Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "folk-music"

1. Daisy Jones & The Six (2023)

TV-MA | 49 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Following the rise of rock band Daisy Jones and The Six through the 1970s Los Angeles music scene on their quest for worldwide icon status.

Stars: Riley Keough, Sam Claflin, Camila Morrone, Suki Waterhouse

Votes: 37,811

2. A Complete Unknown

Biography, Drama, Music | Filming

At the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, a young Bob Dylan shakes up his act on the folk music scene by going electric and siring rock as the voice of a generation - defining one of the most transformative moments in 20th century music.

Director: James Mangold | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Edward Norton, Monica Barbaro

3. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.

Directors: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen | Stars: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson, John Goodman

Votes: 331,315 | Gross: $45.51M

4. The Lair of the White Worm (1988)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Horror

When an archaeologist uncovers a strange skull in a foreign land, the residents of a nearby town begin to disappear, leading to further inexplicable occurrences.

Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Amanda Donohoe, Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg, Peter Capaldi

Votes: 15,153 | Gross: $1.19M

5. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

R | 104 min | Drama, Music

A week in the life of a young singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961.

Directors: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen | Stars: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund

Votes: 163,662 | Gross: $13.24M

6. Wild Mountain Thyme (2020)

PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A pair of star-crossed lovers in Ireland get caught up in their family's land dispute.

Director: John Patrick Shanley | Stars: Emily Blunt, Jamie Dornan, Jon Hamm, Christopher Walken

Votes: 12,149

7. Boom Town (1940)

Passed | 119 min | Drama, Romance, Western

Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a ten-year period both love the same woman.

Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, Claudette Colbert, Hedy Lamarr

Votes: 3,813 | Gross: $9.17M

8. Dogfight (1991)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Before leaving to fight in Vietnam, a group of teenagers play a game where they try to seduce the ugliest girl they can find.

Director: Nancy Savoca | Stars: River Phoenix, Lili Taylor, Richard Panebianco, Anthony Clark

Votes: 10,086 | Gross: $0.39M

9. Harold and Maude (1971)

PG | 91 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Young, rich, and obsessed with death, Harold finds himself changed forever when he meets lively septuagenarian Maude at a funeral.

Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack

Votes: 81,912

10. Your Highness (2011)

R | 102 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

When Prince Fabious's bride is kidnapped, he goes on a quest to rescue her... accompanied by his lazy useless brother Thadeous.

Director: David Gordon Green | Stars: Danny McBride, Natalie Portman, James Franco, Rasmus Hardiker

Votes: 104,488 | Gross: $21.60M

11. I'm Not There (2007)

R | 135 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where six characters embody a different aspect of the musician's life and work.

Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw

Votes: 61,234 | Gross: $4.02M

12. Local Hero (1983)

PG | 111 min | Comedy, Drama

An American oil company has plans for a new refinery and sends someone to Scotland to buy up an entire village, but things don't go as expected.

Director: Bill Forsyth | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Fulton Mackay, Denis Lawson

Votes: 26,740 | Gross: $5.90M

13. In the Bedroom (2001)

R | 131 min | Crime, Drama

A New England couple's college-aged son dates an older woman who has two small children and an unwelcome ex-husband.

Director: Todd Field | Stars: Tom Wilkinson, Sissy Spacek, Nick Stahl, Marisa Tomei

Votes: 42,461 | Gross: $35.93M

14. The Wanderers (1979)

R | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

The Wanderers is a teenage, Italian gang in Bronx, NYC, 1963. They have their confrontations with other gangs. Drugs and weapons are uncool. Adult life awaits them.

Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Ken Wahl, Karen Allen, John Friedrich, Toni Kalem

Votes: 12,381 | Gross: $0.01M

15. Mavka: The Forest Song (2023)

99 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Mavka, a Soul of the Forest, faces an impossible choice between love and her duty as Guardian of the Heart of the Forest when she falls in love with a human, a talented young musician Lucas.

