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1. Strictly Ballroom (1992)
PG | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A maverick dancer risks his career by performing an unusual routine and sets out to succeed with a new partner.
Director: Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter, Pat Thomson
Votes: 29,438 | Gross: $11.74M
2. The Infernal Machine (2022)
R | 111 min | Mystery, Thriller
A reclusive and controversial author is drawn out of hiding when he begins to receive endless letters from an obsessive fan. What ensues is a dangerous labyrinth as he searches for the person behind the cryptic messages.
Director: Andrew Hunt | Stars: Guy Pearce, Jeremy Davies, Eduardo Frazão, Jane Hammill
Votes: 3,842
3. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
PG-13 | 118 min | Documentary, History, Music
Documentary about the legendary 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival which celebrated African-American music and culture and promoted Black pride and unity.
Director: Questlove | Stars: Dorinda Drake, Barbara Bland-Acosta, Darryl Lewis, Ethel Beatty
Votes: 13,911
4. Black Orpheus (1959)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Musical, Romance
A retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.
Director: Marcel Camus | Stars: Breno Mello, Marpessa Dawn, Lourdes de Oliveira, Léa Garcia
Votes: 12,277
5. Mao's Last Dancer (2009)
PG | 117 min | Biography, Drama, Music
In Maoist China, a boy is taken from his family and trained to become a dancer, but everything he knows is challenged when he is chosen to attend a ballet summer school in Houston, Texas.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Chi Cao, Bruce Greenwood, Kyle MacLachlan, Penne Hackforth-Jones
Votes: 8,300 | Gross: $4.81M
6. Beyond Paradise (II) (2015)
PG | 101 min | Drama, Romance
Haunted by a tragic past, Shahrzad, a stunning music student, flees her homeland and ends up in an estranged marriage in Los Angeles, where her piano teacher's lover sparks a passion in her that threatens to destroy everything.
Director: J.J. Alani | Stars: Ryan Guzman, Daphne Zuniga, Spencer Grammer, Francia Raisa
Votes: 457
7. Lisbon Story (1994)
PG | 100 min | Drama, Music
The director Friedrich Monroe has trouble with finishing a silent b&w movie about Lisbon. He calls his friend, the sound engineer Phillip Winter, for help. As Winter arrives Lisbon weeks ... See full summary »
Director: Wim Wenders | Stars: Rüdiger Vogler, Patrick Bauchau, Vasco Sequeira, Canto e Castro
Votes: 5,435
8. Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, History, Music
Award-winning director Fatih Akin takes us on a journey through Istanbul, the city that bridges Europe and Asia, and challenges familiar notions of east and west. He looks at the vibrant ... See full summary »
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Alexander Hacke, Ahmed Ulug, Cem Yegul, Mehmed Ulug
Votes: 6,502 | Gross: $0.07M
9. The Disciple (2020)
TV-MA | 129 min | Drama, Music
Self-doubt, sacrifice and struggle converge into an existential crisis for a devoted classical vocalist as the mastery he strives for remains elusive.
Director: Chaitanya Tamhane | Stars: Aditya Modak, Arun Dravid, Sumitra Bhave, Deepika Bhide Bhagwat
Votes: 3,069
10. Dalida (2016)
PG | 127 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of the Egyptian-Italian singer Dalida and her story against life and how she dealt with her problems while she was the most successful artist in the history of France.
Director: Lisa Azuelos | Stars: Sveva Alviti, Riccardo Scamarcio, Jean-Paul Rouve, Niels Schneider
Votes: 3,620
11. Amorous
Drama, Romance | Announced
Ecstasy and agony of falling in love in a thriller.
Director: J.J. Alani
12. Heartbeats (2017)
PG | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A young American college student with dreams of being a professional dancer travels to India with her family for a week-long Indian wedding and falls in love--both with a new style of dance, and with the young man who introduces it to her.
Director: Duane Adler | Stars: Krystal Ellsworth, Amitash Pradhan, Daphne Zuniga, Paul McGillion
Votes: 912
13. Tango Shalom (2021)
PG-13 | 115 min | Comedy, Family, Music
A Tango dancer and a rabbi develop a plan to enter a dance competition without sacrificing his orthodox beliefs. Family, tolerance, and community are tested one dazzling dance step at a time.
