Songwriter Movies, Movies about Songwriter

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) ... ...

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The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

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 »

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Singin' in the Rain

A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.

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The Last Waltz

A film account and presentation of the final concert of The Band.

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Heartworn Highways

The best music and the best whiskey come from the same part of the country.

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Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt

Be Here to Love Me - Chronicles the fascinating and often turbulent life of musician Townes van Zandt.

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Once

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.

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Wallowitch & Ross: This Moment

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 »

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The Young Girls of Rochefort

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.

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Gold Diggers of 1933

A wealthy composer rescues unemployed Broadway performers with a new play.

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Yankee Doodle Dandy

The life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.

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Phantom of the Paradise

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.

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Pillow Talk

An interior decorator and a playboy songwriter share a telephone party line and size each other up.

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The Cream Will Rise

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 »

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Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles

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.

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Bound for Glory

The early life of Woody Guthrie as a vagabond folk singer.

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Eternity: The Movie

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.

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American Pop

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.

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Wag the Dog

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.

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Kiss Me Kate

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.

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Three Little Words

The story of the successful Tin Pan Alley songwriting team of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby is told loosely and lightheartedly.

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Kiss Me, Stupid

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.

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Return of the Secaucus 7

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.

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Bandwagon

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.

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The Idolmaker

Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marcucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalon and Fabian.

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Rhythm on the River

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 »

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Gainsbourg

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.

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Sparkle

Three sisters form a singing group in 1950s Harlem, but success threatens to ruin their relationship forever.

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I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now

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 »

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Nico, 1988

The last year of singer Nico's life, as she tours and grapples with addiction and personal demons.

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Broadway Melody of 1938

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 »

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