Directors: Oleh Malamuzh, Oleksandra Ruban, Yevheniy Yermak | Stars: Sarah Natochenny, Mike Pollock, Marc Thompson, Tyler Bunch

Votes: 5,797

16. The Canterbury Tales (1972)

NC-17 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, History

Pasolini's artistic, sometimes violent, always vividly cinematic retelling of some of Chaucer's most erotic tales.

Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini | Stars: Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli, Franco Citti

Votes: 8,238

17. Cold War (2018)

R | 89 min | Drama, Music, Romance

In the 1950s, a music director falls in love with a singer and tries to persuade her to flee communist Poland for France.

Director: Pawel Pawlikowski | Stars: Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot, Borys Szyc, Agata Kulesza

Votes: 61,994 | Gross: $4.57M

18. American Dreams (2002–2005)

TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Family, History

In the 1960s, a family experiences life and the struggles of the era, accompanied by the well-known pop songs of the period.

Stars: Gail O'Grady, Tom Verica, Brittany Snow, Jonathan Adams

Votes: 3,259

19. Only Yesterday (1991)

PG | 119 min | Animation, Drama, Romance

A twenty-seven-year-old office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tokyo.

Director: Isao Takahata | Stars: Miki Imai, Toshirô Yanagiba, Yoko Honna, Mayumi Izuka

Votes: 37,322 | Gross: $0.45M

20. Fisherman's Friends (2019)

PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Ten fisherman from Cornwall are signed by Universal Records and achieve a top ten hit with their debut album, "Sea Shanties."

Director: Chris Foggin | Stars: James Purefoy, Meadow Nobrega, David Hayman, Maggie Steed

Votes: 11,376

21. A Mighty Wind (2003)

PG-13 | 91 min | Comedy, Music

Mockumentary captures the reunion of 1960s folk trio the Folksmen as they prepare for a show at The Town Hall to memorialize a recently deceased concert promoter.

Director: Christopher Guest | Stars: Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer

Votes: 29,556 | Gross: $17.51M

22. Cadillac Records (2008)

R | 109 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists.

Director: Darnell Martin | Stars: Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Beyoncé, Columbus Short

Votes: 23,158 | Gross: $8.20M

23. Bora Bora (1968)

R | 90 min | Adventure, Drama, Musical

A Frenchman finds his runaway wife on an island in the Pacific.

Director: Ugo Liberatore | Stars: Haydée Politoff, Corrado Pani, Doris Kunstmann, Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia

Votes: 172 | Gross: $0.07M

24. And Then We Danced (2019)

Not Rated | 113 min | Drama, Romance

A passionate coming-of-age tale set amidst the conservative confines of modern Tbilisi, the film follows Merab, a competitive dancer who is thrown off balance by the arrival of Irakli, a fellow male dancer with a rebellious streak.

Director: Levan Akin | Stars: Levan Gelbakhiani, Bachi Valishvili, Ana Javakishvili, Kakha Gogidze

Votes: 14,384

25. Princess Cyd (2017)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Romance

A 16-year-old girl visits her aunt in Chicago for the summer. While there, she falls for another girl, and she and her aunt challenge each other's sex and spirit.

Director: Stephen Cone | Stars: Marika Mashburn, Jessie Pinnick, Paul Brian Fagen, Keith Kupferer

Votes: 4,406

26. The Apple (1980)

PG | 90 min | Music, Musical, Sci-Fi

In 1994, a young couple enters the world of the music industry, and subsequently the world of drugs.

Director: Menahem Golan | Stars: Catherine Mary Stewart, George Gilmour, Grace Kennedy, Allan Love

Votes: 2,678

27. Butterflies Are Free (1972)

PG | 109 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A blind man moves into his own apartment against the wishes of his overprotective mother and befriends the freethinking young woman next door.

