Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.Explore stories told through song and musical performances.
Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 4,133 films · Page 33.
Bible film, Musical, musical film
The voice of God opens the film, declaring his omnipotence: "My name is Known: God and King. I am most in majesty, in whom no beginning may be and no end." In New York City, John the Baptist arrives and calls a youthful cast of disciples t…
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Animated Film, Komödie, Musical
Dressed as the demigod Siegfried (and cutting a less than impressive figure as such), Elmer Fudd is pursuing Bugs Bunny when he finds rabbit tracks and arrives at Bugs' hole. Elmer jams his spear into the hole while singing "Kill the wabbi…
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Drama, Musical, drama film, musical film
Violet, a shy teenager living in a small village on the Isle of Wight, dreams of pop stardom as an escape from her dismal surroundings and shattered family life. She sings in a near-empty bar without her mother's knowledge. An older man, V…
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Biographical picture, Musical, biographical film, drama film, musical film
In 1928 Baltimore, Eleanora Fagan, also known as Billie Holiday, works as a 15-year-old housekeeper in a brothel. A man who follows her from the brothel eventually rapes her. She flees to her mother Sadie, who sets her up a job cleaning fo…
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Documentation, Musical, documentary film
In 1944, Jimmy Page is born amid the rubble of a Britain devastated by the Nazis during the Blitz. As World War II ends, John Paul Jones queues for rations, while Robert Plant chafes against the country's grey austerity, gazing longingly t…
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Action, Christmas film, adventure film, family film, fantasy film, musical film
In 1920s Vienna, during the Christmas season, Mary lives with her parents Joseph and Louise, and younger brother Max. While Joseph and Louise attend a party on Christmas Eve, Mary's uncle Albert arrives and gifts both her and Max a dollhou…
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Horror, comedy film, ghost film, horror film, musical film
Eddie "Ragman" Weinbauer is a teenage outcast at Lakeridge High School who, due to his eccentric lifestyle and appearance, suffers bullying by his jock schoolmates, led by Tim Hainey. A heavy metal music fan, Eddie worships Sammi Curr, an …
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Drama, Musical, biographical film, drama film, musical film
In 1970s New York City, Hilly Kristal is divorced, with two children and has filed bankruptcy for the second time. Despite setbacks, he is determined to own and manage a bar. With his business partner Merv Ferguson, Kristal convinces his m…
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Biographical picture, Musical, biographical film, drama film, musical film
Rather than providing a straightforward biography, the film weaves fantasy sequences with scenes containing somewhat fictionalized accounts of events in Darin's life, and throughout it, the adult singer interacts with his younger self. It …
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Drama, comedy drama, drama film
At the height of the Great Depression, the Federal Theatre Project, led by Hallie Flanagan, brings low-cost theater to millions across the United States. FTP and other projects of the Works Progress Administration face anti-communist criti…
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drama film, musical film, romance film
The lives of six strangers collide during a frenetic night of romance and dream chasing when a young DJ is given a chance to perform at a festival.
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Musical, musical film, romance film
thumb|thumbtime=20|The Broadway Melody|left Eddie Kearns sings "The Broadway Melody" and tells some chorus girls that he has brought the Mahoney Sisters vaudeville act to New York to perform it with him in the latest revue being produced b…
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Animation, comedy drama, musical film
Piglet has made a scrapbook containing pictures that depict all of the adventures he has gone on with his friends. One day, Piglet meets Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Rabbit, and Eeyore, who exclude him from their plot to steal a swarm of bees'…
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Adventure, adventure film, children's film, fantasy film, musical film
Siblings Cody, Abby, and baby Fig Newton, along with Abby's best friend Marcella Walker, travel to the Newtons' maternal grandparents' farm in Upstate New York for a full week during summer break. While the parents are lost, Cody feels dis…
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musical film
The film depicts Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat being performed to a primary school assembly hall, where the children become the chorus of the musical while the teachers and staff become its characters. The audience are intro…
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Dramedy, drama film
Maggie Sherwoode is the longtime personal assistant to legendary R&B singer Grace Davis, who still has a successful touring career despite not releasing new material for a decade. Also an aspiring music producer, Maggie remixes Grace's son…
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Horror comedy, Stop Motion, monster film, musical film, science fiction comedy, science fiction film, vampire film
Scientist Baron Boris von Frankenstein achieves his ultimate ambition, the secret of total destruction. Having perfected and tested the formula, he sends out messenger bats carrying invitations to summon all monsters to the Isle of Evil in…
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Drama, Musical, crime film, drama film, musical film
In 1935, in the town of Idlewild in Georgia, Percival works at his father's funeral home and at night plays piano at a local club called Church, where his childhood friend Rooster is a singer who is also bootlegging on the side. One night …
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Komödie, comedy drama, comedy film, war film
Richie Lanz, a has-been rock manager, takes his last remaining client Ronnie Smiler on a USO tour of Afghanistan. When Richie finds himself in Kabul, abandoned, penniless and without his U.S. passport, he discovers a young Afghan girl name…
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Komödie, Musical, musical film, romance film, romantic comedy
Johnny Van Owen is a rapper who drifts from city to city. Johnny is performing at a nightclub, rapping and dancing with his crew and a club background singer playing "Cool as Ice (Everybody Get Loose)". While the group passes through a sma…
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Animation, Komödie, Musical, comedy film, pirate film
Bob the Tomato and Dad Asparagus are driving Veggie children to see the popular singer "Twippo" in concert. During the drive, Laura taunts the other children because she won a backstage pass, which particularly annoys Junior. Bob briefly l…
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Drama, Komödie, Musical, musical film
The film starts in Afghanistan where an APC is on patrol while the passengers, including Davy Henshaw (George MacKay) and Ally (Kevin Guthrie), are nervous as to their survival ("Sky Takes the Soul"), before an ambush happens. Some time la…
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Fake Documentary, Komödie, Musical, Parodie, music-themed film, parody film, pseudo-documentary
All You Need Is Cash is a series of skits and gags that illustrate the fictional Rutles story, closely following the chronology of the Beatles' career.
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Christmas film, Komödie, Musical, comedy television program, musical film
On Christmas Eve, Bill Murray waits in his suite at the Carlyle Hotel, gradually realizing that a massive snowstorm has caused most of the guests for his live Christmas special to cancel. As time runs out, his two producers, Liz (Amy Poehl…
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