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1. Back to Black (2024)
R | 122 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The life and music of Amy Winehouse, through the journey of adolescence to adulthood and the creation of one of the best-selling albums of our time.
Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson | Stars: Marisa Abela, Eddie Marsan, Jack O'Connell, Lesley Manville
Votes: 4,692
2. Elvis (2022)
PG-13 | 159 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
Director: Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Tom Hanks, Austin Butler, Olivia DeJonge, Helen Thomson
Votes: 234,574 | Gross: $151.04M
3. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
PG-13 | 134 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of the legendary British rock band Queen and lead singer Freddie Mercury, leading up to their famous performance at Live Aid (1985).
Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy
Votes: 592,829 | Gross: $216.43M
4. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
TV-14 | 108 min | Biography, Comedy, Crime
Explores every facet of Yankovic's life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like 'Eat It' and 'Like a Surgeon' to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle.
Director: Eric Appel | Stars: Diedrich Bader, Daniel Radcliffe, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Richard Aaron Anderson
Votes: 38,566
5. Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
PG-13 | 123 min | Comedy, Music
When aspiring musicians Lars and Sigrit are given the opportunity to represent their country at the world's biggest song competition, they finally have a chance to prove that any dream worth having is a dream worth fighting for.
Director: David Dobkin | Stars: Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams, Dan Stevens, Mikael Persbrandt
Votes: 102,372
6. Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
PG-13 | 111 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who dreamed of becoming an opera singer, despite having a terrible singing voice.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Rebecca Ferguson
Votes: 59,587 | Gross: $27.38M
7. Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)
PG-13 | 144 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, one of the greatest female R&B pop vocalists of all time, tracking her journey from obscurity to musical super stardom.
Director: Kasi Lemmons | Stars: Naomi Ackie, Stanley Tucci, Ashton Sanders, Tamara Tunie
Votes: 22,796
8. Victor/Victoria (1982)
PG | 134 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A struggling female soprano finds work playing a male female impersonator, but it complicates her personal life.
Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Julie Andrews, James Garner, Robert Preston, Lesley Ann Warren
Votes: 23,639 | Gross: $21.93M
9. The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)
R | 126 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Follows Holiday during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an undercover sting operation led by black Federal Agent Jimmy Fletcher, with whom she has a tumultuous affair.
Director: Lee Daniels | Stars: Andra Day, Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund, Natasha Lyonne
Votes: 14,674
10. Sweet Dreams (1985)
PG-13 | 115 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of Patsy Cline, the velvet-voiced country music singer who died in a tragic plane crash at the height of her fame.
Director: Karel Reisz | Stars: Jessica Lange, Ed Harris, Ann Wedgeworth, David Clennon
Votes: 5,388 | Gross: $9.09M
11. Blaze (2018)
R | 129 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A reimagining of the life and times of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas Outlaw Music movement.
Director: Ethan Hawke | Stars: Ben Dickey, Alia Shawkat, Josh Hamilton, Charlie Sexton
Votes: 3,639 | Gross: $0.07M
12. Heavy Trip (2018)
92 min | Comedy, Music
After years of playing songs by other artists, the opportunity of a concert in Norway encourages a metal band to compose their own material, but not before overcoming some unexpected difficulties.
Directors: Juuso Laatio, Jukka Vidgren | Stars: Johannes Holopainen, Samuli Jaskio, Antti Tuomas Heikkinen, Max Ovaska
Votes: 10,636 | Gross: $0.01M
13. Johnny Suede (1991)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A struggling young musician and devoted fan of Ricky Nelson wants to be just like his idol and become a rock star.
Director: Tom DiCillo | Stars: Brad Pitt, Richard Boes, Cheryl Costa, Michael Luciano
Votes: 4,446 | Gross: $0.09M
14. Roustabout (1964)
PG | 101 min | Drama, Music, Musical
After a singer loses his job at a coffee shop, he finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his attempted romance with a teenager leads to friction with her father.
Director: John Rich | Stars: Elvis Presley, Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Freeman, Leif Erickson
Votes: 3,314 | Gross: $7.19M
15. The Song (I) (2014)
PG-13 | 116 min | Drama, Music, Romance
An aspiring singer-songwriter's life and marriage suffer when the song he writes for his wife propels him to stardom.
Director: Richard L. Ramsey | Stars: Alan Powell, Ali Faulkner, Caitlin Nicol-Thomas, Danny Vinson
Votes: 2,323 | Gross: $1.01M
16. Poor Pretty Eddie (1975)
R | 92 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A wrong turn on a jazz singer's road trip results in her car breaking down near an isolated lodge run by a faded starlet and a young, homicidal Elvis impersonator.
Directors: David Worth, Richard Robinson | Stars: Leslie Uggams, Shelley Winters, Michael Christian, Ted Cassidy
Votes: 954
17. Hard to Hold (1984)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A famous rock star falls in love with a child psychologist who has ears only for the classics, and has never heard of him.
Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Rick Springfield, Janet Eilber, Patti Hansen, Albert Salmi
Votes: 798
18. Point of Terror (1971)
R | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A nightclub singer has nightmares about being involved in adultery and murder, only to wake up and find that they may not be nightmares.
Director: Alex Nicol | Stars: Peter Carpenter, Dyanne Thorne, Lory Hansen, Leslie Simms
Votes: 615
19. The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians (1981)
97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
In 1897, in a castle near the town of Werewolfville in the Carpathians, a slightly deranged Professor Orfanik experiments with his new inventions which include, even at this early date, television and a film camera.
Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Michal Docolomanský, Evelyna Steimarová, Vlastimil Brodský, Milos Kopecký
Votes: 1,420
20. Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1973)
PG | 80 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
A young girl who returns to her hometown to see her dying father finds herself being drawn into a web of vampirism and witchcraft.
Director: Richard Blackburn | Stars: Lesley Taplin, Cheryl Smith, William Whitton, Hy Pyke
Votes: 2,465
21. Victor and Victoria (1933)
84 min | Comedy, Musical
Aspiring singer Susanne takes over for ham actor Viktor at a small cabaret in Berlin where he works a woman impersonator and per chance she's discovered by an agent, who thinks that she ... See full summary »
Director: Reinhold Schünzel | Stars: Renate Müller, Hermann Thimig, Hilde Hildebrand, Friedel Pisetta
Votes: 589
22. Die Laughing (1980)
PG | 108 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A San Francisco cab driver finds himself in possession of a monkey that is carrying a formula for turning atomic waste into a plutonium bomb. He finds himself framed for a murder and chased all over town by people trying to get the formula.
Director: Jeff Werner | Stars: Robby Benson, Linda Grovenor, Charles Durning, Elsa Lanchester
Votes: 328
23. The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (1985)
100 min | Music, Comedy
In 1985, Makoto Tezuka, the son of manga genius Osamu Tezuka, was still a film student with a few experimental shorts to his credit and who was entrusted with the mission to turn an album by Haruo Chikada into a musical film.
Director: Macoto Tezuka | Stars: Shingo Kubota, Kan Takagi, Kyôko Togawa, Issay
Votes: 626
24. The Breakup Playlist (2015)
117 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A story about an aspiring professional singer and a rock singer who collaborates in a song. As they work on their song, they start to develop feelings for each other.
Director: Dan Villegas | Stars: Piolo Pascual, Sarah Geronimo, Rio Locsin, Dennis Padilla
Votes: 344
25. Muzzikanti (2017)
109 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Robin Svátek is a young rock guitarist who is trying to break through with his band and finally earn money from his music. He and his band gave themselves a one-year deadline and now, even ... See full summary »
Director: Dusan Rapos | Stars: Patrik Dergel, Peter Cmorik, Michalina Olszanska, Hana Vagnerová
Votes: 80
26. Karel (2020)
127 min | Documentary, Biography
Director Olga Malirova Spatova's feature documentary authentically portrays Karel Gott as a phenomenal singer who gives his all to his fans, as a painter, but also as a loving husband and ... See full summary »
Director: Olga Spátová | Stars: Karel Gott, Charlotte Ella Gottová, Ivana Gottová, Nelly Sofie Gottová
Votes: 175
27. God of Love (2010)
18 min | Short, Comedy, Fantasy
A lovestruck, lounge-singing darts champion finds his prayers answered--literally--when he mysteriously receives a box of love-inducing darts.
Director: Luke Matheny | Stars: Luke Matheny, Marian Brock, Christopher Hirsh, Emily Young
Votes: 1,919
28. Cuando tú no estás (1966)
91 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
After not obtaining any significant success with the variety company with which he has traveled throughout Spain, the singer Raphael decides to leave it and go to Madrid looking for the ... See full summary »
Director: Mario Camus | Stars: Raphael, María José Alfonso, Ricardo Lucía, Margaret B. Peters
Votes: 100
29. Lítost (1970 TV Movie)
64 min | Drama
The popular folk singer Jaro Zárubecký, a former waiter, follows the motto "A man is not what he is, but what people think of him", and that is how he is raising his son Pavel. He lives ... See full summary »
Director: Evald Schorm | Stars: Rudolf Hrusínský, Jan Hrusínský, Vlasta Chramostová, Miroslav Homola
Votes: 17
30. Fotoromanzo (1986)
90 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
Nino and Anna grow-up as neighbours and song-writing partners. They gradually fall in love, but eventually go there separate ways. Years later, they end up in the same city.
