Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "lyricist"

1. Rocketman (I) (2019)

R | 121 min | Biography, Drama, Music

A musical fantasy about the fantastical human story of Elton John's breakthrough years.

Director: Dexter Fletcher | Stars: Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Madden, Bryce Dallas Howard

Votes: 195,384 | Gross: $96.37M

2. Amy (III) (2015)

R | 128 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

Archival footage and personal testimonials present an intimate portrait of the life and career of British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse.

Director: Asif Kapadia | Stars: Amy Winehouse, Mitch Winehouse, Mark Ronson, Russell Brand

Votes: 55,264 | Gross: $8.41M

3. 10 (1979)

R | 122 min | Comedy, Romance

A Hollywood composer goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy, newly married woman.

Director: Blake Edwards | Stars: Dudley Moore, Bo Derek, Julie Andrews, Robert Webber

Votes: 19,304 | Gross: $74.87M

4. Idle Hands (1999)

R | 92 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

A teenage slacker's right hand becomes possessed with murderous intent.

Director: Rodman Flender | Stars: Devon Sawa, Seth Green, Elden Henson, Jessica Alba

Votes: 46,832 | Gross: $4.00M

5. Love & Mercy (2014)

PG-13 | 121 min | Biography, Drama, Music

In the 60s, Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson struggles with emerging psychosis as he attempts to craft his avant-garde pop masterpiece. In the 80s, he's a broken, confused man under the 24-hour watch of shady therapist, Dr. Eugene Landy.

Director: Bill Pohlad | Stars: John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks, Paul Giamatti

Votes: 42,669 | Gross: $12.55M

6. I'm Not There (2007)

R | 135 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where six characters embody a different aspect of the musician's life and work.

Director: Todd Haynes | Stars: Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger, Ben Whishaw

Votes: 61,248 | Gross: $4.02M

7. Music and Lyrics (2007)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A washed up singer is given a couple days to compose a chart-topping hit for an aspiring teen sensation. Though he's never written a decent lyric in his life, he sparks with an offbeat younger woman with a flair for words.

Director: Marc Lawrence | Stars: Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore, Scott Porter, Nick Bacon

Votes: 107,272 | Gross: $50.57M

8. Trick (1999)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

The misadventures of two young gay men, trying to find a place to be alone, one night in Manhattan.

Director: Jim Fall | Stars: Christian Campbell, John Paul Pitoc, Tori Spelling, Brad Beyer

Votes: 9,262 | Gross: $2.05M

9. Blinded by the Light (2019)

PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

In England in 1987, a teenager from an Asian family learns to live his life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of American rock star Bruce Springsteen.

Director: Gurinder Chadha | Stars: Billy Barratt, Ronak Singh Chadha Berges, Viveik Kalra, Lee Barnett

Votes: 27,353 | Gross: $11.90M

10. Ishtar (1987)

PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the C.I.A., the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime.

Director: Elaine May | Stars: Warren Beatty, Dustin Hoffman, Isabelle Adjani, Charles Grodin

Votes: 12,079 | Gross: $14.38M

11. De-Lovely (2004)

PG-13 | 125 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Inspecting a magical biographical stage musical, composer Cole Porter reviews his life and career with his wife, Linda.

Director: Irwin Winkler | Stars: Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd, Jonathan Pryce, Kevin McNally

Votes: 11,853 | Gross: $13.34M

12. Topsy-Turvy (1999)

R | 160 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Set in the 1880s, the story of how, during a creative dry spell, the partnership of the legendary musical/theatrical writers Gilbert and Sullivan almost dissolves, before they turn it all around and write the Mikado.

Director: Mike Leigh | Stars: Jim Broadbent, Allan Corduner, Dexter Fletcher, Sukie Smith

Votes: 13,496 | Gross: $6.20M

13. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

Passed | 126 min | Biography, Drama, Family

The life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer, and singer George M. Cohan.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf

Votes: 16,887 | Gross: $11.80M

14. Garden Party (2008)

Not Rated | 88 min | Drama

April (age 15) is running from one bad situation into another, hoping to find an answer that doesn't involve nudity, and falls in with a group of confused kids chasing their dreams. The black widow in the web is the sexy, pot-dealing Sally.

