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The Blues Brothers

MusicComedyActionAdventure

Directed by John Landis

Just released from prison, Jake Blues puts his old band back together with his brother Elwood to save the Catholic home where they were raised. From TMDB

242 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works

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The Blues Brothers is a 1980 music comedy action film, directed by John Landis, starring John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd and James Brown.

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  • Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.comBluesky · Oct 29, 2025

    Next up in Stepson’s 80’s movie education, we’re on a mission from God with THE BLUES BROTHERS!

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  • Classic Rock Junky AKA Todd James @tjsbam.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 5, 2025

    March 5, 1982 Actor and singer John Belushi died from an overdose of cocaine and heroin. Belushi played Joliet 'Jake' Blues in The Blues Brothers and also appeared in the film Animal House. #ClassicRock #RockNRoll #MusicSky #BluesBrothers youtu.be/m1M5Tc7eLCo?...

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  • Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 11, 2025

    I got my daughter to watch the Blues Brothers with me. She loves it. 😊 Fun Fact: It was the first R-rated film I ever saw and being from South Holland, I saw it in Calumet City. They had the famous Blues Brothers car parked outside the theater the day I saw it. THE most Chicago movie ever.

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  • STOOPIDFUNNYJOKES @stoopidfunnyjokes.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 16, 2026

    BADASS SONG there's NO WAY most young ppl will be familiar with THIS artist...the GREAT Wilson Pickett-ONE of THE GREAT VOICES of that time. Here's his radio version of "Mustang Sally" tbf by the movie version in "The Commitments" featuring The Blues Brothers et al. www.youtube.com/watch?v=16u6...

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  • Old Tall Guy @oldtallguy.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 9, 2026

    "Your Attention Please: The use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of the Blues Brothers ... has been approved." I love that movie!

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  • Jim C. Hines @jimchines.comBluesky · Feb 7, 2025

    Today's Nazi Punch of the Day is an important lesson from the 1980 film The Blues Brothers: how to punch Illinois Nazis with your car. (Over on Tumblr, it was pointed out that NPD refers to a mental illness, so I'm switching that tag to NPotD.) #NaziPunching #NPotD

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  • Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 23, 2026

    They didn't wreck this many cars in the Blues Brothers movie

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  • Dr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 5, 2026

    #TheBluesBrothers is trending, so I'm resharing one of my favorite reviews of one of my favorite movies of all time in which I wrote about the radical power of multiculturalism and remembering our diverse history. I also compare it to White Christmas (1954) as a parallel American nostalgia film.

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  • StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 24, 2025

    The Blues Brothers had the right idea. Pretty sure this movie is an instruction manual for life.

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  • Kadath @kadath.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 1, 2025

    Tonight's movie is The Blues Brothers. When I was a kid, I'd put this on and then recreate the car chase at the end of the film with my hot wheels cars. But of course I didn't have the... 300 or so cop cars like they had in the movie lol

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  • fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 15, 2026

    I erased one of my mum's favourite films on VHS to tape The Blues Brothers on TV in the 80s. I cocked up. Was a listing for the The Boys in Blue that film with Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball. I wiped her favourite film, Coal Miner's Daughter, for Cannon & Ball.

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  • Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 7, 2025

    I have always had an affinity for the Blues Brothers, a film I have seen approximately 2000 times. All my minimum wage jobs growing up were in Calumet City, IL (the town next door to us), I think Nazis are pathetic weasels, I love great music and I too am on a mission from God.

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  • Dr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 12, 2025

    The Blues Brothers (1980) is a movie about using nostalgia for one of the most American music traditions (blues) to fight systemic violence against diverse, underprivileged communities. And it's also a fuckin banger of a film. vaughnjoy.substack.com/p/this-blues...

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  • Monica At The Movies @monicasmovies.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 20, 2025

    The Blues Brothers (1980) Directed by John Landis

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  • Michael Samonek @samonek.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 29, 2025

    The Blues Brothers introduced me to a lot of legendary artists when I was very young. Gotta give the movie credit for that. How else was I going to learn about Cab Calloway?

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  • Auggie, Segrentarri of Nip & Vine @auggiethebeck.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 27, 2026

    Gud ebbenin. Tuonite wez hab an grate tune fur KBECK 2 trak 4. Naught onlee are tha singers vary famous an talented but ebberywun in tha band iz as well. Frum tha bezt movie musical ebber dat went on tour here iz I Don't Know by the Blues Brothers youtu.be/dhKoI2eXdRc?...

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  • ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 25, 2025

    Watching The Blues Brothers on Netflix and once again wondering if anyone has gotten the Pope's opinion on the movie

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  • Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 17, 2026

    June 16, 1980: "The Blues Brothers" starring Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, and directed by John Landis, premieres in Chicago. What's your favorite moment from this film?

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  • Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 22, 2026

    NEW: Pope Leo XIV met Lou Marini in today — the American saxophonist known as “Blue Lou,” a member of the Blues Brothers band. In 1980, a young Robert Prevost dressed up as a Blues Brother. The film was shot in his hometown of Chicago, and he saw it twice in theaters.

