Rock movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant rock movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out humorous, realistic, cult classic, offbeat, feel good and stylized films and TV shows about / with rock, rock music, rock and roll, music, musician, band, singer, artists and showbiz, music band and drug plots mostly in Music, Comedy and Drama genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as rock: Rock of Ages (2012), The Dirt (2019), Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982), Stoned (2005), The Boat That Rocked (2009), Heavy Trip (2018), This Must Be the Place (2011), SLC Punk! (1998), Pop Redemption (2013), Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979).

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 5.9
 81K
Rock of Ages (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip, while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.
Style: entertaining, feel good, sexy, visually appealing, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot: rock, broadway, rock and roll, music, dancing, gay, nightclub, dance, teenager, striptease, music business, nostalgia ...
Time: 80s, year 2012, 20th century, year 1987
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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 7.0
 55K
The Dirt (2019)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The story of Mötley Crüe and their rise from the Sunset Strip club scene of the early 1980s to superstardom.
Style: sexy, humorous, captivating, sad, slasher ...
Audience: date night
Plot: rock, rock music, heavy metal, guitarist, rock band, bassist, music band, celebrity, singer, drug, drummer, price of fame ...
Time: 80s, 70s
Place: los angeles, seattle
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Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
Style: psychedelic, surreal, psychological, disturbing, experimental ...
Audience: teens
Plot: rock, rock and roll, music, teacher, surrealism, loss of father, musician, rock music, visceral, drug addiction, trippy, childhood ...
Time: year 1982, 1940s, 20th century, 1950s, 60s ...
Place: england, europe, london, los angeles
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 5.7
 4K
Stoned (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A chronicle of the sordid life and suspicious death of Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones, who was found in the bottom of his swimming pool weeks after being let go from the band.
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, psychedelic, retro ...
Plot: rock, music, drug abuse, musician's life, musician, showbiz, life is a bitch, rock star, rise and fall, rock and roll, addiction, artists and showbiz ...
Time: year 2005, 60s
Place: britain, paris france, morocco, munich germany, london
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The Boat That Rocked (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story: The Boat that Rocked is an ensemble comedy, where the romance is between the young people of the 60s, and pop music. It's about a band of DJs that captivate Britain, playing the music that defines a generation and standing up to a government ...
Style: humorous, funny, sentimental, colorful, light ...
Plot: rock, radio, music, rock and roll, hippie, boat, rock music, friendship, rebellion, musician, coming of age, rebelliousness ...
Time: 60s, year 2009, 20th century
Place: london, britain
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Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Music, Musical
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In Venice Beach, naive Midwesterner JB bonds with local slacker KG and they form the rock band Tenacious D. Setting out to become the world's greatest band is no easy feat, so they set out to steal what could be the answer to their prayers... a ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, funny, lyrical, stylized ...
Plot: rock, heavy metal, rock star, music, rock and roll, stoner, weed, road trip, farce, musician, obsessive quest, drug ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa, venice beach california
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 7.0
 11K
Heavy Trip (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Finland, Norway, Belgium
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Turo is stuck in a small village and the best thing in his life is being the lead vocalist for the amateur metal band Impaled Rektum. He and his bandmates have practiced for 12 years without playing a single gig. The guys get a surprise visitor from ...
Style: road movie, humorous, captivating, light, feel good ...
Audience: teens
Plot: heavy metal, rock, rock band, rock music, viking, border, grave robbing, small town, friendship, black metal, road trip, punk ...
Time: 2010s
Place: finland, scandinavia, eastern europe
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This Must Be the Place (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy, France, Ireland
Duration: 118 min.
Story: A bored, retired rock star sets out to find his father's executioner, an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the U.S.
Style: road movie, dark comedy, surreal, melancholic, touching ...
Plot: goth, self discovery, rock, redemption, holocaust, relationships, on the road, eccentricity, existentialism, reconciliation, obsessive quest, parent child relationship ...
Time: year 2011, 21st century
Place: ireland, new mexico, michigan, usa, dublin ireland ...
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 7.4
 33K
SLC Punk! (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Two former geeks become 1980s punks, then party and go to concerts while deciding what to do with their lives.
Style: realistic, philosophical, harsh, teen, intense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: punk, subculture, rebelliousness, rock, self destructing, coming of age, drug overdose, rebellion, friendship, drug, punk rock, rock and roll ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century
Place: utah, north dakota, seattle, england, los angeles ...
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Pop Redemption (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A black metal band it is about to split up. In their way to one last gig at Hellfest festival an accidental death triggers numerous misadventures to four metalheads.
Style: exciting, not serious, realistic, humorous
Audience: teens
Plot: rock, buddies, music band, musician's life, friends, on the road, artists and showbiz, midlife crisis, wanted, comedy of errors, unfulfillment, police investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.
