Rock, Metal, Guitars etc.
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1. Watain: Opus Diaboli (2012)
83 min | Documentary, Music
(From the back cover) Opus Diaboli is the commemoration of Watain's 13 year Anniversary. A visual and audial documentation of their ceremonial concert performance in Stockholm and the long ... See full summary »
Director: Johan Bååth | Stars: Erik Danielsson, Pelle Forsberg, Håkan Jonsson, Alvaro Lillo
Votes: 30
2. Metal: A Headbanger's Journey (2005)
R | 96 min | Documentary, Music
An examination of the heavy metal music subculture that tries to explain why, despite the longevity and popularity of the genre, fans are marginalized and ridiculed for their passion.
Directors: Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen, Jessica Joy Wise | Stars: Tom Araya, Gavin Baddeley, Blasphemer, Randy Blythe
Votes: 12,484
3. Rockstar (2011)
Not Rated | 159 min | Drama, Music, Romance
Janardhan Jakhar chases his dreams of becoming a big Rock star, during which he falls in love with Heer.
Director: Imtiaz Ali | Stars: Ranbir Kapoor, Nargis Fakhri, Shammi Kapoor, Kumud Mishra
Votes: 48,920 | Gross: $0.99M
4. 7 Songs (2003)
76 min | Comedy
An immature rock star's life and career begin to fall apart.
Director: Noah Stern | Stars: Chris Eigeman, Lola Glaudini, Terry Camilleri, Chaka Forman
Votes: 34
5. Sunny & Share Love You (2007)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy
A washed up rock duo reinvents itself as a wildly inappropriate children's act.
Director: Matthew Buzzell | Stars: Michele Mulroney, Micah Schraft, Chris Parnell, Diedrich Bader
Votes: 77
6. Him and Us (2006 TV Movie)
30 min | Comedy
A look at the life of an an aging rock star and his entourage.
Director: Charles Shyer | Stars: Kim Cattrall, Anthony Head, Ashley Williams, Michael Trucco
Votes: 45
7. Soul Music (1997)
172 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy
A small girl, a half-elf, and Death together have to stop the musical force known as "Music with Rocks In" from taking over the Discworld.
Stars: Christopher Lee, Graham Crowden, Debra Gillett, Andy Hockley
Votes: 1,164
8. School of Rock (2003)
PG-13 | 109 min | Comedy, Music
After being kicked out of his rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of an uptight elementary private school, only to try and turn his class into a rock band.
Director: Richard Linklater | Stars: Jack Black, Mike White, Joan Cusack, Adam Pascal
Votes: 330,947 | Gross: $81.26M
9. The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
PG | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The story of the life and career of the early rock and roll singer, from his meteoric rise to stardom, to his marriage and untimely death.
Director: Steve Rash | Stars: Gary Busey, Don Stroud, Charles Martin Smith, Conrad Janis
Votes: 9,987 | Gross: $14.36M
10. Green Room (2015)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing a murder at a neo-Nazi skinhead bar.
Director: Jeremy Saulnier | Stars: Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, Patrick Stewart
Votes: 139,281 | Gross: $3.22M
11. The Idolmaker (1980)
PG | 117 min | Biography, Drama, Music
Based on the life of rock promoter/producer Bob Marcucci, who discovered, among others, Frankie Avalon and Fabian.
Director: Taylor Hackford | Stars: Ray Sharkey, Tovah Feldshuh, Peter Gallagher, Paul Land
Votes: 1,505
12. Skum Rocks! (2013)
77 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy
'Play like the music doesn't matter.' The unbelievable true story of the band that gained massive east coast popularity in the late 1980s despite having a complete lack of musical talent ... See full summary »
Director: Clay Westervelt | Stars: Jill Anenberg, Joanna Angel, Carmine Appice, Kevin Bacon
Votes: 43
13. Detroit Rock City (1999)
R | 95 min | Adventure, Comedy, Music
In 1978, four rebellious teenagers try to scam their way into a KISS concert.
Director: Adam Rifkin | Stars: Edward Furlong, Giuseppe Andrews, James DeBello, Sam Huntington
Votes: 41,359 | Gross: $4.22M
14. The Punk Rock Movie from England (1978)
R | 86 min | Documentary, Music
Documentary on the London punk-rock scene, circa '78.
