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

1. Yesterday (III) (2019)

PG-13 | 116 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music

A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate reality where they never existed.

Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: Himesh Patel, Lily James, Sophia Di Martino, Ellise Chappell

Votes: 168,341 | Gross: $73.29M

2. Undiscovered (2005)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

A group of aspiring entertainers try to establish careers for themselves in LA.

Director: Meiert Avis | Stars: Kip Pardue, Carrie Fisher, Shannyn Sossamon, Pell James

Votes: 2,930 | Gross: $1.07M

3. One Room (2017–2020)

TV-14 | 4 min | Animation, Short, Drama

You are the protagonist. A new project in virtual anime from SMIRAL Animation that also brought you the "Anitore" series and "Makuranodanshi." This time, the project is about 3 stories that develop in your (one) room.

Stars: Rie Takahashi, Inori Minase, Mao Ichimichi, Yumiri Hanamori

Votes: 186

4. One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)

Passed | 84 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

The daughter of a struggling musician forms a symphony orchestra made up of his unemployed friends and through persistence, charm and a few misunderstandings, is able to get Leopold ... See full summary »

Director: Henry Koster | Stars: Deanna Durbin, Adolphe Menjou, Alice Brady, Leopold Stokowski

Votes: 1,244 | Gross: $2.27M

5. Die Laughing (1980)

PG | 108 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

A San Francisco cab driver finds himself in possession of a monkey that is carrying a formula for turning atomic waste into a plutonium bomb. He finds himself framed for a murder and chased all over town by people trying to get the formula.

Director: Jeff Werner | Stars: Robby Benson, Linda Grovenor, Charles Durning, Elsa Lanchester

Votes: 328

6. God, Sex & Apple Pie (1998)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Nine friends rendezvous at a resort town for a holiday weekend of partying and fun. With crimes and misdemeanors lurking in the background, they've come to escape everything. But as they cool off and kick back, all hell breaks.

Director: Paul Leaf | Stars: Greg Wrangler, Penelope Crabtree, Mark S. Porro, Katy Kurtzman

Votes: 246

7. Dog Eat Dog (2001)

93 min | Comedy, Drama

A kidnap caper of a dog to make some much needed cash to pay off some outstanding debts goes wrong...with not so hilarious consequences.

Director: Moody Shoaibi | Stars: Mark Tonderai, Nathan Constance, David Oyelowo, Crunski

Votes: 241

8. Dark Realm (2000– )

48 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

"Dark Realm" was a hosted horror anthology series, with each tale featuring an eerie and terrifying story from the darkest realm.

Stars: Eric Roberts, Margot Steinberg, Lysette Anthony, Gary Hudson

Votes: 89

9. Missing Pieces (1991)

PG | 94 min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller

As sole heir to a relative's estate, Wendel is surprised to learn that the only thing he's been left is a riddle. However, he and his musician friend, Lou, are soon thrust into a comic ... See full summary »

Director: Leonard Stern | Stars: Eric Idle, Robert Wuhl, Lauren Hutton, Bob Gunton

Votes: 289

10. Mi Tío (2022– )

30 min | Comedy

Andy, an immature and irresponsible musician, is unexpectedly forced to take care of Tadeo, his much younger but wiser nephew, begging the question - who's taking care of whom?

Stars: Ariadne Diaz, José Eduardo Derbez, Santiago Beltran Ulrich, Michelle Gonzalez

Votes: 149

11. One Street Organ, One Life (1958)

77 min | Drama

A poor musician loses his wife from childbirth complications, he gives his newborn daughter for adoption to a wealthy family. He is ashamed about his action but he is the only one who helps her when she fell in love with a musician.

Director: Sokrates Kapsaskis | Stars: Orestis Makris, Jenny Karezi, Petros Fyssoun, Dinos Iliopoulos

Votes: 145

12. Still Life: The Fine Art of Murder (1990)

PG-13 | 83 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The alleys of downtown Manhattan become a modern killing field when corpses begin turning up, disfigured and gruesomely posed to appear as pieces of art. In the frightening climate of the "... See full summary »

Director: Graeme Campbell | Stars: Jason Gedrick, Jessica Steen, Stephen Shellen, Gary Farmer

Votes: 111

13. The Meaning of Life (I) (2017)

93 min | Drama, Music

A starving musician Finn Faber (Tyler Shaw) gets a temporary job as a therapeutic clown at a hospital entertaining sick kids. He is assigned a 9 year-old leukemia patient: Sophia Hill (Sadie Munroe). Finn soon learns that Sophia coming into his life was no coincidence, but an important lesson he needed to learn before making a big step forward in life.

