July 29th, 2011
10:18 AM ET
Friday's Top Five: Rock 'n' roll moviesAmy Winehouse’s passing is a reminder that so many music industry legends leave us too soon. For sad and mysterious reasons, it seems that many can’t make it past their 27th birthday. Luckily, their stories are still with us in their music and, for some, also on film. A few movies on this week’s list include rock bio pics. These have a pretty standard formula: The movies introduce the subjects before they were celebrities, and follow them as they rocket to fame and fortune. In many cases, their lives either spiral out of control or result in some sort of tragedy (i.e. a first class ticket to rehab, an organ transplant candidacy, or an abusive relationship). What are you favorite Rock n’ Rollas? Here’s mine:
Honorable Mentions:
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Are you kidding me–"the last good film Val Kilmer starred in"? Need evidence that you're wrong, big guy? I'm your Huckleberry. Must've missed Tombstone.
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Help!
The Rutles: All You Need Is Cash
Ladies and Gentlemen: The Fabulous Stains!!
What! No Hard Day's Night!!
Mr. Rock and Roll: The story of Alan Freed. No mention of the man who shaped rock and roll.
Gypsy "83"
The Rocker
Black Roses 1988 horror classic
but seriously how could you forget
Light of Day 1987 Michael J. Fox, Joan Jett....The Barbusters
If you not seen this movie please go rent it buy it borrow it from someone steal it whatever just watch this film TONIGHT.
You can't leave out the movie of all Punk Rock movies,
ROCK 'N' ROLL HIGH SCHOOL
and also
THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILATION (Metal\m/)
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#11 – "Let There Be Rock" – AC/DC. Guaranteed to fry your screen and melt your speakers 🙂
CNN edging ever closer to Entertainment Weekly in terms of complete insignificance. What a horrible list.
My Picks:
1. This Is Spinal Tap
2. Heavy Metal (1981)
3. The Kids Are Alright
4. American Hot Wax
5. FM
6. The Rocky Horror Picture Show
7. High Fidelity
8. The Wall
9. The Song Remains The Same
10. Hedwig & The Angry Inch
No Rocky Horror Picture Show?
No Spinal Tap?
No Hard Day's Night?
Seriously CNN, who makes these lists? They're terrible. This is almost as bad as the 4th of July list, which was an absolute joke.
And The Last Waltz? Concert films shouldn't be considered IMO, otherwise I'd just name 5 of those.
Eddie and The Cruisers
Walk The Line
Rockstar
That Thing You Do
The Labrynth
I watch all of these every time I see them on.
No Buddy Holly Story?
"Include rock bio pics. These have a pretty standard formula: The movies introduce the subjects before they were celebrities, and follow them as they rocket to fame and fortune. In many cases, their lives either spiral out of control or result in some sort of tragedy (i.e. a first class ticket to rehab, an organ transplant candidacy, or an abusive relationship)."
There's plenty of rock films that fufill the above subjects but it would be too depressing, I'll rather see a good film where everybody have fun and have a great time.
1. HELP ! – Beatles, Leo McKern, Eleanor Bron,
2. A HARD DAY's NIGHT – Beatles, Wilfred Brambell, and a very young Phil Collins.
3. THIS IS SPINAL TAP – Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Patrick MacNee
4. I WANNA HOLD YOUR HAND – Wendie Jo Sperber, Nancy Allen, Eddie Deezen, Marc McClure
5. American Grafitti – Ron Howard, Harrison Ford,
6. T.N.T. Show (1964)
7. And the sequel, to the TNT Show = The T.A.M.I. Show (1966)
Your list lacks Detroit Rock City. It is, therefore, invalid,
No American Hot Wax?
