My Music Films Collection
by Rainey-Dawn | created - 25 Oct 2015 | updated - 7 months ago | PublicMy collection of music films. Concerts, Rock Films and Documentaries.
I have 3 Beatles films that are not listed on IMDb: The Beatles Unauthorized, Fun with the Fab Four & The Beatles are Coming.
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1. When You're Strange (2009)
R | 86 min | Documentary, Music
A look at the late '60s and early '70s rock band The Doors, including rare exclusive footage.
Director: Tom DiCillo | Stars: Johnny Depp, John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek
Votes: 10,266 | Gross: $0.24M
A Single Film. Outstanding.
2. The Doors: Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1987 Video)
Not Rated | 71 min | Documentary, Music
A 1968 concert given by the rock group The Doors at the Hollywood Bowl in Hollywood, California.
Director: Ray Manzarek | Stars: Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore
Votes: 1,058
A Single Film. Incredible performance.
3. The Doors: Soundstage Performances (2002 Video)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary, Music
Three different TV appearances ('67-'70) including old interviews, performances and the commentaries about specific songs by band members.
Director: Jack Ofield | Stars: Danny Sugerman, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger
Votes: 166
A Single Film - Excellent Show
4. The Doors (1991)
R | 140 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band The Doors and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison, from his days as a UCLA film student in Los Angeles, to his untimely death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971.
Director: Oliver Stone | Stars: Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan, Frank Whaley
Votes: 98,977 | Gross: $35.18M
A Single Film. Good movie.
5. Don't Look Back (1967)
Not Rated | 96 min | Documentary, Music
Documentary covering Bob Dylan's 1965 tour of England, which includes appearances by Joan Baez and Donovan.
Director: D.A. Pennebaker | Stars: Bob Dylan, Albert Grossman, Bob Neuwirth, Joan Baez
Votes: 9,999
A Single Film. Simply fantastic.
6.
American Masters (1985– )
Episode:
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
(2005)
Not Rated | 208 min | Documentary, Biography, History
A chronicle of Bob Dylan's strange evolution between 1961 and 1966 from folk singer to protest singer to "voice of a generation" to rock star.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Bob Dylan, B.J. Rolfzen, Dick Kangas, Liam Clancy
Votes: 12,104
A Single Film. Great, informative.
7. Show: A Night in the Life of Matchbox Twenty (2004 Video)
220 min | Music, Documentary
Directors: Hamish Hamilton, Gillian Grisman | Stars: Rob Thomas, Matt Beck, Kyle Cook, Paul Doucette
Votes: 74
A Single Film. A good concert.
8. Purple Rain (1984)
R | 111 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A young musician, tormented by an abusive situation at home, must contend with a rival singer, a burgeoning romance, and his own dissatisfied band, as his star begins to rise.
Director: Albert Magnoli | Stars: Prince, Apollonia Kotero, Morris Day, Olga Karlatos
Votes: 23,787 | Gross: $68.39M
A single film. Good show.
9. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
R | 118 min | Drama, Music
Anxious about his future after high school, a 19-year-old Italian-American from Brooklyn tries to escape the harsh reality of his bleak family life by dominating the dance floor at the local disco.
Director: John Badham | Stars: John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney, Barry Miller, Joseph Cali
Votes: 87,377 | Gross: $94.21M
Travolta 2-pack. Loved it - my childhood!
10. Staying Alive (1983)
PG | 93 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Five years later, Tony Manero's Saturday Night Fever is still burning. Now he's strutting toward his biggest challenge yet: succeeding as a dancer on the Broadway stage.
Director: Sylvester Stallone | Stars: John Travolta, Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes, Steve Inwood
Votes: 17,578 | Gross: $64.89M
Travolta 2-pack. Better than the critics say it is.
11. Footloose (1984)
PG | 107 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A city teenager moves to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.
Director: Herbert Ross | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer, John Lithgow, Dianne Wiest
Votes: 91,986 | Gross: $80.04M
Single film. Good movie.
12. This Is Elvis (1981)
PG | 110 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The life and career of Elvis Presley are chronicled in home movies, concert footage, and dramatizations. Subjects include early performances, army service, Ed Sullivan Show appearance, marriage, 1968 comeback, health decline and death.
Directors: Malcolm Leo, Andrew Solt | Stars: Elvis Presley, David Scott, Paul Boensch III, Johnny Harra
Votes: 1,641 | Gross: $2.03M
Elvis 7-film collection. Excellent documentary
13. Elvis on Tour (1972)
G | 93 min | Documentary, Music
Concert footage and offstage documentary of singer Elvis Presley.
Directors: Robert Abel, Pierre Adidge | Stars: Elvis Presley, Bill Baize, Estell Brown, James Burton
Votes: 1,872
Elvis 7-film collection. Good Concert Documentary
14. Elvis: That's the Way It Is (1970)
PG | 97 min | Documentary, Music
After years of making movies, the King made a triumphant return to the stage in 1970. Now, see the backstage footage from rehearsals to relaxing at the hotel and the performances in one of the most intimate looks at Elvis captured on film.
Director: Denis Sanders | Stars: Elvis Presley, James Burton, Glen D. Hardin, Charlie Hodge
Votes: 3,248
Elvis 7-film collection. My favorite Elvis concert and album.
