Bamboozled (2000)

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)

Summary: A gender-queer punk-rock singer from East Berlin tours the U.S. with her band as she tells her life story and follows the former lover/band-mate who stole her songs.

Release Date: August 31, 2001

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music

Director: John Cameron Mitchell

Writers: John Cameron Mitchell

, Stephen Trask

Runtime: 1 h 35 min

MPAA: R

Production: Killer Films, New Line Cinema

Distributor: The Criterion Channel

Countries: Canada, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 6,000,000

Domestic: $ 3,082,286

International: $ 577,795

The Pianist (2002)

Summary: During WWII, acclaimed Polish musician Wladyslaw faces various struggles as he loses contact with his family. As the situation worsens, he hides in the ruins of Warsaw in order to survive.

Release Date: January 24, 2003

Genres: Drama, Music, Biography

Director: Roman Polanski

Writers: Ronald Harwood

, Wladyslaw Szpilman

Runtime: 2 h 30 min

MPAA: 14A

Production: R.P. Productions, Heritage Films, Studio Babelsberg, StudioCanal, Bac Films, Canal+ Polska, Telewizja Polska (TVP), Agencja Produkcji Filmowej, Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg (FBB), FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), Beverly Detroit, Interscope Communications, Mainstream S.A.

Distributor: Shout Select, Universal Studios Home Video

Countries: France, Poland, Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 35,000,000

Domestic: $ 32,590,750

International: $ 87,508,195

Joan Baez I Am a Noise (2023)

Summary: At the end of a 60-year career, legendary singer and activist Joan Baez takes an honest look back and a deep look inward as she tries to make sense of her large, history-making life, and the personal struggles she's kept private.

Release Date: November 03, 2023

Genres: Music, Documentary, Biography

Directors: Miri Navasky

, Maeve O'Boyle

, Karen O'Connor

Runtime: 1 h 53 min

Distributor: Magnolia Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 648,299

International: $ 79,707

Bob Marley: One Love (2024)

Summary: The story of how reggae icon Bob Marley overcame adversity, and the journey behind his revolutionary music.

Release Date: February 14, 2024

Genres: Drama, Music, Biography

Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green

Writers: Terence Winter

, Frank E. Flowers

, Zach Baylin

Runtime: 1 h 47 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Paramount Pictures, Plan B Entertainment, Tuff Gong Pictures

Distributor: Paramount Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 96,893,170

International: $ 83,935,386

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54 (1998)

Summary: The famous 1970s New York City nightclub seen and told through the eyes of a young employee.

Release Date: August 28, 1998

Genres: Drama, Music

Director: Mark Christopher

Writer: Mark Christopher

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: 14A

Production: Dollface, FilmColony, Miramax

Distributor: Buena Vista Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 13,000,000

Domestic: $ 16,757,163

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Howard Goodall's Story of Music (2013)

Summary: Master musician Howard Goodall, puts his knowledge into power in various moving and inspirational episodes dealing from the beginning time, the birth of music. From cavemen to Lady Gaga, he highlights the importance of the forming...

Release Date: January 26, 2013

Genres: Music, Documentary, History

Production: Tiger Aspect Productions

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

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The House I Live In (1945)

Summary: Frank Sinatra teaches a group of young boys a lesson in religious tolerance.

Release Date: November 09, 1945

Genres: Drama, Music, Short

Director: Mervyn LeRoy

Writer: Albert Maltz

Runtime: 0 h 11 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Frank Ross Productions

Distributor: RKO Radio Pictures, Anti-Defamation Leauge, The Video Cellar

Country: United States

Language: English

The Wedding Singer (1998)

Summary: Robbie, a singer, and Julia, a waitress, are both engaged, but to the wrong people. Fortune intervenes to help them discover each other.

Release Date: February 13, 1998

Genres: Comedy, Romance, Music

Director: Frank Coraci

Writer: Tim Herlihy

Runtime: 1 h 37 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Juno Pix, New Line Cinema, Robert Simonds Productions

Distributor: Fox Network, Fuse, HBO Max, Image Entertainment, MGM Worldwide Television, New Line Home Video, Starz, TBS Superstation, TNT

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 18,000,000

Domestic: $ 80,245,725

International: $ 43,061,960

A Star Is Born (2018)

Summary: A musician helps a young singer find fame as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

Release Date: October 05, 2018

Genres: Drama, Romance, Music

Director: Bradley Cooper

Writers: Eric Roth

, Bradley Cooper

, Will Fetters

Runtime: 2 h 16 min

MPAA: R

Production: Warner Bros., Live Nation Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Joint Effort, Malpaso Productions

Distributor: Warner Bros., Amazon Prime Video, HBO Max

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 36,000,000

Domestic: $ 215,333,122

International: $ 221,100,000

Entergalactic (2022)

Summary: Jabari, a charming, streetwear-clad artist on the cusp of real success. After a chance run-in with his cool new photographer neighbor, Meadow, Jabari has to figure out whether he can make space for love in his life.

