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Elvis(2022)

PG-13
| 2h 39min | Drama, Music
3.8/5 (with 1,427 votes)

The life story of Elvis Presley as seen through the complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker.

9 Songs(2004)

NR
| 1h 10min | Drama, Music, Romance / Love
2.9/5 (with 216 votes)

Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall - London's Brixton Academy. They are in bed at night's end. Together, over a period of several months, they pursue a mutual sexual passion whose inevitable stages unfold in counterpoint to nine live-concert songs.

Directed by Michael Winterbottom - With Kieran O'Brien, Margo Stilley, Franz Ferdinand, Bobby Gillespie

School of Rock(2003)

PG-13
| 1h 50min | Comedy, Music, Kids & Family
3.5/5 (with 2,484 votes)

Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' roll. The school's hard-nosed principal is rightly suspicious of Finn's activities. But Finn's roommate remains in the dark about what he's doing.

American Graffiti(1973)

PG
| 1h 50min | Comedy, Drama
3.5/5 (with 621 votes)

A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.

Almost Famous(2000)

R
| 2h 2min | Drama, Music
3.7/5 (with 1,167 votes)

In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band, Stillwater.

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny(2006)

R
| 1h 33min | Comedy, Music
3.4/5 (with 700 votes)

In Venice Beach, naive Midwesterner JB bonds with local slacker KG and they form the rock band Tenacious D. Setting out to become the world's greatest band is no easy feat, so they set out to steal what could be the answer to their prayers... a magical guitar pick housed in a rock-and-roll museum some 300 miles away.

Cry-Baby(1990)

PG-13
| 1h 25min | Comedy, Music, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 673 votes)

A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her grandmother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.

The Doors(1991)

R
| 2h 20min | Music, Drama, History
3.6/5 (with 596 votes)

The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.

La Bamba(1987)

PG-13
| 1h 48min | Drama, Music
3.6/5 (with 299 votes)

Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his girlfriend. But as his star rises, Valens has conflicts with his jealous brother, Bob, and becomes haunted by a recurring nightmare of a plane crash just as he begins his first national tour alongside Buddy Holly.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show(1975)

3.8/5 (with 1,228 votes)

Sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter, a transvestite scientist. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named 'Rockv'.

Good Morning, Vietnam(1987)

R
| 2h 1min | Comedy, Drama, War
3.7/5 (with 1,153 votes)

A disk jockey goes to Vietnam to work for the Armed Forces Radio Service. While he becomes popular among the troops, his superiors disapprove of his humour.

The Wanderers(1979)

R
| 1h 57min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 80 votes)

The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’.

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Top Secret!(1984)

PG
| 1h 30min | Comedy
3.5/5 (with 492 votes)

Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces with Agent Cedric and Flammond to attempt the rescue of her father, Dr. Paul, from the Germans, who have captured the scientist in hopes of coercing him into building a new naval mine.

About a Boy(2002)

PG-13
| 1h 41min | Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 995 votes)

Will Freeman is a good-looking, smooth-talking bachelor whose primary goal in life is avoiding any kind of responsibility. But when he invents an imaginary son in order to meet attractive single moms, Will gets a hilarious lesson about life from a bright, but hopelessly geeky 12-year-old named Marcus. Now, as Will struggles to teach Marcus the art of being cool, Marcus teaches Will that you're never too old to grow up.

Repossessed(1990)

1h 20min | Comedy, Horror
2.6/5 (with 119 votes)

It's been some time since Father Jebedaiah Mayii exorcised the Devil from little Nancy Aglet, who is now grown up with a husband and two children of her own. But the prince of darkness wants to go a second round and has returned to repossess her! With Father Mayii unwilling to help, Father Luke Brophy tries his best to help Nancy, even when TV's Ernest Weller plans to air the exorcism live on TV.

The Boat That Rocked(2009)

R
| 2h 15min | Drama, Comedy
3.6/5 (with 947 votes)

An ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It's about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing the music that defines a generation and standing up to a government that wanted control of popular culture via the British Broadcasting Corporation. Loosely based on the events in Britain in the 60's when the Labour government of Harold Wilson, wanted to bring the pirate radio stations under control, enough to see the passage of the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act on 15 August 1967. Also known as "Pirate Radio".

I'm Not There(2007)

R
| 2h 15min | Drama, Music
3.3/5 (with 299 votes)

Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented himself.

