Musician movies and TV shows – page 5

List of musician movies

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Beethoven Virus (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story: Two musicians who retired from their musical careers for different reasons join together with a demanding and difficult genius conductor to form an orchestra against all odds. Although it requires a lot of hard work to form their orchestra, they ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, emotional, sentimental, political ...
Plot: musician, orchestra, love triangle, ambition, orchestra conductor, perfectionist, friendship, train conductor, classical music, passion, problem solving, life ...
Place: south korea
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The Boat That Rocked (2009)
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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'Round Midnight (1986)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian too broke to buy a glass of wine strains to hear those notes. Soon they will form a friendship that ...
Style: sentimental, gloomy, touching, serious, realistic ...
Plot: jazz, musician, music, addiction, alcoholism, art, friendship, saxophonist, bittersweet, drug addiction, biopic, alcoholic ...
Time: year 1986, 50s, 20th century, year 1959, 60s ...
Place: france, paris france, usa, europe, new york
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Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night (2024)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: In the bustling heart of Shibuya, four young women—an artist, a retired idol, a V-tuber, and a composer—form JELEE, an anonymous artist group. United in their quest for self-expression, they journey towards self-discovery and finding their voice.
Style: anime, emotional, aesthetic, realistic, melancholic ...
Plot: musician, female friendship, music, artist, music and dance, musician's life, music band, teamwork, music business, slice of life, singer, graffiti ...
Place: tokyo
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Bocchi the Rock! (2022)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Hitori Gotoh, “Bocchi-chan,” is a girl who’s so introverted and shy around people that she’d always start her conversations with “Ah...” During her middle school years, she started playing the guitar, wanting to join a band because she ...
Style: anime, satirical, semi serious, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: musician, satire, rock band, music, introvert, shyness, music band, direction and purpose, social anxiety, high school student, rock, rock music ...
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 5.6
 4K
Be Somebody (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Pop superstar Jordan Jaye has a big dream - he just wants to live like a regular teenager. When he's chased down by some excited female fans, he finds a perfect hideout and a reluctant new friend from a small town, high-school art student, ...
Style: romantic, sweet, light, captivating, sincere ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: celebrity, pop star, teenage boy, teenage girl, teenager, opposites attract, mother son relationship, fanaticism, musician, relationships, love and romance, manager ...
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 7.9
 71K
The Chorus (2004)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: France, Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Set in 1940's France, a new teacher at a school for disruptive boys gives hope and inspiration.
Style: touching, inspirational, uplifting, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, teens, teen drama
Plot: boarding school, teacher, childhood, music, teachers and students, abuse, musician, children, boarding school life, friendship, boss, orphan ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 2004
Place: france, new york, switzerland, europe, paris france ...
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 6.5
 547
American Folk (2017)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Two strangers, both folk musicians stranded in California, take a road trip to New York in the days after 9/11. A story about the kindness of strangers and the power of music.
Style: romantic drama, psychological, thrilling, captivating, romantic ...
Plot: musician, travel, healing, road trip, relationships, perfect strangers, male female relationship, love story, romantic relationship, music, couple relations, love and romance ...
Place: california, new york
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It's All Right! (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: This is the story of Pedro, a young Law student who dreams of becoming a music star. Pedro meets Ana by chance. With her by his side, the road to success seems possible, but soon Pedro is faced with a choice between going after his dream of becoming ...
Style: captivating, satirical, thrilling, semi serious, romantic drama ...
Plot: musician, dream, love affair, music, musician's life, satire, couple relations, love interest, male female relationship, lifestyle change, changing lives, relationships ...
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 8.0
 204K
CODA (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
Style: sexy, psychological, teen, sad, sincere ...
Audience: teens
Plot: deaf, deafness, sign language, coming of age, teenager, mute or deaf, musician, fishing boat, fisherman, disability, women, parents and children ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: persia, hawaii, massachusetts
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The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: The Federal Bureau of Narcotics launches an undercover sting operation against jazz singer Billie Holiday.
Style: thought provoking, captivating, suspense, tense, political ...
Plot: jazz singer, musician, racism, war on drugs, jazz, segregation, civil rights, substance abuse, fbi, heroin, undercover, addiction ...
Time: 1940s, 1950s, year 1957, year 1949, year 1954 ...
Place: new york, new orleans, baltimore, philadelphia, washington d.c.
