Movies (101) tagged by 'Jazz'
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Dreamgirls (2006)
Based on the Broadway musical, a trio of black female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960's.
Cadillac Records (2008)
In this tale of sex, violence, race, and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, "Cadillac Records" follows the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's music...
That Thing You Do! (1996)
Set in the 1964 and steeped in Americana, this Tom Hanks's directorial debut chronicles the meteoric rise--and equally quick demise--of a music group called t...
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday. Her late childhood, stint as a prostitute, early tours, marriages and drug addiction are...
Short Cuts (1994)
A study of the human condition examining the intertwined lives of 22 people. Based on Raymond Carver's stories.
Big Night (1997)
Two Italian brothers hope to save their failing restaurant by preparing a feast for bandleader Louis Prima.
The Legend of 1900 (1999)
Shortly after the Second World War, Max, a transplanted American, visits an English pawn shop to sell his trumpet. The shopkeeper recognizes the tune Max plays ...
The White Countess (2006)
Russian Countess Sofia Belinskya remembers old times of opulence and fancy dance parties, while she's living exiled in Shanghai, during the 1930s. Now, she has...
Round Midnight (1986)
In 'Round Midnight, real-life jazz legend Dexter Gordon brilliantly portrays the fictional tenor sax player Dale Turner, a musician slowly losing the battle wi...
High Society (1956)
C.K. Dexter-Haven, a successful popular jazz musician, lives in a mansion near his ex-wife's Tracy Lord's family estate. She is on the verge of marrying a man ...
The Cotton Club (1985)
The Cotton Club was a famous night club in Harlem. The story follows the people that visited the club, those that ran it, and is peppered with the Jazz music th...
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Opens with Bleek as a child learning to play the trumpet, his friends want him to come out and play but mother insists he finish his lessons. Bleek grows into a...
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
Director Alexander Mackendrick breaks away from black comedy (THE LADYKILLERS) and goes for full-fledged noir in this spectacular hard-boiled tale of greed, c...
Sweet and Lowdown (2000)
In the 1930s a great jazz guitarist clashes with lovers, gangsters and other musicians.
Lulu on the Bridge (1998)
Writer Paul Auster made his solo directorial debut with this romantic drama about an affair between a middle-aged musician and an aspiring actress. Hit by a s...
Shadows (1959)
Two brothers (Hugh Hurd, Ben Carruthers) and a sister (Lelia Goldoni) live in fringe worlds in Manhattan.
Young Man With a Horn (1950)
Aimless youth Rick Martin learns he has a gift for music and falls in love with the trumpet. Legendary trumpeter Art Hazzard takes Rick under his wing and tea...
The Grand Seduction (2013)
The small harbor of Tickle Cove is in dire need of a doctor so that the town can land a contract to secure a factory which will save the town from financial rui...
Dementia (1955)
MAYBE: A girl lies on a bed in a cheap hotel room. She gets dressed and goes into the street. She walks through dark alleys. She is assaulted by a drunk.A cop ...
On the Shoulders of Giants (2011)
In 1939 an all-black basketball team plays a competitive white team and helps usher in an era of creative energy known as the Harl...
Beat Girl (1961)
Paul, a divorced architect, marries Nichole, a woman from Paris. His teen daughter Jenny has fallen in with the English beatnik scene and likes to hang out in c...
Chico & Rita (2010)
A pianist and his chanteuse lover hit the jazz-bebop scenes on their way from Cuba to New York.
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
A new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty.
Yesterday Was a Lie (2008)
Hoyle, a girl with a sharp mind and a weakness for bourbon, finds herself on the trail of a reclusive genius...
A Day’s Pleasure (1919)
Father takes his family for a drive in their falling-apart Model T Ford, gets in trouble in traffic, and spends the day on an excursion boat. As the boat is abo...
The Jazz Singer (1927)
The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy his father in order to pursue his dream of becoming a jazz singer.
Night Tide (1961)
On leave in a shore side town, Johnny becomes interested in a young dark haired woman. They meet and he learns that she plays a mermaid in the local carnival. ...
Born to Be Blue (2015)
A re-imagining of jazz legend Chet Baker's musical comeback in the late '60s.
The Jazz Baroness (2009)
Contemporary filmmaker Hannah Rothschild tries to uncover the real story behind her great aunt's sudden disappearance. In 1951 the beautiful married mother of f...
And All That Jazz (1983)
Set in 1952, film tells the story of young musicians playing - then forbidden - jazz music in basements and attics around Poland. The group hires itself to soci...
