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Music movies

Stories where rhythm and melody take center stage, including biographies of legends and dance-filled spectacles.

Subgenres include: Narrative Musical, Jukebox Musical, Concert Film.

291. Center Stage

Center Stage
Drama Music Professional Drama Dance-Centered Music Film
6.7
20001h 55minUnited States
Director: Nicholas Hytner

Overview

A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals with the problems and stress of training and getting ahead in the world of dance.

Themes

Class inequality, Body image pressure, Competition pressure, Mentor influence, Family expectations, Peer rivalry

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
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292. High Fidelity

High Fidelity
Drama Comedy Romance Music Romantic Comedy
7.4
20001h 53minUnited Kingdom, United States
Director: Stephen Frears

Overview

After his long-time girlfriend dumps him, a thirty-year-old record store owner seeks to understand why he is unlucky in love while recounting his "top five breakups of all time".

Themes

Insecurity in relationships, Fear of commitment, Deception in relationships, Top five fixation, Artistic identity vs romance, Music culture influence

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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293. Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish

Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish
Animation Music Comedy Adventure Drama
7.2
19991h 20minJapan, United States
Director: Liz Holzman

Overview

The Warner Brothers (and the Warner Sister) go on a quest to find a fallen wishing star to help Dot with her illness. Unfortunately the rest of the town, including an evil king, also hear about the star and want to get to it first to have their own wishes come true. It's a race against time and it's up to the three zany siblings to get there first.


294. Topsy-Turvy

Topsy-Turvy
Drama Music Comedy History
7.3
19992h 40minUnited Kingdom, United States
Director: Mike Leigh

Overview

For nearly a decade, Gilbert and Sullivan’s collaborations have delighted the English people. But in 1884, as a London heat wave cuts into the theater trade, their latest work, "Princess Ida", receives lukewarm press. In an effort to reconcile their creative differences and drawing inspiration from Japanese culture, they went on to create the hit opera "The Mikado", one of the duo's greatest successes.


295. Sweet and Lowdown

Sweet and Lowdown
Comedy Drama Music
7.2
19991h 35minUnited States
Director: Woody Allen

Overview

In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.


296. Annie

Annie
Music Family Comedy
6.7
19991h 30minUnited States
Director: Rob Marshall

Overview

Things seem pretty bad for a young girl living a "hard-knock life" in an orphanage. Fed up with the dastardly Miss Hannigan, Annie escapes the run-down orphanage determined to find her mom and dad. It's an adventure that takes her from the cold, mean streets of New York to the warm, comforting arms of bighearted billionaire Oliver Warbucks - with plenty of mischief and music in between.


297. Music of the Heart

Music of the Heart
Drama Music
6.7
19992h 4minUnited States
Director: Wes Craven

Overview

After Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a music teacher at the Central Park East School in East Harlem.


298. Bartok the Magnificent

Bartok the Magnificent
Animation Comedy Family Fantasy Music
6.1
19991h 8minUnited States
Director: Gary Goldman

Overview

Albino bat Bartok – former sidekick to the wicked Grigori Rasputin – ventures to prove his true worth on a new quest to defeat the legendary Russian witch Baba Yaga.


299. Detroit Rock City

Detroit Rock City
Comedy Music Adventure
6.8
19991h 35minUnited States, Canada
Director: Adam Rifkin

Overview

In 1978, a Kiss concert was an epoch-making event. For the four teen fans in Detroit Rock City getting tickets to the sold-out show becomes the focal point of their existence. They'll do anything for tickets -- compete in a strip club's amateur-night contest, take on religious protesters, even rob a convenience store!


300. Hilary and Jackie

Hilary and Jackie
Drama Music
7.3
19982h 1minUnited Kingdom
Director: Anand Tucker

Overview

The tragic story of world-renowned cellist Jacqueline du Pré, as told from the point of view of her sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi.