Critically acclaimed Music movies of recent years

In the Heights(2021)

Combined Rating:
88
Combined Critics Rating: 89

A film version of the Broadway musical in which Usnavi, a sympathetic New York bodega owner, saves every penny every day as he imagines and sings about a better life.



CODA(2021)

Combined Rating:
82
Combined Critics Rating: 82

As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music by wanting to go to Berklee College of Music and her fear of abandoning her parents.



Elvis(2022)

Combined Rating:
83
Combined Critics Rating: 80

The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.



Weird: The Al Yankovic Story(2022)

Combined Rating:
72
Combined Critics Rating: 73

Explores every facet of Yankovic's life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like 'Eat It' and 'Like a Surgeon' to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle.



Respect(2021)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 72

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.



The United States vs. Billie Holiday(2021)

Combined Rating:
66
Combined Critics Rating: 68

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.



Marry Me(2022)

Combined Rating:
71
Combined Critics Rating: 68

Music superstars Kat Valdez and Bastian are getting married before a global audience of fans. But when Kat learns, seconds before her vows, that Bastian has been unfaithful, she instead decides to marry Charlie, a stranger in the crowd.



Moxie(2021)

Combined Rating:
68
Combined Critics Rating: 63

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.



Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody(2022)

Combined Rating:
58
Combined Critics Rating: 63

A joyous, emotional, heartbreaking celebration of the life and music of Whitney Houston, one of the greatest female R&B pop vocalists of all time, tracking her journey from obscurity to musical superstardom.



Studio 666(2022)

Combined Rating:
55
Combined Critics Rating: 62

Legendary rock band Foo Fighters move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock and roll history to record their much anticipated 10th album.



The Sky Is Everywhere(2022)

Combined Rating:
43
Combined Critics Rating: 59

A shy, teenage musician tries to keep things together in the aftermath of her older, more outgoing sister's death.



Metal Lords(2022)

Combined Rating:
59
Combined Critics Rating: 52

Two friends try to form a heavy metal band with a cellist for a Battle of the Bands.



Creation Stories(2021)

Combined Rating:
38
Combined Critics Rating: 50

Creation Stories tells the unforgettable tale of infamous Creation Records label head Alan McGee; and of how one written-off young Glaswegian upstart rose to irrevocably change the face of British culture.



Tár(2022)

Combined Rating:
46
Combined Critics Rating: 46

Set in the international world of Western classical music, the film centers on Lydia Tár, widely considered one of the greatest living composer-conductors and first-ever female music director of a major German orchestra.



Flora and Son(2023)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 46

It follows Flora, a single mom who is at war with her son, Max. Trying to find a hobby for Max, she rescues a guitar from a dumpster and finds that one person's trash can be a family's salvation.



Inu-oh(2021)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 45

A fictionalized depiction of the life of Inu-oh ("King Dog"), a 14th-century Japanese performer of music drama at the time of its transition from the folk art of sarugaku ("monkey music") into the formalized traditions of Noh and kyôgen.



Casablanca Beats(2021)

Combined Rating:
30
Combined Critics Rating: 44

Anas, a former rapper, is employed in a cultural centre. Encouraged by their new teacher, the students will try to free themselves from the weight of traditions to live their passion and express themselves through hip hop culture



On the Come Up(2022)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 44

Story centers on 16-year-old Bri, who wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Facing controversies and with an eviction notice staring down her family, Bri doesn't just want to make it, she has to make it.



Torn Hearts(2022)

Combined Rating:
31
Combined Critics Rating: 43

Follows a country music duo who seek out the private mansion of their idol and end up in a twisted series of horrors that force them to confront the limits they'd go for their dreams.



People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan(2021)

Combined Rating:
35
Combined Critics Rating: 42

Kurupt FM innit the rest is irrelevant. After Brentford's largest pirate radio station has ended, the boys from Kurupt FM find their way to Japan on an epic adventure in search of fortune and fame.




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