Director: Gabriel Bologna | Stars: Lainie Kazan, Renée Taylor, Joseph Bologna, Joanne Baron
Votes: 454
14. El amor brujo (1986)
PG | 100 min | Music, Drama
In a Gypsy village, the fathers of Candela and José promise their children to each other. Years later, the unfaithful José marries Candela but while defending his lover Lucía in a brawl, he... See full summary »
Director: Carlos Saura | Stars: Antonio Gades, Cristina Hoyos, Laura del Sol, Juan Antonio Jiménez
Votes: 981
15. Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary (2016)
Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary, Biography, History
An exploration of the global power and impact of the music of John Coltrane where the passions, experiences and forces that shaped his life and revolutionary sounds are revealed.
Director: John Scheinfeld | Stars: Denzel Washington, Reggie Workman, Ravi Coltrane, Ashley Kahn
Votes: 2,501 | Gross: $0.41M
16. The Concert for Bangladesh (1972)
G | 103 min | Documentary, Music
The first benefit rock concert when major musicians performed to raise humanitarian relief funds for the refugees of Bangladesh of 1971 war.
Director: Saul Swimmer | Stars: George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Ravi Shankar, Ringo Starr
Votes: 1,648 | Gross: $2.05M
17. Amandla! (2002)
PG-13 | 108 min | Documentary, History, Music
Interviews, archival footage, and filmed performances highlight the role of music in the South African struggle against apartheid.
Director: Lee Hirsch | Stars: Abdullah Ibrahim, Duma Ka Ndlovu, Vusi Mahlasela, Walter Cronkite
Votes: 625 | Gross: $0.40M
18. The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble (2015)
PG-13 | 96 min | Documentary, Music
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and other international artists of The Silk Road Project discuss their philosophies on music and culture.
Director: Morgan Neville | Stars: Yo-Yo Ma, Kinan Azmeh, Kayhan Kalhor, Cristina Pato
Votes: 744 | Gross: $1.16M
19. Finding Fela (2014)
Not Rated | 119 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A look at the life and music of Nigerian singer Fela Kuti.
Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Fela Kuti, Yeni Kuti, Femi Kuti, Seun Kuti
Votes: 850
20. El Afareet (1990)
G | Crime, Drama, Music
Director: Houssam El-Din Mustafa | Stars: Naima Al Soghayar, Amr Diab, Madiha Kamel, Houssam El-Din Mustafa
Votes: 138
21. Our Shining Days (2017)
103 min | Drama, Music
A youth inspirational film, about how a group of high school students try to revive Chinese orchestra ensemble. They face many challenges along the way to compete nationally, including a ... See full summary »
Director: Ran Wang | Stars: Lulu Xu, Yuchang Peng, Mingjie Luo, Yongxi Liu
Votes: 782
22. Mali Blues (2016)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Music
Mali's Music defines the country's cultural identity. Radical Islamists are threatening the musicians. Together with the stars of Malian Global Pop - Fatoumata Diawara, Bassekou Kouyaté ... See full summary »
Director: Lutz Gregor | Stars: Fatoumata Diawara, Ahmed Ag Kaedi, Bassékou Kouyaté, Master Soumy
Votes: 123 | Gross: $0.01M
23. Siméon (1992)
PG | 115 min | Fantasy, Music
The ghost of a music teacher pushes a young mechanic to start a career in music.
Director: Euzhan Palcy | Stars: Jean-Claude Duverger, Jacob Desvarieux, Jocelyne Béroard, Lucinda Messager
Votes: 50
24. Benda Bilili! (2010)
PG-13 | 85 min | Documentary, Music
Kinshasa, DRCongo, 2005: Benda Bilili, poor paraplegic street musicians, get noticed by a French film team. Studio recordings get their music out on album and 2009, they have concerts in Europe.
