mdblist.com logo Movie Search


Ratings
  • 0
  • 5
  • 10
  • 15
  • 20
  • 25
  • 30
  • 35
  • 40
  • 45
  • 50
  • 55
  • 60
  • 65
  • 70
  • 75
  • 80
  • 85
  • 90
  • 95
  • 100
Between
and
  • 0
  • 0.5
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3
  • 3.5
  • 4
Between
and
  • 0
  • 0.5
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3
  • 3.5
  • 4
  • 4.5
  • 5
  • 5.5
  • 6
  • 6.5
  • 7
  • 7.5
  • 8
  • 8.5
  • 9
  • 9.5
  • 10
Between
and
  • 0
  • 500
  • 1000
  • 1500
  • 2000
  • 2500
  • 3000
  • 3500
  • 4000
  • 4500
  • 5000
  • 5500
  • 6000
  • 6500
  • 7000
  • 7500
  • 8000
  • 8500
  • 9000
  • 9500
  • 10000
With at least
votes
  • 0
  • 5
  • 10
  • 15
  • 20
  • 25
  • 30
  • 35
  • 40
  • 45
  • 50
  • 55
  • 60
  • 65
  • 70
  • 75
  • 80
  • 85
  • 90
  • 95
  • 100
Between
and
  • 0
  • 200
  • 400
  • 600
  • 800
  • 1000
  • 1200
  • 1400
  • 1600
  • 1800
  • 2000
  • 2200
  • 2400
  • 2600
  • 2800
  • 3000
  • 3200
  • 3400
  • 3600
  • 3800
  • 4000
  • 4200
  • 4400
  • 4600
  • 4800
  • 5000
With at least
votes
  • 0
  • 5
  • 10
  • 15
  • 20
  • 25
  • 30
  • 35
  • 40
  • 45
  • 50
  • 55
  • 60
  • 65
  • 70
  • 75
  • 80
  • 85
  • 90
  • 95
  • 100
Between
and
  • 0
  • 200
  • 400
  • 600
  • 800
  • 1000
  • 1200
  • 1400
  • 1600
  • 1800
  • 2000
  • 2200
  • 2400
  • 2600
  • 2800
  • 3000
  • 3200
  • 3400
  • 3600
  • 3800
  • 4000
  • 4200
  • 4400
  • 4600
  • 4800
  • 5000
With at least
votes
  • 0
  • 0.25
  • 0.5
  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.25
  • 1.5
  • 1.75
  • 2
  • 2.25
  • 2.5
  • 2.75
  • 3
  • 3.25
  • 3.5
  • 3.75
  • 4
  • 4.25
  • 4.5
  • 4.75
  • 5
Between
and
  • 0
  • 500
  • 1000
  • 1500
  • 2000
  • 2500
  • 3000
  • 3500
  • 4000
  • 4500
  • 5000
  • 5500
  • 6000
  • 6500
  • 7000
  • 7500
  • 8000
  • 8500
  • 9000
  • 9500
  • 10000
With at least
votes
  • 0
  • 5
  • 10
  • 15
  • 20
  • 25
  • 30
  • 35
  • 40
  • 45
  • 50
  • 55
  • 60
  • 65
  • 70
  • 75
  • 80
  • 85
  • 90
  • 95
  • 100
Between
and
  • 0
  • 20
  • 40
  • 60
  • 80
  • 100
  • 120
  • 140
  • 160
  • 180
  • 200
  • 220
  • 240
  • 260
  • 280
  • 300
  • 320
  • 340
  • 360
  • 380
  • 400
  • 420
  • 440
  • 460
  • 480
  • 500
With at least
votes
  • 0
  • 5
  • 10
  • 15
  • 20
  • 25
  • 30
  • 35
  • 40
  • 45
  • 50
  • 55
  • 60
  • 65
  • 70
  • 75
  • 80
  • 85
  • 90
  • 95
  • 100
Between
and
  • 0
  • 20
  • 40
  • 60
  • 80
  • 100
  • 120
  • 140
  • 160
  • 180
  • 200
  • 220
  • 240
  • 260
  • 280
  • 300
  • 320
  • 340
  • 360
  • 380
  • 400
  • 420
  • 440
  • 460
  • 480
  • 500
With at least
votes
  • 0
  • 5
  • 10
  • 15
  • 20
  • 25
  • 30
  • 35
  • 40
  • 45
  • 50
  • 55
  • 60
  • 65
  • 70
  • 75
  • 80
  • 85
  • 90
  • 95
  • 100
Between
and
  • 0
  • 50
  • 100
  • 150
  • 200
  • 250
  • 300
  • 350
  • 400
  • 450
  • 500
  • 550
  • 600
  • 650
  • 700
  • 750
  • 800
  • 850
  • 900
  • 950
  • 1000
With at least
votes
  • 0
  • 0.5
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3
  • 3.5
  • 4
  • 4.5
  • 5
  • 5.5
  • 6
  • 6.5
  • 7
  • 7.5
  • 8
  • 8.5
  • 9
  • 9.5
  • 10
Between
and
  • 0
  • 20
  • 40
  • 60
  • 80
  • 100
  • 120
  • 140
  • 160
  • 180
  • 200
  • 220
  • 240
  • 260
  • 280
  • 300
  • 320
  • 340
  • 360
  • 380
  • 400
  • 420
  • 440
  • 460
  • 480
  • 500
With at least
votes
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Additional filters
m
Lists, Streaming Services, Cast and more
Create List (43 items)

