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Plot Summary:
Third-rate doo-wop singers making a comeback hook up with a campy manager who books them to perform in drag.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 185
Genere: Music, Comedy, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: retro, independent film
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Tenor (2022)
Plot Summary:
While working part-time as a food deliveryman, Antoine, an aspiring young rapper from the suburbs of Paris, meets Mrs. Loiseau, an eminent teacher at the Paris Opéra. Stunned by the young man's raw talent, she introduces him to the world of opera. As Antoine becomes one of Mrs. Loiseau's students, he hides his new dream from his friends and family, fearing that they won’t understand – this double life burdens him... Somewhere in between the gilded and uptight Parisian upper-class, and the harsh yet free-spirited and familiar suburbs he grew up in, Antoine will have to find his own voice.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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The Right Approach (1961)
Plot Summary:
An opportunistic young Hollywood singer, loyal only to himself, steps on everyone he meets in order to achieve success and fame.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 118
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slang
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Mods (2002)
Plot Summary:
A quasi-musical by Serge Bozon.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 161
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags:
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Hometown Blue (1999)
Plot Summary:
Solange is unhappy. She's a meter maid in Tours, working in the rain, subject to verbal abuse from those she cites. Her husband Patrick is consumed by the work of finishing their new house: carpet, tile, faucets. He's also a hothead, subjecting Sonange to tantrums. While she's often quiet and withdrawn, she longs to be a singer. When by chance she meets Mylène, an accomplished, beautiful Parisian writer she admires, Solange gives her a demo tape. Mylène is encouraging, a friendship of sorts develops, and when Solange despairs after a series of personal, emotional setbacks, she heads for Mylène's doorstep in Paris. Does a singing career await, and what about Patrick?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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Rhinestone (1984)
Plot Summary:
After a big-time country singer brags that she can turn anybody in to a country-singin' star, she's out to prove she can live up to her talk when she recruits a cab-driver as a country singer. He's scheduled to sing at a big-time NYC country night club and she puts her ample powers to work in preparing her protege.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, entertaining, semi serious, inspirational, retro, anamorphic, cult classic, realistic, parody
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Piaf: The Early Years (1974)
Plot Summary:
Édith Giovanna Gassion is born in 1915. As a young girl she sings on the streets of Paris until a nightclub owner, Louis Leplée, discovers her. When he is murdered the composer Raymond Asso takes care of her and lets her perform at the ABC theatre, which leads to her breakthrough.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 80
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags:
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Dance of the Wind (1997)
Plot Summary:
The mother of the Indian female singer Pallavi (Kitu Gidwani) is at the end of her life. She was master and teacher for her daughter for the art of Indian singing. But she will not be able to complete her lessons. So Pallavi experiences the lack of the guru of her mother. Finally she finds him in a very young street-girl who is able to sing marvelously. But this girl keeps disappearing again and again.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: India
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags:
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Bigger Than Tina (1999)
Plot Summary:
The story of Dan Vardy-Cobb as he aspires to become a pop star.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, fake documentary
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The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia (1981)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring country singer (Dennis Quaid) and his feisty younger sister/manager (Kristy McNichol) struggle to reach their dreams of Nashville stardom-as long as she can keep her brother out of trouble with the ladies and the law-in this drama "inspired by," but not really connected to, the hit '70s ballad. Mark Hamill and Don Stroud also star.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: southern gothic, independent film, realistic, semi serious, crying
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Swim Little Fish Swim (2013)
Plot Summary:
Between surrealism, unusual characters, art and magic tricks, "Swim Little Fish Swim" is a dreamlike journey from childhood to adulthood.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 839
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA, France
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, touching, realistic, semi serious, mumblecore, independent film
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One More Time (2015)
Plot Summary:
Beautiful aspiring rock star Jude is stuck in a rut - relegated to recording commercial jingles and lost in a series of one night stands. When she is evicted from her Brooklyn apartment, she is forced to move into the Hamptons home of her wealthy - and selfish - father Paul Lombard, an over-the-hill, Sinatra-esque crooner angling for a musical comeback.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: captivating, light, sincere, humorous, grindhouse, independent film
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13 Moons (2002)
Plot Summary:
Can you solve the mystery of the 13 moons?.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, absurd, offbeat, realistic, independent film
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Bamboozled (2000)
Plot Summary:
TV producer Pierre Delacroix (Damon Wayans) becomes frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea. Hoping to get fired, Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of: a minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it incredibly becomes a smash hit. Michael Rapaport co-stars in this searing satire.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, black comedy, humorous, witty, semi serious, contemplative, independent film, parody, hood, deep
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Ricki and the Flash (2015)
Plot Summary:
Meryl Streep stars as Ricki Rendazzo, a guitar heroine who made a world of mistakes as she followed her dreams of rock-and-roll stardom. Returning home, Ricki gets a shot at redemption and a chance to make things right as she faces the music with her family.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: romantic, sweet, touching, serious, realistic, funny, therapeutic, road movie, rough, sexy
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Blinded by the Light (2019)
Plot Summary:
In 1987, during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family, and find his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: captivating, touching, feel good, humorous, tense, retro, emotional, independent film, semi autobiographical, fun
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Hotel Oasis (2001)
Plot Summary:
The life of motel owner is turned upside down by a femme-fatale lounge singer and her abusive manager.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 346
