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New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.

poster

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7.8

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4.0

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85

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4.0

age 16+

A documentary on the life of Amy Winehouse, the immensely talented yet doomed songstress. We see her from her teen years, where she already showed her singing abilities, to her finding success and then her downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs.

poster

83

7.4

/6307/

73

/119/

71

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3.8

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100

/25/

89

/95/

4.0

Inside the Blue Note nightclub one night in 1959 Paris, an aged, ailing jazzman coaxes an eloquent wail from his tenor sax. Outside, a young Parisian too broke to buy a glass of wine strains to hear those notes. Soon they will form a friendship that sparks a final burst of genius.

poster

83

7.6

/49397/

74

/728/

72

/649/

4.1

/41618/

95

/59/

88

/960/

81

/22/

4.0

Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.

poster

82

8.0

/420618/

79

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81

/11042/

3.9

/2039827/

95

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88

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/55/

3.0

age 8+

Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful audition at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in which souls develop and gain passions before being transported to a newborn child. Joe must enlist help from the other souls-in-training, like 22, a soul who has spent eons in the You Seminar, in order to get back to Earth.

poster

82

7.7

/12997/

75

/232/

74

/293/

3.9

/18095/

96

/27/

90

/150/

3.5

Enigmatic gangster Silien may or may not be responsible for informing on Faugel, who was just released from prison and is already involved in what should be a simple heist. By the end of this brutal, twisting, and multilayered policier, who will be left to trust?

poster

81

7.7

/102712/

78

/2862/

77

/1898/

3.9

/128092/

73

/126/

94

/7801/

78

/7/

4.0

age 14+

An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa.

poster

78

7.5

/1425/

72

/47/

72

/21/

3.8

/1747/

89

/9/

84

/11/

75

/16/

3.5

A documentary film about the life of pianist and jazz great Thelonious Monk. Features live performances by Monk and his band, and interviews with friends and family about the offbeat genius.

poster

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77

7.4

/21662/

72

/358/

72

/424/

3.8

/36958/

90

/30/

88

/381/

Charlie is a former classical pianist who has changed his name and now plays jazz in a grimy Paris bar. When Charlie's brothers, Richard and Chico, surface and ask for Charlie's help while on the run from gangsters they have scammed, he aids their escape. Soon Charlie and Lena, a waitress at the same bar, face trouble when the gangsters arrive, looking for his brothers.

poster

76

7.0

/12126/

74

/295/

68

/154/

3.9

/23562/

79

/33/

89

/751/

65

/16/

3.5

age 13+

From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.

poster

75

6.9

/1094/

67

/52/

69

/22/

3.4

/1395/

97

/36/

77

/4/

71

/7/

3.5

‘Lady Day’ was one of the greatest jazz vocalists the world ever heard. In 1971, journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl set out to write the definitive biography of Billie Holiday. Before her mysterious death in 1978, Lipnack Kuehl had taped over 200 hours of interviews. The tapes have never been heard. Now they form the basis of an atmospheric, multi-layered documentary that captures the many complex facets of a proud black woman, violent drug addict, loyal friend, vindictive lover and unforgettable singer of ‘God Bless The Child’, ‘Saddest Tale’ and the haunting ‘Strange Fruit’.

poster

74

7.3

/2595/

71

/129/

73

/62/

3.5

/3304/

74

/43/

77

/10/

69

/13/

3.5

age 14+

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

74

7.3

/11375/

73

/157/

70

/171/

3.7

/6240/

84

/19/

77

/121/

57

/8/

3.5

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

poster

74

7.2

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69

/502/

67

/532/

3.6

/19497/

77

/60/

81

/510/

70

/33/

3.5

In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.

poster

73

7.0

/5166/

75

/104/

68

/74/

3.4

/2952/

73

/62/

86

/280/

3.0

Chronicles the rise and fall of legendary blues singer Billie Holiday, beginning with her traumatic youth. The story depicts her early attempts at a singing career and her eventual rise to stardom, as well as her difficult relationship with Louis McKay, her boyfriend and manager. Casting a shadow over even Holiday's brightest moments is the vocalist's severe drug addiction, which threatens to end both her career and her life.

poster

73

7.6

/5638/

76

/295/

73

/111/

3.8

/10788/

82

/33/

82

/22/

60

/11/

2.5

age 15+

An intimate look into the life of icon Quincy Jones. A unique force in music and popular culture for 70 years, Jones has transcended racial and cultural boundaries; his story is inextricably woven into the fabric of America. Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor before working on pop music and film scores. He moved easily between musical genres, producing major pop hits of the early 1960s and serving as an arranger and conductor for several collaborations in the same time period.

