| FM (2009) | 7.7 | |
| Radio Free Roscoe (2003) | 7.6 | |
| Good Morning, Vietnam (1987) | 7.3 | |
| Talk to Me (2007) | 7.3 | |
| Radio (2003) | 6.9 |
Radio movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant radio movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, suspense, humorous, interesting, clever and weird films and TV shows about / with radio, radio show, catastrophe, mentor, storytelling, dialogue, radio station, runaway, destiny and death plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in USA, Canada, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as radio: Pump Up the Volume (1990), Radio Days (1987), The Night Listener (2006), The Boat That Rocked (2009), Frequency (2000), Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), How I Ended This Summer (2010), A Prairie Home Companion (2006), Radio Free Roscoe (2003), Radioland Murders (1994).
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mark Hunter is an intelligent but shy teenager who has just moved to suburban Arizona from New York. Unbeknownst to his parents and peers, at 10pm each school night Mark takes to the shortwave radio in his basement and transforms into pirate DJ ...
Style:
teen, independent film, cult classic, realistic, dark comedy ...
Audience:
date night, teens, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
radio, high school, suicide, teenager, coming of age, rebellion, rock, youth, depression, social commentary, rock and roll, school ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
arizona, seattle, usa, phoenix arizona, california
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The Narrator (Woody Allen) tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary ...
Style:
sentimental, humorous, emotional, touching, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
radio, working class, dysfunctional family, coming of age, rescue, lifestyle, love and romance, family problems, parents and children, new year's eve, world war two, nostalgia ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1987, 70s ...
Place:
new york, coney island brooklyn new york city, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan, a young boy, via the telephone. But when questions about the boy's identity come up, the host's life is thrown into chaos.
Style:
suspense, melancholic, stylized, dark, atmospheric ...
Plot:
radio, aids, amateur detective, listener, storytelling, book, adaptation, pedophile, mental illness, snow, illness, hospital ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, wisconsin
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
The Boat that Rocked is an ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It's about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing the music that defines a generation and standing up to a government ...
Style:
humorous, sentimental, funny, light, colorful ...
Plot:
rock, radio, music, hippie, rock and roll, rock music, boat, musician, friendship, rebellion, marijuana, counterculture ...
Time:
year 2009, 20th century, 60s
Place:
london, britain, england
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent his dad's tragic death. After his actions inadvertently give rise to a series of brutal ...
Style:
psychological, clever, feel good, serious, touching ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, time, radio, father son relationship, investigation, police detective, parallel universe, altering history, murder mystery, changing the past or future, murder, rescue ...
Time:
future, year 1999, year 1969, year 2000, y2k ...
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Radio funny man Adrian Cronauer is sent to Vietnam to bring a little comedy back into the lives of the soldiers. After setting up shop, Cronauer delights the G.I.s but shocks his superior officer, Sergeant Major Dickerson, with his irreverent take ...
Style:
retro, funny, clever, feel good, political ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
vietnam war, radio, violence, military, radio dj, satire, teaching, bicycle, friendship, soldier, great war, politics ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, year 1965, 80s
Place:
vietnam, asia, saigon, indochina, iraq
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Two men at a remote Arctic base begin mistrusting each other after an important radio message.
Style:
psychological, tense, atmospheric, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
wilderness, radio, solitude, isolation, survival, arctic, human nature, danger, confined, dishonesty, snow, winter ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
ussr, soviet union, russia, antarctica
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court
Style:
humorous, lyrical, feel good, sentimental, touching ...
Plot:
radio, backstage, country music, musician's life, lifestyle, society, showbiz, artists and showbiz, music, singer, death, storytelling ...
Time:
year 2006, 70s, 21st century
Place:
minnesota, usa, chicago, wisconsin, texas ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Radio Free Roscoe was a Canadian television series filmed in Toronto, Ontario. The show was produced by Decode Entertainment, and it first aired on 1 August 2003 on Family, in Canada. It has also been dubbed in French in the province of Quebec and ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, sincere, psychological, teen ...
