Almost Famous (2000), This Is Spinal Tap (1984), The Filth and the Fury (2000), The Five Heartbeats (1991), Begin Again (2013), Super Duper Alice Cooper (2014), The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988), Fear of a Black Hat (1993) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Groupie movies.
Storyline: The early 1970s. William Miller is 15-years old and an aspiring rock journalist. He gets a job writing for Rolling Stone magazine. His first assignment: tour with the band Stillwater and write about the experience. Miller will get to see what goes on behind the scenes in a famous band, including the moments when things fall apart. Moreover, for him, it will be a period of new experiences and finding himself.
Plot Keywords: journalist, young boy, musician, rock star, mother, groupie, touching ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In 1982, the legendary English heavy metal band Spinal Tap attempt an American comeback tour accompanied by a fan who is also a film-maker. The resulting documentary, interspersed with powerful performances of Tap's pivotal music and profound lyrics, candidly follows a rock group heading towards crisis, culminating in the infamous affair of the eighteen-inch-high Stonehenge stage prop.
Plot Keywords: musician, music lover, friend, manager, groupie, witty, recording studio ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A documentary about the punk band The Sex Pistols. The film tries to lighten some of the backgrounds of their way through the punk era while telling the story of the band from zero back to zero. Features lots of interviews and comments of folks who were involved.—Oliver Heidelbach
Plot Keywords: musician, manager, friend, groupie, gritty, london, concert stage ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In the early 1960's, a quintet of hopeful young African American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky start, the group improve, turn pro, and rise to become a top flight music sensation. Along the way however, the guys learn many hard lessons about the reality of the music industry with it's casual racism and greed while the personal weaknesses of the members threaten to destroy the integrity of the band.—Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>
Plot Keywords: singer, manager, record producer, groupie, friend, gritty, moving ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Gretta (Keira Knightley) and her long-time boyfriend Dave (Adam Levine) are college sweethearts and songwriting partners who decamp for New York when he lands a deal with a major label. But the trappings of his new-found fame soon tempt Dave to stray, and a reeling, lovelorn Gretta is left on her own. Her world takes a turn for the better when Dan (Mark Ruffalo), a disgraced record-label exec, stumbles upon her performing on an East Village stage and is immediately captivated by her raw talent. From this chance encounter emerges an enchanting portrait of a mutually transformative collaboration, set to the soundtrack of a summer in New York City.
Plot Keywords: woman, boyfriend, executive, singer-songwriter, friend, groupie, charming ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Super Duper Alice Cooper is the twisted tale of a teenage Dr Jekyll whose rock n roll Mr Hyde almost kills him. It is the story of Vincent Furnier, preacher's son, who struck fear into the hearts of parents as Alice Cooper, the ultimate rock star of the bizarre. From the advent of Alice as front man for a group of Phoenix freaks in the 60s to the hazy decadence of celebrity in the 70s to his triumphant comeback as 80s glam metal godfather, we will watch as Alice and Vincent battle for each others' souls. The is the first ever 'doc opera' - a dizzying blend of documentary archive footage, animation and rock opera that will cement forever the legend of Alice Cooper.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: alice cooper, iggy pop, rock star, groupie, musician, wife, engaging ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Documentary showcase, what life was like for the music artists living during the Los Angeles Heavy Metal scene in the mid and late 1980s.
Plot Keywords: alice cooper, groupie, rock star, musician, nightclub owner, hedonistic, outlandish ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A mockumentary chronicling the rise and fall of NWH, a not particularly talented--or particularly bright but always controversial--hip-hop group.
Plot Keywords: performer, filmmaker, manager, groupie, rapper, hilarious, hedonistic ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A pre-fame Beatles head for the seedy clubs of Hamburg in search of success. The band meet up with a group of trendy German beatniks, one of whom (Astrid Kircherr) bass guitarist Stuart Sutcliffe falls in love with. Whilst best friend John Lennon can only watch, Sutcliffe has to choose between rock 'n roll and a new life in Germany...—Douglas Baptie
Plot Keywords: john lennon, beatnik, girlfriend, guitarist, groupie, photographer, brash ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The life of legendary -- albeit fictional -- country singer Guy Terrifico (Matt Murphy) is chronicled through a series of interviews and archival vignettes. Arising from the music scene of western Canada in the 1970s, Guy achieves fame and finds love with the ever-patient Mary Lou (Natalie Radford). But Guy's self-destructive impulses get the better of him, and his career goes off the rails, leading to an early death, or perhaps simply an untimely disappearance.
Plot Keywords: country singer, friend, groupie, widow, journalist, musician, lighthearted ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Ford "Mr. Rock n' Roll Detective" Fairlane is experiencing problems, and it's not with the opposite sex. One of them is that all the rock stars pay him with drum sticks, koala bears, food processors and bicycle shorts. Another one of them is that all his employers that want him to find a girl named Zuzu Petals get killed. Why didn't he become a fisherman's detective instead? A must-see for Andrew Dice Clay fans.
Plot Keywords: detective, rock star, disc jockey, groupie, hit man, musician, wild ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A young hellraiser quits his moonshine business to try to become the best NASCAR racer the south has ever seen.
Plot Keywords: moonshiner, driver, brother, sponsor, prisoner, groupie, uplifting ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Cole is an aspiring DJ who spends his days scheming with his childhood friends and his nights working on the one track that will set the world on fire. All of this changes when he meets a charismatic but damaged older DJ named James, who takes him under his wing. Things get complicated, however, when Cole starts falling for James' much younger girlfriend, Sophie. With Cole's forbidden relationship intensifying and his friendships unraveling, he must choose between love, loyalty, and the future he is destined for.
Plot Keywords: dj, friend, young man, girlfriend, groupie, musician, brash ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The rise and fall of a school bus driver turned country music singer. Roger Ebert calls this film festival favorite "A country music Spinal Tap." Written and directed by Jordan Brady
Plot Keywords: aspiring musician, cowboy, girlfriend, record producer, fan, groupie, cheeky ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: "Touring makes you crazy", Frank Zappa says, explaining that the idea for this movie came to him while the Mothers of Invention were touring. The story, interspersed with performances by the Mothers and the Royal Symphony Orchestra, is a tale of life on the road. The band members' main concerns are the search for groupies and the desire to get paid.—George S. Davis
Plot Keywords: rock star, groupie, druggie, ringo starr, quirky, raw, playful ...
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