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 6.4
 14K
The High Note (2020)
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, USA, China
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Set in the dazzling world of the LA music scene comes the story of Grace Davis, a superstar whose talent, and ego, have reached unbelievable heights. Maggie is Grace’s overworked personal assistant who’s stuck running errands, but still aspires ...
Style: light, sweet, touching, rom com, sentimental
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: assistant, personal assistant, musician, relationship vs career, music, singer, pop star, showbiz, artists and showbiz, black, musician's life, hopes ...
Time: year 1989, future, 2020s, year 1970, 21st century
Place: usa, atlanta georgia, las vegas, new york, dallas texas ...
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 7.5
 94K
La Vie en Rose (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 140 min.
Story: A swirling, impressionistic portrait of an artist who regretted nothing, writer-director Olivier Dahan's La Vie en Rose stars Marion Cotillard in a blazing performance as the legendary French icon Edith Piaf. From the mean streets of the ...
Style: touching, inspirational, disturbing, gloomy, period piece ...
Plot: music, musician's life, singer, biopic, musician, love story, death, life philosophy, childhood, art, artist, rising to stardom ...
Time: 20th century, year 2007, 1940s, 90s, 1950s ...
Place: france, europe, paris france, new york, montmartre paris ...
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Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: Bahamas, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Yet to fulfill their rock and roll destiny, the now middle-aged best friends Bill and Ted set out on a new adventure when a visitor from the future warns them that only their song can save life as we know it. Along the way, they are helped by their ...
Style: funny, captivating, feel good, entertaining, light ...
Audience: family friendly, family outing
Plot: time travel, father daughter relationship, musician, schoolboy, friendship, time machine, nostalgia, time traveler, stoner, rock and roll, predicting the future, sent to the past ...
Time: 2030s, 1920s, future, 60s, 1780s ...
Place: london, vienna, new orleans, china, sahara
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 5.5
 809
Cover Versions (2018)
Genre: Crime, Music, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: On the eve of their biggest gig ever, the members of synth-rock band Starfoxy throw a rager that ends with a fan mysteriously dead in the pool.
Style: suspenseful, psychological, cynical, realistic, serious ...
Plot: swimming pool, multiple perspectives, musician, festival, murder, who done it, sexual relations, secret, uncover truth, friends, twists and turns, confession ...
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 7.7
 26K
Vinyl (2016)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set in 1970s New York, Vinyl is a ride through the sex- and drug-addled music business at the dawn of punk, disco, and hip-hop. The show is seen through the eyes of a record label president, Richie Finestra, who is trying to save his company and his ...
Style: captivating, tense, realistic, sensual, dark drama ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: music, music business, musician, showbiz, rock band, mafia, blackmail, historical character, disco, murder, racism, concert ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place: new york, usa, las vegas
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 7.5
 104K
The Wicker Man (1973)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. Stranger still, however, are the rituals that take place there.
Style: creepy, dark, cult horror, twist ending, psychotronic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: folk horror, religion, paganism, occult, disappearance, ritual, human sacrifice, female nudity, temptation, sacrifice, investigation, conspiracy ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1973
Place: scotland, fictional island, europe, united kingdom, scottish highlands
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As It Is in Heaven (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 133 min.
Story: A musical romantic tragedy about a famous composer who moves back to his small hometown after having had heart troubles. His search for a simple everyday life leads him into teaching the local church choir which is not easily accepted by the town ...
Style: touching, emotional, sincere, inspirational, lyrical ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: choir, music, bullying, musician, destiny, character study, self discovery, village, musician's life, teachers and students, human nature, nordic ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: europe, austria, milan italy, eastern europe, scandinavia ...
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 6.2
 41K
The Rocker (2008)
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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Beyond Silence (1996)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Beyond Silence is about a family and a young girl’s coming of age story. This German film looks into the lives of the deaf and at a story about the love for music. A girl who has always had to translate speech into sign language for her deaf ...
Style: realistic, touching, crying, sad, spiritual ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: coming of age, deaf mute, father daughter relationship, musician, sign language, telephone call, audition, love, bicycle, aunt niece relationship, skinny dipping, deafness ...
