Movies about the radio

Movies about the radio
List of the best movies about radio selected by visitors to our site: The Vast of Night, Frequency, Hello Oksana Sokolova!, Shoplifters of the World, Satan's Slaves, The Woman Who Left, Shutter Island, The Matador, Chuck, Music of the Roofs.

In the top there are new films of 2021, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Genre
Country
Markimdb: 6.7
Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
CountryUSA
CharactersTeens, Aliens, DJs
PlotUFO, Basketball, Radio
PlaceSchool, Small cities

At the dawn of the space-race, two radio-obsessed teens discover a strange frequency over the airwaves in what becomes the most important night of their lives and in the history of their small town.

Duration01:59
CharactersFirefighters, Serial killers, Nurses
PlotTime travel, Investigation, Baseball, Radio
PlaceNew York
TimeFuture
StylePsychological problems, Action, To cry, Serious, Disturbing

When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent his dad's tragic death. After his actions inadvertently give rise to a series of brutal murders he and his father must find a way to fix the consequences of altering time.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrecomedy
CountryRussia
Duration01:57
CharactersWomanizers
PlotBody exchange, Radio
PlaceRussia
StyleLight, Fascinating

Things are finally starting to look bright for Ilya, a relatively unknown actor. Starting tomorrow, he will be the voice of Men's Radio. So of course he celebrates the occasion. But the next morning, the newly-crowned radio host finds himself unable to utter a single word. After a wild night out on the town he has completely lost his voice. It's half an hour before he goes on air, prime-time, the contract has already been signed, Ilya is in a state of panic... The only solution is to get an injection in his voice box. According to the doctor on hand, this is the only thing that might save the day.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA
CharactersTeens, Difficult teens, Friends
PlotOn real events, Music, Radio, Hostage
PlaceParty, USA
TimeNight
StyleAction, Fascinating, Tense

1987. Denver, Co. One crazy night in the life of four friends reeling from the sudden demise of iconic British band The Smiths, while the local airwaves are hijacked at gunpoint by an impassioned Smiths fan.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrehorror
CountryIndonesia, South Korea
Duration01:43
CharactersFamily, Mothers
PlotDancing, Motorcycles, Death, Mystery, Ghosts
PlaceCemetery
TimeNight
StyleAction, Fascinating, Tense, Disturbing

After the death of Rini's mother, something is disturbing her family.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama
CountryPhilippines
Duration02:05
CharactersLawyers
PlotRevenge, Weapon, Radio, False accusations
PlacePrison, Islands, Beach
TimeNight

After spending the last 30 years in prison, Horacia is immediately released when someone else confessed to the crime. Still overwhelmed by her new freedom, she comes to the painful realization that her aristocratic former lover had set her up. As kidnappings targeting the wealthy begin to proliferate, Horacia sees the opportunity to plot her revenge.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:18
CharactersPsychopath, Doctors
PlotPuzzles, The escape, Investigation, Split personality, Chase
PlaceSea, Islands, Psychiatric hospitals, Hospitals, USA
StylePopular, Unexpected ending, Psychological problems, Twisted plot, Smart

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrethriller, comedy, crime
CountryUSA, Germany, Republic of Ireland
Duration01:36
CharactersGangsters, Hired assassins, Killers, Businessmen, Strangers
PlotFriendship, Death, Depression, Holidays
PlaceMexico, Hotels, USA
StyleLight, Tense

The life of Danny Wright, a salesman forever on the road, veers into dangerous and surreal territory when he wanders into a Mexican bar and meets a mysterious stranger, Julian, who's very likely a hit man. Their meeting sets off a chain of events that will change their lives forever, as Wright is suddenly thrust into a far-from-mundane existence that he takes to surprisingly well … once he gets acclimated to it.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genredrama, biography, sport
CountryUSA
PlotBoxing, Radio
PlaceHotels

A drama inspired by the life of heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner.

