Here we've displayed a list of the best Musical Performance films : Pearl Jam: Let's Play Two(2017), The T.A.M.I. Show(1964), U2 3D(2007), Touch the Sound(2004), Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul(2017), The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years(1988), Jhankaar Beats(2003), A Late Quartet(2012), Gypsy 83(2001), Springtime in the Rockies(1942), That Certain Age(1938), The Benny Goodman Story(1955) ... ...
Documentary, Music
USA
2017
120 Minutes
Pearl Jam
band member fan audience musician band frontman cool confident creative emotional wild uplifting wrigley field stadium united states concert stage musical influences musical performance musicians adventure discovery
Concert film centering on the rock band Pearl Jam's August 2016 shows at Chicago's Wrigley Field.
Documentary
USA
1964
100 Minutes
Florence Ballard The Beach Boys Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas Gerry and the Pacemakers Mick Jagger Jan & Dean
teenager musician singer rock star james brown chuck berry confident rousing brash concert stage arena santa monica, calif. musical performance rock 'n' roll pop music soul music concert adventure 1960s
Surf pop duo, Jan and Dean host this showcase of performances by well-known Rock, R&B, and pop stars of the era.
Documentary
USA
2007
85 Minutes
Catherine Owens
bono the edge bassist drummer guitarist singer thrilling uplifting intense spectacular stadium concert stage mexico city buenos aires, argentina são paulo, brazil santiago, chile u2 rock 'n' roll musical performance political activism
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
Germany|UK
2004
113 Minutes
deaf woman musician guitarist dreamy uplifting japan scotland berlin loft grand central station new york city musical performance deafness improvisation travel disability transformation underdog 2000s
A documentary which explores the connections among sound, rhythm, time, and the body by following percussionist Evelyn Glennie, who is nearly deaf.
Documentary
UK
2017
90 Minutes
blues singer soul singer wife musician singer-songwriter interviewee inspiring fascinating engaging uplifting touching hedonistic america biography blues music rehabilitation substance abuse footage musical performance discovery
The story of singer Joe Cocker is told through archive footage and interviews for close associates.
Documentary
USA
1988
93 Minutes
Steven Tyler Joe Perry Alice Cooper Gene Simmons Paul Stanley Ozzy Osbourne Bobby Dall Bret Michaels Rikki Rockett
ozzy osbourne alice cooper groupie rock star musician nightclub owner hedonistic outlandish los angeles concert stage nightclub heavy metal musical performance drugs decadence fame adventure 1980s
Documentary showcase, what life was like for the music artists living during the Los Angeles Heavy Metal scene in the mid and late 1980s.
Comedy
India
2003
150 Minutes
Juhi Chawla Sanjay Suri Rahul Bose Rinke Khanna Shayan Munshi Riya Sen Shashikala Vijayendra Ghatge Parmeet Sethi Dinyar Contractor Raja Vaid
young man wife friend daughter amusing hilarious emotional heartwarming india city house hospital office marriage husband/wife relationship friendship musicians musical influences musical performance love
Two copywriter brothers and their apprentice compete in a music contest.
Drama
USA
2012
105 Minutes
Philip Seymour Hoffman Christopher Walken Mark Ivanir Catherine Keener Imogen Poots Wallace Shawn Madhur Jaffrey Liraz Charhi
cellist violinist musician wife bleak touching new york city music hall household musical performance friendship disease infidelity discovery transformation 2010s
Members of a world-renowned string quartet struggle to stay together in the face of death, competing egos and insuppressible lust.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2001
94 Minutes
Sara Rue Kett Turton Karen Black John Doe Anson Scoville Paulo Costanzo
goth best friend mother father runaway frat boy emotional suspenseful small town ohio new york city club homosexuality self-esteem suicide road trip aspirations musical performance quest growing up
Two young misfits head for New York City to celebrate their idol and muse, Stevie Nicks, at The Night of 1,000 Stevies. Along the road, in order for them to escape their painful pasts, they... See full summary »
Musical, Romance
USA
1942
91 Minutes
Betty Grable John Payne Carmen Miranda Cesar Romero Charlotte Greenwood Edward Everett Horton Jackie Gleason Frank Orth Harry Hayden Iron Eyes Cody Chick Chandler
dancer broadway star secretary valet ex-lover partner charming lighthearted uplifting resort rocky mountains broadway theater musical performance breakup reconciliation partnership misunderstanding love rivalry 1940s
Broadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy's womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance partner, Victor Price, and Dan's career takes ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1938
100 Minutes
Deanna Durbin Melvyn Douglas Jackie Cooper Irene Rich Nancy Carroll John Halliday Jackie Searle Juanita Quigley Peggy Stewart Charles Coleman Grant Mitchell
teen girl father reporter boyfriend scout actress lighthearted amusing cheery country house office party infatuation adolescence young love newspapers musical performance growing up forbidden love transformation
A teenage girl clashes with her newspaper publisher father's star reporter while he stays in their country guest house, but soon finds herself falling in love with him.
