Music Videos I've Seen, Ranked
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- DirectorChris ApplebaumStarsDenise FrancoJohn MunsonSemisonicMusic video for Semisonic's song, 'Closing Time'.10/10
- DirectorMark RomanekStarsJune Carter CashJohnny CashA promotional video for Johnny Cash's 2003 single "Hurt."9.6/10
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsa-haBunty BaileyAlfie CurtisOfficial music video for "Take on Me" by A-Ha.9.6/10
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsWeezerTom BosleyTony MaxwellMusic video for the song "Buddy Holly" by the American rock band Weezer, written by Rivers Cuomo. It was released as the second single from the band's debut album Weezer (The Blue Album) in 1994.9.6/10
- DirectorSophie MullerStarsEurythmicsAnnie Lennox9.4/10
- DirectorAisultan SeitovStarsJ. ColeBisola Salimonu21 SavageOfficial music video for "A Lot" by 21 Savage featuring J. Cole.9.4/10
- DirectorMark RomanekStarsNine Inch NailsTrent ReznorThe controversial promotional video for Nine Inch Nails' 1994 single "Closer."9.2/10
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsMichael JacksonOla RayForrest J. AckermanA night at the movies turns into a nightmare when Michael and his date are attacked by a hoard of bloodthirsty zombies - only a "Thriller" can save them now.9/10
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsMichael JacksonAdam NathanPedro SanchezMichael Jackson's music video for his song "Bad".9/10
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsBonnie TylerBonnie Tyler's official music video for 'Total Eclipse Of The Heart'.8.8/10
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsWeezerBrian BellRivers CuomoA promotional video for the Weezer's 1994 single "Undone - The Sweater Song."8.8/10
- DirectorNick GoffeyDominic HawleyStarsGaz CoombesDanny GoffeyMick QuinnThe music video for the song "Alright" by the English rock band Supergrass from their 1995 debut album "I Should Coco".8.8/10
- DirectorAnton CorbijnStarsNirvanaWilliam S. BurroughsKurt CobainA music video for Nirvana's song, 'Heart Shaped Box'.8.6/10
- DirectorSavanah LeafStarsGary Clark Jr.8.6/10
- DirectorHoward GreenhalghStarsSoundgardenMatt CameronChris CornellMusic video for the song Black Hole Sun, by the Seattle based band, Soundgarden.8.6/10
- DirectorFrancis DeliaStarsJon LeonoudakisRockwellMark Van CleveOfficial music video for "Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell in which Rockwell sings about his average life that is being menaced by an unseen stalker.8.6/10
- DirectorThe Little HomiesDave MeyersStarsCory Dushone BellCarter KimKendrick LamarMusic video for "HUMBLE." by Kendrick Lamar.8.4/10
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsPaul McCartneyNorth WestYeMusic video for Kanye West's 2015 single "Only One".8.4/10
- DirectorRicky SaizStarsBeyoncéThe CartersJay-ZOfficial music video for "Apes**t" by The Carters.8.4/10
- DirectorJamie ThravesStarsRadioheadColin GreenwoodJonny GreenwoodThe single's video was directed by Jamie Thraves, who was hand-picked by the band after they saw several of his experimental short films. It was shot near Liverpool Street Station in London, and intersperses footage of Radiohead playing the song inside an apartment with scenes of a middle-aged man (played by Dorian Lough) who lies down in the middle of the pavement just outside the apartment building. People start to gather, thinking that something must be wrong with the man, and the band are shown looking out the window at the events below. A heated (subtitled) conversation between the man and the crowd develops, as the people start demanding to know what the man is doing and why he is lying there. In subtitles, the man finally gives in and says, "Yes I'll tell you, I'll tell why I'm lying here - but God forgive me - and God help us all - because you don't know what you ask of me." The camera zooms in on his mouth as the man finally gives the answer, but the subtitles have now stopped, leaving what he said open to the viewer's interpretation. As the camera zooms back out, it shows the pavement covered with the crowd of people, all lying down just like the man.8.4/10
- DirectorStephen R. JohnsonStarsPeter GabrielAnna-Marie GabrielMelanie GabrielPeter Gabriel's video for his 1986 Billboard Hot 100 number-one single, a collaboration with Aardman Animations which set new standards for the industry and became one of the most awarded videos in history.8.4/10