Login to create Trakt list


poster
Hulu
88
8.0
/14586/
78
/688/
76
/207/
4.2
/55499/
99
/223/
98
/127/
96
/38/
cc age 13+

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen for over 50 years, keeping this incredible event in America's history lost — until now.
poster
Netflix
76
7.1
/3212/
69
/76/
68
/52/
3.7
/6402/
96
/56/
67
/20/
83
/13/
cc age 15+

The Disciple (2020)
Self-doubt, sacrifice and struggle converge into an existential crisis for a devoted classical vocalist as the mastery he strives for remains elusive.
poster
Hoopla
75
7.2
/30168/
71
/540/
65
/348/
3.7
/27304/
88
/50/
87
/2113/
72
/16/
cc age 10+

Strictly Ballroom (1992)
Brave new steps put Scott's career in jeopardy. With a new partner and determination, can he still succeed?
poster
Kanopy
78
75
7.4
/12807/
73
/259/
70
/208/
3.8
/24912/
88
/72/
86
/356/
81
/8/

Black Orpheus (1959)
Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful fiancée Mira and passing between moments of fantasy and stark reality. This impressionistic retelling of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Euryd... Moreice introduced bossa nova to the world with its soundtrack by young Brazilian composers Luiz Bonfá and Antonio Carlos Jobim. Less
poster
Hoopla
75
7.4
/629/
70
/16/
64
/7/
3.5
/253/
83
/64/
88
/47/
78
/26/

Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (2002)
The struggle to eradicate apartheid in South Africa has been chronicled over time, but no one has addressed the vital role music plays in this challenge. This documentary by Lee Hirsch recounts a fascinating and little-known part of South Africa's political history through archival footage, interviews and, of course, several mesmerizing musical performances.
poster
74
7.3
/2536/
72
/119/
73
/60/
3.5
/3125/
74
/43/
76
/10/
69
/13/
cc age 14+

Chasing Trane (2017)
An account of the life of the brilliant jazz musician John Coltrane (1926-67), a gifted saxophonist, an extraordinarily talented thinker whose original, avant-garde work has impacted and influenced people all over the world. A story about music's ability to entertain, inspire and transform.
poster
Kanopy
74
7.7
/757/
73
/23/
70
/19/
3.5
/549/
85
/59/
85
/18/
70
/15/

The Music of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble (2016)
Follow several talented members of the ensemble as they gather in locations across the world, exploring the ways art can both preserve traditions and shape cultural evolution.
poster
Mubi
79
70
7.8
/7416/
75
/62/
73
/71/
3.9
/7551/
89
/37/
87
/86/
73
/18/

Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005)
German musician Alexander Hacke explores Istanbul's rich music culture and attempts to create a portrait of Turkey through music genres. On this journey, he encounters a mosaic that covers countless genres from rock to arabesque, electronic to hip-hop.
poster
Kanopy
66
7.1
/871/
69
/36/
69
/18/
3.4
/828/
60
/57/
68
/18/
64
/20/

Finding Fela (2014)
Fela Anikulapo Kuti created the musical movement Afrobeat and used it as a political forum to oppose the Nigerian dictatorship and advocate for the rights of oppressed people. This is the story of his life, music, and political importance.
poster
74
63
7.1
/5650/
71
/65/
71
/117/
3.7
/5545/
86
/2287/