Director: Mariano Laurenti | Stars: Nino D'Angelo, Cinzia de Ponti, Bruna Feirri, Sofia Lombardo
Votes: 72
31. Siddhartha (2015)
149 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Siddu alias Sidharth (Vinay Rajkumar), a singer and a guitarist and Khushi (Apoorva Arora). While Siddu is a happy-go-lucky boy, Khushi is rather possessive and wants all his attention. ... See full summary »
Director: Prakash | Stars: Vinay Rajkumar, Apoorva Arora, Umesh, Ashish Vidyarthi
Votes: 50
32. Starman from Heaven (2018)
19 min | Short, Music, Romance
Aspiring singer songwriter, Eddie Queens, pursues the career of his dreams and accepts his sexuality along the way.
Director: Elliot Kershaw | Stars: Connie Burdett, Julia Edwards, James Grantham, Tom Inkpen
Votes: 22
33. Comeback (1982)
105 min | Drama
A once-famous blues singer whose career has taken a downturn tries to get back on top.
Director: Christel Buschmann | Stars: Eric Burdon, Julie Carmen, Michael Cavanaugh, Jörg Pfennigwerth
Votes: 51
34. Meurtre en 45 tours (1960)
98 min | Mystery, Thriller
(1961) Danielle Darrieux, Michael Auclair. A singer believes she's being haunted by the ghost of her dead husband.
Director: Etienne Périer | Stars: Danielle Darrieux, Michel Auclair, Jean Servais, Raymond Gérôme
Votes: 141
35. Bozská Ema (1979)
PG | 110 min | Biography, Drama
The opera lady singer Ema Destinnová (Bozidara Turzonovová) is in all her splendor at the American stages. But in Europe there rages war and she decides to return home to Bohemia. As an ... See full summary »
Director: Jirí Krejcík | Stars: Bozidara Turzonovová, Gabriela Benacková, Juraj Kukura, Jirí Adamíra
Votes: 116
36. The Nobodies (2014)
11 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
The lonely husband of a famous female comedian strikes up an unlikely friendship with the neighborhood's sad-sack mailman, ultimately forming a successful, albeit unusual, musical ... See full summary »
Directors: Greg Bratman, Dusty Brown | Stars: Greg Bratman, Dusty Brown, Tommy Dewey, Sutton Foster
Votes: 29
37. Meky (2020)
80 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Miroslav Zbirka became a pop sensation to Czech and Slovak youth of the 1980s .
Director: Simon Safránek | Stars: Ján Lehotský, Laco Lucenic, Kamil Peteraj, Jaromír Tuma
Votes: 99
38. Freya (II) (2011)
14 min | Short, Drama
Freya loves music and singing and she wishes to perform. But an unpleasant experience as a young girl and a mother who doesn't believe in her abilities makes it hard for her. The only ... See full summary »
Director: Pernille Elkjær | Stars: Nanna Boysen, Yasmin Kokseby, Nicoline Møller, Asger Rosengren
Votes: 30
39. Xena (1980 TV Movie)
60 min | Biography, Drama
Director: Jan Matejovský | Stars: Josef Bek, Jana Bousková, Jirí Klem, Jirí Kodet
40. Nechte zpívat Misíka (2017)
100 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Jitka Nemcová | Stars: Radim Hladík Sr., Jan Hrubý, Adam Misík, Vladimír Misík
Votes: 6
41. Cervená (2017)
83 min | Documentary
Documentary about world-renowned Czech opera mezzo-soprano Sona Cervená.
Director: Olga Sommerová | Stars: Sona Cervená, George Voskovec, Jan Werich
Votes: 14
43. Hríchy pro pátera Knoxe (1992– )
Crime
TV criminal series with Zlata Adamovská as singer (and detective) Eva Adamová. Each story contains at least one "sin" against the Decalogue of friar Knox who wrote ten things the good crime... See full summary »
Stars: Zlata Adamovská, Eugen Jegorov, Vladimír Dlouhý, Miroslava Plestilová
Votes: 47
45. Pravidlo sesti (2016– )
8 min | Comedy, Reality-TV
Stars: Milan Peroutka, Nikola Cechová, Anna Kaderávková, David Gránský
Votes: 11
46. Richard Müller: Nespoznany (2016)
90 min | Documentary, Biography
Director: Miro Remo | Stars: Adela Banásová, Iva Bittová, Dan Bárta, Marián Cekovský
Votes: 71
48. Jan Nedved (2015– )
15 min | Music, Talk-Show
Stars: Lucie Ehrenbergerová, Nicole Ehrenbergerová, Petr Harazin, Matej Kolak
Votes: 8
50. Ztrácím te, lásko (1978 TV Movie)
85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A rough behind-the-scenes look at the world of the record industry, famous pop stars and the fierce competition for the public's favor.
Director: Eva Sadková | Stars: Jana Hlavácová, Viktor Preiss, Petr Hanicinec, Frantisek Vicena
Votes: 21