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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.
Flora and Son
Flora and Son is a 2023 musical comedy-drama by John Carney starring Eve Hewson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Orén Kinlan, and Jack Reynor. Premiered at Sundance 2023, sold to Apple TV+ for a reported $20 million, released theatrically September 22 and streaming September 29, 2023.
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.
Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie
Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie (2025) is DreamWorks Animation's first live-action/animated hybrid film, directed by Ryan Crego, based on the Netflix preschool series. Gabby (Laila Lockhart Kraner) and Grandma Gigi (Gloria Estefan) road-trip to Cat Francisco; Kristen Wiig plays dollhouse thief Vera. Released September 26, 2025; 98 minutes; G-rated; over $67 million box office.
Golden (unfinished film)
Golden, originally titled Atlantis, was an unfinished 2025 Universal movie musical directed by Michel Gondry about Pharrell Williams' 1977 Virginia Beach childhood, starring Halle Bailey and Kelvin Harrison Jr.; it was scrapped in post-production, never released.
Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus
Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus is a 2024 documentary by Eva Aridjis Fuentes about singer Diane Luckey (Q Lazzarus), her 1988 song used in The Silence of the Lambs, her 25-year disappearance, and her 2022 death; soundtrack released on Sacred Bones in 2025.
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.
Hadestown: The Musical
Hadestown is a sung-through folk and jazz musical by Anaïs Mitchell, directed by Rachel Chavkin, intertwining the Orpheus-Eurydice and Hades-Persephone myths; it opened on Broadway in 2019, won eight Tony Awards and a 2020 Grammy, and is still running at the Walter Kerr Theatre.
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.
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley
It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley is Amy Berg's 2025 documentary about singer Jeff Buckley, who died at 30 after Grace (1994). Premiered at Sundance January 2025; Magnolia theatrical release August 8, 2025; HBO Max December 4, 2025.
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.
Juliet & Romeo (film)
Juliet & Romeo is a 2025 American pop-musical film retelling Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, written and directed by Timothy Scott Bogart and starring Clara Rugaard and Jamie Ward.
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.
Köln 75
Köln 75 (Cologne 75) is a 2025 German-Polish-Belgian film by Ido Fluk starring Mala Emde as promoter Vera Brandes and John Magaro as Keith Jarrett, dramatizing the 1975 Cologne concert behind the best-selling solo piano album The Köln Concert; it premiered at the Berlinale and earned four German Film Award nominations.
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.
Life Is Beautiful (2022 film)
Life Is Beautiful (인생은 아름다워) is a 2022 South Korean musical drama directed by Choi Kook-hee, billed as Korea's first jukebox musical film and starring Ryu Seung-ryong and Yum Jung-ah.
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.
Music (2021 film)
Music (2021) is Sia's directorial debut, a musical drama starring Kate Hudson, Maddie Ziegler, and Leslie Odom Jr. about a woman caring for her autistic half-sister; it earned two Golden Globe nominations but was widely criticized for its portrayal of autism.
Na Willa
Na Willa is a 2026 Indonesian family drama, Ryan Adriandhy's live-action debut, adapting Reda Gaudiamo's 2012 children's book about a six-year-old girl in 1960s Surabaya; it passed one million admissions and streams on Netflix.
Nerdy Prudes Must Die
Nerdy Prudes Must Die is a 2023 teen-slasher horror-comedy musical by Team StarKid, fifth in the Hatchetfield series, book by the Langs, songs by Jeff Blim, premiered at the El Portal Theatre and released free on YouTube in October 2023.
O'Dessa
O'Dessa is a 2025 post-apocalyptic rock opera film written and directed by Geremy Jasper, starring Sadie Sink, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Murray Bartlett, and Regina Hall; it premiered at SXSW 2025 and streamed on Hulu and Disney+ from March 20, 2025.