Jailhouse Rock and the Buddy Holly Story
Really? Let There Be Rock was finally released on DVD? I'm so pleased to hear that. It's a hundred times better than Stop Making Sense, excellent though that is. Thanks for letting me know! I can't imagine how long it might otherwise have taken me to find out that great news. I once found an old, battered rental VHS of this movie and showed it to my co-parent, who has very little time for hard rock. Like almost everybody who has ever seen it, she was completely blown away by its incendiary energy. And yet, in between some of the songs there are interview clips with the band members who are in their hotel rooms, and they seem like such nice kids, just sort of spaced out and talking bollocks. They seem like such likeable, easy-going guys... Other than that, I have to agree that Spinal Tap is the definitive 'rockumentary'. If only because every real film at least about the heavier bands, from Anvil – The Story of Anvil to Iron Maiden – Flight 666, always ends up being exactly the same as Spinal Tap! It's uncanny!
"A few movies on this week’s list include rock bio pics", the key word is BIO people, learn something!
sid and nancy...
Did anyone ever see HAIL HAIL ROCK AND ROLL????? The story of how Keith Richards decides that Chuck Berry needs a good back up band and gets one going ... This movie should be in the top five...
classic when keith richards tells story of how chuck punched him
Steve –
I forgot about that one when I left my comment – thanks for mentioning it. "Monterey Pop" is another strong contender, but I think this writer is one of many people in this profession who believe that the world was created in 1980.
Hard Day's Night
Help!
Across The Universe
I Wanna Hold Your Hand
Uhm, Rock and Roll Highschool? Duh.
I see you are being slammed for leaving out most of the best rock and roll movies ever made. I was going to ask when you were born since you left out "A Hard Days Night", "Tommy", and so forth. But I think others have made my point. Go back under the rock from which ye came!
The Gift, with Perry Farrell....Wish i could find that movie on DVD..I havnt seen it in 15 years...This guy needs a rock and roll history lesson.
I bet he calls glee, rock and roll....
I guess we can never really have the ultimate list coz of generation gap and all that
Well my list goes like this:
1. Pink Floyd THE WALL
2. THIS IS SPINAL TAP
3. ANVIL
4. ALMOST FAMOUS
5. PURPLE RAIN
Also:
6. David Bowie LABYRINTH
7. The Who QUADROPHENIA
8. THE BLUES BROTHERS
9. ONCE
10.U2 RATTLE AND HUM
1. Rock n Roll High School
2. Spinal Tap
3. The Wall
4. The Great Rock n Roll Swindle
5. Walk The Line
hello, THE WALL
What trogolodytes! What about AMERICAN POP – a Ralph Bakshi classic with a Seger soundtrack! I guess I'm the only one who saw it, but you really should check it out – it's awesome!
Derrrr...the Doors is last good movie starring Val Kilmer?!?!?!? Really? How about Kiss Kiss Bang Bang or Spartan. Not to mention: Heat, Tombstone, Wonderland, True Romance....please, get a grip...
The Doors was Val Kilmer's last good movie? Are you mildly retarded or completely retarded? Have you seen Tombstone? Have you seen Kiss Kiss Bang Bang? Put down the bong and catch up with other movies.
quadrophenia? Ring any bells? Also, if you are going to talk about "rock n roll" then as othes have said, you are probably required to add Rock N Roll HIgh School. Maybe a Beatles movies too. So... I agree on the first two, after that this list gets lame.
Definitely Light of Day should be in there. Cleveland does rock, or did back in the day.
"No Nukes" and I agree "Rattle and Hum" should have been on there as well as "Spinal Tap".
Let There Be Rock is by a very long way, the most thrilling concert movie I've ever seen. Unfortunately I don't think it has ever been released on DVD. It kicks an incredible amount of ass. Tragically, Bon Scott died soon after it was made and AC/DC have carried on for thirty-odd years with a different singer. A lot of what they have done since then is unpleasant and embarrassing, but with Bon Scott, they were unbeatable.
It was released on DVD last month!
La Bamba was the only decent movie listed by the blogger.
