| The Rocker (2008) | 6.2 | |
| The Drummer (2007) | 6.9 | |
| School of Rock (2003) | 7.2 | |
| Ex Drummer (2007) | 6.9 | |
| La La Land (2016) | 8.0 |
Drummer movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant drummer movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, humorous, melancholic, weird, offbeat and clever films and TV shows about / with drummer, drums, band, singer, music, musician, friendship, dancing, singing and youth plots mostly in Drama, Music and Comedy genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as drummer: Whiplash (2014), Sound of Metal (2019), That Thing You Do! (1996), The Dirt (2019), The Rocker (2008), Sound of Noise (2010), 9 Songs (2004), The Life of Chuck (2024), The Drummer (2007), Glass Heart (2025).
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1.1M
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:
dramatic, realistic, psychological, motivational, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama, adult
Plot:
music, jazz, obsession, emotional abuse, mentor, musician, teachers and students, drummer, follow your dream, desire for fame, musician's life, public humiliation ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, north america, peru, new york, usa
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Metal drummer Ruben begins to lose his hearing. When a doctor tells him his condition will worsen, he thinks his career and life is over. His girlfriend Lou checks the former addict into a rehab for the deaf hoping it will prevent a relapse and help ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, tense, melancholic, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
musician, drummer, deafness, music, sign language, anger, drums, deaf man, emotional abuse, heavy metal, deaf, drug addict ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
missouri, paris france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.
Style:
sexy, sentimental, humorous, period piece, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, date night, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
music, rock and roll, drummer, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, recording studio, fictional band, small town, showbiz, rock band, dentist, music industry, breakup ...
Time:
60s, year 1996, 90s, 50s, 20th century
Place:
pennsylvania, los angeles, wisconsin, illinois, pittsburgh ...
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60K
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The story of Mötley Crüe and their rise from the Sunset Strip club scene of the early 1980s to superstardom.
Style:
sexy, humorous, captivating, feel good, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
rock, rock music, heavy metal, guitarist, rock band, bassist, music band, singer, celebrity, drug, drummer, price of fame ...
Time:
80s, 70s
Place:
los angeles, seattle
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Rob "Fish" Fishman is the drummer in '80s hair metal band Vesuvius. He's unceremoniously booted as the group signs a big record deal, is out of the music world for 20 years - and then receives a second chance with his ...
Style:
feel good, teen, humorous, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
music, heavy metal, music band, youth, rock, musician, rock and roll, musician's life, teenage life, drummer, mentor, high school ...
Time:
year 2008, 70s, 80s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
ohio, usa, cleveland ohio
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Music
Country: Sweden, France, Denmark
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A tone-deaf cop works to track down a group of guerilla percussionists whose anarchic public performances are terrorizing the city.
Style:
witty, humorous, not serious, captivating, dark comedy ...
Plot:
gang, music, musician, rebelliousness, police detective, rebellion, music band, law enforcement, police investigation, drums, drummer, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
year 2010
Place:
scandinavia, europe, eastern europe, seattle
Is relevant?
25K
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall - London's Brixton Academy. They are in bed at ...
Style:
erotic, sexual, sexy, sensual, controversial ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
sex, sexuality, strong sexual content, explicit sex, sex scene, lust, erection, sexual desire, desire, unsimulated sex, intercourse, sensuality ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, antarctica, britain, europe, england
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.
Style:
inspirational, crying
Plot:
life, grandparents, school, teacher, teacher student relationship, dancing, nurse, funeral, grandfather grandson relationship, grandmother grandson relationship, drummer, voice over narration ...
Place:
california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
When Sid insults a powerful triad boss, his father sends him to Taiwan for safety. Bored and restless, he discovers a community of Zen drummers high in the hills, and joins up - a decision inspired by a pretty face that soon becomes a challenge.
Style:
contemplative, psychological, realistic, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot:
gangster, martial arts, self discovery, introspection, redemption, rivalry, hopes, drummer, training, business partner, chase, on the run ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hong kong, taiwan, china, asia
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
An aspiring drummer suddenly loses her spot in the band. But when a brilliant musician recruits her for his new band, her life takes a passionate turn.
Style:
inspirational, emotional
Plot:
music industry, college, drummer, aspiring musician, female protagonist, self discovery, second chance, coming of age, passion, campus, collaboration, youth culture ...
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Music
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Forced to give up playing guitar when her mother remarried a rich real estate tycoon, Lilisa Suzunomiya's passion for music reawakens when she meets Otoha Kurogane, her seemingly perfect classmate who is secretly a heavy metal drummer!
Style:
uplifting, romantic comedy, lighthearted, anime, seinen
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
high school, heavy metal, rock, female empowerment, coming of age, drummer, friendship, secret identity, young adult, rebellion, music school, urban ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In his quest to become the world's greatest air-drummer, a small-town dreamer must overcome obstacles and ridicule to save the day.
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, captivating, cult classic ...
Plot:
youth, contests and competitions, underdog, musician's life, working class, against the odds, family relations, follow your dream, rivalry, social misfits, artists and showbiz, hopes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, new mexico, usa, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: Belgium, France, Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Three handicapped losers who form a band ask famous writer Dries to be their drummer. He joins the band and starts manipulating them.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, erotic, dark comedy, semi serious ...
Plot:
rock, punk, nihilism, strong sexual content, male rape, misogynist, homosexual, erotic scene, transgression, making love, extreme, homosexual rape ...
Time:
near future, 21st century
Place:
belgium
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Thailand
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The story takes place at the College of Music, Mahidol University over one year and covers the three seasons that Bangkok typically experiences - summer, winter and monsoon.
