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1. Whiplash (2014)
R | 106 min | Drama, Music
A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.
Director: Damien Chazelle | Stars: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist, Paul Reiser
Votes: 988,653 | Gross: $13.09M
2. Pitch Perfect (2012)
PG-13 | 112 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
Beca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school's all-girls singing group. Injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition.
Director: Jason Moore | Stars: Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp
Votes: 330,629 | Gross: $65.00M
3. School of Rock (2003)
PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Music
After being kicked out of his rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of an uptight elementary private school, only to try and turn his class into a rock band.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Jack Black, Mike White, Joan Cusack, Adam Pascal
Votes: 330,744 | Gross: $81.26M
4. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)
PG | 88 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
The world-famous singing preteen chipmunk trio return to contend with the pressures of school, celebrity, and a rival female music group known as The Chipettes.
Director: Betty Thomas | Stars: Jason Lee, Zachary Levi, David Cross, Justin Long
Votes: 54,489 | Gross: $219.61M
5. All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)
Unrated | 146 min | Crime, Drama, Music
The problematic lives of teenager students for whom the singer Lily Chou-Chou's dreamy music is the only way to escape an alienating, violent and insensitive society.
Director: Shunji Iwai | Stars: Hayato Ichihara, Shûgo Oshinari, Ayumi Ito, Takao Osawa
Votes: 11,163 | Gross: $0.02M
6. The Song of Names (2019)
PG-13 | 113 min | Drama, Music, Mystery
Several years after his childhood friend, a violin prodigy, disappears on the eve of his first solo concert, an Englishman travels throughout Europe to find him.
Director: François Girard | Stars: Eddie Izzard, Gerran Howell, Stanley Townsend, Amy Sloan
Votes: 5,295
7. Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011)
G | 105 min | Documentary, Music
This documentary follows Justin Bieber with some footage of performances from his 2010 concert tour.
Director: Jon M. Chu | Stars: Justin Bieber, Boyz II Men, Miley Cyrus, Sean Kingston
Votes: 76,438 | Gross: $73.01M
8. As It Is in Heaven (2004)
Not Rated | 133 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A famous international conductor returns to his small childhood town in Sweden for early retirement. He's asked to help with the church choir. He affects the lives of all in the choir.
Director: Kay Pollak | Stars: Michael Nyqvist, Frida Hallgren, Helen Sjöholm, Lennart Jähkel
Votes: 18,270 | Gross: $0.01M
9. Copying Beethoven (2006)
PG-13 | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Music
A fictionalized account of the last year of Beethoven's life.
Director: Agnieszka Holland | Stars: Ed Harris, Diane Kruger, Matthew Goode, Ralph Riach
Votes: 14,119 | Gross: $0.35M
10. Carole & Tuesday (2019)
TV-MA | 22 min | Animation, Drama, Music
Two girls, from different backgrounds but sharing a love for music, meet and change history with their united musical talent.
Stars: Miyuri Shimabukuro, Kana Ichinose, Akio Ôtsuka, Celeina Ann
Votes: 2,448
11. The Saddest Music in the World (2003)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Musical
A musical of sorts set in Winnipeg during the Great Depression, where a beer baroness organizes a contest to find the saddest music in the world. Musicians from around the world descend on the city to try and win the $25,000 prize.
Director: Guy Maddin | Stars: Isabella Rossellini, Mark McKinney, Maria de Medeiros, David Fox
Votes: 6,320 | Gross: $0.67M
12. We Are the Best! (2013)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Music
Three girls in 1980s Stockholm decide to form a punk band -- despite not having any instruments and being told by everyone that punk is dead.
Director: Lukas Moodysson | Stars: Mira Barkhammar, Mira Grosin, Liv LeMoyne, Johan Liljemark
Votes: 11,321 | Gross: $0.18M
13. Unfinished Song (2012)
PG-13 | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Grumpy pensioner Arthur honors his recently deceased wife's passion for performing by joining the unconventional local choir to which she used to belong, a process that helps him build bridges with his estranged son, James.
