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1. Unsung (2008– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A series that profiles some of the most influential, talented yet forgotten R&B, Soul and Gospel artists of the 1970s, '80s and '90s.
Stars: Gary Anthony Williams, Steven Ivory, Dyana Williams, Nelson George
Votes: 393
2.
Soul America (2020)
Episode:
Sweet Love
(2020)
Not Rated | Documentary, Music
How, in the 70s and 80s, bedroom soul was born to soften soul's hard edges.
Stars: Nat Adderley Jr., Carleen Anderson, Anita Baker, Gordon Banks
Votes: 5
3.
Dear Mama (2022– )
Episode:
Changes
(2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Tupac bursts on the scene in music and movies, but being a mainstream star and a militant activist comes at a cost. Afeni's activism lands her and her Panther comrades in a political show trial that could end with all of them in prison.
Director: Allen Hughes | Stars: Marlon Brando, Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg, Mike Tyson
Votes: 139
4.
Dear Mama (2022– )
Episode:
Ambitionz Az A Ridah
(2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Tupac spends nearly a year at the Clinton Correctional Facility at Dannemora; he leaves hardened by the experience and immediately joins Death Row Records.
Director: Allen Hughes | Stars: Tim Roth, Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg, Mike Tyson
Votes: 117
5.
Dear Mama (2022– )
Episode:
Until the End of Time
(2023)
TV-MA | 49 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
After attending a Tyson fight in Las Vegas, Tupac is shot and killed; Afeni is paralyzed with grief after the death of her son; she manages to secure Tupac's legacy.
Director: Allen Hughes | Stars: Jasmine Guy, Tupac Shakur, Mike Tyson, Dr. Dre
Votes: 113
6.
Unsung (2008– )
Episode:
Disco
(2013)
TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, Music
Stars: Patrick Adams, Vince Aletti, Billy Amato, Fred Buggs
Votes: 8
7. 30 for 30 (2009– )
TV-G | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A collection of documentary films focused on sports.
Stars: Brent Musburger, Chuck D, Larry Bird, William C. Rhoden
Votes: 5,553
8. Stop the Violence Movement: Self Destruction (1989 Music Video)
TV-PG | 7 min | Music
A music video for the 1988 charity song "Self-Destruction" by a collection of Hip-Hop recording artists called Stop the Violence Movement. The music video brings awareness of the elevated ... See full summary »
Directors: Lionel C. Martin, Andre Banks | Stars: KRS-One, D-Nice, Ms. Melodie, Boogie Down Productions
Votes: 12
9.
Dear Mama (2022– )
Episode:
Panther Power
(2023)
TV-MA | 67 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
17-yr-old Tupac navigates school, poverty, and family, dreaming of using poetry and music to spread the message of his mother, Black Panther activist Afeni Shakur. Haunted by her past, Afeni fears it will affect Tupac's promising future.
Director: Allen Hughes | Stars: Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mike Tyson
Votes: 156
10.
Dear Mama (2022– )
Episode:
So Many Tears
(2023)
TV-MA | 34 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Tupac's legal troubles escalate, with multiple arrests, charged with sexual assault in New York. Afeni, the voice of the New York Panther 21, defending herself at trial and shocking the ... See full summary »
Director: Allen Hughes | Stars: Jasmine Guy, Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg, Mike Tyson
Votes: 133
11.
Unsung (2008– )
Episode:
Millie Jackson
(2012)
TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, Music
Director: Anthony Storm | Stars: Da Brat, Dwaine Caraway, L.C. Cooke, A. Scott Galloway
Votes: 9
12.
Unsung Hollywood (2014–2018)
Episode:
Dick Gregory
(2014)
TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, History
Director: Classietta Davis-Foreman | Stars: Richard Belzer, Charnele Brown, Dave Chappelle, Bill Cosby
Votes: 9
13. Blacking Up: Hip-Hop's Remix of Race and Identity (2010 TV Movie)
58 min | Documentary
Director: Robert Anderson Clift | Stars: Aesop Rock, Amiri Baraka, Maurice Berger, Chuck D
Votes: 15
14.
Unsung (2008– )
Episode:
Nile Rodgers & Chic
(2014)
TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, Music
Stars: Alfa Anderson, Bob Clearmountain, Robert Drake, Bernard Edwards
Votes: 7
15.
Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus (2017–2018)
Episode:
George Clinton
(2017)
TV-MA | 30 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography
A cornerstone figure in funk music, George Clinton goes from singing a cappella in a barbershop to chasing Motown glory in Detroit with his band, the Parliaments, and forges a lasting sound that goes on to fuel the new genre of hip-hop.
Director: Mike Judge | Stars: Sheila Brody, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Ronald Edwards
Votes: 68
16. Dear Mama (2022– )
TV-MA | 65 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
A documentary series which follows the life and legacy of Tupac Shakur and his mother, the Black Panther activist Afeni Shakur.
Stars: Mike Tyson, Gloria Cox, Snoop Dogg, Jamal Joseph
Votes: 1,556
17. Mike Judge Presents: Tales from the Tour Bus (2017–2018)
TV-MA | 30 min | Documentary, Animation, Biography
The raucous adventures of musicians such as Johnny Paycheck, Jerry Lee Lewis, George Jones and Tammy Wynette, as told by those who knew them best. Season 2 covers the legends of funk.
Stars: Mike Judge, Kinky Friedman, Shooter Jennings, Don Adams
Votes: 1,494
18.
Hip-Hop Evolution (2016– )
Episode:
The Birth of Gangsta Rap
(2016)
TV-MA | 47 min | Documentary, Music
Ice-T uses Hip-Hop to reflect the violence of L.A. and inspires a new form of Hip-Hop: Gangsta Rap. N.W.A's first album, Straight Outta Compton, shocks America. Dr. Dre makes The Chronic, and creates Hip-Hop's first hardcore pop record.
Directors: Darby Wheeler, Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen | Stars: Paul Ackerley, B-Real, Cheo Hodari Coker, Cold 187um
Votes: 240
19. Metal Evolution (2011–2014)
Documentary, Music
Metal Evolution is broken down into episodes about a different piece of metal history. The series includes interviews with and about Alice Cooper, Slash, Lemmy, Rob Zombie, members of ... See full summary »
Stars: Sam Dunn, Scott Ian, Bruce Dickinson, Deena Weinstein
Votes: 2,654
20.
Unsung (2008– )
Episode:
Florence Ballard
(2009)
TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, Music
Stars: Alan Abrams, Maxine Ballard, Peter Benjaminson, Janie Bradford
Votes: 17
21.
Unsung (2008– )
Episode:
Zapp & Roger
(2009)
TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, Music
Stars: DJ King Assassin, Barry Benson, Ricardo Bray, Dale DeGroat
Votes: 18
22.
Metal Evolution (2011–2014)
Episode:
Pre-Metal
(2011)
TV-PG | 41 min | Documentary, Music
Tracing the origins of metal is a phantasmagoric odyssey that traverses cities and countries, oceans and continents. From Memphis' Sun Studio to The Kinks in England.
Directors: Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen | Stars: Carmine Appice, Sebastian Bach, Paul Bostaph, Rob Bowman
Votes: 153
23. The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005–2015)
TV-14 | 40 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Making a satire out of the entire Late Night Show concept Scotsman Craig Ferguson hosts his show with a robot skeleton and a "horse" as his sidekicks. The show features the stereotypical parts of a Late Show, but all in their own, raw way.
Stars: Craig Ferguson, Shadoe Stevens, Josh Robert Thompson, Joseph Bolter
Votes: 11,499
24. Hip-Hop Evolution (2016– )
TV-MA | 90 min | Documentary, Music
MC and journalist Shad Kabango meets with Hip-Hop's biggest stars to retrace how Hip-Hop became the world's most popular music, but realizes that Hip-Hop's true legacy is something much more profound.
Stars: Shad, LL Cool J, Big Daddy Kane, Cheo Hodari Coker
Votes: 6,456
25. The Sixties (2014)
42 min | Documentary, History
Interviews and archival footage focusing on the politics, music, technical advancements, drugs and the "free love" movement of the 1960s.
Stars: John Heilemann, Tim Naftali, Robert Dallek, Dan Rather
Votes: 1,643
26. Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music (2016)
Documentary, History, Music
Soundbreaking explores the history of recorded music. Featuring more than 150 original interviews, the series charts a century's worth of innovation and experimentation, and offers a behind-the-scenes look at the birth of brand new sounds.
