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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.

OLIVIA RODRIGO: driving home 2 u (a SOUR film)

1. OLIVIA RODRIGO: driving home 2 u (a SOUR film)

Music Documentary
7.2
20221h 16min

Overview

Grammy® winner singer-songwriter Olivia Rodrigo takes a familiar road trip from Salt Lake City, where she began writing her debut album “SOUR,” to Los Angeles. Along the way, Rodrigo recounts the memories of writing and creating her record-breaking debut album and shares her feelings as a young woman navigating a specific time in her life. Through new live arrangements of her songs, intimate interviews and never-before-seen footage from the making of the album, audiences will follow Olivia along on a cinematic journey exploring the story of “SOUR.”


Better Nate Than Ever

2. Better Nate Than Ever

Music Family Comedy
6.4
20221h 32min

Overview

13-year-old Nate Foster has big Broadway dreams but there’s only one problem — he can’t even land a part in the school play. When his parents leave town, Nate and his best friend Libby sneak off to the Big Apple for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to prove everyone wrong. A chance encounter with Nate’s long-lost Aunt Heidi turns his journey upside-down, and together they must learn that life’s greatest adventures are only as big as your dreams.


Studio 666

3. Studio 666

Horror Comedy Music Supernatural Horror Parody
5.6
20221h 46min

Overview

Legendary rock band Foo Fighters move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock and roll history to record their much anticipated 10th album. Once in the house, Dave Grohl finds himself grappling with supernatural forces that threaten both the completion of the album and the lives of the band.

Themes

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Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Marry Me

4. Marry Me

Romance Comedy Music
6.1
20221h 52min

Overview

After finding out about her fiancé's cheating ways, a pop superstar impulsively marries a total stranger. They must soon decide if two people from such different worlds can find true love.


Sing 2

5. Sing 2

Family Comedy Music Animation Family Animation
7.3
20211h 50min

Overview

Buster and his new cast now have their sights set on debuting a new show at the Crystal Tower Theater in glamorous Redshore City. But with no connections, he and his singers must sneak into the Crystal Entertainment offices, run by the ruthless wolf mogul Jimmy Crystal, where the gang pitches the ridiculous idea of casting the lion rock legend Clay Calloway in their show. Buster must embark on a quest to find the now-isolated Clay and persuade him to return to the stage.

Themes

Deception and rivalry, Sequel fueled ambition, Stage driven collaboration under pressure, Creative collaboration under threat, Audience empowerment through spectacle, Romance amid performance goals

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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tick, tick... BOOM!

6. tick, tick... BOOM!

Drama Music Professional Drama Narrative Musical
7.5
20212h

Overview

On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.

Themes

Illness and mortality, Pressure to create, Artistic integrity vs stability, Dream vs practicality, Love and friendship strain, Deadline-driven ambition

Available on

Netflix
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Aline

7. Aline

Music Comedy Drama Family
6.3
20212h 5min

Overview

A fictionalized biopic of Aline Dieu, a multitalented singer from a musically inclined family.


The Velvet Underground

8. The Velvet Underground

Documentary Music
7.3
20212h 1min

Overview

Experience the iconic rock band's legacy in the first major documentary to tell their story. Directed with the era’s avant-garde spirit by Todd Haynes, this kaleidoscopic oral history combines exclusive interviews with dazzling archival footage.


Falling for Figaro

9. Falling for Figaro

Romance Comedy Music
6.5
20211h 44min

Overview

A brilliant young fund manager leaves her unfulfilling job and long-term boyfriend to chase her lifelong dream of becoming an opera singer in the Scottish Highlands.


Spin

10. Spin

TV Movie Family Music
6.1
20211h 33min

Overview

Rhea lives with her tight-knit multigenerational family. After her mother’s death, she has been her father’s emotional rock, and her life revolves around her family’s restaurant, her eclectic group of friends, and her after-school coding club. Everything changes when she falls for aspiring DJ Max and a long lost passion for music is reignited. Rhea discovers that she has a natural gift for creating beats and producing music that blends her Indian heritage, but must find the courage to follow her true inner talent.