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51. Roots of Fire (2022)
85 min | Documentary, Music
In Roots of Fire, young musicians honor the rich history & cultural legacy of Cajun music. Featuring electrifying performances, this vibrant documentary examines the intersection between music & preserving tradition for future generations.
Directors: Abby Berendt Lavoi, Jeremey Lavoi | Stars: Wilson Savoy, Joel A. Savoy, Kelli Jones, Jourdan Thibodeaux
Votes: 16
52. Eisenstein in Guanajuato (2015)
Unrated | 105 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
The venerated filmmaker Eisenstein is comparable in talent, insight and wisdom, with the likes of Shakespeare or Beethoven; there are few - if any - directors who can be elevated to such ... See full summary »
Director: Peter Greenaway | Stars: Elmer Bäck, Luis Alberti, Maya Zapata, Lisa Owen
Votes: 3,110 | Gross: $0.03M
53. The North Star (1943)
Passed | 108 min | Drama, Romance, War
A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the German invasion of June 1941.
Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Anne Baxter, Dana Andrews, Walter Huston, Walter Brennan
Votes: 1,803
54. Chrystal (2004)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama
Twenty years after the accident that claimed his son's life and permanently injured his wife, a man returns to his home in search of redemption.
Director: Ray McKinnon | Stars: Lisa Blount, Billy Bob Thornton, Kamron Ross Stacey, David Rhodes
Votes: 1,691 | Gross: $0.08M
55. The Concert for Bangladesh (1972)
G | 103 min | Documentary, Music
The first benefit rock concert when major musicians performed to raise humanitarian relief funds for the refugees of Bangladesh of 1971 war.
Director: Saul Swimmer | Stars: George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Ravi Shankar, Ringo Starr
Votes: 1,651 | Gross: $2.05M
56. Canyon Passage (1946)
Passed | 92 min | Western
Businessman Logan Stuart is torn between his love of two very different women in 1850's Oregon and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the line.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Dana Andrews, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward, Patricia Roc
Votes: 2,663
57. Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice (2019)
PG-13 | 95 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
With one of the most memorably stunning voices that has ever hit the airwaves, Linda Ronstadt burst onto the 1960s folk rock music scene in her early twenties.
Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman | Stars: Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris
Votes: 2,490 | Gross: $0.16M
58. Mr. Muhsin (1987)
119 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Ingenuous countryman Ali Nazik moves to Istanbul, expecting help to become a famous singer, he finds Muhsin Kanadikirik, a fading music producer.
Director: Yavuz Turgul | Stars: Sener Sen, Ugur Yücel, Sermin Hürmeriç, Osman Cavci
Votes: 11,762
59. Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
Passed | 71 min | Comedy, Musical
A filmmaker attempts to sell a surreal script he has written, which comes to life as he pitches it.
Director: Edward F. Cline | Stars: W.C. Fields, Gloria Jean, Leon Errol, Billy Lenhart
Votes: 2,649
60. Latcho Drom (1993)
103 min | Documentary, Music
The journey of the Romany people told through musicians and dancers of India, Egypt, Turkey, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, France, and Spain.
Director: Tony Gatlif | Star: La Caita
Votes: 2,151 | Gross: $1.03M
61. Marineland Carnival: The Munsters Visit Marineland (1965 TV Movie)
60 min | Comedy, Family, Music
The Munsters take in the sights at Marineland.
Director: Bob Lehman | Stars: Fred Gwynne, Yvonne De Carlo, Al Lewis, Pat Priest
Votes: 66
62. Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison: My Back Pages (Live) (1993 Music Video)
5 min | Short, Music
At the 30th Anniversary Tribute Concert to Dylan at Madison Square Garden in 1992, "My Back Pages" was performed in the Byrds' arrangement, with Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric ... See full summary »
Director: Gavin Taylor | Stars: Eric Clapton, Steve Cropper, Bob Dylan, George Harrison
Votes: 22
63. Kajolrekha (2024)
156 min | Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Based on a famous Bangladeshi ballad-opera, where portraits the backstory of a lady conqueror.
Director: Giasuddin Selim | Stars: Mondira Chakroborty, Sariful Razz, Rafiath Rashid Mithila, Sadia Ayman
Votes: 64
64. Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006)
PG | 103 min | Documentary, Music
A film shot over during a two-night performance by Neil Young at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.
