Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "music-contest"

1. The Sound of Music (1965)

G | 172 min | Biography, Drama, Family

A young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.

Director: Robert Wise | Stars: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn

Votes: 261,415 | Gross: $163.21M

2. 8 Mile (2002)

R | 110 min | Drama, Music

Follows a young rapper in the Detroit area, struggling with every aspect of his life; he wants to make it big but his friends and foes make this odyssey of rap harder than it may seem.

Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Eminem, Brittany Murphy, Kim Basinger, Mekhi Phifer

Votes: 321,397 | Gross: $116.72M

3. Scary Movie 3 (2003)

PG-13 | 84 min | Comedy

Cindy must investigate mysterious crop circles and video tapes, and help the President in preventing an alien invasion.

Director: David Zucker | Stars: Anna Faris, Charlie Sheen, Regina Hall, Pamela Anderson

Votes: 158,516 | Gross: $110.00M

4. Up in Smoke (1978)

R | 86 min | Comedy, Music

Two stoners unknowingly smuggle a van - made entirely of marijuana - from Mexico to L.A., with incompetent Sgt. Stedenko on their trail.

Directors: Lou Adler, Tommy Chong | Stars: Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Strother Martin, Edie Adams

Votes: 40,947 | Gross: $44.36M

5. The Fighting Temptations (2003)

PG-13 | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A New York advertising executive travels to a small Southern town to collect an inheritance but finds he must create a gospel choir and lead it to success before he can collect.

Director: Jonathan Lynn | Stars: Cuba Gooding Jr., Beyoncé, Mike Epps, Nigel Washington

Votes: 7,625 | Gross: $30.24M

6. One Love (2003)

PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A Rasta musician meets a Gospel singer when they both enter a music contest in Kingston, Jamaica. They fall for each other but are kept apart by the girl's pastor father, who wants her to marry into the church.

Directors: Rick Elgood, Don Letts | Stars: Ky-Mani Marley, Cherine Anderson, Idris Elba, Vas Blackwood

Votes: 493

7. Jem (1985–1988)

TV-Y7 | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Drama

Jerrica Benton is secretly the leader of the glamorous and exciting music group, Jem and the Holograms.

Stars: Samantha Newark, Patricia Alice Albrecht, Cathianne Blore, Cindy McGee

Votes: 3,065

8. As It Is in Heaven (2004)

Not Rated | 133 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A famous international conductor returns to his small childhood town in Sweden for early retirement. He's asked to help with the church choir. He affects the lives of all in the choir.

Director: Kay Pollak | Stars: Michael Nyqvist, Frida Hallgren, Helen Sjöholm, Lennart Jähkel

Votes: 18,284 | Gross: $0.01M

9. Voyage of the Rock Aliens (1984)

PG | 97 min | Comedy, Musical, Sci-Fi

Aliens land in the town of "Speelburgh" searching for the source of rock & roll. They find trouble with Dee Dee, Frankie and the pack.

Director: James Fargo | Stars: Pia Zadora, Craig Sheffer, Tom Nolan, Ruth Gordon

Votes: 1,574

10. The Saddest Music in the World (2003)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Musical

A musical of sorts set in Winnipeg during the Great Depression, where a beer baroness organizes a contest to find the saddest music in the world. Musicians from around the world descend on the city to try and win the $25,000 prize.

Director: Guy Maddin | Stars: Isabella Rossellini, Mark McKinney, Maria de Medeiros, David Fox

Votes: 6,323 | Gross: $0.67M

11. Viva High School Musical (2008)

103 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

No matter who you are, we've all come to know and love one DCOM. You guessed it; High School Musical! But there was only the American version. Now introducing Viva High School Musical! Follow this adventure with Jorge and his friends.

Directors: Jorge Nisco, Eduardo Ripari | Stars: Fernando Dente, Cristóbal Orellana, Mariana Magaña, Agustina Vera

Votes: 374

12. Santa Fe (1951)

Approved | 87 min | Western

After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown.

Director: Irving Pichel | Stars: Randolph Scott, Janis Carter, Jerome Courtland, Peter M. Thompson

Votes: 1,139

13. Jhankaar Beats (2003)

143 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

This is a story about love, friendship and music. Two copywriter brothers have lost in pop music contest called Jhankaar Beats for the last two years. They take the help of an apprentice to compete in a music contest.

Director: Sujoy Ghosh | Stars: Sanjay Suri, Rahul Bose, Juhi Chawla, Rinke Khanna

Votes: 2,169

14. Rock, Pretty Baby! (1956)

Approved | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Jimmy Daley and Angelo Barrato are teenage members of a band who learn of a contest that they believe will bring them fame. Jimmy must fight the opposition of his father and his feelings for the lovely Joan.

Director: Richard Bartlett | Stars: Sal Mineo, John Saxon, Luana Patten, Edward Platt

Votes: 130

15. American Song Contest (2022)

TV-PG | 120 min | Music, Reality-TV

Music performances competing to win the country's vote for the best hit song. A solo artist, duo or band will represent each location and perform an original song across three rounds.

Stars: Kelly Clarkson, Snoop Dogg, Justin de Vera, Norman Schenz

Votes: 280

16. War Dance (2007)

PG-13 | 105 min | Documentary, Music, War

Three children living in a displacement camp in northern Uganda compete in their country's national music and dance festival.

