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, 1h49
Directed by Lee DanielsOrigin USAGenres DramaThemes L'adolescence,
Films about education,
Films about children,
Films about families,
Pregnancy films,
Medical-themed films,
Obésité,
Films about sexuality,
Rape in fiction,
LGBT-related films,
Films about disabilities,
Films about school violence,
LGBT-related films,
HIV/AIDS in film,
LGBT-related filmActors Gabourey Sidibe,
Mo'Nique,
Paula Patton,
Mariah Carey,
Lenny Kravitz,
Sherri ShepherdRating72%




In 1987, obese, illiterate 16-year-old Claireece Precious Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) lives in the New York City ghetto of Harlem with her dysfunctional, abusive, unemployed mother, Mary (Mo'Nique), who has long subjected her to physical, mental and sexual abuse. Precious has also been raped by her father, Carl (Rodney "Bear" Jackson), resulting in two pregnancies. The family resides in a Section 8 tenement and survives on welfare. Her first child, "Mongo" (short for Mongoloid), has Down syndrome and is being cared for by Precious' grandmother, though Mary forces the family to pretend that Mongo lives with her and Precious so she can receive extra money from the government. When Precious' second pregnancy is discovered, her high school principal arranges for her to attend an alternative school, where she hopes Precious can change her life's direction. Precious finds a way out of her traumatic daily life by escaping into daydreams. In her mind, she has created an alternate world where she is loved and appreciated.
, 1h52
Directed by Shana FesteOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Musical theatre,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about alcoholism,
Medical-themed films,
Films about music and musicians,
Films about drugs,
Musical filmsActors Gwyneth Paltrow,
Tim McGraw,
Garrett Hedlund,
Leighton Meester,
Jeremy Childs,
Donald FarmerRating63%




The film begins with Beau (Hedlund), singing with Kelly (Paltrow), a recovering alcoholic going through rehab. Beau is clearly smitten by her, and it is later revealed that the two have been having an affair, even though Kelly is married to James (McGraw). Kelly is checked out of rehab a month early by James, who wants her to go on a three-city tour to restore her image. She agrees on the condition that Beau becomes her opening act, but James has already made plans to see Chiles Stanton (Meester), a beauty queen with potential to become a rising singer, perform that night in hopes that she will be Kelly's opener instead.
, 1h50
Directed by Barry JenkinsOrigin USAGenres Drama,
RomanceThemes L'adolescence,
Films about education,
Films about children,
Medical-themed films,
Films about drugs,
Films about sexuality,
Théâtre,
LGBT-related films,
Films based on plays,
Teen LGBT-related films,
Films about school violence,
LGBT-related films,
Coming out,
LGBT-related filmActors Naomie Harris,
André Holland,
Mahershala Ali,
Trevante Rhodes,
André Holland,
Janelle MonáeRating73%




Pendant trois périodes cruciales de sa vie (9-10 ans, 16-17 ans et dix ans plus tard), Chiron, un Afro-Américain de Miami se bat contre son milieu (scolaire) et sa famille (mère droguée) pour vivre son homosexualité, essayant de s'affirmer tout en demeurant fidèle à lui-même.
, 2h16
Directed by James MangoldOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about music and musicians,
Films about drugs,
Musical films,
Children's filmsActors Joaquin Phoenix,
Reese Witherspoon,
Ginnifer Goodwin,
Robert Patrick,
Hailey Anne Nelson,
Dallas RobertsRating77%




The film opens in 1968, as an audience of inmates at Folsom State Prison cheer for Johnny Cash's band as he waits backstage near a table saw, reminding him of his early life.
, 2h34
Directed by Clint EastwoodOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
MusicalThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about music and musicians,
Films about drugs,
Jazz films,
Musical filmsActors Forest Whitaker,
Diane Venora,
Samuel E. Wright,
Keith David,
Bill Cobbs,
Diane SalingerRating71%




Ce film est une interprétation cinématographique de la vie de Charlie Parker, alias "Bird" (Yardbird en VO), jazzman visionnaire et musicien accompli qui éleva le saxophone à un niveau d'expression inédit. Le film dépeint alternativement la jeunesse et la maturité de cet homme et de ce créateur de génie, sa carrière et ses drames personnels.
, 1h29
Directed by Ranald MacDougallOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
MusicalThemes Films about writers,
Medical-themed films,
Films about music and musicians,
Films about drugs,
Musical filmsActors Leslie Caron,
George Peppard,
Janice Rule,
Roddy McDowall,
Anne Seymour,
Jim HuttonRating52%




Leo is a 28-year-old novelist who still lives at home with his mother. One night he stumbles upon some beatniks at a coffee house. He falls in love with the beautiful but unstable Mardou Fox.
, 1h48
Directed by Jim McBrideOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Comedy-drama,
Musical theatre,
Historical,
MusicalThemes Films about alcoholism,
Medical-themed films,
Films about music and musicians,
Films about drugs,
Musical filmsActors Dennis Quaid,
Winona Ryder,
John Doe,
Alec Baldwin,
Stephen Tobolowsky,
Trey WilsonRating62%




Jerry Lee Lewis (Quaid) plays piano (as opposed to a guitar like most other rock artists) during rock 'n' roll's early years from 1956 to 1958. Jerry Lee is a man with many different sides: a skilled performer with little discipline, and an alcoholic. As Jerry Lee rises to the top of the charts with such hits as "Crazy Arms", "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On", and "Great Balls of Fire", he falls in love with Myra Gale Brown (Winona Ryder), the 13-year-old daughter of his first cousin (and bass player) J. W. Brown (John Doe), and eventually marries her (eloping to Mississippi), much to the anger and chagrin of her parents.
, 1h37
Origin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Biography,
MusicalThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about music and musicians,
Films about drugs,
Jazz films,
Musical filmsActors Ethan Hawke,
Carmen Ejogo,
Callum Keith Rennie,
Stephen McHattie,
Janet-Laine Green,
Tony NappoRating68%




L'histoire vraie, et tragique, du trompettiste de jazz Chet Baker, depuis son comeback dans les années 70 jusqu'à sa disparition brutale...
, 1h48
Directed by Jeff TremaineOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Historical,
MusicalThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about music and musicians,
Films about drugs,
Musical films,
Films about cancerActors Douglas Booth,
MGK,
Iwan Rheon,
Daniel Webber,
Pete Davidson,
Joe ChrestRating70%




Dans les années 1980, l'ascension du groupe de glam metal Mötley Crüe, depuis la jeunesse du bassiste Nikki Sixx jusqu'aux périodes de crises que connut le groupe au début des années 1990.
, 2h5
Directed by John Lee HancockOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Comedy,
Historical,
MusicalThemes Films about alcoholism,
Films about films,
Films about writers,
Films about families,
Medical-themed films,
Seafaring films,
Films about drugs,
Transport films,
Mise en scène d'un scénariste,
Children's filmsActors Tom Hanks,
Emma Thompson,
Colin Farrell,
Paul Giamatti,
Jason Schwartzman,
Ruth WilsonRating74%




In 1961, the financially strapped author Pamela "P. L." Travers reluctantly travels from her home in London to Los Angeles to work with Walt Disney at the urging of her agent, Diarmuid Russell. Disney has pursued the film rights to her Mary Poppins stories for twenty years, having promised his daughters that he would produce a film based on them. Travers has steadfastly resisted Disney's efforts because she fears what he would do to her character. However, she has not written anything in a while and her book royalties have dwindled to nothing, so she risks losing her house. Still, Russell has to remind her that Disney has agreed to two major stipulations - no animation and unprecedented script approval - before she agrees to go.