The Swell Season (2011), And Punching the Clown (2016), Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (2002), The Stranger Beside Me (2003), Three Little Words (1950), Latter Days (2003), The Girl Can't Help It (1956), A Boy Called Sailboat (2018) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Songwriting movies.
Storyline: Chronicles the early life of gay nineties-era songwriter Paul Dresser as he outgrows his job as carnival entertainer and moves up into New York society, writing one hit song after another. Despite his egotistical behavior, he manages to woo and win Sally Elliott, one of the more popular songstresses of the day.—Doug Sederberg <vornoff@sonic.net>
Plot Keywords: songwriter, musician, singer, girlfriend, countess, publisher, charming ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The life and loves of composer Stephen Foster, from his early success through his decline, degradation, and death from alcoholism.
Plot Keywords: composer, fiancée, wife, father, music teacher, spirited, melodramatic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Nancy Willows (Constance Towers), pretty blonde high school teacher, writes song lyrics which spark the careers of struggling young pianist-composer Martin Adams (Keefe Brasselle')and would-be singer Jerry Dennis (Frankie Laine). When Nancy and Martin fall in love but quarrel over her old flame, David Parker (William Leslie), Nancy returns to her teaching job. Jerry reunites Nancy and Martin and, in turn, succumbs to the charms of his new secretary Marge Stevenson (Lucy Marlow).—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
Plot Keywords: music teacher, fiancé, science teacher, singer, songwriter, publisher, hilarious ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Lisa and Charlie Hunter, a divorced couple and former song writing team, spend a weekend in the French countryside in order to write one last song together. But Charlie's fiancée isn't too happy about the idea.—Mike Myers <mmyers@ucsd.edu>
Plot Keywords: songwriter, producer, girlfriend, man, woman, husband, emotional ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After a concert mishap lands Dave in the hospital, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore end up in the care of Dave's twenty-something cousin Toby. The Chipmunks put aside their stardom to return to school to win an annual "Battle of the Bands" competition to save the school's music program, but they meet their match with the Chipettes: Brittany, Jeanette, and Eleanor, who work for the Chipmunks' ex-manager, Ian Hawke. The Chipmunks and the Chipettes square off; romantic sparks and crazy mishaps ensue.
Plot Keywords: chipmunk, singer, guardian, performer, brother, student, lighthearted ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In this pseudo audio biography of the Village People, Jack Morell (a thinly disguised caricature of the group's founder, Jacques Morali) is a struggling composer desperate to gain fame with his songs, but all he needs is a group to sing them. With the help of his roommate Samantha and a lawyer named Ron, Jack forms a group of six "macho men" from his Greenwich Village neighborhood, and the rest of the film details their rise to fame from New York City to a climatic concert in San Francisco.—matt-282
Plot Keywords: singer, dancer, model, roommate, songwriter, musician, campy ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Eric Fane is a composer unwilling to compromise his dream for a steady job back home in the United States.
Plot Keywords: student, parent, sailor, englishwoman, composer, mushy, endearing ...
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