Director: Jason Freeland | Stars: Erik Smith, Tierra Abbott, Vinessa Shaw, Christopher Allport

Votes: 3,553 | Gross: $0.02M

15. Ex Drummer (2007)

Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Three handicapped losers who form a band ask famous writer Dries to be their drummer. He joins the band and starts manipulating them.

Director: Koen Mortier | Stars: Dries Vanhegen, Norman Baert, Gunter Lamoot, Sam Louwyck

Votes: 10,988

16. Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)

Passed | 132 min | Biography, Musical

Biography of songwriter and Broadway pioneer, Jerome Kern (Robert Walker). Unable to find immediate success in the U.S., Kern sought recognition abroad. He journeyed to England where his dreams of success became real and where he met his future wife Eva Leale (Dorothy Patrick).

Directors: Richard Whorf, Vincente Minnelli, George Sidney | Stars: Robert Walker, Van Heflin, Lucille Bremer, June Allyson

Votes: 2,716 | Gross: $6.72M

17. Rhapsody in Blue (1945)

Passed | 135 min | Biography, Drama, Musical

George Gershwin is a driven composer whose need to succeed destroys his relationship with singer Julie Adams and socialite Christine Gilbert.

Director: Irving Rapper | Stars: Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith, Charles Coburn

Votes: 1,799

18. Three Little Words (1950)

Passed | 102 min | Biography, Comedy, Musical

The story of the successful Tin Pan Alley songwriting team of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby is told loosely and lightheartedly.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Fred Astaire, Vera-Ellen, Red Skelton, Arlene Dahl

Votes: 2,063 | Gross: $2.80M

19. Clean (I) (2004)

R | 90 min | Drama, Music, Romance

After she ends up in prison and loses custody of her son, a woman struggles to assimilate outside her former life and remain clean long enough to regain custody of her son.

Director: Olivier Assayas | Stars: Maggie Cheung, Nick Nolte, Béatrice Dalle, Jeanne Balibar

Votes: 4,918 | Gross: $0.14M

20. Forty Shades of Blue (2005)

R | 108 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A Russian woman living in Memphis with a much older rock-'n'-roll legend experiences a personal awakening when her husband's estranged son comes to visit.

Director: Ira Sachs | Stars: Dina Korzun, Rip Torn, Andrew Lawrence Henderson, Elizabeth Morton

Votes: 1,556

21. The Sound of 007 (2022)

88 min | Documentary, Music

Follows the remarkable history of six decades of James Bond music, going behind the lens into one of the greatest movie franchise and the iconic 007 theme song.

Director: Mat Whitecross | Stars: Rami Malek, Daniel Craig, Michael Caine, Hans Zimmer

Votes: 2,187

22. Luster (2002)

Unrated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama

Luster is a refreshingly funny and sexy look at unrequited love. Jackson, a cute, lanky, blue-haired poet who works in a record store, is at the center of Everett Lewis' twisted black LA ... See full summary »

Director: Everett Lewis | Stars: Justin Herwick, Barry Wyatt, Shane Powers, Pamela Gidley

Votes: 1,223

23. Words and Music (1948)

Approved | 121 min | Biography, Comedy, Musical

Musical biography chronicling the songwriting partnership of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart.

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Tom Drake, June Allyson, Perry Como

Votes: 1,453

24. Home Before Midnight (1979)

111 min | Drama

A successful rock lyricist becomes romantically involved with a girl he picks up hitchhiking only to learn that she is only fourteen. Her parents take action against him.

Director: Pete Walker | Stars: James Aubrey, Alison Elliott, Mark Burns, Juliet Harmer

Votes: 287

25. Alexandria... Why? (1979)

Not Rated | 133 min | Drama

Yehia is a young man living in the cosmopolitan Alexandria during World War II. Inspired by American movies and Shakespeare, he aspires to be an actor, but struggles to pursue his Hollywood... See full summary »

Director: Youssef Chahine | Stars: Naglaa Fathi, Ahmed Zaki, Farid Shawqi, Mahmoud Al Meleji

Votes: 2,047

26. The Lyricist Wannabe (2023)

112 min | Drama

Believing that writing Cantopop is her God-given talent, Law Wing Sze decides to make it her lifelong career. But as hard as Wing Sze tries, nothing seems to go her way. What if there's a will, but there's no way?

