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West Side Story (2021)
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Children's films
Actors Ansel Elgort, Rita Moreno, Corey Stoll, Brian d'Arcy James, Maddie Ziegler, Ana Isabelle
Upper West Side, années 1950. Deux bandes de jeunes s'affrontent : d'un côté les Sharks dirigés par Bernardo et de l'autre les Jets, avec Riff à leur tête. Tony, lié au Jets, va s'éprendre de Maria, la sœur de Bernardo.
Stuck (2019)
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Giancarlo Esposito, Arden Cho, Amy Madigan, Ashanti, Omar Chaparro, Noah Fleiss
Six strangers get stuck together on a stalled subway train in New York City and all of them have a story to tell.
Judy (2019)
, 1h58Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Musical
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Renée Zellweger, Finn Wittrock, Jessie Buckley, Rufus Sewell, Michael Gambon, Richard Cordery
À la fin des années 1960, la star du Magicien d’Oz Judy Garland s’apprête à donner une série de concerts à Londres. Mais sa voix s’est fragilisée au fil du temps et Judy souffre, fragilisée par une vie entièrement consacrée à Hollywood et à sa carrière.
Cats (2019)
, 1h50Directed by Tom Hooper
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Judi Dench, Taylor Swift, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, James Corden, Rebel Wilson
D'après la comédie musicale Cats. Chaque année, dans les ruelles sombres de Londres, un bal est organisé par Deuteronome lors d'une nuit extraordinaire et pleine de magie. Des chats tentent leur chance pour être l'élu, celui qui pourra entrer au paradis de la Jellicosphère, afin de renaître dans une nouvelle vie.
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018)
, 1h54Directed by Ol Parker
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, LGBT-related film
Actors Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Baranski, Lily James, Julie Walters
Cinq ans après les événements du premier film, sur l'île grecque Kalokairi. Sophie Sheridan (Amanda Seyfried) prépare la grande réouverture de l'hôtel de sa mère, Donna (Meryl Streep), un an après le décès de cette dernière . Elle est également poussée à bout de nerfs car deux de ses pères, Harry (Colin Firth) et Bill (Stellan Skarsgård), ne pourront pas venir à la réouverture et sa relation avec Sky (Dominic Cooper), lequel est à New York, connaît de plus en plus de vagues .
London Road (2015)
, 1h31Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Musical
Themes Théâtre, Serial killer films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Tom Hardy, Olivia Colman, Kate Fleetwood, Janet Henfrey, Clare Burt, Jenny Galloway
Tout est paisible et rangé dans le petit village d'Ipswich. Les gens sont aimables, discrets, se saluent entre eux et rien d'étrange ne se produit jamais. Alors le jour où les corps de cinq femmes assassinées sont retrouvés dans la rue London Road, le désarroi s'installe dans la communauté. Qui a pu commettre ce crime ? Le meurtrier est-il l'un d'entre eux ? Chaque citoyen devient alors suspicieux et nerveux. La rue entière est une scène de crime scrutée à la loupe par les yeux des curieux. Chacun y va de sa théorie et de ses hypothèses, mais le vrai meurtrier sera-t-il démasqué ?
Office (2015)
, 1h57Directed by Johnnie To
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Chow Yun-fat, Sylvia Chang, Eason Chan, Tang Wei, Stephanie Che, Cheung Siu-fai
Billion-dollar company Jones & Sunn is going public. Chairman Ho Chung-ping (Chow Yun-fat) has promised CEO Winnie Cheung (Sylvia Chang), who has been his mistress for more than twenty years, to become a major shareholder of the company. As the IPO team enters the company to audit its accounts, a series of inside stories start to be revealed.
The Last Five Years (2014)
, 1h34Directed by Richard LaGravenese
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Anna Kendrick, Jeremy Jordan, Jeremy Jordan, Natalie Knepp, Sherie Rene Scott, Alan Simpson
Cathy Hiatt (Anna Kendrick) is sitting alone lamenting the end of her marriage ("Still Hurting").
