The Commitments (1991)
Set among working-class folks in Dublin, the movie is about a young music lover who gets some locals together to form a soul group, the titular Commitments.
There’s a feel-good, underdog story here, but The Commitments‘ biggest impact in the United States was when it came to the music. The film’s soundtrack hit number eight on the Billboard charts and went triple platinum.
The film features Irish people singing the songs of Black artists, which may feel to some like cultural appropriation. But the film makes a case for music being a unifying force for all underdogs.
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