| The Chorus (2004) | 7.9 | |
| Almost Famous (2000) | 7.9 | |
| The Legend of 1900 (1998) | 8.0 | |
| August Rush (2007) | 7.4 | |
| Soul (2020) | 8.0 |
Musician movies and TV shows – page 2
Best films
New films
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:
costume drama, rough, serious, suspense, period piece ...
Plot:
african american, musician, blues, black, racism, black american, lgbt, jazz, lesbian, black history, recording studio, bigger dreams ...
Time:
1920s, 2020s
Place:
chicago, harlem, atlanta georgia, birmingham alabama, georgia ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Canada, Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Scott Pilgrim is a 23 year old Canadian slacker and wannabe rockstar who falls in love with an American delivery girl, Ramona V. Flowers, and must defeat her seven "evil exes" to be able to date her.
Style:
stylized, entertaining, funny, visually stunning, offbeat ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
magic realism, coming of age, twentysomething life, music band, musician, rock, dating, fight scenes, manic pixie dream girl, love and romance, hipster, teenage girl ...
Time:
2010s, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
canada, montreal, north america, toronto ontario canada
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84K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young wannabe musician who discovers he has bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank.
Style:
surreal, melancholic, tragicomedy, black comedy, touching ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
music, music band, musician, suicide, strange person, dark humor, creativity, identity, eccentricity, mental illness, character study, solitude ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, britain, usa, austin texas, ethiopia ...
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
During the Great Depression, identical twins are separated at birth. One, Drexel Hemsley becomes a wildly successful '50s rock star, while the other, Ryan Wade, struggles to balance his passion for music and pleasing his parents, who want him ...
Style:
captivating, serious, realistic, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
musician, family relations, supportive spouse, musician's life, twin brother, artists and showbiz, follow your dream, rising to stardom, jazz, christian, family secret, great depression ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 50s, 60s, 1940s ...
Place:
usa, alabama
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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: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A film about the singer Tina Turner and how she rose to stardom with her abusive husband Ike Turner and how she gained the courage to break free.
Style:
inspirational, sincere, intense, serious, emotional ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
music, musician, domestic violence, african american, black woman, biopic, singer, violence against women, abusive husband, rape victim, african american woman, female protagonist ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s, 60s, year 1993 ...
Place:
usa, tennessee, california, africa, new york ...
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert ...
Style:
mockumentary, parody, funny, independent film, spoof ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heavy metal, satire, musician, music, rock music, rock and roll, profanity, concert tour, singer, dating, chauffeur, friendship ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, 70s
Place:
seattle, middle east, austin texas, atlanta georgia, north carolina ...
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A young man with a talent for music meets an aspiring singer, Apollonia, and finds that talent alone isn't all that he needs.
Style:
captivating, exciting, realistic, sentimental, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
musician, rivalry, african american, motorcycle, singer, music, redemption, dysfunctional family, rock band, possessiveness, skinny dipping, dysfunctional marriage ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
minneapolis minnesota, minnesota, usa, north america
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71K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, France, Australia, Japan, USA
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:
atmospheric, depressing, sad, cult classic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
music, suicide, punk, singer, musician's life, depression, musician, punk rock, rock and roll, biopic, epilepsy, music band ...
Time:
70s, year 2007, y2k, year 1980, year 1973 ...
Place:
england, london, manchester, northern england, europe
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99K
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
The Burlesque Lounge has its best days behind it. Tess, a retired dancer and owner of the venue, struggles to keep the aging theater alive, facing all kinds of financial and artistic challenges. With the Lounge's troupe members becoming ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, entertaining, light, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
dancing, performer's life, desire for fame, cabaret, dancer, burlesque, ambition, love and romance, happy ending, sexy woman, nightlife, nightclub ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, iowa, usa, canada
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4K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A re-imagining of the life and times of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas Outlaw Music movement.
Style:
psychological, realistic, captivating, contemplative, sad ...
Plot:
musician, country music, songwriter, biopic, rise and fall, love story, multiple storylines, society, travel, friendship, legend, mission ...
Place:
usa, texas, austin texas
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Austria, Germany
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.
Style:
disturbing, sexual, controversial, psychological, erotic drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bdsm, older woman younger man relationship, masochism, age difference, perversion, rape, desire, teacher, obsession, sex scene, sex, sexual relations ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
vienna, france, germany, austria, europe ...
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story:
Metalocalypse is an American animated television series, created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha, which premiered on August 6, 2006 on Adult Swim. The television program centers around the larger than life death metal band Dethklok, and often ...
Style:
adult animation, parody, not serious, disturbing, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
heavy metal, dark humor, rock, music band, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, musician, music, graphic violence, musician's life, chaos, popularity ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music
Country: China, USA, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a radio falls from the sky into the hands of a wide-eyed Tibetan Mastiff, he leaves home to fulfill his dream of becoming a musician, setting into motion a series of completely unexpected events.
Style:
3d animation, captivating, exciting, computer animated, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly
Plot:
dog, musician, village, father son relationship, rock, singing, music, furry, rock and roll, cat, inspiration, deception ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
It's late 17th century. The viola da gamba player Monsieur de Sainte Colombe comes home to find that his wife died while he was away. In his grief he builds a small house in his garden into wich he moves to dedicate his life to music and his ...
Style:
visually stunning, stylized, emotional, crying, mesmerizing ...
Plot:
classical music, musician, music, cello, art, artist, composer, food, shoemaker, skinny dipping, death, suffering ...
Time:
17th century, year 1991, 19th century, 70s
Place:
france, europe, versailles, paris france
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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:
independent film, cult classic, realistic, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
musician, working class, music, rock and roll, profanity, singer, friendship, rock, blues, bittersweet, rock music, young couple ...
