Movies and TvShows featuring "amateur-contest" theme.

Emmet Ray is a fictional jazz guitarist in the 1930s who has an obsession with himself and considers himself the second-greatest guitarist in the world after Django Reinhardt. Ray is an egocentric, self-destructive, and irresponsible musician who becomes involved in various misadventures, including counterfeiting and falling in love with a mute woman.

Audition (1964) is a documentary that follows a young rock band in Czechoslovakia during the 1960s. The film captures their music rehearsals, short stories, experimental film techniques, and the twists and turns of their journey in the music industry. It explores themes of youth, passion, and the challenges faced by amateur musicians in a changing society.

In 'A Run for Your Money,' a con artist hatches a plan to steal the crown jewels by posing as an artist and participating in an amateur contest. However, he soon finds himself in a cultural clash in the streets of London, facing unexpected obstacles and hilarious mishaps along the way. Will he be able to pull off the ultimate heist or will his antics land him in trouble?

Bob Brent, a young Marine from Arkansas, impresses his comrades with his singing ability, and they pitch in to send him to New York to compete in an amateur contest. Success in the contest, however, sets him up for trouble in romance, in his career, and with the Corps.

A famous singer, bored with music and fans, goes to live in Mexico. His manager sends a woman to bring him back. They fall in love.

Larry Brewster, partner in the music publishing firm of Brewster and Crow, returns from a trip to find that his partner, J.C. Crow has hired Pat O'Rourke as a song plugger.

Alfalfa and Butch are competing in an amateur radio contest, and Butch tries to fix it so that he will win.