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cc age 14+

Searching for Sugar Man (2012)
Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock 'n' roller, Rodriguez.
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Kanopy
85
7.9
/311013/
78
/7075/
74
/2985/
4.1
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91
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92
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90
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cc age 16+

Almost Famous (2000)
In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band, Stillwater.
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84
7.8
/6480/
76
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74
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3.9
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95
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98
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80
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cc age 14+

The Sparks Brothers (2021)
Take a musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with brothers Ron & Russell Mael, celebrating the inspiring legacy of Sparks: your favorite band’s favorite band.
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MGM Plus
81
7.3
/41320/
72
/892/
69
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3.8
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87
/99/
87
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85
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cc age 17+

24 Hour Party People (2002)
Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by a band known as the Sex Pistols, he persuades his station to televise one of their performances, and soon Manchester's punk groups are clamoring for him to manage them. Riding the wave of a musical revolution, Wilson and his friends create the legendary Factory Records label and The Hacienda club.
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Amazon Prime Video
80
7.5
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76
/270/
73
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3.8
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96
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82
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76
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Zappa (2020)
With the help of more than 10,000 dedicated Zappa fans, this is the long-awaited definitive documentary project of Alex Winter documenting the life and career of enigmatic groundbreaking rock star Frank Zappa. Alex also utilizes in this picture thousands of hours of painstakingly digitized videos, photos, audio, writing, and everything in between from Zappa's private archives. These chronicles have never been brought to a public audience before, until now.
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80
7.5
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78
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71
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3.8
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94
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85
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77
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A Band Called Death (2013)
Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was Death. Formed in the early '70s by three teenage brothers from Detroit, Death is credited as being the first black punk band, and the Hackney brothers, David, Bobby, and Dannis, are now considered pioneers in their field. But it wasn’t until recently — when a dusty 1974 demo tape made its way out of Bobby’s attic nearly 30 years after Death’s heyday — that anyone outside a small group of punk enthusiasts had even heard of them.
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Starz Apple TV Channel
80
7.7
/163543/
77
/3723/
74
/2114/
3.8
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79
/204/
87
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cc age 15+

Ray (2004)
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make his own way, He found his calling and his gift behind a piano keyboard. Touring across the Southern musical circuit, the soulful singer gained a reputation and then exploded with worldwide fame when he pioneered coupling gospel and country together.
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Amazon Prime Video
79
7.8
/4499/
80
/221/
72
/70/
3.7
/3144/
96
/85/
89
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75
/23/

Muscle Shoals (2013)
In a tiny Alabama town with the curious name of Muscle Shoals, something miraculous sprang from the mud of the Tennessee River. A group of unassuming, yet incredibly talented, locals came together and spawned some of the greatest music of all time: “Mustang Sally,” “I Never Loved a Man,” “Wild Horses,” and many more. During the most incendiary periods of racial hostility, white folks and black folks came together to create music that would last for generations and gave birth to the incomparable “Muscle Shoals sound.”
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Hulu
79
7.2
/98175/
71
/1761/
69
/1130/
3.6
/39245/
90
/212/
76
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83
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cc age 17+

Crazy Heart (2009)
When reporter Jean Craddock interviews Bad Blake—an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend—they connect, and the hard-living crooner sees a possible saving grace in a life with Jean and her young son.
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Paramount+ Amazon Channel
78
7.5
/3417/
73
/366/
72
/55/
3.6
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100
/25/
91
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72
/7/

Milli Vanilli (2023)
The story of Robert Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan, who became fast friends during their youth in Germany. With Rob coming from a broken home and Fabrice having left an abusive household, they shared a similar upbringing, as well as a future goal: to become famous superstars. In a few short years, their dreams came true. Rob and Fab, better known as Milli Vanilli, became the world's most popular pop duo in 1990 and won the GRAMMY for Best New Artist. However, their ascension to success came with a devastating price that ultimately led to their infamous undoing.
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Kanopy
78
7.6
/5051/
73
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66
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3.7
/2075/
89
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86
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77
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cc age 14+

Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing (2006)
Shut Up and Sing is a documentary about the country band from Texas called the Dixie Chicks and how one tiny comment against President Bush dropped their number one hit off the charts and caused fans to hate them, destroy their CD’s, and protest at their concerts. A film about freedom of speech gone out of control and the three girls lives that were forever changed by a small anti-Bush comment
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76
6.9
/28337/
72
/1514/
69
/597/
3.3
/51366/
89
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91
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cc age 13+

Blinded by the Light (2019)
In 1987, during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family, and find his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen.
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76
7.5
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74
/103/
73
/26/
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92
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/22/

Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016)
Utilizing potent TV interviews and many forgotten performances from his 30-year career, we are immersed into Frank Zappa’s world while experiencing two distinct facets of his complex character. At once Zappa was both a charismatic composer who reveled in the joy of performing and, in the next moment, a fiercely intelligent and brutally honest interviewee whose convictions only got stronger as his career ascended.
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fuboTV
75
7.3
/206575/
74
/10808/
73
/4854/
3.7
/563712/
89
/401/
88
/5066/
69
/49/
cc age 15+

Rocketman (2019)
The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.
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75
7.0
/77298/
73
/1859/
69
/890/
3.6
/75379/
93
/60/
78
/3407/
71
/22/
cc age 10+

That Thing You Do! (1996)
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager. But behind the scenes, the group’s sudden fame tests their strength, their maturity and responsibility, and their ability to resist the temptations that money and notoriety always make possible.
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YouTube TV
74
7.3
/8268/
76
/557/
73
/199/
3.6
/10326/
87
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cc age 15+

Whitney (2018)
Examines the life and career of singer Whitney Houston. Features never-before-seen archival footage, exclusive recordings, rare performances and interviews with the people who knew her best.
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73
7.1
/1084/
67
/14/
59
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3.8
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/8/
78
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Payday (1973)
Country singer Maury Dann lives life in the fast lane, counting on his rakish charm and raw talent to excuse his reckless behavior. Touring on the road in the rural south with his dedicated manager, his loyal driver and his long-suffering girlfriend, Maury seduces groupies, brawls and breaks the law, brashly relying on his team to cover for him. Heedlessly alienating all those who care for him, Maury blindly keeps the pedal to the metal.
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72
7.6
/5253/
81
/257/
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3.6
/2475/
39
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cc age 16+

The Five Heartbeats (1991)
In the early 1960s, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky start, the group improves, turns pro, and rises to become a top flight music sensation. Along the way, however, the guys learn many hard lessons about the reality of the music industry.
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Amazon Prime Video
75
70
7.1
/4286/
71
/377/
72
/113/
3.4
/6254/
85
/34/
88
/24/
cc age 15+

Girl You Know It's True (2023)
Dancers Pilatus and Morvan rise to fame in the late 80's who become stars with No.1 hits and won a Grammy. The duo never sang a word in their songs and when the truth was revealed they starred one of the biggest scandals in music history.
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Amazon Prime Video
70
6.9
/1624/
65
/35/
53
/21/
3.4
/557/
90
/10/
85
/48/
61
/11/

The Idolmaker (1980)
Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalon and Fabian.
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70
6.8
/5073/
62
/61/
64
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3.5
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/66/
66
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Clean (2004)
After she ends up in prison and loses custody of her son, a woman struggles to assimilate outside her former life and remain clean long enough to regain custody of her son.
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Disney Plus
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69
6.4
/5127/
69
/353/
69
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3.4
/42227/
84
/67/
cc age 7+

Let It Shine (2012)
A young teenage rapper must use his musical talent to help his friend out and win the girl of his dreams by going through several events of betrayal, trust and agreement while his religious parents have strictly dislike his interests.
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69
6.5
/10850/
71
/325/
66
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3.4
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66
/86/
90
/1946/
58
/28/
cc age 14+

Brown Sugar (2002)
Sidney and Dre can attribute their lifelong friendship and the launch of their careers to one single childhood instant... witnessing the birth of hip-hop on a New York street corner. Now some 15 years later, she is a revered music critic at a national magazine and he is a successful, though unfulfilled, hip-hop record company executive. Both come to realize that their true life passions will only be fulfilled by remembering what they learned that day on the corner.
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69
7.0
/24170/
74
/822/
70
/462/
3.4
/15915/
66
/122/
65
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65
/30/
cc age 16+

Cadillac Records (2008)
The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
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AMC+ Amazon Channel
68
6.0
/1856/
64
/131/
68
/41/
3.2
/3784/
91
/11/

Heavier Trip (2024)
The world's hardest - and weirdest - heavy metal band Impaled Rektum is serving their sentence in Norway's nicest prison. They receive word that guitarist Lotvonen's parents' reindeer herding farm is about to come under the hammer. It will take a big gig and big money to save the farm. A breakout ensues and a trip to the world's biggest heavy festival, Wacken in northern Germany begins. The higher the target, the bigger the obstacles. This is what the boys will experience on their epic journey to the main stage of Wacken - every metalhead's heaven.
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86
68
8.4
/1698/
80
/142/
75
/27/
4.0
/2384/
100
/10/
98
/79/