The Jazzman (2009)
Follows the life of musician John Kadly who struggled to fulfill his calling as a jazz drummer while living in the shadow of his famous jazz musician father. Th...
Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky (2016)
During the One Year War of U.C. 0079, the Earth Federation's "Moore Brotherhood" and the Principality of Zeon's "Living Dead Division" engage in a fierce battle...
All Night Long (1962)
The film, based on Othello, is neatly positioned as a vehicle to showcase some of the best Jazz musicians of the period - including Dave Brubeck and Charlie Min...
The Tic Code (1999)
A 10 year old gifted boy wants to be a jazz pianist much to the chagrin of his more classical oriented piano instructor. With his mother's help, he is an undera...
Jeff Beck Performing This Week Live at Ronnie Scotts (2008)
Jeff Beck played 5 night at Ronnie Scott's Club in Soho, London with special guests - this is a record of those nights.
Nina Simone La legende (1992)
Personal documentary about legendary singer Nina Simone.
Keep on Keepin' On (2014)
A documentary that follows jazz legend Clark Terry over four years to document the mentorship between Terry and 23-year-old blind piano prodigy Justin Kauflin a...
Lush Life (1993)
Superb drama about two best friends who play jazz in night clubs.
Nina Simone Live at Ronnie Scott's (2003)
Nina Simone delivering an intense emotional performance at the legendary Ronnie Scott's in London in 1985. This brilliant performance is a testament to the fact...
Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz (1997)
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Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singe (2007)
A tribute to jazz diva Anita O'Day, completed just weeks before her death in November 2006.
Desperate Man Blues (2003)
A documentary of the life of record collector Joe Bussard.
Melodías de ciudad (2008)
Melodías de ciudad: Documentary, Musical and Concert, Melodias de Ciudad (City Melodies) is an apology of independent urban music which develops outside the hit...
Bolden (2019)
A mythical account of the life of Buddy Bolden, the first Cornet King of New Orleans.
From the Mouthpiece on Back (2008)
From the Mouthpiece On Back is a feature-length documentary about courage, hope, optimism, love, respect, some wind and water -- and kick-ass brassy jazz music ...
Can't Be Heaven (2000)
Everyone eventually meets the love of their lives. Sometimes, like Danny and Julia, that person comes along when you are 13 years old. Other times, like Hubbie ...
The Gene Krupa Story (1959)
The story of legendary jazz drummer, Gene Krupa. Since his youth, all Gene ever wanted to do is play the drums and make music. This is something his parents wou...
Charles Mingus Triumph of the Underdog (1998)
This documentary focuses on the life and music of jazz composer Charles Mingus (1922-1979), combining archival footage and interviews with two of his wives, Sue...
Let's Get Lost (1988)
Documentary on the life of jazz trumpeter and drug addict Chet Baker. Fascinating series of interviews with friends, family, associates and lovers, interspersed...
Song of the Thin Man (1947)
Nick and Nora investigate the murder of a bandleader in New York.
Space Is the Place (1974)
Sun Ra--space-age prophet, pharoanic jester, shaman-philosopher and avant-jazz keyboardist/bandleader--lands his spaceship in Oakland, having been presumed lost...
Black Ruby (2017)
Jules and Louis, hustlers and jazz musicians struggle to create a hit when a black-Hispanic escort named Ruby interrupts their lives distracting their music and...
Intangible Asset No. 82 (2008)
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.
The Five Pennies (1959)
Loring "Red" Nichols is a cornet-playing country boy who goes to New York in the 1920s full of musical ambition and principles. He gets a job playing ...
Stormy Monday (1988)
A crooked American businessman tries to push the shady influential owner of a nightclub in Newcastle, England to sell him the club. The club's new employee and ...
The Secret Fury (1950)
A woman preparing to marry her fiance is accused of bigamy by a stranger but she fights back by trying to prove she's the victim of a conspiracy designed to dis...
Chuck Mangione Friends & Love (1971)
Legendary jazz artist and composer Chuck Mangione performs in, and conducts, his "Friends & Love" concert with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Songs inclu...
Jivin' in Be-Bop (1946)
A musical film in the style of a documentary, featuring 19 musical and dance numbers, by many notable musicians.
My Foolish Heart (2018)
The last day of legendary jazz trumpeter Chet Baker.
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019)
Miles Davis: Horn player, bandleader, innovator. This documentary feature explores archival photos and home movies shot by Miles and his colleagues, his manuscr...
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022)
Follow the life and legacy of the master and so-called founding father of jazz, America's first pop star, and cultural ambassador.
