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Music movies

Stories where rhythm and melody take center stage, including biographies of legends and dance-filled spectacles.

Subgenres include: Narrative Musical, Jukebox Musical, Concert Film.

Amazing Grace

1. Amazing Grace

Music Documentary
7.5
20181h 27min

Overview

A behind-the-scenes documentary about the recording of Aretha Franklin's best-selling album finally sees the light of day more than four decades after the original footage was shot.


Burn the Stage: The Movie

2. Burn the Stage: The Movie

Music Documentary
8.4
20181h 25min

Overview

Burn the Stage: the Movie is the first movie from BTS, going behind-the-scenes of the BTS WINGS TOUR to reveal the full story of the band’s meteoric rise to fame. This unmissable film provides an intimate look at what happens when the most successful global boy band of all time breaks down barriers and invades the mainstream music scene. Exclusive tour footage and brand-new one-on-one interviews with BTS members give fans an unprecedented glimpse into their lives and an opportunity for everyone to celebrate together worldwide.


The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

3. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Western Comedy Drama Music Mystery
7.2
20182h 12min

Overview

Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.

Themes

Economic precarity, Frontier precariousness, Loyalty and debt, Spectacle for profit, Mass entertainment ethics, Fate and chance

Available on

Netflix
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Bodied

4. Bodied

Drama Comedy Music
7.1
20182h

Overview

A progressive graduate student finds success and sparks outrage when his interest in battle rap as a thesis subject becomes a competitive obsession.


Bohemian Rhapsody

5. Bohemian Rhapsody

Music Drama Music Biopic Entertainment Industry Drama
7.9
20182h 15min

Overview

Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. Hit songs become instant classics. When Mercury's increasingly wild lifestyle starts to spiral out of control, Queen soon faces its greatest challenge yet – finding a way to keep the band together amid the success and excess.

Themes

Loyalty vs ambition, Creative ambition under constraint, Fame under pressure, Public image vs authenticity, Media scrutiny and rumor, Sexual identity conflict

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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A Star Is Born

6. A Star Is Born

Music Drama Romance Narrative Musical Relationship Drama
7.6
20182h 16min

Overview

Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer — until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.

Themes

Show business pressure, Family loyalty, Talent versus addiction, Creative control conflict, Fame and instability, Death of father

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Lords of Chaos

7. Lords of Chaos

Drama Music Thriller Horror Psychological Horror
6.6
20181h 58min

Overview

A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the 1990s results in a very violent outcome.

Themes

Nihilism and anti-authoritarianism, Violence within subculture, Deception through persona, Factional loyalty and power, Ambition and consequences in music, Police scrutiny and crackdown

Available on

Apple TV
Google Play Movies
YouTube
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Vox Lux

8. Vox Lux

Drama Music Coming-of-Age Drama Narrative Musical
5.9
20181h 54min

Overview

In 1999, teenage sisters Celeste and Eleanor survive a seismic, violent tragedy. The sisters compose and perform a song about their experience, making something lovely and cathartic out of catastrophe — while also catapulting Celeste to stardom. By 2017, the now 31-year-old Celeste is mother to a teenage daughter of her own and struggling to navigate a career fraught with scandals when another act of terrifying violence demands her attention.

Themes

"movie: vox lux. genres: drama, Music, Drama, Music main themes: pop star, Icon, School shooting, Pop star, Icon, School shooting full keywords list: pop star, Icon, School shooting, 1990s, 2000s. concept analysis: the film explores the complexities of fame and the psychological toll it takes on individuals, Particularly in the face of trauma. it delves into themes of identity, The struggle for redemption, And the haunting consequences of past choices."

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

9. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World

Comedy Romance Drama Music
7.2
20181h 42min

Overview

17-year-old Cyril is funny, smart and an all-round good guy. Just his somewhat overlarge nose spoils the picture. On a school trip to Berlin with Roxy, a stunning new classmate, Cyril is not the only one taken with her. Benno, the class Casanova has his eye on the girl too and makes a nasty wager. Roxy is more interested in the introverted Rick, who is not only shy but also slow. Cyril hastens with his spoken word skills to Rick's aid, and falls head over heels in love with Roxy himself. So whose brave heart will win the fair lady?


Cold War

10. Cold War

Romance Music Drama
7.5
20181h 28min

Overview

A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.