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Title |
Year |
Rating |
Brief Description |
Movie Link |
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Amadeus |
1984 |
R |
Antonio Salieri is Envious of Mozart's Gift and Extracts Revenge | IMDb |
| August Rush | 2007 |
PG
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Birth Parents Search for their Musical Prodigy Son | IMDb |
| Bach's Fight for Freedom | 1995 | NR | In a Ficional Account, a Young Servant Boy Helps an Imprisoned Johann Sebastian Bach Realize His Dream | IMDb |
| Beethoven Lives Upstairs | 1992 | NR | In a Ficional Account,Ludwig Van Beehoven Boards with a Widow and Her Young Son, at the End of His Life | IMDb |
| Bizet's Dream | 1994 | NR | In a Ficional Account,the Lives of Georges Bizet and His Twelve-Year Old Piano Student Have Parallels to Carmen, the Opera Which He Is Writing | IMDb |
| Blue (Trois Coleurs:Bleu) | 1993 | R | A French Woman Withdraws from Life Upon the Death of Her Composer Husband and Child:Reality Intervenes | IMDb |
| Bride of the Wind | 2001 | R | Biography of Alma Mahler, Wife of Composer Gustav Mahler | IMDb |
| Copying Beethoven | 2006 | PG-13 | A Young Student of Composition Aids an Aging and Deaf Ludwig van Beethoven in Transcribing His Work While He Tudors Her | IMDb |
| Handel's Last Chance | 1996 | NR | In This Fictional Account, Georg Friedrich Handel Needs a Voice for His Choir Which Materializes in the Form of a Dublin Street Urchin Whom He Rescues from Jail | IMDb |
| Hilary and Jackie | 1998 | R | Tragic Bio of Cellist Jacqueline du Pré and the Bizaare Relationship with Her Sister, flautist Hilary du Pré-Finzi | IMDb |
| Immortal Beloved | 1994 | R | Ludwig van Beethoven and His Famous Love Letter to an Unknown Beloved | IMDb |
| Impromptu | 1991 | PG-13 | George Sand Meets Frederic Chopin and is Smitten; Love Blooms | IMDb |
| Intermezzo | 1939 |
NR |
A Concert Violinist Falls for His Daughter's Piano Teacher and an Affair Ensues | IMDb |
| Ladies in Lavender | 2004 | PG-13 | Two English Sisters Rescue a Shipwrecked Polish Violin Virtuoso | IMDb |
| Liszt's Rhapsody | 1996 | NR | Fictional Account of Franz Liszt and the Gypspy Boy Who Inspires Him | IMDb |
| Little Secrets | 2001 | PG | A Fourteen Year Old Aspiring Violinist Spends Her Summer Practicing for an Audition While Keeping the Secrets of the Neighborhood for a Fee | IMDb |
| Madame Sousatzka | 1988 | PG-13 | An Eccentric Piano Teacher Gives Lessons to Young Virtuosos, Including an Indian Prodigy, in a London Building of Equally Eccentric Inhabitants | IMDb |
| Rossini's Ghost | 1996 | NR | A Fictionalized Account of a Young Girl's Ghost Who Inspires Gioacchino Rossini to Continue Composing Despite the Apparent Flop of "The Barber of Seville' on its Opening Night | IMDb |
| Shine | 1996 | PG-13 | Pianist David Helffgott, His Breakdown and Recovery and His Relationship to His Father | IMDb |
| The Pianist | 2002 | R | A Polish Jewish Piano Virtuoso Struggles to Surive the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII | IMDb |
| The Red Violin (Le Violon Rouge) | 1998 | R | A Red Colored Violin Inspires Passion Through Three Centuries | IMDb |
| Un Coeur en Hiver | 1992 | NR | A Violin Virtuoso is Obsessed with Ravel and Her Husband's Friend, a Violin Craftsman | IMDb |
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Broken Bridges |
2006 |
PG-13 |
A Country Music Star Re-Connects With His Hometown, His Old Flame and Meets His Sixteen-Year-Old Daughter | IMBb |
| Coalminer's Daughter | 1980 | PG | Loretta Lynn's Biography from Poorest Appalachia to Country Super Stardom | IMDb |
| Nashville | 1975 | NR | A Pending Political Event Unfolds Against a Backdrop of Nashville and Various Characters Involved in the Music Industry | IMDb |
