Films like The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Billie 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 aiming to stop her from singing her controversial ballad, "Strange Fruit."
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Bird
Film · 1988 · also drama and musicSaxophone 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 Ch...
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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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Get On Up
Film · 2014 · also drama and historyA chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
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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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Cadillac Records
Film · 2008 · also drama and historyThe 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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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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Miles Ahead
Film · 2016 · also drama and historyAn exploration of the life and music of Miles Davis.
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The Catcher Was a Spy
Film · 2018 · also drama and historyFormer major league baseball player Moe Berg lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services in World War II Europe.
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Blaze
Film · 2018 · also drama and historyInspired by the life of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting legend of the Texas outlaw country movement that spawned the likes of Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson. The fil...
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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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