Grease
Saturday Night Fever
Footloose
Dirty Dancing
Purple Rain
Rocky Horror Picture Show
This is Spinal Tap
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Levon Helm hated the Last Waltz. Said it was a commercial for "Hollywood" boy Robbie Robertson and his blow buddy Scorcese. The members of the Band never got any money for the film, and Levon said it drove Rick Danko to an early grave. Oh one more thing, Robertson's mic was turned off, as usual, for this concert, because he couldn't sing in harmony with the rest of the band. He also overdubbed most of his solos on the film as well.
Dude, Val Kilmer's last good movie was KISS KISS BANG BANG.
My top 5:
1. Almost Famous
2. This is Spinal Tap
3. High Fidelity
4. Streets of Fire (if you've never seen this - see it!)
5. Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Honorable mention: Phantom of the Paradise, Purple Rain, Quadrophenia
Hard Day's Night unquestionably #1.
Only other ones that are TRULY rock `n roll or even matter (in no particular order):
Gimme Shelter
This Is Spinal Tap
The Buddy Holly Story
Almost Famous
Woodstock
The Last Waltz
The Doors.
The Rose & La Bamba are ersatz "rock `n roll," as many other Hollywood efforts have been.
Light of day – Joan Jett and Micheal J Fox
Wayne 's World – both of them had TONS of music
Elvis Presley – Jailhouse Rock
The Beatles – A Hard Day's Night
Led Zeppelin – The Song Remains The Same
Pink Floyd – The Wall
The Who – Tommy
The Commitments! Great movie!
The Concert for Bangladesh, the Concer for Kampuchea, the concert for ARMS Benefit, The Stones Gimme Shelter, Pink Floyd's The Wall ....
The Buddy Holly Story, The Wall, A Hard Days Night, Spinal Tap...
What a dumb list. Someone needs to tell the author what rock and roll is. Ray Charles (Soul), Johnny Cash (Country), Tina Turner (Soul again) and the the Once performers (Muzak) are not ROCK AND ROLL! The Beatles Hard Day's Night? Now that's Rock and Roll and better than any movie on this list!
Howie, one thing people from the inner cities and people from the Appalachians have one thing in common – they can ROCK no matter what color their skin or how they dress. Johnny Cash had more in common with Elvis and Dylan than he did with any country artist, most of Tina's hits had much more to do with rock than with soul, and Ray practically invented rock and roll - take a listen to "Mess Around."
Use your ears.
I agree with all your choices, however......Buddy Holly Story! Woodstock! Gimme Shelter!
Spinal Tap! It's difficult to choose just top five....
two words...THE WALL
A Hard Days Night
The Wall
Sid and Nancy
Pulp Fiction (just for the soundtrack)
Leadbelly
Queen – Live At Wembley.
Pink Floyd – The Wall
Bowie – Live In Santa Monica
Buddy Holly Story with Gary Busey – Fantastic!
The Grateful Dead Movie – their last shows at Winterland before "retiring"
Stop Making Sense – Talking Heads (how could you leave this one out?)
Woodstock – for crying out loud
Ladies and Gentlemen, The Rolling stones – their 1972 tour on the Exile On Mail Street album release
Tommy (1975) ALWAYS should be mentioned on any list of great rock movies! Roger Daltrey, Elton John and Tina Turner simply rocked it and Ann-Margret was even nominated for an Oscar!
uh.....rock n roll high school? ladies and gentlemen the fabulous stains? spinal tap? the light of day? what the fark??????
What about "The Rocker" with Rainn Wilson as a burned out Drummer, and The Blues Brothers (BOTH Movies) being in here? While The Rocker isnt 100% classic yet, as its recent, I do feel it has an amazing soundtrack with a great movie. Also I do have to put in a vote for Rocky Horror Picture Show as well!
How does the Buddy Holly Story, Help!, A Hard Day's Night, Yellow Submarine, Across the Universe, American Graffiti, and The Beat Goes On, not on this list?