Lisbon Story (1994)
Lisbon Story is Wim Wenders' homage to Lisbon and films. A sound engineer obtains a mysterious postcard from a friend who at the moment is filming a film in Lisbon. He sets out across Europe to find him and help him.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
66
61
7.3
/8424/
71
/160/
66
/113/
3.5
/3147/
55
/76/
76
/517/
55
/23/

Mao’s Last Dancer (2009)
At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he fell in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and went on to perform as a p... Morerincipal dancer for the Houston Ballet and as a principal artist with the Australian Ballet. Less
poster
55
49
5.4
/4262/
60
/595/
62
/261/
2.8
/2447/
39
/18/
61
/15/
cc age 16+

The Infernal Machine (2022)
Reclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account for events set in motion by his bestseller decades earlier. Cogburn's search for who is behind the manipul... Moreation and mental torment he encounters leads to an emotional roller-coaster ride full of fear and danger, where things are not always as clear as they seem to be, and where past deeds can have dire consequences. Less
poster
82
47
8.2
/1702/
78
/29/
78
/19/
4.0
/1119/
95
/314/

The Concert for Bangladesh (1972)
A film about the first benefit rock concert when major musicians performed to raise relief funds for the poor of Bangladesh. The Concert for Bangladesh was a pair of benefit concerts organised by former Beatles guitarist George Harrison and Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar. The shows we... Morere held at 2:30 and 8:00 pm on Sunday, 1 August 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, to raise international awareness of, and fund relief for refugees from East Pakistan, following the Bangladesh Liberation War-related genocide. Less
poster
Tubi TV
66
46
6.9
/3790/
71
/154/
67
/260/
3.4
/3731/
40
/5/
83
/2/

Dalida (2017)
Based on the true story of acclaimed music icon "Dalida" born in Cairo, who gained celebrity in the 50s, singing in French, Spanish, Arabic, Hebrew, German, Italian, playing in awarded Youssef Chahine's picture "Le Sixième Jour", and who later committed suicide in 1987 in Paris, after selling more than 130 million records worldwide.
poster
77
43
7.4
/834/
82
/19/
62
/18/
3.6
/357/
93
/28/
82
/27/
77
/11/

Benda Bilili! (2010)
Ricky has a dream: to make Staff Benda Bilili the best band in Congo Kinshasa. Roger, a street child, more than ever wants to join these stars of the ghetto, who get around in customized tricycles. Together, they must avoid the pitfalls of the street, stay united and find the force to h... Moreope in music. For six years, from the first rehearsals to their triumph in international festivals, BENDA BILILI! (“beyond appearances”) is the story of this dream come reality. Less
poster
63
40
6.3
/1239/
60
/41/
59
/65/
3.6
/2891/

Free Radicals (1958)
In this powerful abstract film with a soundtrack of African drum music, Lye scratched "white ziggle-zag-splutter scratches" on to black leader, using a variety of tools from saw teeth to arrow heads. The first version of the film won a major award at the International Experimental Film ... MoreFestival Held in Brussels in 1958 in association with the World's Fair. Stan Brakhage described the film as "an almost unbelievably immense masterpiece". Less
poster
71
39
6.9
/1021/
62
/19/
69
/24/
3.6
/834/
87
/486/

El amor brujo (1986)
In a Gypsy village, the fathers of Candela and José promise their children to each other. Years later, the unfaithful José marries Candela but while defending his lover Lucía in a brawl, he is stabbed to death. Carmelo, who secretly loves Candela since he was a boy, is arrested while he... Morelping José and unfairly sent to prison. Four years later he is released and declares his love for Candela. However, the woman is cursed by a bewitched love and every night she goes to the place where José died to dance with his ghost. Less
poster
69
36
6.6
/816/
71
/73/
76
/47/
3.2
/959/

Our Shining Days (2017)
A youth inspirational film, about how a group of high school students try to revive Chinese orchestra ensemble. They face many challenges along the way to compete nationally, including a rivalry with the more popular Western orchestra club.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
67
35
5.8
/464/
58
/15/
62
/8/
63
/8/
94
/37/
cc age 13+

Tango Shalom (2021)
When a Tango dancer asks a Rabbi to enter a dance competition, there’s one big problem—due to his Orthodox beliefs, he’s not allowed to touch her! But the prize money would save his school from bankruptcy, so they develop a plan to enter the competition without sacrificing his faith, an... Mored the bonds of family and community are tested one dazzling dance step at a time in this lighthearted fable. Less
poster
Amazon Prime Video
63
32
5.4
/929/
66
/85/
67
/111/
3.0
/252/
69
/27/
cc age 11+

