Films like Beats
An agoraphobic hip-hop prodigy and a disgraced former music manager cross paths in Chicago’s South Side and help each other face demons of their pasts.
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Mo' Better Blues
Film · 1990 · also drama and musicTalented but self-centered trumpeter Bleek Gilliam is obsessed with his music and indecisiveness about his girlfriends Indigo and Clarke. But when he is forced to come to...
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Patti Cake$
Film · 2017 · also drama and musicStraight out of Jersey comes Patricia Dombrowski, a.k.a. Killa P, a.k.a. Patti Cake$, an aspiring rapper fighting through a world of strip malls and strip clubs on an unl...
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All Eyez on Me
Film · 2017 · also drama and musicAll Eyez on Me chronicles the life and legacy of Tupac Shakur, including his rise to superstardom as a hip-hop artist, actor, poet and activist, as well as his imprisonme...
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You Got Served
Film · 2004 · also drama and musicAt Mr. Rad's Warehouse, the best hip-hop crews in Los Angeles compete for money and respect. But when a suburban crew crashes the party, stealing their dancers — and thei...
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Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Film · 2005 · also drama and musicA tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.
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Hounddog
Film · 2008 · also drama and musicA drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
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A
Film · 2017 · also drama and musicA young alcoholic ambient musician locks himself in his apartment on a dangerous seven day bender as he attempts to finish his upcoming album.
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Honey: Rise Up and Dance
Film · 2018 · also drama and musicStreet dancer Skyler comes out of the shadow of her trained dancer sister, Tosha, & joins a dance competition with the Honey dance studio; the prize is a college scholars...
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Hustle & Flow
Film · 2005 · also drama and musicWith help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.
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Cadillac Records
Film · 2008 · also drama and musicThe story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Le...
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