- DirectorDamian KulashOK GoTrish SieStarsOK GoDan KonopkaDamian KulashThe music video of the song is an elaborate performance of the band dancing on treadmills in a single continuous take. Choreographed by Trish Sie and directed by Sie and the band, it took a total of seventeen attempts to complete the video. As in the band's video for "A Million Ways", Tim Nordwind lip-syncs the lead vocals instead of Damian Kulash, following the format from the dance choreographed for the song "C-C-C-Cinnamon Lips", which Tim sings. The video debuted on YouTube on July 31, 2006. As of March 2010, it had been viewed over 50 million times, but the video was taken down and reposted and now currently has over 41 million views.8.2/10
- DirectorChris BlumStarsBilly JoelMartine BeswickRandy IrwinThe music video for "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel, starring Marlee Matlin.8.2/10
- DirectorJames FoleyStarsMadonnaDanny AielloErika BelleMusic video for the Madonna single from the album 'True Blue'.8.2/10
- DirectorAubrey PowellStorm ThorgersonStarsJon AndersonEddie JobsonTrevor Rabin"Owner of a Lonely Heart" is a song by the English progressive rock band Yes. It was a big hit in the United States, becoming the band's first and only single to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.8.2/10
- DirectorJonas ÅkerlundStarsThe ProdigyTeresa MayThe video shows some rampant adventures on the night London from the first person view. In the full version of the clip, called the Most Controversial Version, there are all kinds of antisocial behaviors, such as drinking hard liquor and drunk driving, taking cocaine, attacking people, violence, vandalism, heroin use, a scene in which Car shoot down a man, a female striptease without censorship, and at the end of the clip the main character is engaged in sex with the same stripper.8.2/10
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsChristopher WalkenA businessman, overhearing the song on the maid's radio, takes to dancing in the hotel lobby.8.2/10
- DirectorBryan BarberStarsOutkastAndré 3000Big BoiA promotional video for Outkast's 2003 hit single "Hey Ya!"8/10
- DirectorSteve BarronStarsFrank BeardBilly GibbonsDusty HillZZ Top performs in the music video "Rough Boy" of their album "Afterburner" recorded for Warner Brothers Records. The ZZ Top Eliminator car is now hybridized with a space shuttle and visits an space car wash that features images of the band as they sing and a strange sign that walks with women's legs.8.2/10
- DirectorMark FenskeStarsVan HalenMichael AnthonySammy HagarVan Halen performs in the music video "Right Now" from the album "For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge" recorded for Warner Brothers Records. The music video features text over video clips that reflect on the song and on social events and issues. The band appears throughout the video.8/10
- DirectorScott KalvertStarsThomas C. AdamsDJ Jazzy JeffDJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh PrinceOfficial music video for "A Nightmare on My Street" by DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. In this spoof of the horror movie "Nightmare On Elm Street" Will is haunted by a killer dream demon named "Fred" who wants to team up with him.8/10
- DirectorIrina DakevaStarsBreakbotIrfane Khan Acito8/10
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsRafael EdholmGeorge MichaelScott BenoitFor George Michael's song Freedom '90, he does not appear in the music video. Instead, five female models and five male models lip sync the lyrics to the song.7.8/10
- DirectorHiro MuraiStarsDonald GloverCalvin C. WinbushKenneth BeckOfficial music video for "This Is America" by Childish Gambino.7.8/10
- DirectorJonas ÅkerlundStarsLady GagaBeyoncéTyrese GibsonMusic video for Lady Gaga and Beyoncé's single "Telephone".7.8/10
- DirectorPaul HunterStarsGoddess BunnyGinger FishMadonna Wayne GacyThe Dope Show's single release was accompanied by a surrealistic music video directed by Paul Hunter, which began filming on August 8, 1998 and which premiered on August 20, 1998. In scenes reminiscent of The Man Who Fell to Earth, Manson appears red-haired, with his entire body, including prosthetic rubber breasts, covered in white latex paint as an androgynous extraterrestrial wandering around the Hollywood Hills. He is captured, studied in a laboratory, and eventually transported by limousine to a stage where he and the other members of the band the fictional band Omega and the Mechanical Animals perform the song in concert before hysterical fans who end up rioting and crossing the security barriers.7.8/10
- DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsGrace IllingworthAva PuorroThom YorkeIn this music video for Radiohead's new single, singer Thom Yorke traverses a shifting landscape of hall-ways, houses, department stores and mountains in search of an unknown destination. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.7.8/10
