The Josephine Baker Story (1991)

Wonderful World (2009)

Summary: Ben Singer has his cynical worldview darkened by his roommate Ibu's sudden medical situation, though the arrival of Ibu's sister, Khadi, might remedy both men's ills.

Release Date: April 27, 2009

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Joshua Goldin

Writer: Joshua Goldin

Runtime: 1 h 29 min

MPAA: R

Production: Cold Iron Pictures, K5 International, Ambush Entertainment

Countries: United States, Germany

Language: English

Domestic: $ 9,309

La Bamba (1987)

Summary: Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of early rock and roll singer Ritchie Valens who died at age 17 in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper.

Release Date: July 24, 1987

Genres: Drama, Music, Biography

Director: Luis Valdez

Writer: Luis Valdez

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

MPAA: G

Production: Columbia Pictures, New Visions

Distributor: Columbia Pictures, CBS, Columbia TriStar Home Video, HBO Max, RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Twilight Time, VH1 Television

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 6,500,000

Domestic: $ 54,215,416

International: $ 3,175

The Bodyguard (1992)

Summary: A former Secret Service agent takes on the job of bodyguard to an R&B singer, whose lifestyle is most unlike a President's.

Release Date: November 25, 1992

Genres: Action, Drama, Music

Director: Mick Jackson

Writer: Lawrence Kasdan

Runtime: 2 h 09 min

MPAA: G

Production: Kasdan Pictures, Tig Productions, Warner Bros.

Distributor: Warner Bros., American Broadcasting Company (ABC), HBO Max, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 25,000,000

Domestic: $ 122,046,449

International: $ 289,000,000

Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)

Summary: Rick Richards is a helicopter pilot who wants to set up a charter flying service in Hawaii -- along the way he makes some friends, including a young Hawaiian girl and her father, romances Judy Hudson, and sings a few songs.

Release Date: June 15, 1966

Genres: Comedy, Musical

Director: Michael D. Moore

Writers: Allan Weiss

, Anthony Lawrence

Runtime: 1 h 31 min

MPAA: G

Production: Wallis-Hazen

Distributor: Paramount Pictures, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Magnetic Video, Key Video, Fox Video, Paramount Home Entertainment, Alpha Video Distributors, Trifecta Entertainment and Media

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 2,000,000

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)

Summary: Documentary about the legendary 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival which celebrated African-American music and culture and promoted Black pride and unity.

Release Date: July 02, 2021

Genres: Music, Documentary

Director: Questlove

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Mass Distraction Media, RadicalMedia, Vulcan Productions, LarryBilly Productions

Distributor: Onyx Collective, American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Disney+

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 2,320,649

International: $ 1,375,420

Fame (1980)

Summary: Four teenagers must prove their mettle as they begin their journey at the New York High School of Performing Arts. They must navigate through heartbreak, school work, adolescence and challenges.

Release Date: May 16, 1980

Genres: Drama, Musical, Music

Director: Alan Parker

Writer: Christopher Gore

Runtime: 2 h 14 min

MPAA: R

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), United Artists, MGM/CBS Home Video, MGM Home Entertainment, MGM/UA Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, HBO Max, WGN

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 21,202,829

International: $ 878

Vanity Fair (2004)

Summary: Growing up poor in London, Becky Sharp defies her poverty-stricken background and ascends the social ladder alongside her best friend, Amelia Sedley.

Release Date: September 01, 2004

Genre: Drama

Director: Mira Nair

Writers: Matthew Faulk

, Mark Skeet

, Julian Fellowes

Runtime: 2 h 21 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Focus Features, Tempesta Films, Granada Film Productions, Inside Track Films, Mirabai Films, Cine Mosaic

Distributor: Focus Features, Studio Distribution Services (SDS), Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE)

Countries: United States, United Kingdom, India

Language: Portuguese

Movie budget: $ 23,000,000

Domestic: $ 16,136,476

International: $ 3,326,709

The Object of My Affection (1998)

Summary: A pregnant New York City social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend.

Release Date: April 17, 1998

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Nicholas Hytner

Writers: Stephen McCauley

, Wendy Wasserstein

Runtime: 1 h 51 min

MPAA: R

Production: Twentieth Century Fox

Distributor: Fox Network

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 15,000,000

Domestic: $ 29,187,243

International: $ 17,718,646

Gonzo (2008)

Summary: A portrait of the late gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.