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  • klu9 @[email protected]Lemmy · Mar 1, 2026

    The Blues Brothers [Extended], John Landis (1980). So many great shots in this film, might have to post some more.

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  • 𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 26, 2025

    What comedy movie is a 10/10? 🤣 IMO… ‘The Blues Brothers’ (1980) 🖤

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  • weinberg @weinbergs.bsky.socialBluesky · May 23, 2026

    what are the best movie musicals of the 1980s? my list would start with The Blues Brothers, Little Shop of Horrors, and Popeye. yes, really.

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  • zheanna 🔮 @zheanna.lolBluesky · Apr 25, 2024

    POV: u just told me you've never seen the smash hit 1980 film The Blues Brothers starring john belushi and dan aykroyd

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  • Rebecca Watson @skepchick.orgBluesky · Sep 1, 2026

    I forgot that last night I took a similar photo to the Blues Brothers skeet, to see if anyone could guess the movie that came on after. I gave it away in my previous post but if you haven’t seen that and you like a lil puzzle, here is is, name this classic comedy

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  • Fauntastic 🐐 💖💛💙💫 @panspizza.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 29, 2025

    So psyched the Hiway in Jenkintown is showing The Blues Brothers (my favorite movie ever) AND that I got to make the poster for the screening. Truly a mission from God 👏

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  • But Andrew Hickey Died Ten Years Ago This Very Night @andrewhickey.500songs.comBluesky · Jan 21, 2026

    Today's vinyl is my very scratched forty-year-old copy of the Blues Brothers soundtrack. Better film than it is an album (and people have valid criticisms of both) but it introduced me to the music of Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, and James Brown as a small child, so I'm grateful to it.

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  • ismua ᴮˡᵘᵉˢᵏʸ ᴱˡᵈᵉʳ📯 🌈⛵💜 @ismua.bsky.socialBluesky · May 26, 2026

    #EcksteinsMonthOfMusic 🎼 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 2️⃣7️⃣: A song about a car or truck 🗣 The Blues Brothers 🔊 "B" Movie Box Car Blues

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  • ismua ᴮˡᵘᵉˢᵏʸ ᴱˡᵈᵉʳ📯 🌈⛵💜 @ismua.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 7, 2025

    #EmojiSounds 🫠 #MusicChallenge 🎶 Day 8️⃣: 🎬 🗣️ The Blues Brothers 🔊 "B" Movie Box Car Blues

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  • On This Day - Scala Cinema @otdscalacinema.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 28, 2026

    On this day (28th August) in 1985, the Scala Cinema was showing The Blues Brothers (1980) and Top Secret (1984) as a double bill.

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  • Dr Pop Culture USA @drpopcultureusa.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 17, 2025

    June 16, 1980: Musical comedy "The Blues Brothers", starring Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi, and directed by John Landis, premieres in Chicago, Illinois. What's your favorite moment from the film?

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  • Jack @wakeupangry.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 26, 2026

    These might be my 5 favorite fictional bands from a movie: Spinal Tap - “This is Spinal Tap” The Blues Brothers - “The Blue Brothers” Stillwater - “Almost Famous” Crucial Taunt - “Wayne’s World” Wyld Stallyns - “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure”

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  • The B-Movie Vault @thebmovievault.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 18, 2025

    Final film of B-Fest South for 2025: THE BLUES BROTHERS

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  • The Doom That Came to Aram @rawfishandbeer.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 29, 2026

    It is objectively hilarious that two white guys are the Blues Brothers, but that doesn't matter because in a movie filled to the brim with good musical numbers, Aretha Franklin absolutely kills it here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Co9...

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  • brosaleigh @brosaleigh.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 23, 2026

    As a real big fan of the movie The Blues Brothers, I am very excited to be going to Chicago for the first time ever today.

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  • Tom-The Accursed Poster [3.89 cubits] @siropsalot.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 21, 2024

    The entire premise for the Blues Brothers movie was "let's do a bunch of musical numbers with blues legends and figure out a story to tie them together later"

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  • Shannon Rosa @shannonrosa.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 12, 2025

    Watched The Blues Brothers (1980) with my youngest today, who declared it "the best movie I've ever seen." I told them it's also a really good example of an autistic passion project. For more on why this movie is worth your time, see Métis in Space's podcast: metisinspace.libsyn.com/mtis-in-spac...

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  • 💀minous Cinema ® 🕷️ @furiouscinema.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 28, 2026

    Thief (1981, Michael Mann) #TitleCardTuesday #filmsky Feature film debuts of Jim Belushi, William Petersen, Dennis Farina, John Kapelos, Gavin MacFadyen and Robert Prosky. The cast and crew would often hang out at John Belushi's speakeasy, The Blues Brothers Bar, after work.

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  • darkwebmallcop.bsky.social @darkwebmallcop.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 11, 2025

    Secretly his favorite film is The Blues Brothers

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  • The 6th JM @the6thjm.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 22, 2026

    "Name a Film with a Car Chase or Shootout." "The Blues Brothers" - the final car chase lasts over 11 minutes, it's 106 miles, and involves a Winnebago, Nazis, and a tour of Lower Wacker Drive bsky.app/profile/soph...

