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Explore stories told through song and musical performances.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 4,133 films · Page 116.

Billy the Kid Returns (1938)

Western film

Following the shooting of Billy the Kid by his former friend Sheriff Pat Garrett, lookalike deputy sheriff Roy Rogers, assisted by travelling musical instrument salesman Frog Millhouse, takes his place to defend the honest settlers of Linc…

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Thanks a Million (1935)

Musical, musical film, romance film

Stranded in a small town in a downpour, the manager of a traveling musical show convinces the handlers of a boring long-winded local judge running for governor to hire his group to attract people to the politician's rallies. When the show'…

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Session Man (1991)

Drama

An aging, but capable and talented session guitarist named McQueen (James Remar) is awakened by a late-night call from a nearby recording studio. He is needed to help smooth out some tracks that are being worked on by an established and po…

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Love in the Rough (1930)

musical film

Mr Waters learns his shipping clerk, Jack, is a champion golfer, and pays him to spend two weeks at an exclusive club, to coach him for a forthcoming competition. Jack’s friend Benny goes along as his valet and caddy. Jack falls in love wi…

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Afrodite Superstar (2006)

hood film, musical film, pornographic film, romantic comedy

The satirical film spoofs several recent pop cultural It Girl moments such as Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction and Ashlee Simpson's lip synching fiasco.

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Hold Everything (1929)

boxing film, musical comedy, musical film

Gink Schiner (Joe E. Brown) is a third-rate fighter who is at the same training camp as Georges La Verne (Georges Carpentier), a contender for the heavyweight championship. Although he needs to be concentrating all of his energies on the u…

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Stage Struck (1936)

musical film

Director George Randall is producing a new Broadway revue featuring Peggy Revere, who is only cast because she is the wealthy backer of the show. The two clash incessantly during rehearsal, leading producer Fred Harris to convince her that…

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Twenty Million Sweethearts (1934)

comedy film, musical film

Agent Russell Edward "Rush" Blake is able to promote the singing tenor waiter Buddy Clayton as a major radio star, while Buddy's wife Peggy Cornell loses out. In the end, Peggy does not lose Buddy to his "twenty million sweethearts" – his …

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Passione (2010)

Documentation, Musical

Passione chronicles the rich Neapolitan musical heritage, tracing the influences of European, African and Arabic cultures, while touching on the Canzone napoletana (Neapolitan song) tradition. The film features dozens of contemporary solo …

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Stage Mother (1933)

LGBTQ-related film, musical film

Four years after her vaudevillian husband's death, Kitty Lorraine, a frustrated former performer, marries comic Ralph Martin and returns to the stage, leaving behind her four-year-old daughter Shirley with her former in-laws. Fed up after …

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The Taqwacores (2010)

Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Musical

A sophomore majoring in engineering, Yusef (Bobby Naderi) seeks living quarters with fellow Muslims after a year in the godless dorms. He moves—rather improbably, given his conservative nature—into a building inhabited by various punky mis…

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I'll Be Yours (1947)

musical film, romantic comedy

Louise Ginglebusher is a young woman from the small town of Cobleskill who comes to New York City to make it in show business. In a café, she's befriended by a kindhearted but ornery waiter, Wechsberg, and meets a bearded struggling attorn…

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Side by Side (1975)

musical film

Set in the fictitious English borough of Sludgely, the film centres on two rival nightclubs, located side by side. The decrepit Golden Nugget, which features strip shows and music hall variety turns, is run by Max Nugget (Terry-Thomas), as…

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Double or Nothing (1937)

musical film

Eccentric millionaire philanthropist Axel Clark wishes to prove that all people are essentially honest and good. Following his death and as a provision of his will, his lawyers drop wallets on the streets of a town that each has $100 in th…

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Stingray Sam (2009)

adventure film, musical film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film

According to the official website: A dangerous mission reunites Stingray Sam with his long lost accomplice, The Quasar Kid. Follow these two space-convicts as they earn their freedom in exchange for the rescue of a young girl who is being …

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