Here we've displayed a list of the best Folk Music films : Heartworn Highways(1976), Neil Young: Heart of Gold(2006), Inside Llewyn Davis(2013), If I Should Fall From Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story(2001), Yellow Earth(1984), No Direction Home: Bob Dylan(2005), The Boys From County Clare(2003) ... ...
Documentary
USA
1976
92 Minutes
Rodney Crowell Steve Earle
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The best music and the best whiskey come from the same part of the country.
Documentary, Music
USA
2006
103 Minutes
Neil Young Emmylou Harris Pegi Young Ben Keith Spooner Oldham Rick Rosas
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A film shot over during a two-night performance by Neil Young at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.
Comedy, Drama, Music
USA|UK|France
2013
104 Minutes
Oscar Isaac Ethan Coen Carey Mulligan John Goodman Garrett Hedlund F. Murray Abraham Justin Timberlake Ethan Phillips Robin Bartlett Max Casella Jerry Grayson
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A week in the life of a young singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961.
Biography, Documentary, Music
Ireland
2001
93 Minutes
Nick Cave Philip Chevron Victoria Mary Clarke Shane MacGowan
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Music videos and archived footage of ex-Pogues singer Shane MacGowan. We follow his life from the early days in Ireland and England, through his formation of - and later dismissal from - The Pogues, to his new band The Popes.
Drama
China
1984
89 Minutes
Xue Bai Wang Xueqi Tan Tuo Quiang Liu
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'Yellow Earth' focuses on the story of a communist soldier who is sent to the countryside to collect folk songs for the Communist Revolution. There he stays with a peasant family and learns... See full summary »
Biography, Documentary
2005
207 Minutes
Bob Dylan Dick Kangas Liam Clancy Maria Muldaur John Cohen
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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.
Comedy, Drama
2003
90 Minutes
Colm Meaney Bernard Hill Andrea Corr Philip Barantini Charlotte Bradley Shaun Evans Patrick Bergin Margi Clarke Stephanie Hill Marc O'Shea Philip Richey
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A traditional music competition rekindles a rivalry between two estranged brothers (Colm Meaney, Bernard Hill) from Ireland.