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, cynical, suspenseful, exciting, tense, touching, suspense
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Stanley's Gig (2000)
Plot Summary:
An emotionally dysfunctional ukulele minstrel lands a gig at a nursing home where he strikes up an unlikely relationship with an ancient jazz chanteuse and awakens from a lifetime of loneliness and inconsequence.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 213
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, realistic, touching, independent film
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Looking for Kitty (2004)
Plot Summary:
A high school baseball coach and a down-on-his-luck private investigator form a bond as they scour New York City for the coach's wife, who's run away with a second-rate rock star.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 960
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, melancholic, sentimental, disturbing
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In the Soup (1992)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, Spain
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: black and white, dark comedy, thought provoking, intellectual, surreal, indie film, independent film, touching, humorous, realistic
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The Wedding Weekend (2006)
Plot Summary:
A group of guys who sang together in a college a cappella group reunite 15 years later to perform at a friend's wedding and discover how their lives have progressed -- and in some cases regressed -- since their college heyday.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 689
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, captivating, feel good, touching, realistic, semi serious
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Duets (2000)
Plot Summary:
Duets is a road-trip comedy which revolves around the little known world of karaoke and the whimsical characters who inhabit it. All roads lead to Omaha, site of a national karaoke competition where this motley group of singers and stars come together for a blow-out sing-off.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, entertaining, humorous, road movie, clever, comedy drama, realistic, talky, semi serious
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Where's Firuze? (2004)
Plot Summary:
Having failed incredibly many times in attempts to find a big talent and to be rich, the two producers and their only two contracted singers struggle to clean their debts and make their dreams come true, no matter what happens. Being in a tight spot, they rely on a gastarbeiter who they hear sing over the phone. They desperately invite him to Turkey. Then, out of the blue, an inspirational lady, Firuze, shows up and supports the gang both morally and financially. With the support they receive from Firuze, the gang start walking, slowly but decisively, towards their aim. Just when they think they really can turn things around, they learn that Firuze is actually a schizophrenic and they did it all by themselves.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Turkey
Duration: 128 min
Plot tags: semi serious, feel good, humorous, witty, art house, realistic
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Hearts Beat Loud (2018)
Plot Summary:
In the hip Brooklyn neighborhood of Red Hook, single dad and record store owner Frank is preparing to send his hard-working daughter Sam off to college while being forced to close his vintage shop. Hoping to stay connected through their shared musical passions, Frank urges Sam to turn their weekly jam sessions into a father-daughter live act. After their first song becomes an internet breakout, the two embark on a journey of love, growing up and musical discovery.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: feel good, light, sincere, touching, indie film, queer cinema, weird
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Adam & Steve (2005)
Plot Summary:
Follows two New York city couples -- one heterosexual and one gay who explore the peaks and the valleys of their respective relationships.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, clever, realistic, independent film, crying, humorous, queer cinema
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CODA (2021)
Plot Summary:
As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 157000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, motivational, sad, teen, sincere, captivating, funny, romantic, sexy
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Beaches (1988)
Plot Summary:
A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min
Plot tags: emotional, heartbreaking, tear jerker, sad, sentimental, melancholic, sweet, realistic, talky, inspirational
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Kinky Boots (2005)
Plot Summary:
Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, in central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Yet, the untimely death of his father places him in that position, only to learn that Price & Sons Shoes is failing. While in despair at his failed attempts to save the business, Charles has a chance encounter with the flamboyant drag queen cabaret singer, Lola. Her complaints about the inadequate footwear for her work combined with one of Charles' ex-employees, Lauren, leads to a suggestion to change the product to create a desperate chance to save the business: make men's fetish footwear. Lola is convinced to be their footwear designer and the transition begins. Now this disparate lot must struggle at this unorthodox idea while dealing both the prejudice of the staff, Lola's discomfort in the small town and the selfish manipulation of Charles' greedy fiancée who cannot see the greater good in Charles' dream.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, inspirational, motivational, feel good, sweet, satirical, cult classic, offbeat, realistic
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Living in Oblivion (1995)
Plot Summary:
Nick is the director of a low-budget indie film. He tries to keep everything together as his production is plagued with an insecure actress, a megalomaniac star, a pretentious, beret-wearing director of photography and lousy catering. Divided in three acts, each representing a different scene to shoot, this film is an essential for amateur filmmakers.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: surreal, independent film, humorous, funny, atmospheric, talky, light, art house, semi serious, cult classic
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Coyote Ugly (2000)
Plot Summary:
Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her "day" job as a barmaid at Coyote Ugly. The "Coyotes" as they are affectionately called tantalize customers and the media alike with their outrageous antics, making Coyote Ugly the watering hole for guys on the prowl.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 120000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: romantic, stylized, exciting, entertaining, sexy, semi serious, humorous, erotic, feel good, romantic comedy
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54 (1998)
Plot Summary:
Shane, a Jersey boy with big dreams, crosses the river in hopes of finding a more exciting life at Studio 54. When Steve Rubell, the mastermind behind the infamous disco, plucks Shane from the sea of faces clamoring to get inside his club, Shane not only gets his foot in the door, but lands a coveted job behind the bar – and a front-row seat at the most legendary party on the planet.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, sexy, serious, realistic, sexual, erotic, psychedelic, art house, deep, cult classic