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- DirectorPrinceDavid HoganAlbert MagnoliStarsPrinceSheila E.Sheena EastonHighlights from Prince's 1987 European concert tour, including selections from the rock star's album of the same title.
- DirectorAlek KeshishianStarsMadonnaDonna DeLoryNiki HarisDocumentary following singer Madonna on her controversial Blond Ambition tour in 1990.
- DirectorD.A. PennebakerStarsDavid BowieA promotional video for David Bowie 's 1973 single "Ziggy Stardust."
- DirectorMichael Lindsay-HoggStarsIan AndersonGlenn CornickClive BunkerThe Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus was filmed before a live audience at a North London TV studio.
- DirectorDenis SandersStarsElvis PresleyJames BurtonGlen D. HardinAfter years of making movies, the King made a triumphant return to the stage in 1970. Now, see the backstage footage from rehearsals to relaxing at the hotel and the performances in one of the most intimate looks at Elvis captured on film.
- DirectorAlbert MayslesDavid MayslesStarsJohn LennonPaul McCartneyGeorge HarrisonA documentary following the Fab Four for five days in 1964. A humorous and freewheeling account of their first trip to America.
- DirectorMichael WadleighStarsJoan BaezRichie HavensRoger DaltreyOscar-winning musical chronicle that brilliantly captures the three-day rock concert and celebration of peace and love that became a capstone for the Sixties.
- DirectorJoe BerlingerBruce SinofskyStarsJames HetfieldKirk HammettLars UlrichThe iconic metal band struggles for two years to create their album St. Anger, dealing with alcoholism, the loss of their bass player, and the challenge of working with a psychotherapist.
- DirectorD.A. PennebakerStarsOtis ReddingJimi HendrixRavi ShankarA film about the greatest pre-Woodstock rock music festival.
- DirectorAlbert MayslesDavid MayslesCharlotte ZwerinStarsMick JaggerKeith RichardsMick TaylorWhen three hundred thousand members of the Love Generation collided with a few dozen Hells Angels at San Francisco's Altamont Speedway, the bloody slash that transformed a decade's dreams into disillusionment was immortalized on this film.
- DirectorMartin ScorseseStarsRobbie RobertsonMuddy WatersNeil YoungA film account and presentation of the final concert of The Band.
- DirectorCatherine BainbridgeAlfonso MaioranaStarsGeorge ClintonRobbie RobertsonGary GiddinsA documentary about the role of Native Americans in popular music history.
- DirectorNigel ColeStarsRoy Orbison Jr.Alex OrbisonWesley OrbisonBiopic of singer Roy Orbison.
- DirectorPascal PoissonnierStarsArnoJane BirkinFor the first time in over 40 years career Arno Hintjens allows a filmmaker to follow his creative process. The documentary follows him during the recording of his latest album 'Human Incognito', and on tour throughout Europe, the US and Japan. 'Arno - Dancing inside my head' offers an intimate glimpse into the 67-year-old, dancing, cross and compulsive head of Belgium's most famous rocker.
- DirectorRon HowardStarsThe BeatlesJohn LennonGeorge HarrisonA compilation of found footage featuring music, interviews, and stories of The Beatles' 250 concerts from 1963 to 1966.
- DirectorJános ZsombolyaiStarsQueenJohn DeaconBrian MayOn 27th July 1986, British stadium rock band Queen broke new ground by playing for the first time in Hungary, a country which was still under a communist dictatorship behind the Iron Curtain.
- StarsIggy PopHenry RollinsJohn LydonOriginal interviews with America's punk pioneers and the U.K.'s most notorious bands.
- DirectorSaul SwimmerStarsFreddie MercuryBrian MayRoger TaylorFilm of Queen's live concert in Montreal, Canada 1981. Featuring Freddie Mercury, Brian May, John Deacon, and Roger Taylor.
- DirectorChristopher BirdStarsQueenFreddie MercuryBrian MayBehind-the-scenes archive documentary where BBC music presenter Bob Harris follows Queen as they record their 6th album, NEWS OF THE WORLD, shoot videos, promote it, rehearse and ultimately embark on a groundbreaking tour of North America.
- 20161h 45mTV-147.4 (1.4K)72MetascoreDirectorPaul DugdaleStarsMick JaggerKeith RichardsCharlie WattsRocknroll concert doc following the Stones on their 2016 tour, culminating in their historic stop in Havana, Cuba.
- CreatorNick de GrunwaldStarsDavid FrickeJoe TraversBruce BotnickA documentary series on several of the key albums in music history.
- StarsBonoBruce SpringsteenTom PettyThe history of rock n' roll and pop music are explored are explored via interviews and footage of well-known music stars.
- DirectorJoDa HodgeFollow the origins of punk rock music from the "proto-punk" artists like Elvis and the Phantom through the Ramones and Blondie up to Minor Threat and beyond. Part I eschews narration, spinning into an episodic series.
- StarsB.B. KingIke TurnerPinetop PerkinsA documentary series about the origin and history of The Blues.
- DirectorJohn LandisStarsJohn BelushiDan AykroydCab CallowayJake Blues rejoins with his brother Elwood after being released from prison, but the duo has just days to reunite their old R&B band and save the Catholic home where the two were raised, outrunning the police as they tear through Chicago.