Heartbeats (2017)
When a bubbly American hip hop dancer goes to India with her family for a wedding, she is impressed by a new dance style and falls in love with the man who introduced her to it.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
53
19
5.5
/475/
59
/40/
62
/19/
36
/27/

Beyond Paradise (2015)
Haunted by a tragic past, a stunning music student flees her homeland and ends up in an estranged marriage in Los Angeles, where her piano teacher's lover sparks a passion in her that threatens to destroy everything.
poster
Kanopy
61
9
7.3
/94/
50
/2/
67
/3/
57
/16/

Brasslands (2013)
Half a million people descend upon a tiny Serbian village for the 50th anniversary of the world's largest trumpet festival. Brasslands chronicles the cultural and musical collisions through the personal journeys of 3 musicians - American, Serbian, Roma - whose lives are bound to Balkan brass for very different reasons.
poster
?
8.4
/35/
60
/1/

Ravi Shankar: Between Two Worlds (2001)
Filmed over two years in India and the USA, Mark Kidel's award-winning documentary brings together archive footage spanning seven decades of Ravi Shankar's performing life, and provides a definitive account of the late sitar maestro's unique musical career.
poster
57
?
5.9
/150/
41
/6/
65
/4/
3.3
/226/

Al Afaret (1990)
Amr diab a famous singer saves a poor child from el bataa.
poster
?
7.2
/13/

I Want to Destroy America (2006)
A documentary film by Peter I. Chang which traces the life of the Japanese musician Hisao Shinagawa through his early years as a folk singer in Tokyo to his current occupation as a street performer in Los Angeles.
poster
?
6.1
/43/
10
/1/

The Veiled Sorrow in the Depth of the Calm of the Whale (2012)
Camellia is a transsexual girl who lives with her turtle and she is in love with a girl named Soosan. No one is aware of her trans sexuality. Camellia dreams about lovemaking with Soosan and Soosan intends to immigrate to west countries so as to follow academic graduation.
poster
?
6.9
/62/
80
/1/
70
/1/

Fonko (2016)
While southern Europe is crumbling, Angola is the world’s fastest growing economy. In Africa’s rapidly developing cities, urban musicians are creating sounds that have come to define the new generation. Urban music like kuduro, coupé-décalé and azonto have arisen out of social change and have come to define a new African identity shaped by post-colonial consciousness.
poster
?
7.2
/53/
10
/1/
55
/4/

Siméon (1992)
The ghost of a music teacher pushes a young mechanic to start a career in music.
poster
Hoopla
?
7.3
/49/
100
/1/
63
/3/

Electro Shaabi (2013)
In the slums of Cairo, youth dancing to electro chaabi, new music that blends folk song, electro beats and freestyles chanted in the style of rap. The idea is to merge the sounds and styles so chaotic. One slogan mangling! Victim of corruption and social segregation, youth in neighborho... Moreods exorcise partying. Release of body and a speech repressed transgression religious taboos: more than just a musical phenomenon, Electro Chaabi is a healthy outlet for youth oppressed by the prohibitions imposed. Less
poster
?
6.7
/43/
10
/1/

Man No Run (1989)
The film takes the form of a documentary report in which the director Claire Denis follows Les Têtes Brulées, a group of five musicians from Yaoundé in Cameroon, as they tour France.
poster
Hoopla
66
?
7.4
/122/
66
/3/
60
/4/

Yallah! Underground (2015)
Yallah! Underground follows some of today’s most influential and progressive artists in Arab underground culture from 2009 to 2013 and documents their work, dreams and fears in a time of great change for Arab societies. In a region full of tension, young Arab artists in the Middle East... More have struggled for years to express themselves freely and to promote more liberal attitudes within their societies. During the Arab Spring, like many others of this new generation, local artists had high hopes for the future and took part in the protests. However, after years of turmoil and instability, young Arabs now have to challenge both old and new problems, being torn between feelings of disillusion and a vague hope for a better future. Less
poster
GuideDoc
?
8.1
/64/
66
/3/
80
/1/

Balkan Melody (2012)
What Swiss director Stefan Schweitert did for accordion music and for yodeling (Accordion Tribe, Cinequest, 2005; Echoes of Home, Cinequest 2008) he now does for traditional Balkan music. This wonderful film is also a love story – and a door into a world of musical wonders.
poster
?
8.3
/65/
55
/2/

