Best Music Movies of 2019 (So Far)

1.

Rocketman

5.7

7.5/10

The story of Elton John's life, from his years as a prodigy at the Royal Academy of Music through his influential and enduring musical partnership with Bernie Taupin.

2.

Yesterday

5.2

7.0/10

Jack Malik is a struggling singer-songwriter in an English seaside town whose dreams of fame are rapidly fading, despite the fierce devotion and support of his childhood best friend, Ellie. After a freak bus accident during a mysterious global blackout, Jack wakes up to discover that he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles.

3.

Fyre

5.1

7.3/10

He promised supermodels and yachts, but delivered tents and cheese sandwiches. How one man engineered a music festival disaster.

4.

The Dirt

5.1

7.0/10

The story of Mötley Crüe and their rise from the Sunset Strip club scene of the early 1980s to superstardom.

6.

Descendants 3

4.7

7.3/10

The teenagers of Disney's most infamous villains return to the Isle of the Lost to recruit a new batch of villainous offspring to join them at Auradon Prep.

7.

Amazing Grace

4.0

7.8/10

The late director Sydney Pollack's behind-the-scenes documentary about the recording of Aretha Franklin's best-selling album Amazing Grace finally sees the light of day more than four decades after the original footage was shot.

8.

Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese

4.0

7.9/10

Part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, this film captures the troubled spirit of America in 1975 and the joyous music that Dylan performed during the fall of that year.

9.

Blinded by the Light

3.9

6.1/10

In 1987, during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family, and find his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen.

10.

Wild Rose

3.8

7.4/10

A young Scottish singer, Rose-Lynn Harlan, dreams of making it as a country artist in Nashville after being released from prison.

11.

Fisherman’s Friends

3.6

6.9/10

Ten fisherman from Cornwall are signed by Universal Records and achieve a top ten hit with their debut album of Sea Shanties. Based on the true-life story of Cornish folk band, Fisherman's Friends.

12.

Chasing Happiness

3.4

8.0/10

From humble roots as pastor's sons in New Jersey, through their meteoric rise to fame, the Jonas Brothers' bond was unshakeable-until a surprising and painful breakup led Joe, Kevin and Nick down very different paths. With deeply personal interviews, previously unreleased footage and exclusive music, this is the Jonas Brothers as never seen before.

13.

Beats

3.4

6.4/10

An agoraphobic hip-hop prodigy and a disgraced former music manager cross paths in Chicago’s South Side and help each other face demons of their pasts.

14.

Pavarotti

3.3

7.7/10

Featuring never-before-seen footage, concert performances and intimate interviews, filmmaker Ron Howard examines the life and career of famed opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti.

15.

Stuck

3.3

6.1/10

A musical about six strangers who find themselves stuck on the New York City subway.

16.

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

3.3

7.5/10

A visionary, innovator, and originator who defied categorization and embodied the word cool—a foray into the life and career of musical and cultural icon Miles Davis.

17.

Teen Spirit

3.3

6.2/10

A shy teenager living on the Isle of Wight dreams of pop stardom. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a singing competition that will test her integrity, talent, and ambition.

19.

Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation

3.2

7.6/10

50 years after the legendary fest, Barak Goodman’s electric retelling of Woodstock, from the point of view of those who were on the ground, evokes the freedom, passion, community, and joy the three-day music festival created.

20.

Her Smell

3.2

6.3/10

A self-destructive punk rocker struggles with sobriety while trying to recapture the creative inspiration that led her band to success.