Biography
USA
1955
116 Minutes
Steve Allen Donna Reed Berta Gersten Herb Anderson Robert F. Simon Sammy Davis Sr. Dick Winslow Barry Truex David Kasday Hy Averback Wilton Graff
musician mother father critic sister heartwarming inspiring endearing chicago carnegie hall benny goodman jazz fame romantic dilemma musical performance cultural differences rise love 1930s
The young Benny Goodman is taught clarinet by a Chicago music professor. He is advised by bandleader Kid Ory to play whichever kind of music he likes best, but to make a living, Benny begins by joining the Ben Pollack traveling band.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1938
70 Minutes
Shirley Temple George Murphy Jimmy Durante Phyllis Brooks Edna May Oliver George Barbier Edward Ellis Jane Darwell El Brendel Donald Meek Patricia Wilder
orphan nephew band leader uncle landlady daughter winsome spectacular heartwarming new york city hotel stage courtroom broadway theater orphanage orphans musical performance rags to riches communal living family
An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people. The hotel's owner doesn't like the entertainers and wants the girl returned to the orphanage.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1943
75 Minutes
Betty Grable Robert Young Adolphe Menjou Reginald Gardiner Virginia Grey Phil Regan Sig Ruman Alan Dinehart
burlesque performer music hall singer newspaper reporter duke fiancé fiancée spirited engaging amusing playful london music hall newsroom secret past musical performance love new identity marriage love triangle transformation
Music-hall star Madeleine Marlowe leaves London engaged to the Duke of Trippingham only to find back home that Police Gazette hack Samuel A. McGee has exposed her as former burlesque queen ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1985
94 Minutes
Blair Underwood LisaGay Hamilton Richard Gant Daniel Simmons Russell Simmons Charles Stettler Rick Rubin Sal Abbatiello Karen Moss Chad Elliot
business owner music producer rapper brother dj run-d.m.c. cool spirited amusing inspiring bronx, n.y. apartment club street new york city business rap music rags to riches competition musical performance
The story of a man who has started a new hip-hop/rap label called Krush Groove.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2018
108 Minutes
Daniel Auteuil Maleaume Paquin Virginie Ledoyen Jonathan Zaccaï Jacques Perrin Ludivine Sagnier Albane Masson Simon Armstrong Jérôme Cachon Nicholas Rowe
orphan adoptive parent monkey local traveling performer dog touching heartwarming tender family home orphanage redemption big city france unlikely allies connections musical performance travel abandoned child relationships
Comedy, Drama
USA
1994
90 Minutes
Armin Mueller-Stahl Maureen Stapleton Lionel Stander Olivia d'Abo Adrian Pasdar
violinist retiree mobster woman neighbor charming tender new york city apartment building hospital aging alzheimer's disease philosophy musical performance passion domestic violence love underdog 1990s
Joseph, a former professional musician who has withdrawn into a quiet life after the death of his wife. Remaining mostly isolated, he stays at home, playing his violin in the evenings for ... See full summary »
Gay & Lesbian, Drama, Music
USA
2017
91 Minutes
Lena Hall Daniel Powell Mena Suvari Christine Lahti Dan Fogler Michael Zegen Hayley Kiyoko Darren Ritchie Sas Goldberg Morgan Weed
musician girlfriend mother lesbian ex-boyfriend housewife emotional engaging touching moving tender melodramatic los angeles st. louis going home female sexuality musicians failed romance musical performance unlikely romance
After breaking up with her girlfriend, a Brooklyn musician moves back in with her mother. Playing for tip money in an old friend's bar, an unexpected relationship begins to take shape. Based on the life and times of Alyssa Robbins.
Biography
USA
1957
118 Minutes
Ann Blyth Paul Newman Richard Carlson Gene Evans Alan King Cara Williams Virginia Vincent Walter Woolf King Dorothy Green Edward Platt Warren Douglas
singer broadway producer broadway star bootlegger boyfriend alcoholic bleak melodramatic brooding broadway theater hospital new york city chicago nightclub carnival musical performance rise to stardom alcoholism romance helen morgan
Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to alcohol and poor personal choices.
Music, Biography, Drama, History
France
2017
115 Minutes
Reda Kateb Cécile de France Bea Pálya Ulrich Brandhoff Maximilien Poullein Esther Comar Alexandre Sauty Gabriel Mireté Alex Brendemühl Aloïse Sauvage Antoine Laurent
composer guitarist band member gypsy nazi girlfriend gripping rousing inspiring settlement villa switzerland nightclub paris musical performance german occupation blues music daunting task self-expression awakening
The story of Django Reinhardt, famous guitarist and composer, and his flight from German-occupied Paris in 1943.
