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Musik

by karin-hammarlund • Created 10 years ago • Modified 10 years ago
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  • Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013)

    1. Jimi: All Is by My Side

    20131h 58mR66Metascore
    5.7 (7.2K)
    A drama based on Jimi Hendrix's life as he left New York City for London, where his career took off.
    DirectorJohn RidleyStarsAndré 3000Hayley AtwellImogen Poots
  • Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock (1957)

    2. Jailhouse Rock

    19571h 36mApproved68Metascore
    6.5 (10K)
    After serving time for manslaughter, young Vince Everett becomes a teenage rock star.
    DirectorRichard ThorpeStarsElvis PresleyJudy TylerMickey Shaughnessy
  • Last Days (2005)

    3. Last Days

    20051h 37mR67Metascore
    5.7 (24K)
    A Seattle musician's life and career are reminiscent of those of Kurt Cobain.
    DirectorGus Van SantStarsMichael PittLukas HaasAsia Argento
  • Kurt Cobain in Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015)

    4. Cobain: Montage of Heck

    20152h 12mTV-MA83Metascore
    7.5 (33K)
    An authorized documentary on the late musician Kurt Cobain, from his early days in Aberdeen, Washington to his success and downfall with the grunge band Nirvana.
    DirectorBrett MorgenStarsKurt CobainWendy O'ConnorDon Cobain
  • Guy Kent in The Day the Music Died (2010)

    5. The Day the Music Died

    201025mShort
    6.4 (389)
    Inspired by the trailblazing music and tragic end of Buddy Holly, a modern-day depiction seeks after the same success in a surreal Los Angeles.
    DirectorBruno MiottoStarsGuy KentPaige SegalJon Morgan Woodward
  • Leo Gregory in Stoned (2005)

    6. Stoned

    20051h 42mR41Metascore
    5.7 (4.2K)
    A chronicle of the sordid life and suspicious death of Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones, who was found in the bottom of his swimming pool weeks after being let go from the band.
    DirectorStephen WoolleyStarsLeo GregoryPaddy ConsidineDavid Morrissey
  • Adrien Brody, Norman Reedus, Beyoncé, Jeffrey Wright, and Shiloh Fernandez in Cadillac Records (2008)

    7. Cadillac Records

    20081h 49mR65Metascore
    7.0 (24K)
    Chronicles the rise of Chess Records and its recording artists.
    DirectorDarnell MartinStarsAdrien BrodyJeffrey WrightBeyoncé
  • Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb in Sid and Nancy (1986)

    8. Sid and Nancy

    19861h 52mR76Metascore
    7.0 (36K)
    The relationship between Sid Vicious, bassist for British punk group Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen is portrayed.
    DirectorAlex CoxStarsGary OldmanChloe WebbDavid Hayman
  • Lou Diamond Phillips in La Bamba (1987)

    9. La Bamba

    19871h 48mPG-1365Metascore
    7.0 (38K)
    Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of early rock and roll singer Ritchie Valens who died at age 17 in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper.
    DirectorLuis ValdezStarsLou Diamond PhillipsEsai MoralesRosanna DeSoto
  • Across the Universe (2007)

    10. Across the Universe

    20072h 13mPG-1356Metascore
    7.3 (116K)
    The music of The Beatles, New York in the 1960s, and the American youth's actions to protest the Vietnam War, form the backdrop for the romance between an upper-class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist.
    DirectorJulie TaymorStarsEvan Rachel WoodJim SturgessJoe Anderson
  • Pink Floyd in Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)

    11. Pink Floyd: The Wall

    19821h 35mR47Metascore
    8.0 (88K)
    A confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
    DirectorAlan ParkerStarsBob GeldofChristine HargreavesJames Laurenson
  • Jamie Foxx in Ray (2004)

    12. Ray

    20042h 32mPG-1373Metascore
    7.7 (161K)
    The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s.
    DirectorTaylor HackfordStarsJamie FoxxRegina KingKerry Washington
  • Marion Cotillard in La Vie En Rose (2007)

    13. La Vie En Rose

    20072h 20mPG-1366Metascore
    7.5 (92K)
    Biopic of the iconic French singer Édith Piaf. Raised by her grandmother in a brothel, she was discovered while singing on a street corner at the age of 19. Despite her success, Piaf's life was filled with tragedy.
    DirectorOlivier DahanStarsMarion CotillardSylvie TestudPascal Greggory
  • Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Paul Angelis, Peter Batten, John Clive, George Harrison, Geoffrey Hughes, Lance Percival, Ringo Starr, and The Beatles in Yellow Submarine (1968)

    14. Yellow Submarine

    19681h 25mG79Metascore
    7.4 (29K)
    The Beatles agree to accompany Captain Fred in his yellow submarine and go to Pepperland to free it from the music-hating Blue Meanies.
    DirectorGeorge DunningStarsPaul McCartneyGeorge HarrisonRingo Starr
  • I'm Not There (2007)

    15. I'm Not There

    20072h 15mR73Metascore
    6.8 (63K)
    Ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where six characters embody a different aspect of the musician's life and work.
    DirectorTodd HaynesStarsChristian BaleCate BlanchettHeath Ledger
  • Amadeus (1984)

    16. Amadeus

    19842h 40mPG87Metascore
    8.4 (449K)
    The life, success and troubles of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as told by Antonio Salieri, the contemporaneous composer who was deeply jealous of Mozart's talent and claimed to have murdered him.
    DirectorMilos FormanStarsF. Murray AbrahamTom HulceElizabeth Berridge
  • Joaquin Phoenix in Walk the Line (2005)

    17. Walk the Line

    20052h 16mPG-1372Metascore
    7.8 (274K)
    A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash's life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.
    DirectorJames MangoldStarsJoaquin PhoenixReese WitherspoonGinnifer Goodwin
  • John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd in The Blues Brothers (1980)

    18. The Blues Brothers

    19802h 13mR60Metascore
    7.9 (222K)
    Jake Blues rejoins his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.
    DirectorJohn LandisStarsJohn BelushiDan AykroydCab Calloway
  • Kate Hudson in Almost Famous (2000)

    19. Almost Famous

    20002h 2mR90Metascore
    7.9 (304K)
    A high-school boy in the early 1970s is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour.
    DirectorCameron CroweStarsBilly CrudupPatrick FugitKate Hudson
  • Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild (2007)

    20. Into the Wild

    20072h 28mR73Metascore
    8.0 (680K)
    After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness.
    DirectorSean PennStarsEmile HirschVince VaughnCatherine Keener
  • Angela Bassett in What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)

    21. What's Love Got to Do with It

    19931h 58mR76Metascore
    7.3 (26K)
    The story of singer Tina Turner's rise to stardom and how she gained the courage to break free from her abusive husband, Ike Turner.
    DirectorBrian GibsonStarsAngela BassettLaurence FishburneRaéVen Kelly
  • Beyoncé, Anika Noni Rose, and Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls (2006)

    22. Dreamgirls

    20062h 10mPG-1376Metascore
    6.6 (79K)
    A trio of black female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.
    DirectorBill CondonStarsBeyoncéJamie FoxxEddie Murphy
  • Stephen Dorff, Ian Hart, Gary Bakewell, Sheryl Lee, Chris O'Neill, and Scot Williams in Backbeat (1994)

    23. Backbeat

    19941h 40mR
    6.7 (6.8K)
    A dramatization of the Hamburg, Germany phase of The Beatles' early history.
    DirectorIain SoftleyStarsStephen DorffSheryl LeeIan Hart

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