Best Music movies of 1980

Coal Miner's Daughter(1980)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 71

Biographical story of Loretta Lynn, a legendary country singer that came from poverty to worldwide fame. She rose from humble beginnings in Kentucky to superstardom and changing the sound and style of country music forever.



Fame(1980)

Combined Rating:
56
Combined Critics Rating: 48

A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.



Times Square(1980)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 11

Two ill-matched teenage girls form a punk band and soon have New York City by its ears.



The Jazz Singer(1980)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The son of a Jewish Cantor must defy the traditions of his religious father in order to pursue his dream of being a popular singer.



The Competition(1980)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 7

The movie centers on a piano competition whose winner is assured of success. It is Paul's last chance to compete, but newcomer Heidi may be a better pianist. Can romance be far away? Will ...



The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle(1980)

Combined Rating:
9
Combined Critics Rating: 4

A rather incoherent post-breakup Sex Pistols "documentary", told from the point of view of Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, whose (arguable) position is that the Sex Pistols in particular ...



The Idolmaker(1980)

Combined Rating:
8
Combined Critics Rating: 6

Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marcucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalon and Fabian.



Roadie(1980)

Combined Rating:
8
Combined Critics Rating: 6

A young Texas good ol' boy has a knack with electronic equipment, and that talent gets him a job as a roadie with a raucous traveling rock-and-roll show.



Honeysuckle Rose(1980)

Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 4

Willie Nelson is a country singer on the road caught in a romantic triangle with Dyan Cannon and Amy Irving, the daughter of one of his longtime musical sidekick.



The Apple(1980)

Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 0

In 1994, a young couple enters the world of the music industry, and subsequently the world of drugs.



Nijinsky(1980)

Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 5

Set in the early 1910s at a time of passionate artistic experimentalism, and based on biographical fact, this is the story of Vaslav Nijinsky, the young and brilliant but headstrong premier...



Rude Boy(1980)

Combined Rating:
4
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A young British punk and roadie for The Clash navigates life in socially torn 1970s England.



Dyrygent(1980)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A violinist in a provincial Polish orchestra, whose husband is the director of the ensemble, on a visit to the US ties up with the world- renowned symphony conductor. As it turns out he was...



Solo Sunny(1980)

Combined Rating:
2
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Sunny is the singer of band trying to establish itself in the music-scene of East-Berlin. They play regular gigs in small towns, but Sunny feels out of touch with the audience and her life ...



Hank Williams: The Show He Never Gave(1980)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

On the final night of his life, Dec. 31, 1952, country music legend Hank Williams imagines himself giving a New Year's Eve performance in a small bar, with his comments to the audience reflecting upon his life.



Blank Generation(1980)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Nada, a beautiful French journalist on assignment in New York, records the life and work of an up and coming punk rock star, Billy. Soon she enters into a volatile relationship with him and...



Die Laughing(1980)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A San Francisco cab driver finds himself in possession of a monkey that is carrying a formula for turning atomic waste into a plutonium bomb. He finds himself framed for a murder and chased all over town by people trying to get the formula.



Terror on Tour(1980)

Combined Rating:
1
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A rock band called "The Clowns" comes under suspicion of murder when several prostitutes are killed by individuals made up like members of the band.



Fantastica(1980)

Combined Rating:
0
Combined Critics Rating: 0

In this oddball mix of music and drama, an actress (Carole Laure) in a traveling musical revue is involved with the show's director until she meets and falls for an aging ecological ...



Chunhyangjeon(1980)

Combined Rating:
0
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A tender hearted young noble man, Mong Ryong, falls in love with the famous Chun Hyang, the most beautiful girl of a Korean village, who is also a pure hearted artist but unfortunately from...




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