Director: Don Letts | Stars: Soo Catwoman, Steve Strange, Robin Banks, Mark Perry
Votes: 313
15. Blazeland (1992)
90 min | Horror, Thriller
Rock star from the late 60's assumed dead in a car wreck, returns from the grave to promote a new band, the members of Cutting Edge, who have been lured to the rock star's Gothic mansion ... See full summary »
Director: Wayne Kramer | Stars: Mitch Hara, Marina Benvenga, Julie Csorba, Michael Lopez
Votes: 54
16. Rock Star (2001)
R | 105 min | Drama, Music
Lead singer of a tribute band becomes lead singer of the real band he idolizes.
Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Jennifer Aniston, Dominic West, Jason Bonham
Votes: 45,301 | Gross: $17.01M
17. The Rocker (2008)
PG-13 | 102 min | Comedy, Music
In the 1980s, a drummer is abandoned by his band just before they become rock superstars. Twenty years later, the drummer sees his second chance at stardom arise when he is asked to perform with his teenage nephew's high school rock band.
Director: Peter Cattaneo | Stars: Rainn Wilson, Josh Gad, Christina Applegate, Teddy Geiger
Votes: 40,213 | Gross: $6.41M
18. Airheads (1994)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Crime, Music
Three band members hoping for a big break head to a radio station to play their demo tape and wind up holding everyone hostage with plastic guns when the head D.J. refuses to play them.
Director: Michael Lehmann | Stars: Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi, Adam Sandler, Chris Farley
Votes: 56,405 | Gross: $5.37M
19. Lucky Them (2013)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama
A rock journalist is assigned to track down her ex-boyfriend.
Director: Megan Griffiths | Stars: Toni Collette, Thomas Haden Church, Nina Arianda, Oliver Platt
Votes: 4,114 | Gross: $0.03M
20. Her Smell (2018)
R | 136 min | Drama, Music
A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.
Director: Alex Ross Perry | Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Cara Delevingne, Dan Stevens, Agyness Deyn
Votes: 8,197 | Gross: $0.26M
21. Suck (2009)
R | 91 min | Comedy, Horror, Music
A comedy centered on a rock 'n' roll band that will do anything to become famous.
Director: Rob Stefaniuk | Stars: Rob Stefaniuk, Jessica Paré, Paul Anthony, Mike Lobel
Votes: 5,213
22. Rock of Ages (2012)
PG-13 | 123 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical
A small-town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.
Director: Adam Shankman | Stars: Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin
Votes: 81,679 | Gross: $38.52M
23. Scenes from the Goldmine (1987)
R | 99 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A young songwriter/musician joins a rock group but pays the price for success when she becomes involved with the band's leader and he tries to steal her music.
Director: Marc Rocco | Stars: Catherine Mary Stewart, Cameron Dye, Steve Railsback, Joe Pantoliano
Votes: 158
24. Blood and Concrete (1991)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A car thief and a punk rocker fall in love as they become embroiled in deaths attributed to an aphrodisiac.
Director: Jeffrey Reiner | Stars: Billy Zane, Jennifer Beals, Darren McGavin, James Le Gros
Votes: 882 | Gross: $0.01M
25. Clara and the Why Not (1981)
110 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Three days in the lives of six friends who are nearly 30 years old, live in Grenoble, and have a rock band called the "Why Notes?". They're to play in Paris at Charles's school reunion. In ... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Monnet | Stars: Isabelle Adjani, Daniel Auteuil, Josiane Balasko, Christophe Bourseiller
Votes: 498
26. Never Been Thawed (2005)
R | 87 min | Comedy
Shawn is the founder of the Mesa Frozen Entree Enthusiasts Club. He has inspired this group of fanatical collectors to attempt to host the world's first Frozen Entree Enthusiasts Convention... See full summary »
Director: Sean Anders | Stars: Greg Behrendt, Kent Voss, Sean Anders, Mike Gordon
Votes: 393 | Gross: $0.05M
27. The Banger Sisters (2002)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama
Lavinia and Suzette, former rock groupies and best friends, reconnect after twenty years; one is still as wild as ever, while the other has adopted a more conservative lifestyle.
