Songwriter Movies

A struggling songwriter named Dave Seville finds success when he comes across a trio of singing chipmunks: mischievous leader Alvin, brainy Simon,...

A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde newlywed.

A young wannabe musician discovers he has bitten off more than he can chew when he joins an eccentric pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic...

In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, under the...

A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

The history of American popular music runs parallel with the history of a Russian Jewish immigrant family, with each male descendant possessing...

A singer goes to a small town for a performance before he is drafted.

Re-imagining the life and times of Blaze Foley, the unsung songwriting Texas legend.

The life and work of the enigmatic singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson.

During the Great Depression, all Broadway shows are closed down. A group of desperate unemployed showgirls find hope when a wealthy songwriter...

A glimpse at the life of French singer Serge Gainsbourg, from growing up in 1940s Nazi-occupied Paris through his successful song-writing years in...

Philadelphia teenager Edna Buxton wins a talent contest during the early rock 'n' roll era, changes her name to Denise Waverly and moves to New York...

A young actor from Texas tries to make it in New York while struggling in his relationship with a beautiful singer/songwriter.

The troubled fraternal relationship between songwriters Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, the Oscar and Grammy-winning Sherman Brothers,...

When he started as a comedy writer for the Late Show with David Letterman, Steve Young had few interests and not many friends outside of his day job....

The executive producers of High School Musical keep the good times rolling with this upbeat musical comedy set in the one place every American...

A celebration of the Irish punk/poet Shane MacGowan, lead singer and songwriter of The Pogues, that combines unseen archive footage from the band and...

Comedian Henry Phillips is lured to LA by a renowned TV producer who wants to bring his story of failure to the screen. But when a major network gets...

A hit pop songwriter, who cannot love himself or others, spends his days with various women flying his plane, and dropping in to the world around him.

Ten years in the making, Strange Powers is an intimate documentary portrait of songwriter Stephin Merritt and his band the Magnetic Fields. With his...