Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
Apr 27, 2014 | IMDB 6.9
115 min Watch NowMusic, Documentary
James Brown changed the face of American music forever. Abandoned by his parents at an early age, James Brown was a self-made man who became one of the most influential artists of the 20th century, not just through his music, but also as a social activist. Charting his journey from rhythm and blues to funk, MR. DYNAMITE: THE RISE OF JAMES BROWN features rare and previously unseen footage, photographs and interviews, chronicling the musical ascension of “the hardest working man in show business,” from his first hit, “Please, Please, Please,” in 1956, to his iconic performances at the Apollo Theater, the T.A.M.I. Show, the Paris Olympia and more.
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The Commitments
What Now Mama
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Ladies Night Out
Viva Las Vegas
Top Hat
Munna Michael
Escape 360
Earth Girls Are Easy
The Blues Brothers
Mommy, What's a Funkadelic?
Ray
The Wigan Casino
New Century Ultraman Legend
Heartbeats
Becoming Cary Grant
New Century 2003 Ultraman Legend: THE KING'S JUBILEE
The Love Department
Bootmen
Little Richard: I Am Everything
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Commitments
IMDB 7.3 | Aug , 1991
Jimmy Rabbitte, just a thick-ya out of school, gets a brilliant idea: to put a soul band together in Barrytown, his slum home in north Dublin. First he needs musicians and singers: things slowly start to click when he finds three fine-voiced females virtually in his back yard, a lead singer (Deco) at a wedding, and, responding to his ad, an aging trumpet player, Joey "The Lips" Fagan.What Now Mama
IMDB 0 | May , 2025
A mother struggles to hold her family together as multiple crises threaten to destroy them.SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
IMDB 6.9 | Jan , 2025
An examination of the life and legacy of Sly & The Family Stone – the groundbreaking band led by the charismatic Sly Stone – that captures the band's reign while shedding light on the burden that comes with success for Black artists in America.Ladies Night Out
IMDB 0 | Jan , 1983
A live performance of The Peter Adonis Traveling Fantasy Show burlesque show, taped at the Broadway Theater in Pitman, New Jersey.Viva Las Vegas
IMDB 6.2 | Feb , 1964
Lucky Jackson arrives in town with his car literally in tow ready for the first Las Vegas Grand Prix - once he has the money to buy an engine. He gets the cash easily enough but mislays it when the pretty swimming pool manageress takes his mind off things. It seems he will lose both race and girl, problems made more difficult by rivalry from Elmo Mancini, fellow racer and womaniser.Top Hat
IMDB 7.2 | Aug , 1935
Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel room, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace.Munna Michael
IMDB 5.9 | Jul , 2017
An expert dancer Munna who idolizes the king of pop, reluctantly tutors a gangster until their developing bond gets disrupted by their common romantic interest towards the same woman.Escape 360
IMDB 10 | Jun , 2021
One man, one camera, one goal...to capture the essence of adventure. An experimental, often abstract new type of filmmaking process creating color rich visuals combined with a lush soundtrack that grounds the project. A unique cinematic experience.Earth Girls Are Easy
IMDB 5.6 | Sep , 1988
In this musical comedy, Valerie is dealing with her philandering fiancé, Ted, when she finds that a trio of aliens have crashed their spaceship into her swimming pool. Once the furry beings are shaved at her girlfriend's salon, the women discover three handsome men underneath. After absorbing the native culture via television, the spacemen are ready to hit the dating scene in 1980s Los Angeles.The Blues Brothers
IMDB 7.7 | Jun , 1980
Jake Blues, just released from prison, puts his old band back together to save the Catholic home where he and his brother Elwood were raised.Mommy, What's a Funkadelic?
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2026
George Clinton's somewhat absurdist take on Parliament-Funkadelic history. Features never-before-granted access to his archive and spotlights his alter egos and friendsRay
IMDB 7.4 | Oct , 2004
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.The Wigan Casino
IMDB 0 | Dec , 1977
Documentary covering the famous Wigan Casino northern soul venue and the working class kids who spend all their money not on alcohol but on records and dancing all night.New Century Ultraman Legend
IMDB 5.5 | Aug , 2002
New Century Ultraman Legend (新世紀ウルトラマン伝説 Shinseki Urutoraman Densetsu) is a short movie that was simultaneously shown alongside Ultraman Cosmos 2: The Blue Planet. It stars all the Ultras who had been introduced up to and including Ultraman Cosmos, including the animated Ultras.Heartbeats
IMDB 6.7 | Jun , 2017
When a bubbly American hip hop dancer goes to India with her family for a wedding, she is impressed by a new dance style and falls in love with the man who introduced her to it.Becoming Cary Grant
IMDB 6.6 | May , 2017
For the first time one of Hollywood's greatest stars tells his own story, in his own words. From a childhood of poverty to global fame, Cary Grant, the ultimate self-made star, explores his own screen image and what it took to create it.New Century 2003 Ultraman Legend: THE KING'S JUBILEE
IMDB 8 | Aug , 2003
New Century 2003 Ultraman Legend: THE KING'S JUBILEE is a short movie that was simultaneously shown alongside Ultraman Cosmos Vs Ultraman Justice: The Final Battle. It features all the Ultras who had been introduced up to and including Ultraman Justice. The movie is about the Ultras celebrating Ultraman King's 300,000th birthday.The Love Department
IMDB 6 | May , 1935
In this musical short, a love columnist can't find her own love connection.Bootmen
IMDB 6.3 | Oct , 2000
Sean Odkin loves to dance—much to his fathers distain. When the woman he loves cannot return his love, he goes in search of the only thing that can make him whole again—dancing.Little Richard: I Am Everything
IMDB 6.5 | Apr , 2023
The story of the black, gay origins of rock n' roll. It explodes the whitewashed canon of American pop music to reveal the innovator – the originator – Richard Penniman. Through a wealth of archive and performance that brings us into Richard's complicated inner world, the film unspools the icon's life story with all its switchbacks and contradictions.