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A Star Is Born (2018 film)
A Star Is Born (2018) is Bradley Cooper's directorial debut musical drama, starring Cooper and Lady Gaga as lovers on opposite career paths; fourth film version (after 1937, 1954, 1976), grossing about $436 million and winning the Best Original Song Oscar for "Shallow".
A Very Murray Christmas
A Very Murray Christmas is a 2015 Netflix holiday variety special directed by Sofia Coppola, starring Bill Murray singing with George Clooney, Miley Cyrus, and others at New York's Carlyle Hotel during a blizzard.
American Satan
American Satan is a 2017 musical thriller directed by Ash Avildsen about the band The Relentless, whose Faustian pact with the Devil brings stardom; also An American Satan, a 2019 Church of Satan documentary.
Anna and the Apocalypse
Anna and the Apocalypse is a 2017 British Christmas zombie musical comedy horror film directed by John McPhail, based on Ryan McHenry's BAFTA-winning short Zombie Musical, starring Ella Hunt, released 2018 by Orion Pictures.
Begin Again (film)
Begin Again (originally Can a Song Save Your Life?) is John Carney's 2013 New York musical comedy-drama starring Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, and Adam Levine; wide release July 2, 2014, $16.2M gross, Oscar-nominated song Lost Stars, 83% on Rotten Tomatoes, staged as a 2026 musical at the Old Globe.
Black Is King
Black Is King is Beyoncé's 2020 visual album on Disney+, based on The Lion King: The Gift, 85 minutes, directed with Emmanuel Adjei, Blitz Bazawule, and Kwasi Fordjour; 94% on Rotten Tomatoes, six Grammy nominations.
Burlesque (2010 American film)
Burlesque is a 2010 American musical drama directed by Steven Antin, starring Christina Aguilera as a small-town singer who joins a Los Angeles burlesque club run by Cher.
Chi-Raq
Chi-Raq (2015) is Spike Lee's musical comedy-drama, co-written with Kevin Willmott, adapting Aristophanes' Lysistrata to Chicago gang violence; the first Amazon Original Movie, starring Nick Cannon, Teyonah Parris, and Wesley Snipes.
City of Rock
City of Rock (缝纫机乐队) is a 2017 Chinese musical comedy directed by Da Peng, in which Hu Liang forms the band Sewing Machine to save Ji'an's Rock Park from redevelopment; released September 29, 2017.
Clouds (2020 film)
Clouds (2020) is a Justin Baldoni Disney+ biographical drama about singer-songwriter Zach Sobiech, who wrote the viral song "Clouds" before dying of osteosarcoma in 2013, starring Fin Argus, Sabrina Carpenter, and Neve Campbell.
Dumb Ways to Die
Dumb Ways to Die, also known as So Many Dumb Ways To Die, is a 2012 animated rail-safety music video and campaign by McCann Melbourne for Metro Trains Melbourne, the most awarded Cannes Lions campaign, later a PlaySide-owned game franchise.
Fisherman's Friends (film)
Fisherman's Friends is a 2019 British comedy-drama directed by Chris Foggin, starring Daniel Mays and James Purefoy, inspired by the Port Isaac sea shanty band's Island Records deal, top-ten album, and Glastonbury performance.
Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions
Folklore: The Long Pond Studio Sessions is Taylor Swift's 2020 Disney+ concert documentary, directed by Swift, performing all 17 folklore songs with Aaron Dessner, Jack Antonoff, and Justin Vernon at Long Pond Studio, New York.
Footloose (2011 film)
Footloose is a 2011 American dance drama directed by Craig Brewer and a remake of the 1984 film, starring Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, and Dennis Quaid.
Guava Island
Guava Island is a 2019 55-minute musical film directed by Hiro Murai, written by Stephen Glover, starring Donald Glover as musician Deni Maroon and Rihanna as Kofi Novia. Filmed secretly in Cuba, it premiered at Coachella 2019 and streamed on Amazon Prime Video.
