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Directed by Allan ArkushOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Charles Malik Whitfield,
D.B. Woodside,
Terron Brooks,
Leon Robinson,
Jenifer Lewis,
Christian PaytonRating89%
The story begins in 1958 when Otis Williams, a black teenager living in Detroit, Michigan, is running to meet his friend Elbridge "Al" Bryant at a musical performance by The Cadillacs, where Otis and the singer lock eyes, which he credits as the moment he devoted his life to music. Otis' stepfather Edgar is less than pleased with Otis' plans to become a singer instead of an assembly line worker, but his mother Haze is supportive. Directed by Allan ArkushOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
ComedyThemes Films about music and musicians,
Films about television,
Musical films,
Political filmsActors Rick Peters,
Bob Gunton,
Alyson Court,
Curtis Armstrong,
Dick Cavett,
Jackie BurroughsRating69%
Elvis Presley, bored with his confined existence in Graceland, leaves his home on his own for the first time since he was 21. He winds up in California and is convinced by an Anti-war activist that he is responsible for the counterculture through his influence on The Beatles. This convinces Elvis to write a letter to President Nixon asking to be made a "Federal Agent at Large" for the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. No such position actually exists, but Nixon, wanting desperately to win over the youth of America, which he views as hating him, decides to meet with Elvis in an attempt to improve his image with the "kids". , 1h32
Directed by Allan ArkushOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Malcolm McDowell,
Allen Garfield,
Daniel Stern,
Gail June Edwards,
Ed Begley Jr.,
Miles ChapinRating65%
It is December 31, 1982, and the Saturn Theater is preparing for its big New Year's Eve concert under the direction of owner and master showman Max Wolfe (Allen Garfield, credited as Allen Goorwitz), who has operated the Saturn since 1968. Assisting Max are stage manager Neil Allen (Daniel Stern), and visiting former stage manager Willy Loman (Gail Edwards). Also caught up in the wild activity is beleaguered stagehand Joey (Dan Frischman), temperamental lighting director Violetta (Mary Woronov), and Neil's younger sister Susie (Stacey Nelkin)., 1h33
Directed by Joe Dante,
Allan ArkushOrigin USAGenres Comedy,
MusicalThemes Films about education,
Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors P. J. Soles,
Dey Young,
Paul Bartel,
Vincent Van Patten,
Clint Howard,
Mary WoronovRating65%
Set in 1980, Vince Lombardi High School keeps losing principals to nervous breakdowns because of the students' love of rock 'n' roll and their disregard for education. Their leader, Riff Randell (P. J. Soles), is the biggest Ramones fan at Vince Lombardi High School. She waits in line for three days to get tickets to see the band, hoping to meet Joey Ramone so she can give him a song she wrote for the band, "Rock 'n' Roll High School"., 1h30
Directed by Allan MoyleOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about music and musicians,
Films about drugs,
Musical filmsActors Anthony LaPaglia,
Robin Tunney,
Rory Cochrane,
Renée Zellweger,
Ethan Embry,
Liv TylerRating66%
Empire Records is a small, independent record shop managed by Joe (Anthony LaPaglia). The store is set in an unnamed city in Delaware, and, like the employees, is eclectic and unique. The staff is very much a self-created family, with Joe as the reluctant and perpetually exasperated but loveable father figure., 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.Origin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Action,
AdventureThemes Films about music and musicians,
Films about television,
Musical filmsActors Peter Dobson,
Matt Barr,
Tom Sizemore,
Max Perlich,
Mark Rolston,
Dey YoungRating45%
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Directed by Herbert RossOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Films about sexuality,
Films about prostitution,
Musical filmsActors Steve Martin,
Bernadette Peters,
Christopher Walken,
Jessica Harper,
John McMartin,
John KarlenRating64%
In 1934, Chicago sheet-music salesman Arthur Parker (Martin) is having a hard time, both in his business and at home with his wife Joan (Harper). His business and marriage are failing, and Joan refuses to give him the money she inherited from her father to start his own business., 1h19
Directed by Michael GrossmanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical films,
Téléfilm musical,
Children's filmsActors Sterling Knight,
Danielle Campbell,
Brandon Mychal Smith,
Chelsea Kane,
Anna Margaret Collins,
Maggie CastleRating61%
Christopher Wilde (Sterling Knight) is a famous pop star and teen idol, whose music is very successful all around the world. Sarah Olson (Maggie Castle) of Kalamazoo, Michigan is an obsessive fan of Christopher Wilde who seeks to use her family's trip to Hollywood, California to visit her widowed grandmother as an opportunity to meet him (Starstruck) for spring break. Christopher, meanwhile, is on the brink of landing a movie deal and has agreed to remain out of the tabloids in order to prove that he is serious about landing the role.