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Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 4,133 films · Page 74.
Coming Of Age, LGBTQ-related film, drama film, musical film, romance film
Benjamin, a 17 year-old openly gay high school student in Houston, Texas, falls for Tim, a popular athlete who is initially closeted about his sexuality. Their secret relationship begins after a chance encounter but is fraught with challen…
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Drama, Musical, Road Movie, drama film
Set in New York City, Candy Mountain tells the tale of a struggling guitarist named Julius. After he promises a rock star he can find an elusive guitar maker and acquire his valuable products, he sets off on a quest to Canada to find the l…
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Musical, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy drama, musical film
The story follows a young widower, Guy Jones, as he joins an amateur operatic society that is putting on The Beggar's Opera. He rapidly progresses through the ranks to become the male lead, while simultaneously conducting liaisons with sev…
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Musical, Romantic Comedy, musical film, romantic comedy
Johnny Nyle (Vic Damone), a young crooner is filming his performance of a song from the musical “Meet me in St Louis” for his television special. Afterwards, while fans line up to meet him, a young woman confirms his identity and hands him…
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comedy film
It consists of six stories from the fairy tale tradition, all performed by the Muppet characters and narrated by Gonzo and Rizzo at the Muppet Theater: The Three Little Pigs A Papa pig tells his three children Andy, Randy, and Sandy (playe…
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Komödie, comedy drama, comedy film, musical film
Larry Poole is a wandering troubadour, having once stowed away on a freighter that turned out to be a smuggling ship. His involvement sends him to prison, where he is approached by inmate J. C.
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musical film
The story begins with the assassination of Egyptian Princess Mayte's father by seven unknown assailants. Mayte believes that the assassins were after the sacred "3 Chains of Gold". She sets out to meet with Prince, as she believes he is th…
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biographical film
On August 19, 1966, protestors burn their Beatles records and paraphernalia after John Lennon says The Beatles are more popular than Jesus. When a firecracker is thrown onto the stage the group decides to stop touring. John meets Yoko Ono,…
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musical film
Huckleberry Finn is a boy from Missouri living with a kindly widow and her sister who has taken him in. One day his father, previously thought dead, shows up because he heard of treasure Huck had found. Huck's father essentially kidnaps th…
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Komödie, Musical, comedy film, musical film
Cricket West is a hopeful actress with a pair of vocal cords that bring down the house. Her eccentric aunt runs a boarding house for the local jockeys, whose leader is the cocky but highly skilled Timmie Donovan, famous for his daring come…
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musical film
In the 19th century, orphan Oliver Twist is sent to a workhouse, where the children are barely fed and mistreated. He moves to the house of an undertaker, but after an unfair severe spanking and slapping, he starts a seven-day runaway to L…
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rock music
Documentation, Musical, documentary film
This Much I Know to Be True explores the creative relationship between Australian musicians Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. It features their first performances of songs from their last two studio albums, Ghosteen and Carnage. It was filmed in…
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Dance Film, Documentation, documentary film
Rize is a documentary following an interview schedule of two related dancing subcultures of Los Angeles called clowning and krumping. The first series of interviews introduces, describes and develops the dance style known as clowning. A de…
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comedy horror, musical film
Ralph Lavie is a vampire who, at 400 years old, still resides with his mother Phoebe and is a virgin. In 1682, he met Mona, but tragedy struck when she was murdered by her jealous boyfriend, a pirate with a rhinestone pegleg, with a giant …
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Drama, drama film, musical film
"Ghost" Wakefield is the leader of a struggling jazz band. At a party he meets the attractive singer Jess, who is in a relationship with the Ghost's agent, Benny. At Ghost's insistence, she joins the band, and he begins a relationship with…
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drama film, musical film
The story traces the pilgrimage of John Anderson, an average guy with a passion for jazz, from his home in outback Western Australia to the jazz clubs of Paris, to meet his idol, jazz trumpeter Billy Cross. In the film's opening sequence, …
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Drama, Fake Documentary, Musical, comedy drama
In the early 1970s, the twins are essentially purchased by a sleazy talent manager with plans to turn them into rock stars. The brothers form a pub rock band called the Bang Bang. As the band's success grows, a music journalist, Laura (Tan…
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Adventure, Komödie, Musical, buddy film, musical film, romantic comedy
The film starts with con-artist Chuck Reardon singing "You Lucky People, You" as a side-show caller at an African circus advertising an act featuring his friend Hubert "Fearless" Frazier. "Fearless" poses as a human cannonball, but quickly…
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action film, drama film, musical film, mystery film, thriller film
Snipes starts off with a young man from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania named Erik looking up to a local rapper named Prolifik. Erik works for the Hype Studio as part of its street promo team, putting up posters around the city of Hype's newest…
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fantasy film
A narrator speaks that long ago, an earthquake separated a tribe of monkeys. One group escaped the flood brought on by the quake by climbing to the top of the trees while the other clung to the roots. In the flood's wake, the single tribe …
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mockumentary, musical film
AIC 23 follows film studies professor Alan Poole McLard on his journey to make a documentary about Alice in Chains. McLard interviews other musicians who have been influenced by the band. Among them are country singer Donnie "Skeeter" Doll…
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Komödie, Western film, comedy film, musical film
Confidence man S. Quentin Quale is heading west to seek his fortune, but is short ten dollars for a train ticket. In the railroad station, he encounters brothers Joseph and Rusty Panello and attempts to swindle them, but the Panellos are a…
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Political Thriller, Romance Film, Thriller, action film, drama film
The subject of her professor's romantic designs, Elizabeth Carlson, a college girl from Wisconsin, packs up and moves to New York City, finding a job as a waitress. At the same time, she attempts to launch a career as a fashion model. As h…
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