
Narrative Musical movies
A story where songs are part of the plot, expressing emotion and moving the narrative forward.
Vibe
When a ruptured water main creates an enormous sinkhole right in front of Bob's Burgers, it blocks the entrance indefinitely and ruins the Belchers’ plans for a successful summer. While Bob and Linda struggle to keep the business afloat, the kids try to solve a mystery that could save their family's restaurant. As the dangers mount, these underdogs help each other find hope and fight to get back behind the counter, where they belong.
Themes
Available on

12. Sing 2
Family Comedy Music Animation Family Animation2021•1h 50min
United States
Director: Garth Jennings
Vibe
Buster and his new cast now have their sights set on debuting a new show at the Crystal Tower Theater in glamorous Redshore City. But with no connections, he and his singers must sneak into the Crystal Entertainment offices, run by the ruthless wolf mogul Jimmy Crystal, where the gang pitches the ridiculous idea of casting the lion rock legend Clay Calloway in their show. Buster must embark on a quest to find the now-isolated Clay and persuade him to return to the stage.
Themes
Available on

13. tick, tick... BOOM!
Drama Music Professional Drama Narrative Musical2021•2h
United States
Director: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Vibe
On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.
Themes
Available on

14. CODA
Drama Music Romance Family Drama Narrative Musical2021•1h 52min
France, United States
Director: Sian Heder
Vibe
As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
Themes
Available on
Vibe
Suzu is a 17-year-old high-school student living in a rural town with her father. Wounded by the loss of her mother at a young age, Suzu one day discovers the massive online world "U" and dives into this alternate reality as her avatar, Belle. Before long, all of U's eyes are fixed on Belle, when, suddenly, a mysterious, dragon-like figure appears before her.
Themes
Available on

16. A Week Away
Drama Music Romance Comedy Narrative Musical2021•1h 35min
United States
Director: Roman White
Vibe
Troubled teen Will Hawkins has a run-in with the law that puts him at an important crossroad: go to juvenile detention or attend a Christian summer camp. At first a fish-out-of-water, Will opens his heart, discovers love with a camp regular, and sense of belonging in the last place he expected to find it.
Themes
Available on
Vibe
Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to get back to Earth.
Themes
Available on

18. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Drama Music Historical Drama Narrative Musical2020•1h 34min
United States
Director: George C. Wolfe
Vibe
Tensions rise when the trailblazing Mother of the Blues and her band gather at a Chicago recording studio in 1927. Adapted from August Wilson's play.
Themes
Available on

19. Sound of Metal
Drama Music Entertainment Industry Drama Narrative Musical2020•2h 1min
United States
Director: Darius Marder
Vibe
Metal drummer Ruben begins to lose his hearing. When a doctor tells him his condition will worsen, he thinks his career and life is over. His girlfriend Lou checks the former addict into a rehab for the deaf hoping it will prevent a relapse and help him adapt to his new life. After being welcomed and accepted just as he is, Ruben must choose between his new normal and the life he once knew.
Themes
Available on

20. Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Family Fantasy Music Christmas Family Supernatural Fantasy2020•2h 2min
United States
Director: David E. Talbert
Vibe
An imaginary world comes to life in a holiday tale of an eccentric toymaker, his adventurous granddaughter, and a magical invention that has the power to change their lives forever.


