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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 4,133 films · Page 15.
Action, Destiny, Family Drama, Gangster Film, Justice Drama, Mafia Film, Melodrama, Musical
Deep within the secluded island village of Mandwa, the village chief aspires to set up a drug empire by borrowing land from villagers (after lying to them that it will be used to expand the local salt industry). The villagers are warned of…
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Musical, drama film, musical film, romance film
Esther Blodgett is an aspiring singer with a band, and Norman Maine is a former matinée idol whose career is beginning to decline. When he arrives intoxicated at a function at the Shrine Auditorium, studio publicist Matt Libby attempts to …
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Gangster Film, Musical, Thriller, crime film, drama film, musical film
A musician named Dixie Dwyer begins working with mobsters to advance his career but falls in love with Vera Cicero, the girlfriend of gangland kingpin Dutch Schultz. Sandman Williams, a dancer from Dixie's neighborhood, and his brother Cla…
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Biographical picture, biographical film, drama film, musical film
In 1952, 10-year-old Aretha Franklin lives with her father C.L., pastor of Detroit's largest Baptist church, and her siblings Cecil, Erma, and Carolyn. Aretha's father often has her sing for parties at their home, while her mother Barbara,…
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Komödie, Musical, Romantic Comedy, Romantic Drama, musical film, romantic comedy
Lalita Bakshi, a young woman living in Amritsar, India, is invited with her family to a friend's wedding. There Lalita meets Will Darcy, a handsome and wealthy American, long-time friend of the Indian-British barrister Balraj and his siste…
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Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Musical, Slasher Horror, Splatter Film, biopunk, comedy horror, dystopian film, horror film, musical film, post-apocalyptic film, science fiction comedy
By the year 2056, an epidemic of organ failures has devastated the planet and wiped out 99% of the human population. The megacorporation GeneCo provides organ transplants on a payment plan. Clients who miss payments are hunted down by Repo…
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Animated Film, Cartoon, Christmas film, Family Comedy, Fantasy, Komödie, Musical
The Grinch is the crankiest, grumpiest, meanest, surly, antisocial green creature with a heart "two sizes too small" who lives alone in a snowbound cave on the side of Mt. Crumpit, overlooking the town of Whoville. He especially hates Chri…
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Komödie, Musical, musical film, romantic comedy
Popular rock and roll superstar Conrad Birdie receives an Army draft notice, devastating his teenage fans nationwide. Despite his doctorate in biochemistry, unsuccessful songwriter Albert Peterson schemes with his secretary and long-suffer…
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Fake Documentary, Musical, comedy film, musical film
The four Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr evade a horde of fans while boarding a train for London to film a televised variety show concert. En route, they meet Paul's trouble-making Irish grandfather, J…
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Computeranimation, Fantasy, Komödie, Musical, adventure film, animated film, comedy film, family film, musical film
In the Techno Reef, King Trollex's tribe of Techno Trolls are attending a rave. Queen Barb and her Hard Rock Trolls arrive, and use weaponized guitars to destroy everything, demanding Trollex to surrender and hand over his "string". In Pop…
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Komödie, Musical, drama film, melodrama, musical film, romance film
In 1965, Guido Contini is a gifted Italian filmmaker at the famous Cinecittà movie studios in Rome. Having turned 50 and developed writer's block, he conjures all the women in his life, both alive and deceased, for inspiration, including: …
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Family Drama, coming-of-age film, drama film, romance film, teen film
Since her parents’ divorce three years ago, 17-year-old Veronica "Ronnie" Miller has shown rebellious and defiant behavior. She has not spoken to her father Steve since the divorce, and has given up playing piano, which she loved since chi…
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Drama, Musical, Romance Film, biographical film, comedy drama, drama film, musical film, romantic comedy
Set in and around New York City just before and following World War I, the story opens with Ziegfeld Follies star Fanny Brice awaiting her husband Nicky Arnstein to arrive at the theater, and then moves into an extended flashback focusing …
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Musical, Social Drama, drama film, hood film, musical film
DJay, a pimp and drug dealer in Memphis, Tennessee, is dissatisfied with his life but feels powerless to change it. After reconnecting with his old friend Key, a sound technician, DJay is inspired to try his hand at hip hop music. Backed b…
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Komödie, Musical, action film, buddy film, comedy film, musical film
Elwood Blues is released from prison after serving eighteen years for the events of the previous film and is informed that his brother, "Joliet" Jake Blues, has died. He is picked up by Matara, a friend who works for his former drummer Wil…
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Cartoon, anthology film, fantasy film, ghost film, musical film
Both of the film's animated segments are introduced through live-action scenes set in a library as a framing device. The first segment (based on Kenneth Grahame's novel The Wind in the Willows) is introduced and narrated by Basil Rathbone;…
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Adventure, Cartoon, Western, Western film, comedy film
In 1890, five years after emigrating to the United States, the impoverished Mousekewitz family are still struggling against the attacks of mouse-hungry cats. Fievel spends his days thinking about a bloodhound-sheriff called Wylie Burp, whi…
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Drama, drama film, musical film, romance film
left|thumb|thumbtime=0:19|A Star Is Born (1937) Farm girl Esther Victoria Blodgett yearns to become a Hollywood actress. Although her aunt and father discourage such thoughts, Esther's grandmother gives Esther her savings to follow her dre…
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Animation, Musical, sword-and-sandal film
Joseph, the youngest of Jacob's eleven sons, is considered to be a "miracle child" because his mother, Rachel, was thought to have been infertile. Joseph becomes conceited due to his parents' special treatment, leading to his brothers grow…
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Animation, Western, Western film, comedy film, family film, musical film, musical play
In 1889, amidst the Old West, wanted cattle rustler Alameda Slim steals most of Dixon Ranch's cattle. The ranch owner, Abner Dixon, sells the remaining cow, Maggie, a show cow, to a kind, aging woman named Pearl Gesner who runs a small far…
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Cartoon, Musical, fantasy film, musical film
Pepperland is a cheerful, music-loving paradise under the sea, home to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The titular Yellow Submarine rests on an Aztec-like pyramid on a hill.
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Christian fiction, Drama, Historie, Musical, drama film, musical film
A theatrical troupe travel by bus to the Negev Desert to perform a modern-day re-enactment of the Passion of Christ told through song. Carl Anderson, already in character as Judas Iscariot, wanders away from the group as they prepare their…
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Biographical picture, Crime, Musical, Social Drama, action film, biographical film, blaxploitation film, coming-of-age film, crime film, drama film, hood film, thriller film
Marcus is a quiet boy who adores his mother Katrina, and the two live a relatively comfortable life on her drug-dealing income. After Marcus writes a song for his love interest Charlene, her stepfather sends her away to live with her grand…
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Biographical picture, Drama, biographical film, drama film, musical film
On 12 October 1978, police are summoned to the Hotel Chelsea in New York City, where they find Nancy Spungen dead. Her boyfriend, former Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious, is taken into custody. Sid is driven to a police station and told to …
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