| Pure Country | 1992 | PG | George Strait Takes a Walk as a Country Super Star Who's Tired of His Overblown Stage Act | IMDb |
| Rhinestone | 1984 | PG | A Country Singer Bets She Can Turn a N.Y. Cabbie Into a Country Singing Sensation | IMDb |
| The Thing Called Love | 1993 | PG-13 | Young Country Singer/Songwriter Moves to Nashville to Pursue a Career and Ends Up in Tangled Romances | IMDb |
| Walk the Line | 2005 | PG-13 | Johnny Cash's Life and Music Intersecting with June Carter's | IMDb |
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| Songcatcher | 2000 | PG-13 | A Musicologist Ventures Into Rural Appalachia and Collects the Folk Songs of the Area | IMBb |
| A Mighty Wind | 2003 | PG-13 | "Mockumentary" of a Reunion of a 1960's Folk Trio | IMDb |
| Bound for Glory | 1976 | PG | Woodie Guthrie Biography | IMDb |
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| Bird | 1988 | R | The Tragic Life of Revolutionary Jazz Musician Charlie "Bird" Parker | IMDb |
| The Blues Brothers | 1980 | R | Elwood and "Joliet" Jake Blues Bring Their Blues Band Back Together To Save Their Old Orphanage | IMDb |
| Crossroads | 1986 | R | Young Classical Guitarist Seeks Out Old Blues Man as a Mentor and Deals with the Devil Along the Way | IMDb |
| The Cotton Club | 1984 | R | The Famous Club and its Denizens During the Jazz Age | IMDb |
| The Glenn Miller Story | 1954 | G | Biography of Big Band Leader Glenn Miller | IMDb |
| Kansas City | 1975 | NR | Depression-Era KC is Rife with Corrupt Politics, Crime and Racial Tension But the Music's Hot! | IMDb |
| Lady Sings the Blues | 1972 | R | Life Story of Jazz/Blues Legend, Billie Holiday | IMDb |
| The Man with the Golden Arm | 1955 | NR | Ex-Junkie Musician Struggles to Stay Clean While He Deals with the Vicissitudes of Life | IMBb |
| Mo'Better Blues | 1990 | NR | A Trumpet Player Forms His Own Quartet But Only Has Ears For Himself And Eyes for the Ladies | IMBb |
| New York, New York | 1977 | NR | Rocky Romance and Careers of Jazz Saxophonist and Club Singer | IMDb |
| Ray | 2004 |
PG-13 |
Life Story of Musical Crossover Giant, Singer/Pianist Ray Charles | IMDb |
| 'Round Midnight | 1986 | NR | An Alcoholic Tenor Sax Jazz Musician in 1950's Paris Finds Redemption | IMDb |
| Some Like it Hot | 1959 | NR | Two Jazz Musicians Witness a Mob Massacre and Flee to Miami Disguised as Women in an All-Female Band: Mayhem Ensues | IMDb |
| Swing Kids | 1993 | PG-13 | A Group of Young People in Nazi Germany Listen to, Dance to and Perform Banned American Swing Music with Dire Consequences | IMDb |
| The Triplets of Belleville (Les Triplettes de Belleville) | 2003 | PG-13 | A Trio of Aging Jazz Age Divas and a Doting Grandmere and Her Dog Rescue a Kidnapped Tours-de-France Cyclist from the French Mafia in this Animated Flick | IMDb |
| Young Man with a Horn | 1950 | NR | Young Man is Aimless Until he Discovers the Trumpet and Under Tutelage from Legendary Jazz Musician Becomes a Star. But Love Intervenes to His Self Destruction | IMDb |
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| The Mambo Kings | 1992 | R | Two Cuban Brothers try to break into the Latin Scene in New York in the 1950's | IMDb |
| El Cantante | 2006 | R | The Rise and Fall of Hector Lavoe Who Brought the Salsa Movement to New York from Puerto Rico | IMDb |
| Selena | 1997 | PG | The Tragic Story of Selena Quintanilla-Perez Who Rose to Super Stardom on the Tejano Charts | IMDb |
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| Beyond the Sea | 2004 | PG-13 | Bobby Darin Bioflick | IMDb |
| Duets | 2000 | R | Six Characters Make Their Way to a Karaoke Contest in Omaha | IMDb |
| Gloomy Sunday (Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod) | 1999 | NR | A Restaurant Owner, a Pianist, a Waitress and a Melancholy Song Set off a Series of Tragic Events in 1930's Budapest | IMDb |