Stars: Dermot Mulroney, Todd Boyd, Questlove, Don Was
Votes: 1,419
27. Get Up, Stand Up (2003)
330 min | Documentary, History, Music
The Story of Pop and Politics: About the relationship between performers and politics in the USA, the UK, Germany and France from the 1960s until 2003.
Stars: Bono, Graham Nash, Jim Kerr, Michael Franti
Votes: 91
28.
Unsung (2008– )
Episode:
Teena Marie
(2009)
TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, Music
Stars: Larkin Arnold, Yvette Barlow, Anthony Brockert, Mary Anne Brockert
Votes: 17
29.
Unsung (2008– )
Episode:
Whodini
(2012)
TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, Music
Stars: Whodini, Michael Bivins, Ann Carli, Melanie Carter
Votes: 13
30.
Unsung (2008– )
Episode:
KC and the Sunshine Band
(2015)
TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, Music
Stars: Steve Alaimo, Savina Barnsley, Oliver Brown, Harry Wayne Casey
Votes: 8
31. Treme (2010–2013)
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, Music
Life after Hurricane Katrina as the residents of New Orleans try to rebuild their lives, their homes, and their unique culture in the aftermath of one of the worst natural disasters in the USA.
Stars: Khandi Alexander, Rob Brown, Kim Dickens, Melissa Leo
Votes: 15,922
32. And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop (2004)
300 min | Documentary, History, Music
A five-part documentary series released by VH1 in 2004. The series recounts the development of hip hop culture from its birth in New York City in the 1970s through its flowering into a global phenomenon in the 21st Century.
Stars: Bill Adler, Will Smith, Ice-T, Snoop Dogg
Votes: 201
33. Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music (2005– )
360 min | Documentary, Music
Soul music has conquered the world in the last 50 years - growing from the raw, electric rhythms of the black underclass, it is now a billion dollar industry with R&B and hip-hop dominating... See full summary »
Stars: Colin Salmon, James Brown, Etta James, Jerry Butler
Votes: 114
34. The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame... (1999–2007)
Not Rated | 30 min | Sport
A show which takes sports most memorable blunders, bad calls, and questionable moments and sheds a new light on them to show why the party who made the mistake should be let off the hook.
Stars: Brian Kenny, Steve Hirdt, Bob Costas, Michael Wilbon
Votes: 78
35.
The Chris Rock Show (1997–2000)
Episode:
Episode #2.9
(1997)
TV-MA | 27 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Red-hot actor-comedian Chris Rock hosts this Emmy(R)-winning comedy/music/talk series that features a riotous blend of brash wit and high energy. Special guests: Rev. Al Sharpton, Mary J. Blige.
Director: Linda Mendoza | Stars: Mary J. Blige, Grandmaster Flash, Monteria Ivey, Chris Rock
Votes: 11
36.
VH1 Rock Docs (2006–2014)
Episode:
Soul Train: The Hippest Trip in America
(2010)
TV-PG | 64 min
An American documentary narrated by Terrence Howard about the groundbreaking television series "Soul Train (1971)" and how it became an iconic pop cultural phenomenon.
Directors: Amy Goldberg, J. Kevin Swain | Stars: Don Cornelius, Danyel Smith, Jesse Jackson, Martin Luther King
Votes: 44
37.
The Eighties (2016)
Episode:
Video Killed the Radio Star
(2016)
Documentary, History
The revolution of music videos, music genres and women taking the stages with their own bands. This is about how the music industry changed drastically during the eighties from the death of John Lennon to the discovery of Nirvana.
Stars: The B-52's, The Bangles, Beastie Boys, Pat Benatar
Votes: 145
38.
Hip-Hop Evolution (2016– )
Episode:
The Underground to the Mainstream
(2016)
TV-MA | 47 min | Documentary, Music
Hip-Hop crews in the Bronx and Harlem begin to form around the DJs, but these pioneering groups never record any music. It would take R&B veterans to see the genre's commercial potential and create Hip-Hop's first hit, "Rapper's Delight."
