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

La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano (1998), Road to Rio (1947), Born to Be Blue (2015), Before We Go (2014), Mo' Better Blues (1990), Miles Ahead (2016), Birth of the Blues (1941), Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench (2009) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Trumpeter movies.

#1. La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano (1998)

Storyline: 1900. Danny Boodmann, a stoker on an American passenger liner, Virginian, finds a baby abandoned on the ship. He names the child Danny Boodmann T.D. Lemon Nineteen Hundred '1900' and raises the child as his own until his death in an accident on the ship. The child never leaves the ship and turns out to be a musical genius, especially when it comes to playing the piano. As an adult he befriends a trumpet player in the ship's band, Max Tooney. After several years on the ship Max leaves, and tells the story of 1900 to the owner of a music store.

Plot Keywords: genius, mentor, religious person, businessman, mathematician, suspenseful, dense ...

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#2. Road to Rio (1947)

Storyline: Scat Sweeney, and Hot Lips Barton, two out of work musicians, stow away on board a Rio bound ship, after accidentally setting fire to the big top of a circus. They then get mixed up with a potential suicide Lucia, who first thanks them, then unexpectedly turns them over to the ship's captain. When they find out that she has been hypnotized, to go through a marriage of convenience, when the ship reaches Rio, the boys turn up at the ceremony, in order to stop the wedding, and to help catch the crooks.—mike.wilson6@btinternet.com

Plot Keywords: singer, trumpeter, love interest, guardian, brother, lighthearted, charming ...

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#3. Born to Be Blue (2015)

Storyline: Born to be Blue starring Ethan Hawke is a re-imagining of jazz trumpeter Chet Baker's life in the 60's. When Chet stars in a film about himself, a romance heats up with his costar, the enigmatic Jane (Carmen Ejogo). Production is shelved when Chet's past comes back to haunt him and it appears he may never play music again but Jane challenges him to mount a musical comeback against all the odds.—Leonard Farlinger

Plot Keywords: musician, jazz musician, trumpeter, love interest, moving, emotional, engaging ...

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#5. Mo' Better Blues (1990)

Storyline: Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into adulthood and forms his own band - The Bleek Gilliam Quartet. The story of Bleek's and Shadow's friendly rivalry on stage which spills into their professional relationship and threatens to tear apart the quartet.—David <DGOWERS6@CHECLABA.SCU.EDU.AU>

Plot Keywords: saxophonist, trumpeter, manager, teacher, singer, friend, cool ...

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#7. Birth of the Blues (1941)

Storyline: Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts together a band, the Basin Street Hot-Shots, which includes a cornet player, Memphis. They struggle to get their jazz music accepted by the cafe society of the city. Betty Lou joins their band as a singer and gets Louie to show her how to do scat singing. Memphis and Jeff both fall in love with Betty Lou.—Lisa Grable <grable@unity.ncsu.edu>

Plot Keywords: band leader, trumpeter, singer, aunt, gangster, friend, confident ...

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