Director: Cat Hostick | Stars: John Boylan, Joel Chico, Daniel DeSanto, Sergio Di Zio

Votes: 35

14. The Weathered Underground (2010)

310 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A Groundbreaking interactive DVD that plays like a video version of the "Choose Your Own Adventure Books" as the story follows 21 Year old Eric (the character whom the audience makes ... See full summary »

Director: David N. Donihue | Stars: Michael Ciriaco, Brea Grant, Hollis McLachlan, David N. Donihue

Votes: 65 | Gross: $0.14M

15. The Nobodies (2014)

11 min | Short, Comedy, Musical

The lonely husband of a famous female comedian strikes up an unlikely friendship with the neighborhood's sad-sack mailman, ultimately forming a successful, albeit unusual, musical ... See full summary »

Directors: Greg Bratman, Dusty Brown | Stars: Greg Bratman, Dusty Brown, Tommy Dewey, Sutton Foster

Votes: 29

16. Does This Mean We're Married? (1991 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy

Deena, an American stand-up comic living in Paris, has an expired visa. So, she marries Nick Foulliet, a struggling musician with a different woman for every day of the week. First the ... See full summary »

Director: Carol Wiseman | Stars: Patsy Kensit, Stéphane Freiss, Mouss Diouf, Anne-Marie Pisani

Votes: 184

17. Customized Companion (2017 Video)

74 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

The love between two guys in a long-term relationship has faded and each look outside the relationship to a phone app that summons a customized virtual companion, hoping to find what they have lost between each other.

Director: Kuo-Liang Fu | Stars: Sky Qing Tian Li, Bai Su, Josh Cheng-Hsi Lu, Hao-Feng Song

Votes: 47

18. On the Q.T. (2001)

Not Rated | 90 min | Drama

A struggling violin player has his morals tested after he meets a wise musician while playing in the subway who introduces him to the music world in N.Y.C.

Director: Yale Strom | Stars: Sam Ball, James Earl Jones, Trudie Styler, Annie Parisse

Votes: 147

19. Zousa monahos, horis agapi (1971)

100 min | Drama

A talented but struggling musician arrives in bustling Athens along with his band with dreams of a better life, and finds love and success; however, fate has a tragic future in store for him. Can anyone live alone without love?

Director: Apostolos Tegopoulos | Stars: Nikos Xanthopoulos, Mary Evangelou, Giannis Vogiatzis, Eleni Zafeiriou

Votes: 55

20. Kojak (2005)
Episode: Music of the Night (2005)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

A popular nightclub singer is stalked by a mad bomber who targets those she used to work with and sends her VHS tapes of his crimes. Kojak suspects that the stalker is not simply a crazed fan but someone she personally knows.

Director: Jerry Levine | Stars: Ving Rhames, Kim Bourne, Zan Calabretta, Renée Castle

Votes: 28

21. That '80s Show (2002)
Episode: Corey's Remix (2002)

TV-PG | Comedy

Corey records a pop ballad for his ears only. Katie "fixes" the song and plays it at the club behind Corey's back. After a failed sales pitch, Roger gets fired. Tuesday and Corey begin warming up to the idea of hooking up with each other.

Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: Glenn Howerton, Tinsley Grimes, Chyler Leigh, Eddie Shin

Votes: 54

22. Rich Holiday, Poor Holiday (2020– )
Episode: Croatia and Shropshire (2021)

45 min | Reality-TV

Andy and Ton sample the simple life on a farm in Shropshire, while struggling musicians Hayley and Dessie are upgraded to a catamaran sailing Croatia's Adriatic coast.

Directors: Carl Akkouh, Felipe Herrera | Star: Craig Kelly