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1.
San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time (2023– )
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2023)
Documentary, Music
Directors: Alison Ellwood, Anoosh Tertzakian | Stars: Peter Albin, Sam Andrew, Marty Balin, Jack Casady
Votes: 12
2.
Playboy After Dark (1969–1970)
Episode:
Episode #1.11
(1969)
Comedy, Music
Director: Bill Foster | Stars: Barbi Benton, Sid Caesar, Tom Constanten, Chris Cranston
Votes: 6
3.
San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time (2023– )
Episode:
Episode #1.2
(2023)
Documentary, Music
Directors: Alison Ellwood, Anoosh Tertzakian | Stars: Peter Albin, Marty Balin, Jack Casady, Emilio Castillo
Votes: 8
4. The Drug Years (2006– )
Documentary
A look at the rise of illicit drug use and its cultural influence in the second half of the last century.
Stars: Anthony DeCurtis, Martin Torgoff, John Leland, Corey Feldman
Votes: 342
5. Rock & Roll (1995– )
Documentary, Music
A history of rock and roll music.
Stars: Liev Schreiber, David Bowie, Robbie Robertson, Debbie Harry
Votes: 86
6. Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (2001)
49 min | Documentary, Music
Eight-episode series depicting 100 years of history of popular song, from early pioneers to rock'n'roll revolution and modern-day pop.
Stars: Pat Boone, Jerry Wexler, Clive Owen, Ray Charles
Votes: 84
7. Grateful Dead: Dead Ahead (1981 Video)
114 min | Music
Recorded October 30th and 31st, 1980, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, Dead Ahead showcases the recently reformed Grateful Dead lineup in acoustic and electric splendor.
Director: Len Dell'Amico | Stars: Tom Davis, Al Franken, Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart
Votes: 148
8. Grateful Dead Truckin' Up to Buffalo (2005 Video)
Not Rated | 160 min | Documentary, Music
Filmed on location in Buffalo, NY. The Grateful Dead's July 4, 1989 concert at Rich stadium.
Director: Len Dell'Amico | Stars: Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh
Votes: 62
9. Classic Albums (1997– )
50 min | Documentary, Music
A documentary series on several of the key albums in music history.
Stars: David Fricke, Joe Travers, Bruce Botnick, Phil Alexander
Votes: 339
10. Beat-Club (1965–1981)
30 min | Music
Rock''s legendary performers graced the stage of this famed television show. Performing on television with no time limitations, these artists were able to pull out all the stops on, what today are, some of their most recognizable songs.
Stars: Uschi Nerke, Dave Lee Travis, Gitta Weidhaas, Karin Weidhaas
Votes: 79
11. Grateful Dead: Ticket to New Year's Eve Concert (1987 Video)
Unrated | 147 min | Documentary, Music
Grateful Dead's New Year's Eve concert 12/31/87 at the Oakland Coliseum Arena.
Director: Len Dell'Amico | Stars: Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann
Votes: 101
12. Grateful Dead: Downhill from Here (1989 Video)
150 min | Music
Director: Len Dell'Amico | Stars: Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh
Votes: 80
13. San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time (2023– )
Documentary, Music
Features several artists of the time and tells the story of the scene between 1966 and 1976, framed by Monterey Pop, Altamont, Woodstock and The Last Waltz.
Stars: Peter Coyote, Bill Graham, Janis Joplin, Grace Slick
Votes: 62
14. Grateful Dead: The Closing of Winterland (1978 TV Special)
375 min | Music
The title derives from the fact that it was the last concert in San Francisco's Winterland Arena, which was shut down shortly thereafter. The Dead celebrated the closing as an approximately... See full summary »
Stars: Jerry Garcia, Donna Godchaux, Keith Godchaux, Mickey Hart
Votes: 113
15. Woodstock (1970)
R | 184 min | Documentary, History, Music
Oscar-winning musical chronicle that brilliantly captures the three-day rock concert and celebration of peace and love that became a capstone for the Sixties.
Director: Michael Wadleigh | Stars: Joan Baez, Richie Havens, Roger Daltrey, Joe Cocker
Votes: 18,470 | Gross: $50.00M
16. The History of Rock 'n' Roll (1995)
Documentary, History, Music
The history of rock n' roll and pop music are explored are explored via interviews and footage of well-known music stars.
Stars: Bono, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Pete Townshend
Votes: 132
17. Grateful Dead: So Far (1987 Video)
55 min | Documentary, Music
A Grateful Dead concert, focusing more on the band itself than on the odd collection of fans that attend their events.
Directors: Len Dell'Amico, Jerry Garcia | Stars: Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh
Votes: 63
18. The Grateful Dead (1977)
PG | 131 min | Documentary, Music
The Grateful Dead performs live at Winterland in San Francisco in October 1974.
