77.2% from 7 members
Singles
Swinging London had Blow Up, Grunge era Seattle gets Singles. Cameron Crow defined his generation when he still had the odd remnant of subtlety to his romantic touch. Filled with (then) big names like Alice In Chains, Soundgarden and (playing Matt Dillon's backing band Citizen Dick) Pearl Jam, Singles could we'll be the pilot episode for Friends were it not for it's full on soundtrack and arty ambitions.
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Singles
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Matt Dillon, Bridget Fonda, Campbell Scott
Director: Cameron Crowe
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The Seattle music scene is the ideal backdrop for Cameron Crowe's chronicle of the lives of single twentysomethings in the 1990s. Linda (Kyra Sedgwick) and Steve (Campbell Scott) are both tired of the singles scene and meeting the wrong people. Just when they are each ready to give up and give in ..read more »
62%
from 2,302 members
Rock 'N' Roll High School
Basically a low budget Porky's played out as a feature length Ramones promo. And what's wrong with that? Far superior to Kiss Meets The Phantom Of The Park or Slade In Flame. Praise indeed :)
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Rock 'N' Roll High School
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: P.J. Soles, Vincent Van Patten, Clint Howard
Director: Allan Arkush
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In this campy, classic musical tribute to the rock legends the Ramones, the students of Vince Lombardi High School are a wild and rebellious bunch who are sick of sitting in school--they want to go see the Ramones in concert. With the lowest academic scores in Southern California and pathetic ..read more »
59%
from 311 members
Roadie
Meatloaf plays the titular 'Superhero' (yes he has special powers) escorting a young fan across Texas so she can pop her cherry with a member of Alice Cooper. How intrinsically rock is that? Also features acting cameos from all the members of Blondie
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Roadie
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Roy Orbison, Art Carney
Director: Alan Rudolph
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Director Alan Rudolph directed this obscure cult concert comedy while still relatively unknown, and it's quite a rip-roarin' ride for viewers with a fondness for late-1970s nostalgia. Rocker Meat Loaf stars as Travis W. Redfish, a farm boy with a genius for electric engineering that he eventually ..read more »
49%
from 115 members
O Lucky Man!
Alan Price took soundtrack to new levels by appearing in the film everytime one of his songs popped up. This trick has later been utilised in films such as There's Something About Mary and The Life Aquatic, but few movies shift about with such verve and invention as O Lucky Man. Often cited as a classic of it's cinematic era but rarely given props for the quality of the rock on offer. This bloke was in The Animals!!!
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O Lucky Man!
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Arthur Lowe, Ralph Richardson
Director: Lindsay Anderson
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Lindsay Anderson, working again with Malcolm McDowell and Robert Sherwin, continues his comic comment on corruption in British society when Mick Travis (Malcolm McDowell), the school boy from IF. . ., sets out, like a modern Candide, to make his way in the business world. Anderson stretches the ..read more »
71%
from 817 members
Head
Ideally this spot would be shared by 200 Motels and The Grateful Dead
Movie. But Head pips them to the post for being directed by Jack
Nicholson. That's no excuse for the nonsense on show here but it will
help you take a perverse pride next time you see Anger Management
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Head
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Mickey Dolenz, Peter Tork, Michael Nesmith
Director: Bob Rafelson
Certificate:
It's a head trip, man! Director Bob Rafelson's feature film debut is based on the hit television show THE MONKEES, which Rafelson created and produced (along with Bert Schneider). Like the TV show, HEAD follows the adventures of the fictitious pop band the Monkees--four goofy, mop-topped young ..read more »
58%
from 523 members
Clash, The - Rude Boy
Too good to be amongst some of the trash on this list Rude Boy still feels exciting today. Compared to the bloated Great Rock And Roll Swindle or the rock dinosaur nonsense of The Song Remains The Same Rude Boy is one of those Rock Band's Own films that tells you something about the time and place it was made in/for. Like a Punk Rock Hard Day's Night.
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Clash, The - Rude Boy
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Ray Gange, Joe Strummer, Paul Simonon
Director: Raphael Delpard
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RUDE BOY is part drama, part documentary, and part concert film. The camera focuses on Ray Gange, a punk music fan who leaves his dead-end job by landing work as a roadie for his favourite band, The Clash. Intertwined with numerous concert performances of classic songs ("London's Burning," "I ..read more »
57%
from 459 members
Trick Or Treat
Not many people will have heard of Fastway. 'Fast' Eddie Clarke and crew while away from Motorhead made some totally 80's sounding metal as Sammi Curr's backing band. Sammi was a PRMC nightmare who died then haunted the master tapes of his unreleased album. Through Gene Simmons DJ, Ozzy Osbournes chatshow appearances and some dodgy special effects he is reborn like a freddy kruger/Twisted Sister hybrid.
Oh the joys of playing records backwards. Simpler times.
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Trick Or Treat
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Marc Price, Tony Fields, Doug Savant
Director: Charles Martin Smith
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A teenage outcast's obsession and fascination with rock music and heavy metal superstar idol, Sammy Curr, turns into a spine-tingling, life-threatening situation not only for the outcast, but also for his high school and home town. Featuring special appearances by Ozzy Osbourne and Gene Simmons.
60%
from 641 members
Hedwig And The Angry Inch
Fictional Rock Bands needed a full on movie representation here. Josie And The Pussycats were unremarkable. Stillwater only have two songs and Steel Dragon were naff. So I give you Hedwig. A flim rock star so weird you'd buy their records, and they'd probably be huge.
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Hedwig And The Angry Inch
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: John Cameron Mitchell, Michael Pitt, Miriam Shor
Director: John Cameron Mitchell
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John Cameron Mitchell is the creator of the off-Broadway hit HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, which he and composer-lyricist Stephen Trask have transformed into a funny, dramatic, and curiously poignant self-described "post-punk neo-glam musical" film, with extra songs and a new instrumental score. ..read more »
65%
from 3,298 members
Backbeat
...or Beatles Begins. This 'Origins' movie centeres on the fifth Beatle who pursued a career in art and a relationship with his German girlfriend istead of being 'toppermost of the poppermost'. Other great rock reconstruction movies include 'Stoned', 'The Doors', John Carpenter's 'Elvis' and the more recent Ray Charles/Johnny Cash movies. Beackbeat stand out because it's about someone who didn't make it. And it's all the sweeter for it.
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Backbeat
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Sheryl Lee, Stephen Dorff, Ian Hart
Director: Iain Softley
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Set during the Beatles' months in Hamburg in the early Sixties, the story follows the fifth Beatle, Stuart Sutcliffe, who must choose between his best friend John Lennon, the woman he loves, or the biggest rock group in the world.
66%
from 991 members
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
There are reasons some rock movies are forgotten. Sgt Pepper is full of them. The Bee Gee's play the Beatles. The soundtrack is covers of the fab four by the big names of the day. The only masterstroke is casting a 'then' wasted Aerosmith as the Blue Meanies. Makes Tommy look like and Epic.
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Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
(1978)
Starring: Peter Frampton, Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb
Director: Michael Schultz
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Small town band hits it big, but they must battle a nefarious plot in the music industry.
48%
from 14 members
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