1. Spinal Tap
2. Spinal Tap
3. Spinal Tap
4. Spinal Tap
5. Spinal Tap
Spinal Tap goes to 11, those other 5 can be 12-16
Until Spinal Tap is in the Top 5, this list cannot be taken with an ounce of seriousness. It's simply the greatest R&R movie of all time.
FM? Jimmy Buffett
No Nukes? Springsteen
Woodstock
Gimme Shelter
Spinal Tap
Eddie and the Cruisers
The Commitments
Any rock movie list that doesn't list A Hard Days Night is a joke. It only changed everything from the fast cutting to offbeat humor to effectively capturing the times perfectly. The list had to have been made by a 20 year old.
The Doors & Almost Famous were completely bad movies. And although Ray was a great movie...its not Rock. The writer must be a young journalist wannabe to not list A Had Day's Night or Help or Tommy or The Wall as quintessential ROCK movies.
That said how do you miss Hail! Hail! Rock and Roll? Chuck Berry is one of the main artists that gave birth to Rock N Roll.
And The Commitments is a great movie too.
The Kids Are Alright
Still Crazy
Trick Or Treat
Eat The Rich
HELP!
Stop Making Sense is not only one of the best rock movies ever, it also happens to be one of my favorite films period.
Jonathan Demmes's second best film! It really needs to be on the list.
Can't believe only two people put The Wall on here. How sad. What about Purple Rain, Tommy, Rocky Horror, Stop Making Sense, etc.
CNN has a very sad idea of what "rock 'n' roll" is. Why not at the Justin Bieber movie? It was in 3D!!!
Obviously the greatest REAL rock movie was ROCK N ROLL HIGH SCHOOL, starring The Ramones!
CNN, you are now dead to me. Time to bookmark MSNBC.
200 MOTELS!! Zappa and the Mothers, Ringo and Keith Moon as a groupie nun. That's numero uno. Also: MC5: A True Testimonial, The Kids Are Alright, No Direction Home, Woodstock, Last Waltz, all the Beatles films. Spinal Tap.
Up in Smoke
The Last Waltz
One
Spinal Tap
Some Kind Of Monster
Alternate: Stop Making Sense
Grateful Dead Movie
Stop Making Sense
The Last Waltz
Woodstock
The Doors
Hooray for Friday's Top Five! This is so much fun!
Here's my list:
1. The Last Waltz
2. Amadeus
3. High Fidelity – "Get your patchouli stink out of my store!" (love this soundtrack)
4. Velvet Goldmine
5. Spinal Tap
Honorable Mention:
Once
Walk the Line
Hustle and Flow
Ray
I'm surprised not to see The Wall in the list.
This list is a sham without Spinal Tap. It would have to be number 1. Rocky Horror Picture Show number 2. How could anyone leave them off a list?
Where is Velvet Goldmine? Seriously.
one more................Rock around the clock
If you're gonna throw up la bamba, might as well put up eddie and the cruisers and the buddy holly story (gary busey as buddy holly is a sight you can't un-see)
Apparently, you've never heard of :
Rock n' Roll High School
Rude Boy
Quadrophenia
This is Spinal Tap
The Great Rock n Roll Swindle
Go to Netflix !
The Commitments?
Heavy Metal.....what happened to Heavy Metal?
Monterey Pop
This is Spinal Tap
Doors
Last Waltz
"The Doors" is Kilmer's last great performance? Ugh, yeah. How about "Tombstone." He should have won an Oscar for single handedly making that movie as memorable as it is.
Still Crazy!!!!!!!
Great Balls of Fire
24 Hour Party People
Velvet Underground
Quadrophenia
That Thing You Do
Pink Floyd at Pompei
Honorable Mention goes to Neil Young's "Rust Never Sleeps". I actually saw that concert, it's one of the first VHS tapes I ever bought, because I had to see that concert again! Sort of cool when you can relive one of your absolute favorite concerts from the 70s with your kids!
