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1. Burlesque (I) (2010)
PG-13 | 119 min | Drama, Music, Musical
A small-town girl ventures to Los Angeles and finds her place in a neo-burlesque club run by a former dancer.
Director: Steve Antin | Stars: Cher, Christina Aguilera, Alan Cumming, Eric Dane
Votes: 93,226 | Gross: $39.44M
2. Midnight Express (1978)
R | 121 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli
Votes: 88,291 | Gross: $35.00M
3. King Creole (1958)
PG | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
A troubled youth's singing sets New Orleans rockin'. With a sweet girl to love him and nightclubbers cheering, it seems he will shake off his past and head for the top. But will a mobster and his man-trap moll snare him in a life of crime?
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau, Dolores Hart
Votes: 6,433
4. The Rose (1979)
R | 125 min | Drama, Music, Romance
The tragic life of a self-destructive female rock star who struggles to deal with the constant pressures of her career and the demands of her ruthless business manager.
Director: Mark Rydell | Stars: Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton
Votes: 9,251 | Gross: $29.20M
5. Frankenstein (II) (2015)
R | 89 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A married couple of scientists create a modern-day monster.
Director: Bernard Rose | Stars: Xavier Samuel, Carrie-Anne Moss, Danny Huston, Matthew Jacobs
Votes: 3,042 | Gross: $0.25M
6. Bessie (2015 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 115 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of legendary blues performer Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.
Director: Dee Rees | Stars: Queen Latifah, Kamryn Johnson, Rikki McKinney, Alan T. Coleman
Votes: 4,793
7. Ticker (2001)
R | 92 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
After a San Francisco detective's partner is murdered by Northern Irish terrorists, the officer joins the bomb squad in order to bring them to justice.
Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Tom Sizemore, Dennis Hopper, Steven Seagal, Jaime Pressly
Votes: 7,738
8. 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: 3,118
9. ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas (2019)
91 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The story of how three oddball teenage bluesmen became one of the biggest, most beloved bands on the planet.
Director: Sam Dunn | Stars: Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard, ZZ Top
Votes: 1,979 | Gross: $0.01M
10. Ruby's Bucket of Blood (2001 TV Movie)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Music
A Louisiana juke joint owner loses her star entertainer and hires a white singer to fill in.
Director: Peter Werner | Stars: Angela Bassett, Kevin Anderson, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Jurnee Smollett
Votes: 378
11. Syncopation (1942)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy, History, Music
Covering a quarter-century of American 'syncopated" music (Ragtime, Jazz, Swing, Blues, Boogie Woogie) from prior to WWI through prohibition, the stock market crash, the depression and the ... See full summary »
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, George Bancroft, Todd Duncan, Connee Boswell
Votes: 331
12. Mint Royale: Blue Song (2002 Music Video)
4 min | Short, Action, Comedy
An optimistic getaway driver (Noel Fielding) waits for a trio of bank robbers in the parking lot.
Director: Edgar Wright | Stars: Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt, Nick Frost, Michael Smiley
Votes: 386
13. No One Knows About Persian Cats (2009)
106 min | Drama, Music
Iranian musicians Negar and Ashkan look for band members to play at a London concert - and the visas that allow them to leave Tehran to do so.
Director: Bahman Ghobadi | Stars: Negar Shaghaghi, Ashkan Koshanejad, Hamed Behdad, Babak Mirzakhani
Votes: 7,482 | Gross: $0.08M
14. Rolling Stone: Life and Death of Brian Jones (2019)
96 min | Documentary
A documentary about the events in the life of Rolling Stone legend Brian Jones that lead to his death.
Director: Danny Garcia | Stars: Brian Jones, Anita Pallenberg, Terry O'Neill, Rev D. Wayne Love
Votes: 394
15. Torch Singer (1933)
Passed | 71 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption and pursues a career as a torch singer.