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Genremelodrama, drama
CountryRussia
CharactersTeens, DJs
PlotLove, Depression, Radio, Phone calls
PlaceRussia
StylePsychological problems, Action, Fascinating, Tense

Masha is determined to jump off the roof, she feels unloved and betrayed. Her last wish is to listen to her favorite song. On this day, the cynical radio DJ Alex is working in the studio. A short call on the radio turns into a long conversation, and it looks like only Alex will be able to save the unfortunate girl before the song ends.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrethriller
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:38
CharactersTerrorists, Reporters
PlotDeath, Radio, Justice, Fear
PlaceKorea
StyleExciting, Action, Tense, Makes me think, Serious

"I'll blow up Mapo Bridge." An anonymous call comes into a radio station one day. When it turns out to be legitimate, a terrorist's threats end up getting broadcast live throughout the country.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:30
CharactersPolice
PlotHostage, Radio
PlaceEngland, Party
StyleSmart, Fancy

Alan Partridge has had many ups and downs in life—national television broadcaster; responsible for killing a guest on live TV; local radio broadcaster; nervous breakdown in Dundee; and a self-published book that was subsequently recalled and pulped. Alan tries to salvage his public career while negotiating a potentially violent turn of events at North Norfolk Digital Radio.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genredocumentary, military, history, news
CountryUSA, Italy, Afghanistan
Duration01:33
CharactersFirefighters, Military, Soldier
PlotWar, Skirmishes, Radio, Fear
PlaceAfghanistan
StyleSoulful, Fascinating, Heavy, Makes me think, Serious

Winner of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize for a Documentary, Restrepo chronicles the deployment of a U.S. platoon of courageous American soldiers in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley, considered to be one of the most dangerous postings in the U.S. military.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrehorror, melodrama, drama
CountrySweden
Duration01:55
CharactersVampire, Teachers, Childrens, Immortals, Losers
PlotFriendship, Loneliness, Supernatural, Snow, Fear
PlaceSchool, Sweden
StyleAtmospheric, Fascinating, Depressive, Gothic

Set in 1982 in the suburb of Blackeberg, Stockholm, twelve-year-old Oskar is a lonely outsider, bullied at school by his classmates; at home, Oskar dreams of revenge against a trio of bullies. He befriends his twelve-year-old, next-door neighbor Eli, who only appears at night in the snow-covered playground outside their building.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy, drama, music
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Germany
Duration02:09
CharactersLesbians, Musicians, Hippies, Friends
PlotMusic, Friendship, Radio, Uprising
PlaceShips, Ocean
StyleLight, To cry, Fancy

The Boat that Rocked is an ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It's about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing the music that defines a generation and standing up to a government that wanted control of popular culture via the British Broadcasting Corporation. Loosely based on the events in Britain in the 60's when the Labour government of Harold Wilson, wanted to bring the pirate stations under control, enough to see the passage of the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act on 15 August 1967

Markimdb: 8.6
Genredrama, military, music, biography
CountryFrance, Poland, United Kingdom, Germany
Duration02:29
CharactersGeniuses, Musicians, Jews, Pianists
PlotWar, On real events, Survival, Music, Hunger
PlaceConcentration camp, Ghetto, Poland
TimeWorld War II
StyleExciting, Tense, Depressive, Heartbreaking, Worth watching

The true story of pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy
CountryRussia
Duration01:38
PlotAdventure, Cars, Friendship, Radio
PlaceSea, Ships, Party, Moscow, Office
StyleAtmospheric

One (and not the most easy one) day from the life of a big Moscow radio station.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, crime, music
CountryUSA
Duration01:59
CharactersGangsters, Musicians
PlotRelationship, Music, Love triangle, Chase, Cheating
StyleRomantic, Light, Fascinating, Black and White

Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then keep their identities secret and deal with the problems this brings - such as an attractive bandmate and a very determined suitor.

Markimdb: 5
Genrehorror, detective
CountryArgentina, New Zealand, United Kingdom
CharactersTeens
PlotDeath, Supernatural, Radio, Fear
PlaceUSA, Small cities
StyleAtmospheric, Tense, Disturbing

Rod leads a radio show dedicated to horror. Until suddenly the announcer begins to receive strange calls from a child who desperately asks for help. At first thinks that it is a bad joke until he discovers that this is not the case. These calls hide a dark secret…

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective
CountrySpain, France
Duration01:55
CharactersDogs
PlotPassion, Investigation, Obsession, Radio, Pads
StyleExplicit scenes, Serious, Disturbing

Miranda, a sex addict, works for a radio station and is married to a cop. She signs up for therapy in order to deal with her sex addiction. Also in the group is Javier, a sex-phone junkie. The two misfits hit it off and a torid affair ensues. But things get a little complicated when Javier finds out that this phone sex trysts have been secretly taped and being distributed all over Madrid, and that his ex-wife is living with his business partner. Elsewhere, while investigating a murder case, Felix discovers Miranda's affair with Javier.

