Best Music movies of 2008

Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist(2008)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 74

High school student Nick O'Leary, member of the Queercore band The Jerk Offs, meets college-bound Norah Silverberg when she asks him to be her boyfriend for five minutes.



Cadillac Records(2008)

Combined Rating:
70
Combined Critics Rating: 70

Chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists.



Hamlet 2(2008)

Combined Rating:
67
Combined Critics Rating: 66

In this irreverent comedy, a failed actor-turned-worse-high-school-drama-teacher rallies his Tucson, AZ students as he conceives and stages politically incorrect musical sequel to Shakespeare's Hamlet.



Step Up 2: The Streets(2008)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 54

Romantic sparks occur between two dance students from different backgrounds at the Maryland School of the Arts.



Okuribito(2008)

Combined Rating:
51
Combined Critics Rating: 34

A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals.



The Rocker(2008)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 27

The Rocker tells the story of a failed drummer who is given a second chance at fame. Robert "Fish" Fishman is the extremely dedicated and astoundingly passionate drummer for the eighties ...



Filth and Wisdom(2008)

Combined Rating:
36
Combined Critics Rating: 42

A comedy centered on three flatmates living desperate lives in London.



Soul Men(2008)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 25

Though it's been some twenty years since they have spoken with one another, two estranged soul-singing legends agree to participate in a reunion performance at the Apollo Theater to honor their recently deceased band leader.



Aquele Querido Mês de Agosto(2008)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 41

Docu-drama about Portuguese social life in the countryside during the busy month of August



Adventures of Power(2008)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 33

In his quest to become the world's greatest air-drummer, a small-town dreamer must overcome obstacles and ridicule to save the day.



Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi(2008)

Combined Rating:
28
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A breathtaking, goose flesh igniting, awe inspiring love journey of an ordinary man Suri and his 'total opposite' love Taani.



Rock On!!(2008)

Combined Rating:
24
Combined Critics Rating: 0

Four friends reunite to relive their moments of glory as a rock band.



Faubourg 36(2008)

Combined Rating:
22
Combined Critics Rating: 20

A man is charged with murder. He is Pigoil, the aging stage manager at Chansonia, a music hall in a Paris faubourg. His confession is a long flashback to New Year's Eve, 1935, when he ...



Berlin Calling(2008)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A man tours clubs around the globe with his manager and girlfriend. On the eve of their largest album release he is admitted to a psychiatric clinic after overdosing at a gig.



Telstar: The Joe Meek Story(2008)

Combined Rating:
17
Combined Critics Rating: 17

A music-infused drama about Joe Meek, the flamboyantly gay, tone deaf, songwriter-producer behind the '60s hits "Have I the Right," "Just Like Eddie," "Johnny, Remember Me" and "Telstar."



Center Stage: Turn It Up(2008)

Combined Rating:
15
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A self-trained dancer from the streets of Detroit finds her way after auditioning for the most prestigious ballet academy in New York.



DeUsynlige(2008)

Combined Rating:
14
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A man convicted in his teens for killing a child is released on parole. He struggles to build a new life, but his past is uncovered.



Mannen som elsket Yngve(2008)

Combined Rating:
12
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A teenage boy loses his footing when he finds himself drawn to the new boy in class.



Kwa-sok-seu-kaen-deul(2008)

Combined Rating:
10
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A radio DJ/entertainer in his 30s suddenly learns he may be a grandfather, thanks to a young girl who has a baby son and claims to be his daughter.



Hái-kak chhit-ho(2008)

Combined Rating:
10
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A unusual group of people in a village on the coast of Taiwan form a band to perform at a beach concert, while the lead singer searches for the intended recipient of 7 lost love letters.




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