Tag Archives: pop music

The Jazz Singer

IMDB Rating: 5.00
966 votes

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Neil Diamond stars as Yussel in this tale of a young Jewish cantor who strives to make a career in music. Against the wishes of his rigid father and his loving wife, Yussel travels to California to play his music. Swept up by the excitement, he meets a woman who shares his dream. He grows apart from his family, and becomes confused about what he should ultimately do with his life.
Actors
Cantor RabinovitchLaurence Olivier
Jess RobinNeil Diamond
Molly BellLucie Arnaz
Also posted in 1980, Drama, Music | Comments (0)

G:MT Greenwich Mean Time

IMDB Rating: 6.40
291 votes

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Six London school-leavers attempt to make it in the world, balancing the challenge of trying to make a name for themselves in the music industry against the pressures and tragedies of everyday life.
Actors
SamSteve John Shepherd
BeanBen Waters
CharlieAlec Newman
Also posted in 1999, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Music | Comments (0)

Purple Rain

IMDB Rating: 5.60
3652 votes

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A young man with a talent for music has begun a career with much promise. He meets an aspiring singer, Apollonia, and finds that talent alone isn't all that he needs. A complicated tale of his repeating his father's self destructive behavior, losing Apollonia to another singer (Morris Day), and his coming to grips with his own connection to other people ensues.
Actors
The KidPrince
ApolloniaApollonia Kotero
MorrisMorris Day
Also posted in 1984, Drama, Music | Comments (0)

Moulin Rouge!

IMDB Rating: 7.70
69224 votes

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Christian, a young wannabe Bohemian poet living in 1899 Paris, defies his father by joining the colorfully diverse clique inhabiting the dark, fantastical underworld of Paris' now legendary Moulin Rouge. In this seedy but glamorous haven of sex, drugs and newly-discovered electricity, the poet-innocent finds himself plunged into a passionate but ultimately tragic love affair with Satine, the club's highest paid star and the city's most famous courtesan. Their romance is played out against the infamous club - a meeting place of high life and low, where slumming aristocrats and the fashionably rich mingled with workers, artists, Bohemians, actresses and courtesans.
Actors
SatineNicole Kidman
ChristianEwan McGregor
Toulouse-LautrecJohn Leguizamo
Also posted in 2001, Drama, High IMDB rating, Musical, Romance | Comments (22)

Backbeat

IMDB Rating: 6.60
1368 votes

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A pre-fame Beatles head for the seedy clubs of Hamburg in search of success. The band meet up with a group of trendy German beatniks, one of whom (Astrid Kircherr) bass guitarist Stuart Sutcliffe falls in love with. Whilst best friend John Lennon can only watch, Sutcliffe has to choose between rock 'n roll and a new life in Germany...
Actors
SingerMarcelle Duprey
Stuart SutcliffeStephen Dorff
John LennonIan Hart
Also posted in 1994, Biography, Drama, High IMDB rating, Music | Comments (0)