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Plot Summary:
A ragtag group of teenagers run wild in the streets of the Bronx in the late 1970s.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, serious, powerful, interesting
Best tv shows and movies like The Get Down (2016):
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Live from Lincoln Center (1976)
Plot Summary:
Live From Lincoln Center is an ongoing series of musical performances produced by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in conjunction with Thirteen/WNET in New York City. A series of concerts, ballets, operas, and recitals telecast, as the title says, live from Lincoln Center, it was created and developed by Executive Producer John Goberman and premiered on January 30, 1976 with a concert featuring André Previn and Van Cliburn. It is aired by PBS stations nationwide periodically rather than on a regular schedule. It has presented historic performances by such artists as Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern, Sir James Galway, Zubin Mehta, Kurt Masur, Beverly Sills, Joan Sutherland, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Audra McDonald, the New York City Ballet, the Mark Morris Dance Group, the American Ballet Theatre, the New York Philharmonic, and the New York City Opera to millions of home viewers. It has won thirteen Emmy Awards and fifty-three Emmy Award nominations, as well as two George Foster Peabody Awards. Two recordings made from concerts presented on the show have won Grammy awards. Announcer Martin Bookspan was with the program from its premiere in 1976 until his 2006 retirement, when Fred Child, announcer for NPR's Performance Today, took over. Several personalities, among them Dick Cavett, Hugh Downs, Sam Waterston, Garrick Utley, Canadian broadcaster Patrick Watson, and Beverly Sills, have served as host for the series, with Downs staying the longest. Ms. Sills was the host from 2000 until two months before her death in 2007. In recent years the host position has been filled by artists such as Alan Alda, Alec Baldwin, Lesley Stahl. The program was principally directed by Kirk Browning from its inception in 1976 until 2008. Since 2008 Alan Skog has been primary director.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 275
Genere: Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: anthology, serious, captivating, realistic
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The Breaks (2017)
Plot Summary:
Picking up where the original movie leaves off, it's 1990 in New York City at the height of rap's "Golden Age" of creativity, but corporate America has been hesitant to embrace the genre. Nikki lands a dream job as the assistant to the legendary and out-of-control Barry Fouray. Her best friend and producer DeeVee is working with rapper Ahm who is currently under investigation by the police for murder. How far will these driven young people go to rise to the top of the hip-hop world?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 323
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags:
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Stuck (2017)
Plot Summary:
A musical about six strangers who find themselves stuck on the New York City subway.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 422
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
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Vinyl (2016)
Plot Summary:
Set in 1970s New York, Vinyl is a ride through the sex- and drug-addled music business at the dawn of punk, disco, and hip-hop. The show is seen through the eyes of a record label president, Richie Finestra, who is trying to save his company and his soul without destroying everyone in his path.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: stylized, captivating, tense, realistic, erotic, sensual, dark drama, independent film, serious, rockumentary
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Soundtrack (2019)
Plot Summary:
Love, loss and transformative luck intersect in this musical drama about two struggling artists experiencing life at full volume in Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
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Rappin' (1985)
Plot Summary:
An ex-con and break-dancer helps save a neighborhood from a greedy developer while trying to win a rap contest.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 588
Genere: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, grim, independent film
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Celia (2015)
Plot Summary:
"Celia" tells the story of one of the legends of Latin music's most internationally known: Celia Cruz.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 366
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Colombia, USA
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: psychological, uplifting, thought provoking, captivating, telenovela
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The Heights (1992)
Plot Summary:
The Heights is an American musical drama series that aired on the Fox network from August to November 1992.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 297
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sentimental, serious, captivating, realistic
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Pistol (2022)
Plot Summary:
The story of a band of spotty, noisy, working-class kids with “no future,” who shook the boring, corrupt Establishment to its core, threatened to bring down the government and changed music and culture forever.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing, semi autobiographical
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Carmen: A Hip Hopera (2001)
Plot Summary:
Based on Verdi's (Bizet's not Verdi's) classic opera and its all African American musical counterpart Carmen Jones, Carmen a Hiphopera is a modern retelling of the story of the tragic gypsy Carmen. The setting has been taken from the hots streets of Barcelona and is now in scorching urban Philadelphia. This time Carmen Brown is an aspiring actress who in her own words 'leaves the whole town speechless.' Her sultry looks and carefree confidence attract the attention of everyone from crooked cop Luietenant Miller to famous rapper Blaze. However Carmen has eyes on the one man she can't have- Seargeant Derrick Hill who is engaged. Yet nothing stops Carmen Brown getting what she wants- except perhaps a trip to LA and an ominous tarot cards prophecy.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: captivating, serious, realistic, stylized, black cinema
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Atlanta (2016)
Plot Summary:
Two cousins, with different views on art versus commerce, on their way up through the Atlanta rap scene; Earnest 'Earn' Marks, an ambitious college dropout and his estranged cousin, who suddenly becomes a star.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 85000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, sitcom, satirical, captivating, ironic, cynical, light, inspirational, clever, serious
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Queens (2021)
Plot Summary:
Estranged and out-of-touch, four women in their 40s reunite for a chance to recapture their fame and regain the swagger they had as the Nasty Bitches—their ‘90s group that made them legends in the hip-hop world.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, queer cinema
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Rebelde (2022)
Plot Summary:
Head back to Elite Way School as a new generation of students hope to win the Battle of the Bands.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: Mexico
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, semi serious, telenovela
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Treme (2010)
Plot Summary:
Tremé takes its name from a neighborhood of New Orleans and portrays life in the aftermath of the 2005 hurricane. Beginning three months after Hurricane Katrina, the residents of New Orleans, including musicians, chefs, Mardi Gras Indians, and other New Orleanians struggle to rebuild their lives, their homes and their unique culture.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, sentimental, serious, erotic, philosophical, gothic, emotional, social, sensual
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Bel-Air (2022)
Plot Summary:
The journey of a book smart teen whose life is forever transformed when he moves from the streets of west Philadelphia to live with his relatives in one of LA’s wealthiest suburbs.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, sitcom, psychological
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High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (2019)
Plot Summary:
A group of East High students countdown to the opening night of their school’s first-ever production of “High School Musical.” Showmances blossom; friendships are tested while new ones are made; rivalries flare and lives are changed forever as these young people discover the transformative power that only a high school drama club can provide.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 31 min
Plot tags: feel good, sentimental, romantic, humorous, melancholic, exciting, mockumentary, teen comedy
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The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992)
Plot Summary:
The Jacksons are your average working-class family in Gary, Indiana; but when their father discovers the kids have an extraordinary musical talent they form a band. Winning talent show after talent show they soon hit it big when Motown calls. From there they become the now famous Jackson 5. But along the way their success brings trouble and turmoil.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, suspenseful, controversial
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Roxanne Roxanne (2017)
Plot Summary:
The most feared battle emcee in early-'80s NYC was a fierce teenager from the Queensbridge projects with the weight of the world on her shoulders. At age 14, hustling the streets to provide for her family, Roxanne Shanté was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: captivating, serious, realistic, hood
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Wu-Tang: An American Saga (2019)
Plot Summary:
Tracks the Wu-Tang Clan's formation, a vision of Bobby Diggs, who strives to unite a dozen young, black men that are torn between music and crime but eventually rise to become the unlikeliest of American success stories.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min
Plot tags: suspense, realistic, exciting, sincere
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Welcome to Reality (2011)
Plot Summary:
This dramatic series follows a group of troubled Mexican teens in their last year of school, coping with such challenges as drug abuse and sexual identity. In other words, growing up.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, sentimental, sincere, telenovela
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Beat Street (1984)
Plot Summary:
An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: hood, independent film, grim, serious, realistic, light, bloody, melancholic, affectionate, harsh
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Fame (1980)
Plot Summary:
A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min
Plot tags: inspirational, sincere, realistic, serious, captivating, teen, retro, sexual, epic, light
