I Used to Be Famous

6.9

2022

104 mins

ComedyDramaMusic

A former boy band star unexpectedly gets a second shot at success when he forms a bond with a gifted young drummer.

Grace of My Heart

Year : 1996Rating : ⭐ 6.0

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 City to make it big. Though she flops as a recording artist, fast-talking record producer Joel Millner recognizes her songwriting talent and teams her with struggling songsmith Howard Caszatt.

Metal Lords

Year : 2022Rating : ⭐ 6.8

For teenage misfits Hunter and Kevin, the path to glory is clear: Devote themselves to metal. Win Battle of the Bands. And be worshipped like gods.

Krush Groove

Year : 1985Rating : ⭐ 6.4

Russell Walker is a young, successful manager of rap performers, handling acts for the Krush Groove label, including Run-DMC and The Fat Boys. When Run-D.M.C. has a hit record and Russell needs more money to press more copies, he borrows it from a street hustler and soon regrets his decision.

School Dance

Year : 2014Rating : ⭐ 7.4

High schooler Jason has found his dream girl—the gorgeous Anastacia. There’s just one problem: she doesn’t know he exists. If he can win a spot on the school’s hottest dance crew, Jason might have a shot. But before he does, he’ll have to overcome his battle-ax of a mother, survive Anastacia’s gangsta brother, and pass the crew’s initiation—in this fresh, sexy, and outrageously funny comedy.

Flora and Son

Year : 2023Rating : ⭐ 6.9

Single mom Flora is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, Max. Her efforts to keep him out of trouble lead to a beat-up acoustic guitar, a washed-up LA musician, and harmony for this frayed Dublin family.

Sound of Metal

Year : 2020Rating : ⭐ 7.7

Metal drummer Ruben begins to lose his hearing. When a doctor tells him his condition will worsen, he thinks his career and life is over. His girlfriend Lou checks the former addict into a rehab for the deaf hoping it will prevent a relapse and help him adapt to his new life. After being welcomed and accepted just as he is, Ruben must choose between his new normal and the life he once knew.

Fat Kid Rules The World

Year : 2012Rating : ⭐ 6.7

A dropout comes to the aid of a chubby and suicidal high-school kid by recruiting him as the drummer for his upstart punk-rock band.

Taurus

Year : 2022Rating : ⭐ 5.8

A rising but troubled musician searches for the inspiration to record one last song, pushing himself deep into the void.

Coda

Year : 2020Rating : ⭐ 6.1

A famous pianist at the twilight of his career meets a free-spirited music critic who soon becomes his rock as his mental state deteriorates.

Sweet and Lowdown

Year : 1999Rating : ⭐ 6.8

In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.

Clika

Year : 2026Rating : ⭐ 8.3

Aspiring small-town musician Chito is determined to make it big. When a clip of him performing one of his songs goes viral, he seizes the opportunity and pushes to carve out a place for himself in the new wave of Mexican-American music... and ultimately gets caught in a game more dangerous than anticipated.

Honey: Rise Up and Dance

Year : 2018Rating : ⭐ 6.9

Street dancer Skyler comes out of the shadow of her trained dancer sister, Tosha, & joins a dance competition with the Honey dance studio; the prize is a college scholarship.

Whiplash

Year : 2014Rating : ⭐ 8.4

Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

Honey 2

Year : 2011Rating : ⭐ 6.3

After a brush with the law, Maria has returned to her gritty Bronx roots to rebuild her life with nothing but a talent for street dance and a burning ambition to prove herself.

Bo Burnham: Make Happy

Year : 2016Rating : ⭐ 8.0

Combining his trademark wit and self-deprecating humor with original music, Bo Burnham offers up his unique twist on life in this stand-up special about life, death, sexuality, hypocrisy, mental illness and Pringles cans.

A Mighty Wind

Year : 2003Rating : ⭐ 6.8

Three eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following the death of their manager to put on an reunion concert in his honor, at the request of his son.

Crossroads

Year : 1986Rating : ⭐ 7.4

A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Year : 2001Rating : ⭐ 7.5

Raised a boy in East Berlin, Hedwig undergoes a personal transformation in order to emigrate to the U.S., where she reinvents herself as an 'internationally ignored' but divinely talented rock diva, inhabiting a 'beautiful gender of one'.

The Forty-Year-Old Version

Year : 2020Rating : ⭐ 6.7

Desperate for a breakthrough as she nears the big 4-0, struggling New York City playwright Radha finds inspiration by reinventing herself as a rapper.

Soul Men

Year : 2008Rating : ⭐ 6.2

Two former backup soul singers, Louis and Floyd, have not spoken to each other in 20 years, and reluctantly agree to travel across the country together to a reunion concert to honor their recently-deceased lead singer. Cleo, a beautiful young woman who is believed to be Floyd's daughter, accompanies them as a new singer.