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   tick, tick... BOOM!

   Film · 2021 · also drama and music

   On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.

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   TÁR

   Film · 2022 · also drama and music

   As celebrated conductor Lydia Tár starts rehearsals for a career-defining symphony, the consequences of her past choices begin to echo in the present.

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   Coda

   Film · 2020 · also drama and music

   A famous pianist at the twilight of his career meets a free-spirited music critic who soon becomes his rock as his mental state deteriorates.

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   Inside Llewyn Davis

   Film · 2013 · also drama and music

   In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future.

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   A Complete Unknown

   Film · 2024 · also drama and music

   New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village...

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   Clouds

   Film · 2020 · also drama and music

   Young musician Zach Sobiech discovers his cancer has spread, leaving him just a few months to live. With limited time, he follows his dream and makes an album, unaware th...

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   Almost Famous

   Film · 2000 · also drama and music

   In 1973, a precocious 15-year-old aspiring rock journalist lands a dream assignment from Rolling Stone to tour with a rising rock band, embarking on a coming-of-age journ...

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   Cradle Will Rock

   Film · 1999 · also drama

   A true story of politics and art in the 1930s USA, centered around a leftist musical drama and attempts to stop its production.

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   Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

   Film · 2025 · also drama and music

   Bruce Springsteen, a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggles to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past.

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    Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

    Film · 2003 · also drama

    Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon...

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