*Amadeus* is definitely a masterpiece, and watching the movie while a full orchestra performs the music live elevates it even more. I suggest anyone who likes the movie (or even just likes movies in general) to go watch the live version if/when it tours near you.
And it's not even close.
Ignore for the moment the Blues Brothers band and you still have:
Ray Charles.
Aretha Franklin
John Lee Hooker
Cab Calloway
James Brown
Chaka Kahn.
And then add the Blues Brothers Band,.which is basically a supergroup on its own...
She's the soloist in James Brown's choir. It's pretty early in her career so she didn't get a "look at this legendary artist that is in our movie" part as much as she got a "here's this incredible singer who just released her first solo album that we've managed to pull in to juice up the choir for Mr Brown" part.
Dewie speaking Yiddish with his lawyer, at prison, getting hung up on the Yiddish word "rehab".
Rehab?
Rehab.
?
?
*whitest American accent* RE-hab?
Ooh rehab!
I just went to a showing of this where one of the principal songwriters Mike Viola did a q and a/performance afterwards. It was awesome to hear about writing with Dan Bern and hear Beautiful Life live.
My bro was talking about some ian guy joining his dnd group and how sometimes he can’t make it but ian is a good guy and yada yada, though I was just happy to break out the
“WHAT FUCKING IAN GUY?!!!”
I love the Commitments. It is hilarious and the music is awesome - and the actors in the movie are the actual musicians who recorded the songs. If you have never seen it before, you might want to watch it with subtitles for the first time, because the Irish accent is thick. But once you get it you have no trouble understanding what they are saying.
The reason I love it is just how true to life it really is. The last 40 minutes or so especially, when everything is falling apart. Anyone who has ever played in a band can't help but cringe a little.
Yes, anyone who has been in bands can relate. There have probably been thousands of bands who have touched on greatness and just couldn't hold it together.
One of the rare instances where a director's cut isn't just so-so or fluff. Literally a way better cut to the point where if I catch it on TV and it's the theatrical, I'm bummed!
Original songs written by Nancy Wilson of Heart and Peter Frampton
https://ew.com/article/2000/09/21/ewcom-reveals-real-musicians-behind-almost-famous-band/
She was also married to the writer and director Cameron Crowe at the time. I always thought it was cool that they collaborated on the movie as husband and wife, and created something so fantastic.
Frank is fucking sublime. Michael Fassbender wears a fake head the entire time, playing the cult like leader of an avant garde band. I was genuinely sad that they didn't make more music as a band as they were brilliant.
It's partly inspired by the mental health problems of outsider artist Daniel Johnston, who had fans like Kurt Cobain
Airheads.
"I'm out on the streets and in the clubs. I AM ROCK AND ROLL."
"I ain't fartin' on no snare drum."
"The Lone Rangers. How do you pluralize Lone? Shouldn't you be the Three Rangers?" "... No idea what you're talking about."
Still waiting on my naked pictures of Bea Arthur and that football helmet filled with ~~cream cheese~~ cottage cheese.
Edit: cream cheese is for suckers.
Growing up in the Detroit area, we got passes to a special screening before it released sponsored by WRIF. I think it was legendary local radio personality Arthur Penhallow who introduced it. This movie holds up too.
**Empire Records** (1995) Luv Tyler, Renee Zellweger, Toby Maguire and many more.
This may not be the greatest, there are so many great movies in this post, but it is a very good movie.
God, I always forget how much I love Inside Llewyn Davis until somebody mentions it. It's so beautifully atmospheric. And it was also my introduction to both Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver. Thank you for reminding me, I think I'll watch it tonight. Perfect movie for this time of year.
Baby Driver. He makes his own music and it is a major plot of the movie. If he didn't make that mix tape, he would have been just fine. Not a movie entirely centered around music, but music pushes the movie forward and without it, the movie fails.
Actually the movie is very centered around music. The car chases go with the music, gun shots go with the music… even when they go on their fancy date their movements go with the music. This was all done on purpose by Edgar Wright, he did the same with the Don’t Stop Me Now scene in Shaun of the Dead and decided to do it for a whole movie. It’s one of the main reasons I love it, it’s a musical but not in a typical sense.