Style: grindhouse, teen, cult classic, psychotronic, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: rock and roll, high school, music, rock, teenager, punk, punk rock, school, youth, rebellion, adolescence, rock music ...
Time: year 1979, 20th century, 70s
Place: los angeles
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 8.3
 18K
Metalocalypse (2006)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story: Metalocalypse is an American animated television series, created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha, which premiered on August 6, 2006 on Adult Swim. The television program centers around the larger than life death metal band Dethklok, and often ...
Style: adult animation, parody, not serious, disturbing, humorous ...
Audience: adult
Plot: heavy metal, music band, lifestyle, rock, artists and showbiz, dark humor, music, graphic violence, musician, musician's life, popularity, chaos ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: europe
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 5.7
 24K
Last Days (2005)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The life and struggles of a notorious rock musician seeping into a pit of loneliness whose everyday life involves friends and family seeking financial aid and favors, inspired by rock music legend Kurt Cobain and his final hours.
Style: psychedelic, art house, bleak, intense, lyrical ...
Plot: musician, music, rock, rock music, depression, addiction, isolation, drug abuse, biopic, rock and roll, suicide, loneliness ...
Time: year 2005, 20th century, 2000s, 90s
Place: seattle, usa
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 7.9
 292K
Almost Famous (2000)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story: In 1973, 15-year-old William Miller's unabashed love of music and aspiration to become a rock journalist lands him an assignment from Rolling Stone magazine to interview and tour with the up-and-coming band Stillwater – fronted by lead guitar ...
Style: sentimental, road movie, feel good, realistic, semi autobiographical ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, family friendly ...
Plot: coming of age, journalism, rock and roll, musician, on the road, rock music, music, rock, musician's life, fame, road trip, manic pixie dream girl ...
Time: 70s, 2000s, year 2000, y2k, 20th century
Place: california, san francisco, new york, seattle, phoenix arizona ...
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 7.4
 189K
High Fidelity (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: When record store owner Rob Gordon gets dumped by his girlfriend, Laura, because he hasn't changed since they met, he revisits his top five breakups of all time in an attempt to figure out what went wrong. As Rob seeks out his former lovers to ...
Style: realistic, melancholic, feel good, funny, romantic ...
Audience: date night, chick flick
Plot: music, breakup, rock, musician's life, love and romance, musician, rock and roll, character study, self discovery, love story, love, dating ...
Time: 90s, year 2000, 2000s, y2k, 20th century ...
Place: chicago, usa, seattle
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 6.6
 38K
Heavy Metal (1981)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with a collection of stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
Style: adult animation, anthology, erotic, atmospheric, futuristic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: good versus evil, intergalactic, heavy metal, space station, rock, violence, androids and robots, spacecraft, alien, robot, danger, graphic violence ...
Time: future, year 1981
Place: usa, pentagon, new york
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 6.7
 32K
Singles (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Romantic comedy about six of Seattle's young people, most of whom live in the same apartment building and whose lives revolve around the city's ever-expanding music scene. The interrelated stories about each character's progress ...
Style: feel good, sweet, humorous, touching, realistic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night
Plot: music, music band, clubbing, city life, friendship, rock, love and romance, looking for love, couple relations, musician's life, roommate, young lovers ...
Time: 90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place: seattle, usa, washington state
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 6.9
 11K
Ex Drummer (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Music
Country: Belgium, France, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Three handicapped losers who form a band ask famous writer Dries to be their drummer. He joins the band and starts manipulating them.
Style: disturbing, offbeat, suspenseful, dark comedy, semi serious ...
Plot: rock, nihilism, misogynist, punk, homosexual rape, homosexual, manipulation, dark humor, rehearsal, buddies, music band, lifestyle ...
Time: near future, 21st century
Place: belgium
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 7.2
 328K
School of Rock (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' ...
Style: feel good, funny, entertaining, inspirational, humorous ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot: music, teacher, teachers and students, school, children, musician, rock music, rock and roll, high school, music band, rock band, music history ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, y2k, 21st century
Place: america, new york, usa, los angeles
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 6.2
 6K
Camp (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Misfits in their lives back home, a group of young people live it up at musical-theater camp. While the sports counselor is completely ignored, the kids' spend all their time in rehearsal for a grueling schedule that involves a new show every ...
Style: talky, humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: summer camp, gay, coming of age, dancing, lgbt, love and romance, teenage love, friendship, artists and showbiz, rock, love triangle, honest ...
Time: 2000s, year 2003, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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 7.2
 21K
Quadrophenia (1979)
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Based on the 1973 rock opera album of the same name by The Who, this is the story of 60s teenager Jimmy. At work he slaves in a dead-end job. While after, he shops for tailored suits and rides his scooter as part of the London Mod scene.