Director: Jonathan Demme | Stars: Neil Young, Emmylou Harris, Pegi Young, Ben Keith
Votes: 3,309 | Gross: $1.83M
65. Transylvania (2006)
103 min | Drama
Zingarina, who is two-months pregnant, travels from France to Transylvania with her friend Marie to seek out her lover Milan Agustin that was deported from France. They hire the guide and ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Gatlif | Stars: Asia Argento, Amira Casar, Birol Ünel, Alexandra Beaujard
Votes: 2,673
66. Leadbelly (1976)
PG | 126 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Biography of the legendary folksinger, Huddie Ledbetter, master of the 12-string guitar and long-time convict on Texas and Louisiana chain gangs.
Director: Gordon Parks | Stars: Roger E. Mosley, Paul Benjamin, Madge Sinclair, James Brodhead
Votes: 905
67. Red Psalm (1972)
87 min | Drama, Musical, War
Set in the 1890s on the Hungarian plains, a group of farm workers go on strike in-which they face harsh reprisals and the reality of revolt, oppression, morality and violence.
Director: Miklós Jancsó | Stars: Andrea Drahota, Gyöngyi Bürös, Erzsi Cserhalmi, Mari Csomós
Votes: 1,950
68. Heartworn Highways (1976)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The best music and the best whiskey come from the same part of the country.
Director: James Szalapski | Stars: Peggy Brooks, Guy Clark, David Allan Coe, Rodney Crowell
Votes: 948
69. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Into the Great Wide Open (1991 Music Video)
Not Rated | 7 min | Short, Music
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers performs in the music video "Into the Great Wide Open" from the album "Into the Great Wide Open" recorded for MCA Records. The video tells the story of a ... See full summary »
Director: Julien Temple | Stars: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Gabrielle Anwar, Mike Campbell, Terence Trent D'Arby
Votes: 567
70. David Crosby: Remember My Name (2019)
R | 95 min | Documentary, Music
Meet David Crosby in this portrait of a man with everything but an easy retirement on his mind.
Director: A.J. Eaton | Stars: David Crosby, Stephen Barncard, Jackson Browne, Ethan Crosby
Votes: 1,408 | Gross: $0.62M
71. Rust Never Sleeps (1979)
PG | 108 min | Documentary, Music
Documentary covering Neil Young's October 22, 1978 concert performance at the Cow Palace.
Director: Neil Young | Stars: Neil Young, Ralph Molina, Frank 'Pancho' Sampedro, Billy Talbot
Votes: 994
72. The Johnny Cash Show (1969–1971)
60 min | Music
Johnny Cash and his wife, June Carter Cash, were hosts of this Country and Western themed variety show. Comedians Hope, Crosby, Minnie Pearl, and others perform skits. Musical acts as diverse as Louis Armstrong to The Monkees perform.
Stars: Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, The Statler Brothers, The Tennessee Three
Votes: 281
73. Passion (1999)
102 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The complicated relationship between Percy Grainger, famous Australian-born early 20th century folk musician, and his abusive unstable mother that lead to his interest in S&M, instability and failed relationships with women.
Director: Peter Duncan | Stars: Barbara Hershey, Richard Roxburgh, Emily Woof, Claudia Karvan
Votes: 313
74. Be Here to Love Me (2004)
Not Rated | 99 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Be Here to Love Me - Chronicles the fascinating and often turbulent life of musician Townes van Zandt.
Director: Margaret Brown | Stars: Joe Ely, Guy Clark, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson
Votes: 1,421 | Gross: $0.13M
75. Annie Laurie (1927)
90 min | Drama, Romance
The story of the famous battle between the Scots clans of Macdonald and Campbell, and the young woman who comes between them, Annie Laurie.
Director: John S. Robertson | Stars: Lillian Gish, Norman Kerry, Creighton Hale, Joseph Striker
Votes: 505 | Gross: $0.43M
76. Sword and Sorrow (2023)
87 min | Animation, Action, Adventure
Under the red sky and on burning sands, venturing into the legendary city, Madain, through the agony of remembering a lost family, in hopes of breaking free from scars that have long been his misery, in search of a lost dream.