Dio: Dreamers Never Die (2022)
This career spanning documentary on heavy metal legend Ronnie James Dio delves deep into his incredible rise from 50's doo-wop crooner, to his early classic rock days in Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, to replacing the iconic lead singer Ozzy Osborne in Black Sabbath, to finally cement his legend with DIO. Ronnie's biography is completely unique to the tired sex, drugs and rock and roll cliches. The film is about perseverance, dreams and the power to believe in yourself.
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Kanopy
86
68
8.6
/2335/
85
/82/
76
/28/
4.1
/2553/
100
/5/
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Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream (2007)
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich and packed with rare concert footage and home movies, this documentary explores the history of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, including Petty's famous collaborations and notorious clashes with the record industry. Interviews with musical luminaries including Jackson Browne, George Harrison, Eddie Vedder, Roger McGuinn, Jeff Lynne, Dave Stewart and Petty himself shed some revelatory vision.
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Netflix
75
68
7.7
/23374/
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3.6
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Rock On!! (2008)
Aditya, Joe, Kedar and Rob form a rock band, but break up after they fail to make a success of it. They establish regular lives until they decide to reunite and take another shot at fulfilling their dreams.
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71
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7.0
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3.6
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/22/
81
/321/
67
/9/

The Rose (1979)
Rock-and-roll singer Mary Rose Foster's romantic relationships and mental health are continuously imperilled by the demands of life on the road.
poster
66
6.5
/52322/
68
/1576/
65
/815/
3.4
/63540/
68
/187/
55
/2886/
65
/36/
cc age 17+

The Runaways (2010)
Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, two rebellious teenagers from Southern California, become the frontwomen for The Runaways -- the now-legendary group that paved the way for future generations of female rockers. Under the Svengali-like influence of impresario Kim Fowley, the band becomes a huge success.
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Kanopy
64
6.1
/4345/
60
/135/
60
/86/
3.1
/1519/
78
/40/
57
/63/
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/19/
cc age 15+

Lucky Them (2013)
More interested in partying and flirting with young musicians than work, veteran rock journalist Ellie Klug has one last chance to prove her value to her magazine’s editor: a no-stone-unturned search to discover what really happened to long lost rock god, Matt Smith, who also happens to be her ex-boyfriend. Teaming up with an eccentric amateur documentary filmmaker, Ellie hits the road in search of answers.
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66
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6.5
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3.2
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67
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72
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cc age 10+

Jailhouse Rock (1957)
After serving time for manslaughter, young Vince Everett becomes a teenage rock star.
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Amazon Prime Video
62
6.0
/532/
72
/54/
68
/10/
56
/9/
59
/6/
58
/5/

Wheeler (2017)
The story of an aspiring musician from Kaufman, Texas who travels to Nashville with the lifelong dream of trying his hand at country music. By embodying the title character under prosthetic make up, actor Stephen Dorff successfully infiltrates Music City and takes his character on an authentic singer / songwriter journey. With the help of key allies on the ground, "Wheeler" converses with real people in real locations, with every musical number performed live. The line between reality and fiction blurs as Wheeler chases his dream in this touching tribute to old school country legends.
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Kanopy
61
5.9
/21211/
58
/984/
58
/512/
3.1
/61227/
62
/254/
37
/189/
67
/39/
cc age 16+

Vox Lux (2018)
In 1999, teenage sisters Celeste and Eleanor survive a seismic, violent tragedy. The sisters compose and perform a song about their experience, making something lovely and cathartic out of catastrophe — while also catapulting Celeste to stardom. By 2017, the now 31-year-old Celeste is mother to a teenage daughter of her own and struggling to navigate a career fraught with scandals when another act of terrifying violence demands her attention.
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59
6.1
/1836/
52
/25/
41
/26/
3.2
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Forty Shades of Blue (2005)
A Russian woman living in Memphis with a much older rock-n-roll legend experiences a personal awakening when her husband's estranged son comes to visit.
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The Roku Channel
59
6.4
/18000/
63
/226/
59
/215/
3.0
/5699/
68
/113/
52
/449/
61
/36/

Laurel Canyon (2003)
When an uptight young man and his fiancée move into his libertine mother's house, the resulting clash of life attitudes shakes everyone up.
poster
77
59
7.4
/2273/
70
/72/
76
/14/
3.8
/3537/
90
/58/
90
/228/
66
/24/

I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco (2002)
A documentary by photographer Sam Jones documenting American rock band Wilco recording their fourth album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Originally intended as a showcase of the band's creative process, the film crew catches unexpected complications between the band and its record label and problems among the band members themselves.
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72
58
6.4
/2525/
70
/54/
62
/51/
3.2
/1735/
100
/6/
72
/80/

