Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "jazz-combo"

1. Migration (I) (2023)

PG | 83 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A family of ducks try to convince their overprotective father to go on the vacation of a lifetime.

Directors: Benjamin Renner, Guylo Homsy | Stars: Kumail Nanjiani, Tresi Gazal, Elizabeth Banks, Caspar Jennings

Votes: 25,035

2. Soul (2020)

PG | 100 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Joe is a middle-school band teacher whose life hasn't quite gone the way he expected. His true passion is jazz. But when he travels to another realm to help someone find their passion, he soon discovers what it means to have soul.

Directors: Pete Docter, Kemp Powers | Stars: Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Graham Norton, Rachel House

Votes: 380,288

3. The Princess and the Frog (2009)

G | 97 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.

Directors: Ron Clements, John Musker | Stars: Anika Noni Rose, Keith David, Oprah Winfrey, Bruno Campos

Votes: 167,039 | Gross: $104.40M

4. The Cincinnati Kid (1965)

TV-14 | 102 min | Drama

An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.

Directors: Norman Jewison, Sam Peckinpah | Stars: Steve McQueen, Ann-Margret, Edward G. Robinson, Karl Malden

Votes: 18,253 | Gross: $15.26M

5. Hugo (2011)

PG | 126 min | Adventure, Drama, Family

In 1931 Paris, an orphan living in the walls of a train station gets wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Lee, Ben Kingsley

Votes: 336,957 | Gross: $73.86M

6. The Samurai (1967)

GP | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner.

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville | Stars: Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Cathy Rosier

Votes: 57,236 | Gross: $0.04M

7. Moscow on the Hudson (1984)

R | 115 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A Russian saxophonist visiting New York City with a USSR circus troupe suddenly decides to defect in Bloomingdale's.

Director: Paul Mazursky | Stars: Robin Williams, Maria Conchita Alonso, Cleavant Derricks, Alejandro Rey

Votes: 13,134 | Gross: $25.10M

8. Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

PG | 93 min | Biography, Drama, History

Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Director: George Clooney | Stars: David Strathairn, George Clooney, Patricia Clarkson, Jeff Daniels

Votes: 101,326 | Gross: $31.56M

9. Analyze This (1999)

R | 103 min | Comedy, Crime

A comedy about a psychiatrist whose number-one patient is an insecure mob boss.

Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Chazz Palminteri

Votes: 161,753 | Gross: $106.89M

10. An Education (2009)

PG-13 | 100 min | Drama

A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.

Director: Lone Scherfig | Stars: Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Alfred Molina, Olivia Williams

Votes: 138,176 | Gross: $12.57M

11. The Party (1968)

Approved | 99 min | Comedy, Romance

A clerical mistake results in a bumbling Indian film star being invited to an exclusive Hollywood party instead of being fired.

Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Peter Sellers, Claudine Longet, Natalia Borisova, Jean Carson

Votes: 43,753

12. A Love Song for Bobby Long (2004)

R | 119 min | Drama

A headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother.

Director: Shainee Gabel | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, John Travolta, Gabriel Macht, Deborah Kara Unger

Votes: 27,211 | Gross: $0.16M

13. The Object of My Affection (1998)

R | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A pregnant New York City social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend.

Director: Nicholas Hytner | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Paul Rudd, Kali Rocha, Lena Cardwell

Votes: 21,533 | Gross: $29.11M

14. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Approved | 96 min | Drama, Film-Noir

Powerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.

Director: Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner

Votes: 35,727

15. Away We Go (2009)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A couple expecting their first child travels the U.S. seeking the perfect "family home." They have misadventures and find fresh connections with relatives and old friends who help them discover "home" on their own terms for the first time.

Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: John Krasinski, Maya Rudolph, Allison Janney, Carmen Ejogo

Votes: 55,094 | Gross: $9.45M

16. Fantasia 2000 (1999)

G | 75 min | Animation, Family, Fantasy

An update of the original film with new interpretations of great works of classical music.