- StarsAxl RoseFreddie MercuryRoger TaylorAn informative and sometimes tragic look into the lives of four childhood friends that would come to form the band Queen.
- DirectorFrancis WhatelyStarsDavid BowieEarl SlickGail Ann DorseyA documentary about David Bowie's final two albums "The Next Day" (2013) and "Blackstar" (2016) and Broadway musical "Lazarus".
- DirectorFrancis WhatelyStarsDavid BowiePhil LancasterDenis TaylorDocumentary following five years of Bowie's early career, from the late 1960s through to the on-stage death of Ziggy Stardust in 1973 and features never seen before archive interviews with some of Bowie's earliest collaborators.
- DirectorFrancis WhatelyStarsDavid BowieRick WakemanJohn HarrisA documentary covering five of the most important years of the influential rock star David Bowie's career.
- DirectorVincent ScarzaKenneth ShapiroStarsBob GeldofBryan AdamsStuart AdamsonThe broadcast of the biggest benefit concert in history, organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.
- DirectorJanice SutherlandStarsGina McKeeBryan AdamsEd BicknellThe inside story of the 1985 Live Aid (1985) concerts, told by the organizers and the stars - a frank and often very funny account of how Bob Geldof bullied the music industry.
- DirectorDavid MalletStarsFreddie MercuryQueenDavid BowieThe benefit concert in memory of Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of Queen, who died of AIDS in November 1991.
- DirectorRudi DolezalHannes RossacherStarsFreddie MercuryJer BulsaraKashmira CookeBiography of the lead singer of Queen.
- DirectorGregg GelfandStarsMaroon 5Katy PerryStevie WonderA tribute to the Beatles, airing at the exact time as their first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" 50 years earlier.
- DirectorJohan RenckStarsDavid BowieElke LuytenDavid Bowie's last music video released prior to his death depicts him on a death bed, entering a better world through a closet.
- StarsBonoBruce SpringsteenTom PettyThe history of rock n' roll and pop music are explored are explored via interviews and footage of well-known music stars.
- DirectorBob SmeatonFrank CvitanovichStarsJanis JoplinGrateful DeadThe BandThe filmed account of a large Canadian rock festival train tour boasting major acts like Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead and The Band.
- DirectorAlan ParkerStarsBob GeldofChristine HargreavesJames LaurensonA confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
- DirectorFleur BoonmanStarsSteven MorganThis music documentary follows the Belgian band dEUS on a European tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of their landmark album 'The Ideal Crash', through testimonials from their fans on notable moments in their lives since 1999, the year of release of the album.
- DirectorStephen KijakStarsLynyrd SkynyrdRonnie Van ZantGary RossingtonThis authorized documentary will explore the music and backstory of the legendary American band. With the songs from the first six Skynyrd albums driving the narration, the film focuses on the story of frontman Ronnie Van Zant - his upbringing, his roots, his work ethic and his contradictory persona as both as a mythic Southern rock poet and notorious boozed-up brawler, as well as the relationships between his friends and fellow founding members Gary Rossington and Allen Collins, along with later bandmates Ed King and Artimus Pyle.
- 20211h 58mPG-138.0 (14K)96MetascoreDirectorQuestloveStarsDorinda DrakeBarbara Bland-AcostaDarryl LewisDocumentary about the legendary 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival which celebrated African-American music and culture and promoted Black pride and unity.
- In January 1969, The Beatles set out to write and record new songs for their first live show in more than two years, culminating in an impromptu concert atop their Savile Row studio.
- DirectorOeke HoogendijkStarsPierre AudiMary BauermeisterPia DavilaInternationally acclaimed director Oeke Hoogendijk reconstructs the musical universe and dramatic life story of the legendary and controversial composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. Licht shows the creation of his magnum opus; the most radical opera cycle in history.
- DirectorPatrice GaulupeauStarsJohnny HallydayDavid HallydayTicky HolgadoDocumentary about Johnny Hallyday. After having followed the star during ten years, Patrice Gaulupeau gives us a realistic portrait of Johnny Hallyday. Build around three interviews with Johnny, also interviews of friends and collaborators, archive footage, concerts footage et films footage.
- DirectorSonia AndersonStarsDavid BowieAngie BowieBreege CollinsCombining footage from interviews with the late great David Bowie and contributions from those who knew him personally, this documentary celebrates the illustrious life of one of the greatest artists to ever grace the stage.
- DirectorLisa CholodenkoStarsFrances McDormandAlessandro NivolaChristian BaleWhen an uptight young man and his fiancée move into his libertine mother's house, the resulting clash of life attitudes shakes everyone up.
- DirectorDaniel RoherStarsThe BandRobbie RobertsonBruce SpringsteenA confessional, cautionary, and occasionally humorous tale of Robbie Robertson's young life and the creation of one of the most enduring groups in the history of popular music, The Band.
- DirectorJohn EdgintonStarsSyd BarrettJoe BoydVenetta FieldsRoger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Richard Wright and others tell the story of the creative process of the album "Wish You Were Here", released in September 1975.