Directors: Alexander Hall, George Somnes | Stars: Claudette Colbert, Ricardo Cortez, David Manners, Lyda Roberti
Votes: 789
16. Csinibaba (1997)
100 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
In 1962, while Gagarin flew around the Earth and others prepared for World War III, no event has happened in Hungary since a certain year, and it looked like nothing will for at least 30 ... See full summary »
Director: Péter Tímár | Stars: János Gálvölgyi, Sándor Almási, Anita Tóth, Gábor Reviczky
Votes: 2,284
17. Dance with the Devil (2006)
66 min | Documentary, Music
Features concert footage and a backstage look at legendary underground Los Angeles nightclub act The Toledo Show.
Director: Zalman King | Stars: Emily Adams, Brian Allan, Melvin 'Spoon' Brannon Jr., Anthony 'Brew' Brewster
Votes: 31
18. Killer Diller (2004)
PG-13 | 95 min | Drama, Music
A guitar playing car thief meets an autistic savant piano player, and together they transform a group of reluctant halfway house convicts into The Killer Diller Blues Band.
Director: Tricia Brock | Stars: Lucas Black, William Lee Scott, Fred Willard, John Michael Higgins
Votes: 428
19. Joë Caligula - Du suif chez les dabes (1969)
85 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A young crook called Joë Caligula and his crew make war on a Parisian gang.
Director: José Bénazéraf | Stars: Gérard Blain, Jeanne Valérie, Ginette Leclerc, Junie Astor
Votes: 112
20. Blue (II) (2017)
100 min | Documentary, Music
A thorough look at the 90's Turkish rock scene, one legendary stage band and its two members: Kerim Capli and Yavuz Cetin... An inquiry of their existential battles with the society, the industry and their own minds.
Director: Mehmet Sertan Ünver | Stars: Aylin Aslim, Göksel, Batu Mutlugil, Batuhan Mutlugil
Votes: 1,071
21. Doonby (2013)
PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Mystery
When no-good drifter Sam Doonby enters a small Texas town, his sudden arrival is met with suspicion, jealousy, and intrigue. After his just-as-sudden departure, the town realizes how one person's presence can matter.
Director: Peter Mackenzie | Stars: John Schneider, Jenn Gotzon, Ernie Hudson, Robert Davi
Votes: 539
22. The Hills Have Thighs (2008)
78 min | Comedy
Local Hillbilly Icon Daniel Boone Owen has gone missing in Appalachia. He was last seen facedown in his favorite watering hole, Scatterbrain's, and the theories behind his disappearance are... See full summary »
Director: James Bubba Cromer | Stars: Hance Oliver, Dona Ayers, Mona Lisa Johnson, James Bubba Cromer
Votes: 68
23. Hit Parade of 1943 (1943)
Approved | 82 min | Music, Romance
One of the many films made at Republic with a year attached to the "Hit Parade" title, which came from the "Hit Parade" radio program sponsored by Lucky Strike cigarettes. On re-issue, all ... See full summary »
Director: Albert S. Rogell | Stars: John Carroll, Susan Hayward, Gail Patrick, Eve Arden
Votes: 178
24. The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins (1970)
Not Rated | 31 min | Documentary, Short, Music
A portrait of the great Texas bluesman, 'Lightnin' Hopkins. The film includes interviews and a performance by Hopkins.
Directors: Les Blank, Skip Gerson | Stars: Lightnin Hopkins, Billy Bizor, Mance Lipscomb, Ruth Ames
Votes: 867
25. Jammin' the Blues (1944)
Approved | 10 min | Documentary, Short, Music
Created under the guidance of jazz impresario and Verve Records founder Norman Granz, this short captures the spontaneity of a jam session and is one of few film records of black jazzers of the day including tenor sax legend Lester Young.
Director: Gjon Mili | Stars: Lester Young, George 'Red' Callender, Harry Edison, Marlowe Morris
Votes: 1,005
26. Transatlantic Coffee (2012)
Not Rated | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Two unlikely friends, a teenage stripper from London and a traumatized clown, try to help each other in an uncertain world.