15. Jailhouse Rock (1957)
Not Rated | 96 min | Drama, Music, Musical
After serving time for manslaughter, young Vince Everett becomes a teenage rock star.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Elvis Presley, Judy Tyler, Mickey Shaughnessy, Vaughn Taylor
Votes: 9,828 | Gross: $4.00M
Elvis 7-film collection & 4 film favorites. Pretty good for an Elvis film.
16. Viva Las Vegas (1964)
Approved | 85 min | Comedy, Musical
A race-car driver preparing for the Grand Prix wiles his time in Las Vegas working as a waiter to pay for his new engine and soon strikes up a romance with a beautiful young woman.
Director: George Sidney | Stars: Elvis Presley, Ann-Margret, Cesare Danova, William Demarest
Votes: 9,204 | Gross: $5.13M
Elvis 7-film collection. Average 1960s comedy.
17. Girl Happy (1965)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A Chicago mobster hires a rock'n'roll singer and his band to keep an eye on his daughter during Spring Break in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Director: Boris Sagal | Stars: Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Harold J. Stone, Gary Crosby
Votes: 2,963 | Gross: $7.09M
Elvis 7-film collection. Super fun Elvis film.
18. Spinout (1966)
Not Rated | 90 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Band singer/race driver Mike McCoy must choose between marrying a beautiful rich girl and driving her father's car in a prestigious race.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Elvis Presley, Shelley Fabares, Diane McBain, Dodie Marshall
Votes: 2,353
Elvis 7-film collection. Cute comedy.
19. Roustabout (1964)
PG | 101 min | Drama, Music, Musical
After a singer loses his job at a coffee shop, he finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his attempted romance with a teenager leads to friction with her father.
Director: John Rich | Stars: Elvis Presley, Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Freeman, Leif Erickson
Votes: 3,310 | Gross: $7.19M
Elvis 5-movies collection. Middle of the road Elvis film.
20. Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
PG | 106 min | Comedy, Musical
When he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, a sailor has to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he and his father built. He is also caught between two women: insensitive club singer Robin and sweet Laurel.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Elvis Presley, Stella Stevens, Jeremy Slate, Laurel Goodwin
Votes: 3,619
Elvis 5-movies collection. Not a good Elvis film.
21. Fun in Acapulco (1963)
PG | 97 min | Comedy, Music
A yacht owner's spoiled daughter gets Mike fired, but a boy helps him get a job as singer at Acapulco Hilton etc. He upsets the lifeguard by taking his girl and 3 daily work hours. Mike's also seeing a woman bullfighter.
Director: Richard Thorpe | Stars: Elvis Presley, Ursula Andress, Elsa Cárdenas, Paul Lukas
Votes: 3,777
Elvis 5-movies collection. Mildly entertaining.
22. Blue Hawaii (1961)
Approved | 102 min | Comedy, Musical
After arriving back in Hawaii from the Army, Chad Gates (Elvis Presley) defies his parents' wishes for him to work at the family business and instead goes to work as a tour guide at his girlfriend's agency.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Elvis Presley, Joan Blackman, Angela Lansbury, Nancy Walters
Votes: 7,497 | Gross: $10.44M
Elvis 5-movies collection. Average Elvis flick.
23. G.I. Blues (1960)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Musical
Tulsa, a soldier with dreams of running his own nightclub, places a bet with his friend Dynamite that he can win the heart of an untouchable dancer...but when Dynamite is transferred, Tulsa must replace him in the bet.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Elvis Presley, Juliet Prowse, Robert Ivers, James Douglas
Votes: 4,451 | Gross: $9.37M
Elvis 5-movies collection. A good Elvis film.
24. It Happened at the World's Fair (1963)
Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
Mike and Danny hitch a ride to the World's Fair in Seattle after the sheriff seizes their crop duster biplane to cover Danny's gambling debts. Mike looks after the driver's 7 y.o. niece at the fair, where he meets a cute nurse.
Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Elvis Presley, Joan O'Brien, Gary Lockwood, Vicky Tiu
Votes: 3,126
4 film favorites. Odd but fun.
25. Stay Away, Joe (1968)
PG | 102 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A mixed-race American Indian rodeo champ returns to the reservation to help his people out.
Director: Peter Tewksbury | Stars: Elvis Presley, Burgess Meredith, Joan Blondell, Katy Jurado
Votes: 1,525
4 film favorites. Elvis' worst film - terrible.
26. King Creole (1958)
PG | 116 min | Crime, Drama, Musical
A troubled youth's singing sets New Orleans rockin'. With a sweet girl to love him and nightclubbers cheering, it seems he will shake off his past and head for the top. But will a mobster and his man-trap moll snare him in a life of crime?
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Elvis Presley, Carolyn Jones, Walter Matthau, Dolores Hart
Votes: 6,419
A single film. A good film - enjoyable.
27. Elvis (2022)
PG-13 | 159 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The life of American music icon Elvis Presley, from his childhood to becoming a rock and movie star in the 1950s while maintaining a complex relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
Director: Baz Luhrmann | Stars: Tom Hanks, Austin Butler, Olivia DeJonge, Helen Thomson
Votes: 233,850 | Gross: $151.04M
Single Film. Really good!
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