poster

72

6.9

/18742/

70

/410/

68

/249/

3.4

/20800/

87

/23/

82

/796/

65

/11/

age 11+

With socialite Tracy Lord about to remarry, her ex-husband - with the help of a sympathetic reporter - has 48 hours to convince her that she really still loves him.

poster

71

6.7

/955/

64

/72/

64

/37/

3.4

/5843/

79

/48/

71

/5/

74

/12/

3.5

age 13+

New York, 2010. Jeff Harris, a music journalist, sets out to uncover the truth about Francisco Tenório Júnior, a young Brazilian samba-jazz pianist who disappeared in Buenos Aires on March 18, 1976.

poster

71

7.3

/2121/

68

/21/

61

/43/

3.8

/1612/

71

/7/

74

/5/

3.0

Ivan is old Russia: thick, dour, hard-working, often brutish; he misses Communism. He drives a taxi and one night meets Alexi, a new Russian, a musician, an alcoholic, irresponsible. Alexi stiffs Ivan for the fare, so Ivan tracks him down and a love-hate relationship ensues. When Alexi lets the bath water run over in Ivan's flat and Ivan must pay 500 rubles for repairs, he tries to force Alexi into day labor to repay him. It's hopeless. Then, suddenly, Alexi is discovered, goes on a jazz tour of America, becomes a celebrity, and returns in triumph. Ivan longs to renew the friendship, and it looks as if he may get what he wants.

poster

71

7.4

/526328/

76

/15512/

73

/8392/

3.6

/565911/

61

/207/

73

/13768/

55

/41/

3.5

age 13+

An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.

poster

70

7.6

/167166/

75

/3715/

75

/2829/

4.1

/367191/

69

/62/

87

/3625/

53

/21/

2.0

age 18+

A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.

poster

70

6.6

/20863/

66

/426/

65

/428/

3.4

/15582/

76

/33/

57

/198/

68

/14/

4.0

Harlem's legendary Cotton Club becomes a hotbed of passion and violence as the lives and loves of entertainers and gangsters collide.

poster

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69

7.7

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/68/

70

/47/

4.0

/4611/

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/31/

87

/95/

85

/15/

Documentary about jazz great Chet Baker that intercuts footage from the 1950s, when he was part of West Coast Cool, and from his last years. We see the young Baker, he of the beautiful face, in California and in Italy, where he appeared in at least one movie and at least one jail cell (for drug possession). And, we see the aged Baker, detached, indifferent, his face a ruin. Includes interviews with his children and ex-wife, women companions, and musicians.

poster

69

7.0

/30463/

70

/668/

67

/411/

3.5

/11824/

77

/149/

71

/3662/

63

/27/

age 13+

London, England, on the eve of World War II. Guinevere Pettigrew, a strict governess who is unable to keep a job, is fired again. Lost in the hostile city, a series of fortunate circumstances lead her to meet Delysia LaFosse, a glamorous and dazzling American jazz singer whose life is a chaos ruled by indecision, a continuous battle between love and fame.

poster

67

6.0

/634/

57

/47/

44

/15/

3.5

/2440/

78

/9/

90

/9/

63

/5/

3.0

Nick comes to New York to temporarily live with a jazz musician friend of his late father's named Cal while his mom is in rehab. During his time in the city, he befriends a group of kids who show him what New York has to offer.

poster

75

67

7.2

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73

/106/

68

/66/

3.7

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82

/11/

86

/106/

Angie Rossini, an innocent New York City sales clerk from a repressive Italian-American family, engages in a short-lived affair with a handsome jazz musician named Rocky Papasano. When Angie becomes pregnant, she tracks down Rocky hoping he'll pay for her abortion.

poster

66

7.0

/33121/

70

/678/

65

/343/

3.4

/7604/

63

/82/

82

/1111/

41

/30/

3.0

After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker Jimmy "The Finn", becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette from her own demons, and gets entangled in a web of deceit full of unexpected twists and turns.

poster

65

6.6

/23338/

67

/377/

66

/486/

3.4

/31046/

57

/49/

58

/386/

64

/11/

3.0

An egotistical saxophone player and a young singer meet on V-J Day and embark upon a strained and rocky romance, even as their careers begin a long uphill climb.

poster

64

5.4

/599/

54

/48/

58

/13/

2.9

/1766/

76

/42/

85

/10/

65

/6/

2.5

A surprise reunion in southern France reignites passions and jealousies between two women who were formerly polyamorous lovers.