Style:
teen, romantic, emotional, melancholic
Plot:
coming of age, music school, friendship, orchestra, teen romance, love triangle, college, romantic rivalry, rock band, drummer, unrequited love, high school life ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Bologne rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer, complete with an ill-fated love affair and a falling out with Marie ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, realistic, costume drama, period drama ...
Plot:
violinist, composer, musician, biopic, interracial relations, society, life, musician's life, music, classical composer, direction and purpose, lifestyle ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era
Place:
paris france, france
Is relevant?
17K
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Young and impulsive Rosetta lives with her alcoholic mother and, moved by despair, she will do anything to maintain a job.
Style:
bleak, serious, art house, contemplative, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
unemployment, fishing, mother daughter conflict, snitch, realism, loneliness, pride, mother daughter relationship, coming of age, family problems, down on your luck, loser ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
belgium, france, europe, california
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Two seemingly incompatible game designers team up to create a romantic, city-wide scavenger hunt themed for the "12 Days of Christmas."
Style:
romantic, talky, touching, humorous, emotional ...
Plot:
christmas, christmas romance, job promotion, brother sister relationship, uncle niece relationship, male female relationship, video game, love, lovers, young lovers, city, couple relations ...
Place:
north america, usa, chicago
Is relevant?
6K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Teenagers stumble across a prehistoric caveman, who goes on a rampage.
Style:
sexy, independent film, grindhouse, psychotronic, prehistoric ...
Plot:
prehistoric man, caveman, neanderthal, guitarist, singing, cave painting, coyote, cave, swimming pool, teenager, desert, kidnapping ...
Time:
stone age, 60s, prehistory
Place:
mojave desert, usa, california, palm springs california
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
In a remote region in India there has been a tradition of settling differences by fighting a duel with pistols with only one bullet in each of them. Such was the duel fought by Shankar and Thakur Bhavani Singh, with the latter emerging as the ...
Style:
romantic drama
Plot:
family feud, illegitimate son, forbidden love, self sacrifice, father son relationship, gypsy, lust, drummer, pistol duel, fencing, honor, rivalry ...
Is relevant?
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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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.
Style:
sexy, witty, romantic, rom com, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
adultery, village, journalist, infidelity, female nudity, pop star, homecoming, love and romance, love affair, unfulfilled love, love triangle, disorder ...
Time:
year 2010, 18th century, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
Is relevant?
339K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Brennan Huff and Dale Doback might be grown men. But that doesn't stop them from living at home and turning into jealous, competitive stepbrothers when their single parents marry. Brennan's constant competition with Dale strains his ...
Style:
humorous, hilarious, melancholic, stylized, talky ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens, adult
Plot:
friendship, dysfunctional family, brother brother relationship, slacker, friends, adolescence vs adulthood, divorce, sibling rivalry, drums, friendship between men, stupidity, family relations ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, seattle
Is relevant?
22K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
This Beatles film has an obscure Asian cult, that believes in human sacrifice, chasing Ringo after he accidentally put on the their victim's ceremonial ring. He is pursued by the cult, a pair of mad scientists, a member of a side cult that no ...
Style:
humorous, witty, surreal, light, absurd ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
the beatles, mad scientist, music, religious cult, rock and roll, good versus evil, heroic mission, curses spells and rituals, rock, musician, pop music, human sacrifice ...
Time:
60s
Place:
england, bahamas, europe, scotland yard, buckingham palace ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: West Germany, France, Poland
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Oskar is born in Germany in 1924 with an advanced intellect. Repulsed by the hypocrisy of adults and the irresponsibility of society, he refuses to grow older after his third birthday.
Style:
surreal, disturbing, controversial, clever, epic ...
Plot:
world war two, fascism, coming of age, boy, circus, nazi, wartime life, magic realism, cheating wife, extramarital affair, infidelity, beach ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century, 1920s, year 1939 ...
Place:
germany, middle east, israel, europe, central europe ...
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A young mouse named Fievel and his family decide to migrate to America, a "land without cats," at the turn of the 20th century. But somehow, Fievel ends up in the New World alone and must fend off not only the felines he never thought ...
Style:
sweet, fairy tale, sentimental, touching, crying ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
rat, mouse, escape, childhood, good versus evil, furry, cat, animal, immigrant, orphan, american dream, greed ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s, 80s, 1880s
Place:
new york, russia, usa, hamburg germany, hong kong ...
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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
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
After Elizabeth's husband dies, she begins to play her tenor saxophone again, and remembers when she was 15 and a member of the Blonde Bombshells, an all-girl (with one exception) swing band. Accompanied by the exception and urged on by her ...
Style:
humorous, sentimental, realistic, touching, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
jazz, friendship, elderly man, musician's life, starting over, music, showbiz, love affair, lifestyle, fall in love, couple relations, unfulfillment ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
england, europe, london, scotland
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, melancholic
Plot:
punk rock, dream, rock band, friendship, aspiration, struggling artist, coming of age, slice of life, identity, urban, working class, young adult ...
Time:
80s
Place:
berlin germany, west berlin west germany
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Pop singer Kari and his girl dump a tightly wrapped mattress on a frozen lake. Things don’t quite go as planned, and the two go to Kari’s old drummer friend for help. Paranoia, jealousy and a series of increasingly absurd events ensue.
Style:
black comedy, captivating, suspense, offbeat, absurd ...
Plot:
jealousy, pop singer, secret past, singer, secret, musician, winter, relationship problems, criminal, social problems, male female relationship, snow ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A dropout comes to the aid of a chubby and suicidal high-school kid by recruiting him as the drummer for his upstart punk-rock band.
Style:
touching, melancholic, captivating, psychological, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
self discovery, overweight, friendship, youth, parents and children, coming of age, music band, misfit, unsupportive parent, suicidal, little boy, fat man ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
ethiopia, seattle, usa
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