Here we've displayed a list of the best Songwriter films : The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story(2009), Singin' in the Rain(1952), The Last Waltz(1978), Heartworn Highways(1976), Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt(2004), Once(2006), Wallowitch & Ross: This Moment(1999), The Young Girls of Rochefort(1967), Gold Diggers of 1933(1933), Yankee Doodle Dandy(1942), Phantom of the Paradise(1974), Pillow Talk(1959) ... ...
Documentary
USA
2009
101 Minutes
Jeff Sherman Richard M. Sherman Robert B. Sherman Julie Andrews Jim Dale Roy Edward Disney Micky Dolenz
songwriter brother coworker friend musician inspiring fascinating studio movie set career brotherhood music legacy filmmaking rise love rivalry 20th century
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 »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1952
102 Minutes
Gene Kelly Debbie Reynolds Donald O'Connor Jean Hagen Millard Mitchell Rita Moreno Douglas Fowley Cyd Charisse Madge Blake King Donovan
actor singer actress friend songwriter filmmaker emotional playful witty hollywood new york city street movie set silent movies movie making song and dance love triangle jealousy media love
A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
Documentary
USA
1978
117 Minutes
musician singer bob dylan songwriter music lover eric clapton uplifting powerful cool san francisco winterland ballroom stage backstage the band bob dylan rock 'n' roll concert retirement lifetime achievement rise
A film account and presentation of the final concert of The Band.
Documentary
USA
1976
92 Minutes
Rodney Crowell Steve Earle
musician country singer songwriter engaging lighthearted positive united states documentaries music country music alcohol music history concert footage folk music discovery 1970s
The best music and the best whiskey come from the same part of the country.
Documentary
USA
2004
99 Minutes
willie nelson emmylou harris steve earle kris kristofferson singer songwriter brooding passionate austin, texas stage townes van zandt country music show business alcoholism mental illness performance wretched excess transformation underdog 1990s
Be Here to Love Me - Chronicles the fascinating and often turbulent life of musician Townes van Zandt.
Musical, Romance, Drama
Ireland
2006
86 Minutes
Glen Hansard Marketa Irglova Hugh Walsh Gerry Hendrick Alaistair Foley Geoff Minogue Bill Hodnett Danuse Ktrestova
singer songwriter repairman florist love interest immigrant charming emotional dreamy ireland store street household romance song and dance hope friendship love triangle love discovery
A modern-day musical about a busker and an immigrant and their eventful week in Dublin, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story.
Documentary
USA
1999
77 Minutes
dancer songwriter actor dance instructor lover pianist touching wild charming new york city club partnership show business homosexuality cabaret john wallowitch bertram ross love adventure 1990s
Shortlisted for the 1999 Academy Award, this non-fiction musical follows John Wallowitch, a star of New York cabaret and partner Bertram Ross, Martha Graham's lead dancer for 20 years. Together they formed the unforgettable cabaret duo "Wallowitch and Ross." A hidden gem of queer cinema recently preserved in the Academy Archives, you'll want to return to this magical little world time and time ... See full summary »
Musical, Romance
France
1967
125 Minutes
Catherine Deneuve Françoise Dorléac Gene Kelly George Chakiris Grover Dale Jacques Perrin Danielle Darrieux Geneviève Thenier Pamela Hart Leslie North
songwriter sister mother carnival worker artist pianist uplifting touching charming dreamy rochefort, france seaside café romance small-town life aspirations chance meeting music growing up quest
Two sisters leave their small seaside town of Rochefort in search of romance. Hired as carnival singers, one falls for an American musician, while the other must search for her ideal partner.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1933
96 Minutes
Joan Blondell Ruby Keeler Dick Powell Aline MacMahon Guy Kibbee Warren William Ned Sparks Ginger Rogers Sterling Holloway Ferdinand Gottschalk Robert Agnew
showgirl singer songwriter theatrical producer wealthy man brother engaging playful rousing new york city apartment broadway theater poverty wealth show business romance deception song and dance underdog love
A wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play.
Musical
USA
1942
126 Minutes
James Cagney Joan Leslie Walter Huston Richard Whorf George Tobias Irene Manning Rosemary DeCamp Jeanne Cagney S.Z. Sakall George Barbier Walter Catlett
george m. cohan father mother sister theatrical producer songwriter patriotic spirited new york city white house theater ambition actors show business patriotism family romance rise 1940s
The life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1974
92 Minutes
Paul Williams William Finley Jessica Harper George Memmoli Gerrit Graham Jeffrey Comanor Archie Hahn Harold Oblong Gene Gross Henry Calvert Ken Carpenter
songwriter record producer singer assistant band leader shocking outlandish creative hedonistic california mansion music hall rock 'n' roll theft accident disfigurement deal with the devil sabotage revenge rivalry
A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.
