Music films

Moss

Lots of these are great - Control is one of my all time favourite films

I'll add:
Mistaken For Strangers

Shut Up and Play the Hits

Winny_Pooh

Of those mentioned:
Mistaken for strangers
Some kind of monster
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (fictional, hilarious)
It might get loud

Not mentioned:
Buena Vista Social club

BloodEagle

The Devil in Daniel Johnston
Don't Look Back (Bob Dylan)
A Band called Death

RandallFlagg

I can't belive no-one has mentioned U2's "Rattle and Hum". It should have won Oscars. Bongo and his chums on their hilarious musical journey across the USA. Numerous groundbreaking scenes, including the band watching a street busker and staring at Elvis Presley's grave in Gracelands. It brings a tear to my eye every time.

57Deluxe

on a par with footie films...

axisus

fftc said:

Can't believe no-one has said

Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny

yet!

True life documentary of the history of the greatest band in the world.

That was terrible ....

axisus

A couple of good calls:

Almost Famous. Boy did I fancy Kate Hudson in that!

Yellow Submarine. Still love that film, the style of the animation is fantastic, brilliant characters as well with the Blue Meanies. As a kid I was mesmerised seeing the film, and especially keen on Glove.

MagicPigDetective

And now for some Jazz:

Bird
Mo better blues.
Miles ahead (haven't seen it yet)

Great. 

AlexC

The great British director John Boorman (Deliverence, Point Blank, Excalibur) started his career with Catch Us If You Can - a film 'starring' The Dave Clark Five. An enjoyable piece of swinging 60s, Chelsea booted, Hard Day's Night rip off. And why isn't Clark mentioned in the same drumming circles as Bonham and Grohl? Watch this film and find out.

Vibetronic

there's a really good one I've seen called "Metalhead". It's Icelandic, and is about a girl whose brother (a metal fan) dies, and whilst sinking into depression/getting out of control, gets into metal, learns to play the guitar and so on. It's pretty bleak for the most part, but the ending is fantastic and it's actually a really, really good film. Highly recommended. 

Dopesick

I bloody love 24 Hour Party People, one of my all time favourites.

Also loved Moonwalker - watched it loads of times as a child. Spinal Tap of course. Quadrophenia.

Then there's the Decline Of Western Civilization series from the 80s, but they're more documentaries I guess.

english_bob

fretmeister said:

Rock Star. Fictionalised version of Tim Owens getting the Judas Priest job.

Damien Lewis, Timothy Spall on top form 

Tim Spall, Dominic West and Jason Flemyng, plus small roles for Zakk Wylde and Nick Catanese from Black Label Society, Jason Bonham and a few other musicians. No Damien Lewis though.

Totally different, but equally good are John Carney's films - Once, Begin Again and Sing Street

Also worth watching the Wilco documentary "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart", where what was shaping up to be a run-of-the-mill fan movie turned out to be in the right place at the right time to catch the band's principal songwriter and its "sonic architect" come to loggerheads, and the band's label dropping them over their "un-sellable" new album.

TimmyO

Not a movie, but "Vinyl" was a fantastic - think it was on Sky Atlantic - worth tracking down 

Jalapeno

+1 for a lot of those ^^^^^^^^

Amadeus is awesome - lengths musicians will go to driven by petty jealousy (Mozart & Salieri)

Sweet & Lowdown - Woody Allen's spoof on 2nd greatest jazz guitarist ever (faints every time he gets near to meeting Django Reinhardt)

Most of Quentin Tarantino's films have awesome soundtracks

Lewy

Crazy Heart - amazing performance by Jeff Bridges, and great music if you're a country/Americana fan

english_bob

ICBM said:

Backbeat - about Stuart Sutcliffe and the early Beatles.

"Nowhere Boy" makes for an interesting double bill- focuses on John's relationship with his mother during his teenage years, but has the Beatles firmly in the foreground of the background. Ends right about where "Backbeat" begins.

ESBlonde

Help and Hard days night were influential to those of a certain age. The docu-drama style of Let it Be makes it interesting and enjoyable.
Blues Bros is a classic

Budgie

Not seen mentioned above

Crossroads
Spike Island
Blues Brothers
Bunch of Kunst (Sleaford Mods thing... not seen it)
Let's Get Lost
Don't Look Back
Leningrad Cowboys go America
The Commitments
Jubilee (probably doesn't really count)
Breaking Glass
Great Rock n Roll Swindle

uncledick

ESBlonde said:

Help and Hard days night were influential to those of a certain age. The docu-drama style of Let it Be makes it interesting and enjoyable.
Blues Bros is a classic

Finally, someone mentions one I've watched:  Hard Days Night in about 1975.  Thought it was rubbish.

Philly_Q

Beware of Mr Baker - documentary about Ginger Baker.  I saw it at the London Film Festival and I remember a few people in the audience were bitching at the director about it... but I can't remember why.

Jimi: All Is By My Side - that rotten Hendrix biopic with Andre 3000.