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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.

Cinderella

581. Cinderella

TV Movie Family Fantasy Music Romance
6.8

19971h 28min

United States

Director: Robert Iscove

Cinderella chafes under the cruelty of her wicked stepmother and her evil stepsisters, until her Fairy Godmother steps in to change her life for one unforgettable night. At the ball, she falls for handsome Prince Christopher, whose parents, King Maximillian and Queen Constantina, are anxious for him to find a suitable paramour.


Cats Don't Dance

582. Cats Don't Dance

Animation Comedy Family Music
6.9

19971h 14min

United States

Director: Mark Dindal

An ambitious singing and dancing cat in 1939 Hollywood overcomes several obstacles to fulfill his dream of becoming a movie star.


Selena

583. Selena

Drama Music History
6.9

19972h 7min

United States

Director: Gregory Nava

In this biographical drama, Selena Quintanilla is born into a musical Mexican-American family in Texas. Her father, Abraham, realizes that his young daughter is talented and begins performing with her at small venues. She finds success and falls for her guitarist, Chris Perez, who draws the ire of her father. Seeking mainstream stardom, Selena begins recording an English-language album which, tragically, she would never complete.


Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

584. Beavis and Butt-Head Do America

Animation Comedy Adventure Crime Music
6.8

19961h 21min

United States

Director: Mike Judge

Slacker duo Beavis and Butt-Head wake to discover their TV has been stolen. Their search for a new one takes them on a clueless adventure across America, during which they manage to accidentally become America's most wanted.


That Thing You Do!

585. That Thing You Do!

Comedy Drama Romance Music
7.0

19961h 48min

United States

Director: Tom Hanks

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. But behind the scenes, the group’s sudden fame tests their strength, their maturity and responsibility, and their ability to resist the temptations that money and notoriety always make possible.


Waiting for Guffman

586. Waiting for Guffman

Comedy Music
7.4

19961h 24min

United States

Director: Christopher Guest

Aspiring director Corky St. Clair and the marginally talented amateur cast of his hokey small-town musical production go overboard when they learn that Broadway theater agent Mort Guffman will be in attendance.


Shall We Dance?

587. Shall We Dance?

Music Comedy Drama Romance
7.7

19962h 16min

Japan

Director: Masayuki Suō

A bored accountant spots a beautiful woman in the window of a ballroom dance studio. He secretly starts taking dancing lessons to be near her, and then over time discovers how much he loves dancing. His wife, meanwhile, has hired a private detective to find out why he has started coming home late smelling of perfume.


Mr. Holland's Opus

588. Mr. Holland's Opus

Drama Music
7.3

19952h 23min

United States

Director: Stephen Herek

In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his true calling: writing a historic opus. As the decades roll by with the composition unwritten but generations of students inspired through his teaching, Holland must redefine his life's purpose.


Immortal Beloved

589. Immortal Beloved

Drama Music Romance Historical Drama Music Biopic
7.4

19942h 1min

United States

Director: Bernard Rose

A chronicle of the life of infamous classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven and his painful struggle with hearing loss. Following Beethoven's death in 1827, his assistant, Schindler, searches for an elusive woman referred to in the composer's love letters as "immortal beloved." As Schindler solves the mystery, a series of flashbacks reveal Beethoven's transformation from passionate young man to troubled musical genius.

Themes

Unspoken love vs duty, Family loyalty and conflict, Artistic genius under hardship, Legacy and secrecy, Memory and reconciliation, Public performance vs private life

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Lisbon Story

590. Lisbon Story

Drama Music
7.1

19941h 40min

Germany, Portugal

Director: Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders' homage to Lisbon and films. A sound engineer obtains a mysterious postcard from a friend who at the moment is filming a film in Lisbon. He sets out across Europe to find him and help him.