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Saxophone player Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker comes to New York in 1940 and is quickly noticed for his remarkable way of playing. He becomes a drug addict but his loving wife Chan tries to help him.
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Born to Be Blue
Film · 2015 · also drama and musicJazz legend Chet Baker finds love and redemption when he stars in a movie about his own troubled life to mount a comeback.
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The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Film · 2021 · also drama and musicBillie Holiday spent much of her career being adored by fans. In the 1940s, the government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to racialize the war on drugs, ultimately...
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The Doors
Film · 1991 · also drama and musicThe story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
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Rocketman
Film · 2019 · also drama and musicThe story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.
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Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody
Film · 2022 · also drama and musicThe joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, the greatest female R&B pop vocalist of all time. Tracking her journey from obs...
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Out of the Blue
Film · 1981 · also dramaA young girl whose father is an ex-convict and whose mother is a junkie finds it difficult to conform and tries to find comfort in a quirky combination of Elvis and the p...
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Ray
Film · 2004 · also drama and musicBorn on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found...
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Heaven Knows What
Film · 2015 · also dramaA young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at random.
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Neverwas
Film · 2005 · also dramaZach Riley is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, Millwood. What he doesn't reveal at...
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Lust for Life
Film · 1956 · also dramaAn intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure....
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