Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "female-blues-singer"

1. Death on the Nile (2022)

PG-13 | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

While on vacation on the Nile, Hercule Poirot must investigate the murder of a young heiress.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Kenneth Branagh, Russell Brand

Votes: 189,566 | Gross: $45.63M

2. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)

R | 94 min | Drama, Music

Tensions rise when trailblazing blues singer Ma Rainey and her band gather at a recording studio in Chicago in 1927.

Director: George C. Wolfe | Stars: Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Glynn Turman, Colman Domingo

Votes: 58,042

3. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

Not Rated | 106 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

A doomed female hitchhiker pulls Mike Hammer into a deadly whirlpool of intrigue, revolving around a mysterious "great whatsit".

Director: Robert Aldrich | Stars: Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Juano Hernandez

Votes: 22,145

4. What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)

Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

A documentary about the life and legend Nina Simone, an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist labeled the "High Priestess of Soul."

Director: Liz Garbus | Stars: Nina Simone, Lisa Simone Kelly, Roger Nupie, Al Schackman

Votes: 14,853

5. St. Louis Blues (1929)

Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Drama, Music

In her only known film appearance, legendary blues singer Bessie Smith witnesses her lover's betrayal, then sings a powerful rendition of the title song.

Director: Dudley Murphy | Stars: Bessie Smith, Jimmy Mordecai, Isabel Washington, Hall Johnson Choir

Votes: 473

6. Hillary Hawkins: Through the River (2020 Music Video)

Music

This sista been through some thangs. Can't tell her nothin'. Blues singer filled with passion and desire tells it like it is. Made during Stay Home Stay Safe 2020.

Director: Hillary Hawkins | Star: Hillary Hawkins

7. 227 (1985–1990)
Episode: Blues (1988)

TV-PG | 24 min | Comedy

Brenda accidentally destroys her grandfather's special recording of a classic blues song.

Director: Gerren Keith | Stars: Marla Gibbs, Hal Williams, Alaina Reed-Hall, Jackée Harry

Votes: 25

8. Route 66 (1960–1964)
Episode: Play It Glissando (1961)

TV-Y7 | 52 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama

Tod and Buz, vacationing in Malibu, California, are drawn into the world of a paranoid Progressive Jazz trumpeter and his wife. Told largely in flashback by Buz, beginning innocently enough... See full summary »

Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Martin Milner, George Maharis, Anne Francis, Jack Lord

Votes: 125

9. Genius (2017– )
Episode: Aretha: Respect (2021)

TV-14 | 57 min | Biography, Drama, History

Aretha Louise Franklin's relationship with her preacher father C.L. Franklin from a young girl through to adulthood, her marriage to her agent/husband Ted White, as well as her introduction to music producer Jerry Wexler are portrayed.

Director: Anthony Hemingway | Stars: Cynthia Erivo, Malcolm Barrett, Patrice Covington, Rebecca Naomi Jones

Votes: 398

10. Genius (2017– )
Episode: Aretha: Until the Real Thing Comes Along (2021)

TV-14 | 47 min | Biography, Drama, History

Aretha politely tells her father she doesn't need financial support, nor to sing at his engagements. Ted White and her father both try to usurp control over her which leaves Aretha with difficult but necessary choices she needs to make.

Director: Neema Barnette | Stars: Cynthia Erivo, Malcolm Barrett, Patrice Covington, Rebecca Naomi Jones

Votes: 245

11. Genius (2017– )
Episode: Aretha: Do Right Woman (2021)

TV-14 | 50 min | Biography, Drama, History

Aretha juggles her music career and her commitment to the civil rights movement; Little Re leaves behind her newborn child to return to the Gospel Circuit in 1955, meeting with music legends James Cleveland and Little Sammie Bryant.

Director: Neema Barnette | Stars: Cynthia Erivo, Malcolm Barrett, Patrice Covington, Rebecca Naomi Jones

Votes: 209

12. Genius (2017– )
Episode: Aretha: Unforgettable (2021)

TV-14 | 44 min | Biography, Drama, History

Aretha is featured on the cover of Time magazine in 1968, but she's devastated when the article focuses on the scandalous details of her personal life; Barbara Franklin and Young C.L. Franklin struggle to establish themselves in Memphis.

Director: Bille Woodruff | Stars: Cynthia Erivo, Malcolm Barrett, Patrice Covington, Rebecca Naomi Jones

Votes: 210

13. Genius (2017– )
Episode: Aretha: Young, Gifted and Black (2021)

TV-14 | 48 min | Biography, Drama, History

Aretha Franklin records her protest album "Young, Gifted and Black," while Little Re loses her mother.

Director: Anthony Hemingway | Stars: Cynthia Erivo, Malcolm Barrett, Patrice Covington, Rebecca Naomi Jones

Votes: 198

14. Genius (2017– )
Episode: Aretha: Amazing Grace (2021)

TV-14 | 51 min | Biography, Drama, History

Aretha records her album "Amazing Grace" in an older James Cleveland's church; while Little Re discovers that she's pregnant with her second child.

Director: Anthony Hemingway | Stars: Cynthia Erivo, Malcolm Barrett, Patrice Covington, Rebecca Naomi Jones

Votes: 206

15. Genius (2017– )
Episode: Aretha: Chain of Fools (2021)

TV-14 | 50 min | Biography, Drama, History

Aretha steals an opportunity from her sister Carolyn; she receives a Grammy nomination but is ultimately snubbed from winning the award; she meets with Arista founder Clive Davis; Jerry Wexler leaves Atlantic Records.

Director: Anthony Hemingway | Stars: Cynthia Erivo, Malcolm Barrett, Patrice Covington, Rebecca Naomi Jones

Votes: 184

16. Genius (2017– )
Episode: Aretha: No One Sleeps (2021)

TV-14 | 45 min | Biography, Drama, History

Despite significant emotional losses, Aretha pushes herself artistically and triumphs; she begins a career at Arista with the help of Clive Davis, and in a Grammy performance in 1998, she solidifies her eternal reign as the Queen of Soul.

Director: Anthony Hemingway | Stars: Cynthia Erivo, Malcolm Barrett, Patrice Covington, Rebecca Naomi Jones

Votes: 198