Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "aspiring-composer"

1. Tolkien (2019)

PG-13 | 112 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Tolkien's novels were inspired by his mom's storytelling, falling in love with another orphan, Edith, forming a brotherhood with 3 other misfits at school, the trench war of WWI and later telling stories to his own kids.

Director: Dome Karukoski | Stars: Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Colm Meaney, Derek Jacobi

Votes: 46,763 | Gross: $4.54M

2. A Thousand and One (2023)

R | 117 min | Crime, Drama

After unapologetic and fiercely loyal Inez kidnaps her son Terry from the foster care system, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability, in a rapidly changing New York City.

Director: A.V. Rockwell | Stars: Teyana Taylor, Aaron Kingsley Adetola, Aven Courtney, Josiah Cross

Votes: 7,021

3. Mahler (1974)

PG | 115 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Composer Gustav Mahler's (Robert Powell) life, told in a series of flashbacks as he and his wife (Georgina Hale) discuss their failing marriage during a train journey.

Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Robert Powell, Georgina Hale, Lee Montague, Miriam Karlin

Votes: 3,071

4. Marjorie Prime (2017)

99 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A service that provides holographic recreations of deceased loved ones allows a woman to come face-to-face with the younger version of her late husband.

Director: Michael Almereyda | Stars: Geena Davis, Hannah Gross, Jon Hamm, India Reed Kotis

Votes: 6,881 | Gross: $0.18M

5. Premature (2019)

Unrated | 90 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Seventeen year-old Ayanna meets handsome and mysterious Isaiah in her path toward self-discovery. Her entire world is turned upside down as she travails on the rigorous terrain of young love in the summer before she leaves for college.

Director: Rashaad Ernesto Green | Stars: Zora Howard, Joshua Boone, Michelle Wilson, Alexis Marie Wint

Votes: 963

6. Mister Buddwing (1966)

Approved | 100 min | Drama

An amnesiac (James Garner) wanders the streets of Manhattan trying to figure out who he is.

Director: Delbert Mann | Stars: James Garner, Jean Simmons, Suzanne Pleshette, Katharine Ross

Votes: 1,445

7. Fiesta (1947)

Approved | 104 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

When a matador leaves town to focus on his music, his twin sister takes on his identity in the bullfighting ring.

Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Esther Williams, Akim Tamiroff, Ricardo Montalban, John Carroll

Votes: 643

8. Bagets 2 (1984)

130 min | Comedy, Drama

This sequel of the youth-oriented film chronicles the boys' final year of high school, culminating in their graduation.

Director: Maryo J. de los Reyes | Stars: William Martinez, J.C. Bonnin, Herbert Bautista, Raymond Lauchengco

Votes: 42

9. Holiday in Havana (1949)

73 min | Comedy, Musical

Carlos Estrada, a busboy in a Cuban hotel who wants to become a composer, is rebuffed by Mama Valdez when he tries to get her daughter, singer-dancer Lolita Veldez, to use one of his songs.... See full summary »

Director: Jean Yarbrough | Stars: Desi Arnaz, Mary Hatcher, Ann Doran, Steven Geray

Votes: 128

10. Przekleta ziemia (1983)

115 min | Drama

When his mother dies, bar pianist Jan looks back at his life from the childhood in the village through musical education to professional career and friendship with an aspiring composer.

Director: Ryszard Czekala | Stars: Jan Jurewicz, Franciszek Mula, Pawel Paradowski, Maria Probosz