20 movies like Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got, ordered by similarity : Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul(2017), I Called Him Morgan(2016), Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story(2015), Passion(2010), Two Trains Runnin'(2016), Jazz on a Summer's Day(1959), The Nomi Song(2004), Studio 54: The Documentary(2018), Carmen & Geoffrey(2006), The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story(2009), A Great Day in Harlem(1994), Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami(2017) ...
Documentary
Canada
1985
114 Minutes
Artie Shaw Helen Forrest Mel Torme Evelyn Keyes Polly Haynes John Wexley
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Documentary cataloging the life and music of the band leader and clarinetist, Artie Shaw.
Documentary
UK
2017
90 Minutes
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The story of singer Joe Cocker is told through archive footage and interviews for close associates.
Documentary
Sweden|USA
2016
92 Minutes
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An exploration of the relationship between jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan and his common-law wife Helen, who was implicated in his murder in 1972.
Documentary
2015
94 Minutes
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Storyboard artist Harold Michelson and his wife, film researcher Lillian Michelson, were once considered the heart of Hollywood.
Documentary
Italy|USA|Germany
2010
90 Minutes
Max Casella Lina Sastri Peppe Servillo Fiorello
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A look at the musical roots and traditions of Naples, Italy, as well as its influence on the rest of the world.
Documentary
2016
80 Minutes
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In June of 1964, two groups of young men travel to Mississippi. Though neither group was aware of the other, each had come on the same errand: to find an old blues singer and coax him out of retirement.
Documentary, Music
USA
1959
85 Minutes
Gerry Mulligan Louis Armstrong Dinah Washington Thelonious Monk Anita O'Day Chuck Berry Mahalia Jackson Danny Barcelona Urbie Green
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The highlights of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival.
Documentary
Germany
2004
99 Minutes
Klaus Nomi
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Having failed to break into professional opera in his native Germany (where, as an usher in West Berlin's Deutsche Oper, he would serenade the staff after the 'real' performances were over)... See full summary »
Gay & Lesbian, Documentary
USA
2018
98 Minutes
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The story of the notorious 1970s New York City nightclub.
Documentary
USA
2006
79 Minutes
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This intimate documentary follows careers of two remarkable personalities: Carmen de Lavallade, a dynamic dancer and choreographer from California who moved to New York with Alvin Ailey and... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2009
101 Minutes
Jeff Sherman Richard M. Sherman Robert B. Sherman Julie Andrews Jim Dale Roy Edward Disney Micky Dolenz
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In 1981, black journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal was arrested for the murder of white Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner and was convicted of it in 1982. More than 25 years later, the ... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
1994
60 Minutes
Quincy Jones Dizzy Gillespie Sonny Rollins Buck Clayton Art Blakey Hank Jones Art Farmer Johnny Griffin Milt Hinton Chubby Jackson
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The documentary compiles interviews of all the top jazz musicians in NYC in the year 1958, for a piece in Esquire magazine.
Documentary, Music
Ireland|UK
2017
116 Minutes
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Larger than life, wild, scary and androgynous - Grace Jones plays all these parts. Yet here we also discover her as a lover, daughter, mother, sister and even grandmother, as she submits ... See full summary »
Documentary
1990
85 Minutes
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Filmmaker Chuck Workman profiles pop artist Andy Warhol through interviews with friends and colleagues.
Documentary
USA
2016
87 Minutes
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What we know today about many famous musicians, politicians, and actresses is due to the famous work of photographer Harry Benson. He captured vibrant and intimate photos of the most famous... See full summary »
Documentary, Music
USA
2018
95 Minutes
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Documentary about rock star Joan Jett.
Biography, Documentary, Music
Canada|UK
2019
97 Minutes
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An in-depth look at the relationship between the late musician Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse Marianne Ihlen.
Documentary
Canada
1977
90 Minutes
Jean Gascon James Mason Joseph Wiseman
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Documentary, Music
2017
86 Minutes
Tessa Pollitt Viv Albertine Gina Birch Palmolive Don Letts Dennis Bovell
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The tale of the formation, journey and end of the seminal Punk/Reggae band The Slits.
Documentary
USA
1970
184 Minutes
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Oscar-winning musical chronicle that brilliantly captures the three-day rock concert and celebration of peace and love that became a capstone for the Sixties.
Documentary
USA
1978
117 Minutes
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A film account and presentation of the final concert of The Band.