Movies and TvShows featuring "struggling-musician" theme.
Inside Llewyn Davis follows a week in the life of a young singer named Llewyn Davis as he tries to make a name for himself in the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Despite his talent, Llewyn faces numerous obstacles including financial struggles, homelessness, and personal relationships that add to his despair. As he faces rejection and searches for his identity in the midst of a changing music landscape, Llewyn's journey highlights the harsh reality of pursuing a career in the music industry.
Series of shorts that will tell stories of "three sisters raised in your (one) room."
Struggling musician William Brown accidentally kills his obnoxious neighbor Vlad, and attempts to cover it up. However, his accidental reign of terror leads to a pile-up of undead corpses who torment him on his journey to complete his prog-rock magnum opus.
The Fabulous Baker Boys follows the lives of two brothers, Frank and Jack Baker, who form a struggling jazz duo. As they navigate the challenges of their personal and professional lives, including a love triangle and the pressures of the music industry, they must find a way to keep their dreams alive.
This Is It is a documentary that gives viewers a look into the final rehearsal of Michael Jackson's comeback tour. The film captures the hard work, choreography, and dedication that went into preparing for the show. It also explores the emotions and excitement of the performers as they strive to deliver the best performance of their lives. With stunning visuals and incredible music, This Is It is a testament to the talent and artistry of the King of Pop.
Undiscovered follows the lives of a group of aspiring artists in Los Angeles as they navigate the challenges of love, fame, and the music industry. The story revolves around a love triangle between an aspiring actress, an aspiring singer, and a record producer. With dreams of making it big, they face obstacles and discover the importance of staying true to themselves.
Dark Realm is an anthology series hosted by Eric Roberts. The series aired in syndication in the United States for a total of 13 episodes, from May to December 2001.
When a producer refuses to cut Massimo and his band a record unless they hire an "ethnic" singer to spice up the act, he tries to seduce Jing, a Chinese girl with a beautiful voice disinterested in both him and rock, to get her on board. She pretends to cave in in order to escape an arranged marriage, but in the weeks preceding the concert the two begin to grow closer, complicating the secretly fake nature of their relationship.
The journey of an unemployed amateur musician who reluctantly agrees to take care of his young nephew.
During the Great Depression, a music lover and struggling musician seeks a job and comes up with the idea of forming a symphony orchestra with one hundred unemployed men. With determination and passion, they navigate through hard times and endeavor to bring classical music to the struggling masses. Along the way, they face challenges such as class distinctions, sexual tension, and the pursuit of a radio contract.
Mourning his past relationship, heartbroken college senior Austin Caldwell becomes obsessed with the "Big Break" song competition, convinced that the only way he'll be able to move on, is if he wins.
Paris, 1978. In a male-dominated music industry, Ana uses new electronic machines to make herself heard, thus creating a new sound that is destined to mark the decades to come: the music of the future.
A stockbroker caught in a scandal. A television reporter nailed by his own breaking news. A kinky lawyer seeking a new position. A beautiful model in love with sex. A tortured musician. A postman on the verge. Nine friends rendezvous at a resort town for a holiday weekend of partying and fun. With crimes and misdemeanors lurking in the background, they've come to escape everything. But as they cool off and kick back, all hell breaks loose in this sexy comedy/drama.
A San Francisco cab driver find himself in possession of a monkey that is carrying a formula for turning atomic waste into a plutonium bomb. He finds himself framed for a murder and chased…
A struggling musician takes a job as a therapy clown for sick children.
A struggling violin player has his morals tested after he meets a wise musician while playing in the subway who introduces him to the music world in N.Y.C.
The alleys of downtown Manhattan become a modern killing field when corpses begin turning up, disfigured and gruesomely posed to appear as pieces of art.In the frightening climate of the "Art Killer", Peter Sherwood, a struggling musician, is hired to compose for a patron of the arts, and thinks his dreams are coming true. But as the body count continues to rise, the clues surrounding the murders oddly begin to lead police closer and closer to Peter and his new job. Suddenly, all eyes are on Peter and he must scramble to find the real killer - before he becomes his next masterpiece.
When up and coming Hip-Hop artist MATTTHERAPPER allegedly steals the car emblem off of Bryce Corcoran's car, a battle of wits and mental strength ensues, resulting in an appearance on The Gaby Show.
An organ grinder (Orestis Makris) loses his wife from complications during birth. Distraught by her death, he refuses to take care of the baby and gives it to a family (Lavrentis Dianellos and Nitsa Tsaganea) to raise. The child (Jenny Karezi) is raised comfortably, and her natural father is too embarrassed to meet her - until she falls in love with a poor musician (Petros Fysoun), and her foster parents refuse to accept their relationship.
Marc with a C is the stage name of Orlando indie/DIY singer-songwriter Marc Sirdoreus and was formally a persona enacted on stage for over 20 years. This documentary covers their career using only filmed stage performances, interviews, and other video and audio releases published online by Marc or their audience. Made from a myriad of videos with view counts ranging from 15 to 30k, it chronicles their attempts to use music and lyrics to connect to and understand others, as well as their relationship to attention and performance as social media swallows up small artists to turn art into content.