Style: surreal, stylized, lyrical, melancholic, depressing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: motorcycle, music, rock, coming of age, rock and roll, working class, youth, teenage boy, male nudity, street fight, pharmacy, dancing ...
Time: 60s, year 1965, 20th century, year 1979
Place: england, london, brighton, britain, europe
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 7.3
 8K
Leto (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music, Romance
Country: Russia, France
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Leningrad, one summer in the early eighties. Smuggling LP’s by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Perestroika. Mike and his beautiful wife Natasha meet with young Viktor Tsoï. Together with friends, they ...
Style: romantic, inspirational, art house, art film, black and white ...
Plot: rock, musician's life, youth, male pubic hair, skinny dipping, destiny, drinking, husband wife relationship, music band, bare breasts, rock music, autobiography ...
Time: 80s
Place: ussr, soviet union, russia
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Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Music, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Rock Opera version of Phantom Of The Opera with elements of Faust. Record producer Swan steals both the music and the girl (Phoenix) from composer Leach. Disfigured Leach plans revenge on Swan and his rock palace, The Paradise, and becomes The ...
Style: black comedy, humorous, scary, independent film, dark comedy ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: deal with the devil, rock opera, rock, rock and roll, macabre, childhood, tragedy, mad scientist, devil, hopes, musician's life, desire for fame ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1974
Place: new york, liverpool, cincinnati ohio
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 6.4
 4K
Rock & Rule (1983)
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 77 min.
Story: A malevolent rock star kidnaps a female singer to force her to participate in the summoning of a demon and her band must help her stop him.
Style: adult animation, semi serious, anime, futuristic, humorous ...
Audience: adult
Plot: musician, rock, rock band, self sacrifice, good versus evil, cocaine, violence, musician's life, imaginary, rescue, curses spells and rituals, kidnapping ...
Time: future, year 1983
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INXS : Never Tear Us Apart (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: The story of INXS, their personal lives and their rise to fame from Australian pubs to stadiums all around the world.
Style: emotional, captivating, atmospheric, psychological, entertaining ...
Plot: rock, biopic, music band, rise and fall, music, friendship, celebrity culture, rising to stardom, showbiz, ambition, fame, musician's life ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: australia
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 6.2
 40K
The Rocker (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Rob "Fish" Fishman is the drummer in '80s hair metal band Vesuvius. He's unceremoniously booted as the group signs a big record deal, is out of the music world for 20 years - and then receives a second chance with his ...
Style: feel good, humorous, funny, teen, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: music, heavy metal, music band, youth, rock, rock and roll, musician's life, teenage life, mentor, high school, drums, desire for fame ...
Time: year 2008, 70s, 80s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: ohio, usa, cleveland ohio
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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Singer Dewey Cox overcomes adversity to become a musical legend.
Style: funny, humorous, parody, stylized, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: music, rock, farce, hip hop, stupidity, success, drug abuse, rock and roll, addiction, drug, divorce, team ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 60s, 70s, 90s ...
Place: usa
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, UK, Canada, Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Scott Pilgrim is a 23 year old Canadian slacker and wannabe rockstar who falls in love with an American delivery girl, Ramona V. Flowers, and must defeat her seven "evil exes" to be able to date her.
Style: stylized, entertaining, colorful, surreal, visual ...
Audience: teens, date night, chick flick, kids, family friendly ...
Plot: hipster, twentysomething life, musician, magic realism, music band, fight scenes, slacker, coming of age, rock, superhero, sexy woman, dream ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: canada, montreal, toronto ontario canada
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 4.4
 2K
Monster Dog (1984)
Genre: Horror, Music
Country: Spain, USA, Puerto Rico
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A (dubbed) Alice Cooper stars as Victor Raven, a famous rock star, who returns to his childhood home to shoot a music video. Believing his presence is responsible for the return of a monstrous hound that killed folks when he was kid, the locals ...
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, enigmatic, retro ...
Plot: werewolf, rock, dog, murder, investigation, deadly creature, mutant, dangerous animal, music band, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, small town, musician ...
Time: 80s
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 6.8
 61K
I'm Not There (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: Germany, Canada, USA, France, UK
Duration: 135 min.
Story: Six actors portray six personas of music legend Bob Dylan in scenes depicting various stages of his life, chronicling his rise from unknown folksinger to international icon and revealing how Dylan constantly reinvented himself.
Style: non-linear, meditative, stylized, talky, lyrical ...
Plot: music, musician, biopic, actor, poet, rock, musician's life, art, brutality, african american, artist, drug addiction ...
Time: 60s, 70s, 2000s, year 2007, 90s ...
Place: usa, minnesota, new york, manhattan new york city, california ...
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