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Fame (1982)
Plot Summary:
Fame is an American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show is based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. Using a mixture of drama and music, it followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Although fictional, it was based heavily on the actual Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York. Most interior scenes were filmed in Hollywood, California. In all seasons except the 3rd, the show filmed several exterior scenes on location in New York City. The popularity of the series, particularly in the UK, led to several hit records and live concert tours by the cast. Despite its success, very few of the actors maintained high-profile careers after the series was cancelled. A number of the cast members were seen again briefly in Bring Back...Fame, a reunion special made for UK television in 2008.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: feel good, realistic, serious, semi serious
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Stomp the Yard (2007)
Plot Summary:
After the death of his younger brother, a troubled 19-year-old street dancer from Los Angeles is able to bypass juvenile hall by enrolling in the historically black, Truth University in Atlanta, Georgia. But his efforts to get an education and woo the girl he likes are sidelined when he is courted by the top two campus fraternities, both of which want and need his fierce street-style dance moves to win the highly coveted national step show competition.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: inspirational, intense, captivating, exciting, touching, hood, serious, realistic, independent film, erotic
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Stomp the Yard 2: Homecoming (2010)
Plot Summary:
Chance Harris looks to find a balance between his school, work, relationships and opportunity to perform at the nationally televised step competition during homecoming weekend at Truth University.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: feel good, serious, captivating, realistic, independent film
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Glee (2009)
Plot Summary:
Glee is an American teen musical comedy-drama television series that airs on the Fox network in the United States. It focuses on the reconstituted William McKinley High School glee club, New Directions, which competes on the show choir competition circuit while its disparate members deal with relationships, sexuality, social issues, and learning to become an effective team.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 154000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: feel good, stylized, humorous, witty, semi serious, teen, suspense, funny, light, offbeat
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Dreamgirls (2006)
Plot Summary:
Three young women – Deena Jones, Effie White and Lorrell Robinson – dream of becoming pop stars and they get their wish when they're chosen to be backup singers for the legendary James 'Thunder' Early.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: stylized, emotional, lyrical, melancholic, sentimental, visually appealing, inspirational, uplifting, hood, serious
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Big Time Rush (2009)
Plot Summary:
Four teenage friends move from Minneapolis to Los Angeles to form a potential chart-topping boy band after Kendall is inadvertently discovered by an eccentric record executive, Gustavo Rocque. As they seize this opportunity of a lifetime, these friends embark on an exciting comedy and music-filled journey to prove to themselves and their record label that they are serious about their new career choice.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: sitcom, feel good, semi serious, funny, captivating, humorous, realistic, teen comedy, nostalgic
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Everybody Hates Chris (2005)
Plot Summary:
Everybody Hates Chris is an American television narrative sitcom that depicts the troubled teenage experiences of comedian Chris Rock while growing up in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City. The show is set between 1982 and 1987, but Rock himself was a teenager between 1978 and 1983. Rock grew up with a boy named Kenny Montero, whom he has often referred to as the inspiration for a lot of the episodes. In many of his interviews, Rock has described Kenny as the reason he got into comedy in the first place. The show's title parodies the hit CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, in which Rock stated: "Everybody Loves Raymond, but Everybody Hates Chris!". The show's lead actors are Tyler James Williams, Terry Crews, Tichina Arnold, Tequan Richmond, Imani Hakim, and Vincent Martella. In 2008, the The CW moved Everybody Hates Chris and The Game to the Friday night death slot. The fourth season of the series premiered Friday, October 3, 2008, at 8:00PM Eastern/7:00PM Central. On May 21, 2009, The CW announced that it had cancelled Everybody Hates Chris. Prior to this, Rock announced that the end of season 4 matched up with his own past—dropping out of high school to become a comedian—and that it was time to end the show.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, not serious, touching, witty, hood, hilarious, realistic, retro, sentimental
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Grand Army (2020)
Plot Summary:
Five students at the largest public high school in Brooklyn take on a chaotic world as they fight to succeed, survive, break free and seize the future.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, cute, emotional, entertaining, queer cinema