Best music movies
Movies where actors actually sing, play in a band etc. The list does not include musicals, documentaries etc.
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- DirectorJohn CarneyStarsKeira KnightleyMark RuffaloAdam LevineA chance encounter between a down-and-out music business executive, and a young singer songwriter new to Manhattan, turns into a promising collaboration between the two talents.Keira Knightley, amazing singing voice, pretty good music, great story.
- DirectorTom HanksStarsTom HanksLiv TylerCharlize TheronA local Pennsylvania band scores a one-hit wonder in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as they can, with lots of help from their manager.Directed by Tom Hanks, he wrote it too, and wrote or co-wrote some of the music in it. Very enjoyable.
- DirectorJason MooreStarsAnna KendrickBrittany SnowRebel WilsonBeca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school's all-girls singing group. Injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition.A comedy about college acappela groups, fun to watch. The music doesn't suck at all.
- DirectorStephen HerekStarsMark WahlbergJennifer AnistonDominic WestLead singer of a tribute band becomes lead singer of the real band he idolizes.
- DirectorFloria SigismondiStarsKristen StewartDakota FanningMichael ShannonA coming-of-age biographical film about the 1970s teenage all-girl rock band The Runaways. The relationship between band members Cherie Currie and Joan Jett is also explored.Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning are great in this. It's a movie about a real band, The Runaways.
- DirectorJames MangoldStarsJoaquin PhoenixReese WitherspoonGinnifer GoodwinA chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.Loved it. Joaquin Phoenix did a great job playing Johnny Cash.
- DirectorJohn CarneyStarsGlen HansardMarkéta IrglováHugh WalshA modern-day musical about a busker and an immigrant and their eventful week in Dublin, as they write, rehearse and record songs that tell their love story.
- DirectorWilliam H. MacyStarsBilly CrudupAnton YelchinFelicity HuffmanA grieving father in a downward spiral stumbles across a box of his recently deceased son's demo tapes and lyrics. Shocked by the discovery of this unknown talent, he forms a band in the hope of finding some catharsis.
- DirectorDavid MackenzieStarsLuke TreadawayNatalia TenaRebecca BensonTwo feuding rock stars get handcuffed together for 24 hours at a music festival where they are both due to perform.
- DirectorPeter CattaneoStarsRainn WilsonJosh GadChristina ApplegateIn the 1980s, a drummer is abandoned by his band just before they become rock superstars. Twenty years later, the drummer sees his second chance at stardom arise when he is asked to perform with his teenage nephew's high school rock band.
- DirectorCarlos PortugalStarsChristian SerratosRachele Brooke SmithRoss ThomasWhen talented young singer, Roxie Santos, meets music producer, Eddie Marz, he promises her an amazing new lifestyle and a future record deal. All he needs her to do is first lend her voice to a celebrity with no singing talent. However, when things go too far and it looks like she might lose her "voice" forever, she sets off to prove the truth.The story is kind of old but the movie was actually fairly enjoyable.
- DirectorTodd GraffStarsAly MichalkaVanessa HudgensGaelan ConnellA new kid in town assembles a fledgling rock band -- together, they achieve their dreams and compete against the best in the biggest event of the year, a battle of the bands.For teenagers, I actually like Aly Michalka in this (or in anything) and her singing. Not really thrilled about the other actress or her singing (especially her singing).
- DirectorDavid LeoStarsMichael KochDavid LeoMel FairA musical prodigy rises to Christian music fame and fortune only to walk away and live on a Navajo reservation.Rich Mullins was a Christian singer/songwriter. I used to love his music so a movie about him and his life was something I just had to watch.
- DirectorBrad J. SilvermanStarsAJ MichalkaKelly ThiebaudJames DentonGrace Trey is a phenomenal singer. But at the tender age of eighteen, after she gets the music break of a lifetime and is thrust into the "real world" - her faith is put to the test.A Christian movie, a little cheesy, the acting is just bad... but for some strange reason I liked it. A. J. Michalka has a beautiful voice and I kept replaying the scenes in which she sang.
- DirectorHarry ElfontDeborah KaplanStarsRachael Leigh CookTara ReidRosario DawsonA girl group find themselves in the middle of a conspiracy to deliver subliminal messages through popular music.
- DirectorPeter SollettStarsMichael CeraKat DenningsAaron YooTwo newly acquainted music-lovers spend the night scouting the streets of New York City in search of their favourite band's surprise secret show. All the while, they're both being chased after by their tempting but devious exes.
- DirectorDamon SantostefanoStarsLucy HaleFreddie StromaMissi PyleA modern, musical spin on the tale of Cinderella that follows a high school girl who falls for a boy at her Performing Arts school.It's for kids (my 10-year-old daughter's favorite), but I actually liked Lucy Hale's singing in it. The movie wasn't as bad as other Disney movies.
- DirectorJake KasdanStarsJohn C. ReillyJenna FischerDavid KrumholtzSinger Dewey Cox overcomes adversity to become a musical legend.