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

1. Superhero Movie (2008)

PG-13 | 75 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Orphaned high school student Rick Riker is bitten by a radioactive dragonfly, develops super powers (except for the ability to fly), and becomes a hero.

Director: Craig Mazin | Stars: Drake Bell, Leslie Nielsen, Sara Paxton, Christopher McDonald

Votes: 75,662 | Gross: $26.64M

2. The Jungle Book (1967)

G | 78 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Bagheera the Panther and Baloo the Bear have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to leave the jungle for human civilization.

Director: Wolfgang Reitherman | Stars: Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima, Bruce Reitherman

Votes: 198,798 | Gross: $141.84M

3. The AristoCats (1970)

G | 78 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

With the help of a smooth talking tomcat, a family of Parisian felines set to inherit a fortune from their owner try to make it back home after a jealous butler kidnaps them and leaves them in the country.

Director: Wolfgang Reitherman | Stars: Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Sterling Holloway, Scatman Crothers

Votes: 114,803 | Gross: $37.68M

4. Memphis Belle (1990)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Drama, War

In 1943, the crew of a B-17 based in the UK prepares for its 25th and final bombing mission over Germany before returning home to the USA.

Director: Michael Caton-Jones | Stars: Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, Tate Donovan, D.B. Sweeney

Votes: 30,555 | Gross: $27.44M

5. The Jungle Book 2 (2003)

G | 72 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Mowgli, missing the jungle and his old friends, runs away from the man village unaware of the danger he's in by going back to the wild.

Director: Steve Trenbirth | Stars: John Goodman, Haley Joel Osment, Tony Jay, Mae Whitman

Votes: 17,961 | Gross: $47.89M

6. Rimini (2022)

114 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

The death of his mother brings Richie Bravo back from his adopted home in Italy to his teenage bedroom in Lower Austria, where Charlton Heston is still flexing his biceps and Winnetou is still alive.

Director: Ulrich Seidl | Stars: Michael Thomas, Tessa Göttlicher, Hans-Michael Rehberg, Inge Maux

Votes: 2,177

7. Holiday Inn (1942)

Passed | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

At an inn which is open only on holidays, a crooner and a hoofer vie for the affections of a beautiful up-and-coming performer.

Directors: Mark Sandrich, Robert Allen | Stars: Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, Virginia Dale

Votes: 17,633 | Gross: $8.18M

8. Our Gang Follies of 1938 (1937)

Approved | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Family

The gang is putting on a show with Alfalfa billed as "King of the Crooners." But Alfalfa abandons the show saying his crooning days are over, and that opera is his true calling. But after ... See full summary »

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Our Gang, George 'Spanky' McFarland, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer, Darla Hood

Votes: 405

9. One More Time (2015)

Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A New York City crooner plots his comeback.

Director: Robert Edwards | Stars: Christopher Walken, Amber Heard, Kelli Garner, Hamish Linklater

Votes: 3,552

10. Athena (1954)

Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

The story about two sisters in love. Everything should be wonderful, but father doesn't approve of his daughters' physically underdeveloped fiancés.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Virginia Gibson, Nancy Kilgas

Votes: 699

11. My Dream Is Yours (1949)

Passed | 101 min | Comedy, Music, Musical

An agent must search for a new personality to replace a popular singer who refuses to renew his radio contract. He finds one in the form of a single mother, but complications soon occur.

Directors: Michael Curtiz, Friz Freleng | Stars: Jack Carson, Doris Day, Lee Bowman, Adolphe Menjou

Votes: 1,679

12. Anything Goes (1936)

Passed | 92 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery

A young man falls in love with a beautiful blonde. When he sees her being forced onto a luxury liner, he decides to follow and rescue her. However, he discovers that she is an English ... See full summary »

Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Charles Ruggles, Ida Lupino

Votes: 522

13. Down River (2018)

70 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Four soldiers trapped behind enemy lines must confront their fears and desires while finding a way back to their battalion.

Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Alexander Raye Pimentel, Zachary Greene, Cody Poirot, Nicholas Winand

Votes: 589

14. International House (1933)

Passed | 68 min | Comedy

Assorted wacky characters converge on a Chinese hotel to bid on a new invention: television.

Director: A. Edward Sutherland | Stars: W.C. Fields, Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Rudy Vallee, Stuart Erwin

Votes: 1,469

15. Pennies from Heaven (1936)

Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Larry Poole, in prison on a false charge, promise an inmate that when he gets out he will look up and help out a family. The family turns out to be a young girl, Patsy Smith, and her elderly grandfather who need lots of help.

Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Bing Crosby, Madge Evans, Edith Fellows, Louis Armstrong

Votes: 795

16. Blotto (1930)

Approved | 26 min | Short, Comedy

Stan fakes receiving a telegram so he can go to a club with Ollie and a bottle of his unsuspecting wife's liquor, but she overhears his plans.

Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin, Baldwin Cooke

Votes: 1,814

17. The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)

97 min | Comedy, Musical

Spud Miller hopes to save his struggling radio station by winning a broadcast competition, with the help of the Radio Eye, an invention that can display live events from anywhere in the world.

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Jack Oakie, George Burns, Gracie Allen, Lyda Roberti

Votes: 347

18. My Friend Irma (1949)

Passed | 103 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A scatterbrained Brooklynite and her wheeler-dealer fiancé interfere in her level-headed roommate's love life.

Director: George Marshall | Stars: John Lund, Diana Lynn, Don DeFore, Marie Wilson

Votes: 1,249 | Gross: $6.16M

19. The Pace That Kills (1935)

PG | 68 min | Crime, Drama

A drug dealer on the run from the law meets an innocent young girl and her brother and turns them into "cocaine fiends."

Director: William A. O'Connor | Stars: Lois January, Noel Madison, Sheila Bromley, Dean Benton

Votes: 701

20. Two Tickets to Broadway (1951)

Approved | 106 min | Musical, Romance

Nancy Peterson and her friends want to get a spot on Bob Crosby's TV show, but their agent has linked them.

Director: James V. Kern | Stars: Tony Martin, Janet Leigh, Gloria DeHaven, Eddie Bracken

Votes: 614

21. Meet Danny Wilson (1952)

Approved | 88 min | Drama, Musical

A nightclub singer has a racketeer for a manager and a rivalry with his pianist for a girl.

Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Shelley Winters, Alex Nicol, Raymond Burr

Votes: 472

22. Les sous-doués en vacances (1982)

95 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A group of friends are planning how to spend their summer vacation. One plans to go to the Seychelles with his American girlfriend. At the airport she dumps him for another guy. He has no ... See full summary »

Director: Claude Zidi | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Guy Marchand, Grace de Capitani, Gaëtan Bloom

Votes: 1,621

23. Ship Ahoy (1942)

Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery

Miss Winters is a dancer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and is asked to secretly transport a prototype magnetic mine to Puerto Rico. She thinks that she is working for the US Government, but fails to see why she would be involved.

Director: Edward Buzzell | Stars: Eleanor Powell, Red Skelton, Bert Lahr, Virginia O'Brien

Votes: 717

24. The Story of the Fox (1937)

63 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

When Renard the Fox's mischievous pranks go too far, King Lion is forced to attempt to bring the trickster to justice.

Directors: Irene Starewicz, Wladyslaw Starewicz | Stars: Claude Dauphin, Romain Bouquet, Sylvain Itkine, Léon Larive

Votes: 1,554

25. Book Revue (1946)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

As the literary characters come to life in a bookstore at night, Daffy Duck sings and dances before being chased by the Big Bad Wolf.

Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Sara Berner, Richard Bickenbach

Votes: 1,538

26. Swooner Crooner (1944)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Porky Pig's egg farm faces production problems when a crooning rooster distracts the hens from their jobs.

