Best music films
Best bios of musicians, documentaries and movies with bands in them that I've seen.
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- 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.The film that got me into rock and roll. Owe it everything.
It's a brilliant movie about the loss of innocence in the world of fame, rock and teenage rebellion. - DirectorGregory NavaStarsJennifer LopezEdward James OlmosJon SedaThe true story of Selena, a Texas-born Tejano singer who rose from cult status to performing at the Astrodome, as well as having chart-topping albums on the Latin music charts.The enigmatic short life of Tejano singer Selena.
- DirectorAlbert MayslesDavid MayslesCharlotte ZwerinStarsMick JaggerKeith RichardsMick TaylorWhen 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.The harrowing account of the infamous 1969 Rolling Stones concert in which a number of the Hell's Angels, in charge of security, stabbed a concert goer to death, signaling the end of the "flower power" hippie era.
- DirectorAlex SichelStarsAlison FollandTara SubkoffCole HauserClaude and Ellen are best friends who live in a not-so-nice area of New York. They're involved in the subculture of '90s youth, complete with drugs, live music, and homophobia. All is changed one night when a violent, meaningless death rocks their lives.A lesbian film representing a time where the riot grrrl scene was trying to reproduce itself alongside the queercore movement. A butch punk rocker worries that her best friend's boyfriend may have murdered her gay neighbor in a hate crime.
- DirectorAlek KeshishianStarsMadonnaDonna DeLoryNiki HarisDocumentary following singer Madonna on her controversial Blond Ambition tour in 1990.Madonna takes us through the trials and tribulations of her controversial Blonde Ambition tour, a tour that was ahead of its time.
- DirectorRichard LinklaterStarsJack BlackMike WhiteJoan CusackAfter being kicked out of his rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of an uptight elementary private school, only to try and turn his class into a rock band.Brilliant film for kids, especially if they're into rock.
- DirectorLiam LynchStarsJack BlackKyle GassJR ReedTo become the greatest band of all time, two slackers, wannabe-rockers set out on a quest to steal a legendary guitar pick that gives its holders incredible guitar skills, from a maximum security Rock and Roll museum.Starring Jack Black like the one above, but definitely not for kids, this is a hilarious, outrageous mock rock comedy filled with fantasy sequences and fights against the devil.
- DirectorAnton CorbijnStarsSam RileySamantha MortonCraig ParkinsonA profile of Ian Curtis, the enigmatic singer of Joy Division whose personal, professional, and romantic troubles led him to die by suicide at the age of 23.Tragic story of Ian Curtis, lead singer of Joy Division. His torturous struggle with relationships and his epilepsy caused him to take his life at only 23.
- DirectorSam Taylor-JohnsonStarsAaron Taylor-JohnsonKristin Scott ThomasAnne-Marie DuffA chronicle of John Lennon's first years, focused mainly in his adolescence and his relationship with his stern aunt Mimi, who raised him, and his absentee mother Julia, who re-entered his life at a crucial moment in his young life.The dysfunctional life of John Lennon as a teenager is told brilliantly in this film by director/artist Sam Tayor Wood
- DirectorJulie TaymorStarsEvan Rachel WoodJim SturgessJoe AndersonThe music of The Beatles, New York in the 1960s, and the American youth's actions to protest the Vietnam War, form the backdrop for the romance between an upper-class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist.Breathtakingly beautiful musical based on the Beatles's songs, its also a great portrayal of the music and liberal politics in the 60s
- DirectorMalik BendjelloulStarsRodriguezStephen 'Sugar' SegermanDennis CoffeyTwo South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.Absolutely and unbelievalbly breathtaking. Has to be seen at any cost.
- DirectorGina Prince-BythewoodStarsGugu Mbatha-RawNate ParkerMinnie DriverThe pressures of fame have superstar singer Noni on the edge, until she meets Kaz, a young cop who works to help her find the courage to develop her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be.Decent, love filled and thought-provoking film about the price of fame and the hyper sexualisation of female pop stars.