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Plot Summary:
The ups and downs of the popular music world are revealed to a singer.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Finland
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rockumentary
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Go Go 70's (2008)
Plot Summary:
A movie about the first Korean soul band in 1970's.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags:
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Sinfín (2005)
Plot Summary:
15 years after of its breakdown, a music band have a second chance of exit.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 114
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Spain
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags:
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Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees (1997)
Plot Summary:
Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees is a one-hour comedy special televised on the ABC Network on Monday February 17, 1997. The show features all four of the original Monkees and would be the last time Micky Dolenz, Davy Jones, Michael Nesmith, and Peter Tork would appear together. Michael Nesmith wrote and directed the program.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags:
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Rock'n Roll Never Dies (2006)
Plot Summary:
Finnish rocker movie.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Finland
Duration: 131 min
Plot tags:
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The Breakup Playlist (2015)
Plot Summary:
A story about an aspiring professional singer and a rock singer who collaborates in a song. As they work on their song, they start to develop feelings for each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 339
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Philippines
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags:
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Miss Blue Jeans (2012)
Plot Summary:
Year 1977. Punk and new wave rock´n roll has arrived to remote Finland and a bleak small town Oulu where increasingly odd-looking youths began to appear in the street with a message. Their rebellion speaks to Välde (17). Välde dreams of joining a rock band and becoming famous. He wants to get drunk for the first time, and to win the love of Pike, the most beautiful girl in the class. When Pike wins the Miss Blue Jeans contest organised by the country´s leading (and only) pop music magazine Suosikki and takes as her boyfriend the bourgeois Henri Hakala, Välde puts all his eggs in one basket. He abandons his former self and begins purposefully constructing a new persona for himself. But everything doesn’t go as Välde wanted … The film is based on a novel by Kauko Röyhkä, an author and indie rock musician.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 893
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Badding (2000)
Plot Summary:
No overview found.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Finland
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: captivating, semi serious, realistic, fairy tale
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The Heavenly Kings (2006)
Plot Summary:
Mockumentary about Hong Kong boy band Alive.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 220
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: light, humorous, captivating, semi serious, mockumentary, independent film, fake documentary
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The Rose of the Rascal (2001)
Plot Summary:
The life of Irwin Goodman, a Finnish singer.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Finland
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, captivating, realistic
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Love Records: Anna mulle Lovee (2016)
Plot Summary:
The rise and fall of Love Records record label in 1960s and 1970s Finland.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 478
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Finland
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: serious, suspense, realistic, suspenseful
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Zombie and the Ghost Train (1991)
Plot Summary:
Antti "Zombie" Autiomaa does two things well: play the bass guitar and drink. After several months' sleeping on the streets of Istanbul, he returns to Helsinki where he's called into the army but discharged on mental health grounds after adding turpentine to the officers' soup. Zombie lives bleary-eyed in an apartment off his parents' house where his lonely, unemployed father suffers from heart disease. His girl-friend Marjo has taken up with a hairdresser but comes back to Zombie. His friend Harri hires him as a roadie for his band "Harry and the Mulefukkers" then gives him a chance as a bass player. He has his girl and he has a gig, but can Zombie put the bottle down?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Finland
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: offbeat, realistic, humorous, gloomy, semi serious
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Hear My Song (1991)
Plot Summary:
Singer Josef Locke fled to Ireland 25 years ago to escape the clutches of the tax man and police Chief Jim Abbott. What he also left behind was the love of his life Cathleen Doyle. Now, Micky O’Neill is desperate to save both his ailing Liverpool nightclub ‘Heartly’s’ and his failing relationship with the beautiful Nancy, Cathleen’s daughter. The solution? Book the infamous Josef Locke.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: touching, road movie, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, independent film, fairy tale, sentimental, funny
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Rock My World (2002)
Plot Summary:
When a rock band at the top of their game suddenly loses their leader, their direction suddenly becomes questionable. All the band members know is that the leader's clothes were found at the edge of a waterfront and he had not been seen since. To compensate, they hire a new band member that shakes up their thoughts of the band. But the biggest changes come when the band decides to go into seclusion to develop new songs and a new sound. They rent a mansion from an aristocratic couple, who are hard up for money. When the staff hired to be on hand when the band arrives do not show, the couple decides to act as the butler, Benson, and the cook, Margaret. The obvious conflicts between the two cultures occur, but a respect for each other gradually follows. Meanwhile, the band's recording company is trying to trick them into signing a contract that obligates the music to be as the company requires.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, independent film
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Still Crazy (1998)
Plot Summary:
In the seventies Strange Fruit were it. They lived the rock lifestyle to the max, groupies, drugs, internal tension and an ex front man dead from an overdose. Even their demise was glamorous; when lightning struck the stage during an outdoor festival. 20 years on and these former rock gods they have now sunk deep into obscurity when the idea of a reunion tour is lodged in the head of Tony, former keyboard player of the Fruits. Tony sets out to find his former bandmates with the help of former manager Karen to see if they can recapture the magic and give themselves a second chance.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: clever, humorous, neurotic, sentimental, sincere, touching, feel good, realistic, witty, contemplative