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)
A rather incoherent post-breakup Sex Pistols "documentary", told from the point of view of Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, whose (arguable) position is that the Sex Pistols in particular and punk rock in general were an elaborate scam perpetrated by him in order to make "a million pounds."
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HBO Max Amazon Channel
74
56
7.6
/2268/
79
/181/
67
/19/
3.7
/11453/
78
/5/

Music Box: Yacht Rock: A DOCKumentary (2024)
This documentary chronicles the rise, fall, and rise again of the soft rock epitomized by artists such as Christopher Cross, Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Steely Dan, and Toto in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Retroactively dubbed "Yacht Rock," the easy-listening genre came to be gently mocked and even dismissed by rock lovers and critics. However, it has since reclaimed its place in music history and is celebrated in this groove-infused film.
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Netflix
55
6.3
/22853/
66
/1542/
60
/385/
3.0
/16791/
57
/77/
47
/202/
54
/12/
cc age 16+

David Brent: Life on the Road (2016)
A camera crew catches up with David Brent, the former star of the fictional British series, "The Office" as he now fancies himself a rockstar on the road.
poster
54
6.2
/41025/
63
/1003/
60
/611/
2.9
/21702/
40
/121/
46
/2420/
53
/28/
cc age 12+

The Rocker (2008)
In the 1980s, a drummer is abandoned by his band just before they become rock superstars. Twenty years later, the drummer sees his second chance at stardom arise when he is asked to perform with his teenage nephew's high school rock band.
poster
52
5.7
/26334/
66
/822/
57
/353/
3.6
/62659/
53
/124/
53
/2047/
47
/29/
cc age 12+

Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
Josie, Melody and Val are three small-town girl musicians determined to take their rock band out of their garage and straight to the top, while remaining true to their look, style and sound. They get a record deal which brings fame and fortune but soon realize they are pawns of two people who want to control the youth of America. They must clear their names, even if it means losing fame and fortune.
poster
78
51
7.2
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71
/90/
73
/6/
3.6
/1903/
100
/8/
80

Who Killed the KLF? (2023)
Between 1988 and 1992, British Electronic duo The KLF had scored #1 records throughout the world and had become household names. Determined to ridicule the establishment, they battled The Beatles and ABBA after sampling their music in hit records, and published the best-selling book The Manual (How to Have a Number One the Easy Way). In 1993, to mock performance art in the ultimate fashion, The KLF set fire to £1,000,000 in cash and destroyed their entire catalogue, vanishing from the public view... until now.
poster
Starz
48
4.9
/3495/
65
/157/
54
/45/
2.9
/1331/
19
/58/
52
/1006/
32
/22/
cc age 9+

The Perfect Holiday (2007)
Nancy Taylor, a divorced mother of three, feels especially lonely during the holidays. All she wants for Christmas is to meet a nice man - even just a nice compliment would make her day. Sensing her sadness, Nancy's little girl, Emily, has a plan to make her mom happy again. She shares her Mommy's wish with shopping mall Santa, Benjamin Armstrong. And Benjamin, who is also a struggling songwriter, knows exactly the right words to say.
poster
64
45
6.2
/1906/
62
/39/
54
/25/
3.4
/829/
69
/68/
66
/207/
67
/25/

Brothers of the Head (2006)
In the 1970s a music promoter plucks Siamese twins from obscurity and grooms them into a freakish rock'n'roll act. A dark tale of sex, strangeness and rock music.
poster
fuboTV
41
5.5
/13213/
60
/846/
53
/359/
2.5
/6375/
7
/123/
29
/202/
29
/35/
cc age 16+

Rock the Kasbah (2015)
A washed-up music producer finds one last shot at redemption with a golden-voiced young girl in Afghanistan. However, when jealousy gets the better of a disgruntled ex-boyfriend, he decides to oppose the young star with talent of his own.
poster
65
38
6.9
/5842/
64
/60/
65
/40/
3.3
/968/
63
/7/

Akele Hum Akele Tum (1995)
Rohit and wealthy Kiran Dayal meet each other and fall in love. They intend to marry, but Kiran's parents will not permit her to marry beneath her class. Kiran is adamant, and the marriage goes through without the blessings of the Dayals. They live in harmony for months, even after Kiran gives birth to Sunil. Then they start to have differences, which are minor at present, and then snowball...
poster
Amazon Prime Video
60
36
6.5
/2272/
64
/43/
52
/32/
3.2
/244/
60
/5/
57
/90/

I'll Be There (2003)
A comedy about a has-been rock star (Craig Ferguson) that discovers he has a teenage daughter (Charlotte Church), from a long forgotten love affair.


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