Amy (2015), Whitney (2018), Padosan (1968), Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (2007), Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt (2004), Secret Superstar (2017), Sparkle (2007), Walk the Line (2005) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Singer movies.
Storyline: Archival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of the life and career of British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse.
Plot Keywords: documentary, music, biography, singer, uk, jazz, soul ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Filmmaker Kevin Macdonald examines the life and career of singer Whitney Houston. Features never-before-seen archival footage, exclusive recordings, rare performances and interviews with the people who knew her best.
Plot Keywords: biography, documentary, music, singer, legend, life story, family ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Bhola (Sunil Dutt) is a simple minded young man who has taken a vow to act according to the book of shashtras, which dictate that a man must marry when he is of the right age. He meets with lovely Bindu (Saira Banu) and falls head in love with her. Coincidentally, Bindu moves in next to his house. Bhola is thrilled, but soon despairs when he learns that Bindu has given her heart to Master Pillai (Mehmood). Bhola's friends Vidyapathi (Kishore Kumar), Banarasi (Mukri), and others belonging to an acting troupe, assist in hoodwinking Bindu to get attracted to Bhola, and thereby getting his love life back, but there are unexpected twists and turns, and Bhola's lies are exposed, making Bindu return to her plans to marry Master Pillai. Songs include: "Me chali me chali dekho pyar ki gali mujhe rokhe na koi..."; "Bhai bathur ab jaienge kitni door, najook najook meri jawani chalne se majboor..."; "Ik chatur naar karke singhar mere man ke duar ye goosath jaat..."; "Sarm ahti hai magar aaj yeh kahena hoga ab hamey aap ke kadmon main rahena hoga..."; "Kahena hai kahena hai akhir aaj ye tumse pehli baar, tum hi to lai ho jeevan me mere pyar pyar pyar....".—rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)
Plot Keywords: comedy, musical, romance, bollywood, classic, indian cinema, humor ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A documentary look at the improvised life of Anita O'Day (1919-2006), singer and stylist whose timing, phrasing, interpretations, and unique sound put her among the finest vocalists of jazz. Interviews with her late in life are interspersed with archival footage of performances and old interviews as well as with comments by friends, arrangers, critics, and other musicians. She talks about singing without a uvula (sing eighth notes), of jail time for a marijuana arrest, of taking and kicking heroin, of finally making money after appearing at the Newport Jazz Festival, of loss, of a broken arm that almost cost her life, and of living in 4/4 time, one day at a time, smiling.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: documentary, music, jazz, biography, singer, female lead, american film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Be Here to Love Me - Chronicles the fascinating and often turbulent life of musician Townes van Zandt.
Plot Keywords: music documentary, biography, country music, singer, american music, musician, art ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Insia is very passionate about singing but she belongs to a very conservative family. Her father doesn't let her develop her talent but her mother secretly lets her follow her passion for singing. She begins anonymously posting her songs over the internet and gains nation wide fame including people from the music industry. The movie shows her journey to break free and follow her dream of being a singer.—keith26293
Plot Keywords: music, dream, motherhood, family, coming of age, inspirational, indian cinema ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Sam has a chance to be a public relations guru, until true love turns his world upside down.
Plot Keywords: drama, music, inspirational, youth, dream, coming of age, family ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: While growing up in the Great Depression era, Johnny Cash takes an interest in music and eventually moves out of his Arkansas town to join the air force in Germany. While there, he buys his first guitar and writes his own music, and proposes to Vivian. When they got married, they settled in Tennessee and with a daughter, he supported the family by being a salesman. He discovers a man who can pursue his dreams and ends up getting a record with the boys. Shortly after that, he was on a short tour, promoting his songs, and meets the already famous and beautiful June Carter. Then as they get on the long-term tours with June, the boys, and Jerry Lee Lewis, they have this unspoken relationship that grows. But when June leaves the tour because of his behavior, he was a drug addict. His marriage was also falling apart, and when he sees June years later at an awards show, he forces June to tour with them again, promising June to support her two kids and herself. While the tour goes on, the ...
Plot Keywords: biography, music, drama, romance, country music, singer, rise to fame ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Acclaimed, award-winning filmmaker Maximillian Schell reconstructs the life and career of the enigmatic film diva. This is accomplished through use of archival footage and commentary from the actress recorded at her home. Schell's job was complicated by the aging actresses's stipulation that her face not be photographed directly.—duke1029@aol.com
Plot Keywords: biography, history, documentary, music, drama, art, classic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: At only 13, Loretta Webb marries Doolittle Lynn and is soon responsible for a large family. She appears destined to a life of homemaking, but Doolittle recognizes his wife's musical talent, and buys her a guitar as an anniversary present one year. At 18, the busy mother of four children still finds time to write and sing songs at small fairs and local honky-tonks. This gift sets Loretta Lynn on the grueling, tumultuous path to superstardom and country-music greatness.
Plot Keywords: biography, music, drama, country music, true story, female lead, singer ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Gretta (Keira Knightley) and her long-time boyfriend Dave (Adam Levine) are college sweethearts and songwriting partners who decamp for New York when he lands a deal with a major label. But the trappings of his new-found fame soon tempt Dave to stray, and a reeling, lovelorn Gretta is left on her own. Her world takes a turn for the better when Dan (Mark Ruffalo), a disgraced record-label exec, stumbles upon her performing on an East Village stage and is immediately captivated by her raw talent. From this chance encounter emerges an enchanting portrait of a mutually transformative collaboration, set to the soundtrack of a summer in New York City.
Plot Keywords: music, romance, drama, indie film, new york, music industry, creativity ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The Cream Will Rise is a documentary that exposes the turbulent and troubling side of singer/songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins' early years when a confrontation with her mother forces her to come to terms with some of the demons and darker moments of her childhood. This moving portrait combines Hawkins' performance footage with intimate moments of revelation.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: documentary, music, biography, independent film, female director, singer, art ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Anna Mae Bullock always had a special voice. Soon after arriving in St. Louis to live with the mother who had walked out when she was small, she soon attracts the attention of pop group leader Ike Turner. She becomes his band's singer, his wife, and mother to his children - not all hers. In love with him and determined not to leave in the way her mother had, she finds herself the target of increasing violence from him who can't see who is making his band such a success.
Plot Keywords: biography, music, drama, romance, true story, singer, marriage ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The musical career of rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly is chronicled, from the days when "Peggy Sue" was "Cindy Lou", a song about his first girlfriend, to the meteoric run of "That'll Be the Day" up the charts, to his marriage, breakup with the Crickets, reunion with the Crickets, and untimely death.—Jason A. Cormier <wildrose@mindspring.com>
Plot Keywords: biographical, musical, drama, 1950s, singer, composer, rise to fame ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This movie shows the idealized career of the singer Al Jolson, a little Jewish boy who goes against the will of his father in order to be in showbiz. He becomes a star, falls in love with a non-Jewish dancer, and marries her. In the end he chooses success on the stage.—Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>
Plot Keywords: biography, musical, drama, classic, hollywood, black and white, song and dance ...
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