BB King: The Life of Riley (2014), Foo Fighters: Back and Forth (2011), Amazing Journey: The Story of the Who (2007), Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (2007), Let It Be (1970), Jimi Hendrix (1973), The Filth and the Fury (2000), Ray (2004) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Music Biography movies.
Storyline: Anna Mae Bullock always had a special voice. Soon after arriving in St. Louis to live with the mother who had walked out when she was small, she soon attracts the attention of pop group leader Ike Turner. She becomes his band's singer, his wife, and mother to his children - not all hers. In love with him and determined not to leave in the way her mother had, she finds herself the target of increasing violence from him who can't see who is making his band such a success.
Plot Keywords: biography, music, drama, romance, true story, singer, marriage ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Martin Scorsese and the Rolling Stones unite in "Shine A Light," a look at The Rolling Stones." Scorcese filmed the Stones over a two-day period at the intimate Beacon Theater in New York City in fall 2006. Cinematographers capture the raw energy of the legendary band.—alfiehitchie
Plot Keywords: concert, documentary, rock music, live performance, classic rock, music history, concert film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A documentary on the influential musician Scott Walker.
Plot Keywords: music documentary, singer, composer, experimental music, art film, independent film, music history ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Four of W. Somerset Maugham's short stories are brought to the screen with each introduced by the author. In the first story, "The Facts of Life", a young man with great potential on the tennis courts goes to Monte Carlo and soon finds himself doing the exact opposite of what his father recommended. In "The Alien Corn", an aspiring pianist devotes himself to perfecting his artistic skills, but finds he likely hasn't the talents to reach the heights he so desperately craves. In "The Kite", a young man, who lives at home and loves kite flying, goes against his overbearing mother's wishes and marries the girl he's been dating. He's soon back home, much to his mother's delight, but re-considers when his wife takes up a new hobby. In the final chapter "The Colonel's Lady", a middle-aged man is shocked to learn that his somewhat dowdy wife has written a collection of racy poems and is now a best-selling author.—garykmcd
Plot Keywords: drama, music, romance, classical music, british film, black and white, 1940s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A comedic biopic focused on the life of fictional jazz guitarist Emmett Ray. Ray was an irresponsible, free-spending, arrogant, obnoxious, alcohol-abusing, miserable human being, who was also arguably the best guitarist in the world. We follow Ray's life: bouts of getting drunk, his bizzare hobbies of shooting rats and watching passing trains, his dreams of fame and fortune, his strange obsession with the better-known guitarist Django Reinhardt, and of course, playing his beautiful music.
Plot Keywords: music, jazz, guitarist, mockumentary, comedy, drama, romance ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The story of John Lennon's childhood and teenage years from 1944 to 1960, his relationship with his aunt Mimi and his mother Julia -the two dominant women in the first part of his life-, his first meeting with Paul McCartney and George Harrison, their friendship, their love for music and the birth of The Beatles.
Plot Keywords: biography, music, drama, the beatles, coming of age, family, uk ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: They say rock 'n' roll never dies, but one early morning in 1964, Eddie Wilson's car took a dive off a New Jersey bridge with the troubled rock idol at the wheel. His body was never found. Twenty years after the lead singer of Eddie and the Cruisers disappeared, the band's songs are hotter than ever. And renewed interest in the band leads television reporter Maggie Foley to pursue a tantalizing mystery: What if Eddie is still alive? The circumstances surrounding his death are just shadowy enough to make it a distinct possibility, and someone (could it be Eddie?) has been ransacking the homes of the surviving band members in a desperate search for tapes of the group's visionary, never-released album. As Maggie interviews the former band members, the pieces of the puzzle start to fit - but only until still deeper mysteries begin to surface.—MGM/UA Home Video
Plot Keywords: musical, rock, nostalgia, band, 1980s, mystery, disappearance ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Jenny Bowman (Judy Garland) is a successful singer who, while on an engagement at the London Palladium, visits David Donne (Sir Dirk Bogarde) to see her son Matt (Gregory Phillips) again, spending a few glorious days with him while his father is away in Rome in an attempt to attain the family that she never had. When David returns, Matt is torn between his loyalty to his father and his affection for Jenny.—John Teo <jt224@cam.ac.uk>
Plot Keywords: musical, drama, judy garland, british film, color film, singer, stage performance ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Composer George Gershwin is driven by his need to succeed. Unfortunately his drive destroys his romantic relationships with singer Julie Adams, who is desperately in love with him, and aloof socialite Christine Gilbert.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: musical, biography, composer, jazz, classical music, hollywood, black and white ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Morbid biographical story of Sid Vicious, bassist with British punk group the Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. When the Sex Pistols break up after their fateful US tour, Vicious attempts a solo career while in the grip of heroin addiction. One morning, Nancy is found stabbed to death and Sid is arrested for her murder.
Plot Keywords: rock music, love story, drug abuse, self-destruction, london setting, musician's life, underground culture ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Born to be Blue starring Ethan Hawke is a re-imagining of jazz trumpeter Chet Baker's life in the 60's. When Chet stars in a film about himself, a romance heats up with his costar, the enigmatic Jane (Carmen Ejogo). Production is shelved when Chet's past comes back to haunt him and it appears he may never play music again but Jane challenges him to mount a musical comeback against all the odds.—Leonard Farlinger
Plot Keywords: biography, music, jazz, drug addiction, romance, musician, art ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. After marrying him, she joins the bands tour and learns about life as an orchestra wife, weathering the catty attacks of the other band wives.—Steve Fenwick <scf@w0x0f.com>
Plot Keywords: musical, romance, comedy, marriage, 1940s, song and dance, jazz ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Composer Robert Schumann struggles to compose his symphonies while his loving wife Clara offers her support. Also helping the Schumanns is their lifelong friend, composer Johannes Brahms.—Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
Plot Keywords: biography, musical, history, romance, drama, classical music, composer ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 1971, journalist Linda Lipnack Kuehl set out to write the definitive biography of Billie Holiday. Over 8 years, she tracked down and tape-recorded over 200 hours of interviews with the extraordinary characters that populated the iconic singer's short, tumultuous life. However, Linda's book was never finished and the tapes never heard -- until now.
Plot Keywords: biography, music, documentary, jazz, singer, 20th century, musician ...
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: mockumentary, comedy, canadian film, country music, rock music, music legend, humor ...
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