Connection
The United States vs. Billie Holiday is a american film of genre Drama directed by Lee Daniels released in USA on 26 february 2021 with Trevante Rhodes
The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)
If you like this film, let us know!
Add to a movie listThe United States vs. Billie Holiday est un film américain réalisé par Lee Daniels, dont la sortie est prévue en 2020. Il s'agit d'un film biographique sur la chanteuse Billie Holiday.
Synopsis
Dans les années 1940, la chanteuse Billie Holiday, qui connait de multiples addictions, est la cible du Département fédéral des stupéfiants dans le cadre d’une opération d'infiltration dirigée par l'agent fédéral noir Jimmy Fletcher, avec qui elle a eu une liaison tumultueuse.Actors
Trevante Rhodes
(Jimmy Fletcher)
Garrett Hedlund
(Harry Anslinger)
Natasha Lyonne
(Tallulah Bankhead)
Leslie Jordan
(Reginald Lord Devine)
Dana Gourrier
(Sadie)
Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to The United States vs. Billie Holiday
There are 66 films with the same actors, 4 films with the same director, 65727 with the same cinematographic genres (including 70 with exactly the same 4 genres than The United States vs. Billie Holiday), 3301 films with the same themes (including 914 films with the same 2 themes than The United States vs. Billie Holiday), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked The United States vs. Billie Holiday, you will probably like those similar films :
Precious (2009)
, 1h49Directed by Lee Daniels
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about families, Pregnancy films, Medical-themed films, Obésité, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, LGBT-related films, Films about disabilities, Films about school violence, LGBT-related films, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, Sherri Shepherd
Rating73%
In 1987, obese, illiterate 16-year-old Claireece Precious Jones (Gabourey Sidibe) lives in the New York City ghetto of Harlem with her dysfunctional, abusive, unemployed mother, Mary (Mo'Nique), who has long subjected her to physical, mental and sexual abuse. Precious has also been raped by her father, Carl (Rodney "Bear" Jackson), resulting in two pregnancies. The family resides in a Section 8 tenement and survives on welfare. Her first child, "Mongo" (short for Mongoloid), has Down syndrome and is being cared for by Precious' grandmother, though Mary forces the family to pretend that Mongo lives with her and Precious so she can receive extra money from the government. When Precious' second pregnancy is discovered, her high school principal arranges for her to attend an alternative school, where she hopes Precious can change her life's direction. Precious finds a way out of her traumatic daily life by escaping into daydreams. In her mind, she has created an alternate world where she is loved and appreciated.
Country Strong (2011)
, 1h52Directed by Shana Feste
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Musical films
Actors Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw, Garrett Hedlund, Leighton Meester, Jeremy Childs, Donald Farmer
Rating62%
The film begins with Beau (Hedlund), singing with Kelly (Paltrow), a recovering alcoholic going through rehab. Beau is clearly smitten by her, and it is later revealed that the two have been having an affair, even though Kelly is married to James (McGraw). Kelly is checked out of rehab a month early by James, who wants her to go on a three-city tour to restore her image. She agrees on the condition that Beau becomes her opening act, but James has already made plans to see Chiles Stanton (Meester), a beauty queen with potential to become a rising singer, perform that night in hopes that she will be Kelly's opener instead.
Moonlight (2016)
, 1h50Directed by Barry Jenkins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, Teen LGBT-related films, Films about school violence, LGBT-related films, Coming out, LGBT-related film
Actors Naomie Harris, André Holland, Mahershala Ali, Trevante Rhodes, André Holland, Janelle Monáe
Rating73%
Pendant trois périodes cruciales de sa vie (9-10 ans, 16-17 ans et dix ans plus tard), Chiron, un Afro-Américain de Miami se bat contre son milieu (scolaire) et sa famille (mère droguée) pour vivre son homosexualité, essayant de s'affirmer tout en demeurant fidèle à lui-même.
The Runaways (2010)
, 1h49Directed by Floria Sigismondi
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Musical
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Musical films, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Scout Taylor-Compton, Michael Shannon, Stella Maeve, Alia Shawkat
Rating64%
Cherie Currie (Dakota Fanning) is a teenager in Los Angeles, California who desperately wants to be a rock star. She idolizes David Bowie and cuts her hair and dons make-up so she will resemble Bowie's character Aladdin Sane. At her high school talent show, she lip syncs to "Lady Grinning Soul" and, despite some hecklers in the audience, wins.
The Doors (1991)
, 2h18Directed by Oliver Stone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical theatre, Documentary, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Musical films
Actors Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan, Frank Whaley, Kevin Dillon, Jennifer Tilly
Rating71%
The film opens during the recording of Jim's An American Prayer and quickly moves to a childhood memory of his family driving along a desert highway in 1949, where a Young Jim sees an elderly native American dying by the roadside. In 1965, Jim arrives in California and is assimilated into the Venice Beach culture. During his film school days studying at UCLA, he meets his future girlfriend Pamela Courson, and has his first encounters with Ray Manzarek, as well as the rest of the people who would go on to form the Doors, Robby Krieger and John Densmore.