Audience:
kids, teens, teen drama
Plot:
radio, high school, teenage life, friends, rebelliousness, lifestyle, generation gap, high school life, underground, misfit, high school student, unrequited love ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Musical, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
In 1939, WBN, a fourth radio network, is about to take to America's airwaves. As if the confusion of the premiere night wasn't enough, Penny Henderson, the owner's secretary, must deal with an unhappy sponsor, an overbearing boss and ...
Style:
humorous, witty, suspenseful, semi serious, period piece ...
Plot:
radio, husband wife relationship, radio station, murder, murder mystery, coping, whodunit, director, showbiz, twists and turns, secrets, investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 1930s, year 1994, year 1939
Place:
usa, chicago, london
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.
Style:
talky, suspense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
radio, social commentary, paranoid, radio dj, death, murder, introspection, racism, anonymity, twists and turns, liberal, media ...
Time:
20th century, year 1988, 80s
Place:
texas, usa, dallas texas
Is relevant?
19K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
NewsRadio is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from 1995 to 1999. The series was created by executive producer Paul Simms, and was filmed in front of a studio audience at CBS Studio Center and Sunset Gower Studios. The ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty ...
Plot:
workplace, radio, radio station, producer, employer employee relationship, boss and employee, friendship, power relations, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, office, ceo ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, wisconsin
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
High school football coach, Harold Jones befriends Radio, a mentally-challenged man who becomes a student at T.L. Hanna High School in Anderson, South Carolina. Their friendship extends over several decades, where Radio transforms from a shy, ...
Style:
feel good, inspirational, sentimental, sweet, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, family outing, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
american football, football, disability, underdog, radio, destiny, friendship, teacher, prejudice, football team, bully, football player ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 2003, 60s
Place:
cuba, south carolina, san francisco
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
When a Cincinnati radio station switches from sedate music to top-40 rock 'n' roll, its staff of oddball characters is forced to switch gears quickly. New programming director Andy Travis brings in a new DJ named Venus Flytrap to work with ...
Style:
sitcom, not serious, realistic, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
radio, radio station, workplace, radio dj, new year, stoner, team, christmas, lust, secretary, satire, power relations ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
ohio, usa, cincinnati ohio
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
High school senior Tara is so painfully shy that she dreads speaking to anyone in the hallways or getting called on in class. But in the privacy of her bedroom with her iPod in hand, she rocks out -- doing mock broadcasts for Miami's hottest FM ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, teen, light ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, kids, family outing, chick flick ...
Plot:
high school, teenager, high school life, teenage girl, youth, popularity, teenage love, prom, teenage life, secret identity, first love, shyness ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, washington d.c., usa
Is relevant?
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
FM is a British sitcom which aired on ITV2, starring Chris O'Dowd, Kevin Bishop and Nina Sosanya. The series followed the lives of two DJs and their producer on their FM radio programme, "Skin 86.5 FM". The show also featured music ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, witty ...
Plot:
radio, producer, workplace, radio dj, artists and showbiz, workplace situations, lifestyle, disorder, music, power relations, media, british ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
england
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A late night radio host is trapped inside the station by a violent storm after being bitten by a rabid bat.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, unusual plot structure, scary
Plot:
radio, radio station, scream queen, vampire bite, killing, peril, escapades, supernatural power, supernatural ability, murder, evil, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
"I'll blow up Mapo Bridge." An anonymous call comes into a radio station one day. When it turns out to be legitimate, a terrorist's threats end up getting broadcast live throughout the country.
Style:
suspense, realistic, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
radio, terrorist, terrorism, reporter, terror, negotiation, media sensation, media, danger, once in a lifetime opportunity, justice, threat ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, south korea, seoul
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When disc jockey Grant Mazzy reports to his basement radio station in the Canadian town of Pontypool, he thinks it's just another day at work. But when he hears reports of a virus that turns people into zombies, Mazzy barricades himself in the ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, creepy, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, deadly virus, virus, epidemic, supernatural, zombie apocalypse, radio, infection, small town, survival, insanity, fear ...
Time:
year 2008, distant future
Place:
ontario canada, canada
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Contact is a science fiction film about an encounter with alien intelligence. Based on the novel by Carl Sagan the film starred Jodie Foster as the one chosen scientist who must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and ...
Style:
inspirational, philosophical, cerebral, emotional, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
science, nasa, space travel, scientist, alien encounter, astronomy, first contact, religion, space and aliens, intelligence, alien contact, research ...