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Ragged Life of Juice Leskinen (2018)
Plot Summary:
Biopic of Finnish singer and songwriter, Juice Leskinen.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Finland
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating
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Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)
Plot Summary:
The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Finnish musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune. As they cross the country, trying to get to a wedding in Mexico, they are followed by the village idiot, who wishes to join the band.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: Finland, Sweden
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: road movie, humorous, funny, light, satirical, surreal, cult classic, art house, offbeat, realistic
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Blame It on the Night (1984)
Plot Summary:
When his unmarried mother dies, custody of 13-year-old Job is assumed by his alleged father, Chris, whom he has never seen. Job is an enthusiastic cadet at a military academy, and Chris turns out to be a top-grossing rock star who removes Job from his beloved school to keep him company on tour. Getting acquainted is fraught with culture shock for both father and son. Written by Paul Emmons.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 223
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: independent film, serious, emotional, realistic, sexual, sexy
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Comment c'est Loin (2015)
Plot Summary:
After ten years of doing nothing, Orel and Gringe are in their mid 30s and they struggle to finish their first rap album. Their texts are mostly sex jokes and booze stories and reflect the everyday life they have in a small town from France. The problem is that they never really finished a song and when their producers want to meet, they have to face a new challenge : finish their first song in the next 24h. Their old issues, the fear of failure, their alcoholic friends and annoying girlfriends won't help them to do so, or will they ?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Taking Off (1971)
Plot Summary:
Unable to deal with her parents, Jeannie Tyne runs away from home. Larry and Lyne Tyne search for her, and in the process meet other people whose children ran away. With their children gone, the parents are now free to rediscover/enjoy life.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, social, clever, offbeat, humorous, captivating, realistic, witty, talky, semi serious
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Nashville (1975)
Plot Summary:
This movie tells the intersecting stories of various people connected to the music business in Nashville. Barbara Jean is the reigning queen of Nashville but is near collapse. Linnea and Delbert Reese have a shaky marriage and 2 deaf children. Opal is a British journalist touring the area. These and other stories come together in a dramatic climax.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 160 min
Plot tags: political, stylized, independent film, cult classic, anthology, clever, talky, biting, mind blowing, satirical
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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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The Commitments (1991)
Plot Summary:
Jimmy Rabbitte, just a tick out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: cult classic, independent film, feel good, humorous, realistic, offbeat, sincere, captivating, contemplative, semi serious
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Grace of My Heart (1996)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring singer, Denise Waverly/Edna Buxton, sacrifices her own singing career to write hit songs that launch the careers of other singers. The film follows her life from her first break, through the pain of rejection from the recording industry and a bad marriage, to her final triumph in realizing her dream to record her own hit album.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: touching, inspirational, lyrical, sentimental, cult classic, period piece, sincere, realistic, semi serious, romantic
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The Dirt (2019)
Plot Summary:
The story of Mötley Crüe and their rise from the Sunset Strip club scene of the early 1980s to superstardom.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, captivating, feel good, serious, slasher, sad, historical drama, psychological, tense
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That Thing You Do! (1996)
Plot Summary:
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 73000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, feel good, light, sincere, period piece, touching, sexy, retro, emotional
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Spike Island (2012)
Plot Summary:
Teenage musicians travel to England's Spike Island in the hope of attending an outdoor performance by their favorite band, the Stone Roses.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, captivating, realistic, sad
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Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains (1982)
Plot Summary:
Corrine Burns retreats far into plans for her band, The Fabulous Stains, after her mother's death.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: retro, psychotronic, thinking, cult classic, independent film, clever, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty
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The Boat That Rocked (2009)
Plot Summary:
The Boat that Rocked is an ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It's about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing the music that defines a generation and standing up to a government that wanted control of popular culture via the British Broadcasting Corporation. Loosely based on the events in Britain in the 60's when the Labour government of Harold Wilson, wanted to bring the pirate stations under control, enough to see the passage of the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act on 15 August 1967.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 115000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, sentimental, light, colorful, realistic, semi serious, melancholic, hilarious, indie film
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24 Hour Party People (2002)
Plot Summary:
In 1976, Tony Wilson sets up Factory Records and brings Manchester's music to the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: witty, psychedelic, atmospheric, sincere, humorous, absurd, cult classic, clever, stylized, educational
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Almost Famous (2000)
Plot Summary:
In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band Stillwater – fronted by lead guitar Russell Hammond and lead singer Jeff Bebe William.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 289000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: sentimental, road movie, feel good, realistic, semi autobiographical, teen, emotional, independent film, cult classic, sweet