Genre "Musical Drama" Movies
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| 1. 8 Mile (year: 2002) |
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Controversial rap star Eminem makes his acting debut in this hard-edged urban drama, inspired in part by incidents from the musician's own life. Jimmy ...
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| 2. Aaja Nachle (year: 2007) |
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Designed as actress Madhuri Dixit's cinematic comeback, director Anil Mehta's upbeat musical tells the story of a theater actress who embarks on the m ...
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| 3. Almost Famous (year: 2000) |
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Writer and director Cameron Crowe's experiences as a teenage rock journalist — he was a regular contributor to Rolling Stone while still in ...
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| 4. Amadeus (year: 1984) |
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For this film adaptation of Peter Shaffer's Broadway hit, director Milos Forman returned to the city of Prague that he'd left behind during the Czech ...
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| 5. Antonia (year: 2006) |
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Director Tata Amaral offers a poetic look at such difficult issues of violence, racism, and sexism in contemporary Brazil with this vibrant and uplift ...
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| 6. Atlantic City (year: 1944) |
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| 7. August Rush (year: 2007) |
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Estranged from his parents by circumstance and nudged toward a foster family, a young boy seeks out his long-lost folks and discovers prodigious music ...
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| 8. Beyond the Sea (year: 2004) |
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Kevin Spacey serves as both director and star for this biopic based on the life and career of legendary entertainer Bobby Darin, which moves back and ...
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| 9. Chicago (year: 2002) |
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A starry-eyed would-be star discovers just how far the notion that "there's no such thing as bad publicity" can go in this screen adaptation ...
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| 10. Curly Top (year: 1935) |
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This adaptation of the oft-filmed Jean Webster novel Daddy Long Legs has been tailored to the talents of Shirley Temple. The orphaned daughter of vaud ...
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| 11. Dancer in the Dark (year: 2000) |
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Reportedly the third in acclaimed director Lars von Trier's "Golden Hearts" trilogy (preceded by Breaking the Waves and The Idiots), this f ...
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| 12. Dirty Dancing (year: 1987) |
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A teenage girl learns about love, adult responsibility, and how to do The Dirty Boogie in this romantic drama. In 1963, "Baby" Houseman (Jen ...
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| 13. Drumline (year: 2002) |
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Drumline brings the world of "show-style" marching bands (popular at traditionally black, Southern colleges) to the big screen for the first ...
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| 14. El Cantante (year: 2006) |
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Pop icon Marc Anthony steps into the role of Salsa superstar Hector Lavoe in this biopic that follows the singer from his early career success as a Pu ...
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| 15. El Hijo Prodigo (year: 1968) |
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A movie about a popular singer's painful search for her lost son, with songs by Lamarque and Lico.
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| 16. Evita (year: 1996) |
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Evita is based on the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. Actually, the film is more of an opera, with only short moments devoted to dialogue ...
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| 17. Feel the Noise (year: 2007) |
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A 21-year-old aspiring hip-hop star from the Bronx is forced to put his career on hold when a gang of local thugs threatens his life and he is forced ...
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| 18. Fiddler on the Roof (year: 1971) |
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Norman Jewison's adaptation of the long-running Broadway musical is set in the Ukranian ghetto village of Anatevka (the film was actually lensed in Yu ...
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| 19. Groove (year: 2000) |
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Following other indie films about the kinetic, drug-saturated rave culture such as Go (1999) and Human Traffic (1999) comes this ensemble movie, set i ...
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| 20. Habana Blues (year: 2005) |
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Benito Zambrano's musical drama Habana Blues tells the story of two Cuban musicians who make a career breakthrough in the States. But soon their label ...
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| 21. Hair (year: 1979) |
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Milos Forman's adaptation of the tribal rock musical Hair stars John Savage as Claude, a quiet young man from the Midwest who becomes friendly with a ...
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| 22. Honeydripper (year: 2007) |
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Tyrone (Danny Glover) is the proprietor of the Honeydripper juke joint. When business at the once-popular club begins to trail off and Tyrone hires un ...
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| 23. I'm Not There (year: 2007) |
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Director Todd Haynes's unconventional biopic of the legendary singer/songwriter Bob Dylan features different actors playing the part of the Minnesota ...
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| 25. La Vie en Rose (year: 2007) |
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Writer/director Olivier Dahan (Crimson Rivers II) helmed La Vie en Rose, the screen biopic of tragic French songstress Edith Piaf. Marion Cotillard po ...