Intangible Asset Number 82 (2008)
The search for an enigmatic South Korean shaman, and the inspiration found on the journey, renews a jazz musician's faith in the power of music.
poster
?
8.1
/58/
56
/3/
60
/3/

Béla Fleck & the Flecktones: Live at the Quick (2002)
Fronted by one of the most accomplished banjo players of his time, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones are captured live in concert on Live at the Quick. The versatile band performs just over a dozen songs including such radically different compositions as "Amazing Grace," "Big Country," "Hoedown," and the prelude from a Bach violin concerto.
poster
?
20
/1/
67
/3/

Retying the Knot: The Incredible String Band (1997)
A profile of the Hippest band of the 60's and 70's as they prepare for a reunion gig.
poster
Kanopy
78
?
7.2
/128/
80
/1/
50
/4/
89
/9/
96
/7/
85
/4/

Mali Blues (2016)
Mali's Music defines the country's cultural identity. Radical Islamists are threatening the musicians. Together with the stars of Malian Global Pop - Fatoumata Diawara, Bassekou Kouyaté Master Soumy and Ahmed Ag Kaedi - we embark on a musical journey to Mali's agitated heart. Can their music reconcile the country?
poster
68
?
7.0
/354/
70
/4/
64
/7/

Mama Africa (2011)
Miriam Makeba was one of the first African musicians who won international stardom and whose music was always anchored in her traditional South African roots. Miriam Makeba was forced into exile in 1959. She sang for John F. Kennedy, performed with Harry Belafonte and Nina Simone, was ... Moremarried to Hugh Masekela and also Stokely Carmichael. Her life was tumultuous. She always stood for truth and justice. She fought for the oppressed most importantly for black Africans, as a campaigner against apartheid. She died November 2008 after a concert in Italy. Mika Kaurismäki's documentary, traces fifty years of her music and her performing life. Through rare archive footage of her performances and through interviews with her contemporaries we discover the remarkable journey of Miriam Makeba. Less
poster
?
20
/1/

Hayati (2019)
Vincent is tired of taking care of his old sick father. With his friend Jimmy, they try to impose themselves in the local music scene. One evening, Vincent defends Jimmy against a thug to whom he owes money.
poster
?

Experience Montreux (2013)
Filmed in high definition 3D, this set brings together the Experience Montreux film plus concert performances from the Montreux Jazz Festival by Herbie Hancock and Quincy Jones and the Global Gumbo All-Stars. Experience Montreux, filmed at the 44th Festival in 2010, contains full live t... Moreracks by a range of artists that reflects the breadth and eclecticism of the Montreux Jazz Festival. The performances are interspersed with interviews with festival founder Claude Nobs and many of the artists involved and are accompanied by stunning footage of the festival setting, the town of Montreux, Lake Geneva and the Swiss Alps. Quincy Jones and Herbie Hancock have both been frequent visitors to Montreux over the years and it s fitting that their performances form a part of this 3D celebration of the magic of the Montreux Jazz Festival. Less
poster
?

Vanuatu Women's Water Music (2014)
From the remote, islands of Vanuatu, comes an extremely unique and rarely seen tradition, water music.
poster
?

Sekaten (2013)
Sekaten is a short documentary exploring one of Javas most cosmic festivals. The old world and the new are colliding and creating interesting images and sounds. Sekaten is a popular festival marking the birth of the Islamic prophet Mohammed and is the only week of the year when the mystical Gamelan Sekaten music is performed.
poster
Tubi TV
?

Suzanna Lubrano Live At Off-Corso (2011)
Suzanna Lubrano’s debut, Live at Off-Corso, features a stunning live performance. She has been compared to; Celine Dion, Beyonce, and Mariah Carey. Her talent has been recognized by many and has won her awards around the globe.
poster
Kanopy
?

Colin McPhee: The Lure of Asian Music (1985)
Through composer Colin McPhee's passionate and detailed writing about his time in Bali it becomes evident how strongly the country impacted both his career and life. Seduced by recordings of Balinese music he heard in Paris in the 1920s, McPhee traveled to Bali and remained there for si... Morex years. The film blends McPhee's writings with observations and praise from fellow composers and colleauges. Less


mdblist.com © 2020 | Contact | Reddit | Discord | API