Music Movie Rankdown

Yes this does include Musicals, but it is so, so much more than that! Any film that deals with or primarily features music, musicians, musical themes, etc and genres from biopics (Amadeus, Respect, Rocketman, Bohemian Rhapsody etc) to comedy (Almost Famous, High Fidelity, Empire Records, Spinal Tap etc) to animated features (all those Disney movies etc), movies based on albums (The Wall, Tommy, Slade on Fire etc) and that is just the tip of the proverbial iceberg. There is a lot more out there than just musicals.

Set in a music store/radio station that plays music - yes.
Movie about following a band or going to a music festival etc - yes
Movies that are about dancing/clubbing etc - yes.
Movies where the soundtrack is a core part of the plot - yes

Note - just because a film has a banging soundtrack doesn't make it eligible though, only where it is a core part of the plot. For example, Guardians of the Galaxy (the mixtape made by dying mum is his only momento and is played) or Baby Driver (the driver uses the MP3 player to cut the tinnitus in his ears & for timing while driving) etc. There are others but it has to play a core part, not just cause it's got good songs, hope that makes sense.

 

Spike island
Northern soul - the movie

 

The great rock n roll swindle

 

Good movie about the early days of the Beatles with a brilliant soundtrack. (Featuring members of R.E.M./Nirvana/Afghan Wigs/Sonic Youth/Soul Asylum)
Have it on lp and still play it very often.

 

I am going to try and nominate films that haven't been named yet, a helluva lot of good soundtracks and musicals already put out there

 

Sing,,
Calamity Jane
Oklahoma
The King and I
Chess
Walking on Sunshine
Coyote Ugly
Mama Mia
Grease
Purple Rain
Sunshine on Leith
A Street Cat Called Bob
Dirty Dancing
Dream Girls
An American Werewolf in London
Peggy Sue got Married
Breakfast Club
Porkys

 

Pretty sure my initial movies that I thought of upon seeing I was tagged will already be mentioned.

The Wall
Tommy
The Doors

I’ll have a think and get back to you.

 

I think the few folk that have stated they’ll miss out on contributing a top10 will be surprised by the overall list. Hope they join in and maybe not write it off so soon.

Ray
Mary Poppins Returns
Beauty and the Beast 2017
The Lion King 1994
Moana
Black Swan

Still not sure what actually qualifies but

Hook
Oasis - Supersonic
Muse - Simulation Theory

 

Would "The" Suicide Squad as Gunn has the movie at least 70% of music?

 

Whiplash and Amadeus (the guys that play Mozart and Salieri knock this out the park).

Moana and The Greatest Showman

 

Grease
South Park: Bigger Longer Uncut

 

Grease
The Lion King
The Jungle Book
Moulin Rouge
West Side Story
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
The Sound of Music

 

That's not the defining characteristic here.

Suicide Squad features a lot of songs, but they are just songs being played in the background. They may set the tone for the scene they are being played to, and Gunn's use of them here is almost expected but far from being necessary for the story or essential to understanding Harley Quinn or King Shark or Amanda Waller or whoever.

Guardians of the Galaxy (Vol I & II) is because a big part of Quill's character centres on the music of the mixtapes that his dying mother made for him, so it is part of the actual story and why it's central to understanding Quill. It's not because of being a Gunn film, as SS is, but because it's for the character.

Baby Driver's use of the MP3 player is key because of the driver's tinnitus in his ear and timing for when driving. So it is important because its needed for the character.

Good Morning Vietnam is, as Cronauer is a DJ and the use of the music he chooses to play is important as much as his humour is to understanding the influence and change that Cronauer was having on collegues as well as the moral of the troops etc as much as the war is having on Cronauer.

This would apply to Pump Up the Volume, as the songs are primarily selections from Christian Slater's 'Happy Harry Hard-On' pirate radio show, and the effect it has on the students and faculty, parents at a school etc.

Also to the likes of Reservoir Dogs, as the DJ (K-Billy's Super Sounds of the 70's) or American Graffiti's 'The Wolfman Jack' on the radio interject and the selections of songs are the spoke words of the DJ's, so they are built into the stories, (even though in K-Billy's case it's an off screen character) but their dialogue was created for the movies, so they would count.

That's a couple of examples.

 

Will compile the nominees so far sometime Friday after ove had some sleep, lol... but adding a few that don't think have been mentioned but want to make sure I don't forget about...

The Legend of 1900
Immortal Beloved
Lady Sings the Blues
Across the Universe
Labrynth
Miles Ahead
Dingo
I Saw the Light
The Jolson Story
The Glenn Miller Story
Words and Music
Topsy Turvy
The Great Ziegfeld
Cosi
Strictly Ballroom
Susperia 1977
Susperia 2018
Black Swan
Absolute Beginners
The Wiz
The Great Waltz
Rock'n'Roll High School (The Ramones)
Pump Up the Volume
Sid and Nancy
Sing Street
Little Voice
Roger Waters: The Wall
(as seperate from Pink Floyd: The Wall)

 

Oh brother where art thou
Whiplash
Wayne's world
Dirty dancing
The commitments
Back to the future(not sure if this'll be eligible - Marty is in a band so...)
Blues brothers
Trainspotting
Dazed and confused
Guardians of the galaxy
Quadrophenia
Baby driver
Do the right thing(eligibility?)
Straight outta compton

 

Adding some more...

