Best Music movies

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.



Yesterday(2019)

Combined Rating:
81
Combined Critics Rating: 75

A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate timeline where they never existed.



Bohemian Rhapsody(2018)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 73

A chronicle of the years leading up to Queen's legendary appearance at the Live Aid (1985) concert.



Billy Elliot(2000)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 74

A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.



Hedwig and the Angry Inch(2001)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 79

A transgender punk-rock girl from East Berlin tours the U.S. with her band as she tells her life story and follows the former lover/band-mate who stole her songs.



A Mighty Wind(2003)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 82

Mockumentary captures the reunion of 1960s folk trio the Folksmen as they prepare for a show at The Town Hall to memorialize a recently deceased concert promoter.



Control(2007)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 76

A profile of Ian Curtis, the enigmatic singer of Joy Division whose personal, professional, and romantic troubles led him to commit suicide at the age of 23.



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.



Youth(2015)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 76

A retired orchestra conductor is on holiday with his daughter and his film director best friend in the Alps when he receives an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to perform for Prince Philip's birthday.



Bill & Ted Face the Music(2020)

Combined Rating:
80
Combined Critics Rating: 78

Once told they'd save the universe during a time-traveling adventure, 2 would-be rockers from San Dimas, California find themselves as middle-aged dads still trying to crank out a hit song and fulfill their destiny.



This Is Spinal Tap(1984)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 72

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



The Piano(1993)

Combined Rating:
79
Combined Critics Rating: 74

A mute woman is sent to 1850s New Zealand along with her young daughter and prized piano for an arranged marriage to a wealthy landowner, but is soon lusted after by a local worker on the plantation.



Hustle & Flow(2005)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 75

With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.



A Prairie Home Companion(2006)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 80

A look at what goes on backstage during the last broadcast of America's most celebrated radio show, where singing cowboys Dusty and Lefty, a country music siren, and a host of others hold court.



Music and Lyrics(2007)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 71

A washed up singer is given a couple days to compose a chart-topping hit for an aspiring teen sensation. Though he's never written a decent lyric in his life, he sparks with an offbeat younger woman with a flair for words.



The Boat That Rocked(2009)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 70

A band of rogue DJs that captivated Britain, playing the music that defined a generation and standing up to a government that wanted classical music, and nothing else, on the airwaves.



The Soloist(2009)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 74

A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper.



The Runaways(2010)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 75

A coming-of-age biographical film about the 1970s teenage all-girl rock band The Runaways. The relationship between band members Cherie Currie and Joan Jett is also explored.



Magic Mike XXL(2015)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 74

Three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, he and the remaining Kings of Tampa hit the road to Myrtle Beach to put on one last blow-out performance.



Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping(2016)

Combined Rating:
78
Combined Critics Rating: 75

When it becomes clear that his solo album is a failure, a former boy band member does everything in his power to maintain his celebrity status.




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