- DirectorRudi DolezalHannes RossacherFreddie MercuryStarsQueenFreddie MercuryBrian MayMusic video for "I'm Going Slightly Mad" by Queen, influenced by the visual style of German Expressionism.7.6/10
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsDaft PunkCatherine KellnerTony MaxwellA music video to promote the 1997 Daft Punk single 'Da Funk' from the album Homework.7.6/10
- DirectorMarty CallnerStarsTwisted SisterDee SniderJay Jay FrenchA music video for the song 'We're Not Gonna Take It' by Twisted Sister.7.6/10
- DirectorMatt MahurinStarsR.E.M.Michael StipeR.E.M. performs in the music video "Orange Crush" from the album "Green" recorded for Warner Brothers Records. The song plays over black and white video clips of a young shirtless man working with the earth and a young blond boy running down an asphalt country road.7.6/10
- DirectorJay LeveyStars'Weird Al' YankovicTony De La RosaSteve JayMusic video for Weird Al Yankovic's 1992 single "Smells Like Nirvana" in which he recreates Nirvana's music video "Smells Like Teen Spirit" but with added comedic elements. It focuses on how difficult it is to understand the lyrics.7.6/10
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsWeezerBrian BellRivers CuomoIt features Weezer playing with various wild animals on a supposedly remote hill.7.6/10
- DirectorPaul HunterStarsMichael JacksonChris TuckerMarlon BrandoA beautiful girl walks down the street and gains the attention of Michael Jackson and Chris Tucker. They follow her and get in trouble.7.4/10
- Director'Weird Al' YankovicStarsSteve JayJon SchwartzJim West'Weird Al' Yankovic performs a parody of Coolio's song "Gangsta's Paradise", but talking about the Amish culture.7.4/10
- DirectorJoseph KahnStarsKianna DiorEminemJenna JamesonThe music video to Eminem's song 'Without Me'.7.4/10
- DirectorPete AngelusRick FriedbergDavid Lee RothStarsVan HalenYano AnayaMichael AnthonyA music video for Van Halen's song 'Hot for Teacher'.7.4/10
- DirectorTarsem SinghStarsBill BerryPeter BuckWade DominguezMusic video for "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M..7.2/10
- DirectorBryan BarberStarsOutkastAndré 3000Killer MikeOutkast performs with Killer Mike in the music video "The Whole World" from the album "Big Boi and Dre Present - Outkast" recorded for Arista and LaFace Records. The video opens with Outkast performing in clownish make-up on stage. at a carnival. Later, he sings with skull make-up as while performing in a magic show.7.2/10
- DirectorJean-Baptiste MondinoStarsDon HenleyAudie EnglandGary MauroBlack and white music video for his song "Boys of Summer" shows Don Henley at three points in his life: today; back when he was a young man at the beach with a girl; and as a 7-year old drummer.7.2/10
- DirectorPhilip G. AtwellDr. DreStarsEminemDr. DreD12Music video for the 2000 song "The Real Slim Shady" by Eminem. It features him performing the song in a psychiatric ward, a local Detroit neighborhood nearside a park, a fast-food joint, the Grammy Awards, and even in a clone factory.7.2/10
- DirectorChris ApplebaumStarsGianna DistencaMatthew FelkerFountains of WayneA young boy is invited over to a girl's house, but is actually there because of his crush on her mom.7.2/10
- DirectorSophie MullerStarsWeezerBrian BellRivers CuomoWeezer performs in the music video "Say It Ain't So" from the album "Weezer (The Blue Album)" recorded for DGC Records. The music video begins with the band performing in a room with walls and a ceiling decorated with brown upholstery fabric. The band sings into microphones as they play.7.2/10
- DirectorSamuel BayerStarsThe CranberriesMike HoganNoel HoganThe Cranberries perform in the music video "Zombie" from the album "No Need to Argue" recorded for Island Records. The video begins with black and white footage of British soldiers patrolling in Northern Island. The band plays as Dolores O'Riordan sings as she stands painted gold in front of a cross.7/10
- Director'Weird Al' YankovicStarsSteve JayJon SchwartzRubén ValtierraMusic video for Weird Al Yankovic's 1999 single "The Saga Begins" in which he not only parodies "American Pie" by Don McLean but also pretty much guesses the plot of "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)" without having seen the movie.7/10
- DirectorLol CremeGodley & CremeKevin GodleyStarsThe PoliceStewart CopelandStingA promotional video for The Police's 1983 hit single "Every Breath You Take."7/10
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsAshley BarnettFatboy SlimMichael GierThe fictional "Torrance Community Dance Group" does improvisational dance in a mall to Fatboy Slim's "Praise You."7/10