Release Date: July 18, 2008

Genres: Music, Documentary, Biography

Director: Alex Gibney

Writers: Alex Gibney

, Hunter S. Thompson

Runtime: 2 h 00 min

MPAA: R

Production: BBC Storyville, Diverse Productions, HDNet Films

Country: United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 1,252,100

International: $ 239,858

Coco Before Chanel (2009)

Summary: The story of Coco Chanel's rise from obscure beginnings to the heights of the fashion world.

Release Date: November 06, 2009

Genres: Drama, Biography

Director: Anne Fontaine

Writers: Edmonde Charles-Roux

, Anne Fontaine

, Camille Fontaine

Runtime: 1 h 45 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Haut et Court, Ciné@, Warner Bros., CinéCinéma, France 2 (FR2), Playtime, Cofinova 5, Banque Populaire Images 9, Scope Pictures, Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge, Soficapital, SCOPE Invest

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Countries: France, Belgium

Language: French

Movie budget: $ 23,000,000

Domestic: $ 6,113,834

International: $ 44,699,100

Cousin Bette (1998)

Summary: When her sister dies in 1846, Bette moves from the château to Paris to work as a theater seamstress. She helps a handsome, starving artist. When her niece lures him away from her, she plans a devious revenge.

Release Date: June 12, 1998

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director: Des McAnuff

Writers: Honoré de Balzac

, Lynn Siefert

, Susan Tarr

Runtime: 1 h 48 min

MPAA: R

Production: Searchlight Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures

Distributor: Searchlight Pictures

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 1,295,194

The Lemon Sisters (1989)

Summary: Three life-long friends work the bars in 1980's Atlantic City performing the songs of the 60's girl groups in this self-indulgent comedy.

Release Date: August 31, 1990

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Joyce Chopra

Writer: Jeremy Pikser

Runtime: 1 h 33 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Lightyear Entertainment, Miramax

Distributor: Miramax, HBO Video, Image Entertainment, Anchor Bay Entertainment

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 9,000,000

Domestic: $ 3,473,905

A Hard Day's Night (1964)

Summary: Over two "typical" days in the life of The Beatles, the boys struggle to keep themselves and Sir Paul McCartney's mischievous grandfather in check while preparing for a live TV performance.

Release Date: July 07, 1964

Genres: Comedy, Musical

Director: Richard Lester

Writer: Alun Owen

Runtime: 1 h 27 min

MPAA: G

Production: Walter Shenson Films, Proscenium Films

Distributor: United Artists, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), Universal Pictures, The Criterion Collection, Maljack Productions, MPI Home Video, Pioneer, Miramax, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE), Janus Films, The Criterion Channel, HBO Max

Countries: United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 560,000

Domestic: $ 1,480,356

International: $ 882,167

Cabaret (1972)

Summary: A female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.

Release Date: February 13, 1972

Genres: Drama, Musical, Music

Director: Bob Fosse

Writers: Joe Masteroff

, John Van Druten

, Christopher Isherwood

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

MPAA: PG

Production: Allied Artists Pictures, ABC Pictures, A Feuer and Martin Production

Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), MGM/CBS Home Video, CBS Video, CBS/Fox, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 4,600,000

The Witches of Eastwick (1987)

Summary: Three single women in a picturesque village have their wishes granted, at a cost, when a mysterious and flamboyant man arrives in their lives.

Release Date: June 12, 1987

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Director: George Miller

Writers: John Updike

, Michael Cristofer

Runtime: 1 h 58 min

MPAA: R

Production: Warner Bros., The Guber-Peters Company, Kennedy Miller Productions

Distributor: Warner Bros., American Broadcasting Company (ABC), HBO Max, Warner Home Video

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 22,000,000

Domestic: $ 63,766,510

The Log (1999)

Summary: Christmas, family, and infidelity. Yvette's husband has died, and her grown daughters join her at the grave: Sonia, wealthy, bourgeois, and generous; Louba, living with their dad Stanislas, singing at a Russian restaurant, pennile...

Release Date: November 24, 1999

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Director: Danièle Thompson

Writers: Danièle Thompson

, Christopher Thompson

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

Production: Canal+, Les Films Alain Sarde, Studio Images 6, TF1 Films Production

Distributor: Empire Pictures Inc.

Country: France

Language: French

Domestic: $ 238,754

Three Times (2005)

Summary: Three stories set in three times, 1911, 1966 and 2005. Two actors play the two main characters in each story.

Release Date: October 28, 2005

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou

Writers: T'ien-wen Chu

, Hsiao-Hsien Hou

Runtime: 2 h 19 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: 3H Films, Orly Films, Paradis Films

Countries: France, Taiwan

Language: Chinese

Domestic: $ 151,922

International: $ 429,953