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Directed by Luis ValdezOrigin USAGenres Drama,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical films,
Films based on playsActors Edward James Olmos,
Daniel Valdez,
Tyne Daly,
Charles Aidman,
John Anderson,
Mike GomezRating66%
In Zoot Suit, Luis Valdez weaves a story involving the real-life events of the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial — when a group of young Mexican-Americans were charged with murder — and the Zoot Suit Riots. In the play, Henry Reyna (inspired by real-life defendant Hank Leyvas) is a pachuco gangster and his gang, who were unfairly prosecuted, are thrown in jail for a murder they did not commit. The play is set in the barrios of Los Angeles in the early 1940s against the backdrop of the Zoot Suit Riots and World War II. As in the play, Edward James Olmos portrays El Pachuco, an idealized Zoot Suiter, who functions as narrator throughout the story and serves as Henry's conscience., 1h37
Origin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Action,
CrimeThemes Films about music and musicians,
Hip hop films,
Musical films,
Gangster filmsActors Wood Harris,
Regina Hall,
Esai Morales,
Elise Neal,
Cynthia Martells,
Cam'ronRating69%
At the beginning of the movie, Ace (Wood Harris) is stuck in a dead end job working in a dry cleaner's shop. His sister's boyfriend, Calvin (Kevin Carroll), is a big time drug dealer who often tries to lure Ace into becoming a part of the drug trade with promises of fast money and glamour., 1h44
Origin BelgiqueGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Biography,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Musical theatre,
Horror,
Musical,
CrimeThemes Films about music and musicians,
Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
Musical films,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related filmActors Sam Louwyck,
François Beukelaers,
Jan HammeneckerRating68%
In Ostend three handicapped musicians are looking for a drummer for their band, consisting entirely of disabled people. They want to perform only one time at a music competition. They want famous writer Dries to be their drummer and his handicap is the fact that he cannot play the drums. They only plan on mastering one song; Devo's "Mongoloid.", 1h43
Directed by Wayne BlairOrigin AustralieGenres Drama,
Biography,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Musical theatre,
MusicalThemes Seafaring films,
Films about music and musicians,
Politique,
Théâtre,
Transport films,
Musical films,
Political films,
Films based on playsActors Chris O'Dowd,
Deborah Mailman,
Jessica Mauboy,
Shari Sebbens,
Miranda Tapsell,
Tory KittlesRating69%
In 1968 Australia, Gail and Cynthia head into town for a talent contest and their young sister, Julie is forbidden to go because she has a child and is too young, until she bribes a fellow neighbour to take her into town. An alcoholic, Irish talent scout, Dave Lovelace, is scolded by his boss for being late despite him sleeping in his car that is near work. After the girls lose the talent contest, even with Julie coming in, Dave gives Gail her guitar back and as Dave is about to leave, Julie hands him a piece of paper, showing that the troops need singers for Vietnam. Soon, Dave goes to make a call and he says they have been accepted a spot to audition in Melbourne. Back at their place, Gail, Cynthia and Julie's mother tells him he can take them but Julie until Julie's father tells him not to worry about her. Advised by their grandmother, they meet up with their cousin Kay, who had been living in Melbourne for 10 years. She rejects the offer of joining them, but later changes her mind and meets up at their uncle's place. After days of training their moves, they are almost ready until Julie gives Cynthia a letter from her fiance that he is going to call it off. Despite that, they manage to audition very well and Kay comes up with the group's name, The Sapphires, after looking at Cynthia's engagement ring., 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., 1h55
Directed by Mervyn LeRoyOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Musical theatre,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Sports films,
Musical filmsActors Esther Williams,
Victor Mature,
Walter Pidgeon,
David Brian,
Donna Corcoran,
Jesse WhiteRating64%
In the late 19th Century, a polio-stricken Australian girl, Annette Kellerman (Esther Williams), swims as a means to improve her health. Her father, Frederick (Walter Pidgeon), who owns a music conservatory, accepts a teaching position in England., 2h54
Directed by Robert Wise,
Richard LangOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Biography,
Musical theatre,
Historical,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about families,
Films about music and musicians,
Films about religion,
Théâtre,
Musical films,
Political films,
Films based on plays,
Films based on musicals,
Children's filmsActors Julie Andrews,
Christopher Plummer,
Eleanor Parker,
Bill Lee,
Bill Lee,
Richard HaydnRating80%
Maria is a free-spirited young Austrian woman studying to become a nun at Nonnberg Abbey in Salzburg in 1938. Her love of music and the mountains, her youthful enthusiasm and imagination, and her lack of discipline cause some concern among the nuns. The Mother Abbess, believing Maria would be happier outside the abbey, sends her to the villa of retired naval officer Captain Georg von Trapp to be governess to his seven children—Liesl, Friedrich, Louisa, Kurt, Brigitta, Marta, and Gretl. The Captain has been raising his children alone using strict military discipline following the death of his first wife. At first, the children treat Maria as they did their former governesses—playing tricks on her as a way of gaining their father's attention. Maria responds with kindness and patience, and soon the children come to trust and respect her., 1h56
Directed by Gregory NavaOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Musical theatre,
Documentary,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Halle Berry,
Vivica A. Fox,
Lela Rochon,
Larenz Tate,
Paul Mazursky,
Pamela ReedRating64%
Lymon was thirteen years old when the teenage group Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers erupted from radios and jukeboxes with their 1956 hit "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" and appeared in the movie Rock, Rock, Rock (1956)., 2h3
Directed by George Tillman Jr.,
George Tillman, Jr.Origin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Musical theatre,
Historical,
MusicalThemes Dance films,
Films about music and musicians,
Hip hop films,
Musical films,
Gangster filmsActors Angela Bassett,
Derek Luke,
Jamal Woolard,
Anthony Mackie,
Naturi Naughton,
Marc John JefferiesRating67%
The film opens at a party in Los Angeles, California on March 8, 1997. Just as Biggie Smalls is about to be killed in a drive-by shooting, the film flashes back to Biggie's childhood in Brooklyn, where he (now played by his biological son Christopher Wallace, Jr.) lived during his adolescent years. Biggie, (now played by Jamal Woolard) sells drugs at the height of the crack epidemic, hustling with his friends D-Roc (Dennis L.A. White) and Lil' Cease (Marc John Jefferies). , 2h2
Directed by Gregory NavaOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Musical theatre,
Documentary,
Historical,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical filmsActors Jennifer Lopez,
Edward James Olmos,
Constance Marie,
Jon Seda,
Lupe Ontiveros,
Jacob VargasRating68%
The film opens on February 26, 1995, with Selena (Jennifer Lopez) performing to a sold-out crowd of 65,000 at the Houston Astrodome in Houston, Texas. The film then flashes back to 1961, where a young Abraham Quintanilla and his band, The Dinos, are rejected for an audition by a restaurant owner due to a whites-only policy. Crushed, Abraham gives up music.