My goodness this is a lame list. 200 motels. The Grateful Dead Movie. Easy Rider. Blues Brothers. Hard Days Night. Ask your parents, maybe they'll let you stay up late and watch something good.
Spinal Tap?
Woodstock, Blues Brothers, Spinal Tap, American Graffiti....and what about Elvis, The King of Rock and Roll? His best movie was "Jailhouse Rock", I think I'd put that on the list somewhere.
American Graffiti ????
You give honorable mention to a George Burns "Oh God," movie, but leave out the the Ramones' Rock N Roll High School?
I could watch The Last Waltz 100 times. Actually, I think I did.
Almost Famous!
Woodstock
The Rose
The Last Waltz
La Bamba
Just one more article that demonstrates the short-sightedness of the young. "America Graffiti" and "The Buddy Holly Story" were far better movies than most of the ones on the list, but the writer(s) are probably too young and oblivious to even know of their existence.
#1 – Grateful Dead
How is "Airheads" not on this list?
But why no Pat Boone movies?
(Wait...never mind.)
Believe it or not, there are Rock 'n' Roll movies prior to the 70s. My all-time favorite is The Girl Can't Help It.
My first thought!
eddie and the cruisers?
heavy metal?
Gimme Shelter, Stones
Purple Rain was a great movie
I'm w/ Dave Welles, Streets of Fire is a great movie.
Is it wrong that I think "School of Rock" should be on the list? It's wacky, but it captures the spirit of Rock and Roll wonderfully.
"STREETS of FIRE"
Come on! That Thing You Do anyone?
what?....this list is bogus, how old is this writer???....no mention of Eddie and the Cruisers 1 and 2????....those are my picks for the top spots
"I rather be remembered for the music, or not at all" – Eddie Wilson 1965
"THE COMMITTMENTS" you louts.
How could I forget, SUCH soul! Yessss Dave!
hey, what about Streets of Fire?
Control–Ian Curtis and Joy Division were destined for greatness.
Velvet Goldmine–What it was like when David Bowie ruled England
A Mighty Wind–Folk singers taken to the comedic sword
Apparently the author was too young when a little movie called "American Hot Wax" was released back in 1978. One of the greatst Rock-N-Roll movies ever made. And how about the Buddy Holly story? And do not get me started on Walk the Line. Really? Rock-N-Roll? Someone needs to tell this person the difference between Rock-N-Roll and COUNTRY MUSIC!!!
This guy/gal needs to go back to World of Warcraft. or better yet, back to their IE6!
Eddie and the Cruisers is my vote.
uh yeah, val kilmer was in tombstone after the doors which is an incredible movie. i also agree that rock star with mark wahlberg was a great movie. almost famous is my number one.
Here are my Top 5 Rock Movies...not in order:
-Almost Famous
-Hard Day's Night (Beatles)
-Rock Star (Mark Wahlberg)
-La Bamba
-Purple Rain
Renaldo & Clara
This was such a "phone-in" piece with no depth of knowledge on this subject of Rock N' Roll in movies. There are so many other talented film critic wantabe's out there and this smuck get paid for writing something with the dept of a phone book. Amazing!
Please remember "A Hard Day's Night" and "Help" both 4 star movies.
There is an anti-woman bias it seems in the movie selections......how about the "The Runaways" Joan Jett and the rest of her band members
The Runaways is a great story, but the movie was very poorly executed. They chose a pathetic actress to play the lead too.
As for other rocknroll movies, Westway to the World and Let's Rock Again are both tops.
don't agree with La Bamba. Woodstock should be on the list, Hard Days Night, Blues Brothers, The Wall, and Tommy should have be mentioned,
"Almost Famous" was a really good movie and yet they never show it. Not even on VH1 Rock and roll movies!!
I can't take this list seriously. There is no Spinal Tap.
