Best Music movies of 1984

Actors : Michael McKean, Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Kimberly Stringer,
Directors : Rob Reiner,

Spinal Tap, one of England's loudest bands, is chronicled by film director Marty DiBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour.

Actors : Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day, Olga Karlatos, Prince,
Directors : Albert Magnoli,

A young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise.

Actors : Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest,
Directors : Herbert Ross,

A city teenager moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.

Actors : Lucinda Dickey, Ben Lokey, Adolfo Quinones, Michael Chambers,
Directors : Joel Silberg,

A struggling young jazz dancer meets up with two break-dancers. Together they become the sensation of the street crowds.

Actors : Guy Davis, Leon W. Grant, Jon Chardiet, Rae Dawn Chong,
Directors : Stan Lathan,

An aspiring DJ, from the South Bronx, and his best friend, a promoter, try to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and culture.

Actors : Gregory Hines, Lonette McKee, Diane Lane, Richard Gere,
Directors : Francis Ford Coppola,

The Cotton Club was a famous night club in Harlem. The story follows the people that visited the club, those that ran it, and is peppered with the Jazz music that made it so famous.

Actors : Ron Leibman, Sylvester Stallone, Richard Farnsworth, Dolly Parton,
Directors : Bob Clark,

A country music star must turn an obnoxious New York cabbie into a singer in order to win a bet.

Actors : Bud Cort, Virginia Madsen, Lenny von Dohlen, Maxwell Caulfield,
Directors : Steve Barron,

An artificially intelligent PC and his human owner find themselves in a romantic rivalry over a woman.

Actors : Barbara Bach, Bryan Brown, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney,
Directors : Peter Webb,

Paul McCartney's recording of his new album is complicated by the fact that the master tapes of his recordings are missing.

Actors : Jon Cryer, Demi Moore, George Wendt, Peter Frechette,
Directors : Jerry Schatzberg,

The 16 years old amateur photographer Charles accidentally takes a photo of Laura - and falls in love with her, when he develops the picture. He finds out that she works as singer in a bar,...

Actors : Nastassja Kinski, Albert Brooks, Dudley Moore, Armand Assante,
Directors : Howard Zieff,

A composer suspects his wife of cheating. He plots to kill her and frame it on her lover.

Actors : Tuo Tan, Bai Xue, Quiang Liu, Xueqi Wang,
Directors : Kaige Chen,

'Yellow Earth' focuses on the story of a communist soldier who is sent to the countryside to collect folk songs for the Communist Revolution. There he stays with a peasant family and learns...

Actors : Camilla Søeberg, Lars Simonsen, Ulrikke Bondo, Adam Tønsberg,
Directors : Bille August,

Danish teens come of age in 1963. Bjorn and Erik are close friends. Bjorn is pursued by Kirsten, a future Stepford wife, but he falls for Anna, who initiates him into love and sex. Erik is ...

Actors : Plácido Domingo, Julia Migenes, Faith Esham, Ruggero Raimondi,
Directors : Francesco Rosi,

A film version of the famous Bizet opera, where a soldier (Don Jose) falls in love with a beautiful factory worker (Carmen), but she does not reciprocate his feelings.

Actors : Rip Torn, Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Melinda Dillon,
Directors : Alan Rudolph,

Doc Jenkins is a singer/songwriter who tries to leave his singer/songwriter roots to be a music "mogul", and gets tangled up in a bad publishing deal. He enlists a team of cronies, ...

Actors : Alice Cooper, Victoria Vera, Carlos Santurio, Pepa Sarsa,
Directors : Claudio Fragasso,

A rock star returns to his childhood home to shoot a music video while a pack of wild dogs are on the loose killing off the local residents.

Actors : Michael Ontkean, Kaki Hunter, André Dussollier, Kristy McNichol,
Directors : Édouard Molinaro,

Susan is a young, beautiful and successful flute player, but because of her physical handicap, a lame leg, she is having difficulties finding Mr. Right. While on tour in France, she decides...

Actors : Gyula Vikidál, László Pelsöczy, Miklós Varga, Katalin Berek,
Directors : Gábor Koltay,

After the death of Géza, the Hungarian monarch, his son István and his brother Koppány gets in a conflict for the Hungarian throne. Their battle should settle the fate of Hungary: whether it adopts Christianity or remains in Paganism.

Actors : Albert Salmi, Rick Springfield, Patti Hansen, Janet Eilber,
Directors : Larry Peerce,

Details the efforts of a pop-rock star (James Roberts / Rick Springfield) to win the love of a woman he meets in a car accident. None of the usual gambits work on this woman, who has never ...

Actors : Pia Zadora, Ruth Gordon, Tom Nolan, Craig Sheffer,
Directors : James Fargo,

Aliens land in the town of "Speelburgh" searching for the source of rock & roll. They find trouble with Dee Dee, Frankie and the pack.