Director: Bob Dolman | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Goldie Hawn, Geoffrey Rush, Erika Christensen
Votes: 17,318 | Gross: $30.31M
28. At Any Cost (2000 TV Movie)
R | 89 min | Drama
Two brothers and their best friend start a rock band and try to make it big in Los Angeles.
Director: Charles Winkler | Stars: Michael J. Bevan, Eddie Mills, Glenn Quinn, James Franco
Votes: 889
29. The Runnin' Kind (1989)
R | 105 min | Comedy, Drama
An Ohio teen moves to L.A. to find fame as a rock musician and to find a drummer.
Director: Max Tash | Stars: David Packer, Steven Eckholdt, Larry Cox, Tom Shell
Votes: 166
30. The Rock Star (1999)
Rock Star chronicles the emergence of "an archetypal rock star" from a middle-American town bordering a metropolis. A celebration of that one-in-a-million type person as he builds his career.
Director: James Cox
Votes: 19
31. Viena and the Fantomes (2020)
R | 96 min | Drama, Music, Romance
A roadie travels across North America with a punk band during the 1980s.
Director: Gerardo Naranjo | Stars: Caleb Landry Jones, Ryan LeBoeuf, Evan Rachel Wood, Jeremy Allen White
Votes: 858
32. The Living Man (2020)
92 min | Comedy
A middle aged rocker tries to get away from the mundane reality of his family by reliving his high old times.
Director: Oleg Novkovic | Stars: Nikola Djuricko, Nada Sargin, Bojan Zirovic, Filip Hajdukovic
Votes: 189
33. That'll Be the Day (1973)
PG | 91 min | Drama, Music
Musical drama set in the 1950s ,starring David Essex and Ringo Starr, loosely-based on John Lennon's early years. A gifted but wayward young man finally discovers a sense of purpose when he decides to turn his love of music into a career.
Director: Claude Whatham | Stars: David Essex, Ringo Starr, Rosemary Leach, James Booth
Votes: 1,379
34. Light of Day (1987)
PG-13 | 107 min | Drama, Music
A pair of siblings must choose whether to pursue their dream of touring with their rock band or support their family and stay in Cleveland, Ohio.
Director: Paul Schrader | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Gena Rowlands, Joan Jett, Michael McKean
Votes: 3,217 | Gross: $10.49M
35. The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)
TV-MA | 103 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Filmmaker Julien Temple chronicles the Sex Pistols' tumultuous rise to fame, as told by their manager, Malcolm McLaren.
Director: Julien Temple | Stars: Malcolm McLaren, Sid Vicious, Steve Jones, Paul Cook
Votes: 2,427
36. Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Music
Ramones fanatic and delinquent Riff Randell battles it out with the strict new principal of Vince Lombardi High School, Miss Togar, with help from the Ramones.
Directors: Allan Arkush, Joe Dante | Stars: P.J. Soles, Vincent Van Patten, Clint Howard, Dey Young
Votes: 11,207
37. Times Square (1980)
R | 111 min | Drama, Music
Two ill-matched teenage girls form a punk band and soon have New York City by its ears.
Director: Allan Moyle | Stars: Tim Curry, Trini Alvarado, Robin Johnson, Peter Coffield
Votes: 1,986 | Gross: $1.40M
38. Ordinary World (I) (2016)
Not Rated | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
An aging punk rocker copes with life after rock.
Director: Lee Kirk | Stars: Billie Joe Armstrong, Fred Armisen, Judy Greer, Selma Blair
Votes: 3,316
39. White Star (1983)
92 min | Drama, Music
A rock music reporter and his view of the angry excited punk generation.
Director: Roland Klick | Stars: Dennis Hopper, Terrance Robay, Ramona Sweeny, David Hess
Votes: 319 | Gross: $0.45M
40. Johnny Suede (1991)
R | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A struggling young musician and devoted fan of Ricky Nelson wants to be just like his idol and become a rock star.
Director: Tom DiCillo | Stars: Brad Pitt, Richard Boes, Cheryl Costa, Michael Luciano
Votes: 4,448 | Gross: $0.09M
41. A Bigger Splash (2015)
R | 125 min | Drama, Music, Thriller
A famous rock star's vacation in Italy with her boyfriend is disrupted by the unexpected visit of an old friend and his daughter.