Directors: Mehrdad Mehrabi Gargari, Emad Rahmani | Stars: Javaneh Borhani, Sahar Choobdar, Amir Ghaffarmanesh, Mahbod Ghanaatpisheh
Votes: 27
77. The Devil and Daniel Mouse (1978 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 25 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
When a young female mouse makes a deal with the devil to become a rock star and learns the price, her boyfriend has to help her avoid damnation.
Director: Clive A. Smith | Stars: Chris Wiggins, Annabel Kershaw, Martin Lavut, Jim Henshaw
Votes: 312
78. Whose Is This Song? (2003)
70 min | Documentary, Music
The film is a funny, dramatic and tragicomic search for the truth about a Song. A Song that everybody in the Balkans claims it is theirs.A Song that appears as a love song, as a religious ... See full summary »
Director: Adela Peeva
Votes: 328
79. Perico ripiao (2003)
Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy
Three convicted criminals escape from prison carrying only a Güira, a Tambora and an Accordion. During their journey they meet with a bunch of interesting characters and are forced to use their musical skills to help them get home.
Director: Ángel Muñiz | Stars: Raymond Pozo, Manolo Ozuna, Phillip Rodríguez, Giovanny Cruz
Votes: 630
80. Taylor Swift: Cardigan (2020 Music Video)
5 min | Fantasy, Music
Official music video for "cardigan" by Taylor Swift.
Director: Taylor Swift | Star: Taylor Swift
Votes: 643
81. Way Back Home (1931)
Passed | 81 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Seth Parker takes in Robbie Turner and protects him from his cruel father Rufe. When the father disappears, Seth intends to raise Robbie as his own son. The vindictive father attacks Mary ... See full summary »
Director: William A. Seiter | Stars: Phillips Lord, Effie Palmer, Frank Albertson, Bette Davis
Votes: 907
82. Of Whales, the Moon, and Men (1963)
105 min | Documentary
At the instigation of the filmmakers, the young men of the Ile-aux-Coudres in the middle of the St-Lawrence River try as a memorial to their ancestors to revive the fishing of the belugas interrupted in 1924.
Directors: Michel Brault, Pierre Perrault | Stars: Léopold Tremblay, Alexis Tremblay, Abel Harvey, Louis Harvey
Votes: 712
83. All My Good Countrymen (1969)
120 min | Comedy, Drama
Various scenes in the life of a tight-knit community in Czechoslovakia exploring the human spirit in the backdrop of the political changes that they experience.
Director: Vojtech Jasný | Stars: Vlastimil Brodský, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Vladimír Mensík, Waldemar Matuska
Votes: 1,102
84. The Duck Song (2009)
TV-G | 3 min | Animation, Short, Comedy
An animated musical adaptation of an old joke about an annoyingly persistent duck who repeatedly visits a lemonade stand with an unusual request.
Director: Forrest Whaley
Votes: 76
85. The Country Teacher (2008)
Unrated | 103 min | Drama, Romance
Petr, youthful, quiet, and sensitive, comes from Prague to teach natural science in a country town. The gruff principal asks what he's running from and predicts he'll be gone in six months.... See full summary »
Director: Bohdan Sláma | Stars: Pavel Liska, Zuzana Bydzovská, Ladislav Sedivý, Marek Daniel
Votes: 1,519 | Gross: $0.05M
86. An Evergreen Christmas (2014)
PG | 98 min | Family, Music, Romance
Leaving her seemingly glamorous Hollywood life on hold, Evergreen Lee is forced to return to her small hometown of Balsam Falls, Tennessee and her family's once-thriving Christmas tree farm to attend her father's funeral.
Director: Jeremy Culver | Stars: Robert Loggia, Naomi Judd, Booboo Stewart, Charleene Closshey
Votes: 493
87. Roda, tsanta & kopana no 3 (1984)
94 min | Comedy
Bilias and his band of misfits who have finally graduated, decide to retake the final year to finish school without fear or favour, much to the dismay of their poor instructors.
Director: Omiros Efstratiadis | Stars: Mimis Fotopoulos, Giannis Gionakis, Nikos Rizos, Giannis Vogiatzis
Votes: 351
88. Flying Blind (1989 TV Movie)
R | 96 min | Drama
Melodrama set in Philadelphia, PA in 1965. Eddie Panvini (Panebianco), a teenage photographer from South Philadelphia facing the Vietnam draft joins the coffeehouse fringe in 1965 ... See full summary »
Director: Vince DiPersio | Stars: Richard Panebianco, Emily Longstreth, Maura Tierney, Frank Whaley
Votes: 50
89. R.E.M.: Losing My Religion (1991 Music Video)
5 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
Music video for "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M..
