Movies and TvShows featuring "music-performance" theme.
Erika Kohut, a piano teacher at a prestigious conservatory, becomes obsessed with one of her students and engages in a dangerous and destructive relationship.
A young girl dreams of becoming a singer-songwriter and finds herself caught in a Christmas romance with a coworker while facing the challenges of her stepmother and stepsister. With the help of her friends and her magical fairy godmother, she must overcome obstacles and find her own happy ending.
Beyond the Lights is a drama film that follows the story of a young singer who struggles with the pressures of fame and the expectations placed on her by her domineering mother. She attempts suicide but is saved by a police officer. As their relationship develops, she begins to find love and support in unexpected places. The movie explores themes of success, identity, and the price of fame.
A widowed father and former musician, Frank, discovers his teenage daughter, Sam, has a talent for songwriting. As they bond over music, they start a pop-rock band and face the challenges of balancing their dreams with reality.
In a warehouse in the heart of Los Angeles, a dwindling handful of devoted craftspeople maintain more than 80,000 student musical instruments, the largest remaining workshop in America of its kind. Meet four unforgettable characters whose broken-and-repaired lives have been dedicated to bringing so much more than music to the schoolchildren of this city.
Louis van Beethoven is a biographical drama that explores the life of the renowned German composer. Set in the 1800s, the movie depicts Beethoven's struggles with deafness, his relationships, and his impact on classical music.
When a small-town girl travels to the big city for a costume party, she unexpectedly falls in love with a charming bachelor. Together, they navigate a series of misadventures and discover the true meaning of Christmas.
Elbow frontman and broadcaster Guy Garvey lifts the lid on two decades of TV gold – with era-defining musical performances, long lost studio appearances and revealing interviews that have remained on the shelves for decades. The series is centred around shows which were made by ITV companies around the country – from Tony Wilson and Granada TV’s So It Goes to Tyne Tees’ ground-breaking Channel 4 series The Tube and LWT’s The London Weekend Show - chronicling not just changing musical tastes but evolution in the UK’s social and cultural history too. The series travels from Punk and New Wave to the birth of ‘Madchester’.
This documentary explores the life and music of Lightnin' Hopkins, a legendary blues musician known for his unique guitar playing and soulful vocals. It delves into his humble beginnings in rural Texas, his struggles and triumphs as a musician, and his impact on the blues genre. The film also showcases Hopkins' passion for fishing, snake handling, and his deep connection to his community and church.
One Trick Pony follows the story of a musician who was once successful but is now attempting to make a comeback in the music industry. Along the way, he faces the challenges of a failing marriage, creative differences with his record label, and the disillusionment of being a one-hit wonder. The movie explores themes of fame, compassion, and the price of success.
An emerging rock band, managed by industry vet Jimmy Kleen, strike a deal with record executive Rick Roland. Things take a sinister turn when the band's lead singer, Rachel, and her mother Barb are struck by lightning and killed. Rachel is brought back to life, but she is different than before. Lightning courses through her veins and she uses her new strange electrical powers to drain the life from men, turning it into electrifying stage performances, but just how far are the band willing to go to make it.
Moby Doc is a biographical documentary that delves into the life and music of famous musician Moby. It explores his rise to fame, struggles with alcoholism, and his advocacy for animal rights.
Marlon, an insecure and not-so-attractive photographer, is hit with a spell that every night transforms him into Brando, a handsome womanizer. Things will get harder when the spell becomes his biggest obstacle to obtain true love.
Shana's parents and sister are murdered after her father learns how to return to life after death. Shana is knowledgeable about said procedure, which is desired by foreign interests, who have even Shana's boyfriend helping them. Accounting for additional characters and footage is the fact that actress Shana is in the entertainment industry. So, Shana becomes both the pursuer - intent on avenging her family's deaths - and the pursued.
Soul Power is a documentary film that takes place in the 1970s and focuses on the preparations and performances of various musicians and artists leading up to the Rumble in the Jungle boxing match. The film showcases the vibrant soul music and African culture of the time, as well as the comeback of a heavyweight champion.
A vampire in the East Village picks up women, and while having sex with them kills them and drinks their blood. Meanwhile, a young Puerto Rican guy begins searching the Village for his sister, who is one of the vampire's victims.
In Queensland's outback, a single mother from Brisbane, who's tired of her old life as a singer, bonds with a handsome truck driver, who can also sing but would rather be a cattle breeder, over their love for country music.
After the battle of Kfar Chouba in Lebanon in January 1975, Larbi Nasri, a young Algerian journalist, was caught in the whirlwind of events preceding the civil war. Linked to Maha, Hind, Raouf and Michel who surround Nahla, he witnesses the construction of the myth of Nahla, a singer adored by the Arab population. One day Nahla loses her voice on stage. The atmosphere of crisis that reigns around her is spreading like an infection. Larbi, fascinated, loses his footing and gets bogged down.
The Beatles’ first US concert was watched by a crowd of 8,092 fans at the Washington Coliseum in Washington, DC. The band had traveled from New York to Washington, DC early in the day by rail, as an East Coast snowstorm had caused all flights to be cancelled. The Beatles took to the stage at 8.31pm, and performed 12 songs: ‘Roll Over Beethoven’, ‘From Me To You’, ‘I Saw Her Standing There’, ‘This Boy’, ‘All My Loving’, ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’, ‘Please Please Me’, ‘Till There Was You’, ‘She Loves You’, ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand’, ‘Twist And Shout’ and ‘Long Tall Sally’.
This short film by Les Blank with Skip Gerson features the charismatic legendary blues icon Lightnin' Hopkins sing a beautiful song about a stuttering boy who learns that he can communicate through singing. Also features Billy Bizor on harmonica.