Markimdb: 8
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryIndia
CharactersFriends
PlotLove, Soccer, Friendship, Radio, Cheating
PlaceAircraft, India, Asia
StyleExciting

A hilarious underworld gangster known as Munna Bhai falls comically in love with a radio host by the name of Jahnvi, who runs an elders' home, which is taken over by an unscrupulous builder, who gets the residents kicked out ironically with the help of Munna's sidekick, Circuit, while Munna is busy romancing Jahnvi elsewhere.

Markimdb: 4.3
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
CountryCanada
Duration01:29
CharactersHeroes, Losers, Birds, Sheriffs
PlotSurvival, Basketball, Curses, Radio
PlaceSmall cities
StyleAction, Heavy, Serious, Disturbing

On the last working day of Sheriff Wayne, his small town is attacked by blood thirsty ravens that eat human flesh. Meanwhile his wife Cynthia visits a farm where a Mennonite family lives to say farewell to her friend Gretchen and discloses a dark secret about the origin of the fierce ravens.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genreaction, thriller, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:37
CharactersSheriffs
PlotTravel, Revenge, Friendship, Chase, Radio
StyleUnexpected ending, Psychological problems, Action, Twisted plot, Heavy

Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, drama, music
CountryCanada, USA
Duration01:42
CharactersTeens, Friends, Losers
PlotLove, Radio, Freedom, Uprising
StyleFascinating, Fancy, Gloomy, Serious

Mark Hunter is an intelligent but shy teenager who has just moved to suburban Arizona from New York. Unbeknownst to his parents and peers, at 10pm each school night Mark takes to the shortwave radio in his basement and transforms into pirate DJ "Hard Harry". Mark's show, at once thoughtful and profane, becomes an underground hit with students at his high school, inspiring the wrath of his principal and the Federal Communications Commission [FCC].

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy, drama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:49
CharactersLosers
PlotOn real events, Radio, Uprising
PlaceNew York
StyleFancy

The auto-biographical story of Howard Stern, the radio-rebel who is now also a TV-personality, an author and a movie star.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryItaly, France
CharactersFriends, Womanizers
PlotFriendship
PlaceItaly, Small cities
StyleTo cry, Philosophical, Atmospheric, Smart, Makes me think

Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group's leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a hopeless dreamer; Moraldo fantasizes about life in the city; and Leopoldo is an aspiring playwright. As Fausto chases a string of women, to the horror of his pregnant wife, the other four blunder their way from one uneventful experience to the next.

Markimdb: 4.2
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:49
CharactersSnipers, Doctors, Scientists, Bodyguards, Tough guys
PlotDeath, Dreams, Conspiracies, Radio, Cheating
PlaceTrains, Metro, Yachts, Hotels, Laboratory
StyleUnexpected ending, Exciting, Action, Fascinating, Tense

A young man's life is turned upside down when his violent dreams begin to blend with reality.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genredrama, music
CountryUSA
Duration01:41
CharactersTeens, Losers
PlotDancing, Money, Radio, False accusations
StyleTo cry, Touching

A 17-year-old boy becomes friends with Billy Magic, the radio DJ he idolizes, and eventually slips into the payola and corruption of the entertainment world.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrecomedy
CountryCanada, United Kingdom, USA
Duration02:05
CharactersGangsters, Writers, Reporters
PlotWeapon, Cancer, Chase, Internet, Technology
PlaceJungle, USA, New York
StyleInteresting, Light, Smart

A radio journalist and his technician get in over their heads when they hatch a scheme to fake their own kidnapping during a rebel uprising in South America and hide out in New York instead.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, family
CountryUSA
Duration01:25
PlotBaseball, Radio
PlaceBeach, New York
TimeNew Year
StyleTo cry, Smart, Touching

The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.





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