Director: Tarsem Singh | Stars: Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Wade Dominguez, Mike Mills
Votes: 1,396
90. Flaming Feather (1952)
Approved | 77 min | Western
In Arizona,during the 1870s, rancher Tex McCloud and cavalry Lt. Tom Blaine race to capture the famous renegade outlaw Ute leader known as the Sidewinder.
Director: Ray Enright | Stars: Sterling Hayden, Forrest Tucker, Arleen Whelan, Barbara Rush
Votes: 440
91. Big Easy Express (2012)
Not Rated | 98 min | Documentary, Musical
Folk rock and bluegrass musicians Mumford & Sons, Old Crow Medicine Show and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes travel together by train from San Francisco to New Orleans in the spring of 2011.
Director: Emmett Malloy | Stars: Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, 'Country' Winston Marshall, Marcus Mumford
Votes: 1,020
92. Dexys Midnight Runners: Come on Eileen (1982 Music Video)
4 min | Short, Music
The 1982 music video was filmed in the inner south London suburb of Kennington in the vicinity of the corner of Brook Drive and Hayles Street. The character of "Eileen" in the music video, ... See full summary »
Director: Julien Temple | Stars: Dexys Midnight Runners, Kevin Archer, Máire Fahey, Kevin Rowland
Votes: 561
93. Sniper: Weapon of Retaliation (2009– )
162 min | Action, Drama, Romance
In WW2, a Soviet sniper and a German sharpshooter develop a personal feud and their animosity continues even after the war, in the Soviet occupied Germany.
Stars: Dmitriy Pevtsov, Mariya Mironova, Alina Sergeeva, Sergey Belyaev
Votes: 201
94. Tom Petty: You Don't Know How It Feels (1994 Music Video)
5 min | Horror, Music
Tom Petty performs in the music video "You Don't Know How It Feels" from the album "Wildflowers" recorded for Warner Brothers Records. The video begins with Tom petty in a hat and blue ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Joanou | Stars: Tom Petty, Raven Snow
Votes: 124
95. Higher Ground (1988 TV Movie)
PG | 96 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A retired F.B.I. Agent (played by country music star John Denver) becomes a bush pilot in Alaska. There, he investigates his friends murder, and drug smuggling. He also plays guitar and sings for his friends from time to time.
Director: Robert Day | Stars: John Denver, Meg Wittner, David Renan, Brandon Marsh
Votes: 212
96. The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)
Not Rated | 17 min | Short, Crime, Drama
A tender young woman and her musician husband attempt to eke out a living in the slums of New York City, but find themselves caught in the crossfires of gang violence.
Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Elmer Booth, Lillian Gish, Clara T. Bracy, Walter Miller
Votes: 2,502
97. It Rains in My Village (1968)
Not Rated | 84 min | Drama, Romance
A bizarre and tragic love story involving swineherd, village fool, teacher and an agricultural pilot. The story unfolds in a remote village in the communist ruled Yugoslavia at the down of Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
Director: Aleksandar Petrovic | Stars: Annie Girardot, Ivan Palúch, Mija Aleksic, Eva Ras
Votes: 686
98. The Gospel Road: A Story of Jesus (1973)
G | 93 min | Drama, Music
The story of Jesus, from life to death and resurrection. Filmed on location in Israel, with narration and music by Johnny Cash.
Director: Robert Elfstrom | Stars: Johnny Cash, Robert Elfstrom, June Carter Cash, Larry Lee
Votes: 307
99. Looking for Palladin (2008)
R | 115 min | Comedy
A young Hollywood player is drawn into a remote place looking for a quick deal and instead finds a sanctuary, a community, and ultimately himself.
Director: Andrzej Krakowski | Stars: Ben Gazzara, David Moscow, Talia Shire, Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Votes: 199
100. Tom Petty: Free Fallin' (1989 Music Video)
Not Rated | 4 min | Music
In the official music video for Tom Petty's "Free Fallin'", a teenage girl is seen at a 1960s pool party and then at a 1980s skateboarding park.
Directors: Piers Garland, Julien Temple | Stars: Kristyn Burtt, Scott Goetz, Devon Jenkin, Sandro Monetti
Votes: 100