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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.

The Dirt

391. The Dirt

Drama Music Comedy Entertainment Industry Drama Music Biopic
7.0

20191h 48min

United States

Director: Jeff Tremaine

The story of Mötley Crüe and their rise from the Sunset Strip club scene of the early 1980s to superstardom.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Substance abuse cycles, Fame and excess, Identity and reinvention, Leadership and lineup changes, Creative control and rights, Family strain and loss

Available on

Netflix
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Mia Martini - I Am Mia

392. Mia Martini - I Am Mia

History Documentary Music
6.7

20191h 40min

Director: Riccardo Donna

The movie is a biopic about Mia Martini, an italian singer who died in 1995.


Amazing Grace

393. Amazing Grace

Music Documentary
7.5

20181h 27min

Director: Alan Elliott

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

394. Burn the Stage: The Movie

Music Documentary
8.4

20181h 25min

Director: Park Jun-soo

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

395. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Western Comedy Drama Music Mystery
7.2

20182h 12min

United States

Director: Joel Coen

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

396. Bodied

Drama Comedy Music
7.1

20182h

Director: Joseph Kahn

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

397. Bohemian Rhapsody

Music Drama Music Biopic Entertainment Industry Drama
7.9

20182h 15min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Bryan Singer

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
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Apple TV
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A Star Is Born

398. A Star Is Born

Music Drama Romance Narrative Musical Relationship Drama
7.6

20182h 16min

United States

Director: Bradley Cooper

A once-famous country music star meets and falls in love with Ally, a talented singer and waitress. He helps her break onto the stage and become a star, while gradually realizing that his own best days are behind him.

Themes

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

Available on

Amazon Video
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Lords of Chaos

399. Lords of Chaos

Drama Music Thriller Horror Psychological Horror
6.6

20181h 58min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Jonas Åkerlund

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

400. Vox Lux

Drama Music Coming-of-Age Drama Narrative Musical
5.9

20181h 54min

United States

Director: Brady Corbet

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."

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