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Films dealing with
blues history or prominently featuring blues music as a theme include:
St. Louis Blues (1929): the only short movie with
Bessie Smith
Blues in the Night (1941)
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Sounder (1972)
Lady Sings The Blues (1972): about
Billie Holiday
Leadbelly (1976): biographical film about
Huddie William Ledbetter
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Streets of Fire (1984)
Crossroads (1986): directed by
Walter Hill , about a "deal with the devil", with a soundtrack by
Ry Cooder and a guitar duel between
Ralph Macchio and
Steve Vai
Mo' Better Blues (1990)
The Search for Robert Johnson (1991): documentary aiming to discover facts and myths about the infamous blues guitarist
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Ghost World (2001)
Deep Blues: A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads (2003)
Last of the Mississippi Jukes (2003)
The Blues, a Musical Journey (2003):
Martin Scorsese produced seven documentaries about the blues:
Ray (2004)
Richard Johnston: Hill Country Troubadour (2005): Max Shores documentary about
R. L. Burnside ,
Jessie Mae Hemphill ,
Junior Kimbrough ,
Richard Johnston , and other north Mississippi hill country blues musicians
You See Me Laughin' (2005): directed by
Mandy Stein , documentary that takes a look at the often untamed lifestyles of the last great North Mississippi bluesmen and the Oxford, Mississippi–based label (Fat Possum Records) that struggles to record them
Black Snake Moan (2007)
Honeydripper (2007)
Cadillac Records (2008)
Who Do You Love? (2008)
Bessie (2015)
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2020)
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