Directors: Renaud Barret, Florent de La Tullaye | Stars: Leon Likabu, Roger Landu, Coco Ngambali, Cubain Kabeya
Votes: 825
25. Mama Africa (2011)
90 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Documentary about Miriam Makeba.
Director: Mika Kaurismäki | Stars: Miriam Makeba, Bageot Bah, Harry Belafonte, Stokely Carmichael
Votes: 352 | Gross: $0.01M
26. Brasslands (2013)
Not Rated | 84 min | Documentary, Music
Half a million people descend upon a tiny Serbian village for the 50th anniversary of the world's largest trumpet festival. Brasslands chronicles the cultural and musical collisions through... See full summary »
Directors: Alison Brockhouse, Bryan Chang, Sara Huneke, Meerkat Media Collective, Dara Messinger, Eric Phillips-Horst, Adam Pogoff, Zara Serabian-Arthur, Jay Arthur Sterrenberg, Jeffrey Sterrenberg, Karim Tabbaa | Stars: Emerson Hawley, Dejan Petrovic
Votes: 94
27. Man No Run (1989)
90 min | Documentary, Music
Les Tetes Brulees play Bikutsi music, an ancient rhythm from the rain- forest region of western Cameroon. Bikutsi is the music of the Beti tribe, traditionally played on a "balafon" and ... See full summary »
Director: Claire Denis
Votes: 36
28. The Veiled Sorrow in the Depth of the Calm of the Whale (2012)
64 min | Drama, Romance
Camellia is a trans girl who lives with her turtle and she is in love with a girl named Soosan. No one is aware of her transition. Camellia dreams about lovemaking with Soosan and Soosan ... See full summary »
Director: Farhad Kosarnezhad | Stars: Sahar Abdolahi, Sahar Jarrahi-Koorn, Hamidreza Kazemi, Pegah Kolahchi
Votes: 43
29. Holiwater
108 min | Documentary, Adventure, Biography | Filming
Two Indian mystics journey in search of a missing son to find that the River Ganges is dying. Friendship, bonding, memory and loss evoke in this real-life film the current state of the earth's most precious resource: water.
Director: Andrei Jewell | Stars: Deb Das Baul, Kannai Das Baul, Baskar Bhattachharrya, Lakhan Das Baul
30. Játssz, Félix, játssz! (1997)
46 min | Documentary, Music
Directors: Ferenc Grunwalsky, Miklós Jancsó | Star: Félix Lajkó
Votes: 23
31. Deep Forest: Sweet Lullaby (Version 2) (1993 Music Video)
5 min | Music
The video consists of a little girl riding a tricycle in front of iconic scenes from around the globe.
Director: Tarsem Singh | Stars: Deep Forest, Shaan Sahota
Votes: 37
32. Glastonbury 2017 (2017)
Music
Live BBC coverage of the 2017 Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, England.
Stars: Mark Radcliffe, Alice Levine, Royal Blood, The Jacksons
Votes: 51
33. Electro Chaabi (2013)
Not Rated | 77 min | Documentary, Music
A music documentary film that covers the emergence of a new electronic genre called Mahraganat in Cairo.
Director: Hind Meddeb
Votes: 50
34. Intangible Asset No. 82 (2008)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Music
The search for an enigmatic South Korean shaman, and the inspiration found on the journey, renews a jazz musician's faith in the power of music.
Director: Emma Franz | Stars: Simon Barker, Dong-won Kim, Bae Il-Dong, Sung-dok Jeong
Votes: 62
35. Sainkho (2002)
Unrated | 80 min | Documentary, Music
At a time of globalisation and reclining traditions, the film "Sainkho" is an attempt to investigate the ways artists deal with the phenomenon of missing links. Sainkho Namchylak is a ... See full summary »
Director: Erica von Moeller | Star: Sainkho Namtchylak
Votes: 8
36. Glastonbury 2016 (2016– )
Music
Live BBC coverage of the 2016 Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset, England.