Jersey Boys (2014)
, 2h14Directed by Clint Eastwood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Christopher Walken, Vincent Piazza, John Lloyd Young, Kathrine Narducci, Steve Schirripa, Erich Bergen
In 1951, in Belleville, New Jersey, Tommy DeVito, narrating the story, introduces the audience to himself, Tommy's brother Nicky, and their friend Nick Massi, who perform together as The Variety Trio, and to a barber's son, 16-year-old Frankie Castelluccio, already well known in the neighborhood for his singing voice. Frankie has the admiration of Genovese Family mobster Angelo "Gyp" DeCarlo, who takes a personal interest in him.
Annie (2014)
, 1h58Directed by Will Gluck
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Quvenzhané Wallis, Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale, David Zayas
In Harlem, 10-year-old Annie Bennett lives in foster care with several other girls in the care of the cruel Colleen Hannigan. She spends each Friday waiting outside the restaurant Domani's where she believes her parents will return to collect her.
Into the Woods (2014)
, 2h4Directed by Rob Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical
Themes Films about animals, Films about children, Films about families, Films about magic and magicians, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Films about the labor movement, Wolves in film, Witches in film, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Johnny Depp
A Baker and his Wife wish for a child but suffer under a curse laid upon the Baker's family by a Witch who found the Baker's father robbing her garden when his mother was pregnant. The Baker's father also stole some beans which caused the Witch's mother to punish her with the curse of ugliness. The Witch offers to lift the curse, but only if the Baker and his Wife obtain four critical items for her: a cow as white as milk, a cape as red as blood, hair as yellow as corn, and a slipper as pure as gold.
, 2h49Directed by Stephen Daldry, Brett Sullivan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Documentary, Historical, Musical
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Ruth Henshall, Liam Mower, Tom Holland
In County Durham, the 1984-85 coal miners' strike is just beginning ("The Stars Look Down"). Motherless eleven-year-old Billy is required to stay behind after his boxing class and finds his way into a ballet class run by Mrs. Wilkinson. He is the only boy, but becomes attracted to the grace of the dance ("Shine"). The secret is at first easily kept, as the only person home at the time is his grandmother. She reveals her abusive relationship with her dead husband and that she too loved to dance, which made everything all right ("Grandma's Song").
Black Nativity (2013)
, 1h33Directed by Kasi Lemmons
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Christmas films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Tyrese Gibson, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Jacob Latimore
After his mother, Naima, is evicted from their Baltimore apartment, teenage Langston is sent to spend the holidays with his estranged grandparents in New York City. When Langston arrives in the city, he just misses his grandparents and, shortly after, is robbed of his possessions. Entering a hotel to get directions to his grandparents place, Langston is accused of trying to take a wallet and is quickly taken in by the police. While in the holding cell, he meets a man who makes fun of him for stealing wallets. Shortly after, Langston is reunited with his grandfather, the Reverend Cobbs, who takes him to his home.
Sunshine on Leith (2013)
, 1h40Directed by Dexter Fletcher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Jason Flemyng, Peter Mullan, George MacKay, Kevin Guthrie, Freya Mavor, Antonia Thomas
The film starts in Afghanistan where an APC is on patrol while the passengers, are nervous as to whether they will still be alive ("Sky Takes the Soul"), before an ambush happens. Some time later Davy and Ally, two recently discharged British Army servicemen, return to their homes and families in Edinburgh after a tour in Afghanistan ("I'm on my Way"). Ally returns to his girlfriend Liz, a nurse who is Davy's sister. On Davy and Ally's first night home Liz introduces Davy to her English friend and colleague Yvonne at a pub, where Liz and Yvonne take part in some drunken story telling, a Scottish tradition ("Over and Done With"). Following from their blind date Davy and Yvonne strike up a romantic relationship ("Misty Blue") as Ally and Liz consider their future as a potential married couple ("Make my Heart Fly").
Memphis (2013)
, 1h19Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
A singer drifts through Memphis city on a journey of self-discovery.