Drama, Music
For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment… is another chance.
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Oasis vs. Blur | Duel at the Peak of Britpop
Nobody Knows My Name
Tree of Knowledge
All That Jazz
What Difference Does It Make?
Gummo
Girl You Know It's True
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
Biesero: A Daughter's Story
Slums of Beverly Hills
Savage Streets
Havoc
Blue Collar
Notorious
Prozac Nation
Skirt Day
The Perfect Man
The Final Season
Brick Mansions
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IMDB 10 | Sep , 2019
Oasis vs. Blur | Duel at the Peak of Britpop
IMDB 6.8 | Jan , 2014
During the 90s, Britpop dominated the airwaves and an epic pop rivalry sparked into life when Blur’s single ‘Country House’ went up against Oasis’s ‘Roll With It’ in the charts.Nobody Knows My Name
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1999
A film about women who love and make hip-hop music. These artists strive through the erasures and obstructions of a heavily male-dominated industry.Tree of Knowledge
IMDB 6.7 | Nov , 1981
As a group of Danish children pass into adolescence, gradually the most popular girl becomes an outcast, for trivial reasons that she never understands.All That Jazz
IMDB 7.5 | Dec , 1979
Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly collapsing around him - his obsession with work has almost destroyed his personal life, and only his bottles of pills keep him going.What Difference Does It Make?
IMDB 5.1 | Feb , 2014
A documentary that explores the challenges that a life in music can bring.Gummo
IMDB 6.6 | Oct , 1997
Solomon and Tummler are two teenagers killing time in Xenia, Ohio, a small town that has never recovered from the tornado that ravaged the community in the 1970s.Girl You Know It's True
IMDB 7.4 | Dec , 2023
For his next project, successful music producer Frank Farian hires dancers Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan and helps the two friends to a skyrocketing success, under the name Milli Vanilli. Only a small circle of insiders know their secret: the duo don't sing themselves, they just move their lips - to the voices of the real singers. At the height of their fame, Milli Vanilli threatens to become the biggest scandal in music history. Not only the truth is at stake, but also their friendship...Nas: Time Is Illmatic
IMDB 7 | Apr , 2014
Time Is Illmatic is a feature length documentary film that delves deep into the making of Nas' 1994 debut album, Illmatic, and the social conditions that influenced its creation.Biesero: A Daughter's Story
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2024
Between 500,000 to 800,000 people belonging to the Tutsi minority ethnic group as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa were killed by armed Hutu militias over the course of 100 days between April 7 and July 15, 1994.Slums of Beverly Hills
IMDB 6.3 | Aug , 1998
In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.Savage Streets
IMDB 6.2 | Aug , 1984
Brenda, vivacious leader of the "Satins", a fun-loving group of pretty high school girls, searches for deadly vengeance against the gang members who assaulted her deaf-mute sister.Havoc
IMDB 5.2 | Oct , 2005
A wealthy Los Angeles teen and her superficial friends wants to break out of suburbia and experience Southern California's "gangsta" lifestyle. But problems arise when the preppies get in over their heads and provoke the wrath of a violent Latino gang. Suddenly, their role-playing seems a little too real.Blue Collar
IMDB 7.4 | Feb , 1978
Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly line workers hatch a plan to rob a safe at union headquarters.Notorious
IMDB 6.9 | Jan , 2009
"Notorious" is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (once selling crack to pregnant women) to one of the greatest rappers of all time: The Notorious B.I.G. Follow his meteoric rise to fame and his refusal to succumb to expectations - redefining our notion of "The American Dream."Prozac Nation
IMDB 6.4 | Sep , 2001
When talented young writer Elizabeth Wurtzel earns a scholarship to Harvard, she sees it as her chance to escape the pressures of her working-class background and concentrate on her true talent. But what starts out so promising leads to self-destructive behavior and paralyzing depression that reflects an entire generation's struggle to navigate the effects of divorce, drugs, sex, and high expectations.Skirt Day
IMDB 7.1 | Nov , 2008
A teacher, driven to exasperation from insults and insubordination, takes her class hostage.The Perfect Man
IMDB 6.1 | Jun , 2005
Holly is tired of moving every time her mom Jean breaks up with yet another second-rate guy. To distract her mother from her latest bad choice, Holly conceives the perfect plan for the perfect man, an imaginary secret admirer who will romance Jean and boost her self-esteem.The Final Season
IMDB 5.3 | Oct , 2007
True story of Kent Stock, who in the early '90s gives up a job and ditches his wedding plans to take over as head coach of the Norway High School baseball team. Kent must win over his players and convince them and himself that he can fill their former coach's shoes and that they can go out winners. In the summer of 1991 Norway High's baseball tradition ended on a triumphant but sombre note.Brick Mansions
IMDB 5.9 | Apr , 2014
In a dystopian Detroit, grand houses that once housed the wealthy are now homes of the city's most-dangerous criminals. Surrounding the area is a giant wall to keep the rest of Detroit safe. For undercover cop Damien Collier, every day is a battle against corruption as he struggles to bring his father's killer, Tremaine, to justice. Meanwhile, Damien and an ex-con named Lino work together to save the city from a plot to destroy it.