Stars: Mark Radcliffe, Clara Amfo, Jo Whiley, Lauren Laverne
Votes: 29
37. Colin McPhee: The Lure of Asian Music (1985)
58 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A film about the composer-musicologist whose music and writing have given Westerners a better understanding and appreciation of Balinese gamelan music and dance. Seduced by recordings of ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Blackwood | Stars: Imade Bandem, John Cage, Aaron Copland, Sidney Cowell
38. Yallah! Underground (2015)
Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Music, News
YALLAH! follows today's most important and progressive underground artists from Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan and Israel through years of rapid change from 2009 to 2014.
Director: Farid Eslam | Stars: Zeid Hamdan, Shadi Zaqtan, Maii Waleed Yassin, Karim Adel Eissa
Votes: 119
39. Polish Cowboy Rides Again (1976)
PG | Family, Music
'Inspiration' or 'Polish Cowboy Rides Again," starring Jack Patton, the Polish Cowboy, is a riot of fun filmed on 3 continents. See the greatest action riders: Vaqueros (No. 1 Cowboys in ... See full summary »
Director: Zygmunt Sulistrowski | Stars: Jack Patton, Zygmunt Sulistrowski, Betty Delmar
40. Keep It Clean (2007)
Not Rated | 30 min | Short, Family, Fantasy
A trashed and crowded beach with stressed out city people place is magically visited by a colorful "Healing Tribe."
Director: Jeanette Mühlmann | Stars: Amina Baraka, Joy Chatel, Funmilao Chesney, Lydia Taranco
Votes: 5
41. The Dust of His Feet (2010 Video)
62 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The film brings us into the world of two Bangladeshi folk musicians. Matal Rajjak Dewan, the 'drunk poet', is honoured with a shrine after his death. His student, Abdul Hai Dewan, calls his... See full summary »
Director: Janet Best | Stars: Abdul Hai Dewan, Arif Dewan, Kajol Dewan, Matal Rajjak Dewan
42. Sacred Spirit: Yeha Noha (Wishes of Happiness and Prosperity) (1994 Music Video)
5 min | Music
Star: Sacred Spirit
43. Experience Montreux (2013)
45 min | Documentary
Director: David Barnard | Stars: Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Claude Nobs, Elvis Costello
44. Balkan Melodie (2012)
G | 93 min | Documentary, Biography, History
The film tells the story of Marcel Cellier who traveled to Eastern Europe, where he collected and documented sounds that were up until then unknown in the west. They made this music ... See full summary »
Director: Stefan Schwietert
Votes: 62
45. Terra Múzika: Land of Music
Documentary, History, Music | Announced
Eight world-famous Cape Verdean artists host a vérité-style music history docuseries journeying through the country's scene, its legendary and unique beats, as well as its heritage, politics, sense of place, and belonging
46. As Old as My Tongue: The Myth and Life of Bi Kidude (2006)
66 min | Documentary, Music
A portrait of Bi Kidude, a living legend on her home island of Zanzibar. She has beguiled audiences around the world on her wide and varied travels.
Director: Andy Jones | Stars: Iddi Farhan, Maryam Hamdani, Nasra Hilal, Bi Kidude
Votes: 11
47. I Want to Destroy America (2006)
Not Rated | 66 min | Documentary, Music
A touching documentary about the singular career of Hisao Shinagawa, a Japanese street musician who has refused to give up on his elusive dream of success and stardom, regardless of personal cost and the solitary reality of his life.
Director: Peter I. Chang | Star: Hisao Shinagawa
Votes: 13
48. K9.5: The Howlywood Premiere (1997 Video Game)
E | Animation, Adventure, Family
Canine rock band K9.5 goes globetrotting in search of unique sounds, music and locations for their new music video. A fangirl crashes its Hollywood premier. Part of the edutaining animated FMV language game series K9.5.
Stars: Eileen Bowman, Deanna Driscoll, Ron Jones, Paul James Kruse
49. Adam Maalouf - East River Sessions (2020)
5 min | Music
Stars: Adam Maalouf, Layth Sidiq, Jeremy Smith, Mariam Abuamer
50. Aguabella (2014)
Documentary
The life and music of Cuban born Conga and Bata Master Francisco Aguabella.
Directors: Orestes Matacena, Orna Rachovitsky