Ahmir-Khalib Thompson films, ranked by your taste

Actor and director · 8 films on Boxlist

Known for Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), Soul and Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary.

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Soul
2020 · Film
8.2/10 · TMDB
Joe Gardner is a middle school teacher with a love for jazz music. After a successful gig at the Half Note Club, he suddenly gets into an accident that separates his soul from his body and is transported to the You Seminar, a center in...
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Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDB
During the same summer as Woodstock, over 300,000 people attended the Harlem Cultural Festival, celebrating African American music and culture, and promoting Black pride and unity. The footage from the festival sat in a basement, unseen...
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American Symphony
2023 · Film
7.5/10 · TMDB
Musician Jon Batiste attempts to compose a symphony as his wife, writer Suleika Jaouad, undergoes cancer treatment.
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One World: Together at Home
2020 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDB
A global broadcast & digital special organized by Global Citizen and the World Health Organization featuring comedians, musicians, and actors to raise funds in support of front line health workers in the global response to COVID-19.
Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary
2024 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDB
This documentary chronicles the rise, fall, and rise again of the soft rock epitomized by artists such as Christopher Cross, Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Steely Dan, and Toto in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Retroactively dubbed...
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Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
2025 · Film
6.7/10 · TMDB
The now estranged bandmates of Spinal Tap are forced to reunite for one final concert, hoping it will solidify their place in the pantheon of rock 'n' roll.
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
2016 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDB
When his new album fails to sell records, pop/rap superstar Conner4real goes into a major tailspin and watches his celebrity high life begin to collapse. He'll try anything to bounce back, anything except reuniting with his old rap group...
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Someone Great
2019 · Film
6.4/10 · TMDB
An aspiring music journalist lands her dream job and is about to move to San Francisco when her boyfriend of nine years decides to call it quits. To nurse her broken heart, she and her two best friends spend one outrageous last adventure...
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Ahmir-Khalib Thompson films, ranked by your taste

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Directed by Ahmir-Khalib Thompson