Director: Norris Wong | Stars: Suet-Ying Chung, Anson Chan, Pak-Yu Chan, Sunny Chan

Votes: 163

27. The Song to My Heart (2022 TV Movie)

TV-G | 92 min | Drama, Romance

An organic tea shop owner helps a music sensation write lyrics for a new solo album.

Director: Paula Elle | Stars: Lanie McAuley, Sebastian Pigott, Martin Cummins, Leigh Rachel Faith

Votes: 362

28. Lady Be Good (1941)

Passed | 112 min | Comedy, Music, Musical

A composer and his songwriter wife clash as they succeed in working together, writing hit Broadway shows, but fail in their marriage to the point of getting divorced twice.

Directors: Norman Z. McLeod, Busby Berkeley | Stars: Eleanor Powell, Ann Sothern, Robert Young, Lionel Barrymore

Votes: 1,180

29. Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage (2010)

Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

An in-depth look at the Canadian rock band Rush, chronicling the band's musical evolution from their progressive rock sound of the '70s to their current heavy rock style.

Directors: Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen | Stars: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart, Trent Reznor

Votes: 4,897

30. Scenes from the Goldmine (1987)

R | 99 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A young songwriter/musician joins a rock group but pays the price for success when she becomes involved with the band's leader and he tries to steal her music.

Director: Marc Rocco | Stars: Catherine Mary Stewart, Cameron Dye, Steve Railsback, Joe Pantoliano

Votes: 160

31. Apartment: Rent at Your Own Risk (2010)

97 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A jilted woman feels threatened after renting a room to a female.

Director: Jag Mundhra | Stars: Rohit Roy, Tanushree Dutta, Nitu Chandra, Mushtaq Khan

Votes: 278

32. Howard (2018)

TV-PG | 94 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

The story of songwriter Howard Ashman who penned the lyrics for Little Shop of Horrors, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and Beauty and the Beast before he died of AIDS at the height of the AIDS crisis in 1991.

Director: Don Hahn | Stars: Don Hahn, Sarah Gillespie, Shirley Ashman, Howard Ashman

Votes: 1,466

33. Brooklyn Babylon (2001)

R | 89 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A charismatic rapper falls in love with a young Jewish girl despite the confines of her religious background.

Director: Marc Levin | Stars: Tariq Trotter, Karen Starc, Bonz Malone, David Vadim

Votes: 343

34. Juice (II) (2018)

105 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Based on the life of legendary Finnish singer and songwriter Juice Leskinen.

Director: Teppo Airaksinen | Stars: Riku Nieminen, Iida-Maria Heinonen, Pekka Strang, Antti Tuomas Heikkinen

Votes: 1,200

35. A Skin Too Few: The Days of Nick Drake (2002)

48 min | Documentary, Biography

A study, mostly chronological, of the life of Nick Drake (1948-1974). Gabrielle, his older sister, tells us of her brother's birth in Burma, childhood in Warwickshire, life at Cambridge and... See full summary »

Director: Jeroen Berkvens | Stars: Nick Drake, Paul Weller, Gabrielle Drake, Rodney Drake

Votes: 752

36. Main Street to Broadway (1953)

Approved | 103 min | Music, Romance

In New York City, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for inspiration when his agent convinces a ... See full summary »

Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Tommy Morton, Mary Murphy, Agnes Moorehead, Herb Shriner

Votes: 116

37. The Beach Boys: An American Band (1985)

PG-13 | 103 min | Documentary, Biography, History

A biography of the American rock band The Beach Boys, with interviews, concert footage and clips from movies and television shows they appeared in.

