Highest-Rated Movies about 'Blues', Sort by Popularity

BB King: The Life of Riley (2014), The Blues Brothers (1980), Benjamin Smoke (2000), Last of the Mississippi Jukes (2003), Make It Funky! (2005), Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Blues movies.

#2. The Blues Brothers (1980)

Storyline: After the release of Jake Blues from prison, he and brother Elwood go to visit "The Penguin", the last of the nuns who raised them in a boarding school. They learn the Archdiocese will stop supporting the school and will sell the place to the Education Authority. The only way to keep the place open is if the $5000 tax on the property is paid within 11 days. The Blues Brothers want to help, and decide to put their blues band back together and raise the money by staging a big gig. As they set off on their "mission from God" they seem to make more enemies along the way. Will they manage to come up with the money in time?

Plot Keywords: musician, police officer, woman, nun, ex-girlfriend, amusing, madcap ...

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#3. Benjamin Smoke (2000)

Storyline: This highly unorthodox documentary follows the crooked path of Benjamin (no last name). He lives in a hidden neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia called "Cabbagetown." Drag-queen, speed-freak, all-around renegade, Benjamin left the straight (in every sense of the word) world behind a long time ago.

Plot Keywords: gay man, drag queen, bluesman, singer-songwriter, drug addict, fascinating, engaging ...

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#6. Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)

Storyline: Elwood, the now lone "Blues Brother" finally released from prison, is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise funds for a children's hospital. Once again hitting the road to re-unite the band and win the big prize at the New Orleans Battle of the Bands, Elwood is pursued cross-country by the cops, led by Cabel the Curtis' son (and Elwood's step-brother), the Russian Mafia, and a militia group. On his new "mission from God" Elwood enlists the help of a young orphan, and a strip club bartender.

Plot Keywords: bluesman, brother, illegitimate son, bartender, orphan, police officer, hilarious ...

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