Best Music movies of 2012

Pitch Perfect(2012)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 73

Beca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school's all-girls singing group. Injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition.



The Broken Circle Breakdown(2012)

Combined Rating:
74
Combined Critics Rating: 70

Elise and Didier fall in love at first sight, in spite of their differences. He talks, she listens. He's a romantic atheist, she's a religious realist. When their daughter becomes seriously ill, their love is put on trial.



A Late Quartet(2012)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 70

Members of a world-renowned string quartet struggle to stay together in the face of death, competing egos and insuppressible lust.



Step Up Revolution(2012)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 56

Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans.



Song for Marion(2012)

Combined Rating:
58
Combined Critics Rating: 63

Grumpy pensioner Arthur honors his recently deceased wife's passion for performing by joining the unconventional local choir to which she used to belong, a process that helps him build bridges with his estranged son, James.



Sparkle(2012)

Combined Rating:
55
Combined Critics Rating: 61

In the 1960s, three sisters form a girl group and soon become local sensations with major label interest, but fame becomes a challenge as the close-knit family begins to fall apart.



The History of Future Folk(2012)

Combined Rating:
45
Combined Critics Rating: 55

The possibly exaggerated origin story of the real life alien bluegrass band, Future Folk, that has been playing for NYC audiences for the better part of a decade.



Joyful Noise(2012)

Combined Rating:
32
Combined Critics Rating: 22

G.G. Sparrow faces off with her choir's newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, over the group's direction as they head into a national competition.



Filly Brown(2012)

Combined Rating:
29
Combined Critics Rating: 38

A promising hip-hop rhymer from Los Angeles finds herself in a gray area when a record producer offers her a compromising shot at stardom.



I Am Not a Hipster(2012)

Combined Rating:
27
Combined Critics Rating: 32

Based in San Diego's indie music and art scene, exploring what it means to be creative in the face of tragedy.



Good Vibrations(2012)

Combined Rating:
26
Combined Critics Rating: 20

A chronicle of Terri Hooley's life, a record-store owner instrumental in developing Belfast's punk-rock scene.



Spike Island(2012)

Combined Rating:
21
Combined Critics Rating: 18

Five teenage friends will stop at nothing to attend a concert by their favourite band, The Stone Roses.



StreetDance 2(2012)

Combined Rating:
18
Combined Critics Rating: 0

After suffering humiliation by the crew Invincible, street dancer Ash (Hentschel) looks to gather the best dancers from around the world for a rematch.



Cloclo(2012)

Combined Rating:
11
Combined Critics Rating: 4

A biopic of French pop star Claude Francois, most famous for co-writing the song 'My Way'. Tracing his life from childhood in Egypt through success in France to his untimely death in Paris in 1978.



To Write Love on Her Arms(2012)

Combined Rating:
9
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A drama centered around Renee Yohe and her battle with drugs, depression, and other life issues that ultimately leads to the founding of charity group To Write Love on Her Arms.



Love Never Dies(2012)

Combined Rating:
7
Combined Critics Rating: 0

10 years has passed since a fire broke out in Paris - leaving only a mask behind... As the love story continues in Coney Island, NY, The Phantom's undying love has grown for the soprano ...



Strange Frame: Love & Sax(2012)

Combined Rating:
7
Combined Critics Rating: 0

In a dystopian spacefaring future, Naia, a female guitarist, and Parker, a female saxophonist, fall in love and form a successful band together. A sleazy music producer breaks them up. When his acts start dying, Parker must save Naia.



Jestes Bogiem(2012)

Combined Rating:
6
Combined Critics Rating: 0

The process of creating Polish hip-hop group Paktofonika, its highs and lows and very last days of life of its frontman and co-founder Piotr (Magik) Luszcz.



El último Elvis(2012)

Combined Rating:
5
Combined Critics Rating: 0

A tragic accident causes an Elvis impersonator to reassess his priorities.