Almost everyone's list is better than the original author's. I would treat concert films separately, and include Woodstock, Festival Express, The Last Waltz, Stop Making Sense and The Song Remains the Same on a list of the great concert films.As for the greatest Rock'n' Roll movies - movies that tell a story about rock'n'roll and are at the same time infused with the spirit of rock'n'roll - here is my list:
1. Hedwig & The Angry Inch
2. A Hard Day's Night
3. The Commitments
4. The Blues Brothers
5. Dig!
"Oh God You Devil"...really? I would have put "The Buddy Holly Story" in its place. And even though it's a rock and roll parody, "Walk Hard-The Dewey Cox Story" must be on this list.
1. The Last Waltz
2. Almost Famous
3. Stop Making Sense
4. The T.A.M.I. Show
5. This is Spinal Tap
Oh, and don't forget "URGH! A Music War", though I guess that doesn't technically qualify as a "rock" movie. And "The Decline of Western Civilization" is a CLASSIC.
"Rock-Rock-Rock-Rock...Rock n' Roll High School......"
Okay, how can Purple Rain not be on this list?
Almost Famous is among my top 10 favorite movies of all time. You could also throw in Pirate Radio; which was like one big rock opera.
If we get to include all pop musicians
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Spinal Tap
A Mighty Wind
I'm Not There (About Bob Dylan)
Coal Miner's Daughter
Sid and Nancy
Almost Famous
Purple Rain
A Hard Day's Night
Yeah, without Spinal Tap, this list fails. Though I agree with the Doors, the Last Waltz, and Almost Famous. I'd probably try to work the Boat That Rocked in there as well. Honorable mention: Fubar.
The Commitments?
The Buddy Holly Story?
Rock around the Clock?
I don't think I see "The Commitments" (Alan Parker dir., 1991) on anyone's post. This is a must-see if you haven't: a bunch of kids in dead-end Dublin put together an American-style soul band. The scenes of them putting their sound together and playing their first gigs really communicate the joy and power of making music.
The Commitments
That Thing You Do
This is Spinal Tap
1. That Thing You Do
2. Standing in the Shadow of Motown
3. Spinal Tap
4. Almost Famous
5. It Might Get Loud
Honorable mentions:
Beatles Anthology, The Buddy Holly Story, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, The Police Around the World, Magical Mystery Tour
WOW!!!! Noone mentions Rattle and Hum??? Isn't that the top grossing concert movie of all time? If you're putting the Last Waltz on your list, Rattle and Hum goes on there too, if not before it.
"Charles Mansion stole this from the Beatles, we're stealing it back"
Y'all are idiots fro not including "Talking Heads – Stop Making Sense" THE ALL TIME BEST R&R Film. Why nobody here lists that move is beyond me. There is no better concert/Rock & Roll Movie ever made.
I've seen it and I know why it's not on the list. The reason is simple...Talking Heads SUCK. Ever consider that the idiot was you?
My favorite (I can't believe no one has mentioned it!) is "Across The Universe." FABULOUS!!!
No 'This is Spinal Tap'????? Are you mad??
Under Great White Northern Lights. About the 2007 tour of Canada by The White Stripes. The last 10 minutes of the move have more raw, real emotions than ALL the movies listed combined!
Josh, some of these people are LOSERS!! They would have Grease on here if they could. You were spot-on once again with this list. Thank you for making Friday more fun, once again.
Top5Fan, you're a class act!
As someone else commented, I'd go with The Rose as #1. And The Doors was not Val Kilmer's last good movie; the following year he did Thunderheart, whcih is one of my all time favorites. While not exactly in the Rock category, if you ever do a list of the top blues movies, make sure you see 1986's Crossroads, which stars Ralph Maccio and Joe Seneca and has great blues music by Ry Cooder and great rock by Steve Vai.
The Last Waltz
The Band!!!!!!
Love the list and the format but Walk the Line needs to be in the top 5.