Directors: Darby Wheeler, Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen | Stars: Sal Abbatiello, Bill Adler, Charlie Ahearn, Claire Armstrong
Votes: 241
39.
Hip-Hop Evolution (2016– )
Episode:
The New Guard
(2016)
TV-MA | 47 min | Documentary, Music
Run-DMC ushers in a new era of Hip-Hop. Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin build Hip-Hop's first empire, Def Jam. An unknown producer finds a new way to make beats and launches Hip-Hop's Golden... See full summary »
Directors: Darby Wheeler, Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen | Stars: Sal Abbatiello, Bill Adler, Big Daddy Kane, Kurtis Blow
Votes: 224
40.
Unsung (2008– )
Episode:
Mtume
(2018)
TV-PG | Documentary, Biography, Music
Stars: Scot Brown, Daddy-O, Wade Dean, Hubert Eaves III
Votes: 9
41. The Get Down (2016–2017)
TV-MA | 52 min | Drama, Music, Musical
A ragtag group of teenagers run wild in the streets of the Bronx in the late 1970s.
Stars: Justice Smith, Shameik Moore, Herizen F. Guardiola, Skylan Brooks
Votes: 23,702
42. American Masters (1985– )
TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary series focusing on great American artists and personalities.
Stars: Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Tony Bennett, Dick Cavett
Votes: 1,173
43. Independent Lens (1999– )
TV-14 | Documentary
Independent Lens is an award-winning PBS documentary series that streams on the PBS App and airs on public television. Independent Lens documentaries focus on stories of underrepresented ... See full summary »
Stars: America Ferrera, Terrence Howard, Stanley Tucci, Mary-Louise Parker
Votes: 635
44. The Seventies (2015)
42 min | Documentary, History
A documentary series focusing on the ongoing Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, evolving music industry, the Iran Hostage Crisis, the sexual revolution, and the rise of foreign and domestic terrorism.
Stars: Douglas Brinkley, Rick Perlstein, Chris Connelly, Dan Rather
Votes: 1,496
45. The Eighties (2016)
42 min | Documentary, History
A documentary series focusing on the Reagan presidency, the AIDS crisis, the end of the Cold War, Wall Street corruption, the tech boom, the expansion of television, and the evolving music industry.
Stars: H.W. Brands, Chris Connelly, Gil Troy, Tom Hanks
Votes: 1,511
46. Chris Rock: Bring the Pain (1996 TV Special)
TV-MA | 58 min | Comedy
The second HBO stand-up special by Chris Rock.
Director: Keith Truesdell | Stars: Chris Rock, Jim Breuer, Mario Joyner, Tracy Morgan
Votes: 4,232
47. Raisin' Kane: A Rapumentary (2001)
76 min | Documentary
Director: Alison Duke | Stars: Jeff Duke, Nelson George, Michie Mee, Rob Paris
Votes: 13
48.
The Chris Rock Show (1997–2000)
Episode:
Episode #2.1
(1997)
TV-MA | 26 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
News report on the comedy war; Tribute to Mobutu Seko; Puff Daddy Remix; and Prof. Thad Taylor on the Civil Rights situation. Special Guest: Arsenio Hall Musical Guest: Puff Daddy and Mase.
Director: Linda Mendoza | Stars: Andrew Dice Clay, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Janeane Garofalo, Grandmaster Flash
Votes: 18
49.
American Gangster (2006–2009)
Episode:
Philly Black Mafia
(2007)
TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary
Black Inc. became code for Murder Inc. on the street of Philadelphia in 1970s. American Gangster explores the mentality, ruthless precision and deranged violence that was associated with the infamous Philly Black Mafia.
Stars: Eugene 'Bo' Baynes, Geraldine Brown, Barry Michael Cooper, Sean Patrick Griffin
Votes: 8
50.
The Chris Rock Show (1997–2000)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(1997)
TV-MA | 21 min | Comedy, Music, Talk-Show
Chris Rocks remembers and reminisces; opening jokes; petition for Tupac Shakur Blvd. Special Guest: Johnnie Cochran. Commercial for Million Man March memorabilia; report from legal correspondent; heart pounding scene.
Director: Scott Preston | Stars: Chris Rock, Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., Prince, Grandmaster Flash
Votes: 19