Best Music movies

Actors : Rob Brown, Antonio Banderas, Alfre Woodard, Yaya DaCosta,
Directors : Liz Friedlander,

The real story of a dance teacher who believed in the talent of a group of problem kids.

Actors : Freddie Highmore, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell, Terrence Howard,
Directors : Kirsten Sheridan,

A drama with fairy tale elements, where an orphaned musical prodigy uses his gift as a clue to finding his birth parents.

Actors : Sharni Vinson, Alyson Stoner, Adam Sevani, Rick Malambri,
Directors : Jon M. Chu,

A tight-knit group of New York City street dancers find themselves pitted against the world's best hip hop dancers in a high-stakes showdown.

Actors : Sofia Boutella, Souheila Yacoub, Romain Guillermic, Kiddy Smile,
Directors : Gaspar Noé,

French dancers gather in a remote, empty school building to rehearse on a wintry night. The all-night celebration morphs into a hallucinatory nightmare when they learn their sangria is laced with LSD.

Actors : Levon Helm, Phyllis Boyens-Liptak, Tommy Lee Jones, Sissy Spacek,
Directors : Michael Apted,

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.

Actors : Ben Duncan, Samantha Morton, Woody Allen, Sean Penn,
Directors : Woody Allen,

In the 1930s, jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute woman.

Actors : Mark Ivanir, Catherine Keener, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken,
Directors : Yaron Zilberman,

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

Actors : Nate Parker, Danny Glover, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Minnie Driver,
Directors : Gina Prince-Bythewood,

The pressures of fame have superstar singer Noni on the edge, until she meets Kaz, a young cop who works to help her find the courage to develop her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be.

Actors : Wes Bentley, Zac Efron, Jonny Weston, Emily Ratajkowski,
Directors : Max Joseph,

Caught between a forbidden romance and the expectations of his friends, aspiring DJ Cole Carter attempts to find the path in life that leads to fame and fortune.

Actors : Rosanna DeSoto, Lou Diamond Phillips, Elizabeth Peña, Esai Morales,
Directors : Luis Valdez,

Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of early rock and roll singer Ritchie Valens who died at age 17 in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper.

Actors : Nico Hiraga, Alycia Pascual-Pena, Lauren Tsai, Hadley Robinson,
Directors : Amy Poehler,

Inspired by her mom's rebellious past and a confident new friend, a shy 16-year-old publishes an anonymous zine calling out sexism at her school.

Actors : Marlon Wayans, Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Tituss Burgess,
Directors : Liesl Tommy,

Following the rise of Aretha Franklin's career from a child singing in her father's church's choir to her international superstardom, RESPECT is the remarkable true story of the music icon's journey to find her voice.

Actors : Steve Coogan, Elisabeth Shue, Joseph Julian Soria, Catherine Keener,
Directors : Andrew Fleming,

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.

Actors : Austin Abrams, Ben Stiller, Michael Sheen, Jenna Fischer,
Directors : Mike White,

A father takes his son to tour colleges on the East Coast and meets up with an old friend who makes him feel inferior about his life's choices.

Actors : Terence Stamp, Rebel Penfold-Russell, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce,
Directors : Stephan Elliott,

Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.

Actors : Nick Frost, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sarah-Jane Potts, Joel Edgerton,
Directors : Julian Jarrold,

A drag queen comes to the rescue of a man who, after inheriting his father's shoe factory, needs to diversify his product if he wants to keep the business afloat.

Actors : Briana Evigan, Robert Hoffman, Cassie Ventura, Adam Sevani,
Directors : Jon M. Chu,

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

Actors : Kathryn McCormick, Cleopatra Coleman, Ryan Guzman, Misha Gabriel Hamilton,
Directors : Scott Speer,

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.

Actors : Natasha Lyonne, Andra Day, Trevante Rhodes, Garrett Hedlund,
Directors : Lee Daniels,

Follows Holiday during her career as she is targeted by the Federal Department of Narcotics with an undercover sting operation led by black Federal Agent Jimmy Fletcher, with whom she has a tumultuous affair.

Actors : Antony Langdon, Carey Perloff, Larry McHale, Joaquin Phoenix,
Directors : Casey Affleck,

Documenting Joaquin Phoenix's transition from the acting world to a career as an aspiring rapper.