Directors: James Algar, Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi, Hendel Butoy, Francis Glebas, Eric Goldberg, Don Hahn, Pixote Hunt | Stars: James Levine, Steve Martin, Itzhak Perlman, Quincy Jones

Votes: 41,448 | Gross: $60.66M

17. Leatherheads (2008)

PG-13 | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

In 1925, an enterprising pro football player convinces America's too-good-to-be-true college football hero to play for his team and keep the league from going under.

Director: George Clooney | Stars: George Clooney, Renée Zellweger, John Krasinski, David de Vries

Votes: 33,452 | Gross: $31.20M

18. A King in New York (1957)

G | 105 min | Comedy, Drama

A recently-deposed European monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity and is later wrongly accused of being a Communist.

Director: Charles Chaplin | Stars: Charles Chaplin, Maxine Audley, Jerry Desmonde, Oliver Johnston

Votes: 8,885

19. Lucky You (2007)

PG-13 | 124 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

A hotshot poker player tries to win a tournament in Vegas, but is fighting a losing battle with his personal problems.

Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Eric Bana, Drew Barrymore, Robert Duvall, Phyllis Somerville

Votes: 21,182 | Gross: $5.76M

20. Fading Gigolo (2013)

R | 90 min | Comedy, Romance

Fioravante decides to become a professional Don Juan as a way of making money to help his cash-strapped friend, Murray. With Murray acting as his "manager", the duo quickly finds themselves caught up in the crosscurrents of love and money.

Director: John Turturro | Stars: John Turturro, Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Sofía Vergara

Votes: 25,483 | Gross: $3.76M

21. City Heat (1984)

PG | 97 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

Slick Private Investigator Mike Murphy (Burt Reynolds) and tough Police Lieutenant Speer (Clint Eastwood), once partners, now bitter enemies, reluctantly team up to investigate a murder.

Director: Richard Benjamin | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Jane Alexander, Madeline Kahn

Votes: 10,815 | Gross: $38.35M

22. Operation Mad Ball (1957)

Approved | 105 min | Comedy, War

In post-WWII France, U.S. Army hospital Private Hogan and Captain Lock try to outwit each other on issues such as wooing pretty nurses, accounting for missing medical supplies, organizing unauthorized dances, and influencing their C.O.

Director: Richard Quine | Stars: Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Kathryn Grant, Arthur O'Connell

Votes: 1,269

23. The Five Pennies (1959)

Approved | 117 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Danny Kaye cuts loose with his trademark musical clowning. Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong plays his horn and croons in that famed gargling-granite voice. Big Band icons Bob Crosby, Ray Anthony and Shelly Manne join the fun.

Director: Melville Shavelson | Stars: Danny Kaye, Barbara Bel Geddes, Louis Armstrong, Harry Guardino

Votes: 2,120

24. Too Late Blues (1961)

Not Rated | 103 min | Drama, Music

Ghost is an ideological musician who would rather play his blues in the park to the birds than compromise himself. However, when he meets and falls in love with beautiful singer Jess ... See full summary »

Director: John Cassavetes | Stars: Bobby Darin, Stella Stevens, Everett Chambers, Nick Dennis

Votes: 1,529

25. Dream Lover (1986)

R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

After she's been attacked in her apartment, Cathy starts reliving the event in her dreams. She seeks help at a sleep disorder research center, but in doing so she encounters some unexpected... See full summary »

Director: Alan J. Pakula | Stars: Kristy McNichol, Ben Masters, Paul Shenar, Justin Deas

Votes: 646 | Gross: $0.50M

26. Humboldt County (2008)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama

A disillusioned medical student is stranded for a summer in a remote community of counterculture pot farmers, the last place in the world he imagined he would discover himself.