Director: Milton Katselas | Stars: Goldie Hawn, Edward Albert, Eileen Heckart, Paul Michael Glaser

Votes: 5,967 | Gross: $0.25M

28. American Pop (1981)

R | 96 min | Animation, Drama, History

The story of four generations of a Russian Jewish immigrant family of musicians whose careers parallel the history of American popular music in the 20th century.

Director: Ralph Bakshi | Stars: Mews Small, Ron Thompson, Jerry Holland, Lisa Jane Persky

Votes: 5,512 | Gross: $6.00M

29. Bound for Glory (1976)

PG | 147 min | Biography, Drama, Music

The early life of Woody Guthrie as a vagabond folk singer.

Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: David Carradine, Ronny Cox, Melinda Dillon, Gail Strickland

Votes: 5,593

30. One of Us (II) (2017)

Unrated | 86 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A young journalist goes deep undercover within a mountain commune and becomes manipulated by a duplicitous cult leader.

Director: Blake Reigle | Stars: Christa B. Allen, Derek Smith, Carly Schroeder, Chasty Ballesteros

Votes: 692

31. Alice's Restaurant (1969)

GP | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A cinematic adaption of Arlo Guthrie's classic story-song.

Director: Arthur Penn | Stars: Arlo Guthrie, Patricia Quinn, James Broderick, Pete Seeger

Votes: 4,652 | Gross: $13.99M

32. A Chance Encounter (2022)

91 min | Music, Romance

In the Sicilian town of Taormina, Italy, an aspiring poet in search of inspiration meets a folk singer trying to write a follow-up to her breakout hit.

Director: Alexander Jeffery | Stars: Paul Petersen, Andrea von Kampen, Kyle Brunick, Kenny Burns III

Votes: 368

33. Not Fade Away (2012)

R | 112 min | Drama

Set in suburban New Jersey in the 1960s, a group of friends form a rock band and try to make it big.

Director: David Chase | Stars: John Magaro, Jack Huston, Will Brill, Brahm Vaccarella

Votes: 4,953 | Gross: $0.61M

34. Night Passage (1957)

Approved | 90 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A fired railroad man is re-hired and entrusted to carry a ten thousand dollar payroll in secret, even though he is suspected of being connected to outlaws.

Director: James Neilson | Stars: James Stewart, Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Dianne Foster

Votes: 4,554

35. Finding Your Feet (2017)

PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

On the eve of retirement a middle class, judgmental snob discovers her husband has been having an affair with her best friend and is forced into exile with her bohemian sister who lives on an impoverished inner-city council estate.

Director: Richard Loncraine | Stars: Imelda Staunton, Celia Imrie, Timothy Spall, Joanna Lumley

Votes: 7,223 | Gross: $1.42M

36. Roots of Fire (2022)

85 min | Documentary, Music

In Roots of Fire, young musicians honor the rich history & cultural legacy of Cajun music. Featuring electrifying performances, this vibrant documentary examines the intersection between music & preserving tradition for future generations.

Directors: Abby Berendt Lavoi, Jeremey Lavoi | Stars: Wilson Savoy, Joel A. Savoy, Kelli Jones, Jourdan Thibodeaux

Votes: 15

37. Muscle Shoals (2013)

PG | 111 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A documentary that celebrates Rick Hall, the founder of FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and the signature sound he developed in songs such as "I'll Take You There", "Brown Sugar", and "When a Man Loves a Woman".

Director: Greg 'Freddy' Camalier | Stars: Rick Hall, Aretha Franklin, Keith Richards, Candi Staton

Votes: 4,294 | Gross: $0.70M

38. Hidden Agenda (1990)

R | 108 min | Drama, Thriller

When an American human rights lawyer is assassinated in Belfast, it remains for the man's girlfriend, as well as a tough, no nonsense, police detective to find the truth.

