Rockstar
An uninhibited youth woos the hottest about-to-be-married college girl. He rises to become a rock-star - then self-destructs.
Stars: Aditi Rao Hydari Jaideep Ahlawat Kumud Mishra Moufid Aziz Nargis Fakhri Piyush Mishra Ranbir Kapoor Shammi Kapoor Shernaz Patel Shreya Narayan
Gully Boy
A coming-of-age story based on the lives of street rappers in Mumbai.
Stars: Alia Bhatt Amruta Subhash Jyoti Subhash Kalki Koechlin Ranveer Singh Sheeba Chaddha Siddhant Chaturvedi Vijay Maurya Vijay Raaz Vijay Varma
Secret Superstar
Insia Malik is a talented 15-year-old school girl from Baroda whose spirit is ripped because her mother is in a troubled and violent marriage. Of course she still dares to pursue her dream of becoming a singer and she also valiantly attempts to free her mother from her conservative, cold father.
Stars: Aamir Khan Meher Vij Monali Thakur Raj Arjun Shaan Mukherjee Tirth Sharma Zaira Wasim
Whiplash
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
Stars: Austin Stowell Chris Mulkey Damon Gupton J.K. Simmons Jayson Blair Kavita Patil Melissa Benoist Miles Teller Nate Lang Paul Reiser
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.
Stars: AnnaSophia Robb David Kelly Freddie Highmore Helena Bonham Carter James Fox Johnny Depp Jordan Fry Julia Winter Missi Pyle Noah Taylor
8 Mile
The setting is Detroit in 1995. The city is divided by 8 Mile, a road that splits the town in half along racial lines. A young white rapper, Jimmy "B-Rabbit" Smith Jr. summons strength within himself to cross over these arbitrary boundaries to fulfill his dream of success in hip hop. With his pal Future and the three one third in place, all he has to do is not choke.
Stars: Anthony Mackie Brittany Murphy De'Angelo Wilson Eminem Evan Jones Kim Basinger Mekhi Phifer Michael Shannon Omar Benson Miller Taryn Manning
Bohemian Rhapsody
Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess.
Stars: Aaron McCusker Aidan Gillen Allen Leech Ben Hardy Gwilym Lee Joseph Mazzello Lucy Boynton Mike Myers Rami Malek Tom Hollander
Pink Floyd: The Wall
A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
Stars: Alex McAvoy Bob Geldof Bob Hoskins Christine Hargreaves David Bingham Eleanor David Ellis Dale James Laurenson Jenny Wright Kevin McKeon
This Is Spinal Tap
"This Is Spinal Tap" shines a light on the self-contained universe of a metal band struggling to get back on the charts, including everything from its complicated history of ups and downs, gold albums, name changes and undersold concert dates, along with the full host of requisite groupies, promoters, hangers-on and historians, sessions, release events and those special behind-the-scenes moments that keep it all real.
Stars: Bruno Kirby Christopher Guest Dana Carvey Ed Begley Jr. Fran Drescher Harry Shearer June Chadwick Michael McKean Rob Reiner Sandy Helberg
La La Land
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
Stars: Amiée Conn Callie Hernandez Cinda Adams Emma Stone J.K. Simmons John Legend Rosemarie DeWitt Ryan Gosling Terry Walters Thom Shelton
Young Man with a Horn
Legendary trumpeter Art Hazzard teaches young Rick Martin everything he knows about playing, so Rick becomes a star musician, but a troubled marriage and the desire to play pure jazz instead of commercial swing songs cause him problems.
Stars: Doris Day Hoagy Carmichael Jerome Cowan Juano Hernández Kirk Douglas Lauren Bacall Mary Beth Hughes Nestor Paiva Orley Lindgren Walter Reed
The Legend of 1900
The story of a virtuoso piano player who lives his entire life aboard an ocean liner. Born and raised on the ship, 1900 (Tim Roth) learned about the outside world through interactions with passengers, never setting foot on land, even for the love of his life. Years later, the ship may be destroyed, and a former band member fears that 1900 may still be aboard, willing to go down with the ship.
Stars: Alberto Vazquez Bill Nunn Clarence Williams III Gabriele Lavia Luca De Luigi Mélanie Thierry Niall O'Brien Peter Vaughan Pruitt Taylor Vince Tim Roth
Nashville
The intersecting stories of twenty-four characters—from country star to wannabe to reporter to waitress— connect to the music business in Nashville, Tennessee.
Stars: Barbara Baxley David Arkin Geraldine Chaplin Karen Black Keith Carradine Ned Beatty Robert DoQui Ronee Blakley Shelley Duvall Timothy Brown
Walk the Line
A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.
Stars: Dallas Roberts Dan John Miller Ginnifer Goodwin Joaquin Phoenix Johnathan Rice Reese Witherspoon Robert Patrick Shooter Jennings Tyler Hilton Waylon Payne
Straight Outta Compton
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.
Stars: Aldis Hodge Alexandra Shipp Carra Patterson Corey Hawkins Jason Mitchell Marlon Yates Jr. Neil Brown Jr. O'Shea Jackson Jr. Paul Giamatti R. Marcos Taylor