Directors: Darren Grodsky, Danny Jacobs | Stars: Jeremy Strong, Fairuza Balk, Peter Bogdanovich, Vicky Monroe

Votes: 2,810 | Gross: $0.08M

27. Dangerous Liaisons (1959)

106 min | Drama, Romance

Juliette Merteuil and Valmont is a sophisticated couple, always looking for fun and excitement. Both have sexual affairs with others and share their experiences with one another. But there ... See full summary »

Director: Roger Vadim | Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Gérard Philipe, Annette Stroyberg, Madeleine Lambert

Votes: 1,529

28. Lulu on the Bridge (1998)

PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Music, Mystery

A famous jazz saxophonist's life is forever changed after he is accidentally shot.

Director: Paul Auster | Stars: Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino, Richard Edson, Don Byron

Votes: 4,202

29. The Big Night (1951)

Approved | 75 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

A teenager comes of age while seeking revenge on the man who beat up his father.

Director: Joseph Losey | Stars: John Drew Barrymore, Preston Foster, Joan Lorring, Howard St. John

Votes: 1,082

30. New World (1995)

R | 125 min | Drama

Born in 1943 during German occupation of their French town, Patrick and Marie-José have been best friends; now teens, they experiment with sex, which doesn't seem to bring them closer. ... See full summary »

Director: Alain Corneau | Stars: Nicolas Chatel, Sarah Grappin, James Gandolfini, Alicia Silverstone

Votes: 312

31. Four Minutes (2005 TV Movie)

90 min | Biography, Drama, History

The story of the four minute mile-breaker Roger Bannister.

Director: Charles Beeson | Stars: Jamie Maclachlan, Christopher Plummer, Shaun Smyth, Amy Rutherford

Votes: 381

32. Three Little Bops (1957)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Three pigs' career as a jazz band is complicated by a wolf they rejected for membership who keeps blowing down their gigs.

Director: Friz Freleng | Star: Stan Freberg

Votes: 1,398

33. Moonlight Serenade (2009 Video)

PG-13 | 91 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

A piano player discovers that the lovely girl at the coat-check of a jazz club has the voice of an angel, and persuades her to form a musical act with him.

Director: Giancarlo Tallarico | Stars: Amy Adams, Alec Newman, Scott Anderson, JB Blanc

Votes: 720

34. Rock 'n' Rodent (1967)

G | 6 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Jerry plays in an all-mouse band that keeps Tom awake all night.

Directors: Abe Levitow, Chuck Jones | Star: June Foray

Votes: 452

35. Dave Brubeck: In His Own Sweet Way (2010 TV Movie)

85 min | Documentary

A chronological look at the life and career of jazz musician, composer, and performer Dave Brubeck (December 6, 1920 to December 5, 2012), presented through contemporary interviews, ... See full summary »

Director: Bruce Ricker | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Sting, Bill Cosby, Duke Ellington

Votes: 109

36. Girl on the Run (1958)

77 min | Drama

A private investigator is hired to find and protect a singer who witnessed the murder of a union official and is being stalked by the killer. What he doesn't know is that he has actually been hired by the killer himself.

Director: Richard L. Bare | Stars: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Erin O'Brien, Shepperd Strudwick, Edd Byrnes

Votes: 63

37. Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (2007)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Music

A tribute to jazz diva Anita O'Day, completed just weeks before her death in November 2006.

Directors: Robbie Cavolina, Ian McCrudden | Stars: Anita O'Day, Louis Armstrong, Buddy Bregman, Dick Cavett

Votes: 248

38. Wir Kellerkinder (1960)

86 min | Comedy, Drama, War

A camera team is desperately searching for swastika graffiti. Finally they find a man willing to paint one -- on the window of his fathers nightclub. And he tells them also, how his father ... See full summary »

Director: Wolfgang Bellenbaum | Stars: Wolfgang Neuss, Karin Baal, Ingrid van Bergen, Jo Herbst

Votes: 149

39. Me Musical Nephews (1942)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Popeye's nephews have been practicing their music and are getting good, but it's bedtime. After Popeye puts them to bed, they discover that many of the things in their bedroom can also be ... See full summary »

