Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "ragtime-music"

1. Pretty Baby (1978)

R | 110 min | Drama

A preteen girl lives as a prostitute in New Orleans in 1917.

Director: Louis Malle | Stars: Brooke Shields, Keith Carradine, Susan Sarandon, Frances Faye

Votes: 12,841 | Gross: $5.79M

2. Ragtime (1981)

PG | 155 min | Drama

A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

Director: Milos Forman | Stars: James Cagney, Elizabeth McGovern, Howard E. Rollins Jr., Brad Dourif

Votes: 10,562 | Gross: $21.02M

3. The Glenn Miller Story (1954)

Approved | 115 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Biography of bandleader Glenn Miller from his beginnings to his death over the English Channel in December 1944.

Director: Anthony Mann | Stars: James Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan, Charles Drake

Votes: 9,713

4. The Rose Tattoo (1955)

Unrated | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A Sicilian seamstress who idolizes her husband must deal with several family crises upon his sudden death.

Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Anna Magnani, Burt Lancaster, Marisa Pavan, Ben Cooper

Votes: 4,602

5. Deep in My Heart (1954)

Approved | 132 min | Biography, Comedy, Musical

Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.

Director: Stanley Donen | Stars: José Ferrer, Merle Oberon, Helen Traubel, Doe Avedon

Votes: 959

6. New Orleans (1947)

Approved | 90 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A gambling hall owner relocates from New Orleans to Chicago and entertains his patrons with hot jazz by Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Woody Herman, and others.

Director: Arthur Lubin | Stars: Arturo de Córdova, Dorothy Patrick, Marjorie Lord, Irene Rich

Votes: 672

7. Boy for Sale (2014)

PG | 9 min | Short, Comedy, Music

A Charlie Chaplin fan film. Charlie trades his hooch for a boy.

Director: Mark Parks | Stars: Caren MacNevin, Logan Martin, Shannon Murdock, Vincent Valentino

8. Lights of New York (1928)

Passed | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Music

A gangster frames two bootleggers for the shooting of a police officer in New York during the prohibition.

Director: Bryan Foy | Stars: Helene Costello, Cullen Landis, Mary Carr, Wheeler Oakman

Votes: 944 | Gross: $1.20M

9. Quinto: non ammazzare (1969)

100 min | Drama, Western

The Blackie gang pulls off the perfect bank heist. But who took the money?

Director: León Klimovsky | Stars: Giuseppe Cardillo, Sarah Ross, Alfonso Rojas, Diana Sorel

Votes: 66

10. Adios, Hombre (1967)

85 min | Drama, Western

A man is arrested, tried and convicted for a robbery that was actually committed by someone else. After he gets out of prison, he goes in search of the real robbers.

Director: Mario Caiano | Stars: Craig Hill, Giulia Rubini, Piero Lulli, Eduardo Fajardo

Votes: 165

11. The Law of Violence (1969)

83 min | Drama, Western

After spending five years in jail for a crime he did not commit, Jack Sparrow (Giorgio Cerioni) returns to the town of Red Rock seeking revenge.

Director: Gianni Crea | Stars: Giorgio Cerioni, Igli Villani, Ángel Aranda, Miguel de la Riva

Votes: 88

12. The Last Traitor (1971)

93 min | Drama, Western

Ned Carter is waiting with a bunch of guests for his bride. When they notice there are exactly 13 people at the table, an unlucky number, some think it's an evil omen. And indeed, when the stagecoach arrives, the bride has been murdered.

Director: Giuseppe Vari | Stars: Donald O'Brien, Maurice Poli, Dino Strano, Maily Doria

Votes: 64

13. Is Everybody Happy? (1929)

Passed | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

This is the story of Ted Lewis, popular band leader and clarinettist.

Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Ted Lewis, Alice Day, Ann Pennington, Lawrence Grant

14. Dearie (1927)

Passed | 60 min | Drama

Finding herself in dire circumstances, the widowed Sylvia Darling determines that her son, Stephen, will complete his college education and develop his supposed literary talents; thus, she ... See full summary »

Director: Archie Mayo | Stars: Irene Rich, William Collier Jr., Edna Murphy, Anders Randolf

15. Riverboat Rhythm (1946)

Passed | 65 min | Comedy, Music, Romance

Matt Lindsay (Leon Errol) is the captain/owner of a showboat that is on the rocks literally and figuratively. His efforts to raise money to save his boat and troupers get him involved with ... See full summary »

Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Leon Errol, Glen Vernon, Walter Catlett, Marc Cramer

Votes: 73

16. Loki (2021–2023)
Episode: 1893 (2023)

TV-14 | 54 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy

Loki and Mobius go on the hunt for everyone's favorite cartoon clock as they try to save the TVA.

Director: Kasra Farahani | Stars: Tom Hiddleston, Sophia Di Martino, Owen Wilson, Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Votes: 12,409

17. Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode: Stroll on the Wild Side: Part 1 (2012)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

When a demure, engaged librarian, who led a double life as a prostitute in a local saloon, is found strangled, Anna Fulford, still on the run from the Black Hand, helps Murdoch in his murder investigation.

Director: Michael DeCarlo | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Thomas Craig, Helene Joy, Georgina Reilly

Votes: 323

18. Dave Wave (2010– )
Episode: What is Ragtime? Ragtime Explained in 2 minutes (Music Theory) (2018)

3 min | Documentary, Music

The ingredients of ragtime music. Da da de dada.

19. Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode: White Horse Pike (2013)

TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama

Nucky discovers that Lansky is betraying him by piggybacking heroin in his liquor trucks, Narcisse and Chalky are at total war, and Knox coerces Eli.

Director: Jake Paltrow | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham

Votes: 1,929

20. The Bureau of Magical Things (2018–2021)
Episode: The Test (2018)

TV-G | 23 min | Drama, Family, Fantasy

Kyra and her class are assessed on their ability to handle magical outbreaks. Everyone is surprised when Agent Orla arrives to observe, and Kyra feels under pressure to prove herself.

Director: Grant Brown | Stars: Kimie Tsukakoshi, Elizabeth Cullen, Mia Milnes, Julian Cullen

Votes: 99