Jazz Movies, Jazz List Movies

Summer of Sam 1999

6.7 /10

Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American South Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.

Run Time: 142 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Jul 02, 1999

Director: Director: Spike Lee,

Stars: John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Mira Sorvino, Jennifer Esposito, Michael Rispoli,

Killing Zoe 1993

6.5 /10

Zed is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric. Eric and his gang have planned to raid the only bank in the city which is open on Bastille day. After offering his services, Zed soon finds himself trapped in a situation beyond his control when heroin abuse, poor planning and a call-girl named Zoe all conspire to turn the robbery into a very bloody siege.

Run Time: 96 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Oct 01, 1993

Director: Director: Roger Avary,

Stars: Eric Stoltz, Julie Delpy, JeanHugues Anglade, Tai Thai, Bruce Ramsay,

Short Cuts 1993

7.7 /10

Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after walking away, the child lapses into a coma. While at the hospital, the boy's grandfather tells his son, Howard, about his past affairs. Meanwhile, a baker starts harassing the family when they fail to pick up the boy's birthday cake.

Run Time: 187 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Sep 05, 1993

Director: Director: Robert Altman,

Stars: Andie MacDowell, Bruce Davison, Jack Lemmon, Zane Cassidy, Julianne Moore,

La La Land 2016

8 /10

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.

Run Time: 129 Min . MMPA: 13 . Release: Nov 29, 2016

Director: Director: Damien Chazelle,

Stars: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, Rosemarie DeWitt, JK Simmons,

Paris, Je T'Aime 2006

7.2 /10

Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to chose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.

Run Time: 120 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Jun 21, 2006

Director: Director: Isabel Coixet, Christopher Doyle, Tom Tykwer, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen,

Stars: Steve Buscemi, Natalie Portman, Willem Dafoe, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Axel Kiener,

Chicago 2002

7.2 /10

Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.

Run Time: 113 Min . MMPA: 14 . Release: Dec 10, 2002

Director: Director: Rob Marshall,

Stars: Rene Zellweger, Catherine ZetaJones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, John C Reilly,

Kansas City 1996

6.3 /10

Robert Altman's story – a riff on race, class, and power – cross-cuts between two kidnappings and a background of corrupt politics and virtuoso jazz music. It all takes place in Kansas City in 1934.

Run Time: 116 Min . MMPA: 15 . Release: Aug 16, 1996

Director: Director: Robert Altman,

Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Miranda Richardson, Harry Belafonte, Michael Murphy, Dermot Mulroney,

Before We Go 2014

6.8 /10

A woman who is robbed on her way to catch the 1:30 train to Boston is left stranded in New York City. She meets a man who helps her during the course of the night and the two form a romance.

Run Time: 89 Min . MMPA: 13 . Release: Sep 04, 2014

Director: Director: Chris Evans,

Stars: Chris Evans, Alice Eve, Emma Fitzpatrick, Mark Kassen, Daniel Spink,

Bewitched 2005

4.8 /10

Thinking he can overshadow an unknown actress in the part, an egocentric actor unknowingly gets a witch cast in an upcoming television remake of the classic show "Bewitched".

Run Time: 102 Min . MMPA: 14 . Release: Jun 21, 2005

Director: Director: Nora Ephron,

Stars: Nicole Kidman, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine, Michael Caine, Jason Schwartzman,

Murmur of the Heart 1971

7.6 /10

This loosely plotted coming-of-age tale follows the life of 15-year-old Laurent Chevalier as he stumbles his way over the burgeoning swell of adolescence in 1950s France. After having his first sexual experience with a prostitute and dodging the lips of a priest, Chevalier contracts a case of scarlet fever. When the fever leaves him with a heart murmur, Chevalier is placed in a sanatorium, along with his over-attentive and adulterous mother.

Run Time: 118 Min . MMPA: 18 . Release: Apr 27, 1971

Director: Director: Louis Malle,

Stars: Lea Massari, Benot Ferreux, Daniel Glin, Michael Lonsdale, Ave Ninchi,