Release Date: September 30, 2022

Genres: Comedy, Music, Animation

Director: Fletcher Moules

Writers: Kid Cudi

, Kenya Barris

, Ian Edelman

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: TV-MA

Production: Double Negative (DNEG), Khalabo Ink Society, MAD SOLAR

Countries: United Kingdom, Canada, United States

Language: English

Trainwreck: Woodstock '99 (2022)

Summary: Woodstock 1969 promised peace and music, but its '99 revival delivered days of rage, riots and real harm. Why did it go so horribly wrong?

Release Date: August 02, 2022

Genres: Music, Documentary, History

Runtime: 0 h 45 min

MPAA: TV-MA

Production: BBH Entertainment, RAW

Country: United States

Language: English

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Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)

Summary: Two rock-'n-rolling teens, on the verge of failing their class, set out on a quest to make the ultimate school history report after being presented with a time machine.

Release Date: February 17, 1989

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Music

Director: Stephen Herek

Writers: Chris Matheson

, Ed Solomon

Runtime: 1 h 30 min

MPAA: G

Production: De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG), De Laurentiis Film Partners, Interscope Communications, Soisson/Murphey Productions, Giada International

Distributor: Fox Network, New Line Home Video, Paramount Domestic Television, MGM Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Shout! Factory, Trifecta Entertainment and Media, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, HBO Max, Shout Select

Country: United States

Language: English

Franchise: Bill & Ted

Movie budget: $ 8,500,000

Domestic: $ 40,485,039

International: $ 25,945

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King of Jazz (1930)

Summary: A rotund bandleader leads a series of theatrical sketches, dance numbers, special effects, and animated segments.

Release Date: April 20, 1930

Genres: Comedy, Music, Animation

Directors: John Murray Anderson

, Walter Lantz

Writers: Harry Ruskin

, Edward T. Lowe Jr.

, Charles MacArthur

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: Approved

Production: Universal Pictures

Distributor: MCA/Universal Home Video, The Criterion Collection

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,000,000

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All Night Long (1962)

Summary: This movie, based on William Shakespeare's Othello, is neatly positioned as a vehicle to showcase some of the best jazz musicians of the period, including Dave Brubeck and Charles Mingus.

Release Date: April 17, 1963

Genres: Drama, Music

Director: Basil Dearden

Writers: Nel King

, Paul Jarrico

, William Shakespeare

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Roberts Pictures Inc.

Distributor: The Criterion Collection

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Kansas City (1996)

Summary: A pair of kidnappings expose the complex power dynamics within the corrupt and unpredictable workings of 1930s Kansas City.

Release Date: May 15, 1996

Genres: Drama, Crime, Music

Director: Robert Altman

Writers: Robert Altman

, Frank Barhydt

Runtime: 1 h 56 min

MPAA: R

Production: CiBy 2000, Sandcastle 5 Productions

Distributor: Fine Line Features, Arrow Video, The Criterion Channel

Countries: France, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 19,000,000

Domestic: $ 1,356,329

International: $ 499

Monterey Pop (1968)

Summary: A film about the greatest pre-Woodstock rock music festival.

Release Date: April 23, 1969

Genres: Music, Documentary, History

Director: D.A. Pennebaker

Runtime: 1 h 18 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: John Phillips-Lou Adler, Leacock-Pennebaker

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 1,524

AC/DC: Let There Be Rock (1980)

Summary: Filmed coverage of Australian band AC/DC's '79 appearance in Paris intercut with quasi-fictional interludes.

Release Date: September 01, 1980

Genres: Music, Documentary

Directors: Eric Dionysius

, Eric Mistler

Runtime: 1 h 38 min

MPAA: PG

Production: High Speed Productions, Sebastian International

Distributor: Warner Bros., Warner Home Video

Countries: United States, France

Language: English

Domestic: $ 1,372,975

Bandwagon (1996)

Summary: Four young men hardly know each other, but here they are in the most volatile and tenuous of unions: a band. They find themselves hurtling through an exhilarating adventure on a collision course with self discovery, or self destru...

Release Date: September 12, 1997

Genres: Comedy, Music

Director: John Schultz

Writer: John Schultz

Runtime: 1 h 43 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Lakeshore Entertainment, Pamlico Pictures

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 44,544