Director: Frank Tashlin | Stars: Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Sara Berner, Richard Bickenbach

Votes: 819

27. Five Star Day (2010)

Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Romance

One man's journey to disprove the theory of astrology leads him to answer some bigger question about life, love, fate and destiny.

Director: Danny Buday | Stars: Cam Gigandet, Guy Herbert, Will Yun Lee, Derek Shipp

Votes: 854

28. Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929)

Passed | 101 min | Comedy, Musical

Three Broadway chorus girls seek rich husbands.

Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Nancy Welford, Conway Tearle, Winnie Lightner, Ann Pennington

Votes: 215 | Gross: $5.54M

29. Glorifying the American Girl (1929)

Passed | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

The rise of a showgirl, Gloria Hughes, culminating in a Ziegfeld extravaganza "Glorifying the American Girl".

Director: Millard Webb | Stars: Mary Eaton, Eddie Cantor, Helen Morgan, Rudy Vallee

Votes: 798

30. Little Rascals Varieties (1959)

Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Family, Musical

A compilation feature-film made up of four 'Our Gang" shorts from the 1930s. The shorts used in this 1959 feature release were Our Gang Follies of 1936 (1935), The Pinch Singer (1936), ... See full summary »

Director: Hal Roach | Stars: George 'Spanky' McFarland, Darla Hood, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer, Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas

Votes: 47

31. Kennedy, Sinatra and the Mafia (2023 TV Movie)

Documentary, Crime, History

With his mafia wiseguy links and access to entertainment industry star power, Frank Sinatra helped John F. Kennedy into the White House in 1960. But it all came to a bitter end.

Director: David Harvey | Stars: Chuck Granata, Lenny Luizzi, Robert Foster, Robbyn Swan

Votes: 58

32. Louis & Frank (1998)

87 min | Music, Comedy, Drama

Third-rate doo-wop singers making a comeback hook up with a campy manager who books them to perform in drag.

Director: Alexandre Rockwell | Stars: Elizabeth Bracco, Steve Buscemi, Tony Curtis, Jason Fuchs

Votes: 188

33. Going Hollywood (1933)

Passed | 78 min | Musical, Romance

A love-struck teacher pursues a radio singer to Hollywood.

Director: Raoul Walsh | Stars: Marion Davies, Bing Crosby, Fifi D'Orsay, Stuart Erwin

Votes: 1,912 | Gross: $0.96M

34. Quand j'étais chanteur (2006)

112 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Alain Moreau sings for one of the few remaining dance-bands in Clermont-Ferrand. Though something of an idol amongst his female audience he has a melancholic awareness of the slow ... See full summary »

Director: Xavier Giannoli | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Cécile de France, Mathieu Amalric, Christine Citti

Votes: 2,326

35. Colleen (1936)

Passed | 89 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

The Ames Company tries to keep Uncle Cedric uninvolved. But Cedric hires Joe and Minnie, buying her a dress shop with bookkeeper Colleen. Scandal follows when Donald is infatuated with Colleen, who makes the shop profitable.

Director: Alfred E. Green | Stars: Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Jack Oakie, Joan Blondell

Votes: 438

36. Shipmates Forever (1935)

Approved | 109 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

A successful crooner who doesn't want to join the Navy decides to prove to his father, a Navy admiral, that he has what it takes to make it in the fleet.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Lewis Stone, Ross Alexander

Votes: 410

37. Donald's Dilemma (1947)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Donald and Daisy are walking when he is hit by a flowerpot. He's convinced he's a famous singer, and he croons divinely, but does not recognize Daisy. He in fact does become famous. Daisy ... See full summary »

Director: Jack King | Stars: George Magrill, Gloria Blondell, Richard Conte, Ken Darby

Votes: 716

38. The Big Broadcast (1932)

Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance

A radio-singer, Bing Hornsby, is none-too-concerned about his job, and an affair with Mona leads to his dismissal. When it appears Hornsby is getting and paying a lot of attention to his ... See full summary »

Director: Frank Tuttle | Stars: Stuart Erwin, Bing Crosby, Leila Hyams, George Burns

