We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen (2005), Blank City (2009), The Filth and the Fury (2000), Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007), Bunch of Kunst (2017), The Godfathers of Hardcore (2017), If I Should Fall From Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story (2001), The Other F Word (2011) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Punk Rock movies.
Storyline: Through interviews and archival footage, director Tim Irwin documents the history of the influential 1980s punk band the Minutemen. Surviving band members Mike Watt and George Hurley provide a firsthand look into the band's world, from their start in San Pedro to the 1985 death of D. Boon, the band's co-founding member. Numerous musicians, including Henry Rollins, Thurston Moore, and Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, offer insight into the Minutemen's importance to the punk scene.
Plot Keywords: documentary, music, biography, independent film, american, 2000s, california ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Jim Jarmusch, Debbie Harry and others discuss the No Wave and Cinema of Transgression movements that took place in New York in the late 1970s and early '80s.
Plot Keywords: independent film, documentary, experimental film, 1970s, 1980s, film history, counterculture ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A documentary about the punk band The Sex Pistols. The film tries to lighten some of the backgrounds of their way through the punk era while telling the story of the band from zero back to zero. Features lots of interviews and comments of folks who were involved.—Oliver Heidelbach
Plot Keywords: documentary, music, biography, punk, uk, rock, band ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: As the front man of the Clash from 1977 onwards, Joe Strummer changed people's lives forever. Four years after his death, his influence reaches out around the world, more strongly now than ever before. In "The Future Is Unwritten", from British film director Julien Temple, Joe Strummer is revealed not just as a legend or musician, but as a true communicator of our times. Drawing on both a shared punk history and the close personal friendship which developed over the last years of Joe's life, Julien Temple's film is a celebration of Joe Strummer - before, during and after the Clash.—IFC First Take
Plot Keywords: music documentary, british film, musician's life, social commentary, archival footage, musical influence, independent film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: British punk duo Sleaford Mods have been called "the voice of Britain" by their fans, "Britain's angriest band" by the Guardian and "The world's greatest rock 'n' roll band" by Iggy Pop. "Bunch of Kunst" follows them on their two-year journey from Nottingham bedroom recording sessions to chart success.
Plot Keywords: documentary, music, punk, band, germany, biography, independent film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Roger Miret and Vinnie Stigma are lynch pins of New York Hardcore (NYHC), and their band Agnostic Front played a key role in defining, shaping and establishing the cultural code of conduct for the still-thriving movement. Film and Music Video Director Ian McFarland (Rungs in a Ladder: Jacob Bannon, The Outlaw: Dan Hardy, The Problem Solver:Joe Lauzon, Meshuggah, Killswitch Engage, Fear Factory, Agnostic Front) is crafting an intimate portrait of the two industry leaders, two of the most respected individuals in the 35-year history of hardcore punk music. In addition to inspiring and nurturing multiple generations of bands that followed their lead, Miret and Stigma have remained close friends through great adversity that sometimes threatened their very existence.
Plot Keywords: documentary, music history, music legends, counterculture, music documentary, musical influence, street culture ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Music videos and archived footage supplement recent interviews in this documentary of ex-Pogues singer Shane MacGowan. We follow his life from the early days in Ireland and England, through his formation of - and later dismissal from - The Pogues, to his new band The Popes. Shane's family, friends, and former bandmates comment on the music, the rumors, and the alcohol.—sienel
Plot Keywords: music documentary, biography, musician's life, creative process, music history, independent film, rock music ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: What happens when a generation's ultimate anti-authoritarians -- punk rockers-- become society's ultimate authorities -- dads? With a large chorus of Punk Rock's leading men - Blink-182's Mark Hoppus, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea, Rise Against's Tim McIlrath - The Other F Word follow, Jim Lindberg, 20-year veteran of skate punk band Pennywise, on his hysterical and moving journey from belting his band's anthem, 'Fuck Authority', to embracing his ultimately pivotal authoritarian role in mid-life, fatherhood.—Andrea Blaugrund Nevins
Plot Keywords: documentary, music, rebellion, midlife crisis, social commentary, cultural clash, coming of age ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: From 'Lemmy' co-director/producer Wes Orshoski comes the first ever film about the long-ignored pioneers of punk: The Damned, the first of the UK punk bands to release a single, album and the first to tour America. This authorized film includes appearances from Chrissie Hynde, Mick Jones, Lemmy and members of Pink Floyd, Black Flag, Guns N Roses, the Sex Pistols, Blondie, the Buzzcocks, and more. Shot around the world over the past three years, it tells the story of the band's complex history, as it celebrated its 35th anniversary and found its estranged former members striking out on their own anniversary tour, while still others battle cancer. The film gets up close and personal with Damned founders Rat Scabies, Dave Vanian, Captain Sensible, and Brian James as it tells the story of one of the most criminally ignored acts in music history. File under: Vampiric, Absurdist, Psychedelic, Gnarled, Authentic, Influential, Energetic, Original, Uncompromising, Defiant, Trailblazing, Snotty, Offensive, Adored and definitely not the Clash or the Sex Pistols.
Plot Keywords: music documentary, band history, music culture, rock music, music interviews, music influence, underground music ...
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: In 1970s Belfast, Terri Hooley is an idealistic rocker who finds himself caught in the middle of Northern Ireland's bitter Troubles. Seeing a parallel in the chaos with Jamaica, Hooley opens a record shop, Good Vibrations, to help bring reggae music to his city to help encourage some harmony. However, Hooley soon discovers a new music genre, punk rock, and is inspired by its youthful vitality to become an important record producer and promoter of the local scene. In doing so, Hooley would struggle both with the industry's realities and his chaotic personal life that threaten to consume him. However, he would also be instrumental in creating an alternative Irish community that would bridge his land's religious and social rivalries with an art no one expected.—Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
Plot Keywords: 1970s, independent music, underground music, music history, counterculture, music scene, social change ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Filmmaker Paul Rachman recalls the 1980s American punk-rock movement and features interviews and performance footage with such bands as Black Flag and Circle Jerks.
Plot Keywords: documentary, music, punk, american, history, culture, underground music ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The story of how skateboarding became a part of the mainstream by focusing on the success of the "Tony Hawk's Pro Skater" video game franchise.
Plot Keywords: documentary, sports, history, pop culture, nostalgia, extreme sports, 1990s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Corrine Burns retreats far into plans for her band, The Fabulous Stains, after her mother's death. So far that she gets them (she and two cousins) on a tour with a washed-out glam-rock group and a rising British punk band, radically changes her appearance, attracts a cult following and national media attention. With luck like this, what could go wrong?—Renee Ann Byrd <byrdie@wyrdbyrd.org>
Plot Keywords: musical, teen rebellion, female empowerment, counterculture, 1980s, indie film, social satire ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Five young losers spend their days and nights wasting their lives away, hanging out in parking lots and occasionally mentioning that they might want to make something of themselves... someday. On this particular night, they are visited by an old high school friend who has escaped their suburban town to become a pop star.—Andy Bogursky <bogursky@erols.com>
Plot Keywords: suburban life, social outcasts, independent film, 1990s, counterculture, family conflict, escapism ...
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