Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "jazz-singer", "mother-son-relationship"

1. Death on the Nile (2022)

PG-13 | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

6.3

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52 Metascore

While on vacation on the Nile, Hercule Poirot must investigate the murder of a young heiress.

Director: Kenneth Branagh | Stars: Tom Bateman, Annette Bening, Kenneth Branagh, Russell Brand

Votes: 189,136 | Gross: $45.63M

2. Amy (III) (2015)

R | 128 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

7.8

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85 Metascore

Archival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of the life and career of British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse.

Director: Asif Kapadia | Stars: Amy Winehouse, Mitch Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Russell Brand

Votes: 55,210 | Gross: $8.41M

3. Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

PG | 93 min | Biography, Drama, History

7.4

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80 Metascore

Broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow looks to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Director: George Clooney | Stars: David Strathairn, George Clooney, Patricia Clarkson, Jeff Daniels

Votes: 101,360 | Gross: $31.56M

4. The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)

R | 114 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

6.9

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85 Metascore

The lives of two struggling musicians, who happen to be brothers, inevitably change when they team up with a beautiful, up-and-coming singer.

Director: Steve Kloves | Stars: Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer, Beau Bridges, Ellie Raab

Votes: 25,876 | Gross: $18.10M

5. New York, New York (1977)

PG | 155 min | Drama, Music, Musical

6.6

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64 Metascore

An egotistical saxophonist and a young lounge singer meet on VJ Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long, uphill climb.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Liza Minnelli, Robert De Niro, Lionel Stander, Barry Primus

Votes: 21,917 | Gross: $16.40M

6. Respect (2021)

PG-13 | 145 min | Biography, Drama, Music

6.6

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61 Metascore

Following the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom, RESPECT is the remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice.

Director: Liesl Tommy | Stars: Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans, Tituss Burgess

Votes: 17,869

7. The Jazz Singer (1927)

Passed | 88 min | Drama, Music, Musical

6.4

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66 Metascore

The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.

Director: Alan Crosland | Stars: Al Jolson, May McAvoy, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer

Votes: 11,093 | Gross: $7.63M

8. Liberty Heights (1999)

R | 127 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

7.0

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75 Metascore

Baltimore, Fall 1954: Schools implement the new integration law. Ben finds the "colored" girl in his class cute - upsetting his Jewish mom and granny. Ben talks to her while his brother looks for his WASP dream girl.

Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Adrien Brody, Bebe Neuwirth, Joe Mantegna, Ben Foster

Votes: 7,050 | Gross: $3.73M

9. The Girl in the Park (2007)

R | 110 min | Drama

6.3

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Still traumatized by the disappearance of her three-year-old daughter 15 years ago, Julia Sandburg's old psychic wounds painfully resurface when she meets Louise; a troubled young woman with a checkered past.

Director: David Auburn | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Kate Bosworth, Alessandro Nivola, Keri Russell

Votes: 4,158

10. Teknolust (2002)

R | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

5.3

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43 Metascore

Tilda Swinton plays four roles in this award-winning film about Rosetta Stone and her three Self-Replicating Automatons, which she cloned from her own D.N.A.

Director: Lynn Hershman Leeson | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Jeremy Davies, James Urbaniak, John O'Keefe

Votes: 1,929 | Gross: $0.03M

11. I Love to Singa (1936)

Approved | 8 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

7.6

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A spoof of Al Jolson's "The Jazz Singer", a strict piano teaching owl is cursed with a son who "loves to singa", but only jazz.

Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, Billy Bletcher, Tommy Bond, Lou Fulton

Votes: 2,104

12. The Jazz Singer (1952)

Approved | 107 min | Drama, Music, Romance

5.7

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Jerry dreams of becoming a famous jazz singer, but to accomplish that, he must defy his father, a Jewish Cantor who opposes such a dream as a future for a son of his.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Danny Thomas, Peggy Lee, Eduard Franz, Mildred Dunnock

Votes: 412

13. Sing Your Song (2011)

Not Rated | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

7.5

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73 Metascore

Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer. This film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and to social justice globally.

Director: Susanne Rostock | Stars: Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Marge Champion, Fran Scott Attaway

Votes: 502 | Gross: $0.05M

14. Melody in May (1936)

Approved | 20 min | Musical, Short

5.7

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A glamorous jazz singer stays at a boarding house on vacation. When the proprietor's son is jilted for the school dance, she asks him to take her, instead.

Director: Ben Holmes | Stars: Ruth Etting, Frank Coghlan Jr., Margaret Armstrong, Joan Sheldon

Votes: 27