Directors: Seymour Kneitel, Thomas Johnson | Star: Jack Mercer

Votes: 274

40. Tony Bennett: Duets II (2012 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 86 min | Music

To celebrate his 85th birthday, Tony Bennett (1926- ) sings with 14 performers for the 2011 CD, "Duets II." Bennett travels to each, they rehearse, and we see a full take. Each singer ... See full summary »

Stars: Tony Bennett, Andrea Bocelli, Michael Bublé, Natalie Cole

Votes: 60

41. Four Parts (1934)

19 min | Comedy, Short

Charley is one of four identical brothers, which drives his girlfriend nuts.

Directors: Charley Chase, Eddie Dunn | Stars: Charley Chase, Betty Mack, Florence Roberts, Matthew 'Stymie' Beard

Votes: 92

42. The Melody Man (1930)

Passed | 68 min | Crime, Drama, Music

A Viennese composer Von Kemper (John St.Polis), who after murdering both his unfaithful wife and royal lover, flees to America with his young daughter Elsa (Alice Day). Eighteen years later... See full summary »

Director: Roy William Neill | Stars: William Collier Jr., Alice Day, John St. Polis, Johnnie Walker

43. High C's (1930)

28 min | Short, Comedy, War

For Charlie, a doughboy in France, war is another opportunity to sing in a quartet. He falls for local barmaid Antoinette, who likes him too. She encourages him to study, so he does and ... See full summary »

Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Charley Chase, Thelma Todd, Carlton Griffin, Oscar Smith

Votes: 94

44. Norah Jones: Live in New Orleans (2003 Video)

56 min | Documentary, Music

Norah Jones and the Handsome Band live in concert at the House of Blues in New Orleans 2002.

Director: Jim Gabour | Stars: Norah Jones, Adam Levy, Lee Alexander, Andrew Borger

Votes: 190

45. Hawkins (2014)

76 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

'Hawkins' documents a school year in the life of jazz teacher and stand-up bassist Marshall Hawkins. In the course of the year, talented but inexperienced young musicians from many ... See full summary »

Directors: Devon Gilpatrick, Ashi Manoff | Stars: Casey Abrams, Zemfira Bagirova, Alejandro Barron, Kenny Barron

46. Monsanto Night Presents Michel Legrand (1972 TV Special)

60 min | Music

French composer Michel Legrand is featured in a musical tribute with guest performers Lena Horne, Jack Jones, Mike Curb Congregation, and a group of esteemed jazz musicians.

Stars: Michel Legrand, Ray Brown, Pete Candoli, Stan Getz

47. Dear Reader (1997)

4 min | Short, Music

A sultry ode to the power and intimacy of the written word.

Director: Margaret Malandruccolo | Star: Lowa Kay

48. Monsanto Night Presents Benny Goodman (1974 TV Special)

52 min | Documentary, Music

An hour of music with bandleader and clarinetist Benny Goodman, who performs at his home studio, at the Rainbow Room in New York City, and at Carnegie Hall, with special guests Cleo Laine and Mel Tormé.

Director: Clark Jones | Stars: Benny Goodman, Eddie Bert, John Dankworth, Alice Hammond Duckworth

49. Monsanto Night Presents Tony Bennett in Waikiki (1973 TV Special)

52 min | Music

Singer Tony Bennett stars in a musical showcase of scenic Hawaii, taped on location around Waikiki and at the Monarch Room of the Royal Hawaiian Hotel, with special guests Joey Heatherton and Mike Curb Congregation.

Director: Clark Jones | Stars: Tony Bennett, Joey Heatherton, Mike Curb Congregation, Joanna Bennett

50. Columbo (1971–2003)
Episode: Étude in Black (1972)

Not Rated | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A ruthless conductor murders the gifted pianist with whom he is having an affair. Lt. Columbo is on the case.

Directors: Nicholas Colasanto, John Cassavetes, Peter Falk | Stars: Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, James Olson, Blythe Danner

Votes: 3,629