Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "black-musician"

1. Back to the Future (1985)

PG | 116 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover

Votes: 1,307,949 | Gross: $210.61M

2. Babylon (I) (2022)

R | 189 min | Comedy, Drama, History

A tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence and depravity in early Hollywood.

Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Jean Smart, Olivia Wilde

Votes: 168,062

3. The Blues Brothers (1980)

R | 133 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Jake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.

Director: John Landis | Stars: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Cab Calloway, John Candy

Votes: 214,638 | Gross: $57.23M

4. Spinning Gold (2023)

R | 137 min | Biography, Drama, Music

A biopic of 1970s record producer Neil Bogart, co-founder of Casablanca Records.

Director: Timothy Scott Bogart | Stars: Jeremy Jordan, Michelle Monaghan, Jay Pharoah, Lyndsy Fonseca

Votes: 1,640

5. Get on Up (2014)

PG-13 | 139 min | Biography, Drama, Music

A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

Director: Tate Taylor | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Nelsan Ellis, Dan Aykroyd, Viola Davis

Votes: 26,151 | Gross: $30.51M

6. Paris Blues (1961)

Approved | 98 min | Drama, Music, Romance

During the 1960s, two American expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls.

Director: Martin Ritt | Stars: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Sidney Poitier, Louis Armstrong

Votes: 3,961 | Gross: $1.30M

7. The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952)

Approved | 114 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilamanjaro.

Directors: Henry King, Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner, Hildegard Knef

Votes: 5,905 | Gross: $18.05M

8. What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015)

Not Rated | 101 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

A documentary about the life and legend Nina Simone, an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist labeled the "High Priestess of Soul."

Director: Liz Garbus | Stars: Nina Simone, Lisa Simone Kelly, Roger Nupie, Al Schackman

Votes: 14,836

9. L'inhumaine (1924)

Not Rated | 135 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Claire Lescot is a famous first lady. All men want to be loved by her and among them is the young scientist Einar Norsen. When she mocks at him, he leaves her house with the declared intention to kill himself.

Director: Marcel L'Herbier | Stars: Jaque Catelain, Léonid Walter de Malte, Philippe Hériat, Fred Kellerman

Votes: 1,040

10. Blues in the Night (1941)

Passed | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Music

"Jigger' Pine forms a band that includes singer Ginger 'Character' Powell, wife of the trumpeter Leo Powell, and Nickie Haroyen and Peppi. All of them dedicate themselves to work as a unit ... See full summary »

Director: Anatole Litvak | Stars: Priscilla Lane, Betty Field, Richard Whorf, Lloyd Nolan

Votes: 1,307

11. Sample This (2012)

Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary, Music

A documentary that reveals how a forgotten record by the Incredible Bongo Band helped cement the foundation of hip hop when DJ Herc extended its percussion by playing them back to back, creating an anthem on the streets of the Bronx.

Director: Dan Forrer | Stars: Gene Simmons, Questlove, Roosevelt Grier, Grandmaster Caz

Votes: 512

12. LIVELove (2017)

63 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

When Chris meets Lily they spark a mutual connection instantly, it's not until he finds out she is a CamGirl that things start to get complicated...

Director: Rob Levy | Stars: Elena Rusconi, Matthew Tarricone, Akie Bermiss, Joyce Cohen

Votes: 18

13. Minstrel Man (1977 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama, Music

During the early 1900's, 2 black brothers who work in a traveling minstrel have different goals; one's determined to succeed in a field which is dominated by white performers in blackface, ... See full summary »

Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Glynn Turman, Ted Ross, Tonea Stewart, Stanley Bennett Clay

Votes: 74

14. Family Name (1997)

89 min | Documentary

A gay man seeks to discover what kinship, if any, exists between his white family and the nearby blacks who share the name of Alston.

Director: Macky Alston | Stars: Macky Alston, William Badgett

Votes: 49

15. Black Metal

Short, Drama | Completed

A black teen is determined to make it as a heavy metal artist in defiance of his father, a failed jazz musician.

Director: Michael Hyon Johnson | Stars: Marlaina Smith, Darius Marquis Johnson, Oliver Fredin, Billy Hayes

16. Flava (1996– )

30 min | Short, Music

It was one of Channel four's most distinctive and evolving brands. Flava was the first black music series to showcase the best in urban music from rap to hip hop, from soul to garage and ... See full summary »

Stars: Kele Le Roc, Beverley Knight, Michelle Gayle, Hinda Hicks

Votes: 19

17. Season of Treason (1966)

80 min

A press photographer returns to Japan from the war in Vietnam after losing his friend and fellow photographer on the battlefield.

Directors: Kôji Wakamatsu, Atsushi Yamatoya | Stars: Yuzo Tatekawa, Juri Taniguchi, Mikio Terashima, Shigeo Sone

Votes: 19

18. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Moaning Lisa (1990)

TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

A depressed Lisa's spirit is lifted when she meets a jazz-man, Bleeding Gums Murphy.

Director: Wesley Archer | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 5,109