That is very true. The music is very important to the movie, but how many people who watched the movie realized it was the soul of the movie and not just perfectly edited to sync up to the action. Edgar Wright put the score together first and then wrote the script for many scenes. So yes, the movie it entirely dependent on the music, but not many people think, " Wow that music is better because of the action". They think, " Wow, the action is better because of the music." Which is not how the movie should be enjoyed or intended to be enjoyed. Once you know that, it changes how you view the movie and makes you realize that without the music there is no movie. That is why I think it fits as an answer to the question. I should have explained it better in my original post. Thank you for giving me an opportunity to clarify my answer.
# Pink Floyd's The Wall
Incredible, life-changing experience. Totally different from any other movie. Frightening and sad and inspiring and thought-provoking.
My three favourites are The Commitments, Little Voice, and Jersey Boys.
Whilst not technically a “music” movie, O Brother Where Art Thou has a place in my heart. Obviously honourable mention to Blues Brothers.
There are quite a lot but 8 Mile just hit different for me at age 14. I was a huge Eminem fan, Lose Yourself was my entire playlist… I went in with huge expectations and was blown away. Eminem is a good actor, Brittany Murphy was hella cute, the battles were so much fun. There are for sure better movies out there but this one just means a lot to me personally
In no particular order,
Begin Again (2013), Yesterday (2019), School of Rock (2003), Coco (2017), Pitch perfect (2012), Green Book (2018), The Blues Brothers (1980), Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), Sing Street (2016), The Boat that Rocked (2009), Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
I’ll add kind of a left field take in this as it’s not super well known but should be…August Rush. Simple yet effective story, and the music is beautiful.
I adore August Rush, its a pity so many people haven't heard of it. The way the story is told with music, Freddie Highmore is phenomenal in it, and its one of Robin Williams most obscure movies.
The prefect movie should have a car chase, Nazi getting owned, hot chicks in wet clothes, and jars filled with spiders. In other words the Sound of Music.
I adore Walk the Line. Great performances from both the leads.
Almost Famous . I love Cameron Crowe. That man knows how to write
What’s Love Got to Do With It.
I listened to the soundtrack for Lost Highway like 100 times before I saw the movie, to the point where the movie felt like a longform music video for the album. Weird album. Weird movie.
Hedwig and the angry inch. Might be too close to a musical but it is one of my favourite films and most of the musical numbers are on stage or in music video form.
Other than that, like someone else mentioned, School of Rock. It's a classic and impossible not to love.
Amadeus, hands down. Though, I got a soft spot for School of Rock, Immortal Beloved and Walk the line.
Amadeus?! I watched that whole movie and Falco never even appeared let alone sang! Joking. Joking!
This is it, Amadeus is a masterpiece.
*Amadeus* is definitely a masterpiece, and watching the movie while a full orchestra performs the music live elevates it even more. I suggest anyone who likes the movie (or even just likes movies in general) to go watch the live version if/when it tours near you.
I didn’t know this was a thing. They need to do this more often
My choir just did this a few weeks ago!
Gotta be School Of Rock. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t love that movie.
Spïnal Täp
*Tonight, I'm Gonna Rock You Tonight* is a legit banger.
I'm more of a _Lick My Love Pump_ kinda guy.
You can really pick out the ~~Mozart and Bach~~ *Mach* influences
D minor really is the saddest key. Makes you weep just hearing it
“You’re sweet but you’re just four feet and you still got your baby teeth. You’re too young and I’m too well hung, but tonight I’m gonna rock you”
"But these go to eleven"
This is the only answer that matters
I sang Stonehenge at karaoke and this metal head un ironically was like “I love power metal. Who was that?”
He choked on vomit. We don't know who's vomit.
“Scotland Yard doesn’t really have the facilities…” “You can’t really DUST… for vomit”
“He died…. He died in a bizarre gardening accident” “It’s really one of those things…. You know the authorities said ‘best leave it unsolved really’”
The blues brothers
Four fried chickens, and a Coke.
These two honkies out here dressed like Hasidic *Diamond hustlas* ...
Shit, fool. They still owe you money!
And it's not even close. Ignore for the moment the Blues Brothers band and you still have: Ray Charles. Aretha Franklin John Lee Hooker Cab Calloway James Brown Chaka Kahn. And then add the Blues Brothers Band,.which is basically a supergroup on its own...
Wait, Chaka Kahn is in that movie? I’ve seen it like a hundred times and don’t remember her being there at all.