poster

62

6.1

/1460/

61

/78/

60

/45/

3.2

/6894/

71

/31/

61

/11/

2.5

Johannes, a doctor of physics, travels with his doctoral supervisor to a scientific congress in the Alps. A series of mysterious incidents occur on site. He meets Karin, a mysterious jazz pianist who seems to know more about him than she can know. Suddenly, mysterious deaths begin to pile up and Johannes tries to uncover the secret under the mountain.

poster

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60

7.2

/4167/

69

/56/

64

/55/

3.5

/2556/

86

/7/

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/29/

69

/8/

Taken in by the musical world as a young orphan, Rick Martin grows up with a desire to play pure jazz instead of the commercial gigs he lands, whilst also coping with the problems caused by his tempestuous marriage to an aloof heiress.

poster

73

59

7.5

/1683/

75

/194/

72

/92/

3.7

/11212/

Popcorn

71

An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).

poster

59

6.3

/15579/

68

/884/

65

/289/

2.8

/26202/

55

/188/

79

/254/

52

/43/

1.5

age 16+

Billie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial ballad, "Strange Fruit."

poster

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59

7.1

/5111/

70

/75/

67

/50/

71

/7/

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/95/

A fictionalized account of the career of jazz singer Ruth Etting and her tempestuous marriage to gangster Marty Snyder, who helped propel her to stardom.

poster

56

5.6

/639/

69

/48/

42

/17/

3.1

/297/

70

/10/

42

/21/

50

/6/

2.5

A mythical account of the life of Buddy Bolden, the first Cornet King of New Orleans.

poster

48

4.6

/714/

54

/55/

53

/30/

3.0

/677/

51

/35/

50

/4/

1.0

age 16+

On the night of the strangest wedding in cinema history, a grotesque gang boss hires a stonecold killer to bring him the finger of a fading, drug-addicted jazz legend.

poster

66

43

6.8

/4500/

68

/87/

65

/46/

3.4

/1500/

65

/5/

"Monica Z" is a biopic about the Swedish singer and actress Monica Zetterlund focusing on her journey from a job as a telephone operator in a small town in Sweden to stardom in the clubs of New York and Stockholm.

poster

80

41

7.6

/566/

80

/32/

68

/8/

3.6

/254/

100

/28/

85

/26/

81

/12/

age 9+

Jamie Foxx presents the inspiring true story of high school band leader Conrad O. Johnson, who transformed his ragtag jazz band students into a legendary funk powerhouse that took the nation by storm.

poster

70

40

7.0

/471/

70

/19/

63

/11/

3.7

/2192/

90

/21/

46

/4/

77

/8/

Shirley Clarke's frenetic documentary about multi-talented musician Ornette Coleman.

poster

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34

6.7

/1484/

63

/19/

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/29/

3.4

/766/

60

/222/

A struggling band find themselves attached to a fugitive and drawn into a series of old feuds and love affairs, as they try to stay together and find musical success.

poster

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34

4.9

/3203/

50

/49/

49

/56/

2.7

/2345/

22

/62/

A jazz pianist is haunted by his dead ex-lover's crawling hand and floating head.

poster

74

33

8.0

/1054/

71

/21/

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/30/

3.9

/1056/

In this short film, prominent jazz musicians of the 1940s gather for a rare filming of a jam session. This highly stylized chronicle features tenor sax legend Lester Young.

poster

77

32

7.3

/184/

80

/7/

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/6/

3.8

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83

/18/

90

/5/

73

/8/

Weaving blistering performance footage from Europe, Japan, and the U.S. with a sublimely restrained, intimate glimpse into a world-renowned jazz percussionist’s singular voice and complex cosmology.

poster

56

32

6.3

/1634/

51

/22/

61

/28/

3.2

/706/

60

/5/

40

/23/

In 1927, a Kansas City, Missouri cornet player and his band perform nightly at a seedy speakeasy until a racketeer tries to extort them in exchange for protection.

poster

63

29

6.6

/1679/

57

/27/

66

/16/

3.4

/532/

58

/321/

An aspiring musician arrives in New York in search of fame and fortune. He soon meets a taxi dancer, moves in with her, and before too long a romance develops.

poster

63

27

6.7

/1616/

59

/29/

57

/22/

3.5

/810/

A musician tries to get by working several jobs.

poster

93

24

9.1

/122/

94

/9/

100

/1/

4.4

/4497/

Laufey takes the audience on a spell-binding sonic journey under the stars, performing alongside the legendary Los Angeles Philharmonic.

poster

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23

6.8

/754/

55

/10/

66

/12/

3.3

/426/

56

/74/

A gambling hall owner relocates from New Orleans to Chicago and entertains his patrons with hot jazz by Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Woody Herman, and others.

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