Is this guy on drugs? No, "That Thing You Do"? Maybe he discounts it because it plays more sixties pop than gritty rock and roll, but this is the story of rock & roll done as only Tom Hanks could. Not to be missed.
I agree. Greatly observed and FUN film!
Rock N Roll High School, High Fidelity and This Is Spinal Tap are essentials.
"Do your parents know that you're Ramones." from Rock'n'Roll High School
Oh, come on..."The Doors"? Really? I guess Val's (last) masterful performance obscured the fact that that piece of Oliver Stone revisionist history was a muddling mess. How you can put that and "La Bamba" on this list and leave off "Don't Look Back" and "Spinal Tap"?
You're so right about "The Doors", that was a terrible movie. It was hardly even worth laughing at. As soon as I saw it at the top of this list I knew the whole list was nonsense.
you are sooooooooooo correct! For me it was "A Hard Day's Night", which showed the pure joy of rock and roll.
The Filth and the Fury
Rock'n'Roll High School
A Hard Day's Night
Dig!
Quadrophenia
Totally, Neptune! I might add Great Balls of Fire, Nowhere Boy, School of Rock, That'll Be the Day/Stardust, Hard Day's Night, Help!, Buddy Holly Story...& the list goes on!
As you've included Filth and Dig (LOVED)...what about It Might Get Loud
Oh God! You Devil has as much to do with rock & roll as Jonathon Livingstone Seagull has to do with, well, seagulls.
LOL! Awesome!! Could not have said it better myself!
This is Spinal Tap: A Rockumentary
It goes to 11.
Sid & Nancy
Gary Olldman deserved an academy award for his portrayal of Sid Viscious.
A Star is Born
"Are you a figment of my imagination, or am i one of yours?"
(Does anybody remember laughter?)
Oops. Put Tommy in at 10
The Ruttles: All You Need is Cash
Hell Yeah!!! Best Ever. C.H.E.E.S.E.A.N.D.O.N.I.O.N.S. Ohh Noo.
Keep yourself clean.
Yes, the Rutles. They were brutally ripped off by Blind Lemon Pie, weren't they?
Phantom of the Paradise!
Yes, classic!
Also Rock N Roll High School
I agree that it's an underated movie, but doesnt belong in the top five.
1. The Song Remains the Same
2. Pink Floyd: The Wall
3. The Last Waltz
4. This is Spinal Tap
5. Woodstock
6. Hendrix
7. Almost Famous
8. The Rose
9. Rocky Horror Picture Show
10 Dead Man's Curve
10. Monterey Pop
Good list, you forgot Oh God You Devil!
anything about doodoo or the california raisins. them california raisins could rock.
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Hard Core Logo – no one outside of Canada has heard of it, but it's awesome.
King Creole – Elvis did at one time rule.
The Great Rock and Roll Swindle
I Wanna Hold Your Hand – Teens trying to see the Beatles
Detroit Rock City – Teens trying to see Kiss
I'd second: Anvil! The Story of Anvil. Maybe the best "rockumentary" ever.
Spinal Tap has to be on the list
Rocky Horror Picture Show
A Hard Days Night: Rotten movie with great songs, and the scene with Ringo walking along the river with some kid is great.
1. The Last Waltz
2. High Fidelity
3. This is Spinal Tap
4. Almost Famous
5. Woodstock
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"Everyone knows Amy Winehouse died. Who are Justin Allen 23, Brett Linley 29, Matthew Weikert 29, Justus Bartett 27, Dave Santos 21, Jesse Reed 26, Matthew Johnson 21, Zachary Fisher 24, Brandon King 23, Christopher Goeke 23, and Sheldon Tate 27....All Marines that gave their lives this week for you. There is no media coverage for them... not even a mention of their names. Honor them by posting this."
Think about that.
That's not the topic of this forum. Think about THAT, you self-righteous jerk.
Thank you so much for bringing that to everyones attention lets honor people who deserve to be honored. celebrities get way to much attention when there are much more important people giving thier lives for thier country and all of us. what did winehouse do for her country?