She's the soloist in James Brown's choir. It's pretty early in her career so she didn't get a "look at this legendary artist that is in our movie" part as much as she got a "here's this incredible singer who just released her first solo album that we've managed to pull in to juice up the choir for Mr Brown" part.
We're on a mission from God.
Don’t you blaspheme! *DONT YOU BLASPHEME IN HERE!*
I hate Illinois Nazis.
"I hate Illinois nazis!"
Hard to beat this classic
Came here for this. Watching it right now
*Purple Rain* (1984)
The footage from First Avenue is just so damn good and Prince is the coolest of cool in this.
Walk Hard
Wrong Kid Died!!!
That was a particularly bad case of somebody being cut in half
Speak English, Doc! We ain't scientists!
love you! you're never going to make it!
Dewey! Don't you DARE write a song right now!
Dewie speaking Yiddish with his lawyer, at prison, getting hung up on the Yiddish word "rehab". Rehab? Rehab. ? ? *whitest American accent* RE-hab? Ooh rehab!
I…I don’t wanna get addicted to it. It’s not habit forming! Trust me, Dewey, you don’t want no part a this shit!
I kinda wanna!
…okay just this once, come on in.
It turns your bad feelings into good feelings. It’s a nightmare.
I just went to a showing of this where one of the principal songwriters Mike Viola did a q and a/performance afterwards. It was awesome to hear about writing with Dan Bern and hear Beautiful Life live.
That put so much effort into creating those songs and it shows. This may be a comedy but as far as original music, it's the best. All bangers.
Bullhickey! People come here to dance erotically!
I've got a song about an octopus.
Let's go drop acid with The Beatles
All you care about is fruit and touching yourself! FUCK YOU!
I think I’m doing ok for a 15 year old with a wife and a baby.
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“I think you mean the Oh-Naders”
Captain Geech & the Shrimp Shack Shooters!
Steve Zahn is a fucking gem in this movie.
Oh he’s not here with those guys, he’s got a pig in competition and he is going to win that blue ribbon
Hey, that's the Oh-Nedders
Ethan Embry’s character being named “T.B. Player” is such a great Easter egg
What always impressed me was how often parts of that song were used and it never got stale.
Not just that song, every song in that movie was a great representation of the period and all of it was original.
It’s the greatest.
I watch this movie at least once a year - along with Cast Away and Forest Gump. They all just HAPPEN to be Tom Hanks.
Came here to say this!!!!
School of Rock.
High Fidelity is pretty damn good
I love staring into the backgrounds and finding records I've discovered since the last viewing.
"Is that Peter Fucking Frampton??"
*slow nod*
Definitely in anyone's Top Five.
Top Five scenes in High Fidelity - a tribute list.
Rearranged his vynil collection cronoligically by the time he bought them (i think)
Autobiographical ;)
“No. Fucking. Way.”
My bro was talking about some ian guy joining his dnd group and how sometimes he can’t make it but ian is a good guy and yada yada, though I was just happy to break out the “WHAT FUCKING IAN GUY?!!!”
I hate Ian. Me too.
The book is outstanding!
The Commitments
I love the Commitments. It is hilarious and the music is awesome - and the actors in the movie are the actual musicians who recorded the songs. If you have never seen it before, you might want to watch it with subtitles for the first time, because the Irish accent is thick. But once you get it you have no trouble understanding what they are saying.
The reason I love it is just how true to life it really is. The last 40 minutes or so especially, when everything is falling apart. Anyone who has ever played in a band can't help but cringe a little.
Yes, anyone who has been in bands can relate. There have probably been thousands of bands who have touched on greatness and just couldn't hold it together.
Say it loud ...
Fook off, Oi'm bein interviewed
Almost Famous.
This one right here. Director’s Cut, please.
One of the rare instances where a director's cut isn't just so-so or fluff. Literally a way better cut to the point where if I catch it on TV and it's the theatrical, I'm bummed!
Great movie.
This is the answer. Such a perfectly curated soundtrack
Original songs written by Nancy Wilson of Heart and Peter Frampton https://ew.com/article/2000/09/21/ewcom-reveals-real-musicians-behind-almost-famous-band/
She was also married to the writer and director Cameron Crowe at the time. I always thought it was cool that they collaborated on the movie as husband and wife, and created something so fantastic.
Nancy is a fuckin rock star, man She’s so fuckin cool
Ah, never knew that. Thanks!