Blinded by the Light
Some Like it Hot
Human Traffic
The Festival
Judy
Lords of Chaos
I Am Woman
Coal Miner's Daughter
Nina
Notorious
Straight Outa Compton
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
The Soloist
Hillary and Jackie
Doing Time For Patsy Cline
That Thing You Do
Rent
Brassed Off
The Piano
Shine
Pitch Perfect
The Runaways
Last Days
Bird
I'm Not There
Last Days of Disco
54
What's Love Got To Do With It?
Behind the Candelabra
Bound for Glory
The Buddy Holly Story
Caberet
Sweeney Todd
Begin Again
The Wizard of Oz
An American in Paris
Dear Evan Hansen
All That Jazz
Brigadoon!
Great Balls of Fire
Airheads
Honkytonk Man
Paint Your Wagon
Little Shop of Horrors
Hamilton
Tick, Tick, Boom!
Dancer in the Dark
Cry Baby
The Muppet Movie
The Muppet Christmas Carol
The Muppets Most Wanted
Fame
Viva Las Vegas
Funny Face
Top Hat
Eddie and the Cruisers
Light of Day
The Rutles: All You Need is Cash

 

And What We have Nominated So Far...

8 Mile
24hr Party People
54
A Day at the Races
A Hard Day's Night
A Night at the Opera
A Star is Born (1976)
A Star is Born (2018)
A Street Cat Called Bob
Absolute Beginners
Across the Universe
Airheads
All That Jazz
Almost Famous
Amadeus
American Graffiti
An American in Paris
Baby Driver
Backbeat
Beauty and the Beast (2017)
Begin Again
Behind the Candelabra
Bird
Black Swan
Blinded by the Light
Blues Brothers
Bohemian Rhapsody
Bound for Glory
Brassed Off
Brigadoon!
Bugsy Malone
Bula Quo
Caberet
Cadillac Records
Calamity Jane
Cats
Chess
Chicago
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Coal Miner's Daughter
Control
Cosi
Coyote Ugly
Crazy Heart
Crossroads
Cry Baby
Dancer in the Dark
Dear Evan Hansen
Dingo
Dirty Dancing
Doing Time For Patsy Cline
Dream Girls
Duck Soup
Eddie and the Cruisers
Enchanted
Fame
Fidler on the Roof
For the Boys
Frank
Frozen
Funny Face
Get Back
Gimme Shelter
Good Morning, Vietnam
Good Vibrations
Grease
Great Balls of Fire
Greatest Show on Earth
Green Book
Guardians of the Galaxy
Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol II
Gypsy.
Hamilton
Help!
High Fidelity
Hillary and Jackie
Honkytonk Man
Horse Feathers
Human Traffic
I Am Woman
I Saw the Light
I'm Not There
Imagine
Immortal Beloved
In the Heights
Into the Woods
Jersey Boys
Judy
La Bamba
La La Land
Labrynth
Lady Sings the Blues
Last Days
Last Days of Disco
Les Miserables (2012)
Light of Day
Little Shop of Horrors
Little Voice
Lords of Chaos
Magical Mystery Tour
Mamma Mia
Mary Poppins
Mary Poppins Returns
Metallica Making of a Monster
Metallica, Some Kind Of Monster
Miles Ahead
Moana
Monkey Business
Monty Python The Meaning of Life
Moulin Rouge
My Fair Lady
Nina
Northern Soul
Notorious
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Oklahoma!
Oliver!
Once
Paint Your Wagon
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Pitch Perfect
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Pump Up the Volume
Purple Rain
Quadrophenia
Ray
Rent
Reservoir Dogs
Robin Hood (1973)
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Rock'n'Roll High School (The Ramones)
Rocketman
Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Roger Waters: The Wall
Saturday Night Fever
School of Rock
Scott Pilgrim vs The World
Searching For Sugerman
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
* and Drugs and Rock n Roll
Shine
Sid and Nancy
Sing
Sing Street
Singing In The Rain
Sister Act
Sister Act 2
Slade In Flame
Some Like it Hot
Soul
Sound of Metal
South Park: Bigger Longer Uncut
Spice World
Spike Island
Still Crazy
Straight Outa Compton
Streets of Fire
Strictly Ballroom
Sunshine on Leith
Susperia (1977)
Susperia (2018)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barbar
Take It or Leave It
Tangled
Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny
That Thing You Do
The Boat the Rocked (aka Pirate Radio)
The Bodyguard
The Buddy Holly Story
The Commitments
The Doors
The Festival
The Glenn Miller Story
The Great Rock n Roll Swindle
The Great Waltz
The Great Ziegfeld
The Greatest Showman
The Jolson Story
The Jungle Book (1967)
The King and I
The Legend of 1900
The Lion King (1994)
The Muppets Christmas Carol
The Muppets Movie
The Muppets' Most Wanted
The Phantom of the Opera
The Pianist
The Piano
The Producers (1967)
The Producers (2005)
The Runaways
The Rutles: All You Need is Cash
The Soloist
The Song Remains The Same
The Sound of Music
The Turning Point
The Wall
The Wicker Man (1974)
The Wizard of Oz
This Is Spinal Tap
Tick, Tick, Boom!
Tommy
Top Hat
Topsy Turvy
Velvet Goldmine
Viva Las Vegas
Walk the Line
Walking on Sunshine
Wayne's World
Wayne’s World 2
West Side Story (1961)
West Side Story (2021)
Westways to the World
What's Love Got To Do With It?
Whiplash
Wild Rose
* Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Woodstock
Words and Music
Yellow Submarine
Yesterday​

 

I've seen 6 of the films in that list

 

Aladdin (1992)
Aladdin (2018)
Robin Hood (Disney)
Evita
Nightmare Before Christmas
Corpse Bride

 

Can I ask if the labyrinth mentioned above is the one with Bowie?


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