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.
| Directing | Bill Condon | Director |
| Production | Laurence Mark | Producer |
| Production | Patricia Whitcher | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Tobias A. Schliessler | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Virginia Katz | Editor |
| Writing | Bill Condon | Screenplay |
| Art | John Myhre | Production Design |
| Art | Nancy Haigh | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sharen Davis | Costume Design |
| Production | David Geffen | Producer |
| Sound | Tom Eyen | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Jay Binder | Casting |
| Production | Debra Zane | Casting |
| Art | Lisa Vasconcellos | Art Department Coordinator |
| Art | John Berger | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Jann K. Engel | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Stacey S. McIntosh | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Rich Romig | Set Designer |
| Art | Steven M. Saylor | Set Designer |
| Art | Luis G. Hoyos | Set Designer |
| Crew | Donald Frazee | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Visual Effects | Jennifer Mizener | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Gray Marshall | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Camera | Chris Moseley | Camera Operator |
| Lighting | Brian Bartolini | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Anthony 'Spike' Simms | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Newton TerMeer | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Leonard Seagal | Gaffer |
| Camera | Colin Anderson | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | David James | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Brianna Hoskins | Additional Photography |
| Production | Jeremy Rich | Casting Associate |
| Production | Tannis Vallely | Casting Associate |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lizz Wolf | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Elaine Ramires | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yvonne Bastidos | Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lori Harris | Set Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Demetricus Holloway | Set Costumer |
| Sound | Jason Ruder | Music Editor |
| Sound | Tim Boot | Music Editor |
| Sound | Randy Spendlove | Music Supervisor |
| Crew | Aakomon Jones | Choreographer |
| Directing | Kerry Lyn McKissick | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Carolyn Tolley | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Fatima Robinson | Choreographer |
| Crew | Joey Pizzi | Associate Choreographer |
| Sound | Richard E. Yawn | Sound Designer |
| Sound | David Esparza | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Donald Flick | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | George Simpson | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Bob Beemer | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Michael Minkler | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Richard E. Yawn | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Camille Friend | Hair Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Brian A. Tunstall | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Deidra Dixon | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Erma Kent | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kimberly Kimble | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Andrea Jackson | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | JoAnn Stafford-Chaney | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Linda Villalobos | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shutchai Tym Buacharern | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Shutchai Tym Buacharern | Makeup Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Judy Murdock | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | LaLette Littlejohn | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera Steimberg | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francesca Tolot | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bob Kretschmer | Wigmaker |
| Editing | Alex Romano | Digital Intermediate |
| Editing | Christine Carr | Digital Intermediate |
| Editing | Mike Chiado | Digital Intermediate |
| Editing | Stefan Sonnenfeld | Digital Intermediate |
| Editing | Ian Slater | First Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Willie D. Burton | Production Sound Mixer |
| Lighting | Gary Dahlquist | Rigging Gaffer |
| Sound | Henry Krieger | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Tom Eyen | Musical |
| Sound | Matthew Sullivan | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Christopher Moriana | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Catherine Harper | Foley Artist |
| Art | William 'W' Gilpin | Construction Foreman |
| Art | Tomas Voth | Supervising Art Director |
| Sound | Mike Hopkins | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Kimberly Lowe Voigt | Dialogue Editor |
| Art | Kirk Corwin | Property Master |
| Camera | Dino Parks | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Sound | Robert Ulrich | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Crew | John Cenatiempo | Stunts |
| Sound | Harvey Mason | Music Arranger |
| Art | Lorey Hayes | Art Department Assistant |
| Crew | Dick Ziker | Stunts |
| Sound | Tank | Music Arranger |