Director: Jerry Garcia | Stars: Jerry Garcia, Donna Godchaux, Keith Godchaux, Mickey Hart
Votes: 928
19. View from the Vault III (2002 Video)
210 min | Music
Stars: Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh
Votes: 25
20. Bill Monroe: Father of Bluegrass Music (1993 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, Music
Features performances by Bill Monroe & the Blue Grass Boys, Lester Flatt, Emmylou Harris, Paul McCartney, the Osborne Brothers, Dolly Parton, Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, John Hartford and a... See full summary »
Director: Steve Gebhardt | Stars: Bill Monroe, Roy Acuff, Kenny Baker, Lester Flatt
Votes: 42
21. Gimme Shelter (1970)
GP | 91 min | Documentary, Music, Thriller
When three hundred thousand members of the Love Generation collided with a few dozen Hells Angels at San Francisco's Altamont Speedway, the bloody slash that transformed a decade's dreams into disillusionment was immortalized on this film.
Directors: Albert Maysles, David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin | Stars: Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Charlie Watts
Votes: 12,894 | Gross: $0.25M
22. Move Me Brightly: Celebrating Jerry Garcia's 70th Birthday (2013 Video)
Unrated | 130 min | Music
"Move Me Brightly" is a film based around a musical gathering at Bob Weir's TRI Studios in San Rafael, California to mark what would have been Jerry Garcia's 70th birthday on 3rd August, ... See full summary »
Director: Justin Kreutzmann | Stars: Mike Campbell, Jack Casady, Neal Casal, Jeff Chimenti
Votes: 18
23. View from the Vault (2000 Video)
215 min | Music
Full concert footage from Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, PA on July 8, 1990. Setlist includes: "Touch of Grey", "New Minglewood Blues", "Samson and Delilah", "Estimated Prophet", "... See full summary »
Director: Len Dell'Amico | Stars: Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh
Votes: 38
24.
The History of Rock 'n' Roll (1995)
Episode:
My Generation
(1995)
60 min | Documentary, History, Music
The peace-loving counter culture produces the phenomenon of Woodstock.
Director: Obie Benz | Stars: Joan Baez, Bono, Gary Busey, Dick Cavett
Votes: 172
25. The Twilight Zone (1985–1989)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A collection of tales which range from comic to tragic, but often have a wicked sense of humor and an unexpected twist.
Stars: Robin Ward, Charles Aidman, Richard Mulligan, William Atherton
Votes: 12,262
26. San Francisco Rock: A Night at the Family Dog (1970 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 58 min | Documentary, Music
This film is straight-ahead footage of Santana, the Grateful Dead, and the Jefferson Airplane playing at The Family Dog in 1970. Each band does two songs, followed by a jam at the end ... See full synopsis »
Director: Robert N. Zagone | Stars: Santana, Carlos Santana, Mike Carabello, David Brown
Votes: 56
27.
Beat-Club (1965–1981)
Episode:
Episode #1.78
(1972)
Music
Director: Michael Leckebusch | Stars: Madeline Bell, Maggie Bell, Chuck Berry, Ritchie Blackmore
Votes: 11
28. Rolling Stone Presents Twenty Years of Rock & Roll (1987 TV Movie)
Unrated | 97 min | Documentary, Music
An exciting chronicle of the songs and energies from '60's psychedelia to '70's glam to '80's new wave and beyond. Features exclusive interviews with rock superstars, plus film footage of ... See full summary »
Director: Malcolm Leo | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Mick Jagger, Cyndi Lauper, Joe Cocker
Votes: 87
29. View from the Vault II (2001 Video)
225 min | Music
Director: Len Dell'Amico | Stars: Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Bruce Hornsby, Bill Kreutzmann
Votes: 24
30.
The History of Rock 'n' Roll (1995)
Episode:
Guitar Heroes
(1995)
60 min | Documentary, History, Music
Les Paul's invention of the electric guitar paved the way for later Rock 'n' Roll guitar heroes.
Director: Marc Sachnoff | Stars: Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Jeffrey Baxter, Jeff Beck
Votes: 133
31. Late Night with David Letterman (1982–1993)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Popular late-night comedy/talk-show with host David Letterman, interviewing famous guests.
Stars: David Letterman, Paul Shaffer, Bill Wendell, Calvert DeForest
Votes: 4,996
32. The Music Never Stopped (2011)
PG | 105 min | Drama, Music
Tale of a father who struggles to bond with his estranged son Gabriel, after Gabriel suffers from a brain tumor that prevents him from forming new memories. With Gabriel unable to shed the ... See full summary »
Director: Jim Kohlberg | Stars: Lou Taylor Pucci, J.K. Simmons, Julia Ormond, Cara Seymour
Votes: 8,689 | Gross: $0.26M
33. ABC in Concert (1991–1998)
Documentary, Music
A revival of its old "Wide World of Entertainment" series from the 70's, this ABC series presented concert performances featuring a different rock or pop performer each week. Musical acts ... See full summary »
Stars: Laurie Searle, Poison, Slaughter, BulletBoys
Votes: 17
34.
Classic Albums (1997– )
Episode:
The Grateful Dead: Anthem to Beauty
(1997)
Not Rated | 75 min | Documentary, Music
Documentary about the making of two Grateful Dead albums: 1968's "Anthem of the Sun" and 1970's "American Beauty".