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| 26. Lady Sings the Blues (year: 1972) |
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Diana Ross plays the magnificent, tragic song stylist Billie Holiday, who while writhing in a strait jacket in a prison cell, awaiting sentencing on d ...
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| 27. Oliver! (year: 1968) |
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Inspired by Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist, Lionel Bart's 1961 London and Broadway musical hit glossed over some of Dickens' more graphic passage ...
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| 28. Paganini (year: 1989) |
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In his last film, actor Klaus Kinski directs himself in this story of notorious 18th-century composer/violinst Niccolo Paganini. Mainly because of the ...
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| 29. Rang De Basanti (year: 2005) |
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| 30. Ray (year: 2004) |
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Directed by Taylor Hackford, this biopic profiles the life of legendary musician Ray Charles. Despite humble beginnings and the loss of his eyesight d ...
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| 31. Rock Star (year: 2001) |
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Loosely inspired by the true story of the heavy metal band Judas Priest, this music industry fable from director Stephen Herek is based on a script by ...
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| 32. Saturday Night Fever (year: 1977) |
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John Travolta graduated from minor celebrity to superstar with Saturday Night Fever. Travolta plays Tony Manero, a Brooklyn paint-store clerk who'd gi ...
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| 33. South Pacific (year: 1958) |
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Producer/director Joshua Logan's long-awaited filmization of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Pulitzer Prize winning musical South Pacific was not the clas ...
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| 34. Staying Alive (year: 1983) |
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Director Sylvester Stallone proves you really can't go home again in Staying Alive, the absurd sequel to Saturday Night Fever. The story finds Tony Ma ...
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| 35. Swades (year: 2004) |
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A man searching for clues to his past pays a visit to the place where he was born in this drama laced with romance and music from India. Mohan Bhargav ...
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| 36. Sweeney Todd (year: 1982) |
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| 37. The Commitments (year: 1991) |
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"The Irish are the blacks of Europe, Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland, and the North Siders are the blacks of Dublin ... so say it loud &m ...
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| 38. The Gig (year: 1985) |
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Every week, six men from various walks of life get together to play music for their own satisfaction. Trombonist Wayne Rogers is a used-car dealer; dr ...
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| 39. The Glenn Miller Story (year: 1954) |
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The Glenn Miller Story traces Miller's rise from pit-orchestra trombone player to leader of the most successful big band of his era. June Allyson is o ...
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| 40. The Jazz Singer (year: 1980) |
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Pop singer Neil Diamond stars in this ill-begotten second remake of Al Jolson's seminal 1927 musical The Jazz Singer. The moth-eaten story concerns a ...
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| 41. The Red Violin (year: 1998) |
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Francois Girard directed this drama tracing the history of a musical instrument through five countries and three centuries. In 1681, to keep the spiri ...
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| 42. The Rose (year: 1979) |
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Bette Midler stars as Rose in this somber drama loosely based on the life of the late Janis Joplin. She plays an ill-fated singer who succumbs to the ...
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| 43. The Sound of Music (year: 1965) |
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One of the most popular movie musicals of all time, The Sound of Music is based on the true story of the Trapp Family Singers. Julie Andrews stars as ...
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| 44. Vengo (year: 2000) |
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The rich and passionate sounds of Spanish flamenco music provide the backdrop for this emotional drama of two families at war. Caco (Antonio Canales) ...
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| 45. Walk the Line (year: 2005) |
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James Mangold's Walk the Line tells the life story of country music legend Johnny Cash (Joaquin Phoenix), focusing primarily on the long courtship he ...
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| 46. West Side Story (year: 1961) |
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Romeo and Juliet is updated to the tenements of New York City in this Oscar-winning musical landmark. Adapted by Ernest Lehman from the Broadway produ ...
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| 47. White Nights (year: 1985) |
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The fancy footwork and star appeal of Gregory Hines as Raymond, an exiled American, and the powerful grace of Mikhail Baryshnikov as Nikolai, a defect ...
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| 48. You Got Served (year: 2004) |
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The teen dance boy bands B2K and IMx star in the teen dance musical You Got Served, directed by boy band manager Christopher B. Stokes. Best friends E ...
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| 49. Yuva (year: 2004) |
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Directed by Mani Ratnam, Yuva follows three very different youngsters: idealistic student and aspiring politician Michael (Ajay Devgan); Arjun (Vivek ...
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