| Music and Lyrics | 2007 | PG-13 | Washed-Up Pop Idol Tries Writing New Material with Off-Beat Young Charmer Who's Got a Way with Words | IMDb |
| The Jazz Singer | 1980 | PG | A Young Jewish Cantor Defies His Father and Jewish Tradition to Pursue a Career in Music | IMDb |
| The Wedding Singer | 1998 | PG-13 | A Jilted Wedding Singer and an Engaged Waitress Find Romance | IMDb |
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| Sister Act | 1992 | PG | A Reno Lounge Singer in the Witness Protection Program Disguised as a Nun in a Convent | IMDb |
| Going My Way | 1944 | NR | New Priest in the Parish Faces Resistance to Change from Old Pastor | IMDb |
| Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit | 1993 | PG | The Lounge Singer Dons the Nun's Habit Again to Whip into Shape the Students of a Catholic School on the Verge of Closing | IMDb |
| The Singing Nun | 1966 | NR | A Hit Single by a Belgian Dominican Nun Inspires a Movie | IMDb |
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| Almost Famous | 2000 | R | A Teen Hired by Rolling Stone Magazine to Write a Story of an Up and Coming Band Follows the Band on their National Tour | IMBb |
| 8 Mile | 2002 | R | Young Rapper Trying to Make it Big While Overcoming His Surroundings | IMBb |
| I'll B There | 2003 | PG-13 | Former Rock Star Discovers He Has a Teenage Daughter with Singing Talent | IMBb |
| La Bamba | 1987 | NR | The Meteoric Rise of Singer Ritchie Valens Ends in a Plane Crash at Age 17 | IMBb |
| Pump Up the Volume | 1990 | R | A Teenager Creates Havoc When He Sets Up a Pirate Radio Station | IMBb |
| Rock Star | 2001 | R | Tribute Band Frontman Replaces His Idol as Lead Singer | IMBb |
| Sid and Nancy | 1986 | NR | Legendary Punk Band "Sex Pistols" Bassist, Sid Vicious and His Girlfriend, Nancy Spungen in a Deadly Downward Spiral | IMBb |
| That Thing You Do | 1996 | PG | A Post-Beatle Invasion Pop-Rock Band Dreams and Fulfills the Dream | IMBb |
| Velvet Goldmine | 1998 | R | A Reporter Investigates the Career of a 1970's Glam Rock Star | IMBb |
| The Buddy Holly Story | 1978 | NR | The Musical Career of the Ill-Fated Rock and Roll Star | IMBb |
| The Commitments | 1991 | R | A Young Dubliner Puts a Soul Band Together | IMBb |
| The Doors | 1991 | R | The Story of the Legendary 1960' Rock Band and its Iconic and Self-Destructive Lead Singer and Composer | IMBb |
| The Girl Can't Help It | 1956 | NR | Thin Plot (Gangster Tries to Make His No-Talent Blonde Girlfriend Into a Recording Star) Used to Showcase Early Rock and Rollers | IMBb |
| The Rose | 1979 | NR | A Janis Joplin-Like Rock Star Follows a Self-Destructive Path | IMBb |
| This is Spinal Tap | 1984 | NR | Satiric Spoof of a Heavy Metal Band Done Up in "Mockumentary" Style | IMBb |
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| Drumline | 2002 | PG-13 | A Harlem Drummer is Recruited to a Southern College's Marching Band | IMBb |
| Mr. Holland's Opus | 1995 | PG | A High School Music Teacher Finds Fulfillment In Surprising Places | IMBb |
| Music of the Heart | 1999 | PG | A Violin Teacher in a Harlem School Takes on the Board of Education for Her Students' Benefit | IMBb |
| School of Rock | 2003 | PG-13 | A Loser Rock and Roller Poses as a Substitute Teacher and Forms a Rock Band Out of His Students Intent on Winning a Battle of the Bands | IMBb |
| The Chorus (Les Choristes) | 2004 | PG-13 | A Teacher at a Boarding School for Difficult Boys Uses Music to Transform His Students | IMBb |
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| Blink | 1994 | R | Is a Blind Musician's Partially Restored Eyesight Playing Tricks on Her or Has She Really Witnessed a Murder? | IMBb |
| The Piano | 1993 | R | An Arranged Marriage Brings a Mute Scottish Woman, Her Daughter and Her Prized Piano to New Zealand in the 1850's... | IMBb |
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