Director: Ken Loach | Stars: Frances McDormand, Maurice Roëves, Robert Patterson, Bernard Bloch

Votes: 4,616 | Gross: $1.03M

39. Swing Girls (2004)

105 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A tale of delinquent and lazy school girls. In their efforts to cut remedial summer math class, they end up vitiating and replacing the schools brass band.

Director: Shinobu Yaguchi | Stars: Juri Ueno, Yûta Hiraoka, Shihori Kanjiya, Yuika Motokariya

Votes: 4,689

40. Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)

Unrated | 105 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

The venerated filmmaker Eisenstein is comparable in talent, insight and wisdom, with the likes of Shakespeare or Beethoven; there are few - if any - directors who can be elevated to such ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Elmer Bäck, Luis Alberti, Maya Zapata, Lisa Owen

Votes: 3,109 | Gross: $0.03M

41. Don't Look Back (1967)

Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary, Music

Documentary covering Bob Dylan's 1965 tour of England, which includes appearances by Joan Baez and Donovan.

Director: D.A. Pennebaker | Stars: Bob Dylan, Albert Grossman, Bob Neuwirth, Joan Baez

Votes: 10,020

42. Palm Springs Weekend (1963)

Unrated | 100 min | Comedy, Drama

College students on spring break in Palm Springs pursue romantic entanglements. Jim falls for Bunny, Biff for Amanda. Gayle poses as a student while Eric courts her. Their coach flirts with a motel owner amid her son's antics.

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Troy Donahue, Connie Stevens, Ty Hardin, Stefanie Powers

Votes: 1,193

43. Lady of Burlesque (1943)

Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Music, Mystery

After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before he strikes again.

Director: William A. Wellman | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O'Shea, J. Edward Bromberg, Iris Adrian

Votes: 2,786

44. Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show (1984–1988)

TV-Y | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

The musical adventures of the singing trio Sharon, Lois, and Bram and their friend, Elephant.

Stars: Lois Lilienstein, Bram Morrison, Sharon Hampson, Eric Nagler

Votes: 600

45. The Music Never Stopped (2011)

PG | 105 min | Drama, Music

Tale of a father who struggles to bond with his estranged son Gabriel, after Gabriel suffers from a brain tumor that prevents him from forming new memories. With Gabriel unable to shed the ... See full summary »

Director: Jim Kohlberg | Stars: Lou Taylor Pucci, J.K. Simmons, Julia Ormond, Cara Seymour

Votes: 8,692 | Gross: $0.26M

46. The Journey (1959)

Approved | 126 min | Drama, Romance, War

A British woman trying to escape Hungary with her freedom fighter lover and a group of Westerners, as the Soviet Union moves to crush the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, finds herself the obsession of an enigmatic Communist officer.

Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Jason Robards, Robert Morley

Votes: 1,852

47. Mr. Muhsin (1987)

119 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Ingenuous countryman Ali Nazik moves to Istanbul, expecting help to become a famous singer, he finds Muhsin Kanadikirik, a fading music producer.

Director: Yavuz Turgul | Stars: Sener Sen, Ugur Yücel, Sermin Hürmeriç, Osman Cavci

Votes: 11,740

48. Wind Across the Everglades (1958)

Approved | 93 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

An ornithologist battles a family of bird poachers in the Florida Everglades.

Directors: Nicholas Ray, Budd Schulberg | Stars: Burl Ives, Christopher Plummer, Chana Eden, Gypsy Rose Lee

Votes: 1,249

49. The Johnny Cash Show (1969–1971)

60 min | Music

Johnny Cash and his wife, June Carter Cash, were hosts of this Country and Western themed variety show. Comedians Hope, Crosby, Minnie Pearl, and others perform skits. Musical acts as diverse as Louis Armstrong to The Monkees perform.

Stars: Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, The Statler Brothers, The Tennessee Three

Votes: 280

50. The North Star (1943)

Passed | 108 min | Drama, Romance, War

A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the German invasion of June 1941.

Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter Huston, Walter Brennan

Votes: 1,797