The Joker Is Wild (1957)
Frank Sinatra plays Joe E. Lewis, a famous comedian of the 1930s-50s. When the movie opens, Lewis is a young, talented singer who performs in speakeasies. When ...
Death of a Prophet (1981)
After breaking ties with the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X became a man marked for death...and it was just a matter of time before his enemies closed in. Despite d...
Sven Klang's Combo (1976)
Sweden 1958. In a small provincial town there is a band who plays dance music twice every week. All decisions are made by Sven Klang, the undisputed leader of t...
Play Murder for Me (1990)
Paul Slater, a down and out saxophone player, runs into his former lover at his nightclub in Buenos Aires. Tricia seduces Paul into helping her kill her wealthy...
Brown Paper Bag (2019)
The year is 1942, and Archie Glass Is trying to get into Hollywood. His chance comes as he is offered a job: Find a young white movie star before the press repo...
Jazz on a Summer's Day (1959)
Set at the Newport jazz festival in 1958, this documentary mixes images of water and the town with performers and audience. The film progresses from day to nigh...
The Girls in the Band (2011)
The untold stories of female jazz and big band instrumentalists and their journeys from the late 1930's to the present day.
Dingo (1991)
Traces the pilgrimage of John Anderson, an average guy with a passion for jazz, from his home in outback Western Australia to the jazz clubs of Paris, to meet h...
Tin Pan Alley Cats (1943)
A jazz cartoon involving a "Fats Waller"-like cat who leaves the "Uncle Tomcat Mission" for the local jazz club.
Black and Tan (1929)
Duke Ellington in a jazz musical short with a tragic plotline.
Ornette: Made in America (1985)
It captures Ornette's evolution over three decades. Returning home to Fort Worth, Texas in 1983, it chronicles his boyhood in segregated Texas and his subsequen...
Two Men in Manhattan (1959)
A French UN delegate has disappeared into thin air, sending reporter Moreau (Jean-Pierre Melville) and hard drinking photographer Delmas (Pierre Grasset) on an ...
The Wedding (1998)
In 1950s Massachusetts, a wealthy black woman engaged to a poor white beatnik learns about her family history. The stories revolve around the racial and class c...
Jazz Fest: A New Orleans Story (2022)
A film that not only captures the signature annual music and cultural event that has been called America's greatest festival in all of its beauty and glory...
I Love to Singa (1936)
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.
Monk in Europe (2022)
In 1968, we had the opportunity to spend time with Thelonious Monk and his musicians, following him in New York, Atlanta, and in various European cities. In New...
Syncopation (1942)
Covering a quarter-century of American 'syncopated" music (Ragtime, Jazz, Swing, Blues, Boogie Woogie)from prior to WWI through prohibition, the stock-...
End of the Road (1970)
After a catatonic episode on a railway station platform, Jacob Horner is taken to "The Farm", a bizarre insane asylum run by Doctor D. After being cur...
Nada sô sô (2006)
8-year old Yotaro gains a 3-year old step-sister, Kaoru, when his mother marries a jazz musician who plays in a club in Naha, Okinawa where they live. Before lo...
Cool Daddy (2021)
COOL DADDY tells the story of a man desperately trying to be a good father after a lifetime spent trying to be a great star.
The Jazz Ambassadors (2018)
The Cold War and Civil Rights collide in this remarkable story of music, diplomacy and race. Beginning in 1955, when America asked its greatest jazz artists to ...
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1992)
A documentary film about the life of pianist and jazz great Thelonious Sphere Monk. Features live performances by Monk and his band, and interviews with friends...
Buta to gunkan (1961)
A young hoodlum decides to work for a criminal organization that is tearing itself apart.
Wild Man Blues (1997)
Academy Award-winner Barbara Kopple directs this documentary portrait of Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner Woody Allen, seen traveling with friends and fell...
Three Little Bops (1957)
Three pigs' career as a jazz band is complicated by a wolf they rejected for membership who keeps blowing down their gigs.
Trap Jazz (2023)
Atlanta musicians behind some of the biggest names in music embark on an uncertain journey into the spotlight with a new genre of music that fuses trap music wi...
Louis Prima: The Wildest! (1999)
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Begone Dull Care (1950)
Abstract images drawn directly onto the film are accompanied by three pieces of jazz performed by the Oscar Peterson trio.
Hollywood Collection: The Worlds of Harry Connick Jr. (1999)
Narrated by Harry himself in a candid look at his own life and career, the program features interviews with jazz greats Branford and Wynton Marsalis and their f...
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