who needs someone to drive her and her "brother's" corpse from Thunder Bay, Ontario to New Orleans. Chaos ensues after the barber agrees to ...
Style:
road movie, talky, humorous, tricky, enigmatic ...
Plot:
rock and roll, road trip, dark humor, chase, small town, friendship, car, drug dealing, devil, cult, gunfight, eccentricity ...
Time:
70s, 90s
Place:
canada, new orleans, california, tokyo, usa ...
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