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Music movies

Stories where rhythm and melody take center stage, including biographies of legends and dance-filled spectacles.

Subgenres include: Narrative Musical, Jukebox Musical, Concert Film.

Pacifica: Live at the KiMo Theatre

191. Pacifica: Live at the KiMo Theatre

Music Documentary
0.0

202627min

Director: Ken C. Peterson

Argentinian rock-pop duo Pacifica takes the stage at the KiMo Theatre in Albuquerque, New Mexico.


Jutta Hipp defied the odds and made it to the heart of the male-dominated jazz scene in 1950s New York.


The Best Summer

193. The Best Summer

Documentary Music
6.4

20261h 24min

Director: Tamra Davis

Immersive POV camera footage reveals electric performances, candid interviews, and intimate backstage life with the Beastie Boys, Sonic Youth, Foo Fighters, Pavement, Rancid, Beck, The Amps, and Bikini Kill — an all-access view inside an era-defining moment in music.


Love on Trial

194. Love on Trial

Drama Music Romance
7.0

20262h 4min

Director: Koji Fukada

A rising J-Pop idol named Mai finds her career in jeopardy when she falls in love, violating the "no dating" clause in her contract.


anxiety

195. anxiety

Animation Music
0.0

20268min

Director: Martiniano Alderete

A gothic Cthulhu girl walks bored through a winter landscape.


In 1968, Tom Zé moved from Bahia to São Paulo, went to the movies, had lunch with Caetano Veloso, and one morning composed the song that would go on to win the main music festival on Brazilian television that year. In "História de Música", the most São Paulo–minded of Bahian artists tells how filmmaker Luiz Sérgio Person introduced him to the paulista capital at one of the city's most famous intersections.


The Party

197. The Party

Horror Thriller Music
0.0

20266min

Director: Henry Gillette

A young woman is pulled away from a colorful party and thrust into a nightmare.


Los Pies Dorados de Willy Laez

198. Los Pies Dorados de Willy Laez

Music Romance
0.0

202614min

Director: Bernardo Rodríguez Schack

A forgotten cumbia legend, Willy Laez, must accept his present self to reclaim the dance floor with his long-lost partner.


Megadeth: Behind the Mask

199. Megadeth: Behind the Mask

Music Documentary
7.3

20261h 49min

Director: Casey Tebo

Dave Mustaine reveals 40 years of Megadeth history and premieres their final album in a special event featuring career-spanning interviews and track-by-track commentary on this landmark release.


Cosmic Princess Kaguya!

200. Cosmic Princess Kaguya!

Animation Fantasy Music Science Fiction
7.1

20262h 21min

Director: Shingo Yamashita

Iroha's life gets knocked off its orbit when Kaguya, a carefree runaway from the Moon, moves in and convinces her to perform in a virtual world together.