The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights (2009), Iron Maiden: Flight 666 (2009), I Want My MTV (2019), If I Leave Here Tomorrow: A Film About Lynyrd Skynyrd (2018), Chuck Berry Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll (1987), Teenage Superstars (2017), Down From the Mountain (2001), Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul (2017) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Music Story movies.
Storyline: Music video director Emmett Malloy shadows guitarist and singer Jack White and drummer Meg White on their 2007 Canadian tour. Alongside traditional concerts, the film shows the duo performing in unusual spaces like a Winnipeg city bus, an Ontario flour mill and a gathering of Native American tribal elders. Also included are intimate backstage moments between Jack and Meg, a formerly married couple whose time as a band was nearing its end during this tour, which proved to be their last.
Plot Keywords: music documentary, live performance, independent music, black and white, minimalism, musical journey, behind the scenes ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Come fly with Iron Maiden and enjoy the hospitality of Flight 666 as the boys' take on the biggest tour of their career, flying around the world in their own private Boeing 757. This insight into the background noise that is the logistical workings' of the '2008 Somewhere Back in Time' World Tour is captivating, both behind the scenes as well as on stage. Performing in front of sell out crowds, this "Rocumentary" is an insight into the minds, bodies and souls of the family that is Iron Maiden.—Cinema_Fan
Plot Keywords: music documentary, live performance, band history, music culture, rock music, fan culture, concert ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A nostalgic look back at the birth of MTV, which began broadcasting in 1981 and went on to shape modern pop culture and change the world.
Plot Keywords: music documentary, music history, pop culture, 1980s, rock music, music industry, cultural phenomenon ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This authorized documentary will explore the music and backstory of the legendary American band. With the songs from the first six Skynyrd albums driving the narration, the film focuses on the story of frontman Ronnie Van Zant - his upbringing, his roots, his work ethic and his contradictory persona as both as a mythic Southern rock poet and notorious boozed-up brawler, as well as the relationships between his friends and fellow founding members Gary Rossington and Allen Collins, along with later bandmates Ed King and Artimus Pyle.—CMT
Plot Keywords: music documentary, rock music, band history, biography, music legend, classic rock, music interviews ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: St. Louis, Missouri. For Chuck Berry's 60th birthday, Keith Richards assembles a pickup band of Robert Cray, Joey Spampinato, Eric Clapton, himself, and longtime pianist Johnnie Johnson. Joined on stage by Etta James, Linda Ronstadt and Julian Lennon, Berry performs his classic rock songs. His abilities as a composer, lyricist, singer, musician and entertainer are on display and, in behind-the-scenes interviews, are discussed by Bo Diddley, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, the Everly Brothers, Bruce Springsteen and others. There's even a rarity for Berry, a rehearsal. Archival footage from the early 1950s and a duet with John Lennon round out this portrait of a master.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: music documentary, concert, biography, music history, 1980s, american film, classic rock ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A look at the bands from the alternative pop music scene in Glasgow from the mid 80's to early 90's.
Plot Keywords: music documentary, youth culture, independent music, band history, underground music, cultural impact, music interviews ...
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: The turbulent life of soul and blues singer, the late Joe Cocker. A former gas fitter from Sheffield , catapulted to world stardom in 1969 at Woodstock with his legendary performance of the Beatles song,"A Little Help from My Friends". But in the early 1970s, Joe Cocker's inner demons nearly killed him. Overcoming his struggles with alcohol and drugs, he rebuilt his reputation as "one of the great primal rock and roll vocalists of all time" (Billy Joel's description). The film mixes Joe Cocker's own words, with rare archive. His family, friends and the legendary songwriters and musicians he collaborated with, tell Joe Cocker's story. The film has raw, electric performance footage throughout.—John Edginton
Plot Keywords: documentary, music, biography, soul, rock, concert, music legend ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The tale of the formation, journey and end of the seminal Punk/Reggae band The Slits.
Plot Keywords: music documentary, music history, feminism, counterculture, 1970s, independent music, documentary ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: When heiress Jean Courtland attempts suicide, her fiancée Elliott Carson probes her relationship to John Triton. In flashback, we see how stage mentalist Triton starts having terrifying flashes of true precognition. His partner, Whitney Courtland, uses Triton's talent to make money; but Triton's inability to prevent what he foresees, causes him to break up the act and become a hermit. Years later, Triton has new visions and desperately tries to prevent tragedies in the Courtland family. Can his warnings succeed against suspicion, unbelief, and inexorable fate?—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: music, romance, drama, classic, black and white, hollywood, jazz ...
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: Two rival record collectors attempt to con an old lady out of a rare, but cursed, 1930s Blues record. When a series of unfortunate circumstances lands them in jail, the feud festers for over twenty years until they are released from prison and get a second chance at snagging the vinyl, this time from a more formidable foe.
Plot Keywords: music, comedy, obsession, music history, music legend, musicians, music culture ...
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 final live variety show broadcast via radio becomes a metaphor for the natural order of life. A concept and script by Garrison Keilor uses every natural and technical element of working with a tight and close ensemble producing a weekly show to sooth us and guide us through the natural but difficult transitions of aging, becoming less relevant and then dying as new, young life develops and strengthens during our final "performances." This is a rare film for it's remarkable cast and crew and one wonders how the great Robert Altman was able to gather them all at the same place and time to shoot this film.
Plot Keywords: musical, comedy, drama, country music, song and dance, nostalgia, ensemble cast ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This past May, Neil Young brought his solo tour to Toronto's Massey Hall, an iconic venue in the city of his birth. Jonathan Demme was on hand to capture the two nights, which highlighted new songs from the album Le Noise, produced by Daniel Lanois, mixed with classics like "Ohio" and "I Believe in You." At sixty-five, Young retains a youthful vitality and musical curiosity that balances his wisdom and experience. It's no wonder he's been an inspiration to the likes of Pearl Jam and Sonic Youth. In Neil Young Journeys, Demme intersperses the Massey Hall concert footage with brief scenes from a road trip through Ontario. Driving a 1956 Ford Crown Victoria, Young visits the rural town of Omemee, where he spent a key part of his formative years, and reminisces about his former neighbors and their daughters. As he drives past bulldozers transforming the landscape, he remarks, 'It's all gone... it's still in my head.'—TIFF
Plot Keywords: music documentary, concert film, rock music, live performance, independent film, music history, personal journey ...
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