Time:
year 1991, 90s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, england, europe
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Genre: Drama, Music, Mystery, Romance
Country: France, Poland, Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Julie is haunted by her grief after living through a tragic auto wreck that claimed the life of her composer husband and young daughter. Her initial reaction is to withdraw from her relationships, lock herself in her apartment and suppress her pain. ...
Style:
cerebral, sexy, philosophical, visual, art house ...
Plot:
grief, classical music, musician, solitude, loss of child, sex, mourning, trauma, loneliness, depression, stripper, car accident ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
paris france, france, poland, eastern europe, europe
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
Rihito Sajo, an honor student with a perfect score on the entrance exam and Hikaru Kusakabe, in a band and popular among girls, would have never crossed paths. Until one day they started talking at the practice for their school’s upcoming chorus ...
Style:
anime, yaoi, touching, sincere, light ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
love and romance, couple relations, coming of age, couples, gay, fall in love, youth, musician, love, boys love, male male relationship, high school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the early years of the hard rock band, Def Leppard, the group faces both success and personal tragedies such as drummer, Rick Allen losing his arm in a car accident and guitarist Steve Clark's alcohol addiction.
Style:
captivating, disturbing
Plot:
heavy metal, musician, rock music, music band, hard rock, rehearsal, desire for fame, musician's life, alcohol abuse, ambition, coping, direction and purpose ...
Time:
80s
Place:
britain
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
19-year old Belle practices playing the violin diligently, but is unable to impart her music with a sensitive undertone. Her life changes when she discovers that sexual desire stimulates passion in her music.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sentimental, touching, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lust, musician, coming of age, sex, young lovers, sex with a stranger, orgy, audition, sexual relations, male pubic hair, erection, unsimulated sex ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
holland
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22K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The directorial debut of Dustin Hoffman, Quartet is a high-drama comedy about temperamental divas and old grudges, passion and pride, romance and Rigoletto. At a home for retired musicians, the annual concert to celebrate Verdi's birthday is ...
Style:
sentimental, sexy, touching, sincere, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
elderly, opera, retirement home, retired, reconciliation, concert, old age, musician, retirement, divorced couple, friendship, music ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, paris france
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics of her host family's relationships and alters their lives forever.
Style:
sexy, serious, gloomy, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
older man younger woman relationship, age difference, midlife crisis, couples, teenage girl, musician, forbidden love, husband wife relationship, music teacher, illicit affair, older man young girl relationship, male teacher female student affair ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, Germany, Hungary
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A fictionalised exploration of Beethoven's life in his final days working on his Ninth Symphony. It is 1824. Beethoven is racing to finish his new symphony. However, it has been years since his last success and he is plagued by deafness, ...
Style:
period piece, captivating, realistic, touching, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
composer, classical music, musician, horse, mute or deaf, artist, music, biopic, musician's life, contests and competitions, love and romance, obsession ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, ancient times, 1800s, year 2006 ...
Place:
germany, austria, europe, vienna
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Although Brad has a satisfying career, a sweet wife and a comfortable life in suburban Sacramento, things aren't quite what he imagined during his college glory days. When he accompanies his musical prodigy son on a university tour, he ...
Style:
thought provoking, light, captivating, humorous, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
midlife crisis, musician, father son relationship, old friend, jealousy, husband wife relationship, insomnia, wealth, money, introspection, orchestra, group of friends ...
Place:
sacramento california, harvard university, boston, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Romantic comedy about an ambitious teaching student, busy preparing for her final exams, whose studies are interrupted by a passionate affair with a jazz musician.
Twenty-one-year-old Valentine (Sophie Marceau) works part time as a teacher while ...
Style:
realistic, romantic, light, sentimental, retro ...
Plot:
musician, student life, couples, sexual content, love affair, relationship vs career, musician's life, student, ambition, youth, twentysomething life, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Belgium, Canada, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Paulo, a young pianist, meets Ilir, a double-bass player originally from Albania. It's love at first sight. Confronted by Anka, Paulo finds himself out on the street. Despite Ilir's misgivings, Paulo moves in with him. One day, when Paulo ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, touching, sexual, serious ...
Plot:
gay, musician, gay slur, gay couple, gay relationship, gay sex, kinky sex, prison, sadomasochism, gays and lesbians, love affair, love and romance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
belgium
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29K
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Rayna Jaymes and Juliette Barnes face personal and professional challenges as they navigate their paths as artists and individuals. Surrounding them, and often complicating their lives, are their family, friends and, in some cases, lovers, as well ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, sincere, serious, sentimental ...
Plot:
country music, fame, musician, music, hopes, music industry, closeted homosexual, celebrity, family relations, lifestyle, desire for fame, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, southern usa, nashville tennessee, tennessee
Is relevant?
208K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.
Style:
inspirational, uplifting, touching, stylized, compassionate ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
musician, rock music, homosexual, homosexuality, biopic, lgbt, gay, rock and roll, addiction, pop music, rising to stardom, drug use ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, 70s, 2010s, future ...
Place:
california, england, los angeles, london, new york ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Austria
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Andreas and Stefan lead a happy and passionate life: Together with their beloved tomcat Moses, they live in a beautiful old house in Vienna's vineyards. They work as a musician and as a scheduler in the same orchestra and they love their large ...
Style:
homoerotic, psychological, unusual plot structure, contemplative, sincere ...
Plot:
gay interest, gay, gay couple, gay lead character, gay relationship, gay love, musician, male nudity, homosexuality, erection, gay erotica, cat ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
austria
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