Director: Paul Andrew Williams | Stars: Terence Stamp, Gemma Arterton, Christopher Eccleston, Vanessa Redgrave
Votes: 7,973 | Gross: $1.70M
14. King of Masked Singer (2015– )
100 min | Game-Show, Music, Reality-TV
"King of Masked Singer" is a thrilling South Korean singing competition program that hides all identifiable markers of a person so that only the pure vocal talents shine through! Wearing ... See full summary »
Stars: KAI, Ji Sang-Ryeol, Park Jeong-hwa, Bong-Sun Shin
Votes: 65
15. My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks Animated (2014)
TV-Y | 75 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Three mysterious girls show up at canterlot high and cause trouble. With the magic of friendship, they want to defeat the mysterious girls.
Directors: Jayson Thiessen, Ishi Rudell | Stars: Tara Strong, Ashleigh Ball, Andrea Libman, Tabitha St. Germain
Votes: 3,596
16. Bamse (2022)
92 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The movie is a feel good drama that tells the story of Danish singer Flemming "Bamse" Jørgensen.
Director: Henrik Ruben Genz | Stars: Anders W. Berthelsen, Johanne Louise Schmidt, Henrik Birch, Lars Ranthe
Votes: 808
17. Nightcap (2000)
Not Rated | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In Lausanne, the aspirant pianist Jeanne Pollet has lunch with her mother Louise Pollet, her boyfriend Axel and his mother. Lenna leans that when she was born, a nurse had mistakenly told ... See full summary »
Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Jacques Dutronc, Anna Mouglalis, Rodolphe Pauly
Votes: 5,977 | Gross: $0.44M
18. Broken Hill (2009)
PG | 102 min | Drama, Family, Music
A sheep-rancher's son aspires to win a music conservatory scholarship, but to apply he needs musicians who can play his music. Circumstances lead him to form a band out of prison inmates.
Director: Dagen Merrill | Stars: Luke Arnold, Alexa PenaVega, Rhys Wakefield, Timothy Hutton
Votes: 762 | Gross: $0.05M
19. Night Song (1947)
Approved | 102 min | Drama, Romance, Music
When a beautiful socialite falls in love with an embittered composer who is blind, she feigns blindness herself in order to get closer to him.
Director: John Cromwell | Stars: Dana Andrews, Merle Oberon, Ethel Barrymore, Hoagy Carmichael
Votes: 677
20. Los Bando (2018)
94 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
A young band from Norway sets out on a journey across the country to attend the National Championship of Rock in a race against time, police and parents.
Director: Christian Lo | Stars: Tage Johansen Hogness, Jakob Dyrud, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, Tiril Marie Høistad Berger
Votes: 425
21. 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: 75
22. After the Deluge (2003 TV Movie)
194 min | Drama, Romance
Follows the stories of the four men of the Kirby family. As Alex's marriage breaks apart, Toby tries desperately to start a family, and Marty tries to kick-start his faded music career as ... See full summary »
Director: Brendan Maher | Stars: David Wenham, Hugo Weaving, Samuel Johnson, Aden Young
Votes: 293
23. Fanfare (1958)
86 min | Comedy, Music
After a fight the brass band in a small village splits up into two separate bands. They both want to win a contest and will do anything to prevent the other band from winning it.
Director: Bert Haanstra | Stars: Hans Kaart, Bernard Droog, Ineke Brinkman, Wim Van den Heuvel
Votes: 866
24. Visual Prison (2021– )
TV-14 | Animation, Music, Musical
A powerful vampire musical contest under the Scarlet Moon. The winner is bestowed the ultimate power that can change the world.
Stars: Nobunaga Shimazaki, Takuya Eguchi, Makoto Furukawa, Shoya Chiba
Votes: 78
25. War Dance (2007)
PG-13 | 105 min | Documentary, Music, War
Three children living in a displacement camp in northern Uganda compete in their country's national music and dance festival.