- DirectorMichael BayStarsDivinylsChristina AmphlettMark McEnteeDivinyls perform in the music video "I Touch Myself" from the album "Divinyls" recorded for Virgin Records. Christina Amphlett sings the song and moves erotically why laying in bed, looking in the mirror, and sitting in a lounge chair. The bad plays surrounded by window frames while video clips show several seductive women posing.7/10
- DirectorDavid ByrneStephen R. JohnsonStarsDavid ByrneChris FrantzJerry HarrisonMusic video for Talking Heads' classic "Road to Nowhere", presenting members of the band in several daily life routine situations where everything seems to be climbing to nowhere at the same time there's a meaning behind it all. Evolution, changes, growth...what's the point of life's process is what the band seems to ask and the video goes a similar way but in a funny manner.6.8/10
- DirectorMercedes Bryce MorganStarsMarshmelloJames BabsonCharlie BarnesOfficial music video for "Happier" by Marshmello ft. Bastille.6.8/10
- 19984m6.5 (83)Music VideoDirectorFrancis LawrenceStarsPras MichelOl' Dirty BastardMyaPras performs in the music video "Ghetto Supastar (That Is What You Are)" from the album "Ol' Dirty Bastard" and the original motion picture soundtrack for the film Bulworth (1998) recorded for Interscope Records. The video opens with Warren Betty as Bulworth at a press conference. He opens his mouth revealing himself to be Pras who begins to sing.6.8/10
- DirectorSophie MullerStarsRielle EscaleraGeoffrey GouldTrevion Twosifix PleasantOfficial music video for "Be Like Me" by Lil Pump featuring Lil Wayne.6.8/10
- DirectorAntoine FuquaStarsCoolioL.V.Michelle PfeifferOriginal music video based on the movie Dangerous Minds sung by Coolio featuring LV6.8/10
- DirectorDavid WilsonStarsArctic MonkeysAlex TurnerOfficial music video for Arctic Monkeys' 2013 single, "Do I Wanna Know?".6.8/10
- DirectorRichard LowensteinStarsGarry BeersAndrew FarrissJon FarrissThe music video for the INXS number one single "New Need You Tonight" segued with "Mediate", both from "Kick", their most successful album.6.8/10
- DirectorMick HaggertyC.D. TaylorStarsHall & OatesDaryl HallJohn OatesOfficial music video for the hit single "Maneater" performed by the duo Hall and Oates. Along with their music group, they perform the song as a mysterious woman appears in between shots, and also there's the presence of a jaguar moving around.6.8/10
- DirectorRussell MulcahyStarsThe BugglesDebi DossGeoff DownesThe video for the Buggles' classic one-shot, about how the rise of television (and, by extension, music videos) hurt the careers of those performers whose looks would not translate well to the new medium.6.6/10
- DirectorSamuel BayerStarsNirvanaBurton C. BellAndy BialkA music video for Nirvana's song 'Smells Like Teen Spirit'.6.6/10
- DirectorMary LambertStarsJanet JacksonPaula AbdulRobert AlvarezJanet Jackson performs in the music video "Nasty" from the album "Control" recorded for A&M Records. Janet and her friends are at a movie theater when a group of men begin to harass them. Janet moves to the stage and jumps into the movie where she sings and dances before exiting the film.6.6/10
- DirectorMagnus CarlssonStarsRadioheadAnimated video by Magnus Carlsson to support Radiohead's song "Paranoid Android." Robin and his friend Benjamin wander around a European city, running into all types of bizarre individuals and strange situations.6.6/10
- DirectorRupert WainwrightStarsM.C. HammerJim BelushiJames BrownMC Hammer performs in the music video "2 Legit 2 Quit" from the album "Too Legit to Quit" recorded for Capitol Records. The video begins with a newscaster informing the world that Hammer is quitting. Celebrities discuss their shock at the news while an audience waits for his arrival at a concert. Hammer talks to James Brown before he is teleported to the concert in a globe. There he performs the song to an enthusiastic crowd.6.6/10
- DirectorZbigniew RybczynskiStarsThe Art of NoiseThe original version, featuring a little girl (reportedly named Sylwia) in punk garb leading three business suit-clad men in the destruction of various musical instruments.6.6/10
- DirectorJohan CamitzStarsSpice GirlsEmma BuntonVictoria BeckhamSpice Girls performs in the music video "Wannabe" from the album "Spice" recorded for Virgin Records and EMI Records. The music video begins with the Spice Girls outside London's St. Pancras Grand Hotel. The video shot in one tale follows the girls as they sing, dance, and disturb patrons of the hotel.6.6/10
- DirectorMarcos SiegaStarsWeezerBrian BellAngel Boris Reed6.4/10
- DirectorGarth JenningsStarsThom YorkeA promotional video for Radiohead's 2011 single "Lotus Flower."6.4/10