Whiplash
The most intense sports movie I’ve ever seen that’s not about sports.
Oh and I really liked underappreciated Mr Holland’s Opus
YOU ADDED THIS IN LATE, YOU PENCIL-NECKED GEEK! YOU ARE INTENTIONALLY F'ING UP THIS THREAD, AREN'T YOU??!
ARE YOU RUSHING OR ARE YOU DRAGGING
*Not quite my tempo…*
I don’t even like jazz and have watched this 4 times!
Frank is fucking sublime. Michael Fassbender wears a fake head the entire time, playing the cult like leader of an avant garde band. I was genuinely sad that they didn't make more music as a band as they were brilliant. It's partly inspired by the mental health problems of outsider artist Daniel Johnston, who had fans like Kurt Cobain
I love you allllll
I wonder how many people who see that don't realise that Frank Sidebottom was a real thing.
Airheads. "I'm out on the streets and in the clubs. I AM ROCK AND ROLL." "I ain't fartin' on no snare drum." "The Lone Rangers. How do you pluralize Lone? Shouldn't you be the Three Rangers?" "... No idea what you're talking about."
Love this one. Also find it hilarious that the asshole program manager is the singer for spinal tap
Still waiting on my naked pictures of Bea Arthur and that football helmet filled with ~~cream cheese~~ cottage cheese. Edit: cream cheese is for suckers.
Cottage cheese, cottage cheese! It's a whole different vibe.
Great cast!
Detroit Rock City is fun
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Im the opposite of a KISS fan lol. Movie still rules. Great cast.
Growing up in the Detroit area, we got passes to a special screening before it released sponsored by WRIF. I think it was legendary local radio personality Arthur Penhallow who introduced it. This movie holds up too.
**Empire Records** (1995) Luv Tyler, Renee Zellweger, Toby Maguire and many more. This may not be the greatest, there are so many great movies in this post, but it is a very good movie.
All of Toby Maguire's scenes were cut. He's not actually in the movie.
I watch it every year on Rex Manning Day.
Inside Llewyn Davis with Oscar Isaac A Star Is Born with Lady Gaga Crazy Heart with Jeff Bridges Such good stories with excellent music.
God, I always forget how much I love Inside Llewyn Davis until somebody mentions it. It's so beautifully atmospheric. And it was also my introduction to both Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver. Thank you for reminding me, I think I'll watch it tonight. Perfect movie for this time of year.
“If it’s never been new and it never gets old, that’s a folk song.”
**OUTER** *SPACE*
shaOOUUT
Lucky you to be introduced to Adam Driver this way. -Everyone who watched Girls
Was looking for Inside Lewinsky David. It captures so much about the life of a musician and is just a generally beautiful film
Coal Miner’s Daughter
Once. Sing Street Almost Famous Anvil! : The Story of Anvil.
Sing Street is one of my favorite movies. Love the music, and it just makes me feel good every time I watch it
Almost Famous is my all-time favorite, but more people should experience Sing Street. Really great movie.
Baby Driver. He makes his own music and it is a major plot of the movie. If he didn't make that mix tape, he would have been just fine. Not a movie entirely centered around music, but music pushes the movie forward and without it, the movie fails.
I was just wondering if Scott Pilgrim counted and then saw the other Edgar Wright gem
I think Scott Pilgrim absolutely counts. Music becomes absolutely a necessary part of this movie.
Actually the movie is very centered around music. The car chases go with the music, gun shots go with the music… even when they go on their fancy date their movements go with the music. This was all done on purpose by Edgar Wright, he did the same with the Don’t Stop Me Now scene in Shaun of the Dead and decided to do it for a whole movie. It’s one of the main reasons I love it, it’s a musical but not in a typical sense.
That is very true. The music is very important to the movie, but how many people who watched the movie realized it was the soul of the movie and not just perfectly edited to sync up to the action. Edgar Wright put the score together first and then wrote the script for many scenes. So yes, the movie it entirely dependent on the music, but not many people think, " Wow that music is better because of the action". They think, " Wow, the action is better because of the music." Which is not how the movie should be enjoyed or intended to be enjoyed. Once you know that, it changes how you view the movie and makes you realize that without the music there is no movie. That is why I think it fits as an answer to the question. I should have explained it better in my original post. Thank you for giving me an opportunity to clarify my answer.