Directors: Sean Fine, Andrea Nix | Stars: Dominic, Nancy, Rose, Jane Adong
Votes: 1,199 | Gross: $0.11M
26. Fiddlin' (2018)
92 min | Documentary, Music
Winning over 20 awards on the festival circuit, FIDDLIN' had a nationwide U.S. theatrical event tour playing upwards of 50 markets and rocketed to the top of the iTunes Doc Charts upon ... See full summary »
Director: Julie Simone | Stars: Presley Barker, Wayne C. Henderson, Kitty Amaral, Dori Freeman
Votes: 550 | Gross: $0.05M
27. Afghan Star (2009)
Unrated | 110 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary about the simultaneously unifying and divisive effects of Afghanistan's version of the TV talent show format on its society. It focuses on "Afghan Star" which airs on the Tolo TV channel in Afghanistan.
Director: Havana Marking | Stars: Rafi Naabzada, Lima Sahar, Hameed Sakhizada, Setara Hussainzada
Votes: 1,018 | Gross: $0.10M
28. Project Icon (2023)
58 min | Reality-TV
Jordan North hosts the music competition devised by Jason Derulo. Derulo, his manager Frank Harris and British singer Becky Hill mentor eight aspiring recording artists as they are set challenges to compete for a life changing prize.
Stars: Jason Derulo, Becky Hill, Frank Harris, Jordan North
Votes: 21
29. Bach et Bottine (1986)
G | 96 min | Comedy, Drama, Family
Fanny is a young orphan girl who is sent to live with her detached Uncle Jonathan when her grandmother enters a nursing home. As Jonathan prepares for an organ recital of music by Bach, he ... See full summary »
Director: André Melançon | Stars: Mahée Paiement, Doris Blanchet-Vasiloff, Denis Bernard, Véronique Lavoie
Votes: 561
30. The Eurovision Song Contest (2018 TV Special)
180 min | Music, Talk-Show
The 2018 edition of the long-running annual international TV song competition.
Directors: Troels Lund, Paula Macedo, Pedro Miguel Martins, Francisco Antunez | Stars: Catarina Furtado, Daniela Ruah, Filomena Cautela, Sílvia Alberto
Votes: 345
31. Chops (2007)
Not Rated | 88 min | Documentary, Music
Each year, Jazz at Lincoln Center and its artistic director Wynton Marsalis host the Essentially Ellington Festival, a competition of high school jazz bands from across the country. Bruce ... See full summary »
Director: Bruce Broder
Votes: 139
32. Survival Audition K-pop Star (2011– )
80 min | Documentary, Game-Show, Music
Survival Audition K-pop Star is a South Korean reality TV competition series where three entertainment/talent agencies in South Korea hold worldwide auditions to find the next potential K-Pop stars.
Stars: J.Y. Park, Hyeon-Seok Yang, BoA, Do-hyun Yoon
33. Melodi Grand Prix 2024 (2024)
Music
National music competition to select Norway's entry for Eurovision Song Contest Malmö 2024 (2024).
Stars: Marion Ravn, Fredrik Solvang, Markus Neby, Gåte
Votes: 6
34. Melodi Grand Prix 2023 (2023)
Music
National music competition to select Norway's entry for Eurovision Song Contest Liverpool 2023 (2023).
Stars: Stian Thorbjørnsen, Arian Engebø, Andreas Haukeland, Alexandra Rotan
Votes: 9
35. Yeogiboda eodingae (2007)
106 min | Drama, Romance
Twenty-something Su-yeon wants to be somewhere that isn't nowhere.
Director: Seung-young Lee | Stars: Su-yeon Cha, Yu Ha-jun, Jun-seok Bang, Lee Eol
Votes: 38
36. Intervision Song Contest - schlager i kalla krigets skugga (2020 TV Movie)
59 min | Documentary, Music
The Intervision Song Contest was a socialist answer to the Eurovision Song Contest. A documentary with archival material from former Eastern European television companies and interviews with those involved.