High Fidelity(2000)

R
| 1h 53min | Drama, Comedy, Romance / Love, Music
3.6/5 (with 843 votes)

When record store owner and compulsive list-compiler Rob Gordon gets dumped by his long-time girlfriend, Laura, because he hasn't changed since they met, he revisits his top five breakups of all time in order to figure out what went wrong. As he examines his failed attempts at romance and happiness, the process finds him being dragged, kicking and screaming, into adulthood.

Rock Dog(2016)

3.1/5 (with 128 votes)

When a radio falls from the sky into the hands of a wide-eyed Tibetan Mastiff, he leaves home to fulfill his dream of becoming a musician, setting into motion a series of completely unexpected events.

Directed by Ash Brannon

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story(2007)

R
| 1h 36min | Comedy, Music, Drama
3.3/5 (with 286 votes)

Following a childhood tragedy, Dewey Cox follows a long and winding road to music stardom. Dewey perseveres through changing musical styles, an addiction to nearly every drug known and bouts of uncontrollable rage.

Once(2007)

R
| 1h 25min | Drama, Music, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 575 votes)

A vacuum repairman moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant, who earns a living selling flowers, approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. The pair decide to collaborate, and the songs that they compose reflect the story of their blossoming love.

The Rocker(2008)

PG-13
| 1h 42min | Comedy, Music
3.0/5 (with 253 votes)

In the 1980s, a drummer is abandoned by his band just before they become rock superstars. Twenty years later, the drummer sees his second chance at stardom arise when he is asked to perform with his teenage nephew's high school rock band.

Elvis(1979)

2h 30min | Drama, Music, TV Movie
3.4/5 (with 51 votes)

This biopic traces Elvis Presley’s life from his impoverished childhood to his meteoric rise to stardom to his triumphant conquering of Las Vegas.

Rock Dog 2: Rock Around the Park(2021)

3.4/5 (with 48 votes)

When Bodi and his band 'True Blue' leave Snow Mountain, to tour with pop sensation, Lil' Foxy, they learn that fame comes at a price.

Great Balls of Fire!(1989)

PG-13
| 1h 48min | Drama, History, Music
3.2/5 (with 134 votes)

The story of Jerry Lee Lewis, arguably the greatest and certainly one of the wildest musicians of the 1950s. His arrogance, remarkable talent, and unconventional lifestyle often brought him into conflict with others in the industry, and even earned him the scorn and condemnation of the public.

Last Days(2005)

R
| 1h 37min | Drama
2.8/5 (with 155 votes)

The life and struggles of a notorious rock musician seeping into a pit of loneliness whose everyday life involves friends and family seeking financial aid and favors, inspired by rock music legend Kurt Cobain and his final hours.

Directed by Gus Van Sant - With Michael Pitt, Lukas Haas, Asia Argento, Scott Patrick Green, Ricky Jay, Harmony Korine, ...

Wayne's World 2(1993)

PG-13
| 1h 35min | Comedy, Music
3.1/5 (with 438 votes)

A message from Jim Morrison in a dream prompts cable access TV stars Wayne and Garth to put on a rock concert, "Waynestock," with Aerosmith as headliners. But amid the preparations, Wayne frets that a record producer is putting the moves on his girlfriend, Cassandra, while Garth handles the advances of mega-babe Honey Hornee.

AC/DC: Live at River Plate(2009)

1h 50min | Music, Documentary
4.1/5 (with 39 votes)

A definitive live concert film documenting AC/DC’s massive Black Ice World Tour. Shot in December of 2009, AC/DC Live at River Plate marks AC/DC’s triumphant return to Buenos Aires where nearly 200,000 fans, and 3 sold-out shows, welcomed the band back after a 13 year absence from Argentina. This stunning live footage of AC/DC underscores what Argentina’s Pagina 12 newspaper reported by saying “no one is on the same level when it comes to pure and clear Rock ‘n Roll.”.

KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park(1979)

2.8/5 (with 31 votes)

The tale of rock band KISS and their efforts to thwart a diabolical plan by mad scientist Abner Devereaux. Devereaux has found a way to clone humans into robots in his laboratory at an amusement park. It just so happens that he plans to uses the KISS concert as a platform to unleash his plan on the world. KISS must use their special powers to stop him.

Leningrad Cowboys Go America(1989)

1h 19min | Comedy, Music
3.5/5 (with 61 votes)

The Leningrad Cowboys, a group of Siberian musicians, and their manager, travel to America seeking fame and fortune. As they cross the country, trying to get to a wedding in Mexico, they are followed by the village idiot, who wishes to join the band.

Directed by Aki Kaurismäki - With Matti Pellonpää, Silu Seppälä, Jim Jarmusch, Duke Robillard, Kari Väänänen, Leningrad Cowboys, ...
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