Best Music Movies
Music movies run from backstage biopics to concert films that bottle lightning. Whether it's a rise-and-fall rock story, a musical you know every word of, or a documentary that redefined a band, the best of the genre is ranked here. See where to stream each one and track what you've seen.
Footlight Parade (1933)
Bowie: The Final Act (2025)
The Fairly OddParents: School's Out! The Musical (2005)
Black Sabbath: The End - Live In Birmingham (2017)
Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel (2002)
Live 8 (2005)
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa in His Own Words (2016)
Sunday in the Park with George (1986)
I Am Easy to Find (2019)
The Wiz Live! (2015)
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars (2018)
Mariah Carey: The Adventures of Mimi (2007)
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988)
Swing Kids (1993)
Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) (2010)
David Bowie & The Story of Ziggy Stardust (2012)
Hysteria: The Def Leppard Story (2001)
One Piece: Jango's Dance Carnival (2001)
Good Vibrations (2012)
Beyoncé: The Experience Live (2007)
Madonna: Rebel Heart Tour (2016)
Metallica: A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica (1992)
Going My Way (1944)
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
ReMastered: Devil at the Crossroads (2019)
Rockshow (2013)
U2 3D (2008)
Blur: No Distance Left to Run (2010)
Mariah Carey: Butterfly World Tour - Live at Tokyo Dome (1998)
Punk: Attitude (2005)
Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story (2025)
Live at Knebworth (2003)
DEVO (2024)
Footloose (2011)
The Song of Names (2019)
Bon Jovi - Live from London (1995)
One World: Together at Home (2020)
True Stories (1986)
Playing for Time (1980)
Sunset in My Hometown (2018)
Celine: Taking Chances World Tour - The Concert (2010)
Degrassi Goes Hollywood (2009)
Three Little Bops (1957)
Love Me or Leave Me (1955)
The Rose (1979)
First Love (1939)
Beastie Boys: Video Anthology (2000)
What's Up, Fatlip? (2003)
U2: Live at Red Rocks - Under a Blood Red Sky (1983)
VH1: Divas Live (1998)
Tupac: Live at the House of Blues (2005)
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (2022)
Nirvana: Live at the Paradiso (1991)
blur | The Best Of (2000)
Beside Bowie - The Mick Ronson Story (2017)
Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd (2023)
Metallica: Live Moscow - Monsters of Rock (1991)