Favorite Movie about a singer/musician etc.

This thread a little difficult to title, but do you have a favorite flick about the life of a singer, songwriter, band, life on the road, how they got to be famous sort of thing?

For example, Pure Country (1980) is a favorite movie of mine which stars country great George Strait as a artist tired of the lights and smoke and wants to get back to a simpler life

Or Walk the Line about the life and times of Johnny Cash. Tremendous performances.

Share some of yours, the two I chose just happened to be about country music. It'd be interesting to see movies from all genres of music. Post your favs

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Not even getting into documentaries or concert pics, I'll divide into two lists: biopics of real-life musical figures and those that are fictional.


BEST MUSICAL BIOPICS
1. Bird (1988)
2. Amadeus (1984)
3. Bound for Glory (1976)
4. Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
5. What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)
6. Sid & Nancy (1986)
7. Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
8. Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
9. The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
10. Shine (1996)



BEST MUSICIAN FLICKS
1. 'Round Midnight (1986)
2. This is Spinal Tap (1984)
3. Tender Mercies (1983)
4. The Commitments (1991)
5. Hustle & Flow (2005)
6. Honkytonk Man (1982)
7. Grace of My Heart (1996)
8. That Thing You Do! (1996)
9. The Rose (1979)
10. The Blues Brothers (1980)
11. Sweet & Lowdown (1999)
12. "The Rutles: All You Need is Cash" (1978)

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La Bamba (1987)



Lou Diamond Phillips ~ Ritchie Valens

Sweet Dreams (1985)



Jessica Lange ~ Patsy Cline

Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)



Michael Paré ~ Eddie Wilson

Crossroads (1986)



Ralph Macchio ~ Eugene Martone

Holden beat me to the rest. Not that I knew every last film he mentioned, but I knew a few.

The ones I know/like from those are . . .

Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
The Buddy Holly Story (1978)
Tender Mercies (1983)
Honkytonk Man (1982)
The Rose (1979)
The Blues Brothers (1980)

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My favorite is the wedding singer

1. Some Like it Hot
2. Tender Mercies
3. Amadeus
4. Bound for Glory
5. This is Spinal Tap
6. Immortal Beloved
7. Walk the Line
8. The Buddy Holly Story
9. Almost Famous
10. Yankee Doodle Dandy

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In no particular order...

Walk the Line (2005)
Bound for Glory (1976)
The Doors (1991)
Amadeus (1984)
Sid & Nancy (1986)
Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980)
La Bamba (1987)
Great Balls of Fire (1989)
Immortal Beloved (1994)
What's Love Got to Do With It? (1993)
The Buddy Holly Story (1978)


I still need to see Bird and Shine...

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"Tell 'em to go out there with all they got and win just one for the Gipper."

I find the whole concept of making movies about the life of singers awful, but maybe its because you already know how its gonna end. (valkyrie sindrome)

We already know our lives end in death no matter what, so why do we go on living?

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La Bamba and Hustle & Flow are awesome. But did everyone forget:

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I didn't forget it: I dismissed it.

Walk the Line
James Mangold, 2005

I think this will pretty much always be my favorite.

I haven't seen a whole lot of these types of films, but a couple I really like are Walk the Line and Selena.

This is Spinal Tap

A Mighty Wind

Coal Miner's Daughter

Once

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