Director: Erik Peter Carlson | Stars: Kevin Pinassi, Rae Olivier, Marcel Torres, Stephanie Domini
Votes: 438
27. Festival (1967)
Not Rated | 95 min | Documentary, Music
Black and white footage of performances, interviews, and conversations at the Newport Folk Festival from 1963 to 1966. The headliners are Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, and ... See full summary »
Director: Murray Lerner | Stars: Joan Baez, Horton Barker, Fiddler Beers, Theodore Bikel
Votes: 700
28. Happy Here and Now (2002)
R | 89 min | Drama
When an unhappy young woman disappears, her worried sister desperately searches the internet for a clue to her missing sibling's whereabouts.
Director: Michael Almereyda | Stars: Karl Geary, Shalom Harlow, Clarence Williams III, Ally Sheedy
Votes: 368 | Gross: $0.00M
29. Lotto Land (1995)
Unrated | 87 min | Drama
This film tells two interwoven stories of two single-parent families in a poor, racially-mixed neighborhood in Brooklyn. The first story is about a young black man (with aspirations of ... See full summary »
Director: John Rubino | Stars: Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Wendell Holmes, Barbara Gonzalez, Suzanne Costollos
Votes: 65
30. Two Trains Runnin' (2016)
Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary, Music
Two Trains Runnin' is about the search for two forgotten blues singers, carried out in Mississippi during the height of the American civil rights movement.
Director: Sam Pollard | Stars: Taylor Branch, Gary Clark Jr., Common, Dave Dennis
Votes: 133
31. Beki Brindle: Young Women's Blues (2015 Music Video)
8 min | Music
Official Music Video for Beki Brindle "Young Women's Blues"
Directors: Christopher Nostrand, Angela Rosier Taylor | Stars: Brad Dourif, Angela Rosier Taylor, Beki BrindleScala, Katie Argenzio
32. Kid Rock: The Road to Bad Reputation (2022)
51 min | Documentary
Biography of rapper, singer-songwriter and musician Kid Rock, from his debut "Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast" to his latest album "Bad Reputation".
Director: Isaac M. Baranoff | Stars: Isaac M. Baranoff, Joe C., Mike E. Clark, Gary Coleman
Votes: 15
33. Cha-Cha (1979)
90 min | Comedy, Music
Bank robber tries to go straight by becoming a rock'n'roll star. Takes place in and around Amsterdam's punk/new wave scene, with appearances by Nina Hagen, Les Chappell, and Lene Lovich.
Director: Herbert Curiel | Stars: Herman Brood, Nina Hagen, Lene Lovich, Les Chappell
Votes: 182
34. Satchmo the Great (1957)
Approved | 63 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
In this 1957 biography film of the jazz-great Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, he and his band tour the world as American good-will ambassadors bring jazz at its best to the people of the world. ... See full summary »
Stars: Louis Armstrong, Edward R. Murrow, Leonard Bernstein, W.C. Handy
Votes: 23
35. Estudyante blues (1989)
102 min | Comedy
THIS LIGHT COMEDY FILM DEPICTS CAMPUS LIFE FOR A NEW GENERATION OF YOUNG ACTORS.
Director: Mike Relon Makiling | Stars: Dingdong Avanzado, Gelli De Belen, Lilet, Vina Morales
Votes: 23
36. Hollywood's Magical Island: Catalina (2003)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary, History, Music
Beginning with William Wrigley's acquisition of the Santa Catalina Island Company in 1919, the history of the island is explored with archival footage, stills, interviews of residents, historians and celebrities.
Director: Greg Reitman | Stars: Kathryn Abbott, Del Breckenfeld, Les Brown, Jean-Michel Cousteau
Votes: 40
37. John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly (2014)
66 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly is a fan-made feature documentary chronicling the musical evolution of one of the most influential solo artists of his generation. Acclaimed singer/songwriter John Mayer.
Director: Eastwood Allen | Stars: John Mayer, Steve Jordan, Pino Palladino, David Labruyere
Votes: 243
38. The Search for Robert Johnson (1992 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A UK television documentary film about the legendary Delta blues musician Robert Johnson.
