No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005), Woodstock (1970), Heartworn Highways (1976), Be Here to Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt (2004), Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006), O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941), Bound for Glory (1976) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Folk Music movies.
Storyline: Filmmaker Martin Scorsese traces Bob Dylan's evolution from folk troubadour to iconic rock star. Live concert footage and press conferences from the 1960s and a new interview with Dylan are used to draw a portrait of the legendary singer-songwriter.
Plot Keywords: music documentary, biography, usa, rock, 1960s, musician, interviews ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An intimate look at the Woodstock Music & Art Festival held in Bethel, NY in 1969, from preparation through cleanup, with historic access to insiders, blistering concert footage, and portraits of the concertgoers; negative and positive aspects are shown, from drug use by performers to naked fans sliding in the mud, from the collapse of the fences by the unexpected hordes to the surreal arrival of National Guard helicopters with food and medical assistance for the impromptu city of 500,000.—Dan Hartung <dhartung@mcs.com>
Plot Keywords: music festival, documentary, rock music, counterculture, 1960s, live music, classic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The best music and the best whiskey come from the same part of the country.
Plot Keywords: documentary, music, country music, usa, 1970s, musicians, live performance ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Be Here to Love Me - Chronicles the fascinating and often turbulent life of musician Townes van Zandt.
Plot Keywords: music documentary, biography, country music, singer, american music, musician, art ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A film shot over during a two-night performance by Neil Young at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.
Plot Keywords: music documentary, concert, country music, rock music, live performance, american film, soundtrack ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Loosely based on Homer's "Odyssey," the movie deals with the picaresque adventures of Ulysses Everett McGill and his companions Delmar and Pete in 1930s Mississipi. Sprung from a chain gang and trying to reach Everett's home to recover the buried loot of a bank heist they are confronted by a series of strange characters--among them sirens, a cyclops, bank robber George "Baby Face" Nelson (very annoyed by that nickname), a campaigning governor and his opponent, a KKK lynch mob, and a blind prophet who warns the trio that "the treasure you seek shall not be the treasure you find."
Plot Keywords: adventure, comedy, crime, musical, drama, period piece, road movie ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A down-on-his-luck farmer makes a deal with the devil for seven years of prosperity. When Mr. Scratch comes to collect, orator and hero of the common man Daniel Webster comes to the rescue.—Little Pine Weasel <kristinat@cerritos.edu>
Plot Keywords: allegory, classic film, moral dilemma, supernatural, film noir, stage adaptation, new england ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This film is an excellent biography of Woody Guthrie, one of America's greatest folk singers. He left his dust-devastated Texas home in the 1930s to find work, and discovered the suffering and strength of America's working class.—L.H. Wong <as9401k56@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg>
Plot Keywords: biography, music, drama, usa, great depression, oscar nominated, history ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This is a documentary about the musical artists who performed the songs in the Coen Brothers' film O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Plot Keywords: concert, documentary, live performance, musicians, american music, country music, music festival ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Darby O'Gill seems to be as full of blarney as any old codger in Ireland, but the stories of leprechauns he tells at the pub are true. In fact, he and the tiny King Brian, ruler of The Little People, are friendly adversaries, continually out-foxing each other. Darby needs a bit of magical help from the wily King when Lord Fitzpatrick replaces him as caretaker with the handsome, strapping young Michael from Dublin. Michael falls in love with Darby's beautiful daughter Katie, which is all right with Darby, but the lad has a rival in a local ruffian, the son of a devious widow who wants her boy to be the caretaker. King Brian's supernatural assistance is necessary to make everything come out all right, but the sneaky leprechaun won't play matchmaker without a fight. Finally, real trouble comes in the form of the Banshee, and Darby will need all his quick wits to save his daughter from the wicked spirit.—J. Spurlin
Plot Keywords: fantasy, adventure, family, comedy, folklore, disney, musical ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When folk icon Irving Steinbloom passed away, he left behind a legacy of music and a family of performers he has shepherded to folk stardom. To celebrate a life spent submerged in folk, Irving's loving son Jonathan has decided to put together a memorial concert featuring some of Steinbloom's best-loved musicians. There's Mitch and Mickey, who were the epitome of young love until their partnership was torn apart by heartbreak; classic troubadours The Folksmen, whose records were endlessly entertaining for anyone able to punch a hole in the center to play them; and The New Main Street Singers, the most meticulously color-coordinated neuftet ever to hit an amusement park. Now for one night only in New York City's Town Hall, these three groups will reunite and gather together to celebrate the music that almost made them famous.
Plot Keywords: mockumentary, comedy, music, satire, ensemble cast, parody, documentary style ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A fast living, cynical London music executive (Daniel Mays) heads to a remote Cornish village on a stag weekend where he's pranked by his boss (Noel Clarke) into trying to sign a group of shanty singing fishermen (led by James Purefoy). He becomes the ultimate "fish out of water" as he struggles to gain the respect or enthusiasm of the unlikely boy band and their families (including Tuppence Middleton) who value friendship and community over fame and fortune. As he's drawn deeper into the traditional way of life he's forced to reevaluate his own integrity and ultimately question what success really means.
Plot Keywords: music, comedy, drama, true story, british, band, friendship ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Documentary-style look at the fictional Senatorial campaign of Bob Roberts, an arch-conservative folk singer turned politician. This political satire includes several original songs co-written and performed by writer/director/star Tim Robbins, and cameo appearances by other stars as reporters and news anchors.
Plot Keywords: political satire, mockumentary, american politics, corruption, media manipulation, social commentary, 1990s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Rory, a rugged Scotsman, reluctantly leaves his beloved Hebridean island and travels to San Francisco to seek medical treatment. Moving in with his estranged son, Rory sees his life transformed through a newly found bond with his grandson.
Plot Keywords: drama, family, emotional, cultural clash, father-son relationship, scotland, italy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Mali's Music defines the country's cultural identity. Radical Islamists are threatening the musicians. Together with the stars of Malian Global Pop - Fatoumata Diawara, Bassekou Kouyaté Master Soumy and Ahmed Ag Kaedi - we embark on a musical journey to Mali's agitated heart. Can their music reconcile the country?
Plot Keywords: music, africa, documentary, culture, musicians, social change, politics ...
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