Music movies

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Realistic Steady Intimate Deliberate Energetic

Overview

Ensemble drama centered around a group of ballet dancers, with a focus on one young dancer who's poised to become a principal performer.

Themes

Work life balance, Mentorship under scrutiny, Career ambition under pressure, Injury and resilience, Creative collaboration under strain, Romance and ambition conflict

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Naples, 18th century. Salvatore "Totò" Sapore, an unemployed minstrel, always manages to cheer up the hungry with his songs about good food, always upsetting Vesuvia, a magma witch who lives inside the Vesuvius.

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Tense Steady Intimate Intense Measured

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Home movies, photographs, and recited poetry illustrate the life of Tupac Shakur, one of the most beloved, revolutionary, and volatile hip-hop MCs of all time.

Themes

Media scrutiny, Artistic expression under pressure, Poverty and resilience, Violence and memory, Cultural influence, Stigma and stereotype

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Tense Dynamic Dry Energetic Satirical

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Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' roll. The school's hard-nosed principal is rightly suspicious of Finn's activities. But Finn's roommate remains in the dark about what he's doing.

Themes

Appearance vs reality, Private school pressure, Music as empowerment, Peer validation, Talent vs authority, Role expectations

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Fast-paced Stylish Intense Energetic Nerve-wracking

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Four talented alien musicians are kidnapped by a record producer who disguises them as humans. Shep, a space pilot in love with bass player Stella, follows them to Earth. Reprogrammed to forget their real identities and renamed The Crescendolls, the group quickly becomes a huge success playing soulless corporate pop. At a concert, Shep manages to free all the musicians except Stella, and the band sets out to rediscover who they really are — and to rescue Stella.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Commodification of art, Memory control and autonomy, Identity through performance, Exploitation in the music industry, Resistance and awakening

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Tense Heartwarming Dry Witty Cynical

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Three eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following the death of their manager to put on an reunion concert in his honor, at the request of his son.

Themes

Authenticity vs performance, Intergenerational transmission of craft, Satire of showbiz, Fading fame and legacy, Romantic tension within groups, Reunion under pressure

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The Yowie Yahoo starts kidnapping musicians at a concert attended by Scooby and the gang in Vampire Rock, Australia.

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Realistic Steady Intimate Witty Charged

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A talented street drummer from Harlem enrolls in a Southern university, expecting to lead its marching band's drumline to victory. He initially flounders in his new world, before realizing that it takes more than talent to reach the top.

Themes

Class inequality, Talent versus discipline, Institutional pressure, Teamwork and unity, Mentorship and growth, Competition culture, Honor and loyalty

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Realistic Tense Raw Claustrophobic Fast-paced

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For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment… is another chance.

Themes

Class inequality, Loyalty vs ambition, Working-class aspiration, Pursuit of voice, Street credibility, Family instability

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Get ready as Bob the Tomato, Larry the Cucumber and the rest of the Veggies set sail on a whale of an adventure in Big Idea's first full-length, 3-D animated feature film. This is the story of Jonah and the Whale as you've never seen it before - a story where we learn that one of the best gifts you can give - or get - is a second chance.