Director: Oskar Anesten | Stars: Marion Rung, Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Pia Koivunen, Henrik Meinander
Votes: 17
37. Why Competitions (2011)
78 min | Documentary
Nobody less than the Hungarian Bela Bartok once declared: "Competitions are for horses, not artists!" Using the example of the Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, the documentary film "Why ... See full summary »
Director: Christine Jezior | Stars: Ivo Pogorelich, Martha Argerich, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Garrick Ohlsson
Votes: 13
38. Jen ho nechte, at se bojí (1978)
89 min | Comedy, Musical
The song "Ribwort and Rosemary" by Ales Brabec (Ludek Sobota), a shy supply teacher of musical school, wins the music festival in Krumlov. The song interpreter Marcela (Helena Vondrácková) ... See full summary »
Director: Ladislav Rychman | Stars: Ludek Sobota, Helena Vondrácková, Petr Nározný, Miloslav Simek
Votes: 130
39. The Eurovision Song Contest (1996 TV Special)
Music
Director: Pål Veiglum | Stars: Ingvild Bryn, Morten Harket, Paul Abela, Olli Ahvenlahti
Votes: 104
40. Virtuózok (2014– )
Music
Stars: Ádám Bosze, András Batta, Gergely Kesselyák, Erika Miklósa
Votes: 13
41. Melodi Grand Prix (2008 TV Special)
Music
Director: Ole Jørgen Grønlund | Stars: Veronica Akselsen, Ann-Mari Andersen, Avalanche, Nicholas Carlie
42. Melodi Grand Prix 2021 (2021)
Music
Stars: Kåre Magnus Bergh, Ronny Brede Aase, Ingrid Gjessing Linhave, Silje Nordnes
Votes: 7
43. Melodi Grand Prix 2019 (2019 TV Special)
140 min | Music
Stars: Kåre Magnus Bergh, Heidi Ruud Ellingsen, Netta Barzilai, Bobbysocks
Votes: 6
44. The Eurovision Song Contest: Semi Final 2 (2018 TV Special)
134 min | Music
Directors: Troels Lund, Paula Macedo, Pedro Miguel Martins | Stars: Daniela Ruah, Jessica Mauboy, Alexander Rybak, Filomena Cautela
Votes: 55
45. The Eurovision Song Contest: Semi Final 1 (2018 TV Special)
133 min | Music
Directors: Troels Lund, Paula Macedo, Pedro Miguel Martins | Stars: Daniela Ruah, Rylan Clark, Scott Mills, Netta Barzilai
Votes: 60
46. Harp Dreams (2010 TV Movie)
Documentary, Biography, Music
Thirty-two competitors from around the world compete in the triennial international harp competition in Indiana. This film presents a taste of the grueling challenges of preparing for this ... See full summary »
Director: Susanne Schwibs
Votes: 27
47. Our Last Days ...in Moscow (1987)
55 min | Documentary
Pianist Kuo-Yen performs at the Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Mosco,, accompanied by her boyfriend Pierre Jasmin.
Director: Martin Duckworth | Stars: Kuo-Yen Lee, Pierre Jasmin, Bella Akhmadulina, Alexei Bruni
48. Rap for Youth (2020– )
75 min | Game-Show, Music, Reality-TV
Rap for Youth (Shuo Chang Xin Shi Dai) is a Chinese rap streaming competition television series that airs on the digital and streaming service Bilibili. The show features regular judges ... See full summary »
Stars: MC HotDog, Higher Brothers, Siwei Ma, DZknow
Votes: 6
49. Let's Dooweedoo (2023)
Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Family
This is the story of four school-going cousin sisters, collectively known as the Noise Gang, who are always in the mood to dooweedoo with everyone they see.
Director: Chander Mohan | Stars: Diya Varma Gatike, Raj Varma Gatike, Tanvi Radhika Govindavajhala, Chander Mohan
50. One Minute for Conductors (2013)
87 min | Documentary, Music
More than 130 young conductors participate in the Antonio Pedrotti International Conducting Competition, in the Italian city of Trento. During one week they will have to pass several ... See full summary »
Directors: Angel Esteban, Elena Goatelli
Votes: 14