Director: Chris Hunt | Stars: Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, John Hammond, Gayle Dean Wardlow
Votes: 159
39. Rise of a Texas Bluesman: Stevie Ray Vaughan 1954-1983 (2014 Video)
Not Rated | 131 min | Documentary
This film reveals and dissects the formative years of Stevie Ray Vaughan's career - his influences and recordings - and traces the history of Texas blues itself, identifying Vaughan's place... See full summary »
Director: Tom O'Dell | Stars: Thomas Arnold, Angela Strehli, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Reese Wynans
Votes: 101
40. Da zero a dieci (2002)
99 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Four middle-aged friends plan to re-experience an old weekend in Rimini.
Director: Luciano Ligabue | Stars: Stefano Pesce, Elisabetta Cavallotti, Massimo Bellinzoni, Fabrizia Sacchi
Votes: 900
41. We Juke Up in Here (2012)
Documentary
Mississippi's surviving juke joint scene and its music are explored by makers of award-winning blues documentary, "M for Mississippi." Includes all-new live blues performances at Red's juke in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
Directors: Jeff Konkel, Roger Stolle | Stars: Terry Harmonica Bean, Big George Brock, Hezekiah Early, Jimmy Duck Holmes
Votes: 11
42. Lost in Las Vegas (2001)
90 min | Documentary
Director: Paul Jay | Stars: Don Burton, Felicia Campbell, Wayne Catania, Kurt Coleman
Votes: 16
43. Mali Blues (2016)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Music
Mali's Music defines the country's cultural identity. Radical Islamists are threatening the musicians. Together with the stars of Malian Global Pop - Fatoumata Diawara, Bassekou Kouyaté ... See full summary »
Director: Lutz Gregor | Stars: Fatoumata Diawara, Ahmed Ag Kaedi, Bassékou Kouyaté, Master Soumy
Votes: 123 | Gross: $0.01M
44. The Best Hotel on Skid Row (1990 TV Movie)
48 min | Documentary
America Undercover goes to the Madison Hotel in the skid-row section of downtown Los Angeles and talks to some of the desperate people living there. It talks to a prostitute and heroin ... See full summary »
Directors: Christine Choy, Renee Tajima-Pena, Geof Bartz | Star: Charles Bukowski
Votes: 57
45. Monochrome: Black, White and Blue (2017–2019)
Documentary, Music
Jon Brewer explores the history of blues music and the plight of the people in America's deep south. Through insightful interviews and live performances, a story of the blues is told.
Stars: Morgan Freeman, Charlie Musselwhite, B.B. King, Keb' Mo'
Votes: 34
46. Freddie Fisher and His Band (1943)
Approved | 10 min | Short, Comedy, Music
In this 1943 entry of Warner Bros./Vitaphone's "Melody Master Band" series, Freddie Fisher and His Schnikelfritz Orchestra play, in varied and assorted styles---including corn-and-comic---"... See full summary »
Director: Lloyd French | Stars: Freddie Fisher, Freddie Fisher's Band
47. Bluestown Rising (2022)
58 min | Documentary, Music
A documentation of Norwegian working blues town Notodden and their Blues Festival in the years from 2016 to 2021.
Stars: Lowell 'Banana' Levinger, Buddy Guy, Beth Hart, Larkin Poe
Votes: 6
48. Swing It (1936)
Passed | 16 min | Short, Music
Louis Prima and His Band are offered a Hollywood contract and when the movie doesn't materialize, the boys' agent absconds with the funds and they are stranded and forced to entertain in a roadside tavern, elevating the band to celebrity status.
Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Louis Prima, Louis Prima and His Band, Lucille Ball, Pee Wee Russell
Votes: 15
49. Carnaval Blues (2007)
60 min | Drama
Guillermo Locke is an American anthropology student traveling to Brazil for the first time to study its "culture of violence" for his thesis. " Mestre" is a poor but respected community ... See full summary »
Directors: Miguel Silveira, Elias Lopez-Trabada | Stars: Elias Lopez-Trabada, Wendell Bendelack, Isabel Cardenas, Julia Cardenas
50. Eric Clapton: The 1970s Review (2014 Video)
Documentary, Music
A documentary about rock musician Eric Clapton in the 1970s.
Star: Eric Clapton
Votes: 137