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Favorite Songs from a Non-Musical - The Dramas

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1420

7.2

7.4

Blue Valentine (2010)

"You Always Hurt the Ones You Love" performed by Ryan Gosling

The song is featured in this trailer and matches beautifully with the imagery and helps define what the film is all about.

Stehako's rating:

3243

7.9

Mulholland Drive (2001)

Stehako's rating:

3366

8.2

8.5

Casablanca (1943)

Stehako's rating:

1074

7.4

7.8

The Hateful Eight (2015)

Jennifer Jason Leigh on the guitar

Stehako's rating:

838

5.8

6.2

Dick Tracy (1990)

Stehako's rating:

1742

7.5

7.8

The Fighter

"I Started a Joke" performed by Christian Bale and Melissa Leo.

Start at 1:00

Originally written and performed by The Bee Gees

Stehako's rating:

3831

7.1

7.5

Gangs of New York (2002)

The song goes in and out during the clip:

Stehako's rating:

2325

7.4

The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

Stehako's rating:

5048

7.3

7.7

The Fifth Element (1997)

This hypnotic and strange film is truly in its 'element' with this opera scene:

Stehako's rating:

3441

6.9

7.5

The Aviator (2004)

Loudon, Martha, and Rufus Wainwright all sang in this glorious biopic. Unfortunately the quality on these videos is poor and I wasn't able to find Martha's "I'll Be Seeing You"

Stehako's rating:

1035

7.1

7.2

The Master (2012)

"Go No More A-Roving" performed by Philip Seymour Hoffman

This video is cut with "Moby Dick", which also uses the song.

"Slow Boat to China" performed by Philip Seymour Hoffman

Stehako's rating:

229

5.9

6.2

Mad Dog and Glory (1993)

Stehako's rating:

2844

7.6

Magnolia (1999)

Stehako's rating:

2681

7.7

Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)

Stehako's rating:

418

6.8

7.3

Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)

Stehako's rating:

1103

7.1

7.5

August Rush (2007)

A few songs from this music-filled film; but I don't think it qualifies as a musical.

Stehako's rating:

3341

8.1

Into the Wild (2007)

Poor quality; but all I could find

Stehako's rating:

9480

7.9

8.8

Forrest Gump (1994)

"Her dream had come true, she was a folk singer"

Very sadly there is no video of this song on Youtube from the film. Here's the Joan Baez version, in case you forgot it.

Stehako's rating:

771

6.9

7.3

The Squid and the Whale (2005)

Clearly a Pink Floyd song, he lies about writing it himself.

Stehako's rating:

1291

7.3

7.8

Remember the Titans (2000)

Typical men's locker room scene: Singing and kissing

Queue to 1:15

Stehako's rating:

4805

7.4

7.7

Lost in Translation (2003)

What's So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding" sung by Bill Murray

Stehako's rating:

1458

6.6

7.1

Three Kings (1999)

It's brief but previews the film quite nicely

Queue the video to 5:34

Stehako's rating:

2194

6.2

6.8

Bad Boys

(From both films) This is also a comedy, but I'll still count it.

Queue at 1:10

Stehako's rating:

1053

7.5

7.6

La Vie en Rose (2007)

Another film that is close to being a musical, filled with many of Piaf's greats, like this one:

Stehako's rating:

7.4

Great World of Sound

Examples of auditions for the scam co. in this criminally unseen film.

Stehako's rating:

2348

6.5

6.9

Con Air (1997)

Start at 3:57

Stehako's rating:

611

7.5

7.7

Black Book (2006)

I unfortunately couldn't find video of beautiful Carice Van Houten in that striking red dress sing this song (at least there is audio):

Stehako's rating:

2614

6.6

6.9

The Holiday (2006)

Stehako's rating:

6259

8.2

8.3

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

One of the more disturbing selections, of course the second half can't be shown on Youtube, but you kind of get the idea about what's going to happen...

Stehako's rating:

4856

7.2

7.4

Juno (2007)

Stehako's rating:

1288

7.2

7.3

Lars and the Real Girl (2007)

It's a drama; but plenty of comedy in it too. It's sprinkled with goofy scenes, this is an example:

Stehako's rating:

2665

6.8

Public Enemies

Stehako's rating:

212

6.8

Mr. Turner (2014)

"Remember Me"

As Mr. Turner says himself, it's a song of lost love.

No video available.

Stehako's rating:

370

7.7

7.5

Knife in the Water (1962)

This lovely song starts at 54 Minutes, 45 seconds

[youtube id=www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nRyfQId7cs]

Stehako's rating:

1091

5.7

6.3

Funny People (2009)

There are two songs from this film. The first is on the comedy version of this list.

It's also a considered comedy, but this is a more dramatic element.

"Real Love" (Audio Only)

Stehako's rating:

1530

6.8

I couldn't find the actual clip; but there is a beautiful moment in this brilliant animated film where the song is played.

This is a montage of the film with the song dubbed over. Still quite beautiful and you should be asking yourself, "Why the hell haven't I seen this film yet?"

Stehako's rating:

933

7.5

7.7

Happiness (1998)

Like a lot of things in this movie this song comes out of nowhere and lightens up the movie, for a moment.

Stehako's rating:

446

7.4

7.2

Anomalisa

Lisa sings 'Girls Just Want to Have Fun' in an atypical style and setting serving as the turning point of the film.

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UPDATED JUNE 2011

Songs can be a nice break from the drama or can beautifully reinforce a dramatic message. These are all those examples that aren't a musical. No breaking out into songs unnaturally.

Enjoy!