A Band Called Impaled Rektum (2018), United Nation: Three Decades of Drum & Bass (2020), High Fidelity: The Guarneri String Quartet (1989), Eric Clapton: Live at the Royal Albert Hall -- Slowhand at 70 (2015), Young at Heart (2007), Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (2007), Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (1987), Let It Be (1970) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Music Performance movies.
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: On the final night of his life, Dec. 31, 1952, country music legend Hank Williams imagines himself giving a New Year's Eve performance in a small bar, with his comments to the audience reflecting upon his life.
Plot Keywords: musical biography, country music, concert film, canadian film, music legend, music history, performance art ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A look at the roots of the historic music scene in L.A.'s Laurel Canyon featuring the music of iconic groups such as The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, and The Mamas and the Papas.
Plot Keywords: music documentary, music history, classic rock, music interviews, music culture, music legends, music influence ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A boy from the streets of New York finds music tickets to a Heifetz concert, which rekindles his earlier interest in the violin. He subsequently runs away from home and happens across a music school for children (played by members of the Peter Meremblum California Youth Symphony Orchestra). He is taken in by kindly Professor Lawson, the head of the school and resumes violin study while sleeping in the basement of the school. Despite the best efforts of Peter and Ann to raise money, the school is about to be foreclosed upon by Flower and associates. The kids in the school, led by Frankie, try to raise money themselves, and run across Heifetz in the process. After many more well-trodden cinematic paths have been navigated, Heifetz finally is convinced to sponsor the school.—Butch <butch@unix.mclv.net>
Plot Keywords: music, classical music, music education, mentor, inspirational, youth, 1930s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Cavanaugh and McCauley are after the ranchers land. When the Government announces the land will be put up for auction, the ranchers pool their money only to have it stolen by Cavanaugh's men. They then plan to sell their cattle but Cavanaugh announces a fake gold strike and the cowhands all leave. But Gene's hobo friend the Judge says he will get the cattle to market and he sends out a signal to his hobo friends.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: western, musical, comedy, romance, country music, song and dance, light comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Cissy (Pauline Collins), Reggie (Sir Tom Courtenay), and Wilf (Sir Billy Connolly) are in a home for retired musicians. Every year, on October 10, there is a concert to celebrate Composer Giuseppe Verdi's birthday and they take part. Jean (Dame Maggie Smith), who used to be married to Reggie, arrives at the home and disrupts their equilibrium. She still acts like a diva, but she refuses to sing. Still, the show must go on, and it does.
Plot Keywords: music, aging, retirement, opera, friendship, england, classical music ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a Chicago music professor. He is advised by bandleader Kid Ory to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny begins by joining the Ben Pollack traveling band.
Plot Keywords: musical biography, jazz, 1950s, hollywood, classic film, black and white, american film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A teacher meets a woman who turns out to be a thief and they introduce each other to new things.
Plot Keywords: romance, comedy, musical, independent film, romantic comedy, urban life, teacher ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: At the real life School of Rock a group of misfit kids get in touch with their inner rock star.
Plot Keywords: music, documentary, education, rock, school, students, teacher ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Kansas girl Terry Baxter has won a trip to Hollywood, tries to get a job as a dancer and ends up as secretary of screenwriter Haven. She mixes up the scripts, is fired and when she tries to explain to him what happened, she tries to break in a residence - she belives it belongs Haven's boss Stuart, but she is wrong - and is arrested. But Stuart and Haven don't let her drop.—Stephan Eichenberg <eichenbe@fak-cbg.tu-muenchen.de>
Plot Keywords: musical, jazz, short film, black and white, 1940s, song and dance, classic film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After Gene has his watch stolen by the Gypsy he takes a job on the Thomas ranch. Thomas' dog has brought home the cradle with the Gypsy's baby and when the Gypsy retrieves his baby, Gene thinks he is a kidnaper. But as he chases after him he now sees that Thomas' cattle are being rustled.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: western, musical, romance, comedy, singing, country music, adventure ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Tulsa is a specialist in the US Army stationed in Germany. He loves to sing and has dreams to run his own nightclub when he leaves the army....but dreams don't come cheap. Tulsa places a bet with his friend Dynamite that he can spend the night with a club dancer named Lili, who is rumored to be hard to get. When Dynamite gets transferred, Tulsa is brought in to take his place. He is not looking forward to it, but in order to keep his money, he must go through with it.—Pat McCurry <ccgrad97@aol.com>
Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, romance, elvis presley, germany, nightclub, song and dance ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Filmmaker Phil Joanou shows the Irish rock band on tour, in Harlem, at Elvis Presley's mansion and in concert, mostly in black and white.
Plot Keywords: music documentary, rock music, concert, music history, 1980s, music culture, classic rock ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A sleazy Hollywood agent tricks one of his clients, a faded action star, into playing King Lear in an amateur charity production in England.
Plot Keywords: comedy, family, music, british, choir, documentary, true story ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Parker steals cattle from the cattlemen and blames it on the turpentiners. Then he incites the cattlemen to burn down the turpentiners trees. When Gene finds the rustled cattle he tries to kill him. Failing, he kills both Gene's father and Bayliss Baynam and has Gene arrested for Baynum's murder.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>
Plot Keywords: western, musical, country music, 1930s, black and white, classic film, american film ...
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