Romance
USA
1959
103 Minutes
Rock Hudson Doris Day Tony Randall Thelma Ritter Nick Adams Julia Meade Allen Jenkins Marcel Dalio Lee Patrick Mary McCarty Alex Gerry
designer songwriter client doctor college student hilarious cheery lighthearted new york city nightclub cabin connecticut seduction jealousy romance impersonation revenge pursuit temptation rivalry
An interior decorator and a playboy songwriter share a telephone party line and size each other up.
Documentary
USA
1998
90 Minutes
singer mother musician songwriter dark emotional engaging fascinating united states concert stage house troubled childhood artistic struggle music family history identity sophie b. hawkins discovery underdog transformation
The Cream Will Rise is a documentary that exposes the turbulent and troubling side of singer/songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins' early years when a confrontation with her mother forces her to ... See full summary »
Documentary, Music
USA
2019
92 Minutes
songwriter broadway producer actor choreographer broadway star author charming cheery creative inspiring new york city broadway theater stage office tradition religion anti-semitism gender roles female sexuality race
The origin story behind one of Broadway's most beloved musicals, Fiddler on The Roof, and its creative roots in early 1960s New York, when "tradition" was on the wane as gender roles, sexuality, race relations and religion were evolving.
Biography
USA
1976
147 Minutes
David Carradine Ronny Cox Melinda Dillon Gail Strickland John Lehne Randy Quaid Elizabeth Macey Susan Vaill
songwriter union organizer wife okies farmer positive powerful oklahoma texas california farm stage ambition american dream politics music poverty woody guthrie transformation underdog
The early life of Woody Guthrie as a vagabond folk singer.
Comedy
USA
2014
88 Minutes
Barrett Crake Myko Olivier Eric Roberts Martin Kove Jon Gries Nikki Leonti Tamzin Brown Donna Ruko
songwriter musician artist friend witty amusing brash charming united states midwest music friendship success 1980s growing up adventure growing up love pursuit 20th century
Todd Lucas is a naive songwriter from the Midwest. BJ Fairchild is a brash saxophonist from The Valley. Alone, they are pathetic losers. Together, they form the most mediocre R&B duo of the 1980s - Eternity.
Musical, Animation
USA
1981
97 Minutes
immigrant vaudevillian jazz musician songwriter rock star stripper spectacular passionate russia new york city theater studio hotel show business music history vaudeville rock 'n' roll family history rise transformation
The story of four generations of a Russian Jewish immigrant family of musicians whose careers parallel the history of American popular music in the 20th century.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1997
97 Minutes
Dustin Hoffman Robert De Niro Anne Heche Woody Harrelson Denis Leary Willie Nelson Andrea Martin Michael Belson Suzanne Cryer John Michael Higgins Suzie Plakson
spin doctor producer songwriter designer convict adviser crafty amusing washington, d.c. hollywood, calif. mansion soundstage scandal deception war politics media quest fall 1990s
Shortly before an election, a spin-doctor and a Hollywood producer join efforts to fabricate a war in order to cover up a Presidential sex scandal.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1953
109 Minutes
Kathryn Grayson Howard Keel Ann Miller Bobby Van Keenan Wynn James Whitmore Bob Fosse Tommy Rall Kurt Kaszner Ron Randell Carol Haney
actor actress songwriter producer mobster fiancé airy charming theater apartment backstage show business love triangle mistaken identity gambling marriage transformation quest 1950s
An ex-husband and wife team star in a musical version of 'The Taming of the Shrew'; off-stage, the production is troublesome with ex-lovers' quarrels and two gangsters looking for some money owed to them.
Musical
USA
1950
102 Minutes
Fred Astaire Vera-Ellen Red Skelton Arlene Dahl Keenan Wynn Gale Robbins Gloria DeHaven Harry Shannon Debbie Reynolds Paul Harvey Carleton Carpenter
songwriter dancer wife entertainer nightclub owner cheery witty theater new york city backstage partnership friendship songwriting performance disaster second chance adventure rivalry love transformation
The story of the successful Tin Pan Alley songwriting team of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby is told loosely and lightheartedly.
