Highest-Rated Movies about 'The Beatles', Sort by Popularity

The Beatles: Eight Days a Week -- The Touring Years (2016), Let It Be (1970), A Hard Day's Night (1964), Yellow Submarine (1968), Help! (1965), I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978), Yesterday (2019), Backbeat (1994) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best The Beatles movies.

#1. The Beatles: Eight Days a Week -- The Touring Years (2016)

Storyline: In the 1960s, the Beatles exploded on to the public scene, seemingly out of nowhere as the band's formative years of constant performing at home and in Hamburg, and Brian Epstein's grooming, finally paid off beyond their wildest dreams. Accompanying new interviews of the remaining Beatles, their associates and fans as well as archival interviews of the late ones, this film features footage of the heady concert years of 1963 to 66 when the band became a worldwide cultural phenomena topping them all. Furthermore, it also follows how the Fab Four began to change and grow while the excitement of Beatlemania began to sour their lives into an intolerable slog they needed to escape from to become more than what their fans wanted.—Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)

Plot Keywords: paul mccartney, john lennon, ringo starr, george harrison, filmmaker, charming, emotional ...

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#2. Let It Be (1970)

Storyline: A documentary showing both how The Beatles made music together, and how they split up. Hundreds of hours of raw footage was condensed into the final product. The rooftop performance ending the film remains a rock-n-roll archetype.—Ed Chen <echen@bcm.tmc.edu>

Plot Keywords: paul mccartney, john lennon, george harrison, ringo starr, producer, yoko ono, tense ...

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#3. A Hard Day's Night (1964)

Storyline: A day and a half in the life of the Fab Four leading up to a televised concert gig. The boys seem to be constantly on the run, from their crazed fans and from their manager, who is constantly trying to rein them in. Sir Ringo Starr however is arrested and still isn't in the studio half an hour before air time. With Sir Paul McCartney's grandfather available for additional comical relief, the group performs a dozen or so songs.

Plot Keywords: drummer, director, bassist, teenager, singer, guitarist, playful ...

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#4. Yellow Submarine (1968)

Storyline: When the music hating Blue Meanies take over Pepperland and freeze everyone within it, including the protectors, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Captain Fred (Lance Percival) and his Yellow Submarine recruit The Beatles to help save Pepperland. Along the way, they fall through the Sea of Time, Sea of Nothing, Sea of Holes, and more. They meet Jeremy Hillary Boob Ph.D. (Dick Emery) and take him with them along the adventure. When at Pepperland, The Beatles "rally the land to rebellion" and take down the Blue Meanies, the four-headed Meanie dog, and the Dreadful Flying Glove (with the songs "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", "With A Little Help From My Friends", "Hey Bulldog", "All You Need is Love"). In the end, we see all four live-action Beatles singing "All Together Now".

Plot Keywords: john lennon, paul mccartney, george harrison, ringo starr, mayor, dreamy, witty ...

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#5. Help! (1965)

Storyline: An Eastern cult discovers that the sacrificial ring is missing. Sir Ringo Starr, drummer of The Beatles has it; sent by the girl (who's to be sacrificed) as a gift. Clang, Ahme, Bhuta, and several cult members leave for London to retrieve the ring. After several failed attempts to steal the ring, they confront him in an Indian restaurant. Ringo learns that if he does not return the ring soon, he will become the next sacrifice. Ringo then discovers that the ring is stuck on his finger. Its a race against time; John Lennon, Sir Paul McCartney, and George Harrison try to protect their friend while they're all being chased not only by Clang and his minions, but also by two mad scientists and the Chief Inspector of Scotland yard. Will Ringo be saved, or will he be sacrificed?

Plot Keywords: musician, jeweler, cult member, amusing, cheeky, lighthearted, europe ...

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#6. I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)

Storyline: If they missed Beatles' first appearance in the U.S.A. they would hate themselves for the rest of their lives! So they (six teenagers from New Jersey) set off even though they don't have tickets for the show! The journey is full of surprises and misfortunes but the young ladies are determined to reach to their idols...—Xenophon Tsakanikas <ftpadmin@antigoni.med.auth.gr>

Plot Keywords: teen girl, photographer, chauffeur, father, tough guy, unrestrained, playful ...

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#7. Yesterday (2019)

Storyline: In Lowestoft UK, Jack Malik is a frustrated musician whose musical career is going nowhere despite the faith that his friend/manager Ellie Appleton has in him. However, on the night Jack decides to give up, the whole world is momentarily hit with a massive blackout during which Jack is hit by a bus. Upon regaining consciousness, Jack learns to his astonishment that he is apparently now the only one who knows the music of the Beatles. Realizing this improbable opportunity, Jack begins playing the music of one of the world's greatest rock bands, being forced to claim it as his own. It pays off quickly and Jack becomes a worldwide musical sensation. However, Jack finds himself drifting away from Ellie, only realizing his love for her when she has become intimidated by his success, which depends on a blatant plagiarization that no one could find out. Now, Jack must make a fundamental moral decision about his music to satisfy his conscience as he decides what he truly needs.—Kenneth Chisholm

Plot Keywords: best friend, young man, aspiring musician, family member, talent agent, indian, amusing ...

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#8. Backbeat (1994)

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 ...

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#9. The Linda McCartney Story (2000)

Storyline: In a dramatization of her life, Linda Eastman (Elizabeth Mitchell) takes a job snapping pictures for Rolling Stone Magazine, despite the objections of her straight-laced father, Lee Eastman (George Segal). As Linda rubs elbows with music royalty, she bumps into rock star Paul McCartney (Gary Bakewell), and they soon fall in love. Although not only her father but also Paul's band mates disapprove of the romance, Linda and Paul wed -- while relations between the Beatles begin to disintegrate.

Plot Keywords: photographer, paul mccartney, john lennon, mick jagger, father, jim morrison, cool ...

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