Movies like Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

20 movies like Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten, ordered by similarity : Here to Be Heard: The Story of the Slits(2017), Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars(2017), Wheeler(2017), Two Trains Runnin'(2016), United Nation: Three Decades of Drum & Bass(2020), Searching for Sugar Man(2011), Imagine: John Lennon(1988), Iron Maiden: Flight 666(2009), Pearl Jam: Let's Play Two(2017), Heartworn Highways(1976), Bad Reputation(2018), Super Duper Alice Cooper(2014) ...

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Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten

As the front man of the Clash from 1977, Joe Strummer changed people's lives forever. Four years after his death, his influence reaches out around the world, more strongly now than ever before.

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Here to Be Heard: The Story of the Slits

The tale of the formation, journey and end of the seminal Punk/Reggae band The Slits.

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Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars

A look at the life and work of guitarist Eric Clapton, told by those who have known him best, including BB King, Jimi Hendrix, and George Harrison.

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Wheeler

An aspiring musician from Kaufman, Texas travels to Nashville with the lifelong dream of trying his hand at country music.

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Two Trains Runnin'

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.

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United Nation: Three Decades of Drum & Bass

EDM was born out of the Drum and Bass movement, which began in the early 1990's. The scene and its many style permutations have survived and thrived, and heavily influences Grime and the modern EDM arena.

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Searching for Sugar Man

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez.

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Imagine: John Lennon

A biography of the rock music star.

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Iron Maiden: Flight 666

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.

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Pearl Jam: Let's Play Two

Concert film centering on the rock band Pearl Jam's August 2016 shows at Chicago's Wrigley Field.

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Heartworn Highways

The best music and the best whiskey come from the same part of the country.

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Bad Reputation

Documentary about rock star Joan Jett.

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Super Duper Alice Cooper

Super Duper Alice Cooper is the twisted tale of a teenage Dr Jekyll whose rock n roll Mr Hyde almost kills him. It is the story of Vincent Furnier, preacher's son, who struck fear into the ... See full summary »

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On the Record

A former hip hop executive decides whether to make public her rape by one of the most powerful men in the music industry.

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The Last Waltz

A film account and presentation of the final concert of The Band.

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David Crosby: Remember My Name

Meet David Crosby in this portrait of a man with everything but an easy retirement on his mind.

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Make It Funky!

MAKE IT FUNKY! tells the story of New Orleans through words, sound and picture in this extraordinary documentary featuring the best of New Orleans' musicians, plus special guests Ahmet Ertegun, Bonnie Raitt, and Keith Richards.

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Buena Vista Social Club

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.

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A Great Day in Harlem

The documentary compiles interviews of all the top jazz musicians in NYC in the year 1958, for a piece in Esquire magazine.

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Mali Blues

Mali's Music defines the country's cultural identity. Radical Islamists are threatening the musicians. Together with the stars of Malian Global Pop - Fatoumata Diawara, Bassekou Kouyaté ... See full summary »

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No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

Filmmaker Martin Scorsese traces Bob Dylan's evolution from folk troubadour to iconic rock star. Live concert footage and press conferences from the 1960s and a new interview with Dylan are used to draw a portrait of the legendary singer-songwriter.

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