Thank you for the reality check!
great list! love the utube trailers!
La Bamba w/Lou Diamond? Thats hilarious and equally stupid.
YES–DREAMGIRLS–more anti women evidence.
Here are my personal favorites:
1.The Temptations
2.Hysteria:The Def Leppard Story
3.Labamba
4.The Rocky Horror Picture Show
5.Cadillac Records
I love the list. Dreamgirls should definitely be an honorable mention.
DREAMgirls?!! NO, I dont think so.
Great format. What happened to THE ROSE and LADY SINGS THE BLUES–both great–not to mwention the one about Edith Piaf–are we anti-women??
I agree with you. I think The Rose was the best movie in this category. What could be better than Bette Midler starring as Janis Joplin???
YELLOW SUBMARINE
SGT PEPPERS
any Beatles movie
Hard Days Night
Don't Look Back
Dig
Bill Haileys Rock Concert 1950s
•The Doors
•Spinal Tap
•Almost Famous
•High Fidelity - love John Cusack
•Eddie and the Cruisers - cheesy in the best way
Glee 3D
What about The Blues Brothers? And Val Kilmer is hilarious as gay Perry in Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang!
You got it right, dude! The Blues Brothers has some amazing music.
Mary Poppins
Dumbo
Bambi
E.T.
Gremlins
Vote for Pedro!
8 The Song Remains The Same
The Song Remains the Same??? Even LZ hated how it turned out! The live concert shots all have lousy sound quality, lousy video quality, and the band has always admitted their performances were lousy.
6 Ziggy Stardust
7 Tommy (The WHO)
Tommy should have been number 1!!!!!!!!!!!!
1 Monterey Pop Festival 1967
2 Woodstock 1969
3 Let It Be Beatles 1969
4 Gimme Shelter 1970
5 Festival Express 1970 train ride
I agree with you 100% on your choices! I'd like to add a few of my own: Born to Boogie...with Marc Bolan and Ringo Starr, Easy Rider...no rock stars in the film itself but the soundtrack is phenomenal, Head..The Monkees & Frank Zappa, 200 Motels, with Frank Zappa, Keith Moon & Ringo Starr.
Much better list than the article. Don't forget this one....
"The MC5:A True Testimonial" will blow every single other rockumentary out of the water once it is released.
VH1 won't know what to do with that baby.
truly. how could they leave off woodstock???!!!!
No Spinal Tap!?!?!?!?!?!
Just what I thought!
Their list didn't go to 11.
Spinal Tap is beyond the simplistic conceptions of this article.
I agree. This dude is an idiot. He needs to put down his Tiger Beat and go cut his Bieber haircut. Spinal Tap should have been at the top. and what about "Rockstar" w Mark Wahlberg and Zakk Wylde? idiot
I was almost crushed by a midget!!!
Why did they leave out Frosty the Snowman and Red Dawn?
1 Frosty the Snowman
2 PeeWees Big Adventure
3 Red Dawn
4 Ernest Goes To Hollywood
5 Babe II A Pig In The City
How could you forget Fight Club?
Rock rock rock rock rock and roll high school!
This guy who came up with this is clueless.
Go have another stick of bubble gum.
I did not notice Eddie & The Cruisers on this list... Quite a shame!
No luv for THE RUNAWAYS or THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION II: THE METAL YEARS?
No Spinal Tarp, no list. Fail!
live the doors!!!
The first sign this list means nothing – totally ignoring the most influential rock band: THE BEATLES. Examples: Hard Day's Night ("Turn left at Greenland" – George Harrison) – the original rockumentary – is one of Roger Ebert's 2 favorite films. Yellow Submarine ("Must be from Kentucky" – Ringo Starr) – critics regularly give this land-breaking film 5 stars. Backbeat – the best film about the formation of The Beatles. Meanwhile, some of the choices above can barely be associated with Rock 'N Roll.