Director: Luca Guadagnino | Stars: Tilda Swinton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Ralph Fiennes, Dakota Johnson
Votes: 32,867 | Gross: $1.98M
42. This Must Be the Place (2011)
R | 118 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Cheyenne, a retired rock star living off his royalties in Dublin, returns to New York City to find the man responsible for a humiliation suffered by his recently deceased father during W.W.II.
Director: Paolo Sorrentino | Stars: Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch, Eve Hewson
Votes: 36,983 | Gross: $0.14M
43. A Slipping-Down Life (1999)
R | 109 min | Drama, Music, Romance
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.
Director: Toni Kalem | Stars: Lili Taylor, Guy Pearce, Irma P. Hall, Tom Bower
Votes: 1,168 | Gross: $0.10M
44. Things Behind the Sun (2001)
R | 120 min | Drama, Music
A young music journalist's dark memories are awakened when he goes to interview a female rock singer, and both are forced to confront troubling secrets from their pasts.
Director: Allison Anders | Stars: Kim Dickens, Gabriel Mann, Aria Alpert Adjani, Ruben Anders
Votes: 1,498
45. Not Fade Away (2012)
R | 112 min | Drama
Set in suburban New Jersey in the 1960s, a group of friends form a rock band and try to make it big.
Director: David Chase | Stars: John Magaro, Jack Huston, Will Brill, Brahm Vaccarella
Votes: 4,952 | Gross: $0.61M
46. Stealing Martin Lane (2005)
A teacher, a scientist and a glam rock drummer befriend a homeless man in Hell's Kitchen, NYC. Together they attempt to mend their broken souls through sex, drugs, rock and roll...and friendship.
Director: James Furino | Stars: Dylan Baker, James Furino, Mitchell Riggs, Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Votes: 12
47. Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
R | 95 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A gender-queer punk-rock singer from East Berlin tours the U.S. with her band as she tells her life story and follows the former lover/band-mate who stole her songs.
Director: John Cameron Mitchell | Stars: John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor, Stephen Trask, Theodore Liscinski
Votes: 37,354 | Gross: $3.03M
48. Across the Universe (2007)
PG-13 | 133 min | Drama, Fantasy, History
The music of The Beatles and the Vietnam War form the backdrop for the romance between an upper-class American girl and a poor Liverpudlian artist.
Director: Julie Taymor | Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs
Votes: 114,276 | Gross: $51.66M
49. Wassup Rockers (2005)
R | 111 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A group of teenage boys opt to form their own identity by riding skateboards, wearing tight pants.
Director: Larry Clark | Stars: Jonathan Velasquez, Francisco Pedrasa, Milton Velasquez, Usvaldo Panameno
Votes: 5,019 | Gross: $0.22M
50. What We Do Is Secret (2007)
R | 92 min | Biography, Drama, Music
The true-life story of Darby Crash, who became an L.A. punk icon after getting kicked out of high school and forming The Germs with a collection of friends who have little experience with their instruments or playing music.
Director: Rodger Grossman | Stars: Shane West, Rick Gonzalez, Bijou Phillips, Noah Segan
Votes: 2,050 | Gross: $0.06M
51. American Satan (2017)
R | 111 min | Drama, Fantasy, Music
A young rock band, half of its members from England and half from the U.S., drops out of college and moves to the Sunset Strip to chase their dreams.
Director: Ash Avildsen | Stars: Andy Biersack, Booboo Stewart, Ben Bruce, John Bradley
Votes: 4,426 | Gross: $0.23M
52. Studio 666 (2022)
R | 106 min | Comedy, Horror, Music
Legendary rock band Foo Fighters move into an Encino mansion steeped in grisly rock and roll history to record their much anticipated 10th album.
Director: BJ McDonnell | Stars: Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Pat Smear, Taylor Hawkins
Votes: 14,385
53. Guitar Man (2020)
PG-13 | 113 min | Documentary, Music
Joe Bonamassa has single-handedly transformed Blues from a marginalized legacy genre to an arena-filling spectacle. Interviews and concert footage chronicle his extraordinary rise as a guitar wunderkind.
Directors: Philippe Klose, Kevin Shirley | Stars: Joe Bonamassa, Kevin Shirley, Len Bonamassa, Debra Bonamassa
Votes: 121
54. Metalocalypse (2006–2013)
TV-MA | 11 min | Animation, Comedy, Music
The epic and over-the-top adventures of Dethklok, the world's most successful death metal band.
