Music/Dance/Jazz
by sonnyreg | created - 03 Dec 2018 | updated - 26 Jun 2021 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. The Cotton Club (1984)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Music
Meet the jazz musicians, dancers, owner, and guests (like gangster Dutch Schultz) of The Cotton Club in 1928-1930s Harlem.
Director: Francis Ford Coppola | Stars: Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee
Votes: 19,504 | Gross: $25.93M
2. Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
R | 144 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of the troubled life and career of the legendary Jazz singer, Billie Holiday.
Director: Sidney J. Furie | Stars: Diana Ross, Billy Dee Williams, Richard Pryor, James T. Callahan
Votes: 4,840 | Gross: $6.03M
3. Swingen anfaller (2005 TV Movie)
Documentary, Music
Director: Svante Grundberg | Stars: Frankie Manning, Fayard Nicholas, Chazz Young, Steven Mitchell
Votes: 12
4. The Blues (2003)
770 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary series about the origin and history of The Blues.
Stars: B.B. King, Ike Turner, Pinetop Perkins, Dick Waterman
Votes: 1,243
5. American Epic (2015– )
TV-14 | 310 min | Documentary, History, Music
At the height of the Roaring Twenties, music scouts set out across America to capture the breadth of American music and discovered the artists that would shape our world.
Stars: Taj Mahal, Robert Redford, Jack White, Nas
Votes: 225
6. Bolden (2019)
R | 108 min | Drama
A mythical account of the life of Buddy Bolden, the first Cornet King of New Orleans.
Director: Dan Pritzker | Stars: Gary Carr, Erik LaRay Harvey, Ian McShane, Michael Rooker
Votes: 616
7. Jazz Is My Native Language: A Portrait of Toshiko Akiyoshi (1983)
60 min | Documentary, Music
Director: Renee Cho | Stars: Michiru Akiyoshi, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Steve Buddha, Leonard Feather
8. That's My Jazz (2019)
14 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
A world-renowned pastry chef, reflects on his relationship with his deceased father Milton Abel Sr., famed Kansas City jazz musician.
Director: Ben Proudfoot | Star: Milton Abel
Votes: 28
9. Jazz (2001)
1,075 min | Documentary, History, Music
A survey of the musical form's history and major talents.
Stars: Keith David, Wynton Marsalis, Gary Giddins, Delroy Lindo
Votes: 2,496
10. An American in Paris (1951)
Passed | 114 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
Three friends struggle to find work in Paris. Things become more complicated when two of them fall in love with the same woman.
Director: Vincente Minnelli | Stars: Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary
Votes: 36,817 | Gross: $4.50M
11. ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads (2019 TV Movie)
48 min | Documentary, Biography
A look at the short, mysterious life of blues legend, Robert Johnson, who was said to have made a deal with the Devil at a crossroads in rural Mississippi.
Director: Brian Oakes | Stars: Terry Harmonica Bean, Rory Block, Yvonne Chireau, Eric Clapton
Votes: 3,108
12. The Apollo Chronicles (2019)
Documentary
A documentary mini-series that chronicles NASA's historic journey to the moon.
Stars: Amy Shira Teitel, Bill Anders, James R. Hansen, Frank Borman
Votes: 51
13. Little Richard (2000 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 120 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of Little Richard Penniman, from his poor Southern upbringing to dealing with the trials and tribulations of being a black singer in the 1950s, to his born-again phase and brief "retirement" from rock and roll.
Director: Robert Townsend | Stars: Leon, Jenifer Lewis, Carl Lumbly, Tamala Jones
Votes: 989
14. What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of singer Tina Turner's rise to stardom and how she gained the courage to break free from her abusive husband, Ike Turner.
Director: Brian Gibson | Stars: Angela Bassett, Laurence Fishburne, RaéVen Kelly, Virginia Capers
Votes: 24,548 | Gross: $39.10M
15. 20,000 Days on Earth (2014)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary, Drama, Music
Writer and musician Nick Cave marks his 20,000th day on the planet Earth.
Directors: Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard | Stars: Nick Cave, Susie Bick, Warren Ellis, Darian Leader
Votes: 11,964 | Gross: $0.28M
16. Crossroads (1986)
R | 99 min | Drama, Music, Mystery
A wannabe blues-guitar virtuoso finds an old blues player and hopes he can teach him a long-lost song by legendary musician Robert Johnson.
Director: Walter Hill | Stars: Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca, Jami Gertz, Joe Morton
Votes: 17,632 | Gross: $5.84M
17. All That Jazz (1979)
R | 123 min | Drama, Music, Musical
Director/choreographer Bob Fosse tells his own life story as he details the sordid career of Joe Gideon, a womanizing, drug-using dancer.
Director: Bob Fosse | Stars: Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Ann Reinking, Leland Palmer
Votes: 35,318 | Gross: $37.82M
18. No One But Me (2012)
Documentary
No One But Me is a 2012 documentary film about Scottish jazz musician Annie Ross. She shot to fame as a child performer and has worked over seven decades.
Director: Brian Ross | Stars: Lenny Bruce, Dizzy Gillespie, Tardo Hammer, Jon Hendricks
Votes: 13
19. The Unforgettable Hampton Family (2011 TV Short)
Documentary, Short
Deacon Clark Hampton, a son of slaves, lifted his twelve children out of poverty by making them into successful musicians.
Director: Julie Cohen
20. 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: 23,096 | Gross: $8.20M
21. Twenty Feet from Stardom (2013)
PG-13 | 91 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Backup singers live in a world that lies just beyond the spotlight. Their voices bring harmony to the biggest bands in popular music, but we've had no idea who these singers are or what lives they lead, until now.
Director: Morgan Neville | Stars: Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer, Judith Hill
Votes: 13,942 | Gross: $4.95M
22. Improvisation (I) (2004)
75 min | Music
Improvisational jazz performance filmed in 1950 by Gjon Mili plus additional performances filmed in 1977 and 1979, with introductions by Granz and jazz critic Nat Hentoff and also includes the 1944 short Jammin' the Blues.
Director: Norman Granz | Stars: Count Basie, Ray Brown, Eddie Davis, Duke Ellington
Votes: 17
23. The Beatles Anthology (1995–1996)
TV-14 | 67 min | Documentary, Music
An autobiographical documentary of the greatest of the rock bands.
Stars: Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, George Martin
Votes: 9,417
24. Alberta Hunter: My Castle's Rockin' (1988 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary, Music
This music biography portrays the life of the legendary blues singer and songwriter Alberta Hunter. After 40 years of show business success beginning in the 1920's, Alberta became a nurse. ... See full summary »
Director: Stuart A. Goldman | Stars: Alberta Hunter, Barney Josephson, John Hammond, Harry Watkins
Votes: 39
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