Best Music Movies – page 4
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island tries to make his fantasies come true by getting his favourite musicians to perform at his home.
Plot:
island, lottery winner, widower, remote island, thoughtful, musician, music fan, swimming, lonely man, pregnancy, rice, rescue from drowning ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
wales, england
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Based on a true story, two down-on-their-luck musicians form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band, proving it's never too late to find love and follow your dreams.
Style:
uplifting, inspirational, emotional, feel good, romantic drama ...
Plot:
second chance, husband and wife, heartbreak, biopic, personal growth, bittersweet, intimate, bare chested male, singer, singing, funeral, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 1972, 20th century, 70s
Place:
milwaukee wisconsin, midwest, wisconsin
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54K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
A former Army Ranger and struggling father turns to robbing McDonald’s restaurants by cutting holes in their roofs, earning him the nickname 'Roofman'. After escaping prison, he secretly lives inside a Toys “R” Us for six months, ...
Style:
dark comedy, suspense, tense, crime thriller, crying ...
Plot:
male star appears nude, bare chested male, toy store, male nudity, prison escape, double life, heist, ex military, cat and mouse, anti hero, identity, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
year 2002, year 2004, year 2003
Place:
north carolina
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Adam Sandler takes his comical musical musings back out on the road, from comedy clubs to concert halls to one very unsuspecting subway station.
Style:
feel good, sentimental, sincere, semi serious, one man show
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
stand up comedy, live performance, comedy club, celebrity, singer, fame, lifestyle, music, pop music, pop star, famous, stand up comedian ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Brazil, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Straight out of Jersey comes Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, an aspiring rapper fighting through a world of strip malls and strip clubs on an unlikely quest for glory.
Style:
sincere, disturbing, captivating, sad, independent film ...
Plot:
musician, rap, mother daughter relationship, grandmother granddaughter relationship, black american, aspiring musician, fat woman, rapper, loneliness, friendship, aspiration, overweight woman ...
Time:
year 2017
Place:
new jersey, new york
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A struggling musician becomes a 12-year-old musical prodigy's guardian for a summer.
Style:
psychological, captivating, contemplative, feel good, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friendship, child prodigy, boy, musician, young boy, au pair, prodigy, cellist, father son relationship, fall in love, wealthy family, family relations ...
Place:
usa, new york state, new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A former professional dancer volunteers to teach dance in the New York public school system and, while his background first clashes with his students' tastes, together they create a completely new style of dance. Based on the story of ballroom ...
Style:
sexy, inspirational, teen, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, kids
Plot:
dancing, teacher, dancer, dance, dancer's life, dedicated educator, high school, teenager, music, respect, teachers and students, tango ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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149K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, UK, Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Tells the comedic tale of Eddie Mannix, a fixer who worked for the Hollywood studios in the 1950s. The story finds him at work when a star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming.
Style:
black comedy, humorous, period piece, witty, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hollywood, movie star, satire, ransom, filmmaking, gay subtext, showbiz, kidnapping, actor, dark humor, film industry, chinese restaurant ...
Time:
50s, year 2016, 1950s, year 2015, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, greece, usa, california, malibu california
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Henry struggles to bond with his estranged son, Gabriel, who suffers from a brain tumor that prevents him from forming new memories. With Gabriel unable to shed the beliefs and interests that caused their physical and emotional distance, Henry must ...
Style:
sincere, uplifting, touching, surprise ending, indie film ...
Plot:
therapist, memory loss, father son relationship, introspection, human spirit, terminal illness, generation gap, treatment, parents and children, life is a bitch, redemption, rehabilitation ...
Time:
2010s, y2k, 90s, 20th century
Place:
peru, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
From director Clint Eastwood comes the big-screen version of the Tony Award-winning musical Jersey Boys. The film tells the story of four young men from the wrong side of the tracks in New Jersey who came together to form the iconic 1960s rock group ...
Style:
intense, stylized, sentimental, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
music, biopic, music band, broadway, rock and roll, life philosophy, desire for fame, rising to stardom, ambition, showbiz, friends, performer's life ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place:
new jersey, usa
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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, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life.
Style:
black and white, talky, emotional, touching, tension ...
Plot:
blindness, friendship, interracial relations, interracial romance, blind character, disability, racism, age difference, blind woman, tolerance, interracial friendship, compassion ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
los angeles, usa, new york, new york state, africa
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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, Music
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
All that exists now is clubs, drugs, pubs and parties. I've got 48 hours off from the world, man I'm gonna blow steam out of my head like a screaming kettle. I'm gonna talk cods hit to strangers all night. I'm gonna lose the plot ...
Style:
entertaining, independent film, semi serious, realistic, dark comedy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
clubbing, nightlife, weed, music, party, rave, paranoia, caught masturbating, drug, lifestyle, society, friendship ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, wales, amsterdam, london
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
The story of a close-knit group of young kids in Nazi Germany who listen to banned swing music from the US. Soon dancing and fun leads to more difficult choices as the Nazi's begin tightening the grip on Germany. Each member of the group is ...
Style:
serious, realistic, breathtaking, period piece, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night, teens
Plot:
nazi, world war two, dancing, coming of age, dance, swing dancing, anti semitism, holocaust, friendship, jazz, fighting the system, brainwashing ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, pre world war two, year 1993, 1900s ...
Place:
germany, new york, europe, usa, hamburg germany ...
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: Greece, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.
Style:
psychological, rough, captivating, art house, f word
Plot:
rock music, addiction, drug use, friendship, husband wife relationship, nervousness, chaos, photographer, punk, punk rocker, drinking alcohol, guru ...