Director: Malcolm Leo | Stars: Brian Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Carl Wilson, Mike Love

Votes: 365

38. ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage (2013 TV Movie)

56 min | Documentary, Family, Music

It's the Hard-Knock Life is a feature length documentary that provides an insider's look at the Tony-nominated revival of the musical Annie. The film documents the production through the ... See full summary »

Director: Joshua Seftel | Stars: Andy Blankenbuehler, Lilla Crawford, Madi Rae DiPietro, Katie Finneran

Votes: 42

39. Naughty But Nice (1939)

Passed | 89 min | Comedy, Musical, Mystery

Professor Hardwick teaches at Winfield College and detests the new swing music that is the craze. He has written a rhapsody which he takes to New York to be published. Staying with his Aunt... See full summary »

Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Dick Powell, Ann Sheridan, Gale Page, Helen Broderick

Votes: 363

40. Soul Boys of the Western World (2014)

Unrated | 110 min | Documentary, Biography, Music

A documentary about Spandau Ballet, who were one of the biggest pop groups of the 1980s and a defining act of the New Romantic scene.

Director: George Hencken | Stars: Tony Hadley, John Keeble, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp

Votes: 617

41. Sweet Adeline (1934)

Approved | 87 min | Musical, Romance

In 1898, composer Sid Barnett manages to get his sweetheart, Adeline the beer-garden singer, to sing the lead in his new Broadway operetta; this infuriates Elysia, the erstwhile star. But ... See full summary »

Director: Mervyn LeRoy | Stars: Irene Dunne, Donald Woods, Hugh Herbert, Ned Sparks

Votes: 319

42. Lil Wayne: Non-Compliant (2023)

TV-14 | 60 min | Documentary

With an incredibly recognizable voice, Lil Wayne is universally celebrated as one of the most prolific hip-hop artists. His playful wordplay and often radio-friendly songs have elevated him to heights unimaginable.

Director: Remarni Ramchaitar-Jackman | Stars: Diriki Mack, Lil' Wayne

Votes: 7

43. Can't Forget New Jersey (2019)

TV-PG | 67 min | Documentary, Music

CAN'T FORGET NEW JERSEY is a 2019 documentary film that details the history of Hip-Hop culture in the garden state. Starting with the release of rap's first hit single Rapper's Delight, New... See full summary »

Director: Thomas Freeman Jr. | Stars: Nathaniel Banks Jr., Don Blaq, DJ Chaos, DJ Cheese

Votes: 15

44. The Bond Sound: The Music of 007 (2000 Video)

21 min | Documentary, Short, Music

Documentary discussing the many songs featured in the James Bond films.

Director: John Cork | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Monty Norman, Byron Lee, John Barry

Votes: 179

45. Phantom of the Opera: Behind the Mask (2006 TV Movie)

90 min | Documentary

The story of the creation of the world's most successful musical.

Director: Janice Sutherland | Stars: Jonathan Allen, Jeffrey Archer, Rosemary Ashe, Sally Ashfield

Votes: 11

46. Fanny Crosby (1984)

90 min | Biography

Already famous for her secular songs, blind lyricist Fanny Crosby (1820-1915) volunteers as a nurse during New York's cholera epidemic, undergoes a spiritual transformation, and starts to write Christian hymns.

Director: Ken Anderson | Stars: Wenda Shereos, Lynne Ford, Cathy Shipley, Karen Gearreald

Votes: 21

47. Kivisydän (1984–1985)

177 min | Comedy, Drama

A story of two friends, Rafa and Pena, who try to succeed in the Finnish music business during the 1960s.

Stars: Kari Sorvali, Vesa Vierikko, Matti Pellonpää, Martti Tschokkinen

Votes: 30

48. Rufus Wainwright: Prima Donna (2011)

90 min | Documentary, Biography

This revealing, feature-length film follows the dramatic story of Rufus Wainwright's debut opera, Prima Donna, from his childhood obsession with opera to the final triumphant staging of Prima Donna at the Manchester International Festival.

Director: George Scott | Stars: Bernadette Colomine, Renée Fleming, Janis Kelly, Daniel Kramer

Votes: 20

49. Pet Stories (2003 Video)

40 min | Documentary, Short, Music

A retrospective look at the making of the 1966 Beach Boys album, "Pet Sounds".

Director: John Anderson | Stars: Tony Asher, Hal Blaine, Frank Capp, Carol Kaye

50. Prezident Blaník (2018)

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Director: Marek Najbrt | Stars: Michal Dalecký, Tomás Klus, Milos Zeman, Jirí Drahos

Votes: 310