Romance
USA
1964
126 Minutes
Dean Martin Kim Novak Ray Walston Felicia Farr Cliff Osmond Barbara Pepper Doro Merande Howard McNear Henry Gibson Alan Dexter Tommy Nolan
music teacher pop star wife prostitute mechanic songwriter playful witty wild sultry small town nevada family home bar trailer gas station romantic dilemma business scheme jealousy sex appeal
Jealous piano teacher Orville Spooner sends his beautiful wife, Zelda, away for the night while he tries to sell a song to famous nightclub singer Dino, who is stranded in town.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1980
106 Minutes
Mark Arnott Gordon Clapp Maggie Cousineau Brian Johnson Adam LeFevre Bruce MacDonald Jean Passanante Maggie Renzi John Sayles David Strathairn Karen Trott
schoolteacher actress songwriter counselor medical student speechwriter intricate uneasy emotional new hampshire house theater river basketball court reunion friendship nostalgia politics class distinctions male bonding
Seven former college friends, along with a few new friends, gather for a weekend reunion at a summer house in New Hampshire to reminisce about the good old days, when they got arrested on the way to a protest in Washington, DC.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1996
103 Minutes
Kevin Corrigan Steve Parlavecchio Lee Holmes Matthew Hennessey Doug MacMillan Lisa Keller Steph Robinson
bassist guitarist songwriter drummer manager loan shark amusing endearing quirky playful north carolina van recording studio record store nightclub concert stage rock 'n' roll band touring recording sessions
Four young men hardly know each other, but here they are in the most volatile and tenuous of unions: a band. They find themselves hurtling through an exhilarating adventure on a collision course with self discovery, or self destruction.
Musical
USA
1980
119 Minutes
Ray Sharkey Tovah Feldshuh Peter Gallagher Paul Land Joe Pantoliano Maureen McCormick John Aprea Richard Bright Olympia Dukakis
songwriter singer teen idol girlfriend spectacular melodramatic sultry pennsylvania stage apartment backstage street nightclub music pop culture fame rags to riches music industry rise rivalry
Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marcucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalon and Fabian.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1940
92 Minutes
songwriter musician composer friend airy charming inn party pawn shop stage ghost writing secret chance meeting unusual romance music industry deception love quest rivalry 1940s
Popular songwriter Oliver Courtney has been getting by for years using one ghost writer for his music and another for his lyrics. When both writers meet at an inn, they fall in love and ... See full summary »
Biography, Drama, Music
France
2010
130 Minutes
Eric Elmosnino Lucy Gordon Laetitia Casta Doug Jones Anna Mouglalis Mylène Jampanoï Sara Forestier Kacey Mottet Klein Razvan Vasilescu Dinara Droukarova Philippe Katerine
singer songwriter artist emotional paris france women life nazi occupation rise 1960s
A glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through his successful song-writing years in the 1960s to his death in 1991 at the age of 62.
Musical
USA
1976
100 Minutes
Philip Michael Thomas Irene Cara Lonette McKee Dwan Smith Mary Alice Dorian Harewood Tony King Beatrice Winde Paul Lambert Joyce Easton De Wayne Jessie
mother singer sister songwriter gangster pimp emotional tense harlem, n.y. church long island, n.y. stage club apartment sibling rivalry show business drug addiction kidnapping struggle fame
Three sisters form a singing group in 1950s Harlem, but success threatens to ruin their relationship forever.
Musical, Romance
USA
1947
108 Minutes
singer songwriter performers love interest beautiful woman charming united states stage philadelphia concert hall music industry concert tour success deception rise rivalry love 1910s
A biopic of the career of Joe Howard (12 Feb.,1878 - 19 May, 1961), famous songwriter of the early 20th Century. Howard wrote the title song, Goodbye, My Lady Love; and Hello, My Baby among... See full summary »
Biography, Music, Drama, History
Italy|Belgium
2017
94 Minutes
Trine Dyrholm Sàndor Funtek Anamaria Marinca Karina Fernandez Calvin Demba Gordon John Sinclair Thomas Trabacchi Francesco Colella
singer songwriter musician manager son rock star brooding emotional moving raw tense gripping europe stage restaurant road vehicle interview room isolation music business
The last year of singer Nico's life, as she tours and grapples with addiction and personal demons.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1937
110 Minutes
Robert Taylor Eleanor Powell Judy Garland George Murphy Binnie Barnes Buddy Ebsen Sophie Tucker Raymond Walburn Robert Benchley Charley Grapewin Robert Wildhack
songwriter dancer producer wealthy woman partner horse trainer cheery playful engaging new york city broadway theater baltimore racetrack train stage musical revue financial crisis dance romance deception
Steve Raleigh wants to produce a show on Broadway. He finds a backer, Herman Whipple and a leading lady, Sally Lee, however his wife Caroline Whipple forces Steve to use a known star, not a... See full summary »