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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.

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman

561. Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman

Family Fantasy Comedy Animation Music
6.6

20001h 17min

United States

Director: Kathi Castillo

As Alvin struggles with nightmares involving werewolves, the school play of Jekyll & Hyde is in jeopardy when the lead, Alvin, is suspended. In an attempt to boost his confidence, the principal suggests Theodore, who's suddenly going through some canine changes.


The Man Who Cried

562. The Man Who Cried

Romance Drama Music War Romantic Epic
6.1

20001h 36min

France, United Kingdom

Director: Sally Potter

A young refugee travels from Russia to America in search of her lost father and falls in love with a gypsy horseman.

Themes

Displacement and longing, Persecution and danger, Forbidden romance across borders, Renaming and assimilation pressure, Survival through performance, Art as refuge

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Center Stage

563. Center Stage

Drama Music Professional Drama Dance-Centered Music Film
6.7

20001h 55min

United States

Director: Nicholas Hytner

A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals with the problems and stress of training and getting ahead in the world of dance.

Themes

Class inequality, Body image pressure, Competition pressure, Mentor influence, Family expectations, Peer rivalry

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High Fidelity

564. High Fidelity

Drama Comedy Romance Music Romantic Comedy
7.4

20001h 53min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Stephen Frears

After his long-time girlfriend dumps him, a thirty-year-old record store owner seeks to understand why he is unlucky in love while recounting his "top five breakups of all time".

Themes

Insecurity in relationships, Fear of commitment, Deception in relationships, Top five fixation, Artistic identity vs romance, Music culture influence

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish

565. Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish

Animation Music Comedy Adventure Drama
7.2

19991h 20min

Japan, United States

Director: Liz Holzman

The Warner Brothers (and the Warner Sister) go on a quest to find a fallen wishing star to help Dot with her illness. Unfortunately the rest of the town, including an evil king, also hear about the star and want to get to it first to have their own wishes come true. It's a race against time and it's up to the three zany siblings to get there first.


Topsy-Turvy

566. Topsy-Turvy

Drama Music Comedy History
7.3

19992h 40min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Mike Leigh

For nearly a decade, Gilbert and Sullivan’s collaborations have delighted the English people. But in 1884, as a London heat wave cuts into the theater trade, their latest work, "Princess Ida", receives lukewarm press. In an effort to reconcile their creative differences and drawing inspiration from Japanese culture, they went on to create the hit opera "The Mikado", one of the duo's greatest successes.


Sweet and Lowdown

567. Sweet and Lowdown

Comedy Drama Music
7.2

19991h 35min

United States

Director: Woody Allen

In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.


Annie

568. Annie

Music Family Comedy
6.7

19991h 30min

United States

Director: Rob Marshall

Things seem pretty bad for a young girl living a "hard-knock life" in an orphanage. Fed up with the dastardly Miss Hannigan, Annie escapes the run-down orphanage determined to find her mom and dad. It's an adventure that takes her from the cold, mean streets of New York to the warm, comforting arms of bighearted billionaire Oliver Warbucks - with plenty of mischief and music in between.


Music of the Heart

569. Music of the Heart

Drama Music
6.7

19992h 4min

United States

Director: Wes Craven

After Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a music teacher at the Central Park East School in East Harlem.


Bartok the Magnificent

570. Bartok the Magnificent

Animation Comedy Family Fantasy Music
6.1

19991h 8min

United States

Director: Gary Goldman

Albino bat Bartok – former sidekick to the wicked Grigori Rasputin – ventures to prove his true worth on a new quest to defeat the legendary Russian witch Baba Yaga.