Western
USA
1946
68 Minutes
Eddie Dean David Sharpe Roscoe Ates Mary Kenyon Forrest Taylor Denny Meadows
judge cowboy sidekick saloon owner bandit drifter confident crafty gutsy thrilling wild west saloon mine ranch small town robbery murder plot musical performance secret identity father/son relationship
Duke Dillon has his gang robbing stagecoaches carrying gold which is then melted down by his father. But Eddie and his sidekick Soapy are on the job and they are aided by undercover man Nevada.
Drama
USA
1999
111 Minutes
Lili Taylor Guy Pearce John Hawkes Sara Rue Irma P. Hall Tom Bower Shawnee Smith Veronica Cartwright Marshall Bell Bruno Kirby
young woman musician father store manager rock star emotional solemn family home amusement park north carolina obsession marriage self-mutilation sex self-esteem musical performance love transformation 2000s
A shy, young woman, living a sheltered life in a small southern town, embarks on a journey to self-awareness when she falls in love with an eccentric rock star.
Horror
USA
1971
115 Minutes
Alan Alda Jacqueline Bisset Curt Jurgens Barbara Parkins Bradford Dillman William Windom Kathleen Widdoes Pamelyn Ferdin Curt Lowens Gregory Morton Janee Michelle
pianist virtuoso wife journalist satanist daughter uneasy eerie dark california mansion music hall dreamworld cult piano musical performance supernatural satanism paranoia transformation
An old, dying satanist arranges to transfer his soul into the body of a young concert pianist.
Drama
USA
2009
92 Minutes
Lukas Haas Kevin Zegers Jason Ritter Billy Morrison Max Rosenbaum Keren Gilbert Lauren Holly Aimee Teegarden Taryn Manning James Ransone
musician singer singer-songwriter best friend rock star brooding engaging gripping inspiring united states hometown music rock 'n' roll music industry musical performance homecoming new life discovery transformation underdog
Reeling with grief in the wake of a tragic automobile accident, retired veteran cyclist, Chris Carmik, is given an opportunity he doesn't want, to train a rookie cycling prodigy. ... See full summary »
Music
USA
2015
108 Minutes
Christina Rose Judge Reinhold Ashley Argota Judy Norton Marcia Rodd Michael Kennen Miller Mckenzie Gray Austin Michael
best friend ex-boyfriend single woman young woman rape victim rape survivor rapist romantic interest grandmother employee employer emotional engaging gripping inspiring moving powerful sad shocking tender
Mona returns to the city to renew her life with her best friend Helen following her grandmother's death. Mona reluctantly attends a raucous party with Helen, even though her ex, Jason, will... See full summary »
Documentary
USA
2012
94 Minutes
Jane Lipsitz
pop star fan filmmaker family member friend lighthearted spirited concert stage staples center los angeles katy perry pop music musical performance fame adventure 2010s
A look at the life, career and music of singer Katy Perry as we follow her on the California Dreams World Tour.
Comedy, War
UK
1943
97 Minutes
George Formby Anne Firth Reginald Purdell Peter Murray Hill Charles Farrell Eliot Makeham
waiter sailor german spy nazi wren admiral witty engaging lighthearted madcap amusing hilarious england mistaken identity career aspirations world war ii musical performance navy humor adventure
Nazi spies are out to destroy a new submarine killer, the "Firefly", being developed by the British navy. A hapless waiter named George, after being rejected for military service three ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1951
103 Minutes
Janice Rule Dick Wesson Ron Hagerthy Richard Webb Hayden Rorke Howard St. John
pilot movie star friend soldier performer crew member cheery lighthearted patriotic air force base san francisco hollywood, calif. musical performance korean war publicity deception love quest 1950s
To impress a movie star, a U.S. Air Force crewman pretends he is soon to see combat. When his lie gets out, chaos ensues.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1946
90 Minutes
Bonita Granville Beulah Bondi Edward Ryan Raymond Walburn Billie Burke
young woman sailor radio host singer nat king cole fiancé amusing engaging witty lighthearted emotional uplifting hollywood radio show deception love at first sight reunion musical performance hollywood discovery
Based on an old radio series with a live audience. It is the story of few of the people who attend the show. Nat King Cole sings.
Comedy
USA
1988
97 Minutes
John Cusack Tim Robbins Doug McClure Connie Stevens Clu Gulager Mary Crosby Katy Boyer Lyle Alzado King Cotton Don Cornelius Jessica Walter
friend director producer musician reporter politician amusing witty bar movie set concert stage start-ups music industry filmmaking comeback musical performance hijacking adventure underdog rise
A couple of creative losers accidently become big shots in the video music industry.