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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
Best tv shows and movies like Wu-Tang: An American Saga (2019):
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Method & Red (2004)
Plot Summary:
Real life hip hop recording artists Method Man and Redman play themselves as they move into a comfortable luxury estate from the success of their recording albums and acting gigs and then try to fit in with the uptight, predominately Caucasian community whom try to evict them for their wild party gatherings while gaining admiration from a handful of neighbor eccentrics including the young son of their real estate agent whom live just next door.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 694
Genere: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, not serious, captivating, suspenseful
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The Bobby Brown Story (2018)
Plot Summary:
The life and career of R&B singer Bobby Brown, who left the pop group New Edition to score eight consecutive top-10 pop singles as a solo artist before his life began to unravel after his marriage to pop icon Whitney Houston.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 879
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing
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Nicky Jam: El Ganador (2018)
Plot Summary:
Follow Reggaeton artist Nicky Jam's struggles to overcome drug addiction and rise to international success in this dramatization of his life story.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Music
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic
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Antonia (2006)
Plot Summary:
Determined to escape their poverty-stricken lives, four talented young women living on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil, form an all-female rap group but find their road to success is riddled with sexism, racism, and violence. One by one, they succumb to their grim realities...until they discover that out of struggle come strength, and out of strength, the courage to continue on. Written by Echo Bridge Home Entertainment.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 434
Genere: Drama, Musical
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, rough
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Times Change You (2010)
Plot Summary:
The life story of German gangsta rapper, Bushido.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, sad, crying, gloomy
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Ragamuffin (2014)
Plot Summary:
RAGAMUFFIN is based on the true story of Rich Mullins, a musical prodigy who rose to Christian music fame and fortune only to walk away and live on a Navajo reservation. An artistic genius raised on a tree farm in Indiana by a weathered, callous father, Rich wrestled all of his life with the brokenness and crippling insecurity born of his childhood. A lover of Jesus and a rebel in the church, Rich refused to let his struggles with alcoholism, addiction and women tear him away from a God he was determined to love. As he struggled with success in Nashville, depression in Wichita, and oblivion in the Four Corners, Rich became one of the first of his time to live honestly amidst a culture of religion and conformity.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic
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The Get Down (2016)
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
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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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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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Elvis (2005)
Plot Summary:
A chronicle of the life of Elvis Presley (Rhys Meyers), from his humble beginnings to his rise to international stardom.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 173 min
Plot tags: realistic, sentimental, touching, captivating, serious, gloomy, rockumentary
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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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In His Life: The John Lennon Story (2000)
Plot Summary:
A film about the early life of the rock musician and his burgeoning career as a member of the Beatles.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 695
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, captivating, realistic, rockumentary
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Empire (2015)
Plot Summary:
A powerful family drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his throne.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, exciting, captivating, soap opera, suspense, queer cinema
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Step Up: High Water (2018)
Plot Summary:
Twins Tal and Janelle relocate from Ohio to Atlanta, where at their new school High Water is always a beat.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, inspirational, feel good, sweet, serious, entertaining, ridiculous
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Habana Blues (2005)
Plot Summary:
When Spanish record producers express interest in Cuban musicians Ruy and Tito, the longtime friends are faced with the prospect of leaving their loved ones behind. After years of hoping and dreaming, they've finally earned the opportunity to bring their music to the rest of the world. But are the emotional trade-offs worth it in the end?.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: Spain, Cuba, France
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: sincere, touching, emotional, realistic, humorous, semi serious
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Filly Brown (2012)
Plot Summary:
“Majo” Tonorio, a.k.a. Filly Brown, is a raw, young Los Angeles hip-hop artist who spits from the heart. When a sleazy record producer offers her a crack at rap stardom, Majo faces some daunting choices. With an incarcerated mother, a record contract could be the ticket out for her struggling family. But taking the deal means selling out her talent and the true friends who helped her to the cusp of success.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: realistic, sincere, captivating, psychological, hood, serious, independent film
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Just Another Day (2009)
Plot Summary:
Follows a day in the life of two men living at either end of the music game. A successful rapper, A-Maze, is dealing with the pitfalls and trappings of his success and facing new challenges in the music business to get a check while the other, Young Eastie, is a young man struggling in a harsh world that is threatening to destroy him.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 881