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  • Chris Steller @chrissteller.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2026

    Leo: As it was in the beginning ... Dylan: My first major professional gig was opening for John Lee Hooker in New York. Leo: I saw John Lee Hooker in the Blues Brothers movie when I lived in Minneapolis the summer of 1980! Dylan: Ope, I played Chicago that summer but not Minneapolis.

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  • Enda Guinan @endaguinan.comBluesky · Mar 5, 2025

    Day 5 of the #ArtistFave15 challenge: #ArethaFranklin Think (1968) A co-write with then husband, Think reached #7 on the US charts in its original release, but gained renewed popularity when Aretha performed it in the 1980 film "The Blues Brothers" in her memorable role as a cafe owner.

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  • Don_Dickle @[email protected]Lemmy · Jul 19, 2026

    In the Blues Brothers movie did they only sing two songs and got the hell out? Kind of seems like a waste of money. Unless they were the opening act or something..

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  • CL. Clark @gaga.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 16, 2024

    #MOVIEMADNESS Day 17~ Movie villian Mystery Woman Carrie Fisher The Blues Brothers youtu.be/xggMwkGnbhw?...

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  • AL @almachine.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 19, 2026

    #JackNicholsong Day 20 The Blues Brothers - She Caught the Katy My fave film of all time, by the time i was 10 i could mute every swear word, including the nuns, when i made my Grandma watch it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5xe...

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  • The Jase @thejase.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 3, 2025

    RIP Steve Cropper. A great guitarist and songwriter. Like many people my age I probably first became aware of him through The Blues Brothers. He has a great solo on Jailhouse Rock at the end of the film.

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  • rufus @te-kanawa.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 21, 2025

    Best movie soundtrack? The Blues Brothers

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  • Terry Buckalew @terrybuckalew.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 19, 2026

    Arkansas-born blues great Willie “Big Eyes” Smith’s (d. 2011) birthday. Seen here on drums with John Lee Hooker in a rare blues music scene from “the Blues Brothers” film. Pinetop Perkins & Carey Bell are there too. (I think they wanted Muddy Waters to appear?) youtu.be/nUUyFrHERpU?...

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  • K. A. “Kîck Åß” Pillë @keithpille.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 18, 2024

    A Life in Film for 1980: The Blues Brothers. Music and comedy and the boundaries of appropriation. Hit it. keithpille.com/a-life-in-fi...

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  • Cynthia Pelayo @cynthiapelayo.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    It was time. I asked my son if he was ready to watch the greatest movie ever made - THE BLUES BROTHERS. And every few minutes my kid is laughing, clapping and shouting 'THAT'S NOT CGI!' Gosh, movies were so much better back then. Here's this amazing chase scene. youtu.be/kSSdK9-xReE?...

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  • Anita 🎬🎥📺🎶📚 @gemini53.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 11, 2025

    #OctoberMovieChallenge Day 11 - a movie with a Saturday Night Live cast member The Blues Brothers - Dan Aykroyd as Elwood & John Belushi as Joliet Jake #filmsky #moviesky

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  • Marceline @marseline.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 21, 2025

    #ScoreTheStill 7/22 Film: The Blues Brothers The Stranglers Feline (1982) 💿 Blue Sister 🎶 youtu.be/3HuYv-VoviE?...

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  • Proud Veteran @roghair.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 7, 2025

    Is it still legal to watch The Blues Brothers movie, where the Nazi’s are the bad guys? Trying to keep up.

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  • TCB⚡️ @mugrebeener.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 11, 2026

    🗺️ #WorldAtoZ 🌐 #musicchallenge Day 12 - J is for Joliet, Illinois Jailhouse Rock - The Blues Brothers cover Elvis Presley Elwood picks up Joliet Jake at the Joliet Correctional Center at the beginning of the movie

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  • Perennial @perennialtheband.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 5, 2026

    The Blues Brothers and Caddyshack were released within a month of each other but The Blues Brothers is unequivocally a 70s movie and Caddyshack is unequivocally an 80s movie

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  • Semiotic Stochastic, purveyor of sick beats @mitdasein.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 4, 2025

    insert a movie into another movie Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Brothers

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  • Philo of Alexan @philoof.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 28, 2025

    Are we living the Blues Brothers movie now?

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  • Ronny Jamone @ronny-jamone.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 24, 2025

    #DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Connections John Lee Hooker once appeared in a little-known film with these guys. 18. Gimme Some Lovin’ - The Blues Brothers youtu.be/-aqZmPInK3o?

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  • Ita Bloyce @ita99.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 19, 2025

    #ElectricGuitarForAll #MusicChallenge Day 20 John Lee Hooker with backing from members of Muddy Waters' band from the film, The Blues Brothers. youtu.be/nUUyFrHERpU?...

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  • Amy Oddo✌🏻💙☀️ @amyoddo.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 16, 2025

    It’s a line from The Blues Brothers movie

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  • Nikolai Denmark @nikolaidenmark.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 24, 2025

    I will now watch the 1980 film “The Blues Brothers” while sitting on a stationary airplane. Which isn’t to say a paper airplane, that would be stationery.

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