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Saving Mr. Banks
(2013)
Author P.L. Travers reflects on her childhood after reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen.
Dir: John Lee Hancock
With: Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Annie Rose Buckley
Biography | Comedy | Drama | History | Music
125 mins.
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Get on Up
(2014)
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
Dir: Tate Taylor
With: Chadwick Boseman, David Andrew Nash, Nelsan Ellis
Biography | Drama | Music
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Inside Llewyn Davis
(2013)
A week in the life of a young singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961.
Dir: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
With: Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, John Goodman
Drama | Music
104 mins.
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Step Up: All In
(2014)
All-stars from the previous Step Up installments come together in glittering Las Vegas, battling for a victory that could define their dreams and their careers.
Dir: Trish Sie
With: Briana Evigan, Alyson Stoner, Ryan Guzman
Drama | Music | Romance
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Pitch Perfect
(2012)
Beca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school's all-girls singing group. Injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition.
Dir: Jason Moore
With: Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Rebel Wilson
Comedy | Music | Romance
112 mins.
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8 Mile
(2002)
A young rapper, struggling with every aspect of his life, wants to make the most of what could be his final opportunity but his problems around gives him doubts.
Dir: Curtis Hanson
With: Eminem, Brittany Murphy, Kim Basinger
Drama | Music
110 mins.
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Pitch Perfect 2
(2015)
A sequel to the 2012 musical comedy.
Dir: Elizabeth Banks
With: Elizabeth Banks, Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow
Comedy | Music
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Dirty Dancing
(1987)
Spending the summer in a holiday camp with her family, Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with the camp's dance instructor Johnny Castle.
Dir: Emile Ardolino
With: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey, Jerry Orbach
Drama | Music | Romance
100 mins.
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The Broken Circle Breakdown
(2012)
Elise and Didier fall in love at first sight, in spite of their differences. He talks, she listens. He's a romantic atheist, she's a religious realist. When their daughter becomes seriously ill, their love is put on trial.
Dir: Felix van Groeningen
With: Veerle Baetens, Johan Heldenbergh, Nell Cattrysse
Drama | Music | Romance
111 mins.
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Almost Famous
(2000)
A high-school boy is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone Magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies it on their concert tour.
Dir: Cameron Crowe
With: Billy Crudup, Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson
Drama | Music
122 mins.
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School of Rock
(2003)
A wannabe rock star in need of cash poses as a substitute teacher at a prep school, and tries to turn his class into a rock band.
Dir: Richard Linklater
With: Jack Black, Mike White, Joan Cusack
Comedy | Music
108 mins.
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Step Up Revolution
(2012)
Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans.
Dir: Scott Speer
With: Kathryn McCormick, Ryan Guzman, Cleopatra Coleman
Drama | Music | Romance
99 mins.
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Step Up
(2006)
Tyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with an up and coming dancer, Nora.
Dir: Anne Fletcher
With: Channing Tatum, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, Damaine Radcliff
Crime | Drama | Music | Romance
104 mins.
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Footloose
(2011)
City teenager Ren MacCormack moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.
Dir: Craig Brewer
With: Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid
Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance
113 mins.
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Walk the Line
(2005)
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.
Dir: James Mangold
With: Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin
Biography | Drama | Music | Romance
136 mins.
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Footloose
(1984)
A city teenager moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.
Dir: Herbert Ross
With: Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow
Drama | Music | Romance
107 mins.
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Amadeus
(1984)
The incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri - now confined to an insane asylum.
Dir: Milos Forman
With: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge
Biography | Drama | Music
160 mins.
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Step Up 3D
(2010)
A tight-knit group of New York City street dancers,find themselves pitted against the world's best hip hop dancers in a high-stakes showdown.
Dir: Jon M. Chu
With: Sharni Vinson, Rick Malambri, Adam G. Sevani
Drama | Music | Romance
107 mins.
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Coyote Ugly
(2000)
Aspiring songwriter Violet Sanford, after getting a job at a women-run NYC bar that teases its male patrons, comes out of her shell.
Dir: David McNally
With: Piper Perabo, Adam Garcia, John Goodman
Comedy | Drama | Romance | Music
100 mins.
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High Fidelity
(2000)
Rob, a record store owner and compulsive list maker, recounts his top five breakups, including the one in progress.
Dir: Stephen Frears
With: John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso
Comedy | Drama | Music | Romance
113 mins.
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Selena
(1997)
The true story of Selena Quintanilla-Perez, a Texas-born Tejano singer who rose from cult status to performing at the Astrodome, as well as having chart topping albums on the Latin music charts.
Dir: Gregory Nava
With: Jennifer Lopez, Edward James Olmos, Jon Seda
Biography | Drama | Music | Musical
127 mins.
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Pirate Radio
(2009)
A period comedy about an illegal radio station in the North Sea in the 1960s.
Dir: Richard Curtis
With: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost
Comedy | Drama | Music
135 mins.
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One Chance
(2013)
The true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night who became a phenomenon after being chosen for -- and ultimately winning -- "Britain's Got Talent".
Dir: David Frankel
With: James Corden, Alexandra Roach, Julie Walters
Biography | Comedy | Drama | Music
103 mins.
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Step Up 2: The Streets
(2008)
Romantic sparks occur between two dance students from different backgrounds at the Maryland School of the Arts.
Dir: Jon M. Chu
With: Robert Hoffman, Briana Evigan, Cassie Ventura
Drama | Music | Romance
98 mins.
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August Rush
(2007)
A drama with fairy tale elements, where an orphaned musical prodigy uses his gift as a clue to finding his birth parents.
Dir: Kirsten Sheridan
With: Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell, Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Drama | Music
114 mins.
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