20 movies like I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, ordered by similarity : Standing in the Shadows of Motown(2002), Iron Maiden: Flight 666(2009), It Might Get Loud(2008), Bad Reputation(2018), Two Trains Runnin'(2016), Gimme Danger(2016), Scott Walker: 30 Century Man(2006), Roger Waters: Us + Them(2019), Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony(2002), Jimi Hendrix(1973), Berlin(2007), The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town(2010) ...
Documentary
USA
2002
93 Minutes
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First-time filmmaker and award-winning photographer Sam Jones documents the recording of Wilco's album, "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot."
Documentary
USA
2002
108 Minutes
Benny "Papa Zita" Benjamin Eddie "Bongo" Brown James Jamerson Brian Marable
guitarist bassist pianist drummer singer endearing inspiring fascinating detroit stage music aspirations motown records rise 2000s
Documentary about the Funk Brothers, a group of Detroit musicians who backed up dozens of Motown artists.
Documentary
UK|Canada
2009
112 Minutes
Sam Dunn
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A chronological account of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden's 2008 world tour through India, Australia, Japan, USA, Canada, Mexico and South America in a jet piloted by the band's front man, Bruce Dickinson. Features interviews with the musicians, their road crew and fans.
Documentary, Music
USA
2008
97 Minutes
The Edge Jimmy Page Jack White Dallas Schoo
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A documentary on the electric guitar from the point of view of three significant rock musicians: the Edge, Jimmy Page and Jack White.
Documentary, Music
USA
2018
95 Minutes
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Documentary about rock star Joan Jett.
Documentary
2016
80 Minutes
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In June of 1964, two groups of young men travel to Mississippi. Though neither group was aware of the other, each had come on the same errand: to find an old blues singer and coax him out of retirement.
Documentary, Music
USA
2016
108 Minutes
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An in-depth look at the legendary punk band, The Stooges.
Biography, Documentary, Music
UK
2006
96 Minutes
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A documentary on the influential musician Scott Walker.
Documentary, Music
UK
2019
135 Minutes
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A look at Roger Waters' 2017-2018 concert tour.
Documentary
South Africa|USA
2002
108 Minutes
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Interviews, archival footage, and filmed performances highlight the role of music in the South African struggle against apartheid.
Documentary
USA
1973
102 Minutes
Joe Boyd
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This documentary was made three years after Jimi Hendrix's untimely death. At the time it was an example of how a visual biography should be done, but some of the information in it needs ... See full summary »
Documentary, Music
UK|USA
2007
81 Minutes
Emmanuelle Seigner Lou Reed Anohni Brooklyn Youth Chorus Rob Wasserman Steve Hunter
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Lou Reed's 2006 live concert performance of his 1973 concept album "Berlin", filmed over five nights at St. Ann's Warehouse in Brooklyn, New York.
Documentary
USA
2010
87 Minutes
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Takes us into the studio with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band for the recording of their fourth album.
Documentary, Music
USA
1972
93 Minutes
Pierre Adidge
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Concert footage and offstage documentary of singer Elvis Presley.
Documentary
1988
99 Minutes
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Filmmaker Phil Joanou shows the Irish rock band on tour, in Harlem, at Elvis Presley's mansion and in concert, mostly in black and white.
Documentary, Music
USA
1984
88 Minutes
Bernie Worrell Alex Weir Steve Scales Lynn Mabry Edna Holt Tina Weymouth Jerry Harrison Chris Frantz David Byrne
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An innovative concert movie for the rock group The Talking Heads.
Documentary
USA
1989
85 Minutes
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Relationships, rehearsals, performances, hobbies, family life of the members of the Guarneri string quartet
Documentary
USA
2001
98 Minutes
Chris Hegedus The Cox Family Nashville Bluegrass Band The Peasall Sisters Fairfield Four
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This is a documentary about the musical artists who performed the songs in the Coen Brothers' film O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Documentary, Music
USA
2019
95 Minutes
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Meet David Crosby in this portrait of a man with everything but an easy retirement on his mind.
Documentary
USA
2007
85 Minutes
Catherine Owens
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A 3-D presentation of U2's global "Vertigo" tour. Shot at seven different shows, this production employs the greatest number of 3-D cameras ever used for a single project.
Documentary, Music
Germany|USA|UK|France|Cuba
1999
101 Minutes
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Aging Cuban musicians whose talents had been virtually forgotten following Castro's takeover of Cuba, are brought out of retirement by Ry Cooder, who travelled to Havana in order to bring the musicians together, resulting in triumphant performances of extraordinary music, and resurrecting the musicians' careers.