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, hood
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Know Thy Enemy (2009)
Plot Summary:
Nemesis is the hottest rapper in rap's hottest city; Miami, the 305. But he has a little secret...he's not really a rapper. A record label discovers Nate's talent, and offers to make him a star, as a rapper. They create Nemesis, a Hip Hop gangster designed to sell records and spit hate. Fame quickly follows, but at price.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, inspirational, captivating, entertaining, disturbing
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The New Edition Story (2017)
Plot Summary:
From their humble beginnings in Boston to their chart topping super status, The New Edition Story chronicles the storied journey of one of America's most beloved boy bands.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, disturbing
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Vertinsky (2021)
Plot Summary:
Biography of the most famous Russian chansonnier of the 20th century. The story of the artist who left Russia in 1919 and returned to the USSR in 1943, in the midst of World War II. Vertinsky lived, sang, and was popular in Constantinople, Paris, Berlin, New York, Los Angeles, Harbin, Shanghai, and Moscow. He was loved by beautiful women, applauded by royalty and thieves. He was a bohemian man, light and cheerful. However, this painting, first of all, is about his kindness. On the ability not to judge, but to pity, to sympathize with anyone. And for this fate has gifted him with great success and late family happiness. This is a story of how a songbird, an artist, a frivolous creature can live a life of both envy and respect.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 136
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Russia
Duration: 62 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, thought provoking, captivating, period drama
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What We Do Is Secret (2007)
Plot Summary:
A biopic of punk legend Darby Crash and his band, the Germs.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, tense, suspense, informative, interesting, rockumentary, queer cinema
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Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story (2004)
Plot Summary:
Chronicles the rise and fall of pop king Michael Jackson.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic
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The Beach Boys: An American Family (2000)
Plot Summary:
This movie re-creates the life stories of the members of the rock group "The Beach Boys. The film focuses primarily on the Wilson brothers and their parents, but also includes stories about the rest of members of the band. A two-part television movie special.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 781
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 240 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, captivating
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The Temptations (1998)
Plot Summary:
The true story of The Temptations, the Soul vocal group of the 1960s, as seen from the viewpoint of the last surviving member, Otis Williams. Beginning from their humble origins in the late 50s and continuing through the 90s and the deaths of the other 4 members.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 175 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, black cinema, rockumentary, period drama
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King of Salsa (2006)
Plot Summary:
The rise and fall of salsa singer, Héctor Lavoe (1946-1993), as told from the perspective of his wife Puchi, who looks back from 2002.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, disturbing, informative, sentimental, vintage
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Why Do Fools Fall in Love (1998)
Plot Summary:
In the mid-80s, three women (each with an attorney) arrive at the office of New York entertainment manager, Morris Levy. One is an L.A. singer, formerly of the Platters; one is a petty thief from Philly; one teaches school in a small Georgia town. Each claims to be the widow of long-dead doo-wop singer-songwriter Frankie Lyman, and each wants years of royalties due to his estate, money Levy has never shared. During an ensuing civil trial, flashbacks tell the story of each one's life with Lyman, a boyish, high-pitched, dynamic performer, lost to heroin. Slowly, the three wives establish their own bond.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: emotional, inspirational, melancholic, touching, sentimental, serious, realistic, cult classic, independent film, entertaining
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Crazy Sexy Cool: The TLC Story (2013)
Plot Summary:
TLC's humble beginnings in Atlanta quickly led to an unprecedented rise to fame in the 1990's as one of the world's most talented, celebrated and highest-selling female groups of all time. Through very public and high profile success, turmoil and tragedy, TLC left an indelible stamp of female empowerment that changed the face of the music industry forever.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: sincere, serious, realistic, captivating
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Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005)
Plot Summary:
A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: hood, harsh, stylized, serious, rough, exciting, sexual, crime drama, realistic, semi autobiographical
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8 Mile (2002)
Plot Summary:
The setting is Detroit in 1995. The city is divided by 8 Mile, a road that splits the town in half along racial lines. A young white rapper, Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. summons strength within himself to cross over these arbitrary boundaries to fulfill his dream of success in hip hop. With his pal Future and the three one third in place, all he has to do is not choke.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 314000
Genere: Drama, Music
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: inspirational, hood, serious, realistic, harsh, feel good, lyrical, stylized, captivating, tense
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Notorious (2009)
Plot Summary:
NOTORIOUS is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (once selling crack to pregnant women) to one of the greatest rappers of all time; THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. Follow his meteoric rise to fame and his refusal to succumb to expectations - redefining our notion of "The American Dream.".
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Biography, Crime, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: hood, melancholic, factual, sincere, serious, epic, sad, sexual, sentimental, rough