- StarsThe BeatlesGeorge HarrisonJohn LennonRecorded at Studio Four, Granada TV Centre, Manchester, England, 14 August 1963.6.4/10
- DirectorHannah Lux DavisStarsAriana GrandeColleen BallingerJonathan BennettSet against the backdrop of four coming of age movies from the 2000s, Ariana Grande pays tribute to her failed relationships and reflects on how they helped her grow as a person.6.4/10
- DirectorPete CandelandJamie HewlettStarsDamon AlbarnGorillazDel the Funky HomosapienOfficial music video for Gorillaz' song "Clint Eastwood" ft. Del the Funky Homosapien.6.4/10
- DirectorAlexandre CourtèsMartin FougeroleStarsThe White StripesJack WhiteMeg WhiteIn the music video for The White Stripes song "Seven Nation Army", Jack White and Meg White perform while viewed through a kaleidoscope of red and black shapes and images.6.4/10
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsMichael JacksonC. Thomas HowellRobbie General LeeMichael Jackson's video accompanied with the single ''Black or White''.6.2/10
- DirectorLol CremeGodley & CremeKevin GodleyStarsHerbie HancockRobots and sculptures move in time to the music as Herbie Hancock is seen on a television set playing a keyboard. Features bird sculptures, mannequins, dancing pants, robot legs and more.6.2/10
- DirectorManu CossuFleur & ManuFleur FortuneFirst episode of the short films music videos trilogy "Midnight City", "Reunion" and "Wait" for M83.6.2/10
- DirectorMichael BayStarsMeat LoafDana PatrickLorraine CrosbyThe video is based on Beauty and the Beast and The Phantom of the Opera. Bob Keane did Meat Loaf's make-up, which took up to two hours to apply. The make-up was designed to be simple and scary, yet "with the ability to make him sympathetic." It went over budget, and was filmed in 90 °F (32 °C) heat, across four days. According to one executive, it "probably had the budget of Four Weddings and a Funeral." It is the abridged seven-minute single version, rather than the twelve-minute album version. Michael Bay directed the music video.6.2/10
- DirectorPete CandelandJamie HewlettStarsDamon AlbarnDe La SoulTrugoy the Dove2-D yearns for the freedom to join Noodle on her floating island.6.2/10
- DirectorAdrian EdmondsonStarsChris DiffordJools HollandGilson LavisSqueeze performs in the music video "Hourglass" from the album "Babylon and On" recorded for A&M Records. The band sings and play their instruments while walking through a number of abstract settings and visual illusions that utilize forced perspective to make things appear smaller or larger.6.2/10
- DirectorSpike JonzeTamra DavisStarsAndy BialkKim GordonThurston Moore6.2/10
- DirectorWarren FuStarsThe KillersIzabella MikoBrandon FlowersPart live action and part animation, "Miss Atomic Bomb" has been dubbed "the epic companion to Mr. Brightside", and the video continues the love triangle depicted in the 2004 hit "Mr. Brightside" music video. "Miss Atomic Bomb" sees actress Izabella Miko and actor Eric Roberts reprise their roles from the "Mr. Brightside" video. As "Miss Atomic Bomb" is considered to be a companion to "Mr. Brightside", the premise of the music video is similar but broader.6.2/10
- DirectorShane C. DrakeStarsIsaac DanielNatasha KojicDaniel McGuffeyThe 2005 music video for the smash hit single 'I Write Sins Not Tragedies'.6.2/10
- DirectorGarth JenningsStarsDamon AlbarnBlurPeter BurroughsA sentient milk carton searches for a missing person whose face appears on its side.6.2/10
- DirectorHiroyuki NakanoStarsDeee-LiteDmitry BrillBootsy CollinsDeee-Lite performs in the music video "Groove Is in the Heart" from the album "World Clique" recorded for Elektra Records. The video begins with an introduction from Lady Miss Kier utilizing a French accident. The psychedelic video features the band and dancers against a multi-colored 60's background. Bootsy Collins and Q-Tip provide guest vocals.6.2/10
- DirectorPeter SinclairStarsBoy GeorgeMikey CraigCulture ClubOfficial music video of "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club.6.2/10
- DirectorDominic SenaStarsJanet JacksonOfficial music video for "The Pleasure Principle " by Janet Jackson.6.2/10
- DirectorAlex ProyasStarsCrowded HouseNeil FinnMitchell FroomMusic video for the 1986 Crowded House song "Don't Dream It's Over". It features Neil Finn singing and playing guitar as he walks through rooms in a house while his band-mates play instruments and perform household chores.6.2/10
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsBjörkBryan AnthonyAnthony MarcionaBjörk sings "It's Oh So Quiet" in a musical number set in and around a tire store.6/10
- DirectorManu CossuFleur & ManuFleur FortuneSecond episode of the short films music videos trilogy "Midnight City", "Reunion" and "Wait" for M83.6/10