Straight Outta Compton (2015)
, 2h27Directed by F. Gary Gray
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Musical
Themes Dance films, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about racism, Hip hop films, Musical films, Gangster films, HIV/AIDS in film
Actors Aldis Hodge, Paul Giamatti, Neil Brown, Jr., O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell
Rating77%
In 1986, Eric "Eazy-E" Wright enters a crack-house to sell drugs, but, it is soon raided by the police, who gain entry into the house via a battering ram. Eazy escapes through the house's rear window. Later, Eazy goes to a club with Lorenzo "MC Ren" Patterson to see friends Andre "Dr. Dre" Young, O'Shea "Ice Cube" Jackson and Antoine "DJ Yella" Carraby, who perform the song "Gangsta Gangsta", while Eazy and Ren stand in the audience. After Dre leaves the club, he is arrested after breaking up a fight involving his brother, Tyree. Eazy bails him out the next day. The next morning, Dre talks to Eazy about investing money into a start-up record label, in order to record a track that Cube has written. Cube and Dre want rappers H.B.O.(Homeboys Only) to record the track. Eazy agrees to fund the project. After a conflict arises during the recording session, H.B.O. leaves and Dre convinces Eazy to perform the track. They record and release "Boyz-n-the-Hood". Jerry Heller approaches Eazy and asks if he can be their manager. The group accepts Heller's offer. While performing "Dopeman", they garner the attention of Bryan Turner, a producer at Priority Records, with which they sign. Afterwards, N.W.A commences recording their debut album, "Straight Outta Compton", with Heller. During one of the sessions, they are harassed by some police officers. Frustrated by the situation, Cube writes "Fuck tha Police".
Great Balls of Fire! (1989)
, 1h48Directed by Jim McBride
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Musical films
Actors Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder, John Doe, Alec Baldwin, Stephen Tobolowsky, Trey Wilson
Rating62%
Jerry Lee Lewis (Quaid) plays piano (as opposed to a guitar like most other rock artists) during rock 'n' roll's early years from 1956 to 1958. Jerry Lee is a man with many different sides: a skilled performer with little discipline, and an alcoholic. As Jerry Lee rises to the top of the charts with such hits as "Crazy Arms", "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin On", and "Great Balls of Fire", he falls in love with Myra Gale Brown (Winona Ryder), the 13-year-old daughter of his first cousin (and bass player) J. W. Brown (John Doe), and eventually marries her (eloping to Mississippi), much to the anger and chagrin of her parents.
Saving Mr. Banks (2013)
, 2h5Directed by John Lee Hancock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about films, Films about writers, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Films about drugs, Transport films, Mise en scène d'un scénariste, Children's films
Actors Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, Colin Farrell, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, Ruth Wilson
Rating74%
In 1961, the financially strapped author Pamela "P. L." Travers reluctantly travels from her home in London to Los Angeles to work with Walt Disney at the urging of her agent, Diarmuid Russell. Disney has pursued the film rights to her Mary Poppins stories for twenty years, having promised his daughters that he would produce a film based on them. Travers has steadfastly resisted Disney's efforts because she fears what he would do to her character. However, she has not written anything in a while and her book royalties have dwindled to nothing, so she risks losing her house. Still, Russell has to remind her that Disney has agreed to two major stipulations - no animation and unprecedented script approval - before she agrees to go.
The Dirt (2019)
, 1h48Directed by Jeff Tremaine
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Historical, Musical
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Musical films, Films about cancer
Actors Douglas Booth, MGK, Iwan Rheon, Daniel Webber, Pete Davidson, Joe Chrest
Rating70%
Dans les années 1980, l'ascension du groupe de glam metal Mötley Crüe, depuis la jeunesse du bassiste Nikki Sixx jusqu'aux périodes de crises que connut le groupe au début des années 1990.
Alpha Dog (2006)
, 1h57Directed by Nick Cassavetes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Historical, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, Dominique Swain, Bruce Willis, Shawn Hatosy, Olivia Wilde
Rating68%
Johnny Truelove is a young marijuana dealer living in Southern California. His father, Sonny, supplies him with marijuana, which Johnny distributes to his gang of friends, including Jake Mazursky, who owes Johnny a $1,200 drug debt. Mazursky makes a failed attempt at asking his father, Butch, and stepmother Olivia for the money. Meanwhile, Butch and Olivia are dealing with their rebellious teenage son Zack- Jake's half-brother. A fight breaks out between Jake and Johnny when Jake tries to pay Johnny only part of his debt. After back and forth retaliation, Johnny and his two henchmen, Frankie Ballenbacher and Tiko Martinez, go to confront Jake in person, but when they go to his house he is nowhere to be found. As they leave, they find Zack walking and decide to kidnap him with the intent of holding onto him until Jake pays his debt.