Votes: 286

39. Step Lively (1944)

Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Gordon Miller is rehearsing a musical comedy in the penthouse suite of Gribble's hotel...on credit. The mounting bill is driving Gribble frantic. Chaos increases when playwright Glen ... See full summary »

Director: Tim Whelan | Stars: Adolphe Menjou, George Murphy, Frank Sinatra, Gloria DeHaven

Votes: 634

40. Slap Happy Pappy (1940)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Family, Short

Porky runs a farm; we see him plowing the fields. But it's primarily a poultry farm; as the sign says, "For sale: Miracle eggs if it's a good egg, it's a miracle." A rabbit, doing a Jack ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Clampett | Stars: Mel Blanc, Kay Kyser, Jack Lescoulie, Cliff Nazarro

Votes: 213

41. College Humor (1933)

Passed | 80 min | Action, Comedy, Music

A college professor and the school's star football player are both rivals for the same beautiful coed.

Director: Wesley Ruggles | Stars: Bing Crosby, Jack Oakie, Richard Arlen, Mary Carlisle

Votes: 242

42. Out of This World (1945)

Approved | 96 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

After struggling to become a success, Betty Miller and her all-girl orchestra finally hit pay dirt when crooner Herbie Fenton comes on board. Problems arise when Betty and her girls try to ... See full summary »

Director: Hal Walker | Stars: Eddie Bracken, Veronica Lake, Diana Lynn, Cass Daley

Votes: 171

43. Mr. Music (1950)

Approved | 110 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A golf-crazy songwriter tries to avoid the long, solitary hours of concentration needed to produce a hit musical. His producer and his secretary conspire to get him back on track.

Director: Richard Haydn | Stars: Bing Crosby, Nancy Olson, Charles Coburn, Ruth Hussey

Votes: 260

44. Poor Cinderella (1934)

Passed | 11 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

In her only color cartoon, Betty Boop goes to the ball thanks to her fairy godmother; later, only her foot fits the glass slipper.

Directors: Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel | Stars: Jack Mercer, William Pennell, Bonnie Poe

Votes: 770

45. If I'm Lucky (1946)

Passed | 78 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Bandleader involved in political campaign.

Director: Lewis Seiler | Stars: Vivian Blaine, Perry Como, Harry James, Carmen Miranda

Votes: 206

46. Stand by Me (1995)

G | 3 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Timon enthusiastically serenades Pumbaa with the title song, completely oblivious to the myriad of painful catastrophes that befall the poor warthog as he does so.

Director: Steve Moore | Stars: Kevin Schon, Ernie Sabella, Phillip Ingram

Votes: 286

47. Catch as Cats Can (1947)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

An emaciated canary, singing like Frank Sinatra, is getting on the nerves of a pipe-puffing parrot, who speaks like Bing Crosby. The parrot spots Sylvester, foraging through the trash. ... See full summary »

Director: Arthur Davis | Stars: Mel Blanc, Dave Barry, Richard Bickenbach

Votes: 238

48. Curtain Razor (1949)

7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy

Porky Pig is a talent agent auditioning various corn ball performers. A fox keeps interrupting and promising Porky the act of the century. Unfortunately, the act is fatal and can only be done once.

Director: Friz Freleng | Stars: Mel Blanc, Dave Barry, Stan Freberg, Dorothy Lloyd

Votes: 311

49. Erich Cawalla: The Great American Songbook (2020 Music Video)

Music

The photo shoot and creative design for publicity, as well as, the cover of the debut solo album/CD for, Erich Cawalla: The Great American Songbook.

Director: Paige Suzanne

50. Fancy Dancing (2002)

91 min | Comedy, Musical

Thirty year old Torontonian Asa Gemmill loves movie musicals of the 1930s and 1940s, especially little known Canadian movies starring Mar Stoddart, who he views as the Canadian Fred Astaire... See full summary »

Director: Brock Simpson | Stars: Jason Priestley, Tanya Allen, Ewen Bremner, Dave Thomas

Votes: 106