Directors: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix | Stars: Dominic, Nancy, Rose, Jane Adong

Votes: 1,199 | Gross: $0.11M

17. Slim Slam Slum (2002)

97 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

This is a story about Slim, Slam and Slum, three young guys living in an apartment in Copenhagen's Nordvest-area in Denmark. They are the kind of guys who spend time gaming and smoking pot.... See full summary »

Directors: Jorge Ballarin, Marcelino Ballarin | Stars: Thure Lindhardt, Simon Jul Jørgensen, Tommy Bredsted, Gry Bay

Votes: 632

18. Så ska det låta (1997– )

58 min | Game-Show, Music

A music-based entertainment program where the contestants, with help of the presenter's clues, must improvise the right song. And the only thing that is rehearsed is the winning song, which the winners gets to sing as a final vignette.

Stars: Johan Landqvist, Tomas Bergqvist, Anders Kotz, Mats Mårell

Votes: 177

19. Magical Angel Creamy Mami (1983–1984)

TV-Y7-FV | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Yuu Morisawa, an ordinary schoolgirl, leads a double life as the magical singer Creamy Mami.

Stars: Takako Ôta, Yû Mizushima, Kaneta Kimotsuki, Yûko Mita

Votes: 262

20. The Right Connections (1997 TV Movie)

PG | 120 min | Drama, Family, Music

Upon learning that their mother owes $5,000 to the IRS, a quartet of siblings endeavor to find a way to scare up the cash. Three of them decide to sign up for a local hip-hop contest. ... See full summary »

Director: Chuck Vinson | Stars: Melissa Joan Hart, M.C. Hammer, Elizabeth Hart, Brian Hart

Votes: 219

21. Jean-Philippe (2006)

Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music

Fabrice is a big - perhaps the biggest - fan of Jean-Philippe Smet, better known as Johnny Hallyday, the greatest rocker France has ever produced.

Director: Laurent Tuel | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Johnny Hallyday, Guilaine Londez, Élodie Bollée

Votes: 2,034

22. Journey to Lasta (2004)

Not Rated | 125 min | Music, Comedy, Drama

A hip urban reggae film about music, passion, love and devotion! Tsegaye is a driven mucician who leaves his wife and children in California, to search for a long lost childhood friend, Kirubel.

Director: Wondwossen D. Dikran | Stars: Tsegaye B. Selassie, Jessica Beshir, Scott F. Evans, Ras Michael

Votes: 30

23. Afghan Star (2009)

Unrated | 110 min | Documentary, Music

A documentary about the simultaneously unifying and divisive effects of Afghanistan's version of the TV talent show format on its society. It focuses on "Afghan Star" which airs on the Tolo TV channel in Afghanistan.

Director: Havana Marking | Stars: Rafi Naabzada, Lima Sahar, Hameed Sakhizada, Setara Hussainzada

Votes: 1,018 | Gross: $0.10M

24. La discoteca (1983)

85 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A young man tries to resist the advances of a hotel owner's daughter while his girlfriend waits for him back home.

Director: Mariano Laurenti | Stars: Nino D'Angelo, Cinzia Bonfantini, Bombolo, Roberta Olivieri

Votes: 96

25. No grazie, il caffè mi rende nervoso (1982)

109 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

A killer, he call himself Funiculi' Funicula', spread terror in a killing spree during the "Primo Festival Nuova Napoli" ("New Naples First Festival").

Director: Lodovico Gasparini | Stars: Lello Arena, Maddalena Crippa, Aldo Barone, Christoph Baumann

Votes: 439

26. The Eurovision Song Contest (2013 TV Special)

195 min | Music

58th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest, taking place from May 14th until May 18th 2013 in Malmö, Sweden and marks the reintroduction of the "Parade of Nations". Denmark wins with "Only Teardrops" performed by Emmelie de Forest.

Directors: Robin Hofwander, Edward af Sillén | Stars: Graham Norton, Bonnie Tyler, Giorgos Kapoutzidis, Petra Mede

Votes: 230

27. Buscando a Timbiriche, la nueva banda (2007– )

Game-Show, Music, Reality-TV

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Stars: Alix, Mariana Garza, Benny Ibarra, Brissia Mayagoitia

Votes: 23

28. Framing Youth (1937)

Approved | 10 min | Comedy, Family, Short

Alfalfa and Butch are competing in an amateur radio contest, and Butch tries to fix it so that he will win.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Darla Hood, Eugene 'Porky' Lee, George 'Spanky' McFarland, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer

Votes: 120

29. Gemini (IV) (2022)

20 min | Short, Drama

Strange things are afoot at the opera as Angel, a countertenor, and his twin brother prepare for an audition that will change their lives.

Director: Orlando Mora Cabrera | Stars: Andrea Doimeadiós, Waldo Franco, Miguel Alejandro Stuart Gutiérrez, Miguel Antonio Stuart Gutiérrez

30. La nuit écoute (1964–1967)
Episode: Marguerite Long (1964)

18 min | Short, Talk-Show

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Director: Guy Casaril | Stars: Marguerite Long, Claude Santelli, Victor Eresko

31. Rick and Morty (2013– )
Episode: Get Schwifty (2015)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Rick and morty must aid Earth after a giant head disrupts the planet, demanding to see a hit song performed.

Directors: Wesley Archer, Pete Michels | Stars: Justin Roiland, Chris Parnell, Spencer Grammer, Sarah Chalke

Votes: 14,420

32. The Bullwinkle Show (1959–1963)
Episode: Fright Flight or A Rocky to the Moon/Bullwinkle Bellows Again or Moonin' Low (1960)

TV-G | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Rocky and Bullwinkle "Metal Eating Mice" Part 13, Fractured Fairy Tales "Aladdin", Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties "Out of Uniform", Rocky and Bullwinkle "Metal Eating Mice" Part 14.

Directors: Gerard Baldwin, Pete Burness, William T. Hurtz, Ted Parmelee, Gerald Ray, Dun Roman, George Singer, Ernest Terrazas | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, June Foray, Paul Frees, William Conrad

Votes: 33