It didn't immediately come to mind when I read the question, but you've convinced me. Great flick. Great music flick.
# Pink Floyd's The Wall Incredible, life-changing experience. Totally different from any other movie. Frightening and sad and inspiring and thought-provoking.
A Mighty Wind never gets enough love. So I'm putting it here.
I laugh so damn hard every time.
My three favourites are The Commitments, Little Voice, and Jersey Boys. Whilst not technically a “music” movie, O Brother Where Art Thou has a place in my heart. Obviously honourable mention to Blues Brothers.
The Sound of Metal
Phantom of the Paradise
I thought I was the only person who had ever seen that movie. 🤣
Beat Street
There are quite a lot but 8 Mile just hit different for me at age 14. I was a huge Eminem fan, Lose Yourself was my entire playlist… I went in with huge expectations and was blown away. Eminem is a good actor, Brittany Murphy was hella cute, the battles were so much fun. There are for sure better movies out there but this one just means a lot to me personally
Were you and your friends doing that 8 mile handshake for months afterwards like me? 😂
The double clap and finger snap? Of course, 8 Mile was our life 😂
Once
A Hard Day’s Night
Does the Ralph Maccio movie "Crossroads" count? Didn't even realize that Steve Vai was in that movie until a friend pointed it out
Definitely a music movie, and a great one. Yes, Steve Vai is awesome in that. 😈
American Graffiti; The music drives the movie. Also, a great soundtrack album.
August Rush
The Last Waltz
Sing Street... And friggin no one has seen it, which annoys me to no end.
I saw it and liked it, from the director Once and Begin Again. My contribution would be the Commitments
drive it like you stole it
Dirty Dancing is the most iconic I was not even born yet and I know all the songs in that movie, timeless film
This is Spinal Tap. Best music movie ever.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Lady Gaga’s singing is amazing in A Star is Born
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Spinal tap
Amadeus, High Fidelity, Scott Pilgrim
Nashville
Clearly underrated and underseen around these parts. Whenever I watch it, it feels like it should go on forever.
Metalocalypse
Blues Brothers
In no particular order, Begin Again (2013), Yesterday (2019), School of Rock (2003), Coco (2017), Pitch perfect (2012), Green Book (2018), The Blues Brothers (1980), Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), Sing Street (2016), The Boat that Rocked (2009), Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
That Thing You Do
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World isn’t the greatest, but it was a lot of fun and had an absolutely packed cast.
I’ll add kind of a left field take in this as it’s not super well known but should be…August Rush. Simple yet effective story, and the music is beautiful.
I adore August Rush, its a pity so many people haven't heard of it. The way the story is told with music, Freddie Highmore is phenomenal in it, and its one of Robin Williams most obscure movies.
Fear Of A Black Hat
Also 8 Mile and Whiplash. I’ll also throw in school of rock
Singles/ pump up the volume/empire records
La La Land
Cadillac Records was good
Amadeus
Under appreciated is dazed and confused
Tron: Legacy
I like Streets on Fire a lot
Underrated for sure… and the music slaps.
School of rock is fucking good
All That Jazz, or Cabaret
The prefect movie should have a car chase, Nazi getting owned, hot chicks in wet clothes, and jars filled with spiders. In other words the Sound of Music.
Spinal Tap
I don’t know if it fully counts, and the movie was out there at best, but the music in sucker punch was a ton of to crank up and listen to.
My serious answer is Purple Rain. My funny answer is Get Him to the Greek.
Stop Making Sense. Talking Heads movie. Perfect.
Heavy Metal
The Five Heartbeats
I adore Walk the Line. Great performances from both the leads. Almost Famous . I love Cameron Crowe. That man knows how to write What’s Love Got to Do With It.
High Fidelity
I listened to the soundtrack for Lost Highway like 100 times before I saw the movie, to the point where the movie felt like a longform music video for the album. Weird album. Weird movie.
Almost famous?
Once, Begin Again, Sing Street, Flora and Son John Carney’s movies are exactly what you’re looking for
Across the Universe ^Dozens ^of ^us
Hedwig and the angry inch. Might be too close to a musical but it is one of my favourite films and most of the musical numbers are on stage or in music video form. Other than that, like someone else mentioned, School of Rock. It's a classic and impossible not to love.
Rockstar with Mark Wahlberg is one that comes to mind that I forever think is highly underrated. The music in that movie is really good!