Hairspray Live!
Hairspray Live! is NBC's 2016 live televised musical special adapted from the Broadway show Hairspray, broadcast December 7, 2016 from the Universal Studios back lot with Maddie Baillio, Harvey Fierstein, Jennifer Hudson, and Ariana Grande; it drew 8.9 million viewers and won three Creative Arts Emmys.
Inside Llewyn Davis
Inside Llewyn Davis: 2013 Coen brothers film starring Oscar Isaac as a struggling 1961 Greenwich Village folk singer, loosely based on Dave Van Ronk; Cannes Grand Prix winner with a T Bone Burnett-produced folk soundtrack.
Jem and the Holograms (film)
Jem and the Holograms is a 2015 live-action musical drama directed by Jon M. Chu, adapting the 1985-1988 Hasbro cartoon. Starring Aubrey Peeples, it earned $2.3 million on a $5 million budget and was pulled from theaters after two weeks.
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey is a 2020 Netflix Christmas musical fantasy written and directed by David E. Talbert, starring Forest Whitaker, Madalen Mills, and Keegan-Michael Key; Netflix's first live-action original musical, released November 13, 2020.
Joyful Noise (film)
Joyful Noise is a 2012 American musical comedy-drama directed by Todd Graff, starring Queen Latifah and Dolly Parton as rivals leading a small-town Georgia church choir.
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never is a 2011 American 3-D concert documentary film directed by Jon M. Chu, following Justin Bieber from his childhood in Ontario to a sold-out Madison Square Garden show.
K–12 (film)
K-12 (2019) is a musical fantasy film written, directed by, and starring Melanie Martinez as the visual accompaniment to her second album, featuring all 13 album tracks, filmed in Hungarian palaces, released in limited theaters and free on YouTube.
Katyar Kaljat Ghusali (कट्यार काळजात घुसली) (film)
Katyar Kaljat Ghusali (कट्यार काळजात घुसली) is a 2015 Marathi musical drama film directed by Subodh Bhave, adapting the 1967 play; stars Sachin Pilgaonkar, Shankar Mahadevan, and Bhave; music by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy; Mahesh Kale won a National Film Award.
Lemonade Mouth (film)
Lemonade Mouth is a 2011 Disney Channel Original Movie directed by Patricia Riggen, based on Mark Peter Hughes's novel, about five students who form a band in detention; its soundtrack hit No. 4 on the Billboard 200.
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (film)
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a 2020 Netflix drama directed by George C. Wolfe, adapted by Ruben Santiago-Hudson from August Wilson's 1982 play, starring Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman in his final role, set in 1927 Chicago.
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, also known as Mamma Mia 2, is a 2018 jukebox musical romantic comedy featuring ABBA songs, both sequel and prequel to Mamma Mia!
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Poppins Returns is Disney's 2018 musical sequel to the 1964 classic, directed by Rob Marshall, starring Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda, set in 1930s London, with four Oscar nominations and an all-new Shaiman-Wittman score.
Mogul Mowgli
Mogul Mowgli is a 2020 British drama, Bassam Tariq's debut narrative feature, co-written by and starring Riz Ahmed as British Pakistani rapper Zed, felled by autoimmune illness before his first world tour; Berlinale FIPRESCI winner and Bafta nominee.
Octet (film)
Octet (film): upcoming Lin-Manuel Miranda movie musical adapting Dave Malloy's 2019 off-Broadway a cappella chamber musical about an internet-addiction support group; eight-person cast, no release date yet.
Office (2015 film)
Office (華麗上班族) is Johnnie To's 2015 3D musical comedy-drama, adapted from Sylvia Chang's stage play Design for Living, starring Chang, Chow Yun-Fat, Eason Chan, and Tang Wei amid the 2008 financial crisis; distinct from the 2015 Korean thriller of the same name.