Vriendinnen Effie White, Deena Jones en Lorrell Robinson uit Chicago vormen samen het veelbelovende zangtrio The Dreamettes. Samen met hun songwriter C.C. White trekken ze naar New York voor een talentenjacht. De dames winnen niet, maar trekken wel de aandacht van een ambitieuze manager. Ze kunnen aan de slag als achtergrondzangeressen bij James ‘Thunder’ Early. Dankzij hun gehaaide manager groeien de vriendinnen al gauw zelf uit tot echte sterren. Hij schaaft de groep bij, bewerkstelligt de overstap van rhythm-and-blues naar het lucratieve popwereldje en vervangt leadzangeres Effie door de veel knappere Deena. Zo worden The Dreamettes The Dreams, een meer verfijnde groep met een lichter geluid en een chiquere look, die ook een blank en een internationaal publiek aanspreekt. Het geld en de roem blijken geen garantie voor geluk.
Nee, helaas is Dreamgirls nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Bill Condon | Screenplay |
| Art | John Myhre | Production Design |
| Directing | Bill Condon | Director |
| Production | David Geffen | Producer |
| Editing | Virginia Katz | Editor |
| Production | Laurence Mark | Producer |
| Production | Patricia Whitcher | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Tobias A. Schliessler | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sharen Davis | Costume Design |
| Art | Nancy Haigh | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Matthew Sullivan | Music Supervisor |
| Writing | Tom Eyen | Musical |
| Art | John Berger | Assistant Art Director |
| Visual Effects | Jennifer Mizener | Visual Effects Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera Steimberg | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Christine Carr | Digital Intermediate |
| Production | Debra Zane | Casting |
| Art | Jann K. Engel | Assistant Art Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Demetricus Holloway | Set Costumer |
| Crew | Joey Pizzi | Associate Choreographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Erma Kent | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Donald Frazee | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Camera | Colin Anderson | Steadicam Operator |
| Sound | Randy Spendlove | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Richard E. Yawn | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Art | Steven M. Saylor | Set Designer |
| Art | Luis G. Hoyos | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Judy Murdock | Makeup Artist |
| Lighting | Leonard Seagal | Gaffer |
| Camera | Brianna Hoskins | Additional Photography |
| Sound | Donald Flick | Sound Effects Editor |
| Art | Lisa Vasconcellos | Art Department Coordinator |
| Directing | Kerry Lyn McKissick | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | David Esparza | Sound Effects Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lizz Wolf | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lori Harris | Set Costumer |
| Sound | Richard E. Yawn | Sound Designer |
| Lighting | Brian Bartolini | Gaffer |
| Camera | David James | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Camille Friend | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | JoAnn Stafford-Chaney | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shutchai Tym Buacharern | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | LaLette Littlejohn | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Chris Moseley | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Andrea Jackson | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Linda Villalobos | Key Hair Stylist |
| Sound | Tim Boot | Music Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shutchai Tym Buacharern | Makeup Designer |
| Art | Stacey S. McIntosh | Construction Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Gray Marshall | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Production | Jeremy Rich | Casting Associate |
| Production | Tannis Vallely | Casting Associate |
| Editing | Alex Romano | Digital Intermediate |
| Editing | Stefan Sonnenfeld | Digital Intermediate |
| Sound | Jason Ruder | Music Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Brian A. Tunstall | Hairstylist |
| Editing | Ian Slater | First Assistant Editor |
| Lighting | Newton TerMeer | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elaine Ramires | Costume Supervisor |
| Directing | Carolyn Tolley | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | George Simpson | Sound Effects Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kimberly Kimble | Hairstylist |
| Art | Rich Romig | Set Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yvonne Bastidos | Set Costumer |
| Sound | Bob Beemer | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Michael Minkler | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Production | Jay Binder | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francesca Tolot | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bob Kretschmer | Wigmaker |
| Lighting | Anthony 'Spike' Simms | Gaffer |
| Crew | Aakomon Jones | Choreographer |
| Crew | Fatima Robinson | Choreographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Deidra Dixon | Hairstylist |
| Editing | Mike Chiado | Digital Intermediate |
| Lighting | Gary Dahlquist | Rigging Gaffer |
| Sound | Willie D. Burton | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Henry Krieger | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Robert Ulrich | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Sound | Mike Hopkins | Dialogue Editor |
| Art | Kirk Corwin | Property Master |
| Sound | Kimberly Lowe Voigt | Dialogue Editor |
| Camera | Dino Parks | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Art | Tomas Voth | Supervising Art Director |
| Sound | Harvey Mason | Music Arranger |
| Art | Lorey Hayes | Art Department Assistant |
| Crew | Dick Ziker | Stunts |
| Art | William 'W' Gilpin | Construction Foreman |
| Crew | John Cenatiempo | Stunts |
| Sound | Tom Eyen | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Christopher Moriana | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Catherine Harper | Foley Artist |
