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Directed by Tate TaylorOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Taraji P. Henson,
Chadwick Boseman,
Nelsan Ellis,
Viola Davis,
Dan Aykroyd,
Tika SumpterRating68%
The film opens in 1993 with James Brown walking through a darkened hallway as an audience chants his name. He hears the voices of people he knew throughout his life. The film then cuts to 1988 in Augusta, Georgia; James learns that his private bathroom in a strip mall he owns was used without his consent. As he confronts and then forgives the trespasser, he accidentally fires a shotgun, attracting the police., 1h53
Directed by Rob MarshallOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Musical theatre,
Action,
Musical,
CrimeThemes Dance films,
Films about music and musicians,
Prison films,
Films about sexuality,
Théâtre,
Erotic films,
Sexploitation films,
Musical films,
Women in prison films,
Films about capital punishment,
Films based on plays,
Films based on musicalsActors Renée Zellweger,
Catherine Zeta-Jones,
Richard Gere,
Queen Latifah,
John C. Reilly,
Christine BaranskiRating71%
In 1927, Roxie Hart sees star Velma Kelly perform ("All That Jazz") at a Chicago theater. Wanting stardom for herself, she begins an affair with Fred Casely, who claims to know the manager. After the show, Velma is arrested for killing her husband Charlie and sister Veronica, who were in bed together. A month later, Casely admits to Roxie that he has no showbiz connections and just wanted her body. Enraged, she shoots him dead. She convinces her husband Amos to take the blame, telling him she killed a burglar in self-defense. As Amos confesses to the detective, Roxie fantasizes that she is singing a song devoted to her husband ("Funny Honey"). However, when the detective brings up evidence that Roxie and Casely were having an affair, Amos recants; Roxie furiously admits what really happened and is arrested. Ambitious District Attorney Harrison announces he will seek the death penalty., 1h28
Origin USAGenres Drama,
Musical theatre,
MusicalThemes Dance films,
Films about music and musicians,
Hip hop films,
Musical filmsActors Collins Pennie,
Columbus Short,
Tika Sumpter,
Kiely Williams,
Pooch Hall,
David BannerRating41%
Chance Harris looks to find a balance between his school, work, relationships and opportunity to perform at the nationally televised step competition during homecoming weekend at Truth University., 1h56
Origin USAGenres Drama,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Jordin Sparks,
Whitney Houston,
Derek Luke,
CeeLo Green,
Tamela Mann,
Carmen EjogoRating57%
19-year-old Sparkle Anderson (Jordin Sparks) attends a concert that her eldest sister, 28-year-old Tammy "Sister" Anderson (Carmen Ejogo) performs in as well. When Sister performs, she catches the eye of Stix (Derek Luke) and Black (Cee Lo Green). They try to talk to Sister unsuccessfully. As Sister and Sparkle arrive home, their middle sister, 24-year-old Delores "Dee" Anderson (Tika Sumpter), helps the sisters avoid getting caught by Emma Anderson (Whitney Houston), their overprotective mother., 1h14
Origin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
CrimeThemes Films about music and musicians,
Hip hop films,
Gangster filmsActors The Game,
Michael K.Williams,
Shari Headley,
Ed O'Ross,
Bryce Wilson,
WCRating35%
This movie was inspired by a true story, following the life of a thug being released from prison after an 8 year prison sentence. In the beginning of the movie "G," who is played by The Game, leaves prison determined to not be locked up again. It doesn't take long for the streets to pull G in again, and he meets a lady named Alexis (Shari Headley). However, both are hiding their secret lives (G being a hustler, Alexis being an undercover cop), who discusses 150 kilos of cocaine that G and Tone stole, which belonged to drug lord Tito Costa., 1h28
Origin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Musical theatre,
Adventure,
MusicalThemes Films about animals,
Films about music and musicians,
Mise en scène d'un ours,
Musical films,
Buddy films,
Children's films,
Mise en scène d'un mammifèreActors Haley Joel Osment,
Christopher Walken,
Elizabeth Daily,
Stephen Tobolowsky,
Daryl Mitchell,
Elton JohnRating42%
The Country Bears are an all-bear country rock band who have broken up in 1991 after years of popularity. Number one fan Beary Barrington (voiced by Haley Joel Osment), a young bear raised by a human family, feels left out for being different. His father (Stephen Tobolowsky) tells him that his family will love him no matter what, and that differences lead everyone to their purposes. But Beary's older brother Dex (Eli Marienthal) gives him the truth about his background., 2h32
Directed by Taylor HackfordOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Musical theatre,
MusicalThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about music and musicians,
Films about drugs,
Le blues,
Musical films,
Films about disabilities,
La cécitéActors Jamie Foxx,
Kerry Washington,
Clifton Powell,
Sharon Warren,
Harry Lennix,
Terrence HowardRating76%
Raised on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles Robinson went blind at the age of seven, shortly after witnessing his younger brother drown. Inspired by a fiercely independent mother who insisted he make his own way in the world, Charles found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the chitlin circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation before exploding onto the worldwide stage when he pioneered the incorporation of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, gospel, country, jazz and orchestral influences into his inimitable style., 1h49
Directed by Darnell MartinOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Historical,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Le blues,
Musical filmsActors Adrien Brody,
Beyoncé,
Jeffrey Wright,
Emmanuelle Chriqui,
Cedric the Entertainer,
Mos DefRating70%
Leonard Chess, a Polish immigrant of Jewish descent, starts the record label Chess Records in Chicago in 1950. It opens its doors for black musicians and attracts people such as Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Little Walter and Etta James., 1h58
Directed by Todd GraffOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
MusicalThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about music and musicians,
Musical films,
Films about psychiatry,
Films about disabilities,
Films about autismActors Queen Latifah,
Dolly Parton,
Keke Palmer,
Jeremy Jordan,
Jeremy Jordan,
Courtney B. VanceRating57%
After the untimely death of a small-town church choir director (Kris Kristofferson) in Pacashau, Georgia, Vy Rose Hill (Latifah), a no-nonsense mother raising two teens alone, takes control of the choir using the traditional Gospel style that their Pastor Dale (Courtney B. Vance) approves of. However, the director's widow, G. G. Sparrow (Parton), the main benefactor to the church, believes she should have been given the position. As in previous years, the choir reaches the regional finals of the national amateur "Joyful Noise" competition, only to be disappointed when a rival choir beats them. Tough times in the town have led to budget problems that threaten to close down the choir, at the same time as the town needs the choir's inspiring music more than ever., 1h52
Origin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
ActionThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about music and musicians,
Prison films,
Films about drugs,
Hip hop films,
Films about capital punishment,
Gangster filmsActors Dwayne Johnson,
Barry Pepper,
Jon Bernthal,
Harold Perrineau, Jr.,
Susan Sarandon,
Michael K.WilliamsRating63%
John Matthews (Dwayne Johnson), owner of a construction company, receives a call from his ex-wife Sylvie Collins (Melina Kanakaredes). His estranged son Jason (Rafi Gavron) is being charged with distribution of narcotics; while Jason is not actually a dealer, his friend set him up in a sting operation to reduce his own sentence after being caught. Jason's charges carry a minimum of 10 years in prison. John feels responsible because he was not there for his son, and becomes desperate as he realizes that Jason may be killed before he finishes his prison sentence.