Time: year 1996, 90s, 18th century
Place: berlin germany, germany, italy, argentina, tokyo
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 6.6
 26K
Fame (1980)
Genre: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts
Style: inspirational, teen, retro, realistic, sincere ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, kids, teen drama
Plot: teenager, music, teacher, high school, audition, coming of age, dancing, dance, father son relationship, mother daughter relationship, piano, musician ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa, bronx new york city
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 5.8
 128K
Coyote Ugly (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her "day" job as a barmaid at ...
Style: entertaining, sexy, romantic, rom com, sensual ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: dancing, music, nightclub, ambition, dancer's life, love affair, father daughter relationship, nightlife, parents and children, hopes, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, employer employee relationship ...
Time: 2000s, year 2000, y2k, 80s, 21st century
Place: new york, new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai and his band of men, the Hong Kong Cavaliers, take on evil alien invaders from the 8th dimension.
Style: cult classic, spoof, humorous, surreal, stylized ...
Audience: teens
Plot: alien, alien invasion, chase, scientist, evil scientist, musician, interdimensional travel, desert, rescue, mad scientist, electrocution, laboratory ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 1930s, year 1938, future
Place: usa, hong kong, asia, new jersey
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 7.1
 14K
Bird (1988)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story: Saxophone player Charlie Parker comes to New York in 1940. He is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.
Style: atmospheric, psychological, factual, stylized, realistic ...
Plot: jazz, music, biopic, drug abuse, addiction, heroin, drug addict, musician, childhood, character study, musician's life, showbiz ...
Time: 1940s, 1950s, year 1988, 20th century, 50s
Place: usa, brooklyn new york city, africa
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 8.2
 115K
Andhadhun (2018)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story: A series of mysterious events changes the life of a blind pianist who now must report a crime that was actually never witnessed by him.
Style: funny, suspense, feel good, light, captivating ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: musician, blindness, blind man, pianist, murder, witness, affair, illicit affair, lovers, evidence, murder witness, blindness and impaired vision ...
Place: middle east, europe, india
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Ordinary World (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Perry is a happily married father of two living a comfortable but sedate life in the suburbs. On the occasion of his 40th birthday, he seeks to revisit his former life as the lead singer in a popular punk band though his middle-aged reality quickly ...
Style: light, sentimental, feel good, humorous, suspenseful ...
Audience: toddlers
Plot: rock musician, musician, family relations, female lawyer, african american, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, public defender, family business, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, flash forward, punk rocker ...
Time: year 2016
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Mozart's Sister (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A re-imagined account of the early life of Maria Anna 'Nannerl' Mozart, five years older than Wolfgang and a musical prodigy in her own right.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, period piece, captivating ...
Plot: classical music, musician, gender, horse, prodigy, domineering father, family relations, against the rules, follow your dream, musician's life, composer, dishonesty ...
Time: 18th century, georgian era
Place: europe, vienna, paris france, london, english channel ...
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 6.8
 35K
Singles (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Romantic comedy about six of Seattle's young people, most of whom live in the same apartment building and whose lives revolve around the city's ever-expanding music scene. The interrelated stories about each character's progress ...
Style: feel good, sweet, humorous, touching, cult classic ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, date night, chick flick
Plot: music, music band, city life, clubbing, love and romance, friendship, couple relations, rock, looking for love, young lovers, musician's life, relationships ...
Time: 90s, year 1992, 20th century, 80s
Place: seattle, usa, washington state, california, new jersey
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 6.7
 48K
Notorious (2009)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: NOTORIOUS is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (once selling crack to pregnant women) to one of the greatest rappers of all time; THE NOTORIOUS ...
Style: hood, sincere, melancholic, factual, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hip hop, african american, urban ghetto life, music, biopic, rising to stardom, musician, fame, success, ghetto, female singer, sacrifice ...
Time: year 2009, 20th century, 80s, year 1983, 90s
Place: new york, usa, los angeles, brooklyn new york city, new jersey
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Mahler on the Couch (2010)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Alma Mahler's affair with the young architect Walter Gropius sets in motion a marital drama that forces her husband Gustav Mahler to seek advice from Sigmund Freud.
Style: realistic, psychological, captivating, serious, art house
Plot: psychoanalysis, musician, infidelity, love triangle, couples, love affair, artists and showbiz, couple relations, love and romance, composer, crumbling marriage, doctors and patients ...
Time: 20th century, 1910s, 1900s
Place: germany, europe, holland, amsterdam, vienna
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