Time:
future, 90s, 20th century, distant future
Place:
puerto rico, new mexico, florida, washington d.c., usa ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit ...
Style:
inspirational, period piece, sincere, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
british history, stuttering, world war two, british royal family, royal family, politics, queen, friendship, british monarchy, monarchy, historical character, king ...
Time:
1930s, year 2010, pre world war two, 50s, 2000s ...
Place:
england, britain, london, united kingdom, scotland ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
On Halloween night in New Salem, Radio DJs Chilly Billy and Paul tell a twisted anthology of terrifying local myths. Residents of the small-town experience horrifying paranormal encounters that lead them to a grim end.
Style:
anthology, suspense, scary, bleak, slasher ...
Plot:
halloween, radio, clown, creature, monster, killer clown, evil clown, fear, disguise, society, characters killed one by one, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A young boy who tries to set his dad up on a date after the death of his mother. He calls into a radio station to talk about his dad’s loneliness which soon leads the dad into meeting a Journalist Annie who flies to Seattle to write a story about ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, touching, sentimental, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, family outing, kids, girls' night ...
Plot:
happy ending, radio, loneliness, single parent, couples, love and romance, love story, looking for love, life, destiny, starting over, love ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1993, year 1992, year 1991
Place:
seattle, manhattan new york city, new york, washington state, baltimore ...
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality. But with Harry's beloved Dumbledore dead and Voldemort's unscrupulous ...
Style:
dark fantasy, saga, epic, teen, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, teen fantasy, family friendly ...
Plot:
magic, witch, harry potter, magical, boarding school, good versus evil, wizard, bravery, wizards and magicians, chosen one, young heroes, fantasy world ...
Time:
year 2010, year 1997, year 1998, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
london, europe, england
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
There is a war in the world between the men and the women. A young girl tries to escape this reality and comes to a hidden place where a strange unicorn lives with a family: Sister, Brother, many children and an old woman that never leaves her bed ...
Style:
mind bending, surreal, atmospheric, psychological, offbeat ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
surrealism, pig, children, death, old woman, breast feeding, misogyny, female soldier, brother sister relationship, eccentric family, magical creature, talking animal ...
Time:
year 1975, future
Place:
turkey
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The City of Salem, Massachusetts is visited by a coven of ancient witches.
Style:
splatter, disturbing, atmospheric, surreal, gothic ...
Plot:
witch, supernatural, occult, radio station, devil, violent, losing-it hero, spell, curse, radio, radio dj, burned alive ...
Time:
2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
salem massachusetts, new england, usa, massachusetts, boston ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Shogo, the arrogant and condescending star of a popular call-in radio-show must temporarily broadcast out of Studio 6, a creepy and dilapidated booth abandoned since its last DJ committed suicide several years ago. Suddenly, Shogo begins receiving ...
Style:
suspense, mystical, scary, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
radio, paranormal activity, radio dj, revenge, psycho terror, paranormal phenomena, paranoia, puzzle, secret, paranormal, dark secret, phone terror ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Larry Abbot, speaker in the radio horror shows of Manhattan Mystery Theater wants to marry. For the marriage he takes his fiancée home to the castle where he grew up among his eccentric relatives. His uncle decides that he needs to be cured from a ...
Style:
parody, humorous, funny, absurd, melancholic ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, dysfunctional family, farce, radio, dialogue, couples, family relations, nothing goes right, love and romance, disorder, family problems ...
Time:
80s, 1930s
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A successful veterinarian and radio show host with low self-esteem asks her model friend to impersonate her when a handsome man wants to see her.
Style:
entertaining, rom com, touching, sweet, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, kids, girls' night, chick flick, teens ...
Plot:
dog, mistaken identity, model, photographer, female protagonist, low self esteem, love story, happy ending, radio, friendship, love, blonde ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring. Director Sidney Lumet gives an atmospheric ...
Style:
tense, political, political thriller, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, nuclear holocaust, nuclear war, politics, nuclear threat, u.s. air force, military, nuclear explosion, atomic bomb, bomber, nightmare, nuclear bomb ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1967
Place:
russia, new york, washington d.c., usa, moscow russia ...
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