Place:
europe, new york state
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Turkey
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Bergen, a valuable Turkish arabesque singer, fights to stay afloat despite all the difficulties in her life.
Style:
tragic ending
Plot:
biopic, toxic masculinity, woman in jeopardy, death of protagonist, nightclub singer, women's rights, violent man, domestic violence, nightclub, husband wife relationship, picnic, jealous man ...
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100K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The film follows Buster and his new cast who now have their sights set on debuting a new show at the Crystal Tower Theater in glamorous Redshore City. But with no connections, he and his singers must sneak into the Crystal Entertainment offices, run ...
Style:
entertaining, 3d animation, inspirational, sweet, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
gorilla, anthropomorphic animal, furry, elephant, pig, porcupine, creativity, iguana, musician, singing, destiny, anthropomorphism ...
Time:
future
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Almost a decade has elapsed since Bowiesque glam-rock superstar Brian Slade escaped the spotlight of the London scene. Now, investigative journalist Arthur Stuart is on assignment to uncover the truth behind the enigmatic Slade. Stuart, himself ...
Style:
cult classic, erotic, surreal, homoerotic, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
homosexuality, lgbtq, male nudity, gay interest, gay, sex, homoeroticism, music, rock and roll, rock, homosexual, glbt ...
Time:
70s, year 1998, 19th century, 20th century, 80s ...
Place:
seattle, britain, europe, england, dublin ireland ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Growing up in Texas, Bart Millard suffers physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his father. His childhood and relationship with his dad inspires him to write the hit song "I Can Only Imagine" as singer of the Christian band MercyMe.
Style:
christian film, sincere, inspirational, thought provoking, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, adult
Plot:
christianity, religion, christian, father son relationship, belief in god, faith, folklore, death of father, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, autobiography, church, religious ...
Time:
future, 80s, 90s, year 1985
Place:
oklahoma city, nashville tennessee, texas
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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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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two drag-queens and a transsexual contract to perform a drag show at a resort in Alice Springs, a resort town in the remote Australian desert. They head west from Sydney aboard their lavender bus, Priscilla. En route, it is discovered that the woman ...
Style:
road movie, melancholic, lgbt cinema, captivating, cult classic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, transsexual, road trip, drag queen, gay slur, lgbtq, desert, gender bending, gay interest, transvestism, bus, gay father ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1994
Place:
australia, sydney australia, south australia
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.
Style:
funny, melancholic, harsh, talky, semi serious ...
Plot:
revenge, alcoholic, murder, female protagonist, vengeance, train robbery, ranch, redemption, horse, drunkenness, father daughter relationship, death of father ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
wyoming, persia
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 63 min.
Story:
Bo Burnham is back with a new one-man show full of his patented songs and wordplay, as well as haikus, dramatic readings, blasphemy, and so much more in his first hour-long special, shot live in his home town of Boston.
Style:
witty, realistic, offbeat, humorous, biting ...
Plot:
stand up comedy, pun, live performance, satire, musical performance, irony, sarcasm, talk show, comedian, stand up comedian, sketch, blasphemy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A message from Jim Morrison in a dream prompts cable access TV stars Wayne and Garth to put on a rock concert, "Waynestock," with Aerosmith as headliners. But amid the preparations, Wayne frets that a record producer is putting the moves ...
Style:
spoof, funny, buddy comedy, skit, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, date night
Plot:
rock and roll, buddy, dumb, satire, music, heat wave, hard rock, concert, rock, heavy metal, stoner, autistic ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
illinois, usa, chicago, london
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Genre: Animation, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
"Volumen" collects every video from Bjork's career {up until Hunter}, and showcases the work of famed video director's Spike Jonze, Sophie Muller and Michael Gondry
Style:
surreal, experimental, avant garde, art film, art house ...
Plot:
female artist, pop culture, storytelling, bachelorette, college, fan, art, fashion, dance, disorder, artists and showbiz, imaginary ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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172K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Music, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Thirteen-year-old Mei is experiencing the awkwardness of being a teenager with a twist – when she gets too excited, she transforms into a giant red panda.
Style:
anime, entertaining, captivating, humorous, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, date night, teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, shapeshifting, animal, friendship, female protagonist, teenager, middle school, panda, domineering mother, furry, rite of passage, teenage protagonist ...
Time:
2000s, 2020s, year 2002
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada, north america
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Germany, France, Austria
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Richie Bravo, once upon a time a successful pop star, chases after his faded fame in wintry Rimini. Trapped between permanent intoxication and concerts for busloads of tourists, his world starts to collapse when his adult daughter breaks into his ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, comedy drama, dark comedy ...
Plot:
brother brother relationship, male nudity, dead mother, family problems, family relations, brothers, life, elderly man, male pubic hair, washed up star, singer, father daughter conflict ...
Place:
germany
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
Style:
serious, touching, stylized, controversial, disturbing ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
sexual abuse, child's point of view, child molestation, child molester, making love, pedophile, children, youth, music, child rape, poor white trash, child ...
Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
alabama, usa
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The popular 1980’s dance movie that depicts the life of an exotic dancer with a side job as a welder who true desire is to get into ballet school. It’s her dream to be a professional dancer and now is her chance. The film has a great soundtrack ...
Style:
sexy, retro, teen, inspirational, erotic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, date night, chick flick
Plot:
dancing, music, dance, happy ending, ballet school, dancer, women, stripper, fashion, hip hop, music and dance, teenager ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, year 1982
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, chicago, usa
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