Director: Jeremy Marre | Stars: Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Robert Hunter, Phil Lesh
Votes: 198
35.
The Twilight Zone (1985–1989)
Episode:
Shatterday/A Little Peace and Quiet
(1985)
TV-PG | 48 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Peter Jay Novins calls his home, only to hear himself answer. / A harried housewife struggling with rambunctious children and the stress of modern life finds relief from an unusual source that brings both power and responsibility.
Director: Wes Craven | Stars: Bruce Willis, Dan Gilvezan, Murukh, John Carlyle
Votes: 879
36. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
PG | 115 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
When strange seeds drift to earth from space, mysterious pods begin to grow and invade San Francisco, replicating the city's residents one body at a time.
Director: Philip Kaufman | Stars: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright
Votes: 69,899 | Gross: $24.95M
37. Festival Express (2003)
R | 90 min | Documentary, History, Music
The filmed account of a large Canadian rock festival train tour boasting major acts like Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead and The Band.
Directors: Bob Smeaton, Frank Cvitanovich | Stars: Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, The Band, Rick Danko
Votes: 2,415 | Gross: $1.17M
38. Get Yer Ya Ya's Out (2009 Video)
28 min | Documentary, Short
Directors: Bradley Kaplan, Ian Markiewicz, Albert Maysles | Stars: The Rolling Stones, Jerry Garcia, Mick Jagger, Janis Joplin
Votes: 37
39. The Journey (2001)
93 min | Documentary, Adventure
Eric Saperston directs this amazing journey about a group of young Americans who decide to ask the age old question in life, "what do our elders have to pass down to us?"
Director: Eric Saperston | Stars: Eric Saperston, Jimmy Carter, Max Cleland, Billy Crystal
Votes: 216
40. Fillmore (1972)
R | 105 min | Documentary, Music
A dozen rock groups are shown playing in the final five nights of shows leading up the closing of Fillmore West on July 4, 1971.
Director: Richard T. Heffron | Stars: Bill Graham, Marty Balin, Elvin Bishop, Ed Bogas
Votes: 148 | Gross: $0.16M
41. View from the Vault IV (2003 Video)
237 min | Music
Director: Len Dell'Amico | Stars: Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh
Votes: 23
42. The Source (1999)
88 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Traces the Beats from Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac's meeting in 1944 at Columbia University to the deaths of Ginsberg and William S.
Director: Chuck Workman | Stars: Johnny Depp, John Turturro, Dennis Hopper, Allen Ginsberg
Votes: 845 | Gross: $0.36M
43. Grateful Dawg (2000)
PG-13 | 81 min | Documentary
Details the deeply rooted musical friendship between Jerry Garcia and David Grisman. Includes live Garcia/Grisman performances as well as rare and unique personal moments from the studio, ... See full summary »
Director: Gillian Grisman | Stars: Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Joe Craven, Jim Kerwin
Votes: 347 | Gross: $0.36M
44. Branford Marsalis: The Music Tells You (1992)
60 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A documentary on jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis.
Directors: Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker | Stars: Jerry Garcia, Bruce Hornsby, Robert Hurst, Branford Marsalis
Votes: 13
45. Late Show with David Letterman (1993–2015)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
The Late Show with David Letterman is an hour-long weeknight comedy and talk-show broadcast by CBS from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City.
Stars: David Letterman, Paul Shaffer, Alan Kalter, Biff Henderson
Votes: 14,298
46. The Grateful Dead: Touch of Grey (1987 Music Video)
4 min | Music
The first-ever music video by the Grateful Dead, it shows them performing first as skeletons and then as themselves.
Director: Gary Gutierrez | Stars: Jerry Garcia, Grateful Dead, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann
Votes: 25
47. Zabriskie Point (1970)
R | 113 min | Drama
At a time of chronic civil unrest in late 1960s America, a young idealist and an anthropology student cross paths at Zabriskie Point in Death Valley, California. They start an unrestrained relationship by making love on the dusty terrain.
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni | Stars: Mark Frechette, Daria Halprin, Paul Fix, G.D. Spradlin
Votes: 17,154 | Gross: $1.05M
48. Petulia (1968)
R | 105 min | Drama, Romance
An unhappily married socialite finds solace in the company of a recently divorced doctor.
Director: Richard Lester | Stars: Julie Christie, George C. Scott, Richard Chamberlain, Arthur Hill
Votes: 3,414
49. Playboy After Dark (1969–1970)
60 min | Comedy, Music
Hugh Hefner hosts a party at his home with celebrity guests.
Stars: Hugh Hefner, Nanci Roberts, Chris Cranston, Bill Cosby
Votes: 117
50. America's Top 10 (1980–1993)
Music, News
Host Casey Kasem lists the top ten rock, soul, country and album charts.
Stars: Casey Kasem, Charlie Tuna, Paula Abdul, Bobby Brown
Votes: 65