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Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
Plot Summary:
Hansel Schmidt, is a young East German boy, born and raised during the Cold War in communist East Berlin. In his 20s, he meets Luther Robinson, an older American soldier, who falls in love with Hansel and the two decide to marry, which will allow Hansel to leave communist East Germany for the West. But, in order to marry, Hansel must undergo a sex-change. However, the procedure does not go perfectly and Hansel becomes not a trans woman, but a 'genderqueer', Hedwig. Back in the USA, on their first wedding anniversary, Luther leaves Hedwig for another man. On that same day the news headlines were of the fall of the Berlin Wall and freedom. Hedwig tours the US with her rock band and relates her life story while following her ex-boyfriend/band-mate Tommy Speck (to whom she gives the stage name "Tommy Gnosis"), who stole her songs and rose to fame
Duration: 95 min
IMDB Rating: 7.7/10
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: Canada, USA
Plot tags: transsexual, gender, gay, transvestism, transgender, berlin wall, drag queen, self discovery, singer, rock and roll, musician's life, musician, teenage boy, music, lgbtq, transvestite, gay interest, sexuality, lgbtqi, loneliness, homosexual, lifestyle, friendship, rock, couples
The Piano Teacher (2001)
Plot Summary:
Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her
Duration: 131 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 70000
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: France, Austria, Germany
Plot tags: bdsm, older woman younger man relationship, age difference, teacher, mother daughter relationship, sexual relations, fetish, desire, rape, masochism, sex, obsession, pianist, perversion, overbearing parent, teacher student sex, sexuality, older woman younger man sex, teachers and students, spinster, mental illness, sex scene, destructive relationship, musician, music
All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)
Plot Summary:
Charts the troubled teenage years of students Yuichi Hasumi and Shusuke Hoshino, exploring the shifting and complex power dynamics of their relationship against the backdrop of Yuichi's love for the dreamy and abstract music of fictional pop star Lily Chou-Chou
Duration: 146 min
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Plot tags: coming of age, bullying, music, alienation, high school, school, teenage life, social misfits, friendship, adolescence, youth, mind game, loneliness, humiliation, teasing, teenager, teacher, violence, prostitution, beach, sex, children, mental disorder, introvert, changing lives
Rock Star (2001)
Plot Summary:
Rock Star tells the story of Chris Cole and a rock band called Steel Dragon. Cole is a photocopier technician by day, and the lead singer of a Steel Dragon tribute band called "Blood Pollution" by night.Internal struggles between the Steel Dragon band members culminate with the firing of the lead singer, Bobby Beers and the starting of recruitment sessions to find a new vocalist. Loosely inspired by the true story of the heavy metal band Judas Priest
Duration: 105 min
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Plot tags: rock star, music, rock music, rock and roll, heavy metal, rock, audition, success, ambition, rock band, rock concert, relationship problems, lifestyle, musician's life, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, rising to stardom, overnight success, musician, fictional band, teenager, erotica, experiment, punk, rocker
Save the Last Dance (2001)
Plot Summary:
A white midwestern girl moves to Chicago, where her new boyfriend is a black teen from the South Side with a rough, semi-criminal past
Duration: 112 min
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: dancing, ballet, interracial romance, high school, dance, dancer's life, hip hop, african american, music, street dance, ghetto, audition, teenager, love and romance, father daughter relationship, interracial relations, love story, teenage love, teenage girl, love, coming of age, follow your dream, hopes, dance school, black
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
Plot Summary:
When a Greek fisherman leaves to fight with the Greek army during WWII, his fiancee falls in love with the local Italian commander. The film is based on a novel about an Italian soldier's experiences during the Italian occupation of the Greek island of Cephalonia (Kefalonia), but Hollywood made it into a pure love story by removing much of the "unpleasant" stuff
Duration: 131 min
IMDB Rating: 5.9/10
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance, War
Country: UK, France, USA
Plot tags: world war two, war, italian army, wartime, fascism, resistance fighter, world war, love and romance, fall in love, impossible love, social relations, wartime life, love story, island, historical event, military, sexual content, italian soldier, greek, officer, love, italian history, travel, roman empire, couples
Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
Plot Summary:
Josie, Melody and Val are three small-town girl musicians determined to take their rock band out of their garage and straight to the top, while remaining true to their look, style and sound. They get a record deal which brings fame and fortune but soon realize they are pawns of two people who want to control the youth of America. They must clear their names, even if it means losing fame and fortune
Duration: 98 min
IMDB Rating: 5.6/10
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Plot tags: music, showbiz, rock and roll, friendship, teenager, celebrity, fictional band, music band, ambition, lifestyle, musician's life, desire for fame, fighting the system, megalomaniac, disorder, artists and showbiz, girl, comic book, fame, secret, rock, manipulation, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, music industry, conspiracy
Glitter (2001)
Plot Summary:
A young woman is catapulted into pop stardom, with her already-famous DJ boyfriend calling the shots
Duration: 104 min
IMDB Rating: 2.4/10
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Plot tags: music, female protagonist, showbiz, hopes, ambition, rise and fall, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, love affair, follow your dream, rising to stardom, parents and children, music business, women, hip hop, singer, teenager, jazz, wrestling, teenage girl, black cast, rock and roll, trippy, girl power, black