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