Stars: Brendon Small, Tommy Blacha, Mark Hamill, Victor Brandt
Votes: 18,186
55. Kuzis stari moj (1973)
94 min | Comedy, Drama
Our hero is Glista - a young Zagreb punk whose (sub)urban adventures depict his world and philosophy.
Director: Vanca Kljakovic | Stars: Ivica Vidovic, Eva Ras, Relja Basic, Milutin Butkovic
Votes: 112
56. Dudes (1987)
R | 90 min | Adventure, Comedy
Three punk-loving New York City dudes need a change and drive a VW Beetle to California. After rednecks kill one of them in Arizona, they want justice. A cute girl helps them.
Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Jon Cryer, Daniel Roebuck, Flea, Lee Ving
Votes: 1,701
57. Prey for Rock & Roll (2003)
R | 104 min | Drama, Music
Prey For Rock & Roll is the story of Jacki and her all-girl rock and roll band, Clam Dandy, who are trying to make it in the LA club scene of the late 1980s. After ten years of being ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Steyermark | Stars: Gina Gershon, Lori Petty, Marc Blucas, Drea de Matteo
Votes: 2,059 | Gross: $0.06M
58. The Allins (2017)
TV-MA | 74 min | Documentary, Music
In New Hampshire, a legend is buried. GG Allin, the most outrageous singer in rock'n roll history. He was known for defecating on stage, fighting and having sex with the audience. He died a... See full summary »
Director: Sami Saif | Stars: Merle Allin, Arleta Baird, GG Allin, Dino Sex
Votes: 430
59. Salad Days (2014)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Music
"Salad Days: A Decade of Punk in Washington, DC (1980-90)" examines the early DIY punk scene in the Nation's Capital. It was a decade when seminal bands like Bad Brains, Minor Threat, ... See full summary »
Director: Scott Crawford | Stars: Fred Armisen, Brendan Canty, Dave Grohl, Andre 'Whiteboy' Johnson
Votes: 735
60. The Godfathers of Hardcore (2017)
TV-MA | 95 min | Documentary, Music
Follows the two of the most respected men in underground music, Roger Miret and Vinnie Stigma of the band Agnostic Front.
Director: Ian McFarland | Stars: Roger Miret, Vinnie Stigma, Agnostic Front, Mike Gallo
Votes: 590
61. Last Days Here (2011)
Not Rated | 91 min | Documentary, Music
Documentary follows Bobby Liebling, lead singer of seminal hard rock/heavy metal band Pentagram, as he battles decades of hard drug addiction and personal demons to try and get his life back.
Directors: Don Argott, Demian Fenton | Stars: Bobby Liebling, Sean Pelletier, Diane Liebling, Joe Liebling
Votes: 2,053 | Gross: $0.01M
62. End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (2003)
TV-14 | 110 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
The story of the punk rock band The Ramones.
Directors: Jim Fields, Michael Gramaglia | Stars: Rick Rubin, Tommy Ramone, Dee Dee Ramone, Johnny Ramone
Votes: 3,889 | Gross: $0.39M
63. I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
PG | 104 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
In 1964, six teenagers from New Jersey run off to see The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) in the hope of meeting their idols. However, they don't have tickets. Along the way, they learn new things about friendship and growing up.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Nancy Allen, Bobby Di Cicco, Marc McClure, Susan Kendall Newman
Votes: 5,620
64. Colin Fitz Lives! (1997)
R | 91 min | Comedy
Two security guards, Paul and Grady, are hired to guard the grave of dead rock legend, Colin Fitz. Through the course of one bizarre night, these two opposites learn a lot about life, death, and the magic of Colin Fitz.
Director: Robert Bella | Stars: John C. McGinley, Matt McGrath, William H. Macy, Andy Fowle
Votes: 249
65. Kelly & Cal (2014)
R | 111 min | Comedy, Drama
An ex punk rocker who recently became a suburban homemaker/mom befriends a recently paralyzed high-school boy in a wheelchair.
Director: Jen McGowan | Stars: Juliette Lewis, Jonny Weston, Josh Hopkins, Cybill Shepherd
Votes: 2,219 | Gross: $0.01M
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